Since my parents were on this show fifteen years ago, this has been languishing on a VHS tape. No longer! Many people called what they did in our house a "circus tent."
This has to be the most uncomfortable episode of a TV show I've ever witnessed. There's so much tension between everyone. It seems like absolutely every participant is miserable and annoyed. This is the true peak of 1990s material-driven misery.
Who was that person that put literal sand on the floor? I think that was also Hildi. She also painted her face on someone’s wall. She’s a crazy person and they let her into people’s homes 😭
Oh my God! Your parents' room is one of the first things people talk about when they think of Trading Spaces gone wrong! Thanks for the update. ;) I give them credit for keeping it that long!
OK so the homeowners AND the neighbors both told Hildi that the wife absolutely, positively DID NOT WANT Asian themed decor....and Hildi goes with that exact theme. Why waste your time and $1000 if the homeowner is going to hate the room? And I just wonder if the neighbors were so horrified by the hideous pink furniture that they INTENTIONALLY left it out to ruin so it would have to be replaced.
@@aadams1006 haha i actually like it but that's just me bc hot pink is my favorite color and i love legally blonde and elle woods lol but i can see how not a lot of people would like it
Having worked as a counselor at a community college for many years I can safely say that community college interior design programs would never teach anything this irresponsible. I don’t know where these “designers” got their education or whether or not they ever studied interior design at all.
Thank you for sharing this - I am so SICK of the grand budgets and beyond DIY stuff they show now - I like these do-able (if you like it) shows and they have more of the families and less of the hosts than the ones today --- so - thanks again for sharing it !!! :)
Your mom's candid comment, "Of course, I'm gonna have to move somewhere and change my name." was one of the funniest comments every delivered on that show! Your parents were such good sports. :)
Hi Brian, Thanks for preserving this dope episode. I can't believe those assholes spray painted your parents' furniture. All the best, Anonymous Internet RU-vid Video Appreciator
I remember watching this show with my parents when I was in about third grade. We even had DVDs. I remember my mom saying she had "no interest" in power tools and that she was far more in love with Ty than she ever was with my dad!
Ugh. I forgot how much I disliked Hildi. She has never listened to any homeowner, just arrogantly done what she wanted, regardless of anyone's objections. Keep in mind the straw on the walls. I guess your parents kept it as long as they did, just to tell the story! 💐
There are just... no words... you can see in everyone's eyes when the designer just starts going off "oh God... my neighbour is gonna hate me cause I let this happen" good on everyone for keeping it together on camera, the first thing out of my mouth would've been "what the fuck did you do to my living room?!"
Thanks for sharing. I was trying to find this. If you changed the title to Circus Tent living room people could find it easier. Thank you for taking the time to put this on Digital format and uploading.
Hildi, NOOOOOOO!!! 😱😱😱 Both of these rooms are just ghastly. I just couldn't ask guests to take me seriously if I had them over for dinner in that ridiculous indoor circus tent. I'd be peeking behind the panels, half expecting to find Jeanie and Major Nelson frolicking in the corner. Then there's that awful living room that Genevieve did. That wall looks like the rusting hull of the S.S. Sadness. Horrible.
As someone familiar with the show this was a remake of (UK's Changing Rooms), it really feels like they amped up the drama for this American remake. The fundamentals of the show are still there, but everyone seems to be getting on everyone else's tits constantly lol
But they still got pink couches. I don't get the whole spray painting couches thing. Seems like it would transfer to your clothes and skin even if it's meant furniture. Just seems unnatural.
Kamisa They still got pink couches, but at least they were not painted couches. Like you said, the paint would probably transfer onto clothing etc. Hildi and Doug never cared about any homeowners on the show.
Awe I remember sitting on the couch with my big sister and being in awe of some of these rooms. Great memories but I don’t know what the designers were thinking!
Oh my God, hubby TOTALLY realized they were left alone -- including the cam crew -- overnight, and snuck out to vandalize the tarps on the furniture!! 😂😂😂 she had duper's delight on her face when they were talking about it, she knew what he'd done!! He was so unamused when he thought she was serious about ruining another set with that paint 😂 at least covers can be removed! Blonde chick couldn't possibly have a successful career in SERIOUS interior design. She DOES NOT listen to her client at ALL, then actually gaslights them into agreeing with her and won't stop wheedling them until they do 🙄 she pounded them into submission more than the cute carpenter, sheesh! I will say I liked that shelving unit he was hammering together, that was a fun idea.
Thank you for uploading this! My friend and I used to love watching this show in the early 2000's when we were in college. It seemed like such a fun show to sign up for! (If you had a good sense of humor and didn't take the design of your house too seriously.)
They allowed them to go over budget and get those sofas bc they knew that those poor homeowners were getting screwed and wanted one redeeming quality in that room.
Almost none. I’ll tell you the only design input anyone had. After the couches were ruined, the producers decided to get new ones from ikea. They gave Nancy and Lenny a choice of couched, and they picked the most expensive ones on the list.
@@brianjtarr I had a such just like that in my first apartment, it's called a 'Klippan', I think, one of Ikea's lesser (not least) expensive ones. So if it was the most expensive on the list, I wonder which couches were left that were cheaper than that.
I’m honestly amazed that the people on Trading Spaces didn’t later end up on episodes of Fear Thy Neighbor with how often they ended up giving people exactly the thing they didn’t want. Glad your parents seemed pretty chill about the circus room though, since that was a hell of a thing to walk into.
You know the tent wouldn't be so bad if it was one single neutral color like off white and like silky so it wouldn't gather so much dust- put a chandelier in the middle.. with regular white couches lol
This one had the Obe room and the Circus Tent Room. I honestly think this is that rare episode where we had 2 negative reveals in one show. I'd rather have Hildi than Doug Wilson or Rick Rifle, whos rooms I've always hated.
The concept of Hildi's idea is okay. Three major problems with that curtains all around and the ceiling is #1 the light fixtures right next to fabric, if the fixture gets too hot, it can set the fabric on fire, #2 all that fabric creates a home for creepy crawley 8 legged spiders and other bugs that could invade the home, #3 this the biggy, when those wall and ceiling curtains require cleaning, it will be a pain in the arse to take down wash and put back up unless the homeowners have lots of cash to have a fabric cleaner come in with a steam cleaner and do it right where they are. At least this one room Hildi did isn't as bad as Hildi's cardbaord room, feather room, or upside down room.
Alright, so I just watched the end, and I totally used what Hildi did to your house as inspiration for my vintage circus boudoir themed wedding in 2011. Like, the invitations looked like your livingroom. It was all temporary, though. That being said, we're traveling musicians/actors and I fire dance and model. I'd actually friggin pay a lot for that space, but I'm a gothic pixie Portland musician weirdo, and I would never wish that room on my conservative stepmom.
Yes he wasn't a complete A-hole like Hildi and Doug. What's the point of changing a room to a hideous design only to have the homeowners have to spend another 3 weeks fixing it?
I was born and raised in Everett. I used to watch this show. Somehow I missed this episode. Thank you for sharing it. Quick question, was this filmed in South Everett?
Are all the hosts on DRUGS? Littrtaly laughing uncontrably when you have homeowners wait for you.. Smiling for no reason, kinda too relaxed for an work enviroment and I can hear them speaking a bit slowly than they normaly would
They had some Beautiful women on this show. Can't say the same for the finished rooms. HAHAHA. Did your parents get compensation for doing the show? Thanks for this upload.
Hildi has the worst taste imaginable--and only a moron would spray paint fabric couches with regular paint! Genevieve KNEW they didn't want Asian or orange, so of course that's what she did! I hope that in the new Trading Spaces, their taste has improved, Simply awful.
my jaw has been opened for this entire video, I have gasped many times. I don't care what year it was these designers are tacky and always make these loud insane rooms and ignore any advice from the people who actually know the owners and just go ahead with their literal circus tent ideas anyway, they have no regard and just pick up and leave after. I hope after the show stopped running no one ever gave them a dime of their own money, because this is just reckless and absolutely tasteless, I am truly horrified.
Thanks for posting this! I loved this show, it was so wild. Even if the room was a mess, I can imagine what a fun story/memory this turned into for your family! Also...I've seen several episodes where Paige was just as worried as the contestants, like when she agreed that the pink spray-painted couch was bad. Was she also unaware of the "designers" plans? Seems odd for the host to have no clue also. Or was that just "acting"?
@@brianjtarr It shows! I love that she’s laughing at the end. I’m glad you guys had fun, it’s cool learning a little behind the scenes. Thanks for sharing!
