Regarding the straw (straw dust). Good thing the owners didn't seem to be allergic. Hopefully they weren't planning on having guests with said allergies.
@@thebrad1134But their kids were allergic to hay and that was said during the initial interview. They literally started to choke when they got in that space.
As an interior designer, the #1 rule is to LISTEN to your client and give them what they want. If you can’t do that, you have no integrity as a professional and should not be entrusted with anyone’s project.
Frank and Vern rarely had a design that the homeowner didn’t like, and when they did it was because of something small that was easily undone. Hildy and Doug seemed to want to piss the homeowners off and put the neighbors they worked with in a precarious spot. I always felt so bad for the people who gave their neighbors an awesome room with Vern or Frank, only to come home to a Doug or Hildy monstrosity. I’m fairly certain a lot of neighbor friendships ended because of that show.
@@staciecarrel4492I totally agree. Doug and Hildy could be downright cruel. I wonder why the neighbors of the disaster rooms didn’t ever put their feet down and refuse to do awful things to the other couple’s rooms. Maybe they had to contractually commit to doing whatever the designers wanted them to do.
@@eskimberly7424 there were a few times when they did. For the famous fireplace one, Doug wanted to rip apart the fireplace and rebuild it. The neighbors fought tooth and nail to try to get him to change the design so he agreed to build a fake wall in front of it to “hide” the brick. The neighbors figured that at least they could undo it after the show ended, so they conceded to let him have his fun with that concession. That’s why at the end of the episode, right before the camera cuts off, you can hear the neighbor tell her during the sign off chatter “it’s removable, we can undo it”.
The thing is, these aren't decorators educating and instructing a class, These are Commentators instigating, and explioting a crisis for an audience. (It's a dirty, but effective trick to get more viewers- it's working right now as everyone watches on RUclips.
There's no way someone do so many f's ups by mistake. In my opinion she is malicious and do it knowing she is making other people suffer. She is sadistic and evil.
Paige pretty much confessed on the Oprah show that their show isn't to please the homeowners and people are willfully going on their show where they have NO SAY in what happens to their homes. The reality design show purposely set the homeowners up for the extreme drama because they thought that was good for business and more people would watch.
I felt so bad about the ladys fireplace 🙁 why did they do that to her.. and the teapot clip is iconic and so distressing, that is a literal crime. I hope to god she was compensated.
As a teapot collecter, I would have flipped my lid. If she said the hanging shelf bit to me, I would've been like "well sounds like your idea was shit and you broke my stuff."
My heart broke for the teapot lady, but I can't imagine what possessed her to allow strangers on a tv show to handle such a precious and expensive collection.
@pilar8323 from the premise of the show, there should have been an expert there. I could see someone believing the expert to be more responsible and for the experience to be more trustworthy than it actually was
You know, if I was crazy rich I would have a room with circus walls and make the floor sand. That'd be the circus room. I'd fill it with clowns. But as a room in a house you have to actually live in? No.
If I’m remembering correctly there was one where the husband was in the military and the wife really wanted her own space that didn’t make her feel like “just a military wife”. They put Camo print everywhere…
The one that always gets me is when one of the designers removed a ceiling fan. And the homeowner's first response was "where's my fan?" and the designer went on about some designer level chandelier was better and the fan didnt fit the asthetic. And the homeowner was like "dont care. This is the south, ceiling fan is a must-have fixture.
As someone who's lived his whole life in the deep south, I second this. It's not just the heat, it gets extremely humid here too, and combined with the heat, it can be torture. Ceiling fans are mandatory. Removing them is a crime!
So the fireplace. I saw that episode when it first aired. There was a note in the fireplace not to touch it. The designer wanted to paint the bricks. The neighbors refused but was bullied into doing it so the insisted whatever they did had to be reversible, which is why the neighbors said that. They really did try to defend the owners wishes while being bullied.
Seems like the designers said "well, we already went out and spent the money, so we're stuck with this now." Which was probably dishonest in the extreme.
Omg she said bye Felicia, from Friday! I saw this episode in real life when it first aired. Me and my mama would watch it every weekend. And I felt so bad for that lady who cried. She was traumatized for sure. I think I assumed that whatever was bad would be fixed before it was over and everybody left. I guess they must've signed a contract and they knowingly took a gamble because a lot of the projects done for or to the space were cheap, gaudy, and not "designer" in anyway. But we kept watching just to see what happened next... good or bad but it finally got old and we moved on
The kitchen with the walls covered in wine labels was in the house of a couple who DID NOT DRINK. The neighbors literally BEGGED HER not to put them in there
Even worse, he was a pastor in a denomination that was opposed to drinking. All it would take was one member without a sense of humor stirring the pot and he would have been unemployed.
She had to be doing this maliciously, right? There's no way she keeps doing the opposite of what the people want over and over again to this absurd degree.
That teapot one was insane... like what?!?! Not only is that thousands upon thousands of dollars, but the sentimental value is probably unimaginable. And to put all that on a shelf that immediately breaks is crazy, and they just breezed right past it
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if some of these "renovations" completely disregarding the residents stipulations were done on purpose and/or encouraged by producers in an attempt to gain and retain viewers. At the end of the day drama will get people talking about the show. Even if a large chunk of the conversation is outrage and condemnation there's going to be people curious enough to check out the show to see what's up if its interisting or just a dumpster fire, either way the production makes money. There's also the matter of how the contracts for participants may be deceptive or exploitative and difficult to settle in court due to legal fees. As well as the likelihood of production companies being insured against stuff like this and measuring that against how much they stand to gain from increased publicity and viewership.
@@Luminocite Don't forget that they also added heaps of books to this flimsy hanging shelf. It was a disaster waiting to happen anyway, but with the books it stood no chance.
@@readysetno8853 Stop throwing around the word "narcissist" like it's not an actual psychiatric diagnosis oh my gooood. Someone can be a jerk without being a narcissist!
@@StoutShako When I think of a jerk, I think of someone feeling acutely insecure, maybe ill-mannered or just plain crass. This is a "professional" that was trusted because of her expertise and she abused that trust for cruel fun. From her behavior and using the DSM 5 criteria (you only need 5/9 to be diagnosed with NPD), a sense of entitlement, no empathy, egotistical behavior and from her colleagues comments a likelihood of interpersonally oppressive behavior. Its something she routinely did do the behavior is pervasive. For comparison's sake, 1 in 100 people are psychopaths and roughly 1 in 6 people have NPD, that's a lot. It's not too far-fetched to say that her behavior likely stems from NPD.
Whwn Hildy nailed all those fabric flowers to the bathroom walls -- all I could think was, "A few showers from now, and those flowers will be loaded with black mold, and the homeowners will start dying from mold exposure."
That and the poop brown with the super poorly marked and painted white stripes. Ugh. I actually watched it as a young adult and to this day I don’t know why.
@Crowski No, the neighbors actually fought the designers to NOT touch the fireplace, but they were under contract (TLC is very predatory in this way), so they came to a compromise, and instead of painting the bricks like the designer wanted, they just put the panels in front, which is why the neighbor was like "Everything's reversible". But the neighbors were bullied and belittled by the designers the entire time.
when my family and i first saw the 'sand room' episode we were so convinced it was fake because there is no goddamn way in hell somebody would think putting hundreds of pounds of loose sand inside of a children's bedroom would be even close to a good idea.
My best friend is a realtor. Ordinary people make horrible design choices all the time. Add onto that some ego and misplaced skills, maybe a dash of "artistry," and you get egotistic psychopaths doing home remodeling. He sees them all the time, both from professionals and normal people. At a certain point, the ego jut stops them from thinking, "Is this really a good idea?"
Probably not the best idea in any room of the house, regardless who is using it. Even houses built into the side of caves wouldn’t warrant dumping sand all over the floor.
I worked with a kid who was on Trading Spaces Family, he had to take off work for like a week. After he got back we could all tell it was bad, real bad. But they couldn't change it or talk about it yet. After everyone saw the episode we all got to see it was awful. They said they liked reading, so the designer decided to make a private reading room. The doorways to the room would be sliding bookshelves. Seems kind of like a neat idea. But then they wallpapered the entire wall in newspaper, cause they like reading, get it. The bookshelves were also covered in newspaper. The floor and ceiling were painted white with letters stenciled onto them. The furniture was also white with text letters. It was just a sealed off white room with newspapers everywhere. It literally hurt to look at. I stood in the room and it made you feel anxious and trapped. It was awful, and all based of them saying they like to read.
The description started off cool, and slowly got worse... Newspaper wallpaper sounds really cool, but Newspaper and text on everything? That's too much. It needs some simplicity to balance the design... maybe some furniture with a more muted pallet, natural wood bookshelves, and a vinyl floor
Oh God that actually a real life torture method where people are put in a white room, but normally it would have the person wear white, eating white rice and milk only for long periods of time
Fun story: I once worked at a furniture company who lent stuff to a home renovation show that was filming in town. After the episode aired we had to go and take all the stuff back - it had only been rented for filming and the homeowners hated it anyway. On TV, though, it appeared as if the furniture had been given to the homeowners and that everything was gravy.
I used to work at a Pier 1 Imports in Dania Beach (it's no longer there; this was back in the early 1990s). We had people who would come in and do the same thing, but then bring everything back. It was always a pain to process those returns. They didn't just get furniture; they would purchase dishes and nick-nacks, etc. It would be a madhouse!
@winterzealot the majority of reality TV is more akin to improv. Storyline are written, actors are asked to perform, and sometimes alternate takes are made. Game shows can be a little more real due to gaming regulations but even they find ways to skirt around the restrictions.
I particularly felt bad for the lady with the teapot collection. When you have a collection like that you form an emotional attachment to many of the pieces in your collection. I collect dog figurine, and for probably 95% of them I can pick it up and say "Oh this was an ebay find, I paid X amount for it, what a deal!" or "My brother and his wife gave me this for Christmas." or "My niece gave me this one for my birthday" or "I found this beauty at that Estate Sale I went to 2 summers ago." Each piece holds memories and sentimental attachments, so even if she was lucky enough to find all of the same teapots again, they're not quite the same.
@@ameliaduncan3236I understand a little bit. I used to collect owls, owl figurines and anything with an owl on it. When the house got broken into most of my owl collection was stolen, some were broken and only two or three survived. Knowing I could never replace the broken and stolen ones, I knew my collection would never be complete again and I lost the passion for collecting owls.
The one I remember is where they PAINTED a couch. Barbie pink. I so wanted to see someone sit on that thing. You know the paint would crack and come off in tiny bits and end up everywhere. Who paints a couch?!?
I recently saw a comment where someone's co-worker got in MAJOR trouble with her hubby for painting a couch. Yes, said co-worker had been inspired by trading spaces.
There is such a thing as fabric paint. It is meant to be sat on and so on, and not meant to flame and crack. Now, whether that was used in the show is another matter, but painting fabric isn't as uncommon as it seems like it should be.
@@FokkeWulfe Yeah I remember a flipper here on youtube doing it. You need special fabric paint and i think she did some kind of glaze over it too? Dont remember, but yeah, it definitely can be doable.
I heard this show also destroyed the garden of a neighbor who wasn't even involved. The homeowner straight up said that part of the yard wasn't theirs and to stay out of it, and the crew went over, ripped up plants, and destroyed a baby lemon tree to use the neighbor's plants as decor in the remodel. Apparently it destroyed the relationship between the two neighbors because one one who owned the plants was an expert gardener and took their plants seriously.
I would be so upset knowing how much time and care you put into growing your own plants.... They are like apart of the family that you care and love for so I would be so very upset as well!
@@sab5076 The thing about suing that a lot of people don't get, is that it almost never reverses the damages. it is a lot of work, sometimes hundreds of hours, to get smallest amount legally allowed. in this case, all that neighbor would get is the labor costs of a landscaper, plus whatever the cost of the plants at the cheapest available price, if the court even agrees to that. suing for phycological damages or whatever is rarely ever successful, and nowhere near as common as TV makes it seem.
that clip of the wife crying in the other room while the designer lady quietly asks the clearly furious husband "what they should do next" is smth out of a psychological drama.
Please, spill more! Hopefully Scott will pin your comment if you don't mind elaborating- I know a lot of us would absolutely appreciate hearing all the deets! I hope your aunt is feeling better with her space these days 💜
@@animeartist888I know that when someone will describe something non-mainstream & often it looks tasteful in my mind, then I see what was actually done & “oooohhhh my that is in no way close to being tasteful”. I’m betting that you can see a beautiful rendition but the reality is more a craft store after a hurricane.
I used to watch this show. The worst one ever was a couple who had spent a crap-ton of money on a special bed that was medically necessary for them…I think one had a bad back, maybe had surgery, I don’t remember…and told the show the bed was off limits. Then the designer not only threw out their brand new super expensive bed, but then replaced it with a circular bed that may or may not have rotated. I don’t even think a single person could fit on it, never mind two. I felt so bad for them.
Oh wow, that's terrible. Gotta read the contract before signing up for a show like this. They likely waived all their rights to be on the show, but still the neighbors or show staff should have at least saved the expensive bed to give it back after the horror TV reveal. That's crazy that they would dispose of a medical bed. The show should be held liable for damages since they capture the homeowners saying, "do not touch" a certain element, that should be adequate evidence in a cort of law, but still small claims court may not be worth legal actions. Although, if I were a judge, I'd fine the show for the damages.
Not only should they be able to get a cash settlement from the show, they should be allowed to have a professional mma fighter of their choice take care of the designer who did that
I hate when people say "Well thats the risk you take!" Is empathy and a bit of humanity and kindness not something you feel in your heart to do a BASIC request? Thats like me coming into your home, you tell me "Hey the baby has been struggling to sleep and I finally got them down. Can you please keep the noise levels low?" Then me specifically banging pots and pans in its room. Then when you come and yell at me, saying "Well that was the risk you take letting me in your house!" Its called being a decent human being! Not using backwards excuses to justify your inability to be a somewhat respectable human.
There was another series around the same time called "While You Were Out" where the premise was they'd find a reason to send someone out of town for a few days, and then surprise them by renovating/making over a room in their house. Most of them were good. But I remember one episode in particular where the person came home and was like, "...what the fuck?" and just absolutely HATED IT. It was one of the most awkward things I've ever seen on TV. The hosts didn't know what to do.
Wait,so did the people who actually owned and lived in the houses not actually give consent for this? Am I understanding that correctly? If so how is that even legal?
@@skydragonslayer9820 I think it was usually like a friend or family member who was doing it as a "surprise" for them, if I recall correctly. Not sure if it was always like a wife or husband or anything, I haven't seen the show in like 20 years so that's a detail I'm foggy on.
On both of these shows, they would rifle through the homeowner's things. I think While You Were Out would do a "bonus" area and sometimes they would just go through people's stuff to see what they had. Opening drawers and everything.
Hildy Santos Tomas was the reason I only watched episodes of Trading Spaces that didn't feature her after her fourth crappy project. The house that had hay glued to the walls was declared a health threat. I think a health inspector was called out, and the production company had to pay fines.
Pleased to hear it. I too learned to not watch her shows when they cycled her in. The other designers weren't fabulous but as a rule, they were not toxic, just childish. The kinda people you wouldn't leave in charge as a parent or a boss 'cause they'd just get drunk.
Same; I hated her designs, it was clear she did things just for the shock (even if she wants to claim otherwise) and there was nothing enjoyable about watching the homeowners be horribly disappointed at the reveal-I don’t know why TLC thought that was a good tactic to pursue.
I love renovations shows . But the idea that 1) your neighbours are doing it, and 2) there is a good chance that your house could be intentionally destroyed for the views is appalling. That designer should have been fired from the show. These are actual people with lives. How could they intentionally disrespect their wishes. Like I get not being able to do something they like, but ACTIVELY going against what they want? They were very clear as to what was off limits. It’s not optional nor is it a suggestion. It’s OFF Limits. Also HAY?! Destroying thousands of dollars worth of teapots?!
"Survivors of Home Decorating TV Show" feels like it should be the title of an Onion article, but with this show... I can see why it was part of a real article's title.
To be honest, most of the time the reason the couples don’t like the renovations is due to the “professional designer” FLAT OUT IGNORING what they’re told. Doug and Hildie were the most infamous for doing this time and time again
The trick is to tell Hilde what you don’t want done really be what you do want done, “ugh whatever you do, DO NOT give me a clean white modern look with modern appliances and in-unit washer/dryer.”
you have to remember that half the time the people DO get what they ask for. This means it's a 50/50 either way, but if you're honest about it, at least you have the ability to say they didn't listen.
@@codyhanson1344 Yeah, but imagine how amazing you would feel if you played the reverse psychology card and it worked. Think of the anime monologue you could have about how you _knew_ their tendency to do what the homeowners _didn't_ want; therefore, all you had to do was switch things around to get what you really wanted. They were none the wiser while you rolled the dice and won the gamble before they even set foot on your threshold. You played them like a fiddle. They thought they were the masters, but the whole time, _you_ were the one in control.
Remember to remove any beloved furniture or sentimental items from the room beforehand. Antique mahogany desk? Painted with black and white prison stripes. Heirloom crystal chandelier? Smashed and the pieces turned into an impractical mosaic countertop. Beautiful old rug that grandpa brought with him from the old country? NOW IT'S TIE DYE
I paid attention the whole video and still was convinced the guest was his twin and I just somehow kept forgetting. It’s uncanny and i truly believe Scott has a twin.
I saw an episode once where a family that strictly didn't drink had their kitchen done by gluing wine labels to the wall. They had to individually steam off the labels 😬
@@Alici_Evans Yes! He could do really good work, but could also have terrible rooms. I couldn't remember for sure who designed the wine label kitchen, but it's just like Hildi to say (I'm imagining here), "So they don't drink and as a clergy family are against it, so I'll just glue wine labels over their cupboards anyhow!"
@@kadee40 No, it was Hildy. Again. Not only that, but she put a wine rack above the range. Even if the homeowners had been drinkers, that would have been a terrible decision--the worst possible conditions for storing wine and a huge fire hazard to boot. IIRC, the neighbors told the homeowners that they hoped it could be used as a pot rack.
During the time it was on the air, my then wife watched Trading Spaces. I stopped, and refused to even be within earshot while she watched after the episode where this one woman SPECIFICALLY said do not touch this piano that was in the room. The DESIGNER on the team re-doing the room slapped a coat of paint on it the very FIRST thing. The home owner was nice about it, I was thinking "YELL AT HER!! TELL HER HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT IT!!"
My mom's friend was on one of these home renovation shows, they renovated their house while they were away on vacation, and threw out everything. All the kids toys, baby photos, family memories was all gone.
If i'm remembering correctly, the neighbors of the woman with the fireplace room had to fight the designer really hard to only use like a façade covering over their original fireplace, and not to dismantle it to put the white one up so that it could be removed later. i remember them being afraid the whole time their neighbors were going to hate it, but seemed powerless to really change much. idk what the contracts were like being on the show, but it seemed like if they didn't go along with it and do the work, they'd be sued.
That designer was a genuine jerk. But the producers that allowed her or even chose her to do that are also AHs. 😱 Like literally she chose to do the exact opposite of anything they said they didn't want. She seems like a passive aggressive sadist. 😬
I don't think they HAD to go along with it because I saw other episodes where the designers wanted to do things the homeowners explicitly didn't want, and the neighbors absolutely refused. I think the people that went along with it may have just caved to the pressure. Which I don't really blame them for, that's a shitty situation they shouldn't have been put in the first place.
@@maddragonqueen_ Remember the message when they’re doing the straw? It’s ultimately the designer’s final say, now the designer(s) definitely doesn’t want to look too much like a AH on tv, so if literally everyone involved says “DON’T DO THAT” and holds firm they’ll probably back down, but before they get there. They gonna try to pressure and gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss they’re way through the process with or without the neighbors says or wishes.
I had a family member we stayed with for a week who left their detergent on the floor. When I moved it so my twin daughters didnt try to eat it at every moment. They got mad at me and said, "Just tell them not too. They need to learn." My kids are not even a year old. You've had 4 children. How did they think that would work.
Friends of mine went on the Australian version of this show. The couple they did the show with were horrified at the outcome and tried to sue the producers. However they were told they had no case because it was a "game show" - not a "home improvement show"
All of that having been said, Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls that was on Discovery Kids was a direct spinoff of this show, and it was a GEM. Truly awesome renovations that the kids absolutely loved. Even back then, my family couldn't believe that the original show did stuff this heinous and the spinoff was so great.
I dunno if all the Boys v Girls renovations were "awesome." I remember them specifically choosing one aspect of this kid's interests or personality and making that the whole room. Like a girl who liked bagels, so they made her room a cafe and glued bagels to the wall??
This is a good test to discover a narcissist: Tell them what you don't like or that you're allergic to something- Prepare to get plenty of it. ( Obviously don't tell them what you're REALLY allergic to, Just make something up and watch.)Hildy is for sure disturbed.
Luckily the fireplace was a false front, it wasn't affixed to the fireplace in any permanent way. But the teapots, oh man. And then they just laughed it off? That's so bloody rude
I did some work for a woman who received one of these homes. She had her whole house built from the ground up in like 14 days or something. (She immediately sold the house afterwords) Before she sold it she had to bring in drywallers, painters, tilers, had to fix her floors, she spent tens out thousands of dollars fixing mistakes.
I remember an episode where Hildi made all the furniture out of cardboard and put cardboard on the walls and the owners said it looked like a glamorous homeless man’s home. It was truly horrifying.
literally how on fucking EARTH do you hear “no brown. do not touch the fireplace.” and then put shit-brown tiles and completely change everything about the fireplace without TRYING to ruin people’s houses
4:48 I had to watch this several times to understand why the weight of the books at the bottom made the shelf less stable instead of more stable. Then I realized the shelf was suspended from the ceiling. Even if it was mounted properly, it would spill its contents when touching.
The flower wall actually did look quite gorgeous, but why the heck did she pick a room that is prone to moisture? 100% banking on hildi having zero hindsight
It was beautiful, but my immediate thought was "what about when the flowers die?" And if they're dried flowers then, like you said, the moisture will destroy them. Not to mention the potential for mold
oh yea I give it about a week before there is mold all over those flowers. Fake ones will keep the moisture on them and real ones will literally just rot in a day
The flowers were fake. But just imagine the dust they’d collect. The moisture. Anyone with allergies wouldn’t be able to be in there long. Not to mention if you want to change it you’d have about a thousand thick staples you’d have to remove from the walls and then get the drywall redone. I heard when the show was on that the show would fix rooms back to their original state. I mean Hildy completely ignored everything and there’s no way she went to school for interior design.
I watched this show with my parents when it first came out. I was like 7 or 8, and even then, every time Hildi was on an episode, I was like “ohhhh. Oh, no. That poor couple.”
Hilde Santo-Tomas is EXACTLY the first-year tutor who says "yes" to the first idea, even if it's the worst idea and encourages idiots to "just go crazy!" 😂
@@John_the_Paulmainly only Catholic Churches. If he was a pastor he could have been a member of many other types of churches in which alcohol is not part of the tradition.
I saw an episode once where the one family said DO NOT paint the wood furniture. They said it again and again. And you guessed it, their neighbors painted all their furniture white. They were really pissed and caused a scene.
That "designer" Hildi Santo-Tomas glued artificial flowers on all of the bathroom walls in one house on a show she worked on. It looked tacky and sure wouldn't hold up long. She didn't know what she was doing and was not a knowledgeable and capable designer.
I remember this show, and I remember Hildy's hideous designs. She and Doug were two of the most arrogant, contemptible persons on reality TV, and they were allowed to behave that way week after week.
Yes, Doug Wilson was the one who covered the brick fireplace and made the room brown. If I remember correctly, the neighbors practically pleaded with him not to do his design because of the fireplace and the brown color, and he replied something along the lines of that the parties signed a contract and had to abide by what the designers chose to do, so too bad! So smug and arrogant! I couldn't stand Hildi either! She was the same way! If I saw her within ten feet of my house, I'd get a restraining order to keep her away! 😡
I remember another female designer on this show who did a bedroom, and had the finished bed and bedding at floor level. The top coverlet was green and fuzzy, replicating moss, and there was a small white picket fence around it. It looked like a grave! Never saw this one mentioned again. Horrible!
No but same… why in the world would they not test it first. Rather, how did they think that chicken wire looking rig would be safe for delicate items?!
I used to watch the show trading places all the time. But when they botched that woman's house with a brown room and destroyed her fireplace I never watched it again. I was crying along with her probably even as much or more than the homeowner. I really felt her pain. It was a disgusting show and I would never watch it again.
I remember watching this show. Hildi was a nightmare. I remember after a few times she was on the show, homeowners would get nervous and sometimes angry when they found out Hildi would be doing their rooms.
@@shannonceleste5557i think what makes it worse is that this is their job. i don’t really blame the neighbors but like the people behind the show do renovations and remodeling for a living, how did they not see that coming.
Holy moly did that shelf look very "I did DIY, but no nothing about building things." It looked like planks of wood being held up by dental floss and dreams. It's no wonder it could hold up the weight of her teapots. And why did they add heavy books?! What the actual f! lol.
I was little when I saw these, but the vibe was definitely narcissistic. She would intentionally do crazy things or the opposite of what the owners wanted because she was "such a good designer" that they would "love it no matter what." Most often the homeowners would play along cuz of the cameras.
It’s insane that the designers or producers didn’t step in when people were clearly doing things that they were specifically asked not to do. Like at some point you want your show to have a good reputation
It was usually the designers who made the bad decisions, and the people usually tried to tell them no. Honestly, I think the bad designs were why people stopped watching. It can't be cool to watch people come into their home, and have all their hopes come crashing down.
I remember an episode when one of the couples absolutely HATED what was done to their home. The orange paint job got to them and there were other issues, too. I'm pretty sure it was Trading Spaces but it could've been another competitive makeover show. This show not only ruined people's houses, it definitely ended some friendships. It's good to see your unnamed guest again and I have a suggestion for another show for you to look into: What Not to Wear. It's a classic!
@nikkireigns no!! It's similar to Queer Eye- these folks are co-workers, at the end of the day. But they all seem to have a general respect for one another.
Watching Trading Spaces back when it was on was very much like driving past a car wreck and not being able to look away. I remember joking with friends that if we were ever on, just put the thing you did want under the list of *don'ts* because of how often they used that as exactly what they were going to do. They had one, and only one, decent "designer" who was an artist that I think tried to incorporate something personal to that family. The rest were hacks. I remember one that had a personal vendetta against ceiling fans. Every ceiling fan in every house had to go. And they kept sending that guy to the hottest cities in the country - think New Orleans or Houston. Places where ceiling fans aren't a design aesthetic, but a necessity if you want to have reasonable electric bills. If you told him you don't like blue, he would make sure you got floor to ceiling blue. I'm not sure what show Paige remembers, but homeowners who actually liked their rooms were the rare exception. I think I saw later that the "What the (bleep)??" lady had to do multiple "reveal" takes before they even managed to get that one with how bad their room was. The one true shining light from Trading Spaces were the neighbors who put their foot down and refused to do any work on something their neighbor didn't want. They still had to live next to these people and interact with them daily. They were the truly rare individuals and episodes.
The one thing they should have known is to NOT say what they didn't want changed, because that became the main focus of change, er, destruction, from the get go.
Hildi Santo-Tomas and Doug Wilson were guaranteed to do the exact opposite of what the homeowners wanted..they were the worst… I will never forget that fireplace
She cried. I remembered that episode yrs ago. It's the reason I quit watching it. I felt so sorry for her, but was so angry at how hideous the room looked and they ruined the fireplace?
@@margricks I remember it, too. The room was dark and cold-looking, lacking any personality whatsoever. I also remember that the fireplace that he installed was a facade that they could take down pretty easily-they didn’t ruin the fireplace. Still, it must have been a shock for the homeowners; I couldn’t help but wonder why they agreed to participate in the show in the first place! I think I remember reading somewhere that the woman was going through some family stuff at the time, like her mother’s illness or something, and she was already emotionally raw. This just put her over the edge.
@@smilinmoo Thank you about the info on the fireplace! At least they didn't have too much trouble dealing with that. But that brown wall and thin stripes??? I was mortified for them even before the couple even looked at the redo. I quit watching after that episode. And I can't stand that brit, Hildy or however you spell the monster's name!!!! She's got her own show now with some effeminate guy. I don't watch that one, either. Just from the previews, nope!
It kind of freaks me out that Scott managed to have very fluid conversation and body language with himself in the podcast-style segments. Like, if I were a new viewer, I would've thought he had an identical twin. Not just the editing, but keeping up the energy and tone. Genuinely nuts
I have been looking for someone to remember a horrible Hilde room. The couple said they did NOT want her to work on their room and she took revenge. Their dining room was painted black with an egg shaped light fixure. A table was cut in the shape of an egg and painted black. I haven't found phot evidence of this room, but it lives in my head rent free.
One of my ex-girlfriends at that time worked at Home Depot in Austin in the paint department (as well as doing faux finishing for high end homes). One day she said a couple went in asking how to take off glued felt on sheetrock. They mentioned it was from being on Trading Spaces.
The owners of the homes should always have frequent daily updates on what they're doing to the house with pictures and they should be able to direct it
I watched the kid version of this show back in the day and I distinctly remember one where it was a hamster-themed bedroom. They painted a kid on one of the walls that was supposed to be a combination of the two kids the room was for, so he had two different colored eyes. It was supposed to look like the kid was looking into the hamster cage, but it didn't give off that effect at all because they didn't paint the wiring the cage would have. It just looked like a giant creepy kid with non-matching eyes was staring down at them for no reason.
I was going to say there’s a lot of passive aggressiveness in these shows, but now I think it’s active aggression. “I’m gonna have to leave the room now.” Anyway, best collab of the year by far.
These clips show you were right the first time. This is the definition of Passive agression. Active aggression would be one of the upset participants actually saying or doing something to show their displeasure in the moment.
a couple other episodes - military family asked for no camouflage, entire living room was decorated in camo. Also another military family had 2 car halves (front and rear ends) brought in and made into 'beds' for their kids. show constantly had people using colors that clients specifically asked to not use. When Hildi was on you knew someone's house was getting f*cked up.
Used to watch that show. I don't know where they found the designers, but they almost always used the worst amateurish techniques to finish the tasks. Things were often falling apart by the time of the reveal.... And Hilde! You called out Hilde! Absolutely 100% agree.
When Trading Spaces first came out, I loved it! Some of the designers did a really good job on the rooms. Hildy ruined the show for me. She went way too far and I stopped watching. Plus Doug was such a little B. He would throw fits when the neighbors would say "That's not what they want!" I do remember that all white room. So awful! The couple had spent months stripping paint off the beautiful woodwork, and Hildy came in and painted right over it. I remember one of them ran from the room sobbing. Then Paige got fired for showing her underwear at some event, and even though I had already stopped watching, I never went back.
11:46 At least one person had the guts to call out the nonsense! The others were so "polite" 🙄 That fireplace woman should have stayed right there and cried her heart out on camera.
I go apoplectic when I see someone make a piece of antique furniture 'shabby chic' by slathering it with cheap latex white paint (I have to use dental equipment to get the paint out in order for the stain to penetrate properly), what the eff makes someone think I'd let them into my HOME to redesign it for me without my input, especially if the designer has taste where she sits. What a terrible idea for a show. I barely let people I know and like into my home; but a stranger to move my things around? Yeah, that's a no dog all day.
I think because if you’re so used to talking to a camera, you’re basically talking to yourself all the time. The laughing breaks make it feel so authentic!
Wow thanks for having me on, it was a lot of fun! Hopefully people come check out my channel too 😎
please collab again! you really help lighten up scott's humor
You were so complimentary to Scott’s comedic commentary!
Do come again! ❤
Honestly you really carried this video. Scott's humor just ain't on your level.
hint hint hint
Youre such a good cohost that i think you should give Scott a break and do the next video all on your own!
This actually made me SO sad! The straw on the walls? The lady crying over her sad brown room? The BROKEN TEAPOTS?! 😭
Regarding the straw (straw dust). Good thing the owners didn't seem to be allergic. Hopefully they weren't planning on having guests with said allergies.
I have wondered for years how the straw house ladies fared
@@thebrad1134But their kids were allergic to hay and that was said during the initial interview. They literally started to choke when they got in that space.
@@cesararzola8380 I figured the baby was putting the straw in their mouth and choking on it. I must have not paid enough attention.
When the budget is a thousand bucks, it's kinda hard to do anything serious. Even back then 🤣
As an interior designer, the #1 rule is to LISTEN to your client and give them what they want. If you can’t do that, you have no integrity as a professional and should not be entrusted with anyone’s project.
Frank and Vern rarely had a design that the homeowner didn’t like, and when they did it was because of something small that was easily undone. Hildy and Doug seemed to want to piss the homeowners off and put the neighbors they worked with in a precarious spot. I always felt so bad for the people who gave their neighbors an awesome room with Vern or Frank, only to come home to a Doug or Hildy monstrosity. I’m fairly certain a lot of neighbor friendships ended because of that show.
@@staciecarrel4492I totally agree. Doug and Hildy could be downright cruel. I wonder why the neighbors of the disaster rooms didn’t ever put their feet down and refuse to do awful things to the other couple’s rooms. Maybe they had to contractually commit to doing whatever the designers wanted them to do.
@@eskimberly7424 there were a few times when they did. For the famous fireplace one, Doug wanted to rip apart the fireplace and rebuild it. The neighbors fought tooth and nail to try to get him to change the design so he agreed to build a fake wall in front of it to “hide” the brick. The neighbors figured that at least they could undo it after the show ended, so they conceded to let him have his fun with that concession. That’s why at the end of the episode, right before the camera cuts off, you can hear the neighbor tell her during the sign off chatter “it’s removable, we can undo it”.
Oh if it was my house they screwed up? I'd make it clear they either put it back the same way, or I sue them.
The thing is, these aren't decorators educating and instructing a class, These are Commentators instigating, and explioting a crisis for an audience. (It's a dirty, but effective trick to get more viewers- it's working right now as everyone watches on RUclips.
There's no way someone do so many f's ups by mistake. In my opinion she is malicious and do it knowing she is making other people suffer.
She is sadistic and evil.
It is the show. They hire her to do that.
Paige pretty much confessed on the Oprah show that their show isn't to please the homeowners and people are willfully going on their show where they have NO SAY in what happens to their homes.
The reality design show purposely set the homeowners up for the extreme drama because they thought that was good for business and more people would watch.
@@snowmiaowNo they hired her to be like the others. Then she happened and they were like cool, love it.
Don't leave out Doug, he was just as bad as Hilde. They were both absolute psychopaths.
I used to watch this show once in a while while trying to get "design ideas". But when they glued sphagnum moss on the master bedroom wall, I was out.
I felt so bad about the ladys fireplace 🙁 why did they do that to her.. and the teapot clip is iconic and so distressing, that is a literal crime. I hope to god she was compensated.
I hope she had a list of each teapot and their value so they could either track replacements down or compensate her.
@@realbrooklyn2093 they probably made them sign something saying they can't be sued for property damage
As a teapot collecter, I would have flipped my lid. If she said the hanging shelf bit to me, I would've been like "well sounds like your idea was shit and you broke my stuff."
My heart broke for the teapot lady, but I can't imagine what possessed her to allow strangers on a tv show to handle such a precious and expensive collection.
@pilar8323 from the premise of the show, there should have been an expert there. I could see someone believing the expert to be more responsible and for the experience to be more trustworthy than it actually was
It’s almost like Hildy thinks that she’s making art installations rather than renovating a room.
You’re spot on. That’s how she approached every design she did. Some were actually decent but most were batshit.
Yo the bloody kitchen. The bloody kitchen!!! 😱
Didn't she make an upside down room once?
This is even more accurate when you remember that a majority of art installations kinda look like garbage that somebody spent way too much money on
You know, if I was crazy rich I would have a room with circus walls and make the floor sand. That'd be the circus room. I'd fill it with clowns.
But as a room in a house you have to actually live in? No.
If I’m remembering correctly there was one where the husband was in the military and the wife really wanted her own space that didn’t make her feel like “just a military wife”. They put Camo print everywhere…
Straight up malicious
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As a Marine myself, the last fcking thing I want to see anymore when I come home is even MORE goddamn camo.
I remember that one! They were filming on a military base. The designer even incorporated parachute material into her “design”. Unbelievable.
Oh man. I'd feel broken. What a slap in the face
The one that always gets me is when one of the designers removed a ceiling fan. And the homeowner's first response was "where's my fan?" and the designer went on about some designer level chandelier was better and the fan didnt fit the asthetic. And the homeowner was like "dont care. This is the south, ceiling fan is a must-have fixture.
That was Doug! He hated ceiling fans and would always remove them, regardless of the clients’ wishes.
I installed fandeliers! I hate how fans look too but I love using fans 😂 so this was my solution. The blades are retractable.
I'd be pissed if you took my ceiling fans, I get pissed when someone turns them off.
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As someone who's lived his whole life in the deep south, I second this. It's not just the heat, it gets extremely humid here too, and combined with the heat, it can be torture. Ceiling fans are mandatory. Removing them is a crime!
I remember this one and was screaming the same thing!!
So the fireplace. I saw that episode when it first aired. There was a note in the fireplace not to touch it. The designer wanted to paint the bricks. The neighbors refused but was bullied into doing it so the insisted whatever they did had to be reversible, which is why the neighbors said that. They really did try to defend the owners wishes while being bullied.
Seems like the designers said "well, we already went out and spent the money, so we're stuck with this now." Which was probably dishonest in the extreme.
Omg she said bye Felicia, from Friday!
I saw this episode in real life when it first aired. Me and my mama would watch it every weekend. And I felt so bad for that lady who cried. She was traumatized for sure. I think I assumed that whatever was bad would be fixed before it was over and everybody left. I guess they must've signed a contract and they knowingly took a gamble because a lot of the projects done for or to the space were cheap, gaudy, and not "designer" in anyway. But we kept watching just to see what happened next... good or bad but it finally got old and we moved on
The neighbors really did try to stop it...the show bullied them relentlessly tho....
They just wanted ratings and drama
I remember that. Awful. Just a blatant disregard for someone else’s Very important wishes. Dropped the value, too.
The kitchen with the walls covered in wine labels was in the house of a couple who DID NOT DRINK. The neighbors literally BEGGED HER not to put them in there
Even worse, he was a pastor in a denomination that was opposed to drinking. All it would take was one member without a sense of humor stirring the pot and he would have been unemployed.
She had to be doing this maliciously, right? There's no way she keeps doing the opposite of what the people want over and over again to this absurd degree.
That teapot one was insane... like what?!?! Not only is that thousands upon thousands of dollars, but the sentimental value is probably unimaginable. And to put all that on a shelf that immediately breaks is crazy, and they just breezed right past it
And like who the fuck thinks that having really fragile objects dangling in unstable shelves in the middle of the room is a wise decision?????
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if some of these "renovations" completely disregarding the residents stipulations were done on purpose and/or encouraged by producers in an attempt to gain and retain viewers. At the end of the day drama will get people talking about the show. Even if a large chunk of the conversation is outrage and condemnation there's going to be people curious enough to check out the show to see what's up if its interisting or just a dumpster fire, either way the production makes money.
There's also the matter of how the contracts for participants may be deceptive or exploitative and difficult to settle in court due to legal fees. As well as the likelihood of production companies being insured against stuff like this and measuring that against how much they stand to gain from increased publicity and viewership.
@@IW3527or it was fake and setup.
I agree ! These people were so disrespectful & you cant replace sentimental items 😢
@@Luminocite Don't forget that they also added heaps of books to this flimsy hanging shelf. It was a disaster waiting to happen anyway, but with the books it stood no chance.
I think she's just got the rich person "mindset" and doesn't understand that her playing around equals someone's life getting ruined.
Narcissist? My way. I know best.
@@richardw3470definitely the work of a narcissist! They’re sadists.
Rich person? Maybe rather an attitude of I do what I want, which is prevalent regardless of income level
@@readysetno8853 Stop throwing around the word "narcissist" like it's not an actual psychiatric diagnosis oh my gooood.
Someone can be a jerk without being a narcissist!
@@StoutShako When I think of a jerk, I think of someone feeling acutely insecure, maybe ill-mannered or just plain crass.
This is a "professional" that was trusted because of her expertise and she abused that trust for cruel fun. From her behavior and using the DSM 5 criteria (you only need 5/9 to be diagnosed with NPD), a sense of entitlement, no empathy, egotistical behavior and from her colleagues comments a likelihood of interpersonally oppressive behavior. Its something she routinely did do the behavior is pervasive.
For comparison's sake, 1 in 100 people are psychopaths and roughly 1 in 6 people have NPD, that's a lot. It's not too far-fetched to say that her behavior likely stems from NPD.
Whwn Hildy nailed all those fabric flowers to the bathroom walls -- all I could think was, "A few showers from now, and those flowers will be loaded with black mold, and the homeowners will start dying from mold exposure."
I thought the same thing. Hildy didn’t think things through.
@@WBCROI'm not sure if the thought at all.
@@WBCROI actually think she was being deliberately sadistic. She knows damn well that fabric flowers in a bathroom will become moldy.
That lady upset at the fireplace change has been a core childhood memory stuck in my head for years.
Same, I remember watching that show like it was yesterday.
That and the poop brown with the super poorly marked and painted white stripes. Ugh. I actually watched it as a young adult and to this day I don’t know why.
I think their neighbors hated them.
@Crowski No, the neighbors actually fought the designers to NOT touch the fireplace, but they were under contract (TLC is very predatory in this way), so they came to a compromise, and instead of painting the bricks like the designer wanted, they just put the panels in front, which is why the neighbor was like "Everything's reversible".
But the neighbors were bullied and belittled by the designers the entire time.
DID NOT expect to see Emperor Tigerstar here! lol. Love ur vids btw!
when my family and i first saw the 'sand room' episode we were so convinced it was fake because there is no goddamn way in hell somebody would think putting hundreds of pounds of loose sand inside of a children's bedroom would be even close to a good idea.
My best friend is a realtor. Ordinary people make horrible design choices all the time. Add onto that some ego and misplaced skills, maybe a dash of "artistry," and you get egotistic psychopaths doing home remodeling. He sees them all the time, both from professionals and normal people. At a certain point, the ego jut stops them from thinking, "Is this really a good idea?"
IT WAS IN A BEDROOM???
would it be better in any other room :.>@@annikan42
Probably not the best idea in any room of the house, regardless who is using it. Even houses built into the side of caves wouldn’t warrant dumping sand all over the floor.
How about the show that put an actual working hot tub in a teen age boy's bedroom. 😂😂😂😂
I worked with a kid who was on Trading Spaces Family, he had to take off work for like a week. After he got back we could all tell it was bad, real bad. But they couldn't change it or talk about it yet. After everyone saw the episode we all got to see it was awful. They said they liked reading, so the designer decided to make a private reading room. The doorways to the room would be sliding bookshelves. Seems kind of like a neat idea. But then they wallpapered the entire wall in newspaper, cause they like reading, get it. The bookshelves were also covered in newspaper. The floor and ceiling were painted white with letters stenciled onto them. The furniture was also white with text letters. It was just a sealed off white room with newspapers everywhere. It literally hurt to look at. I stood in the room and it made you feel anxious and trapped. It was awful, and all based of them saying they like to read.
That’s not design; that’s a sick craft project! That poor family!
The description started off cool, and slowly got worse...
Newspaper wallpaper sounds really cool, but Newspaper and text on everything? That's too much. It needs some simplicity to balance the design... maybe some furniture with a more muted pallet, natural wood bookshelves, and a vinyl floor
its like a serial killer's lair from some arthouse horror movie
Oh God that actually a real life torture method where people are put in a white room, but normally it would have the person wear white, eating white rice and milk only for long periods of time
A reading room should be restful and relaxing, not distracting and anxiety-inducing. Epic fail!
Just got to the “hay room” part **how on EARTH** did they think that would go over well. That may be the most hideous room I’ve ever seen.
I have severe hay allergies so I would have straight died 😂
The walls look...pube-y
What if one of them was allergic?! Did no one think of this??
I'm pretty sure they expected, and even wanted, it not go over well.
Even someone who is 1000% into farmhouse would not go that far!
Fun story: I once worked at a furniture company who lent stuff to a home renovation show that was filming in town. After the episode aired we had to go and take all the stuff back - it had only been rented for filming and the homeowners hated it anyway. On TV, though, it appeared as if the furniture had been given to the homeowners and that everything was gravy.
That makes soooo much sense. Some of those shows have such elaborate set pieces by the end, it never added up to me
I used to work at a Pier 1 Imports in Dania Beach (it's no longer there; this was back in the early 1990s). We had people who would come in and do the same thing, but then bring everything back. It was always a pain to process those returns. They didn't just get furniture; they would purchase dishes and nick-nacks, etc. It would be a madhouse!
That's crazy... What is even "reality" about reality TV? I knew it was bad, but...
@winterzealot the majority of reality TV is more akin to improv. Storyline are written, actors are asked to perform, and sometimes alternate takes are made. Game shows can be a little more real due to gaming regulations but even they find ways to skirt around the restrictions.
@Emunah13819 I forgot Pier 1 existed
I particularly felt bad for the lady with the teapot collection. When you have a collection like that you form an emotional attachment to many of the pieces in your collection. I collect dog figurine, and for probably 95% of them I can pick it up and say "Oh this was an ebay find, I paid X amount for it, what a deal!" or "My brother and his wife gave me this for Christmas." or "My niece gave me this one for my birthday" or "I found this beauty at that Estate Sale I went to 2 summers ago." Each piece holds memories and sentimental attachments, so even if she was lucky enough to find all of the same teapots again, they're not quite the same.
Apparently, she never started collecting again, due to fear of what could happen to them. This show literally traumatized people.
@@ameliaduncan3236I understand a little bit. I used to collect owls, owl figurines and anything with an owl on it. When the house got broken into most of my owl collection was stolen, some were broken and only two or three survived. Knowing I could never replace the broken and stolen ones, I knew my collection would never be complete again and I lost the passion for collecting owls.
Hildy deserves a fitting punishment for deliberately causing anguish to these people.
I hated her.
@@rdred8693Ditto!
100% - What was her issue?????
She has a house
It can be redecorated
I hear fire is very fashionable these days
I wonder what her own house looks like.
I really wanna see a documentary on where the people who were victims of this show are now I wanna hear what their retrospective is
That would be interesting.
Scott!!! Do this!!! Interview these people!!! 😀
YES! I also would love this
I would love that!
I would absolutely watch that
The one I remember is where they PAINTED a couch. Barbie pink. I so wanted to see someone sit on that thing. You know the paint would crack and come off in tiny bits and end up everywhere. Who paints a couch?!?
I recently saw a comment where someone's co-worker got in MAJOR trouble with her hubby for painting a couch.
Yes, said co-worker had been inspired by trading spaces.
Someone who doesn't have to sit on it or clean it up
There is such a thing as fabric paint. It is meant to be sat on and so on, and not meant to flame and crack. Now, whether that was used in the show is another matter, but painting fabric isn't as uncommon as it seems like it should be.
@@FokkeWulfe Yeah I remember a flipper here on youtube doing it. You need special fabric paint and i think she did some kind of glaze over it too? Dont remember, but yeah, it definitely can be doable.
@@Elyanley I grew up in dry cleaning, so I learned a bit about fabrics, and it still seems so odd to me to have a spray painted couch. Lol.
I heard this show also destroyed the garden of a neighbor who wasn't even involved. The homeowner straight up said that part of the yard wasn't theirs and to stay out of it, and the crew went over, ripped up plants, and destroyed a baby lemon tree to use the neighbor's plants as decor in the remodel. Apparently it destroyed the relationship between the two neighbors because one one who owned the plants was an expert gardener and took their plants seriously.
I hope the neighbor that had their garden destroyed sued the show. They would have had the right to sense they weren't involved in the show.
I would be so upset knowing how much time and care you put into growing your own plants.... They are like apart of the family that you care and love for so I would be so very upset as well!
shows in the early 2000's really had the absolute audacity
God that would destroy me, and I'm just an amateur gardener. I think I would actually cry if someone went and destroyed my garden.
@@sab5076 The thing about suing that a lot of people don't get, is that it almost never reverses the damages. it is a lot of work, sometimes hundreds of hours, to get smallest amount legally allowed. in this case, all that neighbor would get is the labor costs of a landscaper, plus whatever the cost of the plants at the cheapest available price, if the court even agrees to that. suing for phycological damages or whatever is rarely ever successful, and nowhere near as common as TV makes it seem.
that clip of the wife crying in the other room while the designer lady quietly asks the clearly furious husband "what they should do next" is smth out of a psychological drama.
The "Talking to yourself as a different person" thing was *super* weird for all of thirty seconds, and then it felt so natural and normal. How?!?
When I ruin people's houses I get a felony, but when this lady does it she gets her own TV show? Hardly seems fair to me.
The difference is you honestly went in to do it meanwhile this lady coerced people into signing an agreement to allow her to do it.
That's because you're not an "artist".
see the trick is getting the neighbours involved so you can blame them instead
This show feels like an excellent way to make neighbors into enemies.
I mean if they weren't already, judging by the disastrous reveals...
A competing network should have made a "surviving TLC" documentary tearing down TLC for all the pain.
My Aunt was on this show. They turned her dining room dark purple with lots of gems and sparkles. She HATED it xD Changed it back immediately.
Please, spill more! Hopefully Scott will pin your comment if you don't mind elaborating- I know a lot of us would absolutely appreciate hearing all the deets!
I hope your aunt is feeling better with her space these days 💜
Did the show pay to change it back?
@@MK-hh1vo Not likely.
@@animeartist888I know that when someone will describe something non-mainstream & often it looks tasteful in my mind, then I see what was actually done & “oooohhhh my that is in no way close to being tasteful”. I’m betting that you can see a beautiful rendition but the reality is more a craft store after a hurricane.
More info Cassie billion please!
I used to watch this show. The worst one ever was a couple who had spent a crap-ton of money on a special bed that was medically necessary for them…I think one had a bad back, maybe had surgery, I don’t remember…and told the show the bed was off limits. Then the designer not only threw out their brand new super expensive bed, but then replaced it with a circular bed that may or may not have rotated. I don’t even think a single person could fit on it, never mind two. I felt so bad for them.
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Noo....... That is so bad.....
Oh wow, that's terrible. Gotta read the contract before signing up for a show like this. They likely waived all their rights to be on the show, but still the neighbors or show staff should have at least saved the expensive bed to give it back after the horror TV reveal. That's crazy that they would dispose of a medical bed.
The show should be held liable for damages since they capture the homeowners saying, "do not touch" a certain element, that should be adequate evidence in a cort of law, but still small claims court may not be worth legal actions. Although, if I were a judge, I'd fine the show for the damages.
That is beyond horrific to do to someone. The show should be held responsible for things like that!
Not only should they be able to get a cash settlement from the show, they should be allowed to have a professional mma fighter of their choice take care of the designer who did that
I hate when people say "Well thats the risk you take!" Is empathy and a bit of humanity and kindness not something you feel in your heart to do a BASIC request?
Thats like me coming into your home, you tell me "Hey the baby has been struggling to sleep and I finally got them down. Can you please keep the noise levels low?" Then me specifically banging pots and pans in its room. Then when you come and yell at me, saying "Well that was the risk you take letting me in your house!"
Its called being a decent human being! Not using backwards excuses to justify your inability to be a somewhat respectable human.
There was another series around the same time called "While You Were Out" where the premise was they'd find a reason to send someone out of town for a few days, and then surprise them by renovating/making over a room in their house. Most of them were good. But I remember one episode in particular where the person came home and was like, "...what the fuck?" and just absolutely HATED IT. It was one of the most awkward things I've ever seen on TV. The hosts didn't know what to do.
Wait,so did the people who actually owned and lived in the houses not actually give consent for this? Am I understanding that correctly? If so how is that even legal?
@@skydragonslayer9820 Someone would have applied. Probably...
Hopefully...
@@skydragonslayer9820 I think it was usually like a friend or family member who was doing it as a "surprise" for them, if I recall correctly. Not sure if it was always like a wife or husband or anything, I haven't seen the show in like 20 years so that's a detail I'm foggy on.
On both of these shows, they would rifle through the homeowner's things. I think While You Were Out would do a "bonus" area and sometimes they would just go through people's stuff to see what they had. Opening drawers and everything.
I remember that one! The guy was low-key aggressive about it and the hosts were worried for the wife's safety.
Hildy Santos Tomas was the reason I only watched episodes of Trading Spaces that didn't feature her after her fourth crappy project. The house that had hay glued to the walls was declared a health threat. I think a health inspector was called out, and the production company had to pay fines.
Pleased to hear it. I too learned to not watch her shows when they cycled her in. The other designers weren't fabulous but as a rule, they were not toxic, just childish. The kinda people you wouldn't leave in charge as a parent or a boss 'cause they'd just get drunk.
Was she the one that painted the walls and ceiling of a room black?
I remember that episode... I was like who the frick thought this was a great idea. I think the background was a poopy brown too.
Same; I hated her designs, it was clear she did things just for the shock (even if she wants to claim otherwise) and there was nothing enjoyable about watching the homeowners be horribly disappointed at the reveal-I don’t know why TLC thought that was a good tactic to pursue.
@@knockeledup. Yes and the home owner asked if that was how she saw him. The neighbors chose all white. Numbingly boring.
I love renovations shows . But the idea that 1) your neighbours are doing it, and 2) there is a good chance that your house could be intentionally destroyed for the views is appalling.
That designer should have been fired from the show. These are actual people with lives. How could they intentionally disrespect their wishes. Like I get not being able to do something they like, but ACTIVELY going against what they want? They were very clear as to what was off limits. It’s not optional nor is it a suggestion. It’s OFF Limits.
Also HAY?!
Destroying thousands of dollars worth of teapots?!
How do you make being your own guest, feel so natural... Its so uncanny, i cant imagine it being just you
What do you mean? They are clearly two different individuals, how can you think they are the same person?
Bros trippin
I thought everyone did this? I always have conversations with myself sometimes I’ll even throw some extra characters in
Literally for a split second when I wasn't looking at the video, I was like "who is Scott talking to?"....it was him.......self
@@notyourda you know what I might make a podcast like that where I just have mad rants to myself and see how people take it
"Survivors of Home Decorating TV Show" feels like it should be the title of an Onion article, but with this show... I can see why it was part of a real article's title.
To be honest, most of the time the reason the couples don’t like the renovations is due to the “professional designer” FLAT OUT IGNORING what they’re told. Doug and Hildie were the most infamous for doing this time and time again
The trick is to tell Hilde what you don’t want done really be what you do want done, “ugh whatever you do, DO NOT give me a clean white modern look with modern appliances and in-unit washer/dryer.”
Have both your wants and don't wants as things you like. Prevents the show creating drama and they won't realise they were tricked to the reveal.
Even that might not work out. You might just end up having license plates nailed to the walls and be forced to pay for it.
you have to remember that half the time the people DO get what they ask for. This means it's a 50/50 either way, but if you're honest about it, at least you have the ability to say they didn't listen.
@@codyhanson1344 Yeah, but imagine how amazing you would feel if you played the reverse psychology card and it worked. Think of the anime monologue you could have about how you _knew_ their tendency to do what the homeowners _didn't_ want; therefore, all you had to do was switch things around to get what you really wanted. They were none the wiser while you rolled the dice and won the gamble before they even set foot on your threshold. You played them like a fiddle. They thought they were the masters, but the whole time, _you_ were the one in control.
Remember to remove any beloved furniture or sentimental items from the room beforehand. Antique mahogany desk? Painted with black and white prison stripes. Heirloom crystal chandelier? Smashed and the pieces turned into an impractical mosaic countertop. Beautiful old rug that grandpa brought with him from the old country? NOW IT'S TIE DYE
as a someone who collects things the broken teapots really broke my heart what if those came from deceased family members she can’t get those back
😢 true
I would have sued the hell out of that show.
The worst episode from this show was when they glued pieces of straw all over the walls in the living/family room. Absolutely disgusting rated 10/10
I still remember a bathroom with plastic fake flowers glued all over the area above the bath tub. Horrendously ugly and so impractical.
I can’t believe Scott didn’t credit his guest. Man. I really liked the other guy’s input, I would’ve loved to follow him on every social media.
I bet he didn't credit him because he's so obviously more entertaining than Scott
the banter between scott and his guest is so good!!
@@UnholyShade smhhh
So be fair, his guest did do a full ad read.
I paid attention the whole video and still was convinced the guest was his twin and I just somehow kept forgetting. It’s uncanny and i truly believe Scott has a twin.
I saw an episode once where a family that strictly didn't drink had their kitchen done by gluing wine labels to the wall. They had to individually steam off the labels 😬
If I remember right, they were a clergy family. I'm thinking that was a Doug job, but not sure.
@@kadee40 Is Doug one of the other designers? Because Scott showed the clip about the labels in the video and it was Hildy.
@@Alici_Evans Yes! He could do really good work, but could also have terrible rooms. I couldn't remember for sure who designed the wine label kitchen, but it's just like Hildi to say (I'm imagining here), "So they don't drink and as a clergy family are against it, so I'll just glue wine labels over their cupboards anyhow!"
That was mentioned in this video! The part where Ty Pennington said he helped them take it off
@@kadee40 No, it was Hildy. Again. Not only that, but she put a wine rack above the range. Even if the homeowners had been drinkers, that would have been a terrible decision--the worst possible conditions for storing wine and a huge fire hazard to boot. IIRC, the neighbors told the homeowners that they hoped it could be used as a pot rack.
During the time it was on the air, my then wife watched Trading Spaces. I stopped, and refused to even be within earshot while she watched after the episode where this one woman SPECIFICALLY said do not touch this piano that was in the room. The DESIGNER on the team re-doing the room slapped a coat of paint on it the very FIRST thing. The home owner was nice about it, I was thinking "YELL AT HER!! TELL HER HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT IT!!"
My mom's friend was on one of these home renovation shows, they renovated their house while they were away on vacation, and threw out everything. All the kids toys, baby photos, family memories was all gone.
Oh my god! That’s insane
Oh my god, that’s horrible! Did she take them to court or anything?
Omg WHAT!? How are ppl so insensitive!😭 oml im filing a law suit. Those photos are irreplaceable!
Sounds like a court case
Pres X for doubt, this didn't happen.
I am in absolute shock at the hay glued to the walls. Just... why??? I seriously cannot understand why you would think that would EVER be a good idea
that was an evil evil decision, i would have been arrested if someone did that to my house
@@mightymeatymech For real though!
dust catching on it is a horrible enough thing
@trippingthelightAnd rotting!
@@emilylike-the-soup2502 I think it was declared a health threat and the show had to pay for the repairs.
These two have such great chemistry together. True friends.
Who?
If i'm remembering correctly, the neighbors of the woman with the fireplace room had to fight the designer really hard to only use like a façade covering over their original fireplace, and not to dismantle it to put the white one up so that it could be removed later. i remember them being afraid the whole time their neighbors were going to hate it, but seemed powerless to really change much. idk what the contracts were like being on the show, but it seemed like if they didn't go along with it and do the work, they'd be sued.
That designer was a genuine jerk. But the producers that allowed her or even chose her to do that are also AHs. 😱 Like literally she chose to do the exact opposite of anything they said they didn't want. She seems like a passive aggressive sadist. 😬
I don't think they HAD to go along with it because I saw other episodes where the designers wanted to do things the homeowners explicitly didn't want, and the neighbors absolutely refused. I think the people that went along with it may have just caved to the pressure. Which I don't really blame them for, that's a shitty situation they shouldn't have been put in the first place.
@@maddragonqueen_ Remember the message when they’re doing the straw? It’s ultimately the designer’s final say, now the designer(s) definitely doesn’t want to look too much like a AH on tv, so if literally everyone involved says “DON’T DO THAT” and holds firm they’ll probably back down, but before they get there. They gonna try to pressure and gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss they’re way through the process with or without the neighbors says or wishes.
That may be after lawsuits@@maddragonqueen_
I had a family member we stayed with for a week who left their detergent on the floor. When I moved it so my twin daughters didnt try to eat it at every moment. They got mad at me and said, "Just tell them not too. They need to learn."
My kids are not even a year old.
You've had 4 children.
How did they think that would work.
I always felt sooo bad for the couples that got Hildi as their designer. Absolute nightmare.
And Doug. He was always so arrogant and snarky with his disregard for what the homeowners wanted.
@@daisukidatotoro yeah! Honestly the only one I consistently liked was Vern.
@@dissipatedcloudand Laurie. Her stuff was traditional, tasteful, and easy to reverse if you didn’t like it.
@@MaryMamaAshlee oh yeah Laurie was good too!
Didn’t she put straw on someones walls?k
Hildy acts like a one-off antagonist in a sitcom that the writers based on a stuck-up and clueless artist they met once.
Friends of mine went on the Australian version of this show. The couple they did the show with were horrified at the outcome and tried to sue the producers. However they were told they had no case because it was a "game show" - not a "home improvement show"
Are you serious???
Thank you for the call out that destroying real people is so on brand for TLC, they don't care who gets hurt.
The learning channel
All of that having been said, Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls that was on Discovery Kids was a direct spinoff of this show, and it was a GEM. Truly awesome renovations that the kids absolutely loved. Even back then, my family couldn't believe that the original show did stuff this heinous and the spinoff was so great.
I dunno if all the Boys v Girls renovations were "awesome." I remember them specifically choosing one aspect of this kid's interests or personality and making that the whole room. Like a girl who liked bagels, so they made her room a cafe and glued bagels to the wall??
This unlocked a memory in me. I haven't thought of that show in forever
@@Nada__Mohammed The bagel episode lives in my head rent free.
i was thinking abt that show a few months ago and couldnt remember the name for the life of me so tysm
@Nada__Mohammed Omfg, I was starting to think the bagel room was a figment of my imagination!!! So glad I'm not the only one!!
This is a good test to discover a narcissist: Tell them what you don't like or that you're allergic to something- Prepare to get plenty of it. ( Obviously don't tell them what you're REALLY allergic to, Just make something up and watch.)Hildy is for sure disturbed.
the ruined fireplace and brocken teapots made me angry, and i had 0 loss in any type of value
i cant even fully comprehend the pain the owners felt
I don't understand how she could equate a pile of rubble to a functional shelf.
@@doom4067 i read it as "fictional shelf" multible times, and was very confused
Luckily the fireplace was a false front, it wasn't affixed to the fireplace in any permanent way. But the teapots, oh man. And then they just laughed it off? That's so bloody rude
i love how the fireplace couple had the look of 'I'm just bearly holding back cause of the cameras.;
I was so sure we'd see the rare reversal of a classic. "I'm not just disappointed, I'm mad"
That's why the producers think they could get away with anything
So why was the woman so sad about the fire place?
Barely
The lady's hands were clenched *so hard*. Her crying in the background was heartbreaking.
I did some work for a woman who received one of these homes. She had her whole house built from the ground up in like 14 days or something. (She immediately sold the house afterwords)
Before she sold it she had to bring in drywallers, painters, tilers, had to fix her floors, she spent tens out thousands of dollars fixing mistakes.
I remember an episode where Hildi made all the furniture out of cardboard and put cardboard on the walls and the owners said it looked like a glamorous homeless man’s home. It was truly horrifying.
Omg I was searching for this comment. An episode I’ll never forget 😂
It was awful, and glued in a way that sheet rock would have to be removed to get rid of it
"OMG Its totally giving poverty core!! I'm such a trend setter!!"
Hildi probably.
I remember the episode where they turned a family room into a circus tent , complete with red and white e stripes all over . Awful
there's no way they didn't screw everything up on purpose
I'd wanna talk to the designers, not Paige. Like, nah, bring her out!
literally how on fucking EARTH do you hear “no brown. do not touch the fireplace.” and then put shit-brown tiles and completely change everything about the fireplace without TRYING to ruin people’s houses
4:48 I had to watch this several times to understand why the weight of the books at the bottom made the shelf less stable instead of more stable. Then I realized the shelf was suspended from the ceiling. Even if it was mounted properly, it would spill its contents when touching.
The flower wall actually did look quite gorgeous, but why the heck did she pick a room that is prone to moisture? 100% banking on hildi having zero hindsight
It was beautiful, but my immediate thought was "what about when the flowers die?" And if they're dried flowers then, like you said, the moisture will destroy them. Not to mention the potential for mold
oh yea I give it about a week before there is mold all over those flowers. Fake ones will keep the moisture on them and real ones will literally just rot in a day
The flowers were fake. But just imagine the dust they’d collect. The moisture. Anyone with allergies wouldn’t be able to be in there long. Not to mention if you want to change it you’d have about a thousand thick staples you’d have to remove from the walls and then get the drywall redone. I heard when the show was on that the show would fix rooms back to their original state. I mean Hildy completely ignored everything and there’s no way she went to school for interior design.
@@phoenixgirl70they must have lost so much money having her on the show.
Im glad the hosts hate Hilde to.
I watched this show with my parents when it first came out. I was like 7 or 8, and even then, every time Hildi was on an episode, I was like “ohhhh. Oh, no. That poor couple.”
Fr, there were always those designers on HGTV where it was like you knew it'd be a shit show.
Pretty fucking sad a young kid knew better than a grown ass adult
Hilde Santo-Tomas is EXACTLY the first-year tutor who says "yes" to the first idea, even if it's the worst idea and encourages idiots to "just go crazy!" 😂
12:16 Hildi decorated a family's kitchen walls with wine labels. The family didn't drink. That's why Ty Pennington helped them.
If I remember correctly the home owner was a pastor.
@@aburns1999 don’t churches serve wine?
@John_the_Paul "serve" but even then you get like, a sip and a bland cheez-it and nothing else, in a lot of cases its probably grape juice
Yes, he was. The church members helped him take down all those wine labels.
@@John_the_Paulmainly only Catholic Churches. If he was a pastor he could have been a member of many other types of churches in which alcohol is not part of the tradition.
I saw an episode once where the one family said DO NOT paint the wood furniture. They said it again and again. And you guessed it, their neighbors painted all their furniture white. They were really pissed and caused a scene.
That "designer" Hildi Santo-Tomas glued artificial flowers on all of the bathroom walls in one house on a show she worked on. It looked tacky and sure wouldn't hold up long. She didn't know what she was doing and was not a knowledgeable and capable designer.
I remember this show, and I remember Hildy's hideous designs. She and Doug were two of the most arrogant, contemptible persons on reality TV, and they were allowed to behave that way week after week.
I felt exactly the same way!
They were definitely the top two WORST designers on TV. Crappy, horrible, unprofessional designs.
Why would you let yourself be filmed being such a horrible designer?
Yes, Doug Wilson was the one who covered the brick fireplace and made the room brown. If I remember correctly, the neighbors practically pleaded with him not to do his design because of the fireplace and the brown color, and he replied something along the lines of that the parties signed a contract and had to abide by what the designers chose to do, so too bad! So smug and arrogant! I couldn't stand Hildi either! She was the same way! If I saw her within ten feet of my house, I'd get a restraining order to keep her away! 😡
“Hell to the no”
Omg I love that lady’s reaction
That reaction was terrific but she should be happy that it wasn't the worst room in this video.
@mortimerbrewster3671 an absolutely insane comment to make
@@mortimerbrewster3671 you make no sense
I remember another female designer on this show who did a bedroom, and had the finished bed and bedding at floor level. The top coverlet was green and fuzzy, replicating moss, and there was a small white picket fence around it. It looked like a grave! Never saw this one mentioned again. Horrible!
oh my god my heart shattered when the teapots fell
Right? My stomach flipped 😢
Pun intended
I knew what was coming and I still got sad
No but same… why in the world would they not test it first. Rather, how did they think that chicken wire looking rig would be safe for delicate items?!
They seriously get her the shittiest ricketiest shelf ever when she wanted a good corner one. It was so awful
I used to watch the show trading places all the time. But when they botched that woman's house with a brown room and destroyed her fireplace I never watched it again. I was crying along with her probably even as much or more than the homeowner. I really felt her pain. It was a disgusting show and I would never watch it again.
You're thinking of Hilary Farr, not Hildy @@margricks
I remember watching this show. Hildi was a nightmare. I remember after a few times she was on the show, homeowners would get nervous and sometimes angry when they found out Hildi would be doing their rooms.
The weirdest part about this video is just Scott going entirely ape shit by laughing with himself.
what are you talking about he had an un named guest for this episode
Just as I'm thinking "Man, he should see the moment on the UK version with the teapots", lo and behold, there it is.
the teapot destruction was sooo brutal. had to end video early!
i skipped that part
i feel bad for both families that involved in the vase accident. Neither side will forget that moment and regret it for the rest of their life
The teapot thing? It's difficult to believe anyone would think that shelf would be a good idea- I just don't understand most of these.
@@shannonceleste5557i think what makes it worse is that this is their job. i don’t really blame the neighbors but like the people behind the show do renovations and remodeling for a living, how did they not see that coming.
Holy moly did that shelf look very "I did DIY, but no nothing about building things." It looked like planks of wood being held up by dental floss and dreams. It's no wonder it could hold up the weight of her teapots. And why did they add heavy books?! What the actual f! lol.
I was little when I saw these, but the vibe was definitely narcissistic. She would intentionally do crazy things or the opposite of what the owners wanted because she was "such a good designer" that they would "love it no matter what." Most often the homeowners would play along cuz of the cameras.
It’s insane that the designers or producers didn’t step in when people were clearly doing things that they were specifically asked not to do. Like at some point you want your show to have a good reputation
They probably encouraged them to do exactly what people told them not to do
it seems like a lot of the time it's the designer's idea in the first place...
It was usually the designers who made the bad decisions, and the people usually tried to tell them no. Honestly, I think the bad designs were why people stopped watching. It can't be cool to watch people come into their home, and have all their hopes come crashing down.
EXACTLY!!!!
Why did the designers want to ruin their reputation??? Unless they were fake posers that only wanted an acting career.
I remember an episode when one of the couples absolutely HATED what was done to their home. The orange paint job got to them and there were other issues, too. I'm pretty sure it was Trading Spaces but it could've been another competitive makeover show. This show not only ruined people's houses, it definitely ended some friendships. It's good to see your unnamed guest again and I have a suggestion for another show for you to look into: What Not to Wear. It's a classic!
Ooh what not to wear would be great lol
YES would love an episode on what not to wear, i grew up watching that show
Didn’t Stacy and Clinton secretly hate each other or something? I’d love a deep dive on that 😂
@nikkireigns no!! It's similar to Queer Eye- these folks are co-workers, at the end of the day. But they all seem to have a general respect for one another.
Watching Trading Spaces back when it was on was very much like driving past a car wreck and not being able to look away. I remember joking with friends that if we were ever on, just put the thing you did want under the list of *don'ts* because of how often they used that as exactly what they were going to do. They had one, and only one, decent "designer" who was an artist that I think tried to incorporate something personal to that family. The rest were hacks. I remember one that had a personal vendetta against ceiling fans. Every ceiling fan in every house had to go. And they kept sending that guy to the hottest cities in the country - think New Orleans or Houston. Places where ceiling fans aren't a design aesthetic, but a necessity if you want to have reasonable electric bills. If you told him you don't like blue, he would make sure you got floor to ceiling blue. I'm not sure what show Paige remembers, but homeowners who actually liked their rooms were the rare exception. I think I saw later that the "What the (bleep)??" lady had to do multiple "reveal" takes before they even managed to get that one with how bad their room was.
The one true shining light from Trading Spaces were the neighbors who put their foot down and refused to do any work on something their neighbor didn't want. They still had to live next to these people and interact with them daily. They were the truly rare individuals and episodes.
I think that designer was Vern.
I can't believe the one with the teapots. How could you build something so flimsy and then not test the weight first? I hope she sued them for that.
I would NEVER, ever, let another human being design a room in my house without my input and direction!
ESPECIALLY not one of my neighbors!
The one thing they should have known is to NOT say what they didn't want changed, because that became the main focus of change, er, destruction, from the get go.
Hildi Santo-Tomas and Doug Wilson were guaranteed to do the exact opposite of what the homeowners wanted..they were the worst… I will never forget that fireplace
Yeah they sucked. I liked Vern Yip. He always did a good job.
I wonder if they are still designing?😲
That lady was so polite in leaving the room lol she was probably gonna start yelling
She actually started weeping off camera! Her microphone was still on.
Still, what a class act.
She cried. I remembered that episode yrs ago. It's the reason I quit watching it. I felt so sorry for her, but was so angry at how hideous the room looked and they ruined the fireplace?
@@margricks I remember it, too. The room was dark and cold-looking, lacking any personality whatsoever. I also remember that the fireplace that he installed was a facade that they could take down pretty easily-they didn’t ruin the fireplace. Still, it must have been a shock for the homeowners; I couldn’t help but wonder why they agreed to participate in the show in the first place! I think I remember reading somewhere that the woman was going through some family stuff at the time, like her mother’s illness or something, and she was already emotionally raw. This just put her over the edge.
@@smilinmoo Thank you about the info on the fireplace! At least they didn't have too much trouble dealing with that. But that brown wall and thin stripes??? I was mortified for them even before the couple even looked at the redo. I quit watching after that episode. And I can't stand that brit, Hildy or however you spell the monster's name!!!! She's got her own show now with some effeminate guy. I don't watch that one, either. Just from the previews, nope!
It kind of freaks me out that Scott managed to have very fluid conversation and body language with himself in the podcast-style segments. Like, if I were a new viewer, I would've thought he had an identical twin. Not just the editing, but keeping up the energy and tone. Genuinely nuts
I have been looking for someone to remember a horrible Hilde room. The couple said they did NOT want her to work on their room and she took revenge. Their dining room was painted black with an egg shaped light fixure. A table was cut in the shape of an egg and painted black.
I haven't found phot evidence of this room, but it lives in my head rent free.
would you want her working on your room? she is evil
I remember that! She even had the ceiling painted black!
One of my ex-girlfriends at that time worked at Home Depot in Austin in the paint department (as well as doing faux finishing for high end homes). One day she said a couple went in asking how to take off glued felt on sheetrock. They mentioned it was from being on Trading Spaces.
That was such a bad episode! It looked like crap and was glued all over the walls and maybe ceiling…
The owners of the homes should always have frequent daily updates on what they're doing to the house with pictures and they should be able to direct it
I watched the kid version of this show back in the day and I distinctly remember one where it was a hamster-themed bedroom. They painted a kid on one of the walls that was supposed to be a combination of the two kids the room was for, so he had two different colored eyes. It was supposed to look like the kid was looking into the hamster cage, but it didn't give off that effect at all because they didn't paint the wiring the cage would have. It just looked like a giant creepy kid with non-matching eyes was staring down at them for no reason.
I was going to say there’s a lot of passive aggressiveness in these shows, but now I think it’s active aggression. “I’m gonna have to leave the room now.”
Anyway, best collab of the year by far.
These clips show you were right the first time. This is the definition of Passive agression.
Active aggression would be one of the upset participants actually saying or doing something to show their displeasure in the moment.
For the record, I am a big fan of having ScottIsStruggling on as a guest. He really adds a lot of comedic rapport,
a couple other episodes - military family asked for no camouflage, entire living room was decorated in camo. Also another military family had 2 car halves (front and rear ends) brought in and made into 'beds' for their kids. show constantly had people using colors that clients specifically asked to not use. When Hildi was on you knew someone's house was getting f*cked up.
Scott Cramer really does sound like a house renovator you’d see on TV.
Used to watch that show. I don't know where they found the designers, but they almost always used the worst amateurish techniques to finish the tasks. Things were often falling apart by the time of the reveal.... And Hilde! You called out Hilde! Absolutely 100% agree.
When Trading Spaces first came out, I loved it! Some of the designers did a really good job on the rooms. Hildy ruined the show for me. She went way too far and I stopped watching. Plus Doug was such a little B. He would throw fits when the neighbors would say "That's not what they want!" I do remember that all white room. So awful! The couple had spent months stripping paint off the beautiful woodwork, and Hildy came in and painted right over it. I remember one of them ran from the room sobbing. Then Paige got fired for showing her underwear at some event, and even though I had already stopped watching, I never went back.
Same. I was watching for ideas, not trama.
I used to love the show as well. When Hildy did the all white room, Doug did the other couples’ room all black. It was horrible!
I would watch to see the awful rooms.
Hildy is a bad person. She's a sociopath. Only sociopaths *paint over beautiful wood* !! 🤯
11:46 At least one person had the guts to call out the nonsense! The others were so "polite" 🙄
That fireplace woman should have stayed right there and cried her heart out on camera.
I go apoplectic when I see someone make a piece of antique furniture 'shabby chic' by slathering it with cheap latex white paint (I have to use dental equipment to get the paint out in order for the stain to penetrate properly), what the eff makes someone think I'd let them into my HOME to redesign it for me without my input, especially if the designer has taste where she sits. What a terrible idea for a show. I barely let people I know and like into my home; but a stranger to move my things around? Yeah, that's a no dog all day.
How did scott talking to himself feel more casual and real than some podcasts or videos I've watched before? Good editing and scripting man.
I think because if you’re so used to talking to a camera, you’re basically talking to yourself all the time. The laughing breaks make it feel so authentic!