This Home Renovation Show Ruined People's Houses
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Trading Spaces was a show on TLC where a set of neighbors would renovate a room in each other's homes with the help of a professional designer. It was based on a BBC show called Changing Rooms, and there were a lot of... questionable design choices made throughout the years. Most of them pointed back to one single source. Let's talk about it.
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0:00 Trading Spaces
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7:19 The Worst Designer Ever
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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
We know its you pumpernickel.
You were so complimentary to Scott’s comedic commentary!
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Honestly you really carried this video. Scott's humor just ain't on your level.
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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 🤣
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
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.
😂😂😂
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!!
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”.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
😢
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
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.
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 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.
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
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".
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!
A competing network should have made a "surviving TLC" documentary tearing down TLC for all the pain.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
😮😮😮
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
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!
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
To this day, I can’t believe one of those homeowners didn’t physically assault Hildy on camera. I remember the episode where she stapled records all over someone’s walls. I think that one would’ve pushed me over the line. What an unhappy human being she must’ve been to gleefully deliberately cause people that much misery
I would gladly be that homeowner
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 💜
That sounds really awesome and pretty to me, but I can absolutely understand why someone wouldn't like it. Seriously seems like they intentionally ignored the homeowners' wishes, so I wouldn't be surprised if your poor Aunt specifically told them she hated dark colors, purple, and anything sparkly and they went and did that anyways. Yeesh.
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.
Went from watching this on tv and jumped to my phone just to comment. As a collector, if those had been my teapots, I would be on the monday morning news as a wanted criminal bc I would have lost it and hurt someone. Words can not describe how sentimental things can be, and some things go beyond monetary value. The time, effort, and work put into building a collection, the joy of remembering when and how each piece was acquired, the visual representation of my hard work. I. Would. Hurt. Someone. 😅
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!
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.
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.
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
This programme started in the UK in the 1996 and honestly it was heartbreaking to see the state of some of the rooms, but there again people applied to be on the show. One young couple came back to their living room that had been painted bright red and black with a cheap zebra print everywhere, the wife was in tears and the husband said that as soon as the crew left he was throwing it all out and was going to start repainting everything again in his words it looked like a tarts boudoir!
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.
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.
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?!?
What could go wrong with hay? I don't know. Maybe dust build up, breeding ground for bugs, or, maybe even something called a FIRE! Just a thought, I'm no home inspector.
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.
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.
Oh Yes! I used to watch Changing Rooms. We got a Dutch spin-off as well that resultd in several courtcases. The episode I remember most is the one where they changed the room into a stable, with straw on the floor and LIVESTOCK IN THE ROOM.
Damn, that’s crazy!
My daughter and I always watched this. We were horrified that the designers always insisted that they take out the ceiling fans. Where we live ceiling fans are not optional. I remember the brown room. There was also one where there request was ANYTHING but orange. What did they get? Yep. Orange.
The shows designers had the final say on what they were going to do.
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.
Hildy acts like a one-off antagonist in a sitcom that the writers based on a stuck-up and clueless artist they met once.
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!" 😂
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!
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_
This show feels like an excellent way to make neighbors into enemies.
I mean if they weren't already, judging by the disastrous reveals...
Ugh, the teapots reminded me of my great grandmothers gingerbread McCoy cookie jar that my ex-husband haaaated, so he found a way to smash it “on accident”.
It was well over 75 or so years old (she died at 85 in 1985… he broke it in 2008 so I’m estimating), so when those teapots went down, I felt it. It feels like a personal attack
I remember the teapots. I was livid for that woman! 😱 And you shouldn’t be so hard on your side guy 😂
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
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
That was horrifying. Never paint brick. Never. And it's all horrible.
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.
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.
"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.
I'd love to see a firefighter's review of that hay and glue fiasco
While the teapot collection was heartbreaking, I can’t imagine leaving valuables (especially irreplaceable ones) in a room that others are going to be renovating. I just don’t have that kind of trust in other people.
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
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.
The teapots were done on purpose for drama . So vile
Great video! My hubby and I watched this show back then and were horrified by Hildi and of few of the other designers. It was a rare episode when both couples were very happy. My husband who is handy around the house, constantly pointed out that some things they did were shoddy and sometimes blatantly unsafe. We eventually stopped watching this trainwreck because it just wasn’t fun to watch people’s homes be turned into something they hated.
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!
what? you _don't_ want your walls to be explosively flammable?
dust catching on it is a horrible enough thing
@@trippingthelightAnd rotting!
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!!
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
The episode that Ty mentions, where he spent his own time removing wine labels from a wall is one that will forever stand out in my mind. Hildi flat our said she'd been sitting on a design for whatever kitchen she did next, regardless of who it was for or what their wishes were. Vineyard themed decor, ie fake grapes and wine labels glued to the walls instead of wallpaper or paint. Tacky at the best of times, but the house belonged to a minister of some dry denomination. It was offensive and actively represented something opposed to his beliefs. And when Paige asked her if she would consider altering the design (just using paint and swapping the wine rack for a pan rack), she shrugged it off, and said that their beliefs and needs have nothing to do with her "vision." And probably made a dumb joke about more wine for her.
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* !! 🤯
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
These two have such great chemistry together. True friends.
That hideous show was in Australia and New Zealand as Changing Rooms too. I especially remember one house where they draped navy and white striped fabric from the light fitting to the cornices to resemble a circus tent. It was hideous. The "designers" like to do what the home owners loathed. It was rather cruel.
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
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
I remember watching this show a lot and more often than not when the people got back to their house they did not care for the renovations whatsoever. Why would you and Trust some completely random stranger to put a design in your house? They don't have to live in it
The moment i saw those hanging shelves I immediately thought of the Hyatt Regency Hotel that had the hanging walkways collapse.
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!
Almost all of Hildy's rooms were awful. I saw a magazine spread of her home once and she didn't do any of that crazy crap in her own home.
Probably one of the most disrespectful rooms was from Doug. His "Prisoner Of Love" bedroom was horrible. The couple has a vaulted ceiling where he painted a mural of a prison. Then, for a bench, he put a board over two toilets.
wtf...
I remember that one. His attitude was the owners need to get over their Inhibitions and appreciate art.
If I'm remembering right, wasn't he paired with Hilde on her all white room episode? And he did the exact same thing except he painted everything (fabric furniture included) black instead?
Hilde can't understand normal thinking
To this day I remember the broken heart of the poor woman in tears after Doug got through with their living room. I could feel her pain. Shame on Doug!
This is why I don't trust people. 'It's about pushing boundaries, getting out of your comfort zone...' - because they don't have to live there. So entitled.
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
That broken teapot collection hurt me
Maybe that’s why neighbors who don’t know about construction shouldn’t be renovating homes 💀
I mean, the professional in charge should have been… professional. And in charge.
The neighbors were basically supposed to be just labor. The designers called the shots, then the construction guy did the complicated building.
Can you imagine still having to be neighbors with them after you have destroyed their collection? It’s just sad all the way around!!
I remember this show and i always wondered what happened to people that hated the work.
straw walls and pink ceiling is crazy
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
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 legit gasped at the teapots
Oh man the one in the thumbnail. I remember sitting down with my mom and watching that episode as a kid. I forgot the interior designer's name (maybe Doug, the least liked on the show). She specifically told them before start "do NOT touch my fireplafe." The first thing they did: ruined her fireplace. The first time I saw someone cry from sheer disappointment on the show 😬
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.
“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 watching this. The straw on the walls and a room full of sand to"pretend you are on the beach" were truly mean things to do someones home.
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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.
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 remember when the couple had bought new carpet and said don’t remove or touch the carpet. The put red die on the carpet and obviously ruined it completely.
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!!"
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!
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.
For the record, I am a big fan of having ScottIsStruggling on as a guest. He really adds a lot of comedic rapport,
I remember two episodes of this show clearly. One where they glued feathers to the walls in a bathroom. Can you imagine what a steamy shower does to that aesthetic?! The other show was a dining room styled after a bumblebee. Huge bright yellow and black stripes on the walls, etc. They were both so awful! I guess I still remember it to this day because it was so rare...