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6 unusual facts about Trading Spaces


Bryan Schwartz

In 2002, Schwartz and his wife appeared on an episode of Trading Spaces.

Changing Rooms

The show has been franchised and variations of it appear in several other countries, sometimes with a different name - such as Trading Spaces in United States.

Mark Tatulli

Mark Tatulli is a comic strip writer/artist, animator and television producer, known for his work on the cable reality television series Trading Spaces and A Wedding Story, for which he has won three Emmy Awards.

The Gardening Gamble

Described by TV Guide Canada as "the gardening equivalent of Trading Spaces, Gardening Gamble is co-hosted by Jordan Taylor.

Trading Spaces

Anna Ryder Richardson (one episode; from Changing Rooms; rebroadcast as "British Invasion" on The Best Of Trading Spaces episode 17, January 18, 2011)

Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls

Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls was a 2003 reality television series spin-off of the home redecorating series, Trading Spaces, hosted by Diane Mizota.


Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation

Famous Alumni include former Arkansas Governor and Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, actors James Van Der Beek, Raviv Ullman and Shannon Elizabeth, Miami Heat basketball player Shane Battier, Doug Wilson, host and designer of TLC's Trading Spaces show, Apprentice star and entrepreneur Toral Mehta and founder Hugh O'Brian.

Jeffersonville, New York

In 2004, Jeffersonville was the subject of TLC Network television program Town Haul in which interior designer Genevieve Gorder, a regular designer for TLC's program Trading Spaces, undertook to make over several buildings in the town.

Jim Rapsas

Rapsas spent several years developing programs for the Discovery Kids Channel and served as executive producer on many of the channel's series including Scout's Safari, Growing Up Creepie, Kenny the Shark, Truth or Scare (hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg), Endurance, Flight 29 Down, "Operation Junkyard", "Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls", "Time Warp Trio" "Animal Jam" and others.

Nadia Geller

She is best known for her roles as a host and designer on The Learning Channel While You Were Out, Home Made Simple and Trading Spaces.


see also

Alex McLeod

After leaving "Trading Spaces" in 2002 McLeod performed in back to back reality TV projects making the move into major network television with a hosting role on Fox's controversial first season of Joe Millionaire shot on location in France's Loire Valley.

Andy Kane

Ty Pennington, equivalent on Trading Spaces, the US derivative of Changing Rooms