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Trading Spaces is an hour-long television reality program on the cable channel The Learning Channel. The format of the show is based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... TLC Network is a cable TV network in the US that carries a variety of informational and reality-based programming. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Changing Rooms is a British Entertainment television programme. ...


In each episode, two sets of neighbors redecorate one room in each other's homes. Each two-person team has two days, a USD$1,000 budget, and the services of a designer. The teams share the services of a carpenter. The United States dollar, or American dollar, is the official currency of the United States. ... Interior decoration is the art of decorating a room so it looks good, is easy to use, and functions well with the existing architecture. ...


The teams have no say in what happens in their own homes, but can give input into what happens in the home they are redecorating. The teams must not enter their own home for the duration of the show, and the transformed rooms are revealed only at the end of the second day.

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Cast

The show features different participants each episode. The host, designers and carptenters (the cast) are recurring (though there are only two designers, one host and one carpenter each time).


Hosts

  • Paige Davis (seasons 2-5)
  • Alex McLeod (first season only)

Mindy Paige Davis (born October 15, 1969 in Philadelphia) is an American actress and theater arts performer living in Manhattan. ...

Designers

  • Frank Beilec
  • Laura Day
  • Genevieve Gorder
  • Laurie Hickson-Smith
  • Christi Proctor
  • Rick Rifle
  • Dez Ryan (first season only)
  • Hildi Santo-Tomas
  • Kia Steave-Dickerson (from third season)
  • Edward Walker (from third season)
  • Douglas Wilson
  • Barry Wood
  • Vern Yip

Genevieve Gorder Genevieve Gorder (born July 26, 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is one of the designers who takes part in the TLC series Trading Spaces. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Carpenters

See also: While You Were Out Tygert Burton Pennington (October 19, 1965) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. ... While You Were Out is an hour-long American television reality program on the cable channel The Learning Channel. ...


External link

  • TLC's official Trading Spaces site
  • Trading Spaces fan site

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"Trading Spaces" remains on the air, and is comfortably successful by cable standards.
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