Life Lessons from Trading Spaces: The New Season Begins!
The first time I saw Genevieve Gorder on television, I knew I was seeing something special. It was 2000 and I was home on break from my freshman year of college. My mom and I tuned in to a new show called Trading Spaces, which paired designers and a carpenter with neighbors who would make […]
The first time I saw Genevieve Gorder on television, I knew I was seeing something special. It was 2000 and I was home on break from my freshman year of college. My mom and I tuned in to a new show called Trading Spaces, which paired designers and a carpenter with neighbors who would make over each other’s rooms for $1,000. I’d grown up in a home with parents that were interested about decorating and architecture, but I’d never seen a younger person approach interiors the way Genevieve did.
She walked into people’s homes — usually barefoot — and would proceed to use random objects or pieces of inspiration as the jumping-off point for totally creative, exciting, and one-of-a-kind room designs. I watched her turn colanders into light fixtures, choose paint colors inspired by artichokes, create walls covered in moss and rust, and, my favorite, turn simple sheets of plywood into celestial wall light installations.
I spent most of my college years recreating (okay, just completely copying) all of Genevieve’s design ideas for friends across our college campus. Those projects made me feel accomplished, unafraid of power tools and, most importa...
The first time I saw Genevieve Gorder on television, I knew I was seeing something special. It was 2000 and I was home on break from my freshman year of college. My mom and I tuned in to a new show called Trading Spaces, which paired designers and a carpenter with neighbors who would make over each other’s rooms for $1,000. I’d grown up in a home with parents that were interested about decorating and architecture, but I’d never seen a younger person approach interiors the way Genevieve did.
She walked into people’s homes — usually barefoot — and would proceed to use random objects or pieces of inspiration as the jumping-off point for totally creative, exciting, and one-of-a-kind room designs. I watched her turn colanders into light fixtures, choose paint colors inspired by artichokes, create walls covered in moss and rust, and, my favorite, turn simple sheets of plywood into celestial wall light installations.
I spent most of my college years recreating (okay, just completely copying) all of Genevieve’s design ideas for friends across our college campus. Those projects made me feel accomplished, unafraid of power tools and, most importa...
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