The BEST episodes of Trading Spaces season 1
Every episode of Trading Spaces season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Trading Spaces season 1!
In Trading Spaces, two sets of neighbors redecorate a room in each others' home. Teams have only two days and a $2000 budget to complete the redesign with the help of a professional designer and carpenter. Teams have no control over the redecoration in their own home but can give input before the decorating begins. They’ll spend the night in one another’s homes and aren’t allowed to reenter their own home until the reveal. Paige Davis returns as the host of the new season in 2018.
#1 - Athens: County Road
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2000
Imagine converting a child's room into a wonderland by simply applying a paintbrush and lots of imagination. That's what interior designer Frank Bielec does in this episode of Trading Spaces. Frank's childhood days emerge as he erects a swing and adds other childlike touches. Meanwhile, Hilda Santo-Tomas amazes her team by taking a dreary living room and making it brighter and livable without buying one single new piece of furniture. Hilda knows how to change a room — and it starts with monkeys.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Santa Fe: Calle Feliz
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/29/2001
Traditional adobe homes are the challenge on this episode of Trading Spaces. Designers Genevieve Gorder and Vern Yip have wrangled Ty Pennington for two days of redecorating fun. Vern attempts to bring spirituality and calmness to an unorganized kitchen, while Genevieve addresses dated paneling and an unusual fireplace in a living room.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Coconut Creek: 59th Street
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/2001
Designer Frank Bielec is bringing a taste of Tuscany to a living room while designer Hilda Santo-Tomas enlists carpenter Ty Pennington to build a showcase for a collection of Fiestaware in an L-shaped kitchen.
#4 - Key West: Elizabeth Street
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/2001
Island fever is contagious on this episode of Trading Spaces, which finds designers Frank Bielec and Genevieve Gorder headed to Key West where they'll join Ty Pennington in redoing two typical Key West living rooms.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Austin: Wycliff Road
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/16/2001
Nobody ever said that redesigning a room in two days for $1,000 was easy; in this episode designer Douglas Wilson faces challenges and setbacks in his effort to bring space and more function to a small kitchen. Meanwhile, Hilda Santo-Tomas eliminates a popcorn ceiling and uses fabric on the walls in a dining room. Amy Wynn Pastor is the carpenter.
#6 - Austin: Wing Road
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/23/2001
We try not to break things on Trading Spaces, but in this episode dishes are sacrificed to create a mosaic backsplash in a kitchen and across the street a bright yellow room is toned down using plastic wrap. Designers Genevieve Gorder, Hilda Santo-Tomas and carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor help neighbors redecorate their rooms in two days.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Austin: Birdhouse Drive
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/2001
Frank Bielec tackles a family room and Laurie Smith transforms an dining/living room in this installment of Trading Spaces. Highlights include do-it-yourself art with vegetables and an unique room divider. Carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor assists with shelves, newly constructed furniture and end tables.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Orlando: Lake Catherine
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/7/2001
Designer Vern Yip is challenged to turn a kitchen into an entertainment center while next door Hilda Santo-Tomas brings posh passion to a basic boudoir. Carpenter Ty Pennington assists with a bamboo armoire and a wine rack.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Gotha: Furlong
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/8/2001
Neighbors trade master houses and trust each other for a marvelous makeovers of their master bedrooms. Genevieve Gorder and Frank Bielec bring their expertise, a thousand dollars and carpenter Ty Pennington to the scene for two days of a redecorating challenge.
#10 - Orlando: Winterhaven
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/15/2001
Douglas Wilson and Laurie Smith arrive in Orlando with carpenter Ty Pennington ready to transform two rooms in two days with only $1,000. In this episode, Douglas revisits his childhood while giving an 11-year-old a rodeo-themed bedroom, and Laurie creates a warm and inviting space in a previously unused living room.
#11 - Albuquerque: Gloria Place
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/21/2001
Trading Spaces heads to the desert with designers Hilda Santo-Tomas and Douglas Wilson and carpenter Ty Pennington. Douglas uses a nautical theme in a living room, and Hilda adds color to the walls and furniture of a family and dining room.
#12 - Miami: 83rd Street
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/2001
Trading Spaces heads to sunny Florida where neighbors exchange a bedroom and a living room in a two-day race to redecorate. Carpenter Ty Pennington and designer Laurie Smith are at odds over a faux fireplace while designer Dez Ryan tries to add romance and elegance to a bedroom using a dragon theme.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - New Orleans: Jacob Street
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/5/2001
We're down in the bayou, where designers Laurie Smith and Hilda Santo-Thomas are redecorating rooms in former fishing cottages. Watch as Hilda transforms a cluttered kitchen into a spacious, modern and functional space, and Laurie takes a multipurpose room and adds storage and style with amazing results. Carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor assists.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - New Orleans: Walter Road
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/13/2001
When we visit the suburbs of New Orleans, we find an old kitchen and a master bedroom ready for some decorating help from our designers. Frank goes to work peeling off wallpaper and finds several layers and lots of damage when he does. Genevieve tries to turn a Mardi Gras-themed bedroom into a romantic hideaway by focusing on the fireplace. Carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor assists.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - New Orleans: D'evereaux Drive
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/19/2001
Heads up! Trading Spaces is in the bayou, where Vern Yip gives brothers a soccer-fan's dream room and Genevieve Gorder creates seamless duality in a guest room/home office. Amy Wynn Pastor builds under-the-bed storage and mounted shelving.
#16 - Long Island: Shore Road
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/2/2001
Trading Spaces welcomes warm weather with sunny makeovers in Long Island. Genevieve Gorder lets the sun in to a screened porch using a Japanese tea room theme and Dez Ryan adds her own twist to French Country by bringing light to a neglected living room. Carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor builds a mantle, planter boxes and a serving bar.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - New York: Sherwood Drive
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/3/2001
Mother-daughter teams trade houses to change both daughter's bedrooms. Designer Vern Yip tosses out the stuffed animals and brings in function and sophistication with velvet and unique lighting, while Douglas Wilson creates a relaxing, serene space complete with a 6-foot fountain with his team. Amy Wynn Pastor builds a television cabinet and bed frame.
#18 - New York: Linda Court
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/16/2001
Tune in to find out what happens when two different Trading Spaces designers come up with the same theme for living rooms in Long Island. Mediterranean colors and accents are used by both Douglas Wilson and Frank Bielec, with the help from carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor. Features plaster on walls, building a armoire, and recreating fallen Rome.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - New Jersey: Sam Street
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/17/2001
While Ty Pennington and Alex McLeod search for the ""Jersey devil,"" designers Laurie Smith and Hilda Santo Tomas bring elegance to a dining room and master bedroom. An $80 thrift shop sofa is transformed into a settee in Hilda's house and Laurie uses fabric on the walls for a dramatic transformation of a dull dining room.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - New Jersey: Lincroft Road
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/23/2001
Laurie Smith brings order and style to a very cramped kitchen. Her changes include a new floor, new storage options, and of course new color. Meanwhile, Douglas Wilson takes a very large, very red room and transforms it into a rustic gathering place. Carpenter Ty Pennington assists by building a microwave cabinet for Laurie and a rustic candelabra/chandelier for Doug.
#21 - New Jersey: Lafayette Street
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/24/2001
Small spaces are in for big changes in this final episode for the first season. Frank Bielec tries to incorporate a large collection of miniature houses into a living room and Vern Yip provides storage and soft corners for a baby-friendly living room makeover. Ty Pennington builds a sofa, ottoman and speaker covers and makes a bet with Alex about who will finish first. Tune in to see who wins.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - Knoxville: Courtney Oak
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/2000
What happens when you have a big basement with multiple uses? Call Frank Bielec and let him go to work to tie it all together. Using shelves, room dividers, and vivid colors, Frank creates a playroom, office, and living area all in one room. Meanwhile, Laurie Smith is grappling how to add softness and function to a small master bedroom that's big on potential and short on resources. Both designers turn to carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor for assistance.
#23 - Alpharetta: Providence Oaks
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2000
Trading Spaces tackles suburbia this week. In Alpharetta, Georgia, our team is challenged to create an entire room around one piece of furniture — a dining room table built by the homeowner. Hilda Santo-Tomas brings her elegant style to this dining room, using unique paint techniques and funky fabrics. Next door, a home office-slash-guest room is getting some much-needed help from guest designer Roderick Shade. A permanent desk area is built and a bay window is turned into a sleeping alcove. Carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor assists.
#24 - Lawrenceville: Pine Lane
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2000
Trading Spaces brings new meaning to the phrase ""getting your ducks in a row"" in this delightful episode. Two sisters trade spaces in an attempt to make both their living rooms more charming and comfortable. Designer Dez Ryan says nothing is off-limits as she converts a manly living room into a showcase suitable for both sexes. She even turns a duck decoy into a lamp! Hilda Santo-Tomas adds her know-how and produces a new room from old furniture, highlighted by using Brazilian leaves to accent an old armoire.
Watch Now:Apple TV#25 - Buckhead: Canter Road
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2000
The women take charge in this episode of Trading Spaces. Genevieve Gorder and Laurie Smith are the designers working with two sets of neighbors in Atlanta, Georgia. A 60-year-old kitchen gets a funky facelift when Genevieve decides to rip off all the cabinets and use open air shelving and pot racks to house kitchenware. The breakfast nook gets a new window bench with help from carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor. Laurie is busy next door trying to bring contemporary styling to a living room. Her biggest challenge is a glass fireplace surround that is the centerpiece of the room.