Do you know anyone that had a room redecorate by "Changing rooms"?

[Whisky2014]

The episode of the smashed teapots just popped into my head and i went on a wee google changing room rampage. Some -most- of the designs are so shit and I've just seen some up close pictures of the work and it's horrendous.

Just wondered if any of you had appeared on it and what was the outcome? Did you love it, hate it? Did they restore things if they were shit?

I did phone the City Gardener programme to apply to go on there, but They said as I lived in a town, not a city I couldn’t go on.

Wasn't there one where one of the presenters (possibly Graham Wynne, but I can't remember) decided to spray paint two antique, upholstered chairs, to change their colour from a pale blue to black, and it went horribly wrong, and they had to pay to have the chairs professionally reupholstered?

It was one of the few times that they actually owned up, on the show, to having got something terribly wrong.

I wish they would show them again.

I could never understand why they took out perfectly nice and comfy sofas and bulit a mdf one with a couple of cushions on it.
It would be more comfortable to sit on a park bench .

Oh I vividly remember one when LLB "roughed up" someone's lovely freshly plastered walls they had just paid ££ for. They were livid. I miss this show.

Is it wrong that I quite like no 3 ‘tent house penthouse’ in that buzfeed link? I remember one episode where Linda (?) painted freehand designs on the walls and the neighbour just painted over it before the big reveal without telling her.

I used to feel for the people who still had wet paint yet they were hanging up curtains
It was gross
Another one where they painted the floor and it wouldn’t dry
Was horrendous
Those poor people
I used to say to my kids, don’t you ever have anyone change my white rooms into anything garish
I love my white walls
I’d never speak to them again

Oh Yes dowser was it black gloss paint?

Those teapots!!!
It was always going to happen...the shelves were hanging in the middle of the room??!!!!

I always felt sorry when one house ended up with something reasonably okay (in hindsight did this ever happen?!) and the other ended up with one from the BuzzFeed article.

Generally the team responsible had been pressured by the design team and they always looked mortified during the reveal. How did friendships survive?!

I used to have a really wrong crush on LLB.

It was like he was so cringeworthy that it was exciting...!

Arch now I have that stupid sax theme tune stuck in my head.

Do-do do-do dooooo

The teapots saga was bound to happen. They weren't known for being sensible but that was awful and yet fucking hilarious .

Bring it back I say, I loved it.

I also think they should bring it back!

I remember the one when Graham decided to do an 'African' themed bathroom and painted all the walls shit brown and stuck sticks on top.

The owners were like >

That sounds amazing Gretchen

I can envisage a student version. I'm sure some unscrupulous landlords would be up for it. The shit design could well be an improvement

livefornaps that made me lol

When you type Changing Rooms into YouTube 'changing rooms teapots' comes up as one of the top searches. Such an iconic moment it was.

Yes to compensated. So, so funny

My house had the master bedroom done! Its lovely except for the weird mirrors stuck onto the plyboard attached to the wardrobe doors . Dont know what the other house looked like though!

Yes yes yes, the tarts boudoir! I looked for it in the buzzfeed article but it’s not there
It had a black and white checkerboard floor I think, and it was all red and black walls/decor. Utterly gross

blobby you mean yours was done before you moved in? Cause otherwise I thought the people doing each other's homes did know each other. Can we see pics?

Ouuuh @gareth, I live to please

Changing rooms is probably responsible for all the safe grey and white decor.

I would definitely want LLB for my house.
Maximalism and flamboyance.
Hell Yeah!

And this is why I love Bobby on Queer Eye the most...he transforms places with naice stuff not mdf tat!

Always thought Graham and Linda were the LWMOCR.*
Looking back, not so sure now about any of them.

Least Worst Members Of Changing Rooms (waves at sparkling*)