Animal Cribsfollows Design Star winner, Antonio Ballatore, and his right-hand dog, Chewie, along with project manager, Grace, and a team of designers as theyconvert drab spaces into dream living arrangements for homeowners and their pets. Each week, they meet with pet-owners looking to add custom, pet-centric builds to their homes.
Genre: Reality-TV
Cast:Antonio Ballatore , Darlene Vogel , Scott Whyte , Robby DeFrain
Antonio helps a family who opened their home to neighborhood dogs create the ultimate backyard dog park with custom dog houses, a paddling pool for hot summer days, and a slick structure of ramps and tunnels to keep everyone entertained.
Antonio and his team design and build an elaborate system of tunnels and towers spanning two rooms for a family and their seven chinchillas.
Antonio builds the ultimate barn with all the modern comforts for two rescued miniature horses that insist on sleeping in their owner's bedroom.
A couple wants their savannah cat and foster kittens to safely enjoy the outdoors; Antonio's solution is to build an intricate system of outdoor catwalks and double-decker enclosures with cat-friendly plants, natural climbing surfaces.
A family has two Nigerian dwarf goats who wreak havoc in their backyard. Enter designer Antonio, who transforms their space into the ultimate goat playground, complete with a climbing tower, observation deck, and an easy-to-clean three-story goat house.
Firefighter Ricky rescued a 20-foot Burmese python from a burning building, and now he needs Antonio's help. In one if his most ambitious projects, Antonio transforms the basement into an epic habitat with heated rock facades, a waterfall and pond.
Antonio meets a family and their pot-bellied pig who has turned their front yard into a dustbowl. Antonio goes hog wild and designs the ultimate piggy paradise with a new pig house, mud pit, space to run and an activity wall to keep Mr. Pickles happy.
Antonio meets a couple whose home has been taken over by their rescued bunnies. He'll transform their overgrown backyard into a beach-themed oasis for humans and bunnies, complete with predator-proof enclosures.
Antonio meets a family with two bearded dragons stuck in a tank in mom's bedroom. Antonio's solution: a backyard, temperature-controlled dragon clubhouse with separate self-sustaining tanks, a common climbing area, and a cool hangout spot for the family.
Gentle Barn is more to more than 200 rescued animals, including sheep, cows, pigs, horses, a llama and even an emu. All those animals need enrichment, and Antonio is on the scene to design a stunning build to get all those rescues active and moving.