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| Format | Reality |
| Starring | See Cast below |
| Country of origin |  United States
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TLC and Discovery Home |
| Original airing | October 13, 2000 |
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| Official website | |
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| TV.com summary | |
Trading Spaces is an hour-long television reality program that has aired since 2000 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms.
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In each episode, two sets of neighbors redecorated one room in each other\'s home. Each two-person team had two days (not including a "day zero" of planning and shopping for materials and furnishings, which in earlier seasons was not shown on camera), a budget of US$1,000, (or, in later seasons, $2,000 if they choose the \'bonus room\' pre-selected by the show\'s producers) and the services of a designer. Under the original format, the teams would share the services of a carpenter.
The teams have no say over what happens in their own homes, but are able to give input into what happened in the home they are redecorating. The teams are not allowed to enter their own home for the duration of the show, and the transformed rooms are revealed only at the end of the second day.
The show was generally credited with sparking a nationwide interest in home decorating and improvement television shows in the United States. At the peak of its popularity, it inspired ancillary products such as two Trading Spaces books and a computer software program.
Beginning in March 2005, Trading Spaces moved to a "no host" format, eliminating the position of host in favor of allowing each team its own carpenter. The change allowed the two homes to be farther apart. The most extreme use of this flexibility to date was with homes in New York and Oklahoma, but it was rarely exercised. Eventually, the second carpenter was eliminated.
On November 13 2007, it was announced that Paige Davis would be returning as the host of Trading Spaces beginning in January 2008. National Ledger: John Legend, Kerri Russell and Cast Go Extra Mile for August Rush.Paige Davis returning to \'Trading Spaces\' The first episode with Davis as host aired on January 26, 2008, immediately following TLC\'s live telecast of the 2008 Miss America pageant. The show also changed production companies, from Banyan Productions to A Smith Productions. The show would be "old school" trading spaces back to 2 days, $1,000, and the same host and some old designers. The show now does not have only neighbors, it focuses on having people with tough relationships like rival cheerleaders and a divorced couple.
The show featured different participants each episode. The designers and carpenters alternate for each show.
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Leslie Segrete and Andrew Dan-Jumbo , from the former TLC show While You Were Out have also been featured in at least one episode each as carpenter (and Leslie, as a designer). Jason Cameron, who was from the same show has appeared also. Handy Andy of Changing Rooms also worked a "special" episode that was based in London and another that was based in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The first spin-off, entitled Trading Spaces: Family, also aired on TLC (2003-2005). It allowed larger teams of three or four, including children considered too young to participate in the original Trading Spaces program. The same designers and carpenters (one per episode, shared by the two teams) worked with host Joe Farrell.
Another spin-off, Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls airs as a part of Discovery Kids (and also formerly aired on the network\'s Saturday morning block on NBC). Unlike the original, this version uses the same two designers and two carpenters for each episode. In addition, there is no budget limit, and the rooms are rebuilt into theme rooms, making the show look more like Monster House.
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