Carter Nicholas Oosterhouse (born September 19, 1976) is an American television personality and model,[citation needed] who was born in Traverse ****, Michigan. Oosterhouse first gained national fame as a carpenter on the TLC series Trading Spaces and has hosted other home improvement and how-to television shows. As of 2008, he is the host of three programs on the HGTV[1] network: Carter Can, Red Hot & Green, and Million Dollar Room.