Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago]

What is the allure of this show? Is it the tips in tacky home decorating, the oft garish results, or the big reveal at the end of the show? I always enjoy a reveal, but I do not care to sit through an hour of watching people paint to get there. Are the people who love it on this board people fixing up their own homes? I can imagine that some of the tips would be quite useful if they did not involve orange paint.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago
Is it...the big reveal at the end of the show?

I usually only watch the final eight minutes of the show.

From what I understand, Paige Davis has a few fans also.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago
What is the allure of this show? Is it the tips in tacky home decorating, the oft garish results, or the big reveal at the end of the show? I always enjoy a reveal, but I do not care to sit through an hour of watching people paint to get there. Are the people who love it on this board people fixing up their own homes? I can imagine that some of the tips would be quite useful if they did not involve orange paint.

The theoretical allure is in seeing how anyone with a few bucks for paint and some imagination can change the exact same beige room everyone seems to have into something attractive and fun--ideas for transforming your now or future space.

The practical allure is in seeing how people react to having Hildy turn their useful family room into a concrete-brick-paved space with a single uncomfortable couch facing a large piece of her ugly artwork (negatively), or Frank cover their living room with gingham and painted wooden craftsy pigs (bizarrely, usually well), or wondering if Kia will astroturf another bed into looking like a grave instead of the intended garden, or that Vern will be doing someone's room in which case it inevitably rocks.

Heathen.

PJ

[evenodds]

Eddie Izzard has announced dates for his new show Sexie.

Full text: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...playbill/79757

[Not Bob]

Alas and alack; the rumors of the retirement of King Patrick appear to be true.

I learned this while watching Barry Melrose between periods last night, before the hated Devils mowed through the hapless Ducks in the third period. How many odd man rushes can one team give up without getting blown out? Jesus.

Anyway, here's Patrick as I think of him (still can't believe those morons in Montreal let him go):


and

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by Jesus_Just_Left_Chicago
What is the allure of this show? Is it the tips in tacky home decorating, the oft garish results, or the big reveal at the end of the show? I always enjoy a reveal, but I do not care to sit through an hour of watching people paint to get there. Are the people who love it on this board people fixing up their own homes? I can imagine that some of the tips would be quite useful if they did not involve orange paint.

for me it is the waiting for the train wreck at the reveal. the rooms are hardly ever anything anyone would want in their house. but the show works best when Doug or Hildi is in action, and you know someone's home will be ruined. to me, one of the scariest visions in modern America would be, I'm on trading spaces and I see Hildi get out of the truck and head into my house with my neighbors. http://www.realityblurred.com/realit...x.shtml#003285 (spree-lady saving money to fix Hildi's vision)

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I usually only watch the final eight minutes of the show.

From what I understand, Paige Davis has a few fans also.

You may count my SO in that group. We were watching on Monday and when he found out that she was the host, he agreed to add it to the Tivo.

Although I understand for some long-standing fans that she sucks compared to the original host.

I also like to watch the abbreviated show -- first 10 minutes (find out who the designers are, see the awful rooms) and the last ten minutes (see the end product and reactions). The rest is fluff, although sometimes there is a good bicker between designer and homeowner thrown in...

n(I just hate her Enterprise commercials, but maybe they aren't a good outlet for her talents)cs

[SlaveNoMore]

Not Bob
Alas and alack; the rumors of the retirement of King Patrick appear to be true.

... the hated Devils mowed through the hapless Ducks in the third period

F Roy

F the Devils

not7y(and F the Rangers until they announce a #35 retirement ceremony)S

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
You may count my SO in that group. We were watching on Monday and when he found out that she was the host, he agreed to add it to the Tivo.

Although I understand for some long-standing fans that she sucks compared to the original host.

The original host was Alex McLeod (McLoed?), who left to "pursue other opportunities," which apparently meant modeling weird gothic outfits while speaking one line of dialogue per episode on Joe Millionaire. On TS, she was somewhat aloof and had a wry attitude about the whole thing, totally different from Paige.

My friend is dating this guy who can barely contain himself from moaning with desire whenever Paige Davis appears in one of her very tight outfits. To watch TS with him is to hear him say, "I wonder when she's gonna do Playboy," "Man, I'd love to see her naked," "Oh God, she is so hot," in a very low voice repeatedly for an hour. I think he thinks that only the other guys in the room can hear it, like he's speaking on some guy-only frequency.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
My friend is dating this guy who can barely contain himself from moaning with desire whenever Paige Davis appears in one of her very tight outfits. To watch TS with him is to hear him say, "I wonder when she's gonna do Playboy," "Man, I'd love to see her naked," "Oh God, she is so hot," in a very low voice repeatedly for an hour. I think he thinks that only the other guys in the room can hear it, like he's speaking on some guy-only frequency.

Your friend needs a new BF who has the tact to keep the other-chick-moaning less audible. Unless he's burning to hear her purr over her stud-of-choice to his pals and thereby totally emasculate him.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Your friend needs a new BF who has the tact to keep the other-chick-moaning less audible. Unless he's burning to hear her purr over her stud-of-choice to his pals and thereby totally emasculate him.

I don't really get this. How does someone else's hotness threaten your own? If and when this has ever happened to me, I just say, "Yeah, she *is* hot." And usually that is end of the story.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by bridge of love
for me it is the waiting for the train wreck at the reveal. the rooms are hardly ever anything anyone would want in their house. but the show works best when Doug or Hildi is in action, and you know someone's home will be ruined. to me, one of the scariest visions in modern America would be, I'm on trading spaces and I see Hildi get out of the truck and head into my house with my neighbors. http://www.realityblurred.com/realit...x.shtml#003285 (spree-lady saving money to fix Hildi's vision)

Paige Davis has fans? Ugh, she's dull and doll-like. Alex McLeod (sp?) was much better. My nightmare designer would be Frank. Handpainted chickens and country kitsch, ick! Changing Rooms is better. The designers actually meet with the neighbors ahead of time, so they have more input about what will be done to the rooms. There is more debate and compromise on Changing Rooms, which makes the whole 30 minutes worth watching. On Trading Spaces the designers tend to be snobby and bullish. "I'm a designer, damn it! Why can't you see my vision?"

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
F the Devils

Why are the Devils hated so much?

[SlaveNoMore]

Anne Elk
Paige Davis ....blah blah blah ...Changing Rooms ... Trading Spaces ...

Billmore is right, dammit.

Unplug from the Matrix already and go out and get some fresh air.

not7y(I'm going hiking...after the baseball game of course)S

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Why are the Devils hated so much?

Because they regularly beat the Flyers, of course! And there are many, many Flyers fans that post here.