Trading Spaces Alert: Hildi wallpapers with gift wrap and paint cans...

[Liberal Veteran]

And the show continues to build up speed toward that shark in the water they are getting ready to jump.

[proud patriot]

1. Run away run away Be afraid Be very afraid

:scared:

[jimbo fett]

2. Whatever body is responsible for giving Hildy a degree in design...

Should have their accreditation immediately revoked. She's a hack.

A talentless buckethead.

Gluing feathers and plastic flowers to the wall doth not make good design.

[Bridget Burke]

3. She has no design training.....

Apparently, she originally studied finance. She became a designer because her talent would not be denied (!)

It's not just that her stuff is weird--it's impractical! An unfortunate choice of paint color can be remedied easily enough. But straw, flowers, etc., glued to the walls isn't so easily fixed.

"Changing Rooms" is the British original & is by far the superior show.

[FlaGranny]

5. I studied interior design years ago, and never once

have I put feathers on any wall. Some of the stuff Hildi does is atrocious. I have seen a few of her makeovers that I liked, though.

The best design show on HGTV, IMHO, is Devine Design. Candace Olson is good.

Lee Snijders is also pretty good at designing the less expensive makeovers.

[kmla]

6. I left the interior design industry a couple of years ago...

... and in all my years in that industry, I have never seen anything so hideous as what that fake has done.

I consider her "the Ann Coulter of interior design." Doesn't really know what she is doing, or smart enough to carry it off, but for some reason people think she is competent and does a good job.

[Loonman]

4. Trading Spaces Drinking Game

Trading Spaces: The Drinking Game
by Robert Erlewine

Drink whenever Paige mentions the budget (after the "rules");
Chug/slam whenever she says "Tick-tock".

Drink whenever Frank acts over-the-top flamboyantly;
Chug/slam if Frank "Fabulous".

Drink when Ty complains about being overworked;
Slam/chug if you see Ty's nipples or treasure trail.

Drink when Doug complains about the homeowners he's working with;
Chug/slam when a homeowner snaps back at Doug.

Drink if a homeowner cries at the reveal;
Chug/slam if that homeowner is a guy.

Drink if the designer is overbudget;
Chug/slam if he or she gives Paige (or Alex) the difference.

Drink if Genevieve uses piece of the forest in her design;
Chug/slam if any designer uses leaves to create "artwork".

Drink if you think to yourself "How the hell is Hildy wearing high-heels";
Slam/chug if Hildy says "People ask me why I wear heels, I'm just not comfortable in anything but seven inch hooker heels"

Drink if Laurie says "amaaaazing" and "splurged on faaaabrics."
Slam/chug if she takes down a ceiling fan.

Drink if it gets so hot Frank shirt is soaked;
Chug/slam if it gets so hot Ty takes his shirt off.

Drink whenever you see the "PaigeCam"

Drink When Vern says "Sweet" or "You guys rock"

Drink When Laurie says "Y'all"

Drink When there's obvious flirting between Genevieve and Amy Wynn.

Drink if a designer creates a work of art based on a famous artist (e.g. Laurie's Mondrian canvases or Hildabeast's Lichtenstein face);
chug/slam if it actually looks good.

Drink whenever Hildy says "orthoganol."
Chug/slam when she breaks out the masking tape.

Drink whenever Vern produces pricey accessories or fabric and claims to have gotten them at unbelievably low prices.

Drink if any of the designers makes a fabric tent on the ceiling or over the bed.

Drink if Genevieve says the word "organic"
Slam/chug if Genevieve reminds you of that wacky girl you went to school with that was always trying to get her menstrual cycles in tune with the moon.

Drink every time Paige makes a corny joke related to the location in which they're filming;
down the entire bottle if it's actually funny.

[grasswire]

7. that's pretty good!

Is that your own work?

I haven't seen Frank much lately. Too many chickens in his work, I guess.

Hildy ought to be tarred and feathered. What was she thinking with the paint cans??

[Loonman]

9. Nope, not mine

Attribution at top.

I used to think Paige dropped massive doses of LSD before shows, but Hildy is catching up.

[underpants]

8. Okay I have to ask-What is a "treasure trail"?

Slam/chug if you see Ty's nipples or treasure trail.

[Loonman]

10. Think about it

:)

[underpants]

11. What

his "package"

I really don't understand.

[curse10]

12. it's the trail of hair leading down to a man's nether regions

it often starts near the belly button.

[underpants]

14. Oh

Thanks thanks a lot.

[Liberal Veteran]

13. From the Urban Dictionary...

Treasure Trail
The hair line that begins just below a man's chest, runs down the middle of the abdomen and leads to the pubic region.

[BrotherBuzz]

15. Off topic - Our house wraps gifts with wallpaper...

We acquired 'old' wallpaper sample books (huge) that the paint store was throwing out and found the perfect use for them - giftwrapping. I guess we don't win many awards for design, but we still pride ourselves in being thrifty (although recipients of our gifts consider us cheap)...