Trading Spaces Tonight! Spoiler Alert!

[Michigan]

It was pretty gross! But, on the bright side they are friends with Laurie maybe she can redo it.

I love to watch Trading Spaces and wish Frank could redo my Kitchen.

I also can't stand to listen to Ty whine. Why is it that Amy Winn never has a problem finishing any of her projects but Ty comes short a lot of the time?

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

I can't believe the homeowners WANTED to have their bathroom done. They said it was too big! Is there such a thing as a too big bathroom?

Hildi has a wonderful reputation for her hideous rooms. At this point I have to wonder if she purposely tries to something truly ugly.

BTW, it was Gen who encouraged Doug to wear the leather pants in the college episode. You'll notice he hasn't done anything like that EVER again!

 

[PhotobearSam]

Flowers UGLY!

I can't imagine who gave Hilde a job as a designer. They must have been BLIND!

She does try to outdo herself and the home owners pay the price. If she was walking up to my door, I would throw can goods at her head.

I have always wondered what her place looks like. I bet it's beautiful because she would not do these types of things to her own place where she has to look AT THEM EACH DAY.

I like Vern and Laurie...I would have killed Hilde for the flowers.

 

[PamOKW]

Do you think she just tries to be outrageous? Her designs aren't just ugly. They are impractical and sometimes dangerous (remember the hay glued to the walls of the home with toddlers?)

I agree about the steam and mildew getting those flowers and the big problem of nail holes (what was it 6,000 flowers = 6,000 holes?)

On the bright side, wasn't Laurie's little guy cute?

 

[damo]

There should be a rule on that show that whatever the "designers" do needs to be easily undone. Those flowers were put on with a STAPLE GUN! How are they ever going to get them off.

I feel that people are really setting themselves up on that show and I usually don't feel sorry for them but this went way over the top. I thought that the homeowners took it very well and that the couple who had to put up the flowers really were very embarassed about the whole thing.

Gibson was very cute!

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

There was actually one case where the homeowner got to choose the designers???

Yup, it was the "celebrity" version with Natalie Maines (I hope that's right, she's one of the Dixie Chicks). It was a family swop, and can you believe it, HILDI was one of the people she chose to work with (the other designer was Vern).

 

[mickeyfan1]

were hideous. The bathroom looked like a model home on the designers tour, you know, no one would ever decorate that way, except some Dolly Decorator in a model home. I agreed that the room needed to be redone, it was BORING, and I loved the gold paint on the trim, and the red inserts on the doors. Notice how she used the "As seen on TV" tap lights in the cabinets to light them up. Like who has that kind of space in a bathroom cabinet?Iif someone stapled 6000 flowers onto my walls (and BTW, it was at least 2 staples per flower), I would not have held back. Hidle is also the designer who plastered over a gas fireplace, and the homeowner couldn'y use the gas logs any more. She has no concept (IMO) of what it means to have CHILDREN IN A HOUSE! Her designs are rarely, if ever, kid friendly.

I did like the shower curtain and window treatments, tho.

 

[newmousecateer]

I honestly think they should get rid of her. She does not "decorate", she "ruins" rooms. That whole bathroom wall will have to be redone. She cut out the middle of the cabinet doors. She is just too over the top and should be fired. It really isn't any fun watching her...it is embarassing.

I also agree that Kia should go. She tries too hard to be "out there".

 

[HockeyDadof2]

Certainly the wife and I thought the old bathroom could use some new paper and a LITTLE bit of character, but holy moly!! That was truely the most heinous redo we have seen on that show. I couldn't believe she also painted the trim and the cabinets that hideous gold. They handled it better than I would have, I think when I open my eyes I would have ripped off a piece of that gold trim and beat the ....................well you get my point, I would have been pissed!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Hildi also wrecked another house when she did the quadrant room. Did anyone else see that?

The room was divided into four equal sections - two sections were gray, two were magenta. Whatever fell into that section had to be that color.

Well the fireplace fell inbetween so she painted the brickwork half gray and half magenta. Then she glued shards of glass over top of the whole thing. Not pieces of mosiac glass, but whapped a sheet of glass with a hammer and used that. Then she grouted over the whole thing.

Tell me how those homeowners will ever fix THAT damage!

 

[Jeafl]

What bothered me more than the flowers was the destruction of the expensive cabinetry and woodwork. She screwed up by not having them sand BEFORE they painted, therefore the paint was not adhering to the wood. To make matters worse, she told the homeowner to sand AFTER he'd already started painting. It would cost a lot to replace all that cabinetry. I hated the tacky red inserts too. I guess they'll just have to keep the cabinets empty to make room for the tap lights

The whole thing looked like a no-tell motel when it was finished. The scariest thing of all is that Hildi doesn't even have any interior design credentials. Her background is in financial planning. The only one who has a real interior design degree is Laurie. Even Vern's degree is in architecture.

On the other hand, Laurie's room was beautiful as usual.

 

[RitaZ.]

What a nightmare! I agree that the bathroom needed some color, but not those hideous flowers & that gold paint!!!!!!! Where the heck did she get the idea for the red inserts? Tacky and cheap looking!!!

Every time she stapled a flower, all I could think about were all the holes. The moisture in there will probably rust the staples. I think that Paige was shocked that the homeowners liked the bathroom!

I liked Laurie's room, but then again I like most of her stuff. BTW, she looks fantastic and her baby is so cute!

 

[Rock'n Robin]

DH thinks those cabinets cost at least $6000. And he agrees that the way they did the paint means it will be next to impossible to just "paint them back white" (my bright idea).
I don't like Laurie or Hilde, but DH (and every other male I know who watches that show) LOVES Genevieve. I like Vern and Frank. Did anyone notice on this one there was a nice shot of Paige's,er, back-end crack when she was walking around helping them clamp the headboard in Laurie's design? DH noticed!

Robin M.

 

[dizneenut]

That flower wall was absolutely hideous!!!
Their bathroom was huge! I'd love a bathroom that big!