Trading Spaces

Christi is going to be working with the dark blue team, Scott & Tammy, while Laurie will be working with the red team, Bishop (aka Smitty) & Angela. Homeowner Chats The Blue team wants rich, warm colors. They have a dresser/ armoire with their TV on top of it. The Green team calls their room a blank canvas, but they don't want dark colors on the walls. Key Swap The same as the previous key swaps in Home Free, Paige goes over the rules, hands out the $2000, & hands over the keys. Designer/ Homeowner Chat Smitty & Angela want to get some seating in the room. Scott & Tammy want an entertainment cabinet & to get rid of the ""1920"" furniture. Paint Challenge Paige has 2 paint cans, one for each house. Both have 20 paint chips in them & whichever one they choose has to go on all the walls. The Red team get a moss green, Laurie doesn't seem to like it. The Blue team get a shade of blue that is very near to the same shade as their shirts. Budgeting & Shopping The Red

Show Open Paige explains that this week the teams can have their choice of the designer & carpenter that they want to work with. The Light blue team wants to work with Doug & Ty. The Yellow team chooses to work with Frank & Amy Wynn. Key Swap Paige explains to the teams that it's back to Home Free basics for this episode. They have a budget of $2000 to spend on the kitchens that they're redoing. Day 0 Once again the rooms are described by videos. The Light Blue team doesn't want country. The Yellow team would like to see some new countertops in their kitchen. Shopping Challenge It wouldn't be Home Free without a shopping challenge. This week's shopping challenge is called ""Nothing On The Table,"" in which the teams must acquire a table by the end of Day 2 without spending any money on it. They can't go to junkyards, garden centers, bait & tackle shops, thrift stores, high-end stores, or any shop for that matter, they can't knock on doors, or call family & friends. Th

With 70% of a nationwide vote, the Light Blue Team of Jon and Stacy Laymon of Ocoee, Florida, have won the eight-week competition that was Trading Spaces: Home Free over Angel and Vilma Rivera of Kissimmee, Florida. They won up to $350,000 to pay off their mortgage. Whether or not they were winners, both the Riveras and the Laymons were the recipients of up to $27,000 in room renovations courtesy of their Home Free competitors. The first round featured a $2,000 bedroom renovation, the second a $5,000 living room redesign, and in the third, new appliances and other niceties resulted in kitchen makeovers valued at up to $20,000. Host Paige Davis, designers Christi Proctor, Kia Steave-Dickerson and Edward Walker, and carpenters Carter Oosterhouse and Amy Wynn Pastor, as well as all of the other competitors, appeared on the one-hour live broadcast from Orlando, which featured clips from all the previous episodes and some new footage of the finalists, and a countdown clock ticking away the

Before this week's teams start, Paige tells us that the Lavender team won last week with 62% of the votes. Homeowner Chats Vilma & Angel want an elegant & relaxing master bedroom. Eddy & Omar want color, but they still want their master bedroom to look ""big."" Key Swap Paige goes over the rules for Home Free, then hands over the keys. Day 0 Designer/ Homeowner Chat Kia, Eddy, & Omar decide they want floors, storage, a headboard, & to reposition the furniture. Frank, Vilma, & Angel decide on a headboard, window treatments, & seating. Paint Reveals This time, the teams have three cans to choose from, but the one they pick is the one that won't be used in the room. Eddy & Omar end up with two shades of off-white. Angel & Vilma have to use dark blue & a near teal color. Budgeting & Shopping Eddy & Omar go for a headboard, an entertainment center, & want to put down a hardwood floor. Angel & Vilma want a headboard made of premade doors, a wall unit, a bench, a

For the semi-finals, the teams will be working on living rooms. Due to the distance between the houses, each team will have their own designer, so both Trading Spaces trailers will be used for the Carpentry Worlds. The Yellow team, Angel & Vilma, are going to be working with designer, Edward Walker, & carpenter, Amy Wynn pastor. The Lavender team, Glen & Justine, are going to work with designer Doug Wilson & Carter Oosterhouse as carpenter. Key Swap Paige tells the teams that the budget has been upped to $10,000. $5,000 of that has already been spent. She also gives both teams an envelope that has instructions in it, but they can't open it until they are with the designer & carpenter they'll be working with. Day 0 Designer Chat Glen & Justine didn't care for the Green team's room. ""But they love Doug,"" according to Glen. They call the room ""Sassy Caribbean"" Angel wants to put up an unusual wall unit that is modern with a touch of contemporary. Since the homeowners d

Paige introduces us to the 8 couples competing to get their mortgages paid off. Paige also tells us that the neighbors will approve the design, control the budget, & are in conrol. Casting Call Hundreds of homeowners with signs & costumes descend on Home Depot in Orlando, FL on a weekend afternoon in December. They think their trying out for a regular Trading Spaces episode (which is odd- TS was just there late last season.) Strapped to a forklift with a bullhorn in hand, Paige tells the crowd the plan to pay off someone's mortgage. To make the cut, you needed to test your skills in foot painting & toilet racing. Some people even used small children to try to get picked. At Home Depot, 3 skill stations were set up. At the 1st one, hopefuls had to pick fabric swatches out of a bag blindfolded, put them on a board & decide how they'd be used in a room. In the 2nd, homeowners had 60 seconds to drive 6 nails into a piece of wood with only one hammer stroke per nail. In the 3rd