The WORST episodes of Trading Spaces

#1 - St Louis: Russell Boulevard

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2004

Doug Wilson, Laurie Smith and Amy Wynn shake it up in St. Louis.

#2 - Santa Fe: Navajo Road

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2005

Homeowner Pamela and her roommate, Monica, are trading spaces with Pamela's boyfriend, Andy, and his best friend, Don. Pamela and Monica work with designer Frank Bielec and carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor to renovate Andy's game room. Says Pamela, ""When I saw Frank in Andy's house, I wanted go screaming out of the house like a Munch painting."" Amy Wynn has her work cut out for her, as Frank's plans call for a loft bed, bar and new basin sink. Andy and Don work together with designer Genevieve Gorder and carpenter Faber Dewar to give Pamela's bedroom an Old World, romantic feel. For his part, Faber heads to a salvage yard to search for scrap wood he can use for two armoire doors. But then the plot thickens ... A few minutes into filming, Faber receives a call from his fiancee that their baby might be on the way. Nervously, Faber continues working … and waiting for the phone call that will make him a father.

#3 - Key West: Roosevelt Boulevard

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/2005

Laura Day and Kia Steave Dickerson choose between two bedrooms and a living room. Carter Oosterhouse is carpenter. This is Paige Davis' last episode as host.

#4 - Key West: Bay Drive

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/2005

Escape to a tropical paradise in this episode of Trading Spaces. Designers Christi and Edward harvest the natural beauty of the Keys to inspire their designs. Our homeowners are ready for a change, but will the notoriously laid-back Key West spirit mix well with the amount of work this show needs to complete in only 2 days? Initially off to a smooth start, each team runs into some rough water. Edward's homeowner, Heather, proves to be quite dangerous with a power tool. And Christi goes way over budget. Hopefully she will be able to scale back her grand idea and still deliver the beautiful, romantic bedroom that's in her vision. Luckily, host Paige Davis and carpenter Carter Oosterhouse pitch in when the ""all hands on deck"" call goes out, but will they be enough extra help to rescue these designs? With a definite nautical flair in this episode, don't let this boat leave the dock without you!

#5 - Miami: West 18

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/2005

Hildi Santo Tomas will redecorate a dining room, master bedroom or living room while Doug Wilson and team will choose between a living room, dining room and kitchen. Amy Wynn Pastor will be carpenter.

#6 - Savannah: Maupas Avenue

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/2005

Savannah's southern soul paints a pretty picture with the help of some artistic homeowners. Two musicians, a dancer and a jewelry designer lend their talents to Trading Spaces designers to create a masterpiece or two. Designer Barry Wood's peach of an idea starts to go to the pits when he has trouble fitting all the pieces of his room together. Laura Day leaves her creative homeowners feeling more like apprentices than the artists they are. Luckily, host Paige Davis and carpenter Faber Dewar are there to drill, saw and smooth the finishing touches. A colorful episode that could brighten up even the darkest room!

#7 - Savannah: East 39th Street

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/2005

Edward Walker chooses between a living room, bedroom or dining area to re-decorate. Christi Proctor puts that west Texas thang on an office, master bedroom or guest room. Amy Wynn is carpenter.

#8 - Savannah: East Jones Street

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/2005

Spirits are alive and well in Savannah ... or at least our homeowners think so! You will see a Trading Spaces first on this episode — a ghost! Craig and Jett believe the ghost of a little boy lives in their home. This episode may answer the question what is scarier ... a haunted house or having a Trading Spaces designer redo your room without knowing what the heck is going on! Designer Frank Bielec has a ""ghastly"" time trying to re-do a breakfast nook while Kia Steave Dickerson gets into the ""spirit"" by trying to transport a master bedroom back to a previous era. Thankfully, we have fearless host Paige Davis and carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor to pitch in and to make sure our teams don't get scared off before they finish their rooms. This is a spirited episode not to be missed!

#9 - Georgia: Shenfield Road

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/2005

Join Laurie and Hildi for two makeovers in Georgia!

#10 - Georgia: Cook Road

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/1/2005

Come smell the magnolias in this episode of Trading Spaces! Our homeowners can't wait to re-energize their houses with a new look from their neighbors and our Trading Spaces team. Danielle and Otan need a change, from their stylish rooms upstairs to a less formal area where they can relax, so they'd like an adult recreation room in the basement. Will designer Santo-Tomás' ""tropical paradise"" design knock their socks off, or will it knock them off their feet in horror? Across the way, Ian and Dawn are looking for a jolt of color in their beautiful but bland home. Designer Jon Laymon goes to work creating a sophisticated one-of-a-kind ""wildlife"" décor for their dining room. Will Jon's artistic senses take over and result in a design that's tasteful and appropriate or off the wall? This episode, our designers take our teams for an unexpected tour of a jungle paradise. Will our eager homeowners be prepared for the new designs Jon and Hildi have installed in their homes? Find out by tun

#11 - Little Rock: Greenbriar Way

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/25/2004

This episode of Trading Spaces will feature yet another first: we will be redecorating rooms in a women's shelter outside of Little Rock, Ark. We have four very enthusiastic and deserving teammates on this one. Joyce and Vebra are staff members at CASA, Inc., a shelter serving women who are seeking to escape abusive relationships. Joyce and Vebra not only work at the shelter, but they are on call several days a week and live there part time. Vebra, a former victim of abuse, decided to make women's advocacy her life's work after she received help getting out of an abusive relationship. She now spends her time helping other women reclaim control over their lives. Together, she and Joyce will redecorate a room in the ""residents"" side of this very large house, which is in need of some TLC. On the other team are Tammy and Leslie, two women who currently reside at the shelter. Fun-loving, funny and amazingly upbeat considering their life experiences, they both are big fans of the show and

#12 - Little Rock: Capitol Avenue

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2004

Trading Spaces rocks out in Little Rock, Ark., in this harmonically inclined episode. This time it is not just our wacky crew that jams out ... our homeowners do, too! These four guys are best friends andthree of them play together in a band. Our homeowners try to transfer their enthusiasm for music to enthusiasm for redecorating. Designers Barry Wood and Little Rock native Laura Day face challenge after challenge in this episode. From redoing two rooms in one home, to a color-blind homeowner, to a visit to the emergency room, host Paige Davis and carpenter Carter Oosterhouse have their work cut out for them! Will our music-loving homeowners be crooning sweet melodies or singing the blues in the end? Tune in to find out.

#13 - San Diego: Piedmont Drive

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/23/2005

#14 - Los Angeles: Canyon Valley Drive

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2004

Guest stars will be Christopher Rich and Melissa Peterman of ""Reba"".

#15 - New Jersey: Gildersleeve Drive

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2004

Doug Wilson and Kia Steave-Dickerson trade spaces in New Jersey with Amy Wynn Pastor as carpenter.

#16 - New Jersey: Lenox Drive

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2004

Barry Wood and Christi Proctor trade spaces in New Jersey with Amy Wynn Pastor as carpenter.

#17 - Jersey City: Webster Avenue

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2004

Hildi Santo Tomás and Laura Day trade spaces in Jersey City with Amy Wynn Pastor as carpenter

#18 - Seattle: 197th Avenue

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2004

Trading Spaces rolls into Seattle once again, and in spite of a little rain, manages to completely transform two rooms in only 2 days. Designers Christi Proctor and Edward Walker have their hands full this time with their fun-loving party-hearty homeowners. One of the great new twists on Trading Spaces this season is the possibility of a ""bonus"" budget to redecorate your room. In this episode we roll doubles and it's a mighty big budget. But money doesn't buy you extra time and Christi has a race to the finish even with the luxury of a larger budget. Meanwhile, Edward has mucho carpentry to keep carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor busy right down to the end. And if this is a home redecorating show why in the heck is host Paige Davis giving one of our homeowners a haircut? Wanna find out? Gotta tune in.

#19 - Seattle: 46th Place

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2004

Trading Spaces invades the Pacific Northwest in this episode that finds identical twin, Norwegian-born sisters living directly across the street from each other. The husbands are along for the ride and anything goes in this episode. Designers Barry Wood and Christi Proctor team up with carpenter Carter Oosterhouse to remake a family room and a dining room. Barry should change his last name from Wood to Concrete after this episode as he tackles a highly unusual and challenging project in his dining room. Is there enough time and sand and cement for his vision to come to life? Meanwhile, Christi — always the optimist — tackles an entire kitchen redo. If she were a classical composer this room would be called the ""Unfinished Symphony."" Host Paige Davis tries her best but sometimes even she can get our designers to the finish line. Tune in to see if identical twins have identical reactions to their new rooms!

#20 - Los Angeles: Turmont Street

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/2004

The Trading Spaces caravan rolls into California bearing new twists and a whole new look to the show. Host Paige Davis knows that one of the rooms in each house is the ""money"" room — that means it has a bigger budget. But, of course, designers Edward Walker and Hildi Santo Tomás don't know which room it is. What fun would that be? So the designers and their homeowners have to pick which room to do right there on the spot. Do they pick the money room? How much will the budget be on this episode? How will the homeowners react when they don't even know which room has been chosen for redecoration in their house? And has carpenter Faber Dewar lost his Scottish mind? To tear out that whole wall? It's a wild ride in this episode from South Central L.A. And you won't want to miss these high-energy homeowners at their reveal!

#21 - Philadelphia: Bugle Lane

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2004

Trading Spaces kicks off a brand-new season in suburban Philadelphia, Pa. Preston and his wife, Rachelle, are trading with their neighbors B.J. and Sue. Preston will put in some extra-long days because he has to get up at 3 a.m. to go work on his morning radio show. And because he couldn't take time off, he's doing his show live from his neighbor's house. Speaking of 3 a.m., that's when neighbor B.J. starts work on her overnight job that her boss wouldn't let her out of, and so for part of the time, Sue has to carry the weight of redecorating without her teammate. In spite of being shorthanded, designer Hildi Santo Tomás manages to pull off a kitchen redo that is pretty radical. Imagine that from Hildi! Next door in Laurie Smith's family room, carpenter Carter Oosterhouse is faced with a daunting list of projects.

#22 - Washington D.C.: Acker Place

Season 4 - Episode 60 - Aired 11/27/2004

#23 - Illinois: County Road

Season 4 - Episode 59 - Aired 9/25/2004

It's a family affair on the next episode of Trading Spaces. Designer Doug Wilson travels home to his family's farm to re-decorate two of his brother's living rooms. That's right; Doug designs not one but TWO rooms with the help of three of his brothers! To assist in the heavy workload are carpenters Ty Pennington and Carter Oosterhouse. Even though there are more carpentry projects than normal, Ty and Carter still have time for a dance-off. You'll have to see it to believe it. Watch, as host Paige Davis goes to new heights to help a designer and his family. Planes, farm equipment and sibling rivalry are all a part of this special episode. (And you get to see Doug's parents — what more could you ask for?)

#24 - Connecticut: Harvard Terrace

Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 7/16/2005

Hildi teams up with Carter while Laurie joins forces with Amy in this Connecticut based episode. Hildi and Carter recreate a living room for a couple who have not changed a thing in nine years. Laurie and Amy renovate one large master bedroom.

#25 - Philadelphia: Meadowburn Lane

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/28/2006

A 1950s kitchen poses a big challenge; bringing a simple guest bedroom up to bed and breakfast status.