Laurie Trading Spaces

Elegant but eclectic is how laurie smith described her designs when she arrived on set for trading spaces.

Laurie trading spaces. In 2018 trading spaces rebooted on tlc and was recently nominated for an e. In 2018 a revival series began airing on discovery channel. What goes around comes around and color is back in interior design said trading spaces interior designer laurie smith during a special vip coffee saturday morning at the novi home show.

I would let laurie frank and vern in my house. I loved trading spaces. Smith is more than just a trading spaces designer.

Laurie smith was one of the first designers to hit the airwaves on tlc s breakout hit show trading spaces in 1999. At the merridianevent laurie dished with us about her years on trading spaces the show that was generally credited with sparking a nationwide interest in home decorating and improvement television shows in the united states. Trading spaces is an hour long american television reality program that originally aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels tlc and discovery home.

Two of the terrible ones i remember were when genevieve tore up brand new carpet gave the guy a concrete floor and put all that moss on the walls and when hildy took a beautiful expensive dining room and painted it yellow. They have no control over their own home redecoration until the reveal. For ten seasons and multiple emmy nominations fans were able to see laurie s modern classic design each week as she remade a space in just 48 hours.

The format of the show was based on the bbc tv series changing rooms. Trading spaces originally aired on tlc from 2000 to 2008 and launched multiple spinoff series throughout its run. She is open honest funny totally disarming so it s easy to see why she was chosen to be on the original cast of tlc s trading spaces in 1999 and why they ve asked her back for the highly anticipated return of the beloved show.

In trading spaces two sets of neighbors redecorate a room in each others home. Laurie uses color and vibrancy to create new spaces on a limited budget and always does so with style and grace and sometimes a bit of perspiration. The first iteration ran for eight seasons.