Trading Spaces Reunion

They all look pretty good. Did we decide that Ty is gay?

Whether he is or not, Ty aged the most. Papa Smurf Frank looks exactly the same.

Edward's at a prayer class with his lady fair.

I'm not at the reunion because I'm too busy bringing the outside.. .IN..

R4 Oh God, I forgot how terrible Kia was.

God, everyone had had more work done than most of these trading spaces houses

I like Paige Davis Davis' flat hair

God those "designs" were hideous

I get angry on behalf of the homeowners whenever they show footage of that asshole Hildi covering four walls with fake flowers via staplegun. She absolutely destroyed those walls. True, the homeowners shouldn't sign up for this if they cant take it, but homeowners dont expect to have to replace drywall because some hostile birch thinks fake flowers covering bathroom walls is chic. They think they might have to repaint, not repair damage.

Is Frank still married to that foxy wife of his?

They all have Vaerst Leddy eyes now!

Fuck this tired show. Bring back "Design on a Dime". Love me some Joan.

I feel bad for the lesbian couple whose walls were covered in hay. You know they ripped that shit down the next day. Hildi deserved a kick in the cunt for that catastrophe.

Crying Pam is still my favorite bad reveal. When you hear her crying off-camera over what really was not a bad makeover--Doug put a modern facade over her fireplace-'it's just too sadly funny.

I saw Jason Cameron is coming back as well and he looks even hotter

I want to eat Carter's ass until I get to his small intestines.

Didn't Ty have a meth problem at one time? Carter looks gorgeous. Hilde is 56 and that bitch looks great.

Laurie and Vern did the best with the pittance budget. Vern looks the best today, no?

Ty does have a really good body for 53, meth diet obviously. Carter, the sex pest, doesn't look any older.

[quote]I get angry on behalf of the homeowners whenever they show footage of that asshole Hildi covering four walls with fake flowers via staplegun. She absolutely destroyed those walls.

Those walls were in the spare bathroom of a McMansion owned by friends of Laurie's who were on the show only to work with her on their neighbor's house. Said bathroom was also scheduled for a renovation anyway.

They knew what they signed up for.

R13 I remember reading an interview for that couple and they said their neighbors helped them take down the hay immediately (i.e. as soon as the show left).

No real interior designer would put straw (not hay but no big difference) on a wall

[quote]Crying Pam is still my favorite bad reveal. When you hear her crying off-camera over what really was not a bad makeover--Doug put a modern facade over her fireplace-'it's just too sadly funny.

Oh my God, yes. I could watch that on a loop, all day. Everything about it cracks me up; her vain attempts to find something positive to say at first, her sotto vice explanation that she needs to leave the room, Paige’s reaction, everything.

Paige was fired from her original TS gig because naughty videos of her surfaced of her singing "I Feel Pretty" while shaving in the shower.

Everyone looks great. Hildi and Doug are doing their jobs and deliver surprising yet attractive designs the first episode. Not sure how the sister contestants will receive them, but they’re very characteristic of the designers in the best way possible.

Doug looks just like Barry Manilow now! Hildi's designs are still over the top and ugly - stringing eggshells??

They shouldn't have the 2 cuntiest designers for the first episode

At the beginning of the reunion they showed a clip of “the newest members of the team” walking out on the stage but did they actually show them being interviewed?

R28, next Saturday is pt 2 of the reunion show that will introduce the newbies.

2 hours for a reunion show of trading spaces?! Not even the reunions of Happy Days or Laverne & Shirley got 2 hours.

Laurie did porn and they kicked ME out?

I wish they brought back my favorite carpenter, Faber. However the new carpenter Brett ain’t hard on the eyes.

[quote]Didn't Ty have a meth problem at one time?

No, he just [italic]looks[/italic] like he does meth. Can't stand him.

I'm calling it: You all owe me five bucks each when that rigged Murphy bed--which required three people to lift and lock--crushes someone.

[quote]Where is Edward?

He's home makin' pillahs.

I wonder which designers were not asked back versus the ones who turned it down. There’s Kia, Edward, Christy Proctor, Barry Wood, Laura Day...

Poor Edward. Such a sweet guy. So tacky.

Build Series interview.

Didn’t Genevieve, Vern and Carter all have decent gigs on HGTV? On that note, I miss Design Star.

I wouldn’t exactly say Doug has aged well but he looks better than he did when the original series ended 10 years ago. I remember all the speculation back then about his health because he looked so gaunt.

Quick takes:

Paige’s flat longer hair looks great.

Shame on Hilde for making those homeowners blow out 5 dozen eggs. She hasn’t changed.

I like Laurie’s hair darker red, but she still looks great.

Daddy bear Frank looks the same - is he still straight?

They let Carter back after forcing his makeup artist to give him BJs??

Genevieve looks better than ever.

Will they bring back the female carpenter? I forget her name but I always liked her.

I always liked Sabrina Soto - excited to see what she’ll bring to the Trading Spaces table.

I like the new tent sponsor idea and the higher 2k budget.

[quote]Will they bring back the female carpenter? I forget her name but I always liked her.

Amy Wynn. I like her, too.

My favorite reveal was when the colored girl did the military family's house. Their one wish that it should not be cammo or anything military. I'll give you one guess as to what she did with the room.

The host makes me puke!

I WAS there bitches.

IMO Doug holds the record for most hideous disasters ever. Last night they showed the gay couple who were subjected to that hideous all white room he did. They showed what the couple actually did with the room, which was beautiful. They also referenced that hideous "Prison of Love" room that he did, but didn't show it updated. He got super pissy in that Crying Pam episode and even got a little pissy last night when the one sister balked at stapling the walls with burlap.

And yes, he was heavily made up.

ihavetoleavetheroom

Most of the cast and crew hated Paige Davis in the original series. As much as Alex considered the show beneath her, she was still better liked than Paige.

You each get $2,000 and a cum facial from Carter!

Doug must be on the show for comic effect.

Alex was very pretty, but she dressed in a way that made her look poor. I always imagined her living in some shitty one room apartment eating ramen noodles, because of her clothes. I don't miss her. I thought she was too low energy.

[quote]Most of the cast and crew hated Paige Davis in the original series.

I don't think they all did, but Doug found her annoying. They eventually got used to her from what I have heard.

[quote] They also referenced that hideous "Prison of Love" room that he did, but didn't show it updated.

That was when the show had gone way off the rails. Intentionally making shitty rooms was just stupid.

It is pretty amazing they're letting Carter Oosterhouse back, considering the rather sleazy nature of the allegations, not just a little grab ass.

[quote]Crying Pam is still my favorite bad reveal. When you hear her crying off-camera over what really was not a bad makeover--Doug put a modern facade over her fireplace-'it's just too sadly funny.

She's a textbook frau, no?

R41 is trolling their ass off.

Genevieve had a nose job

Where is crying Pam today?

You could tell Crying Pam's husband was whipped, he kept saying his wife was not happy.

Crying Pam looked like her husbands mother.

I am not trying to belittle the "metoo" movement, but if Carter O. has to force himself on someone, why couldn't he call me? That man is truly beautiful. Is he still married to Amy Smart?

From what I understand, though Amy Wynn-Pastor was at the reunion, she went be on the series this season because shes under contract to another network. Kia Stevenson won't be back because shes doing props and set design (her latest was Black Panther). Christine Proctor was really Frank in drag, so maybe she'll show up one day.

Wow that’s awesome, good for Kia. I love Amy Wyn! Too bad we won’t see her beyond the reunion.

Where’s Faber???

He died you dumb ass.

I cut the cable years ago. Haven't found this on any of the usual treaming sites: netflix, amazon prime. Anyone know how to get it?

^The App.

At a gay bar in Dallas in 2002 where Ty was signing copies of his book, he told me that he did not like Paige at all and much preferred when Alex was hosting.

I agreed.

I like Paige better than Ty.

Did you notice Paige dissed Doug, something about him not growing up

[quote]I like Paige better than Ty.

I like anybody on that show, including crying Pam, more than I like Ty.

Alex went on to host "Joe Millionaire" (was that the name of it?). I seem to recall reading an interview with her after that, where she was going to move on from the "reality hosting" gigs. Always liked her laid back vibe much better than the jamming-my-perky-down-your-throat Paige.

I think overall I liked Vern's designs the best, but I remember discussing with friends back in the day, and we thought the best way to go would be Frank because you could most easily fix his stuff. Even if you didn't like his work, he wasn't fucking up your entire room.

Haven't seen the reunion yet...

U could use Kodi to watch it

I like Paige. Doug’s designs are tragically laughable.

Yeah Frank's would be easy to fix. You can always repurpose corn husk dolls.

I know her perkiness can get a bit irritating at times but I've always liked Paige, she was the only one that seemed to genuinely care about the homeowner's feelings, the designers would just get pissy and dismissive...and Hildy is just a mean bitch who does shit for shock value.

I really liked Paige too. When the show got sold to new owners, the first thing they did was hire her back, so she was appealing to somebody.

Count me as a Paige fan too. The show immediately lost its heart when they got rid of her.

You forget how HUGE a franchise this thing was 12 or 15 years ago...it was EVERYWHERE.

Now TLC just has shows with circus folk.

They're already into the gimmicks — Ty and Carter the Sexiest Sex Pest are the designers, not the carpenters, on this new episode.

Crying Pam lost her left foot to diabetes.

Her blood sugar remained out of control and she died due to kidney failure.

^Befote she died, she changed her name to Ilene because she couldn’t go anywhere without being recognized.

Crying Pam was not sweet natured at all. She was this passive aggressive hen pecking frau throughout that entire show. I wasn't surprised at her reveal behavior at all.

Crying Pam is dead? Sad.

Why do Ty and Carter have greasy, week-long-drunk messy hair? So, Carter allegedly harasses women? And gay gossip on Ty?

I'm not a fan of Paige Davis' dark hair cut like the Sagal Twins' 1984 hair (or Kathleen Wilhoite's hair).

The new episodes' homeowners already are overloaded with beards and tattoos... sad sign of the times.

TLC is now playing older episodes of 'Trading Spaces' every day now (except for Alex McCloud's Season One) and I've been re-watching.

Ty was just so unbelievably and naturally hot! He'll be 54 this year!

I'm so glad TLC re-aired the episode where Kia made the bed that looked like a grave! Hilarious! Horrid room!

I notice a lot of the male homeowners in the Seasons Two and Three episodes have the Nineties Goatee. So, I guess that is the counterpart to today's ridiculous beard clones.

Edward's rooms were either over-the-top or just wonderful, never horrible. Why isn't he part of the new season? Where is Faber? I met him at a Home Show in Dallas in 2004 at the beer stand. He was even better looking in person!

I hate the new carpenters "who watched the show when they were little kids." Blech. Even the bearded "hot" one.

Where's Jason Cameron? Is he the only out-gay man from 'Trading Spaces' aside from Vern?

Ty looks like a sleazy drunk.

Your right Ty was incredibly hot back then, didn't see it then, but see it now!

I actually really liked Ty's design lastnight, and I was prepared to hate it. GAY GENE! He can design!

Carter's design looked like what a straight guy would think a frau heaven would look like. Ucch. And now whenever they show Carter, I keep thinking he's forcing some poor bitch to go down onvhim between takes

Yes, ty's room was incredible! I agreed with Paige that it was one of the best rooms EVER on the show.

Carter's room with randomly hung dreamcatchers and flowers was ridiculous. How could that husband lie that he liked it?

Back in 2000-2004, Ty's body was just so perfect... I loved the episode where he jumped in the pool and was shirtless for much of the episode. I saw he had a little gut last night but that's okay for being almost 54. He just needs to do something with that hair.

Sad note: Faber's personal website has not been updated in 10 years.

Paige now looks like Kathleen Wilhoite in 1994's 'Color Of Night'.

Paige is no longer the svelte little pixie, is she?

You noticed that, too, Alex?

No more Gap Low Rise Boot Cut for Miss Broadway!

[quote]Crying Pam lost her left foot to diabetes.

[quote]Her blood sugar remained out of control and she died due to kidney failure.

They buried her with her fireplace.

Not in it?

Hildi is evil...

I liked Doug's design on the first episode of TS. It's not my personal taste, but it wasn't bad. Hildi hasn't changed with her horrific taste.

I didn't know Faber is an actor.

Vern, Doug and Frank have a secret side bet as to which one will get into John Gidding’s pants first.

($2,000 as a wink to the show’s expanded budget.)

That clip they showed of the Frau who went ballistic because they painted her room a shade of brown - what a cunt! That actually beats the Crying Pam reaction, IMO. Actually shoving her friend (even if it was an Elaine-shove) and storming out of the room. I wish they had interviewed those couples too. They probably didn’t stay friends.

R94, that was hilarious.

Loved when Amy Wynn really yelled at Hildi on a clip, shown during the reunion show. Amy was using an air hose nail pump? when putting a very heavy shelf... when Hildi pulled it away from her. Amy screamed... "Do you see what we're doing here?? What the fuck (bleeped out, but know what was said) are you doing??".... something along that line. I was like, YEAH Amy!

*putting up* a very heavy shelf...

Did Crying Pam really die?

Most recently, Edward launched "The Edward Walker Collection" in partnership with Cuddlebugs-n-Cocoons to release a collection of fashion-forward teen bedding and accent pieces.

Hi Edward!

I can't stand Page. I won't watch since she's still on the show.

R101 is Crying Pam, resurrected.

Crying Pam's reveal was on YouTube and probably still is. She checked in and left like this four paragraph response to it. It was pretty funny. It's probably still there if you dig for it.

this one?

The delectable John Gidding has joined the cast. I used to watch "Curb Appeal" on HGTV just to see him.

I had never seen John Gdding until last night. My first thought? "Where are the nude selfies?" Of course, that was immediately followed by, "I'm sure he's talented and intelligent."

I agree with the posters upthread about Ty's and Carter's rooms last night.

Even while they were being done, I thought Carter's would be pleasant and Ty's a monstrosity. Instead it was just the opposite. I have no idea what all that crap Carter hung on the wall was supposed to be.

The only way to have saved that room would have been a nude Carter reclining on the trundle bed.

Crying Pam's husband looks like Tony Soprano... lol.

I remember speculation about Vern Yip's sexuality, and him shutting the gossip down that his sex life is private. Did he ever come out?

R109 here - I got the answer from Google.

R109 & R110 He has a hot partner!

Vern has a beach home in Florida too..I think it’s in Fort Meyers

I’m not in the medical field but cryin Pam could’ve saved her foot if she lost weight no?

Did Hildi’s accent... lessen?

I was really impressed at the rooms in tonight’s episode. Genevieve and Vern are so much better than Doug and Hildi.

I loved Vern's room. I wasn't that wild about Genevieve's, but that's because I'm not a big fan of Moroccan decor.

Is anyone watching Nate & Jeremiah By Design? There’s going to be a crossover next Saturday.

I usually like the work like Vern and Genevieve do and sometimes Laurie but the rest are hit and miss except Hildy she's always a miss.

Vern, Genevieve, and Ty had the most crossover success and it’s a result of their superior abilities.

Did Vern get some plastic surgery? His face seemed kind of...tight on this latest episode.

I was watching some of the 2001-2004 episodes this weekend and have concluded:

Doug was flying high on cocaine the entire time!

Sweaty, bitchy, and arrogant... Coke fiend!

Really? He never offered to share...even after that time we got drunk and I let him blow me.

I really like the rooms tonight. Not entirely sure why Frank was there, but Nate and Jeremiah did a nice job.

Eat, Live, Pray

I forgot who the designer was but the best room was one where they really took the owners needs into account. They lived in an older house and their bedroom was a disaster. The wood floor was in terrible shape as was the wall. Mostly all they did was work on the floor. The sanded it and refurbed it. Then they painted it black and put a finish on it that made it shine like glass. Then they repaired and painted the walls a light turquoise. Kept the furniture. Bought some new linens and things and a nice ceiling light. It looked fantastic and the couple was thrilled. I'd say 90% of the time was spent fixing the deathtrap that was the floor.

Why are Nate and Jeremiah helping the Little People, Big World family? Aren’t they known homophobes?

Tonight's episode was dullsville. Can we nix having outsider guest designers please? I ain't watching this show to see interlopers. Got to give the regular designers credit for eagerly selling the drama and chaos, especially when working with not the most interesting couples.

Preview for next week hinted that one of the homeowners is not pleased with the end result. I think Hildi is one of the designers so it wouldn’t surprise me!

I MISSED THE LAST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT'S ON!!!

wasn't it on at 9 and/or 10 before?

Jeremiah is my ideal sassy bottom boyfriend. But what’s up with him and Nate in love with neutrals?

^ “ideal sassy bottom boyfriend” Love it, haha. Can that term become a new thing?

Jeremiah is cute as fuck when he’s not talking.

Wasn’t Jeremiah a bit more butch when he was on The Rachel Zoe Project?

Jeremiah could have been a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race and he still would have been more butch than he was on Trading Spaces last night.

I have no idea who this Jeremiah guy is other than Nate's husband. Is he a designer by trade or designer by injection/marriage? I liked his rom but Nate's was so dull. Those stupid striped fabric pieces--did they really need to ruin the drywall under them by nailing every quarter inch? And thanks for using the storage as tacky lampshades. What a hack.

I preferred Jeremiah's room to Nate's. I have seen a couple of episodes of their show and they have a dull color palette. White, gray, black, blue, blue-gray, beige, and if they are feeling sassy a little green! I agree with r127.

So...is that it for Frank this season?

R127 I also liked Jeremiah's room better. Nate added some nice shelving and those storage cabinets to his room, but that was about it.

The tall DILF hubby working with Jeremiah was hot as hell, though, and was pinging like crazy for me. I wonder if he slipped Jeremiah or Nate his number after the show was finished taping.

R137 I have a feeling this was a "one and done" appearance for Frank; he seems to be retired. I have to say, though, he looks pretty much the same, 18 years after he first appeared on the show.

damn, i just got a massive shit pain while reading this stupid thread. must be a sign.

When are they going to do a While You Were Out reunion? Evan Farmer has turned into a bit of a silver daddy and Jason Cameron is still roided up as ever.

[quote]The tall DILF hubby working with Jeremiah was hot as hell, though, and was pinging like crazy for me.

I felt the same thing. He seemed slightly uncomfortable around Jeremiah, and I couldn’t tell if it was "straight guy unease" or "closeted gay guy unease".

The latter. Dude craves the D.

I'm with you guys, that husband broke my gaydar. I thought he was part of a gay couple when I was half-watching the beginning, and just heard the gay voice. His eyes were too beautiful, and his hair was perfect, he has to be bisexual if nothing else. Thought Jeremiah's room was really nice, better than the usual Trading Spaces fare. Looks like next week they've got Hildy and Clinton from that "What Not To Wear" show, or wahtever it was called, purposely messing the rooms up to get a reaction from the black homeowners. Getting too gimmicky already.

[quote] The tall DILF hubby working with Jeremiah was hot as hell, though, and was pinging like crazy for me. I wonder if he slipped Jeremiah or Nate his number after the show was finished taping.

I think you’re wrong. He slipped his number to the hunky carpenter.

Oh boy these homeowners have opinions. This one lady really doesn’t like brown. Wonder if Hildi will mess up her room.

Bring back Evan Farmer, Jason Cameron, and Alex McLeod!!!

They should have hired the Carlson twins as carpenters.

Both these rooms sound awful. And to make matters worse, neither of the homeowners seem like particularly good sports.

Did Alex McLeod invent Vocal Fry?

Oh my gosh I’ve never seen such an awkward reveal before. “What the fuck?” That woman was such a bitch! For once I really liked Hildi’s design, but, wow did that lady not like it!

Is this a black thing? The other homeowner was like “hell no!”

Boy, that was painful. Poor Paige.

Both rooms were awful. This show is so fucking basic. I can’t decide if I hate Ty or Clinton more. Stacy London should have beat the shit out of Clinton years ago.

Countch. A word I never want to hear again.

I thought the homeowner who accessorized her outfit was going to be a nightmare but thought she actually was a pretty good sport considering she was working with Hildi (although to be fair Hildi reined in the crazy this time). The other woman and her fucking obsession with Prince came off much worse.

Those fricking painted leaves looked as if drawn by children. Horrible. And those autumnal colors repeated on that stupid wall treatment with the two-by-ones was nauseating. The bar--the only good feature--looked out of place as it had no design or color connection to anything else in the room. Absolutely atrocious. But entertaining because that wife was a pain. If you apply to go on the show, you play by the rules, you dont design the room..

The woman who accessorized her outfit was looking for her own reality show. Didn't you notice?

Clinton looked hungover, as did Ty.

I didn't see the newest episode because I accidentally recorded the wrong one.

But the husband of the blonde chick in the Nate/Jeremiah episode epitomized "Dumb as a box of rocks." That vacant stare he had whenever he was onscreen was painful to watch.

And the scene where blonde chick reveals to Frank that her child was in cancer remission was so scripted.

And Paige is totally banging that muscley carpenter guy.

The Prince lady was a raging twat. The leaves were ugly but her only gripe was that it wasn't a Prince memorial shrine? "I wanted ONE Prince item. JUST ONE!" Bitch, you got multiple Prince items and they were pointed out to you. Was she trolling with her complaint that, "He never drove a red Corvette?!"

The ending of this week's episode made me weirdly sad.

R161, did Ty die in a freak accident?

Me too R161 I think Laurie really elevated their room. It was elegant but comfortable still. The husband really acted like a boob.

I thought I was going to loathe Laurie's room as I'm over those farmhouse doors but I thought the room was gorgeous in the end. That couple had a weird reaction to it. I can't see what they felt was missing; you can still see the kitchen if you want, and you can still watch the TV when you want. . .

Sabrina is kind of a cunt.

I just caught up on last week's episode with the couples in Baltimore. Hildi, as usual, created a crime scene. Her tastes haven't evolved one bit since the 1990s. I like Clinton's room, except for the ridiculous stripper pole and disco ball.

The women in this episode were total bitches with shitty attitudes, though, so maybe Hildi and Clinton purposely fucked their rooms.

I don’t understand people who go on Trading Spaces and freak out when their space is transformed. Do they not get the premise of the show?

I thought the green-gold walls were a much more interesting color than that French gray.

LOL OMG I forgot about the graveyard bed. Did Kia ever do a nice room?

I thought Laurie's room was very chic, and like R164 I'm not a fan of farmhouse doors, but it ended up looking a million times better. The frau said it was "way too formal". You had to only look at their giant black overstuffed leather furniture, to have gotten an idea of their awful taste. They would have probably loved barcaloungers with built in beer coolers and a 100" TV....idiots.

The designers all look like ghouls. It's a terrible way to live, to be reminded that low level talent only grows older and more desperate for attention. I only watched a few of the originals when I was in grade school, but that Doug, Laurie and Hildy look like monsters now. Cut your fucking hair old people. You look old AND stupid. This idea is stale. Its too gay.

r171 is Kia.

All of the designers look amazing, and the show could be gayer R171.

In spite of his trash taste, I kind of fell in love with Dave over the course of the episode. It's refreshing to see a husband be such an awesome sport and be so involved in everything. Usually they're stripped of all energy and enthusiasm from years of exhausting married life and wander around like zombies. He was very sweet and enthusiastic and seemed like he actually LIKED his wife, which is rare.

The end had be scratching my head like an episode of Twin Peaks, though. I honestly thought when they saw Laurie's makeover they were crying tears of joy! I thought, "Wow, both reveals went so well, both pairs of homeowners were moved to tears!" Then we cut to that weird behind the scenes footage of them admitting they hated it. And as they were complaining about it, we were seeing them hugging the neighbors like they were expressing some kind of deep, emotional gratitude.

It was so damn weird.

I always liked the concept of the show but there were just too many humorless fraus as contestants.

Humorless fraus who cried at the big reveal is what put this show on the map, babe.

The husband decorating the room with Stephanie was kind of a sexy DILF. I don't understand why he didn't like his own room, though. It looked a helluva lot better after Laurie finished it than it did before.

I guess they were hoping for a room with a lot of open space for their brat loaves to run wild in.

R178 They have a huge yard. Send the brats out there.

Doe anyone recall if Trading Spaces ever did an episode featuring a same sex couple? I don't remember ever seeing one.

r180 I'm pretty sure it was a pair of lezzies who were cursed with the infamous hay walls.

R181 That's right! I'm amazed Hildie ever became successful as a designer. 90% of the stuff she did for Trading Spaces was shit. Like the circus big top living room or the wine bottle wallpaper for the couple that didn't drink.

R180 There was also the gay male couple who got a solid white room and one of the guys threw a tantrum. They were featured on the reunion show at the beginning of the season and converted the room to a poorly lit old lady's room.

Hildie was a decoratress for Marlo Thomas at one point.

The couple who got the wine label wall were surprisingly likable, considering he was a minister.

Back in April, TLC was showing blocks of past episodes every day. There were 3 same sex couples amongst those 2001-2005 episodes, well, six, since three times two equals six.

The one from 2005 had two gay couples in giant loft-type abodes. Hildi did one and used pink faux fur, which the queens loved. The other designer was that Laura who was talent-free.

Plus, there were several episodes with Gay Best Friends helping out the female home-owners throughout the years.

Has Carter presented hole yet?

R186 I watched Trading Spaces pretty regularly when it first was on, but I'm having trouble remembering the same sex couple episodes.

R187 Carter is too busy giving facials in his trailer.

I remember watching the original run when I was in High School. I would gasp when he came on.

1. 2005 with Hildi and Laura, the pink fur that the gays loved.

2. Doug did the all-white room while Hildi did the all black room for their sets of gays. (Hildi's room was beloved while Doug's all-white room was a travesty, leading one of the queens to almost succumb to his distract nerves).

3. Lesbian soccer players, where Hildi had her face painted on the wall as "art." One set of the Lesbians said "our bed" so that qualifies them as being out.

There: that's three episodes of gay couples somewhere in 2001-2005.

Plus there were two different episodes where gay men and straight women worked together on rooms.

Please remind me , why they let Paige go In the first place ?

They should have brought back Alex McLeod!!!!

R150 , this site is suppose to be for Gay males. We don't give a shit about Gross female feets.

The producers thought the show would work better without a host. Viewers felt otherwise so after a season of tanking ratings, they brought Paige back. But with Paige, they also brought in a new twist no one cared for: some interpseronal drama that would be worked out between the two teams through the episode. I.e. I laws who dont get along "trade spaces" The houses weren't even in the same town in some instances and the drama was really a distraction. The show show was canceled at the end of that season.

I'd never seen anything like it on TV. Them dumped Paige and the ratings immediately tumbled. I wonder who made that stupid move.

I wonder how the reboot is doing. It's going to be depressing if it gets canceled again as soon as this season is over.

I caught an episode over the weekend. So boring! Was it always this boring? One couple loved their room, the other couple hated their room (“too formal”???) and Page was aggressively cheerful throughout. Zzzz.

[quote]Doe anyone recall if Trading Spaces ever did an episode featuring a same sex couple? I don't remember ever seeing one.

There was an episode where a gay couple (one white guy, one Asian guy) from LA got their room made over by Gen. They worked on their neighbors' room with Laurie, and it was clear she loved them as much as they loved her. It was probably my favorite episode of the series, because both homeowners got good-looking rooms, and everybody had fun. The husband in the second couple was a guitarist for Slash, and he stopped by the house the second day of filming.

I think the faux fur queens knew Hildi was going to rip up their carpet, and so they pulled up a section and wrote "WORK THOSE HEELS!" in big letters for her to find.

Bump for last night’s episode.

John Gidding is easy on the eyes.

Gen needs to wear shoes. And stop shoving her wallpaper line down our throats. That birchwood print was not good. I liked her room, though but the glorified contact paper has to go..

I liked John's room but that cross-knit thing looked awful. And what were those things on the wall on the right, if looking from the door to the craft area? It looked like a rew paintings followed by several iddly-arranged coat hooks.

John was definitely cute. Very gay. I liked his room, except for the half-finished cross-knit monstrosity. He should have gone all or nothing on that. His paint color choices were great, though.

I liked Genevieve's room, but I agree that the wallpaper was gross. It looked like dirty specs all over the wall. Wallpaper in this day and age? No. Great job with the fireplace, however.

John Giddings is a dreamboat. That said, there was too much crammed into that little room and it looked very Pinterest-y i.e., fine, but no wow factor. Plus, cutesy femmy craft rooms do absolutely nothing for me. Give me an ugly yet practical craft room. Genevieve's room lacked color and contrast and the wallpaper didn't work and the ugly sofa should've gotten the heave-ho instead of enlarged with a gigantic non-matching ottoman shoved flush against it. I liked the fireplace redo though.

I love Brett. He's what Billy Eichner would look like if Billy Eichner was attractive.

I watched an old episode last night where uberfrau Christi worked with a gay couple and it was hilarious. The bottom had a contagious laugh and took it upon himself during the homework overnight to paint stripes on the walls. Paige and Christi walked in and gasped like it was a crime scene. Paige flat-out told him it looked like crap. Meanwhile, Doug was working with a pair of lesbians in the same building. One of them knew how to state her boundaries VERY well and dominated him like a ragdoll. Part of the reason it was funny was because of the total role reversals--the women excelled with the hardcore carpentry work and the men knew their way around a sewing machine.

There was even a cameo from a drag queen. The only thing that could have made it better was if Ty was working the episode. I would have been interested to see how he interacted with the queens.

Carpenter Joanie looks way different than she did when she was a contestant on America's Next Top Model. But she still seems like a sweetheart. I remember she was a minister's daughter who worked in a strip club and had some crooked teeth which Tyra (bless her heart) got fixed. I think she may have made it to the final two. Nice to see she was smart enough to get a real career and not pursue modeling.

There was also an episode with four gay guys. They embellished their Trading Spaces shirts with Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. A clip was featured on the reunion show.

R207 I believe that was also the infamous white room episode where the asian chap had a meltdown. Doug is a cunt. If the homeowners specifically say they hate all white and embrace color why the fuck did you ruin their room and paint it all white and throw in white furniture and rugs?

R209 Paige had a pretty good butt back then.

This was a short season. I just saw a promo that teased the season finale.

r211 Yeah, I was surprised to see the season finale promo. I know the premiere did really well but I wonder if it's struggling now.

TLC, in all their wisdom, only shot eight episodes as a test, fearing people may not respond. Its supposedly filming again, having surprised TLC, who forgot people will watch TV shows that dont feature cunty midgets.

Wow, I had no idea that was Joanie from ANTM!

Paige's hubby's name is Patrick Page. So I guess that makes her Page Paige?

No, it would be Paige Page

Technically, it would be Mindy Page Davis Paige.

The episode with the black/white rooms was so hard to watch. The Asian queen was sobbing way harder than Crying Pam ever did.

Holy shit, does nobody remember the California: Peralta Street episode?! I felt like I was watching a Trading Asylums special. The two sets of homeowners played in a band, and one of them, who was like the neurotic lovechild of Charlie Chaplin and Tiny Tim, broke into song at random moments throughout the episode. I'm not sure he could have broken 5 feet tall if he stood on his tippy toes. Meanwhile, the woman he shared the home with, who I'm not sure was supposed to be his beard, his home health worker, or his gym teacher, was probably well over 6 foot, and she was terrifying.

I think the production crew might have been taking the piss out on them when they started painting. For no apparent reason but to draw attention to the size difference between them, they gave Tiny Tim an entire ladder, and gave Brunnhilde a step stool. When he started serenading Hildi about the fireplace they were decorating I was wheezing with laughter. I pictured his gladiatrix girlfriend cracking a whip at him throughout the day screaming "SING FOR MAMA YOU LITTLE BITCH!!!!"

Despite the small order for Season 9, I think TLC expected a lot more from this revival. They had previous seasons airing for several hours every afternoon lined up, as well as many episodes from S2 through S8 available On Demand. I had everything set to record so I could relive the older shows. This went on for almost two weeks, and I checked my DVR, and there was at least another week and a half of afternoon episodes set to air on the DVR - and then suddenly, there was nothing. No upcoming airings of the older episodes and NO On Demand.

I think they thought people would be re-watching the older stuff in the afternoons while waiting for the new Saturday episodes. I would guess that the afternoon blocks failed to grab ratings, so TLC trashed the whole concept.

Which is sad for me because I was really loving re-watching the older shows.

Never mind Trading Spaces....BRING BACK HOARDERS!

When is this coming back?

Spotted sexy Scottish carpenter Faber Dewar playing a grand DILF in the latest Eliquis commercial. He was always one of my faves.

r222 I was wondering that too. I haven't heard anything.

Did anyone else ever get the vibe that Ty and Vern never liked each other?

The original designers ranked - with Doug Wilson coming in dead LAST. After Kia!!! 😝

Genevieve Is interesting.

BUMP for the new season! Starts tonight!

Paige is like Sandy Duncan. Eww.

Paige is so eager to please, probably an expert at deep throating.

I couldn’t find the choking episode. Would love to see it.

What did Paige Davis' husband thought about her controversy when she did the stripper pole for a fundraising event?