The Realm of The Archon presents:Ten Thousand Words on One Hundred Grand

Published: November 19, 2007, 11:02 am

Ground rules: For people coming from my main site who haven't seen Trading Spaces, here's the standard rules.... Two couples (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) swap homes for two days, with the intent to redo a room in each other's houses. A designer (one per home) plans the room, one carpenter does wood-type stuff for both designers, and the host lends an extra (and extra-perky, if you've ever seen Paige Davis) set of hands every so often. The homeowners are the main on-screen labor and the local color. As evening falls on the first day, the designers leave for the night, but leave behind "Homework", tasks the homeowners must complete before the next day. At the end of the show, the host chats with each designer while the camera pans around the redone room. This is followed by the reveal. Just after the chat, the respective couples go back to their homes for the first time in two days and see how their own room (unseen until this point) has changed. This last bit is called

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