ReStore. Public speaking and personal appearances Thomas is a popular speaker on green renovation for builders and homeowners. He is especially interested in green, energy efficient, and low maintenance technologies and materials. He has appeared on television shows such as The Early Show on CBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Jon & Kate Plus 8. Renovation In 1980, Thomas moved with his family to Salem, Massachusetts, where he renovated an 1836 Colonial revival in a seaport north of Boston. He now resides in St. George, Maine, with his wife and son Sam. He owns his own construction company, Steve Thomas Builders. A recent project involved renovating a cottage and building a timber-frame barn on Hupper island off the coast of Maine. This became a two-part special on Renovation Nation. He recently renovated a 1,000 square foot adobe in Santa Fe, NM, which was the cover story in the January 2013 issue of Su Casa magazine. From 2013 to 2015, he renovated Sea Cove Cottage in the middle of a fishing village in Maine. Awards Thomas received the 1997–1998 Daytime Emmy Award of 'Outstanding Service Show Host' for This Old House, plus nine nominations for the same category. Books The Last Navigator : A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, the Secret of the Sea (1987) This Old House Kitchens: A Guide to Design and Renovation (1992) This Old House Bathrooms: A Guide to Design and Renovation (1992) This Old House Guide to American Houses (1999) References External links Steve Thomas' official web site Renovation Nation at PlanetGreen.Discovery.com 1952 births Living people American television hosts Daytime Emmy Award winners Evergreen State College alumni People from Pomona, California People from Rockport, Maine People from St. George, Maine Television personalities from California Television personalities from Maine This Old House