Raising the Roof

Trading Spaces: Season 4: Episode 64

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Raising the Roof

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TLC | Air Date: July 24, 2004
Summary: Paige welcomes us to Bucks County, Pennsylvania & tells us that in honor of Home Depot's 25th anniversary, they have increased the total budget to $25,000. Each team, made up of Habitat for Humanity families, will be getting $12,500.
Craftsman Faber will be building Genevieve's carpentry projects, while handy gal Amy Wynn will help out
Paige welcomes us to Bucks County, Pennsylvania & tells us that in honor of Home Depot's 25th anniversary, they have increased the total budget to $25,000. Each team, made up of Habitat for Humanity families, will be getting $12,500.
Craftsman Faber will be building Genevieve's carpentry projects, while handy gal Amy Wynn will help out Edward.
Before starting on the rooms, Faber, Genevieve, Amy Wynn, Edward, & our homeowners help with the building of another house in the neighborhood. In a Habitat neighborhood, you help to build your own home. Each homeowner must contribute 500 hours of "Sweat equity" instead of a down payment on the house, after that, they have regular mortgage payments, minus the interest.
Homeowner Chat
Rick & Dorothy Chase have lived with their five kids in a small trailer for eleven years, so having a house is a blessing for them. They want to have their family room redone.
Natasha, a single mom of three young children who works full time & goes to school at night, recently moved with her children from her sister Akira's apartment into their house. Her sister Akira will be helping her redo her neighbors' room. The main room she wants done is her living room.
Designer Greeting
After being told about the larger budget during the key swap, the teams go to meet the designer that they'll be working with over the next two days.
Genevieve came with about twenty birch trees, all having to do with her plan to bring the outdoors in. She tells her team "I'm not going to overspend things. You can take me out of Trading Spaces, but you can't take the Trading Spaces out of me."
Rick wants to give Natasha's living room some personality because she just moved in & hasn't done much of anything to it yet.
Day 1
Paint Reveals
Gen wants to paint the ceiling a bright white. She has lime green for accents; there will be the addition of both baseboards & crown molding. Natasha is worried that Edward will paint her room black & purple.
Paige joins in the paint reveal over at Edward's room. First, there's a cream colored primer going up, followed by a shade of orange, with almost the same shade of green as Gen for accents
Dorothy & Rick agree with Paige that Habitat for Humanity have brought the community closer together, but Paige points out that a bad room could produce the first feud in the neighborhood.
Carpentry Consults
Genevieve asks Faber to split several birch trees in half for a wall treatment, & then explains her entertainment center.
Edward shows Amy Wynn his plans for a screen to block off the kitchen from the living room & an entertainment center with two cabinets and floating bridges.
Genevieve's Room
Paige checks on Faber's progress with the entertainment center, she points out that it looks like some sort of musical instrument.
Gen shows Natasha, who can't sew, some of the fabric & how the pillows & fabric match.
Natasha helps Faber make a finger pull hole on the storage unit.
After Gen & Faber bring in the birch to put up on the walls, Gen remembers that the new wood floor hasn't been put down yet, so they can't do anything with the trees.
Edward's Room
Amy Wynn loves the smell of real wood, not MDF like all the other episodes. While helping Wynn out in Carpentry World, Rick mentions that Dorothy has been helping on some of the other houses that are going up.
Edward decides to spread the $12,500 throughout the house instead of just in one room. He starts by painting Natasha's bedroom with some of the money.
Edward shows Dorothy the drapery fabric & how to do a hand blind stitch.
Dorothy helps Wynn out with the kitchen divider.
Homework
For homework, Genevieve's team has to install the new floor with the help of Home Depot's at home services.
Edward's team has to paint the entertainment center bridges, stain the rest of the entertainment center, & install the new floor in both the living room & the kitchen with the help of Home Depot's at home services.
Day 2
Genevieve's Room
Gen & Paige walk into the room to find that there weren't enough materials for the Home Depot's guys to finish the floor. Gen leaves to try to get more materials.
Gen & Faber are having trouble deciding where the trees should go, above the base molding or at the floor. Akira & Natasha come in & think it should go right at the floor.
Gen tracks down more flooring & the Home Depot guys come back to finish installing it.
Do to the fact that it's a family room, Gen blew up several family pictures. The main picture is a large shot of all five kids that will be the main picture in the room.
Genevieve brings two old suitcases in the room, as a way t tell Rick & Dorothy that they will be going on a five day trip for two to Ireland. Paige wonders if that's allowed in the rules.
Edward's Room
Edward tells his team that he has a plasma TV & surround sound with a DVD player.
Amy Wynn helps Edwards team assemble the entertainment center.
Edward shows them Natasha's finished bedroom.
Back in the living room, Edward has the team hot gluing black cording as crown molding.
On the patio/ deck, Edward has a new set of patio furniture.
Designer Chats
Genevieve- $12,500 on the nose. Gen gave Rick & Dorothy whatever money was left in her budget to use as spending money while they're in Ireland.
Edward- $12,466.91 Edward explains that the new floor was the biggest expense because it goes from the front door, through the living room & ends in the kitchen.
Reveals
Besides what Edward has already shown us, Paige shows the team that Edward left stuff behind for them to decorate Natasha's kids' rooms. Natasha is in tears because she feels so blessed
Rick & Dorothy love the room, but they are even happier when Paige reads the card from Genevieve that says, "Your neighbors tell me you both take care of the world, now let the world take care of you… Family is Life, Life is Family.
After the reveals, Edward, Gen, Faber & Amy Wynn come out of one of the back rooms for a "party."
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