You are used to HGTV treating clutter as a design problem, something to be styled away with baskets and built‑ins. Junk or Jackpot shifts that lens, putting the emotional strain of living with too much stuff at the center of the story while still delivering the visual payoff you expect from a makeover show. Instead…
You probably think you know which space in your home is most at risk of disappearing under clutter, but Junk or Jackpot keeps proving that the first room to go is the one you quietly stop inviting people into. In episode after episode, you watch a single overrun room swallow entire collections, strain relationships, and…
You do not need a bigger house to feel like you have one. The simple rotation strategy that designer Bobby Berk uses on Junk or Jackpot lets you keep the collections you love while instantly opening up your rooms, making them calmer, lighter, and more flexible almost overnight. By treating your belongings like a curated…
Mortgage rates may have eased from their peak, but you are still living in a market shaped by decisions made when money was almost free. Millions of owners locked in loans near 3 percent, and that gap between yesterday’s cheap debt and today’s higher costs is still powerful enough to keep people from moving. The…
Every collector tells you the same thing: it started with one or two special pieces, then suddenly the dining room, the hallway, and half the garage disappeared under boxes. The “Junk or Jackpot” rule is a simple way to stop that slide, forcing you to decide whether each object is truly a treasure or just…
Your closets, attic, and garage are probably holding more than dust and old memories. In HGTV’s new series “Junk or Jackpot?,” that clutter becomes currency, turning overflowing collections into the budget for the kind of home makeover you usually only see in glossy before-and-after reels. Instead of writing a check, you are effectively paying for…
You are used to seeing John Cena as a larger‑than‑life action figure, but his latest project leans into something far more familiar than pyrotechnics or piledrivers. With Junk or Jackpot?, the retired WWE star has helped build a show around the quiet chaos of your closets, garages, and attics, turning the everyday question of “keep…
You are used to decluttering shows treating your stuff like a problem to be solved, not a story to be understood. Junk or Jackpot? flips that script, inviting you to see your collections as potential assets, emotional and financial, instead of eyesores. As the series premieres tonight, it offers a rare promise for reality TV:…