@@UncoordinatedPixie that's just evil.. That's actually psychological abuse!!!! She's probably just a narcisist who became a designer to get energy from ruining people's lives!!
Worse than that, she intentionally does what people ask her not to do and then claims people don't understand her way of doing things. Completely narcissistic.
Drew Conway I agree. I'm not sure where she got her degree in design, but her designs never made sense. I'll never forget that episode with the hay. Friendships would have ended on live t.v..
Myisha Hutchinson She never got a degree in design. Therefore, she's technically a "decorator" instead of a "designer." It was pretty obvious who on the show had gone to design school (Vern, Laurie, Genevieve) and who hadn't (Hildi, Frank). I'm sure Doug went to design school, but I'm not sure he went to class.
Hildi was a snob. The decor she did for wealthy paying clients was nothing like the nonsense she screwed people over with on Trading Spaces. You could almost see her thinking "Peasants!" as she trotted around in her Prada pumps like her shit didn't stink in the modest homes of the poor unfortunates that would have to deal with her "creations".
Can someone explain to me how Hildi was hired to be a designer? Or what school she got her training from? Either everyone on the casting team was her extended family or they conducted phone interviews. Hildi has managed to destroy these peoples homes with her cheap and unfocused designs. When her career ends (if it hasnt already) hopefully she'll write a tell all book on how she convinced the TLC team to put her on TV despite her ugly so call designs.
Well, its back and so is Hildie. I can only conclude Hildie must be related to one of the shows producers; because no one seems to like her or her grotesque "designs". The woman is a nightmare.
She is so old ugly white males producers side piece and since he won't marry her she is determined to make him pay by fucking up a money making show.......................how she hasn't been beaten bloody by a homeowner or 12 is beyond belief.
I don't think she is a real interior designer.. I'm sure they hired her to ruin people's homes just for shock value and ratings. There's probably something in the contracts preventing people from suing the program.
I’m not a violent person but she would’ve have to get beat tf up I don’t care... she went to those peoples homes and intentionally ruined their property and didn’t even care for the children that were in the home.... that lady and the producers of the show are evil
Honey, she's a designer. One time she nailed a car to the ceiling. You want to be on tv so bad, you take some chances You people act like going on Trading Spaces insured a life of luxury.
I remember Page telling one designer not to touch an antique cabinet because of it's value well guess what he ignored her and painted it an ugly green and the show had to buy it. It was the family's grandmother who willed the cabinet to them how is money going to replace something like that. I was glad to see the show taken off the air so much for safe zones the designers do what they want. To bad it's back again but I won't watch it
So maybe those idiots shouldn't have been allowed to be on Trading Spaces. They just wanted to be on television. At the very least they could have removed the "antique piece" from the room before filming started. No sympathy here.
I love the show, but yeah they spent a lot of time working on goofy stuff because of that budget, and it looks even cheaper now than I thought back then.
ReviewCam The extra $1k didn't make a hell of a difference...Hildi turned a room into a Kaleidoscope of a mess! She absolutely did not listen or care about input...nothing has changed!
History LVr Who would let Hildi or Genivieve (sp?) into their house in the first place or crafty Frank for that matter even though he does seem really nice.
Ann Chovey IKR!? She's already been on 2x since the new show premiered... Unfortunately the people that participate have no choice in who their designer will be, or I'm sure people would run...Lol!
Vern Yip was one of the best designers on the show, every room he did had class! I might not have wanted it in my home, but they were always workable, and livable, I'd love to see how many of the rooms done on the show lasted for over a year and if any are still around.
In my humble opinion, the show was a joke. It was so hard to see the disappointed looks, and sometimes tears, on the people's faces during the reveals. I think TLC would do better to keep this show off the air.
Lolly Pop I think it would be nice if they would let the neighbors have more input. I remember the one where the designer was told not to remove the ceiling fan and the designer did it anyway. I live in an area of the country where I could not stand the summer heat if I didn't have a ceiling fan in most rooms of my house. The designers need to think more practical then we won't have straw and thousands of artificial, dust catching flowers stapled to the wall.
ZumbaliciousCruz remember she feathered a bedroom and used plastic flowers all over a couples bathroom...then she used caedboard boxes all over a guest room with cardboard furniture .
I remember a beautiful fireplace being painted egg plant purple with creepy white hand statues on the mantel, which the traded people lit tried to argue with the designer not to paint it that it would terribly upset the homeowner but it got painted anyway, and I remember being just downright pissed off alongside the homeowner, that fireplace was utterly ruined.
I used to binge watch this show on weekends! I liked everyone, but I’m pretty sure Hildi had some mental health problems, she just wasn’t normal. She should’ve been fired!
why the hell did they get rid of Paige when the OBVIOUS problem was one of their designers who's name keeps coming up in all these comments. and i have to say that i agree with most everyone here that didn't like that particular designer. heck, even my mom really disliked her and customarily she just loved seeing the rooms transform into something less boring or traditional. but yeah, my mom and i just didn't understand that Hildy person's vision. i think her intentions were decent enough but i don't think she really gave much thought to the actual spaces she was designing for. i mean, most of these rooms were not very large and i think she tried to design them with some kind of grandiosity that would only work well on a larger scale and more spacious room. she really was a little off kilter.
Didn't she paint a mural of her face in one room, bring in sand with God awful colors in another, and stapled fake flowers to the wall in addition to the hay incident? I never watched the show, and I already hate Hildi
Hildie has absolutely NO taste and never took the owners needs, wants, or likes into consideration when she threw up one of her hideous monstrosities into their homes and ruined their walls and furniture. I hated seeing the episodes with her in it.
The first host got fired too. She was less perky than Paige. Any new version of this show would probably have tons of social media and internet input, all crap.
Does anyone think you can do a renovation for $1,000.00 and it look good? That was the only clue you needed to know in order to decide to watch this show or not.
Hildi Santo-Tomas was the absolute WORST designer ever, barely edging out Constance Ramos of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. With hindsight being what it is, the show was far too ambitious, and will certainly be again.
Trading spaces didn’t tank because they fired the host. It ranked because ppl were tried of seeing hildi deliberately fuck ppl over and by time y’all fired her ppl were too done with the bullshit to return and You Know It. Or else why even fire her in the first place.
Fun fact about host Paige Davis . Paige's first name is actually Mindy . Paige is her middle name and of course the one she uses. She married a man named Patrick page. So if she ever decided to go by her married name and her preferred first name. Her name would be Paige Page. I dont know why, but I felt the need to share that.
Well I saw the new Trading Spaces yesterday and apparently their awful taste in decorating has not evolved! First episode included the dreaded Hildi and she did not disappoint in creating a mess of a kaleidoscope room makeover! The other designer was the silver haired guy ( he's name escapes me)and his was not as bad, but he tapered the walls in burlap...so no! I say run away from being on that show...they still don't listen to anything the participants want or don't want!
One of my favorite "reality shows." Lol the designs were so bad much of the time. Would still watch. Would participate too if I were a home owner just because it's for the experience and silliness.
@@helloitisme7430 I wish!! That's why I got on this video in the first place. Even with the bad designs and fake appearances it's one of the best makeover/design shows. Lol design on a dime was really good, too.
meikoblock ikr..... why in the world? Secretly didn't like her neighbors I guess lol.. I seen that and I was angry for her 😂😂 I don't know how she looked her in the eyes ever again
Hildie was/is a highly unlikable induvidual who designed to satisfy her 'unorthodox' (translation - self absorbed, inconsiderate of owners' needs post departure and treating this as an abstract last minute design school mid-term project, ALL rolled into one). It is as if she challenged her victims to dare question her 'brilliance', a deliberate affront to what she presumed were their 'unrefined sensibilities'. I could not stand her. She wasn't that great. I finally decided that she did that to compensate for lack of real talent like Vern, who sought to combine swappers's needs with elevated design.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORIGINAL WOMAN WITH THE STRAIGHT BROWN HAIR BEAUTIFUL WOMAN! WHEN IT VERY FIRST STARTED ?? SHE JUST DISAPPEARED WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION!! ALWAYS WONDER ABOUT HER.
Currently Trading Spaces about to be on again now I think it's pretty shity what they did to the people at the hay even after being warned that the children could choke on it and the b**** saying well they'll just have to be told not to that's not the way any of that work and I woulda sued the s*** out of them for knowingly putting my children in danger that is not in any way part of the deal
