The rise and fall of Trading Spaces

[eclaires]

The cardboard room tore chunks of their drywall out. I either found an article about it or they followed up with the people. So they had to redo all their drywall.

[blink]

Oct 13, 2015 12:16:44 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oct 13, 2015 12:16:05 GMT -5 blink said:

I think I would rather have cardboard than hay. Hay seems so much harder to clean up.        

The buzzfeed link says it took 17 hours to strip it from the walls.

OMG. I just scrolled through the buzzfeed link. The hay room is even worse than I remembered.

[panicked]

I just spent most of my lunch hour watching awful reveals on YouTube.

[laurenpetro]

I thought this was about the movie Trading Places.

::walks back out::

[pixy0stix]

SHE WRESTLED HER NEIGHBOR TO THE GROUND?!

[btay]

My biggest debate was always "would I rather work with Genevieve, or have Genevieve design my room?"

[moreace01]

Oct 13, 2015 12:05:26 GMT -5 @this said:

Yep. This is it. This is the one where I was really wtf...I would be furious if someone did that to my bathroom. You'd have to re-drywall the whole thing.

Ugh, the mold and mildew...I'm wheezing just thinking about it. 

[raangoli]

I just remember watching the show and thinking "Man, I'd be SO pissed if someone ruined my house like that."

[memenee]

Can anyone find any pics of well-done rooms? Or did they not exist? All I can really remember are the awful ones, which was pretty much the producers intent.

[sushi]

Oct 13, 2015 13:02:02 GMT -5 memenee said:

Can anyone find any pics of well-done rooms? Or did they not exist? All I can really remember are the awful ones, which was pretty much the producers intent.

I remember something with lps as wall decor. I think I liked it, but I reserve the right to change my mind if anyone finds a picture

[simpsongal]

I loved this show. I think they could have benefited from a higher budget - you really saw how limiting $1000 was for décor.

I thought Frank's country designs were awful - I could never understand why people liked him.

And side-eye to the statement in the article that Ty became a huge star. I mean, where is he now right? I think I saw him on an infomercial recently....

[sushi]

Oct 13, 2015 13:11:29 GMT -5 @this said:

Oct 13, 2015 13:09:48 GMT -5 sushi said:

I remember something with lps as wall decor. I think I liked it, but I reserve the right to change my mind if anyone finds a picture

lol

OMFG no

[simpsongal]

TR - meh, I guess it was big but I think "huge star" was still a bit generous.

On that subject, anyone read so many of the sad stories about the families that got extreme home makeovers? It's like some lotto winners...

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Oct 13, 2015 12:16:44 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oct 13, 2015 12:16:05 GMT -5 blink said:

I think I would rather have cardboard than hay. Hay seems so much harder to clean up.        

The buzzfeed link says it took 17 hours to strip it from the walls.

Liquid nails is a bitch to get off.  I hate that stuff. 

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Oh god, which asshole designer did the circus tent? That one pissed me right off too. I'll bet it was Hildi. Doug's were never anyone's cup of tea in terms of design but Hildi always did shot that was just impractical that you would never fucking want in your house.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Oh, and Lauri - she was such a quintessential rich southern lady. Usually her rooms were not at all my style but at least not super gaudy.

[bbonanza]

I always liked Vern. . but wasn't he fired or something about going beyond the $1000 budget because he'd get furniture and stuff donated for the rooms?

ETA: Or maybe I'm misremembering, I guess he just left?

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Oct 13, 2015 12:37:52 GMT -5 btay said:

My biggest debate was always "would I rather work with Genevieve, or have Genevieve design my room?"

My mom always hated Genevieve because she thought she was too flirty with the husbands.  

[bowies]

I used to love this show.

The fact that most of the designers came from the theater world makes so much sense now. It's rather brilliant on the producers' part.

[partiallysunny]

I loved Genevieve because she was crazy.

I thought Ty Pennington was so fucking hot.

[Vespasia]

Oct 13, 2015 14:36:24 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

I loved Genevieve because she was crazy.

I thought Ty Pennington was so fucking hot.

Yes! And now I wonder wtf I was thinking. He went downhill fast. 

We watched so much Trading Spaces (and Changing Rooms and While You Were Out) in college. I honestly think that, crazy hay decor aside, there were a lot of really nice finished rooms on that show. I always wanted Vern to come decorate for me. 

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I still have a footstool that I upholstered with fabric from the line Laurie did for JoAnn. lol

[jeaniebueller]

[jeaniebueller]

Link to show clips!

www.tlc.com/tv-shows/trading-spaces/videos/not-going-according-to-plan/

[agnes]

Oct 13, 2015 14:42:30 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Oct 13, 2015 14:36:24 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

I loved Genevieve because she was crazy.

I thought Ty Pennington was so fucking hot.

Yes! And now I wonder wtf I was thinking. He went downhill fast. 

We watched so much Trading Spaces (and Changing Rooms and While You Were Out) in college. I honestly think that, crazy hay decor aside, there were a lot of really nice finished rooms on that show. I always wanted Vern to come decorate for me. 

I LOVED While You Were Out.  It had the dude from 2ge+her in it.  Anyone remember that stupid movie?  He was hot.  

[vanillacourage]

Oct 13, 2015 12:53:02 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

Oct 13, 2015 12:05:26 GMT -5 @this said:

Yep. This is it. This is the one where I was really wtf...I would be furious if someone did that to my bathroom. You'd have to re-drywall the whole thing.

Ugh, the mold and mildew...I'm wheezing just thinking about it. 

Especially since, if I'm remembering correctly, they didn't glue the flowers - they staple-gunned them in. Thousands of holes in your bathroom's vapor barrier. 

[Michelle]

Oct 13, 2015 14:08:24 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

Oh, and Lauri - she was such a quintessential rich southern lady. Usually her rooms were not at all my style but at least not super gaudy.

Ha - she definitely had a rich southern lady style about her - I loved her fabric line when it came out!

I always thought that if Laurie or Vern were my designer I would be ok. And I'd probably be alright with Genevieve too. 

Frank not only did country but he did a lot of Arizona/Southwest stuff, which makes me shudder.

[Michelle]

Oct 13, 2015 13:02:02 GMT -5 memenee said:

Can anyone find any pics of well-done rooms? Or did they not exist? All I can really remember are the awful ones, which was pretty much the producers intent.

Vern's were usually good.

This chick has a whole pinterest board dedicated to his stuff:

He actually had some TP rooms that looked like these styles when he was done.

[elleblue]

Oct 13, 2015 13:02:02 GMT -5 memenee said:

Can anyone find any pics of well-done rooms? Or did they not exist? All I can really remember are the awful ones, which was pretty much the producers intent.

I remember Changing Rooms (the original British version of the show) having decent designs. But of course us U.S. Americans had to go and take a perfectly nice show and make sure there was enough controversy for tv. 

I will say though, the ghastly room designs were often more entertaining than the good ones. lol

[msmerymac]

Some were okay. I don't remember them all being horrible, and thought it would be fun to be on the show. But as a 19 year old college student, I would have been fine with that LP room.