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Title: Trading Spaces Behind the Scenes: Including Decorating Tips and Tricks by Brian Kramer, Meredith Books ISBN: 0-696-21712-0 Publisher: Trading Spaces Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (54 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Trading Spaces - A Breath Of Fresh Air!
Comment: I'm a huge fan of TLC's "Trading Spaces". I love the concept (based on the fabulous BBC show "Changing Rooms") and I love the designers (they really are the ones that make this show a hit) and I love home design. BUT - if you are looking for a HOW TO book. This isn't for you.... this is a fun and gossipy book ABOUT the designers, carpenters and host Paige Davis. If you want HOW TO tips, wait until later this year when THAT book comes out.
This book if full of profiles, home pictures, tales and reviews of each of the designers and their most famous rooms. It's a fun look inside their lives and recommendations. It's a marketing person's dream :) It's fluff --- but in a good way. It's a great soft sided book that takes your mind off more serious topics of the day.
My favorite spotlights are Hildi (it really shows her softer and sweeter side) and my all time fav. groovy girl Genevieve. She's such a wonderful free spirit. BUT - without a doubt, my crush on Vern's talent is even greater after reading about him in this book.
"Trading Spaces - Behind The Scenes" is just a great pick me up and I enjoyed every minute of it!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Stars of Trading Spaces
Comment: The book is an inside look at the designers and others who appear on the TV show. It is not meant to be a "How To" book. Within the scope of its purpose, it does well. It shows many pictures and gives a lot of information about the people. It's a sort of introduction to the show through its stars and does a good job of showing their personalities, quirks, & mess ups. It does show a little about the rooms that have been decorated on the show and has a list with comments about every show at the end of the book. It also does show a few tips about decorating. There are two more books scheduled to be published that will be more like decorating "How To".
Rating: 4
Summary: FOR RABID "TRADING SPACES" FANS ONLY...
Comment: This is really a large sized, coffee table styled, soft cover book that focuses on the stars that make "Trading Spaces" the cable show hit that it is. It is a pictorial odyssey with text that reads as if a fawning fan were writing it and striving for the lowest common denominator. Still, a rabid fan of the show, to which I admit being, will enjoy finding out more about those who make "Trading Spaces" a show worth watching.
The book gives an overview the show and some behind-the-scene details about what goes into making an episode. It also gives a relatively brief biography of each member of the show's cast, as well as lavish, loving color photographs of them. It tells the reader how each cast member came about landing a spot on "Trading Spaces". There are also before and after photographs of some of the rooms on which they have worked. The book ends with a complete episode guide for seasons one, two, and three, replete with room by room discussions for each episode.
If one is not a rabid fan of "Trading Spaces", one should deduct at least one star from my rating and not buy this book. It is a book only rabid fans of the show would appreciate.
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Title: Paige by Paige: A Year of Trading Spaces by Paige Davis, Vicki Ingham ISBN: 0696218364 Publisher: Trading Spaces Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Trading Spaces Make It Yours! : Customize and Personalize-the Trading Spaces Way! by Meredith Books, Brian Kramer ISBN: 0696217279 Publisher: Trading Spaces Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Trading Spaces: Color! by Meredith Books, Brian Kramer ISBN: 0696217260 Publisher: Trading Spaces Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Ty's Tricks: Home Repair Secrets Plus Cheap and Easy Projects to Transform Any Room by Ty Pennington ISBN: 1401300677 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 29 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Trading Spaces 2-Pack : Color! / Make It Yours! by Brian Kramer ISBN: 0696218976 Publisher: Meredith Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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