"O Great Poopalina" - The Official "Trading Spaces" Appreciation Thread

If you've been watching the new season, the subject line will make sense, trust me.

So, who else here is addicted to The Learning Channel's greatest phenomenon? Who are your favorite designers? What do you think of the new regulars? If you could trade spaces, which room would you want redone, and who would you like to do it? Who's the better host, Paige Davis or Alex McLeod?

And, I assume I'll get some girls in here drooling over Ty Pennington... could someone please explain to me why people think he's cute?

Time for the discussion to begin...

LET'S TRADE SPACES!

 

Just in case the subject line is too confusing, I'll explain...

In tonight's episode, designer Frank Bielac had his team cut out a plywood pig for a mantle decoration, since the owners of the room he was doing had a "pig collection." He named it after one of the weirdest nicknames I ever heard, and the commercial for this evening featured him admiring their creation, bowing down and exclaiming, "O Great Poopalina!"

On to my preferences... I've developed a little heirarchy of the six designers that have been in all the seasons. Best to worst, they are...

1. Laurie
2. Genevieve
3. Vern
4. Frank
5. Hilda
6. Doug

I'm not sure of the two new designers, as I've only seen one episode with Edward (though I loved his room) and Kia's first episode hasn't been broadcast yet.

And Paige is definitely the better host.