We used to watch this at our lake cabin with my father in law. For some reason he really liked that show. He passed away about ten years ago and when we heard it was returning it brought back fond memories of watching the show with him.

I wonder if they’ll do some of those same dumb things or if it will be different. We don’t usually have cable but have it during the summer at our cabin so DH can watch the Golf channel. I think we’ll try to watch. It looks like they’re running old episodes building up to the new season.

I plan on watching it.

I do hope its a real decorating show and there are no upside down rooms or big-top themed ceilings. I vividly remember one of the homeowners bursting out in tears and saying she hated the room. I felt so bad for her. Do you remember that?

Remember the stuck on plastic (?) flowers all over a bathroom wall? I think Genevieve was the genius that came up with that "design"!

Jennifer.....I think that was the episode where Doug put plywood over her brick fireplace. And i think it was Hildy who did the big-top ceiling...I had forgotten that one! I think she also put the slate floor in the bedroom....stubbed toes anyone?

I will watch. We’ve lamented here that they should bring back the real decorating shows...Designer’s Challenge, etc....they were informative.

I agree. Remember Design on a Dime?

Then there was one, I forget the name, with the English host that figured out how to compromise with couples masculine/feminine tastes. I liked what he did.

I do remember the flowers now. And I think Hildy once covered kitchen walls with wine corks. Can you imagine what a pain it must have been getting those flowers and corks off the walls? And the hay wall with little kids.....when the family went in the room for the reveal the first thing one of the kids did was start pulling it off.

eld....that was Michael Payne...Designing for the Sexes.

I remember one episode where the designer insisted on painting beautiful wood molding on an old house. The husband balked at this (good for him) so the designer grabbed the paint brush and painted all over the beautiful wood. Horrible.

A number of years ago Paige Davis was filming a show on my street. There were cameras and trucks everywhere. She must have walked out of the house and said Hi I;m Paige Davis a hundred times. I guess whatever show it was never happened. Somewhere I have pictures but I doubt I can find them.

They just showed the flowers on the bathroom walls episode. It was Hidles design. Ugh! Yes, I too would like to have them revisit some of these projects. Good Lord, some were awful!

I am curious to see how the designers have evolved since the early 2000s. They can't possibly glue things to the wall anymore, could they? If all else fails, Nate and Jerimiah return tonight at 10 PM.

This confuses me. I watched last night. Were they very old reruns? The rooms were a DISASTER. Genevieve is a disaster and the lady painting the couches pink and making a living room into a circus tent WHO ARE THEY KIDDING?!! Love the hosts hair however. Much better than the dark straight look in the commercials for the new and improved show. "This is where has been HGTV personalities go to die"

Eld6161: was it Designing for the Sexes with Michael Payne?

Yes - they’re showing reruns.

We watched it last night with the fake flowers stapled to the bathroom walls, and all I could think was how much dust and mildew those flowers would collect. Then I started to wonder how long it would take to take all of those flowers down. It is more difficult to remove a staple than to put one it. I had a difficult time believe that this actually happened.

I have set Nate and Jeremiah to be recorded, and so we will watch that also, but not necessarily when it is on. They seem to be very thoughtful about the way they do their designs.

I also have to say that I really dislike Page Davis and therefore will not be watching any more reruns of Trading Spaces. One disastrous show was enough.

Nate & Jeremiah's L.A. home:

Lars - thanks for posting the video. That was a fun tour of their home!

That show was both horrifying and hysterical at the same time. Now I watch the serious HGTV shows and think the same thing....only they aren't redecorating purely for entertainment! Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame.....

I hadn’t ever watched Trading Spaces, but I watched the reruns last night. That flower bathroom was a nightmare, but the homeowner seemed to like it. That or she was a good actress. I thought the same thing Lars did about dust and mildew. Ewww.

The Hildi Hay on the Wall episode is on now.

Ha. I was just going to post the same thing as ghostly. Hindi says it was look like textured wallpaper. Holding reminds me of Hillary from Love It or List It.

Autocorrect really screwed up my previous post. LOL That would be Hildi, not Hindi or Holding. That straw is a hot mess, as is Genevieve’ hair

Serape on the ceiling, and she liked it...okay! A deconstructed penguin design, didn't quite see that. It seems like the show never went away, same oddball designs and owners not entirely pleased.

I skipped most of the reunion hour before the new episode, wasn't that enthused about trips down design memory lane (if that's what they discussed). All in all, back to the past for the most part.

Yeah, that first hour was pretty boring, so I skipped ahead of most of it. I'll probably still watch it if I remember to DVR it. DH not too interested.

I watched it-fast forwarded through some of the reunion too. Hildi isn't any better than she used to be! I can't believe they brought her back, she is horrible, imo. I did like the fabric and did kind of think it would look good with a few of the homeowners "Penguins" sitting around, but on both walls and ceiling??? Maybe a couple of decorative pillows or a big piece of art, but the walls and ceiling were overkill! My favorite was always Laurie.

I DVR'd this and watched last night. Won't waste my time again. Cheesy dialogue, especially between designers and carpenters. And I thought both rooms were awful. Do they purposely do that to elicit tears from people? Better TV? I won't watch again.

I end up missing it. Sounds like I didn't miss much.

I agree with czarinalex - I thought it was awful. Those poor sisters; who can image their mother staying in that room with the stroke-inducing paint job?

I was discussing it with friends and said that I wished they'd give each team the $2,000 to do a look based on what the homeowner WANTS, and see how close they can get to it? I'm betting in the original TS that there were just as many UNhappy people as there were happy ones, if not more, especially if Hildi was the designer... When the homeowner is BEGGING the designer not to do what he/she is thinking of, how sad is that?

I agree that Hildi is the worst - especially at not listening to what people want. I hate it when "designers" try to force their taste onto their clients. This show is too sad for me to watch ever again. I would, however, like to see how the spaces look one year later and see how much the homeowners have to tear out or change.

Jennifer, there is no way in heaven or elsewhere that this will be a real decorating show. I got my fill a few years ago, when people said PLEASE do NOT do such and so, and such and so was thus done. I refuse to give them anything remotely nearing a "hit" so they can collect any advertising dollars from me, more than they got back then when I inadvertently exercised my curiosity,

Did anybody wonder about the safety of that Murphy bed? I can't imagine it's held up by just the two latches. Apart from the paint design, the execution looked pretty bad; however, paint over all that with a primer and one paint color, leave the blind and pillows, and you may have an ok room.