Is the design makeover really completed in two days?
Actually, it’s more like a day and a half. The filming must get done in time so that the “designer chat” and the “beauty shots” are completed for the final segment. Are the design plans kept top secret? You bet. I didn’t even know who my designer would be until the morning of filming. During the two-day makeover, I had to live at my neighbor’s house — and felt like I was under house arrest! I was completely banished from my home, and the show’s producers went to great lengths to make sure I didn’t see any projects being done. They hung sheets on the windows and other shielding mechanisms around our homes. In fact, when the producer from my home makeover went to my neighbors’, even the paint splotches on her clothing were covered with duct tape so I couldn’t see the colors being used. The reason: to ensure that the “reveal” scene at the end of the show is a complete and genuine surprise to the homeowners. That’s the most important segment in Trading Spaces. What would get you disqualif
