aprilz81
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Post by aprilz81 on Mar 23, 2018 18:12:58 GMT -6
This may have been covered already (I don't venture into the daily randoms thread) but is anyone else looking forward to the new Trading Spaces on TLC?
I can't wait to see the old crew and how the show is the same and different at the same time. They are starting to re-air old shows on TLC and it is interesting to see how poorly the show has aged. Hildy always scared me (hay stapled to the walls? cardboard glued to the drywall?) and Frank was always too country. I always like Laurie and Genevieve (spelling?) and at the time Vern was too modern for me but I suspect that I would like his stuff better now.
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Post by silverspoon on Mar 23, 2018 18:24:22 GMT -6
You cannot mention Hilde without the flower bathroom.
The flowers. Everywhere. In the bathroom. EVERYWHERE.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Mar 23, 2018 18:29:15 GMT -6
The mural of her own face!!!
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Post by GhoatMonket on Mar 23, 2018 18:30:19 GMT -6
You cannot mention Hilde without the flower bathroom. The flowers. Everywhere. In the bathroom. EVERYWHERE. Or the self portrait. Or the sand in the bed room. Fucking Hildi. |
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Post by bunnyfungo on Mar 23, 2018 18:31:41 GMT -6
I never watched the original show, but I’ve heard about all of the worst ones. Were they trying to be horrible on purpose? I just can’t imagine a world where you would think glueing straw to your neighbors walls would make them happy.
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Post by badwolf on Mar 23, 2018 18:32:31 GMT -6
I was 11 or 12 when the flower bathroom aired.... even then I did lots of shaking my head.
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Post by aprilz81 on Mar 23, 2018 18:32:38 GMT -6
You cannot mention Hilde without the flower bathroom. The flowers. Everywhere. In the bathroom. EVERYWHERE. Oooh... I forgot that one... |
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Post by starbuck on Mar 23, 2018 18:33:57 GMT -6
There was also that crazy purple living room where they put casts of the neighbors hands and forearms on the mantle.
I can't remember who did that design...maybe the tall blonde? The homeowners were indignant.
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Post by hardlyluck on Mar 23, 2018 18:36:25 GMT -6
I remember something about a wall of glued CDs
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2018 18:38:21 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2018 18:39:07 GMT -6
I don’t remember the upside down one.
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Post by silverspoon on Mar 23, 2018 18:39:48 GMT -6
There was also that crazy purple living room where they put casts of the neighbors hands and forearms on the mantle. I can't remember who did that design...maybe the tall blonde? The homeowners were indignant. Dee? I remember her as the lamp lady, but I'm not sure on the name. |
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Post by silverspoon on Mar 23, 2018 18:42:16 GMT -6
I forgot about the sand.
I think I'd cry. You would be cleaning up sand forever.
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Post by Bluebird on Mar 23, 2018 18:44:11 GMT -6
I loved the original and can’t wait! Hildi was really the worst though.
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Post by ripper on Mar 23, 2018 18:49:17 GMT -6
Hildi was terrible but so was Frank. I actually remember being more embarrassed by his designs.
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Post by robot on Mar 23, 2018 18:49:33 GMT -6
I remember someone had a phobia of feet so they did a giant mural of a foot in their room. I remember thinking that was kind of mean.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Mar 23, 2018 18:50:14 GMT -6
I loved the original and can’t wait! Hildi was really the worst though. She's actually not a bad designer. Yeah, the times she ran wild with ideas stick out, but she did a lot of episodes. So more fun- you never knew which Hildi you might get. |
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Post by ripper on Mar 23, 2018 18:54:01 GMT -6
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Post by bunnyfungo on Mar 23, 2018 18:56:55 GMT -6
So these are definitely bad on purpose then, right? Nobody answered my question. But what if you don’t have the money to fix it? I would cry. And then maybe murder my neighbors. |
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Post by GhoatMonket on Mar 23, 2018 18:58:28 GMT -6
So these are definitely bad on purpose then, right? Nobody answered my question. But what if you don’t have the money to fix it? I would cry. And then maybe murder my neighbors. Well if you got the murder kitchen, you would be set for an alibi. Murder? No. This is just my kitchen officers. |
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Post by bellatrix on Mar 23, 2018 19:01:54 GMT -6
I'm here for this!
I watched a bunch of old episodes recently. Doug was also awful. He turned a master bedroom into a prison. It was horrendous.
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Post by starbuck on Mar 23, 2018 19:02:20 GMT -6
There was also that crazy purple living room where they put casts of the neighbors hands and forearms on the mantle. I can't remember who did that design...maybe the tall blonde? The homeowners were indignant. Dee? I remember her as the lamp lady, but I'm not sure on the name. I think so. Either way, I don't think I'd ever be on the show. Too much WTF potential |
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Post by thechickencoop on Mar 23, 2018 19:24:02 GMT -6
Oh cool! I used to love the show but was very wtf on some of the designs. Like...how could they think that some of that stuff is ok? Sand? Oh fuck no.
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Post by Jesslfar on Mar 23, 2018 19:25:34 GMT -6
I used to love when they really messed up a home because you knew how mad the owners would be. I would watch this.
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Post by imapenguin on Mar 23, 2018 19:26:56 GMT -6
I would definitely be thinking murder thoughts of the person who filled a room in my home with sand.
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Post by bellatrix on Mar 23, 2018 19:37:13 GMT -6
I hope they get a bigger budget this go around...
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Post by aprilz81 on Mar 23, 2018 19:48:55 GMT -6
I hope they get a bigger budget this go around... I hope so too. I also suspect that he rooms will still look cheap most of the time because we are used to huge budgets on Property Brothers and high end staging on all the other HGTV shows. I saw an episode today where Doug got furniture from a thrift shop (not bad in and of itself) that looked like it was discarded from an old Florida beach house. It looked cheap and tacky even back then. I remember one episode where the owners HATED brown and the whole episode was them on camera stating how much they hated brown. I'm pretty sure it was Doug, but the designer painted EVERYTHING brown and the homeowners lost it. Their friends kept trying to talk Doug out of it but it didn't work. I think that was the same couple who insisted that the fireplace not be touched and it was... Part of me would like the adventure, but I would hate to have no say in the design of my room. |
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Post by benandjerrys on Mar 23, 2018 20:02:26 GMT -6
I'm here for this. I really miss the old HGTV- designing for the sexes, design on a dime, divine design, decoratibg cents, room by room. it was my Saturday night jam in middle school. It was so much more DIY. I do hope they get a bigger budget but I also hope they revive the diy world and help to counter the perfect pinterst culture.
I have an acquaintance who was a production assistant on the original show and she had nothing but nice things to say about everyone, especially Paige. I love that.
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Post by joy on Mar 23, 2018 20:02:32 GMT -6
Budget is now $2,000.
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Post by aprilz81 on Mar 23, 2018 20:07:28 GMT -6
That is a decently healthy budget if the furniture in the room is at all decent. |
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