Trading Spaces Reboot Discussion

[Timewalker]

I've been able to catch up a bit, and in one of the episodes you could have knocked me down with the proverbial feather. I actually liked the room Hildi did, and was taken aback when the wife said, "It's disgusting."

I dunno... maybe they should have made the ping-pong table purple?

 

[Spot's Meow]

Usually I love Laurie's designs, but this one wasn't great. That huge cabinet structure...I mean, what was the point? It took up a lot of valuable space, made the room look smaller (I was not buying her BS about how it would somehow make the room look bigger), and didn't even seem to provide practical storage space. Just pointless.

I didn't mind the colors or the furniture though. The husband really seemed to dislike the wall color. Apparently he hasn't seen Hildi's episodes - it could be so much worse.

Sabrina's room was great.

 

[Trekker4747]

Laurie is another one I usually always like(d) and has the fewest failures, this one I'd place somewhere in the middle. I kind of liked it, the dislike from the homeowners seemed a tad extreme (as you say, it could have been so much worse.)

And maybe this is me as a single, childless, person not grasping the point but Ms. Homeowner's "where are the [kids] going to play?" struck me as an... "odd" complaint. I mean, in some other shots of adjacent rooms in the house it looked like a good amount of kid stuff was laying around, they have bedrooms and other places in the house to play. Is it that bad to have an "adult space" somewhere in the house that's not centered around the kids? I get having kids and wanting them and all of that, but I'd think for your own sanity you'd want some place in your home that just feels "adult."

The wall structure around the TV I'm mixed on, it looked nice but I had a "Joey Tribianni Reaction" to it.

Let me explain.

In an episode of "Friends" Joey is talking to Ross and his new girlfriend and Ross mentions his TV's been broke and he's not taken the time yet to get a new one, so he hasn't been watching TV. His girlfriend, and some of Ross's coworkers or professional colleagues start talking about them not even having TVs. Joey, confusedly, says "You don't have TVs? Then what's all of your furniture pointed at?"

It's my TV-centric life and one many of us have (thus this thread and the entire BBS) so having my TV in an impractical place or covered up in some manner seems dumb, because I'd pretty much always have to have it open. So it's bugged me in the past when TVs are placed in rooms as an "after thought" and the furniture in the room isn't "pointed at it" or something. This was kind of like that. Having the TV in a cabinet for me would just be a PITA.

But, in the end, I mostly liked both rooms. I think the series revival so far has yet to show a room I truly disliked.

Hildi will get me there eventually, I'm sure.

 

[Timewalker]

Laurie is another one I usually always like(d) and has the fewest failures, this one I'd place somewhere in the middle. I kind of liked it, the dislike from the homeowners seemed a tad extreme (as you say, it could have been so much worse.)

And maybe this is me as a single, childless, person not grasping the point but Ms. Homeowner's "where are the [kids] going to play?" struck me as an... "odd" complaint. I mean, in some other shots of adjacent rooms in the house it looked like a good amount of kid stuff was laying around, they have bedrooms and other places in the house to play. Is it that bad to have an "adult space" somewhere in the house that's not centered around the kids? I get having kids and wanting them and all of that, but I'd think for your own sanity you'd want some place in your home that just feels "adult."

The wall structure around the TV I'm mixed on, it looked nice but I had a "Joey Tribianni Reaction" to it.

Let me explain.

In an episode of "Friends" Joey is talking to Ross and his new girlfriend and Ross mentions his TV's been broke and he's not taken the time yet to get a new one, so he hasn't been watching TV. His girlfriend, and some of Ross's coworkers or professional colleagues start talking about them not even having TVs. Joey, confusedly, says "You don't have TVs? Then what's all of your furniture pointed at?"

It's my TV-centric life and one many of us have (thus this thread and the entire BBS) so having my TV in an impractical place or covered up in some manner seems dumb, because I'd pretty much always have to have it open. So it's bugged me in the past when TVs are placed in rooms as an "after thought" and the furniture in the room isn't "pointed at it" or something. This was kind of like that. Having the TV in a cabinet for me would just be a PITA.

But, in the end, I mostly liked both rooms. I think the series revival so far has yet to show a room I truly disliked.

Hildi will get me there eventually, I'm sure.

You need to watch her episodes from a decade+ ago. You will definitely wonder what planet she's from. That's why I was very surprised that I liked one that she did (there were 3 episodes shown together here).

I don't blame the people who didn't like the blue and white room.

 

[Trekker4747]

Yeah, I've not seen the older episodes for a long time, probably since they first aired. So the ones that mostly stick out in my mind the most are the Hildi fiascos. (Wine labels on teetotalers' walls, hay on the walls, the faux flowers on the walls of a freaking bathroom, etc. Some other atrocities are sort of there, but cannot really think of any linked to Laurie. Maybe I'll look into older episodes.

But in 4:3 and mostly Standard Def? Oi!

 

[auntiehill]

I actually liked BOTH rooms this week. Gen and John ( the new guy) both did a great job, with understated, not-too-fussy designs that were functional, attractive and reasonable.

I'm looking forward to seeing more from John Giddings. Even though the cross-stitch art idea didn't work out, the rest of the room was very well done.

 

[Trekker4747]

I liked both rooms as well, our Barefoot-Bohemian Goddess continues to shine!

 

[Spot's Meow]

I loved both room too. I don't think I've ever been disappointed by a Genevieve design. If I had a choice I would definitely pick her to design my house.

As a crafter, and someone who loves to cross stitch, I'm jealous of the little craft closet! Even though they couldn't do the full cross stitch project, the part that they did do looked really neat.