Trading Spaces

Overview

Trading Spaces was an hour-long American television reality program that aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. The show ran for eight seasons.

Episodes

S01E06 Winter Garden

March 28, 2004 60 min
Christi is going to be working with the dark blue team, Scott & Tammy, while Laurie will be working with the red team, Bishop (aka Smitty) & Angela. Homeowner Chats The Blue team wants rich,...

S01E09 Finals

April 18, 2004 60 min
Show Open Paige explains that this week the teams can have their choice of the designer & carpenter that they want to work with. The Light blue team wants to work with Doug & Ty....

S01E10 Winner's Circle- LIVE REVEAL

April 25, 2004 60 min
With 70% of a nationwide vote, the Light Blue Team of Jon and Stacy Laymon of Ocoee, Florida, have won the eight-week competition that was Trading Spaces: Home Free over Angel and Vilma Rivera of...

S01E12 Kissimmee

March 14, 2004 60 min
Before this week's teams start, Paige tells us that the Lavender team won last week with 62% of the votes. Homeowner Chats Vilma & Angel want an elegant & relaxing master bedroom. Eddy & Omar...

S01E14 Semi Finals 1

April 4, 2004 60 min
For the semi-finals, the teams will be working on living rooms. Due to the distance between the houses, each team will have their own designer, so both Trading Spaces trailers will be used for the...

S01E15 Orlando

March 7, 2004 60 min
Paige introduces us to the 8 couples competing to get their mortgages paid off. Paige also tells us that the neighbors will approve the design, control the budget, & are in conrol. Casting Call Hundreds...

S01E16 Semi Finals 2

April 11, 2004 60 min
In the Opening, Paige tells us that who ever wins this week's episode will be competing against the Yellow team, Angel & Vilma, in the final round for their mortgage pay-off. The Light Blue team,...

S01E17 Ocoee

March 21, 2004 60 min
Before meeting this week's teams, Paige tells us last week's results. With 80% of the votes, the yellow team will be moving on to the semi-finals. Homeowner Chats Jay & Melanie's room is already pretty...

S01E18 Athens: County Road

October 13, 2000 60 min
Imagine converting a child's room into a wonderland by simply applying a paintbrush and lots of imagination. That's what interior designer Frank Bielec does in this episode of Trading Spaces. Frank's childhood days emerge as...

S01E19 Alpharetta: Providence Oaks

October 20, 2000 60 min
Trading Spaces tackles suburbia this week. In Alpharetta, Georgia, our team is challenged to create an entire room around one piece of furniture — a dining room table built by the homeowner. Hilda Santo-Tomas brings...

S01E20 Lawrenceville: Pine Lane

October 27, 2000 60 min
Trading Spaces brings new meaning to the phrase ""getting your ducks in a row"" in this delightful episode. Two sisters trade spaces in an attempt to make both their living rooms more charming and comfortable....

S01E21 Buckhead: Canter Road

November 3, 2000 60 min
The women take charge in this episode of Trading Spaces. Genevieve Gorder and Laurie Smith are the designers working with two sets of neighbors in Atlanta, Georgia. A 60-year-old kitchen gets a funky facelift when...

S01E22 Washington, D.C.: Cleveland Park

November 10, 2000 60 min
Remember when your home was decorated with mom and dad's hand-me-downs? That's what two hip Trading Spaces designers faced when they arrived in Washington, D.C., for this episode. This show is a retro throwback that...

S01E23 Alexandria: Riefton Court

November 17, 2000 60 min
Look out Hee Haw, Frank Bielec is bringing his country flair to a kitchen in Alexandria, Va. Viewers may consider wearing sunglasses when Frank reveals his paint color for this family kitchen. By the time...

S01E24 Annapolis: Fox Hollow

November 26, 2000 60 min
Designers Genevieve Gorder and Laurie Smith keep carpenter Ty Pennington busy in this episode, which takes place in Annapolis, Maryland. Genevieve is ripping out carpeting and devising innovative ways to hang draperies while next door,...

S01E25 Philadelphia: Strathmore Road

December 1, 2000 60 min
Next-door neighbors trade spaces and styles in this episode from outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A pink and blue family room is given function and flair by designer Frank Bielec. Next door, designer Dez Ryan uses eclectic...

S01E26 Philadelphia: Valley Road

December 8, 2000 60 min
Returning to Philadelphia, Trading Spaces finds two more sets of neighbors eager to transform rooms in the other's house. This episode features Laurie Smith and Douglas Wilson, with carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor. Laurie changes a...

S01E27 Philadelphia: Galahad Road

December 15, 2000 60 min
Is it possible to fill a room with furniture and fresh design in two days for only $1,000.00?Designer Hilda Santo-Tomas gives it a shot in this episode. Newly constructed furniture and the use of fun...

S01E28 Knoxville: Courtney Oak

December 22, 2000 60 min
What happens when you have a big basement with multiple uses? Call Frank Bielec and let him go to work to tie it all together. Using shelves, room dividers, and vivid colors, Frank creates a...

S01E29 Knoxville: Fourth and Gill

December 24, 2000 60 min
Trading Spaces takes its design crew to the historic Fourth and Gill district of Knoxville, Tenn., for the premiere episode, featuring designers Frank Bielec and Laurie Smith. The teams are not only neighbors, they're good...

S01E30 Knoxville: Forest Glen

December 24, 2000 60 min
Things don't always go smoothly on Trading Spaces and this week, designer Douglas Wilson encounters two headstrong team members that aren't thrilled with his design plan for a bedroom. Down the street, Hilda Santo-Tomas has...

S01E31 Cincinnati: Melrose Avenue

December 29, 2000 60 min
Not enough cash for high-end wallpaper? Hilda Santo-Tomas solves this problem by creating her own textured wallpaper complete with repeated pattern. The wallpaper is the backdrop for a dramatic change to a drab kitchen. Next...

S01E33 Cincinnati: Madison and Forest

January 12, 2001 60 min
Historic homes are in for a hilarious redo in this episode featuring an industrial loft by Douglas Wilson and a retro, yet romantic master bedroom by Laurie Smith. Tune in to see Douglas use dirt-cheap...

S01E34 San Diego: Elm Ridge

January 26, 2001 60 min
Tune in to find out what happens when a Naval officer and his son team up against their new neighbors to redecorate each other's bedrooms in this sunny episode of Trading Spaces. Genevieve Gorder has...

S01E35 San Diego: Hermes Avenue

February 9, 2001 60 min
In San Diego, we pull surfing best friends off the beach and into each other's homes for another redecorating challenge. Laurie Smith turns a drab kitchen into an aqua adventureland while Genevieve Gorder pays homage...

S01E36 San Diego: Wilbur Street

February 16, 2001 60 min
Putting down a new floor is always a risky project, and in this episode designers Frank Bielec and Douglas Wilson find out why! Douglas brings the sun of Tuscany to a San Diego kitchen while...

S01E37 Knoxville: Stubbs Bluff

February 23, 2001 60 min
A father changes places with his neighbor and daughter in this fun-filled, two-day redecorating challenge. Designer Frank Bielec brings in carpenter Ty Pennington to help him turn a rec room into party central, complete with...

S01E38 Miami: 83rd Street

March 3, 2001 60 min
Trading Spaces heads to sunny Florida where neighbors exchange a bedroom and a living room in a two-day race to redecorate. Carpenter Ty Pennington and designer Laurie Smith are at odds over a faux fireplace...

S01E39 Coconut Creek: 59th Street

March 4, 2001 60 min
Designer Frank Bielec is bringing a taste of Tuscany to a living room while designer Hilda Santo-Tomas enlists carpenter Ty Pennington to build a showcase for a collection of Fiestaware in an L-shaped kitchen.

S01E40 Key West: Elizabeth Street

March 9, 2001 60 min
Island fever is contagious on this episode of Trading Spaces, which finds designers Frank Bielec and Genevieve Gorder headed to Key West where they'll join Ty Pennington in redoing two typical Key West living rooms.

S01E41 Austin: Wycliff Road

March 16, 2001 60 min
Nobody ever said that redesigning a room in two days for $1,000 was easy; in this episode designer Douglas Wilson faces challenges and setbacks in his effort to bring space and more function to a...

S01E42 Austin: Wing Road

March 23, 2001 60 min
We try not to break things on Trading Spaces, but in this episode dishes are sacrificed to create a mosaic backsplash in a kitchen and across the street a bright yellow room is toned down...

S01E43 Austin: Birdhouse Drive

April 1, 2001 60 min
Frank Bielec tackles a family room and Laurie Smith transforms an dining/living room in this installment of Trading Spaces. Highlights include do-it-yourself art with vegetables and an unique room divider. Carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor assists...

S01E44 Orlando: Lake Catherine

April 7, 2001 60 min
Designer Vern Yip is challenged to turn a kitchen into an entertainment center while next door Hilda Santo-Tomas brings posh passion to a basic boudoir. Carpenter Ty Pennington assists with a bamboo armoire and a...

S01E45 Gotha: Furlong

April 8, 2001 60 min
Neighbors trade master houses and trust each other for a marvelous makeovers of their master bedrooms. Genevieve Gorder and Frank Bielec bring their expertise, a thousand dollars and carpenter Ty Pennington to the scene for...

S01E46 Orlando: Winterhaven

April 15, 2001 60 min
Douglas Wilson and Laurie Smith arrive in Orlando with carpenter Ty Pennington ready to transform two rooms in two days with only $1,000. In this episode, Douglas revisits his childhood while giving an 11-year-old a...

S01E47 Albuquerque: Gloria Place

April 21, 2001 60 min
Trading Spaces heads to the desert with designers Hilda Santo-Tomas and Douglas Wilson and carpenter Ty Pennington. Douglas uses a nautical theme in a living room, and Hilda adds color to the walls and furniture...

S01E48 Santa Fe: Calle Feliz

April 29, 2001 60 min
Traditional adobe homes are the challenge on this episode of Trading Spaces. Designers Genevieve Gorder and Vern Yip have wrangled Ty Pennington for two days of redecorating fun. Vern attempts to bring spirituality and calmness...

S01E49 New Orleans: Jacob Street

May 5, 2001 60 min
We're down in the bayou, where designers Laurie Smith and Hilda Santo-Thomas are redecorating rooms in former fishing cottages. Watch as Hilda transforms a cluttered kitchen into a spacious, modern and functional space, and Laurie...

S01E50 New Orleans: Walter Road

May 13, 2001 60 min
When we visit the suburbs of New Orleans, we find an old kitchen and a master bedroom ready for some decorating help from our designers. Frank goes to work peeling off wallpaper and finds several...

S01E51 New Orleans: D'evereaux Drive

May 19, 2001 60 min
Heads up! Trading Spaces is in the bayou, where Vern Yip gives brothers a soccer-fan's dream room and Genevieve Gorder creates seamless duality in a guest room/home office. Amy Wynn Pastor builds under-the-bed storage and...

S01E52 Long Island: Shore Road

June 2, 2001 60 min
Trading Spaces welcomes warm weather with sunny makeovers in Long Island. Genevieve Gorder lets the sun in to a screened porch using a Japanese tea room theme and Dez Ryan adds her own twist to...

S01E53 New York: Sherwood Drive

June 3, 2001 60 min
Mother-daughter teams trade houses to change both daughter's bedrooms. Designer Vern Yip tosses out the stuffed animals and brings in function and sophistication with velvet and unique lighting, while Douglas Wilson creates a relaxing, serene...

S01E54 New York: Linda Court

June 16, 2001 60 min
Tune in to find out what happens when two different Trading Spaces designers come up with the same theme for living rooms in Long Island. Mediterranean colors and accents are used by both Douglas Wilson...

S01E55 New Jersey: Sam Street

June 17, 2001 60 min
While Ty Pennington and Alex McLeod search for the ""Jersey devil,"" designers Laurie Smith and Hilda Santo Tomas bring elegance to a dining room and master bedroom. An $80 thrift shop sofa is transformed into...

S01E56 New Jersey: Lincroft Road

June 23, 2001 60 min
Laurie Smith brings order and style to a very cramped kitchen. Her changes include a new floor, new storage options, and of course new color. Meanwhile, Douglas Wilson takes a very large, very red room...

S01E57 New Jersey: Lafayette Street

June 24, 2001 60 min
Small spaces are in for big changes in this final episode for the first season. Frank Bielec tries to incorporate a large collection of miniature houses into a living room and Vern Yip provides storage...

Cast

Paige Davis
Paige Davis
Self - Host
Ty Pennington
Ty Pennington
Self - Carpenter

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