# Can't...stop...watching...interior design shows...damn you, HGTV! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816 "2004-08-21T03:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/21 "2004-08-23T19:05:30Z")
I too am an HGTV addict. That and Food TV. Luckily those two channels are right next to each other, so I can easily flip back and forth. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/22 "2004-08-23T19:07:41Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > _peeks in_ > > Confession time, me and Mrs Gargoyle sing along with the “Divine Design” jazz-scat theme song… > > “Sweedow, bu bu bu bow wow, sweedow bup bow wow wow wow… > scooby booby bubby bibby bu bu bu biddy biddy > Bu bu bu bow…bu bu bu bow dee wow…bum… bum… bum …yeah!” > > Go Candice! Thanks, now I will have that in my head all day! Oh and I always thought it was “ **squeee** dow…” ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/23 "2004-08-23T19:15:53Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > My favorite is Design Rules. It aired on BBC America. It’s a short run series that isn’t on anymore but if they release it on DVD I’m buying it. > The show has one of the Designers from Changing Rooms, the show that inspired Trading Spaces, and in each episode he goes over one design element like color, lighting, using patterns and textures, and so on. It’s really informative and after watching it you are far better prepared to make over a room in your house than watching any of those other make over shows. Well, which one? If it’s a he, it’s got to be one of two or three guys, and they differ wildly in their trustworthiness (not that I trust any of these yahoos all that much; my wife tunes them in, and I’m stuck with it if I want to spend any time with her. I do like the hostess’s accent, though). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/24 "2004-08-23T19:32:20Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’ve never watched an entire episode of Trading Spaces. Me neither. Wasn’t there an episode where one woman was so upset by the results, she cried? ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/25 "2004-08-24T02:12:11Z")
I stopped watching _Trading Spaces_ when Vern Yip left. I figure, the show’s just not that good anymore without my favorite designer. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/26 "2004-08-24T13:44:57Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > I stopped watching _Trading Spaces_ when Vern Yip left. I figure, the show’s just not that good anymore without my favorite designer. Good news! Vern is getting is own show on NBC. I can’t remember what it’s going to be called, but the idea is for him to finish what the DIYers have started. He’s been on local radio talking about it quite a bit. Last I heard they were auditioning applicants in the Atlanta area. For more info, check out his website, [vernyip.com](http://vernyip.com). ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/27 "2004-08-24T13:49:07Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Ah, HGTV. I blame my mom for my HGTV habit. She started me watching, although we prefer _House Hunters_ and _Curb Appeal_ to most of the interior design shows. Though _Designer’s Challenge_ is excellent. I’m addicted to all these shows, too. When my son was living with us, we had three addictions: my husband is addicted to WWII stuff and all military shows; my son was hooked on cooking shows; I was all about the decorating. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/28 "2004-08-24T17:15:25Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > > [@Zebra](#): > > > > My favorite is Design Rules. It aired on BBC America. It’s a short run series that isn’t on anymore but if they release it on DVD I’m buying it. > > > > The show has one of the Designers from Changing Rooms, the show that inspired Trading Spaces, and in each episode he goes over one design element like color, lighting, using patterns and textures, and so on. It’s really informative and after watching it you are far better prepared to make over a room in your house than watching any of those other make over shows. > > Well, which one? If it’s a he, it’s got to be one of two or three guys, and they differ wildly in their trustworthiness (not that I trust any of these yahoos all that much; my wife tunes them in, and I’m stuck with it if I want to spend any time with her. I do like the hostess’s accent, though). Well, I went and looked it up; I might’ve known. Not only have they give Laurence Llewelyn-Freakin’-Bowen his own show, but he’s hosting _Changing Rooms_. That’s right, Carol with the cute Scottish accent is gone. Bastards. (That’s it, I’m hiding the remote). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816/29 "2004-08-25T01:45:26Z")
Yes, it sucks that she’s gone but watching Design Rules you learn more than watching a hundred episodes of the other decorating shows. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-watching-interior-design-shows-damn-you-hgtv/260816.md?page=1)