Old Trading Spaces Pictures
25 Vintage Trading Spaces Pictures That Will Give You Serious TLC Flashbacks
Once upon a time, before Honey Boo Boo, Jon and Kate, and even Cody and his wives, TLC was commonly known as The Learning Channel. It was a magical place where you learned to revamp rooms in your neighbors' homes using materials that a wacky designer may have found at a party store. (That's if you were lucky and didn't get Hildi, who wanted to use sand or something.)
Trading Spaces ran from 2000 to 2008, and gave us such treasures as carpenter Ty Pennington, who went on to host Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Paige Davis was the face of the series, and she blessed us with her winning smile and clever one-liners beginning in season two. (True fans remember Alex McLeod as the host of the first season!)
Now that the channel is rebooting the design series for another go-around, we're looking back on the original episodes. Be warned that these pictures will remind you just how much has changed since the series first premiered!
1 Here's (Part of) the Crew: Vern, Larie, Frank, Ty, and Paige
2 Paige Davis Was the Host With the Most, and Her Short Haircut Was Inspiring
3 I Always Liked Frank, Because He Reminded Me of Al From Home Improvement
4 There's Also Genevieve and Douglas, aka the Cool Ones
5 Look at This Badass
6 Rick Rifle (Real Name) Loved Shiny Shirts
7 Kia Steave Was Tasteful AF, Despite Whatever Is Happening Here
8 Carter Was the Carpenter Who Wasn't Ty Pennington
9 And Then There Was the Crown Jewel, Ty Pennington
10 Aka Cable TV's Sexiest Carpenter
11 Hildi Freakin' Santo-Tomas
12 This Woman Is a Trading Spaces Legend
13 Here's Paige and Hildi in the Early Years
14 Give Me a Picture That Screams "Early 2000s TLC" More Than This One
15 They Used Hi-Tech Design Strategies, Like Gluing Things to Other Things
16 Honestly, They Were Always Doing Unforgivable Things to Ceilings
17 . . . and Lamps
18 At Least Frank Tried to Work With His Clients (er, Their Neighbors)
19 Every Episode, They Had to Pose For Pictures Like This
20 And Then, There Were the Rooms
21 This Is an After Photo
22 This Is Also an After Photo
23 THIS IS AN AFTER PHOTO!
24 Here's Another Angle, Because You Need to See That Wardrobe
25 And Finally, Here's a Palatte Cleanser
