if you were on trading spaces..

[G8Ralphaxi]

The thing that always drives me insane with Trading Spaces is how often we hear this:

Homeowner: "Well, they can do anything they want to my room, as long as they don't...

a. paint the stone fireplace, or
b. cover the wainscotting on the walls, or
c. use the color brown, I like every color except brown! I hate brown!

Trading Spaces Designer: "OK! Let's get going! The first thing we're going to do is:

a. cover up the fireplace, or
b. glue stuff on top of the wainscotting, or
c. paint the whole damn room brown.

Seriously, people. I remember watching the infamous "brown room" episode (featured on the "They Hated It!" episode) and the homeowner must have told everyone a million times about how much she hated the color brown, didn't like it, never had, didn't even like it with other colors, SHE HATED BROWN! So what happens? They painted the walls dark brown and most of the furniture too. The room was u-g-l-y, even if you didn't hate brown.

My best friend and I both agree that Trading Spaces would be a nightmare for us, because we are both control freaks. But if a gun was held to my head, she's the only person I would trust with my house, and vice versa.