I loved that show when it first ran and I knew very little about home renovations. Now I think it should have been named “How to waste 2 days and $1000” … the craftsmanship is cringeworthy… open flame inches from fabric and a nice tabletop, paint cans spilling over floors….. black fabric in a kids’ room….
@@karenanderson5105 ah thanks!! different sources mislead me lol. Can you speak to how the rooms aged? what changes were made or did they stay the same?
There is an episode I remember, the linoleum (or whatever it was) had just been pulled off the floor, and the hostess walked across it, stepping out of her flip flop. She asked what it was she stepped in, and the woman peeling the flooring up said it was glue. I believe the hostess in this episode was Paige. Could anyone tells me which episode it was?
Wow, haven't thought about Trading Spaces in years. Brings back good memories. I loved Vern! At least he listened to the homeowners and tried to give them what they wanted.
The soccer boy's parents are so lucky they weren't on Vern's team. The soccer room looks amazing, and considering their only had $1000 budget and the room did not look cheap at all was very impressive. This kind of project really tests the designer's ability.
+DTFenn my mom has a bunch of these on vhs.. this host (alex) was the original host for the first couple of seasons.. there were also a couple of designers during this time that only made one appearance (never appearing on the show again).
Oh my gosh. One of the commercials during the episode was for the old Windows On the World Restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center in NYC. It was filmed in 2001, too. Very eerie and sad.
I googled the guy in the commercial after reading these comments. He survived 9/11 because he went down into the lobby to get his glasses repaired. Just as he was heading back up to the restaurant, the first plane crashed into the tower. I can't imagine how that must have felt.
