
For more than 35 years, sunrooms built by TEMO have changed the way families across the country live. Thereβs something about getting closer to the beauty and peace of nature that inspires us to slow down, relax, and cherish lifeβs moments with those we love, every day.
This past March, TEMO Sunrooms proudly donated a sunroom to the Vitale family in St. James, New York, as part of their extreme home makeover for ABCβs hit reality show βExtreme Makeover: Home Edition.β The episode aired May 15, 2005.

βExtreme Makeover: Home Edition,β (which airs Sundays, 8:00 p.m. ET), answers the call of families in desperate need of help. The Vitales were one such family.
In 2004, John Vitale, a Suffolk county police officer, his wife Anne-Marie and their three young sons had outgrown their tiny two-bedroom home. They decided to expand it and moved in with Anne-Marieβs parents.
But soon after, Anne-Marie was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia and died August 3, 2004. She was buried on what would have been her 29th birthday.

John dreamed of returning to the home where he and Anne-Marie had hoped to raise their children but renovation was impossible. The medical and funeral bills from Anne-Marieβs illness drained the familyβs savings and Johnβs life was consumed with working full time and raising three toddlers as a single parent.
βExtreme Makeover: Home Editionβ wanted Anne-Marieβs babies to live out the childhood she wanted them to have. They called on an authorized dealer of sunrooms manufactured by TEMO who handled the entire renovation of the Vitale home, including installing the beautiful 14β x 16β sunroom donated by TEMO.

βWe are very honored to be a part of rebuilding this familyβs life,β said TEMO Sunrooms founder and CEO, Nino Vitale (no relation to the Vitale family who received the makeover). TEMOβs National Installation Manager,
Race Hemby, and TEMOβs Construction Manager Bruce Gilfillan traveled from Clinton Township, Michigan, TEMOβs manufacturing and corporate headquarters, to spend a week in New York for the makeover.
Hemby and Gilfillan were part of the teams of builders who worked around the clock in 40-degree March temperatures. The entire home was renovated in less than a week.
βIt was an unbelievable experience to work with so many dedicated people,β said Hemby. βIt was a great feeling to watch Anne-Marieβs dream become a reality.β
Making dreams a reality has been TEMOβs specialty since we entered the business as the innovator and nationally recognized manufacturer of all-thermal sunrooms more than three decades ago.

Sunrooms by TEMO provide more space for growing families and important protection from overexposure to the sun and biting insects. Wrap around windows usher in light and nature creating an open, healthy and inviting environment for simply relaxing, or playing, or celebrating lifeβs little moments every day.
TEMO wishes the Vitale family a lifetime of happiness in their new sunroom and their new home. And we invite you to explore the many ways a sunroom can make your familyβs dreams a reality, too.
Learn more about sunrooms built by TEMO.
- We invite you to visit the rest of our site. Discover the full line of styles that can be customized to your familyβs needs, your homeβs architecture and your budget.
- Order your free and informative Sunroom Planning Guide. Youβll be surprised to learn how quickly and affordably your family can start sunroom living.
- Or contact your local dealer today to arrange your free, no-obligation in-home design consultation.