NaN/100 votes#1 - Maine: Joseph Drive
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/24/2002
It's swinging singles time on Trading Spaces! Designer Laurie Hickson-Smith works with single-guy Ed to redo his neighbor's master bedroom. Meantime, single gal Laurie fixes up Ed's master bedroom with the design help of Frank Bielec. Ty Pennington works in both rooms, making a big armoire for Laurie and a manly dresser for Frank. Swing on over for the fun!
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#2 - Berkeley: Prospect Street
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 8/31/2002
Designers Doug Wilson and Genevieve Gorder and carpenter Ty Pennington are on hand to help as the Delta Upsilon fraternity trades rooms with the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. After assessing each other's digs (while the girls find the boys' place gross, the frat boys deem the female abode unwelcoming), the remodeling begins with the standard rules: two days, a $1000 budget and no peeking. The results are as extraordinary as the measures taken, which include throwing everything in the frat room out the window and lighting a bonfire of discarded stuff at the sorority house.
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#3 - Maine: George Road
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2002
It's kitchen chaos as two sisters take on the Trading Spaces challenge! Doug Wilson adds deep color and a new butcher-block countertop to one sister's kitchen. Down the street, Genevieve Gorder is tiling her own new counter top and using leftover butcher block for a kitchen island. It's up to carpenter Ty Pennington to get all this butcher block business complete. See if he gets it done.
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#4 - Portland: Rosemont Avenue
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/2002
We hit a sour note in this episode when a music teacher's piano gets left out of his newly-redecorated living room. See how Laurie Hickson-Smith convinces her team that the piano has to go in the kitchen! Meanwhile, Vern Yip and Ty Pennington stay busy framing out space for new French doors in a family room. See how our music teacher's reacts to a room without a piano!
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#5 - Long Island: Steuben Boulevard
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/14/2002
It's a designer debut for Edward Walker, who transforms a bland master bedroom into an Art-Deco masterpiece. Ty Pennington welcomes Edward by building his armoire just a little bit too tall to fit in the room. Frank paints trees from floor to ceiling.
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#6 - Long Island: Split Rock Road
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/14/2002
The decorating editor for a national magazine gets a lesson in design on this episode of Trading Spaces. Genevieve Gorder teaches a class in country chic as she transforms the editor's outdated kitchen. Vern Yip installs new wood floor in the kitchen.
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#7 - New York: Whitlock Road
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/21/2002
Genevieve Gorder's team fights her every decision - from paint to pillows! Doug Wilson fights his own battles on bed placement in the master bedroom. Doug can usually hold his own but, this time, both members of his team are lawyers.
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#8 - New York: Half Hollow Turn
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 9/21/2002
Two generations of the same family mean double trouble for Frank Bielec and debutante designer Kia Steave-Dickerson. The mom-son team help Kia create a funky new hang-out space. The mother-daughter team create a ""cautious contemporary"" living/dining room.
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#9 - Philadelphia: 22nd Street
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/28/2002
In this episode, we head to the heart of the city, only to find a little bit of Cuba and a lot of elegance. Designer Genevieve Gorder is en fuego as she transforms a master bedroom into a big cigar box. Just around a city corner, Edward Walker does a faux finish on the fireplace in his trademark elegant style. There's nothing elegant about Ty Pennington's work space crammed into a parking lot! Still, he manages a symmetrical entertainment center for Edward and lucite-topped side tables for Gen.
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#10 - Philadelphia: Gettysburg Lane
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/28/2002
When we say 48 hours, we mean 48 hours in this epic episode of Trading Spaces. Designer Vern Yip wants a three-piece entertainment center that takes a full day to build. Then Handy-Guy Ty Pennington and the homeowner build it wrong - that means it takes another whole day to build it right!! Next door, Frank Bielec waits very patiently for Ty to come and create a new serving bar for his redecorated kitchen. Paige counts us down to the last minute in this episode - don't miss it!
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#11 - Pennsylvania: Gorski Lane
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/5/2002
It's a jungle outside and inside on this episode of Trading Spaces. Designer Doug Wilson and his team go ape turning a master bedroom into Suburban Safari. Meantime, across the cul-de-sac, Frank Bielec gets fuming mad when handy guy Ty Pennington is not so handy and breaks one of Frank's pieces. Ty makes good with Frank and does some dumpster diving to build a new table for Doug's room. Sound like madness? Tune in and see for yourself.
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#12 - Long Island: Dover Court
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/5/2002
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!! Our Trading Spaces teams literally race against the clock on this one as designer Vern Yip transforms a guest bedroom into a planes, trains and automobiles bedroom for a little boy. Up the street, Edward Walker turns trash into treasure, using old shutters he found for $40 as his inspiration for master bedroom elegance. Amy Wynn's building up Edward's bookcases, and climbing up into Vern's attic to hang a motorcycle swing. Watch for the checkered flag!
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#13 - Pennsylvania: Victoria Drive
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/12/2002
Mother Nature takes the reins in this episode of Trading Townhouses. Doug Wilson uses one of his famous plaster techniques to create suede walls for a rustic cabin feel in the living room. Carpenter Amy Wynn gets in the spirit by attaching tree bark to the outside of an entertainment center, and building a garden arbor swing for Kia's bedroom. Speaking of designer Kia Steave-Dickerson, she's busy creating a bedspread of artificial turf and fake flowers. Is it a bed of flowers? Or a grave? You be the judge!
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#14 - New Jersey: Manitoba Trail
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 10/12/2002
There's something for everyone in this episode of Trading Spaces! If you like country, we've got Frank Bielec sewing dolls and painting rugs in a living/dining room. If you like contemporary, just go next door where Doug Wilson is painting everything (including the fireplace!) white. Amy Wynn's bringing in the best of both worlds, building a serving bar for Frank and a funky new coffee table for Doug. No matter what your taste, you'll find something to love on this episode!
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#15 - Nazareth: First Street
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 10/19/2002
It's a race to the finish line in this speedy episode of Trading Spaces! We'll take you to Nazareth, PA — home to racing's Andretti family and the famous Nazareth Speedway. But the surroundings don't seem to help Doug Wilson as he and his team run late with a new floor and glazed cabinets in their kitchen. Across the street, Vern Yip's got the pedal to the metal laying a new floor of his own and hanging fish from the ceiling! Amy Wynn's keeping up the pace in carpentry, building a new coffee table for Vern and a pie safe for Doug. Bring your stopwatches for this one!
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#16 - New Jersey: Catania Court
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 10/19/2002
Hop on board for this episode as Trading Spaces goes international! Designer Hildi Santo-Tomas takes us to India where she's found fabrics to transform a boring bedroom into an exotic romantic hideaway. Not to be outdone, Genevieve Gorder gets a little inspiration from Afghanistan to use in recreating a dining room. Carpenter Amy Wynn's still stuck in New Jersey, making buffet tables for Gen and an opium couch for Hildi. Come travel with us!
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#17 - Philadelphia: East Avenue
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 10/26/2002
You'll get a kick out of this episode as four women's professional soccer players switch houses with one goal in mind — to redecorate each other's rooms! Designer Frank Bielec gives the veterans in his house a contemporary living room with purple walls and a red ceiling! Over at the other house, the rookies might wish their walls were purple — when they see the life-sized portrait Hildi Santo Tomas paints on their wall. Amy Wynn Pastor's missing out on the fun as she tries to make furniture from rain-soaked wood. This one might take us into overtime!
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#18 - Virginia: Gentle Heights Court
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 10/26/2002
It's a wild ride on this episode of Trading Spaces! From magic carpet riding to mountain climbing, this episode will keep you moving! Designer Kia Steave-Dickerson is flying high in her master bedroom where she plans to suspend the bed from the ceiling. Not to be outdone, Hildi Santo Tomas is sculpting a rock-climbing wall in a little boy's bedroom. All these plans mean big trouble for carpenter Ty Pennington who pulls an all-nighter just to finish installing columns for Kia and stones for Hildi. Join us for the journey!
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#19 - Arlington: First Road
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 11/2/2002
It's a war zone on this episode of Trading Spaces. Designer Doug Wilson and his team go to the mats over the question of whether or not to paint the hardwood floor. Things aren't peaceful across the street either, as Hildi Santo-Tomas tries to get her team to airbrush a design on the master bedroom walls. Ty Pennington's world is the neutral zone where Hildi comes for a bench and Doug orders an armoire and a headboard. We don't call these two the Gruesome Twosome for nothing!
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#20 - DC: Quebec Place
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 11/16/2002
It's metro mania in this urban episode of Trading Spaces. Our design team travels into the heart of Washington, D.C., to help two sisters and their husbands trade spaces. Designer Vern Yip turns a beige master bedroom into a romantic lair for his newlywed homeowners. Down the street, Genevieve Gorder boxes herself out of a corner by finding a unique way to house a big-screen TV. Carpenter Ty Pennington builds stuff and sews — upholstering an ottoman for Gen and constructing a huge headboard for Vern. See you in America's capital!
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#21 - Indiana: River Valley Drive
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 11/23/2002
Mum's the word in Doug Wilson's room on this episode. Our ever-creative designer takes inspiration from his recent visit to Brazil in creating sarong-covered pillows and flower-stenciled walls for a couple's living room. Meantime, Genevieve Gorder tries to tame a rainbow explosion to create a family room that's colorful and tasteful. Carpenter Amy Wynn keeps busy building a fireplace extension for Doug and a new hip-to-be-square entertainment center for Gen. Oh ... and there's something about a foot fetish — you'll have to tune in to find out.
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#22 - London: Garden Flat
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 11/30/2002
Travel with us across the pond as Trading Spaces meets Changing Rooms for an international redecorating challenge! Designers Hilda Santo Tomas and Genevieve Gorder take their decorating designs to London, England, where they'll seek the help of Britain's most famous carpenter, Handy Andy. Andy's got his hands full on this show, building a wall of closet doors for Hildi's child bedroom, and a box of drawers for under the bed in Gen's master bedroom. We don't get much help from the weather — 90 mile per hour gusts of wind knock over our work tent and threaten to send us into overtime. You won't want to miss this very special episode of Trading Spaces!
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#23 - Indianapolis: Halleck Way
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 12/7/2002
There are three designers on this episode — Kia, Edward, and Noelle! Noelle is one of our homeowners and she's also an interior decorator. Watch Edward Walker try to convince her to create a fake window and float the bed in the center of a master bedroom. Kia's got her hands full with a different problem — trying to recreate one of the wonders of the world, while making sure it doesn't leak all over the master bedroom. Amy Wynn tries to take some of the burden, building a television cabinet out of spare parts for Edward and, of course, struggling with that wonder of the world order from Kia. There could be a flood of emotions on this episode.
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#24 - Missouri: Sunburst Drive
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 12/14/2002
Love is in the air as Trading Spaces tries to sex up some bedrooms for two newly-engaged couples. Designers Vern Yip and Genevieve Gorder both turn to leather to help make the transformation. Gen weaves leather into a tall headboard for her master bedroom; while Vern attaches leather panels to the wall to make the headboard in his room. Ty Pennington isn't feeling much love as he races to complete a double armoire/desk for Vern, and to hang — and re-hang — Gen's headboard. Find out if these couples will say I DO to their new bedrooms!
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#25 - Scott Air Force Base: Ash Creek
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 12/21/2002
The U.S. Military has never seen an operation like Trading Spaces! Designers Doug Wilson and Kia Steave-Dickerson travel to Scott Air Force Base to undertake a search and design mission. Doug's keeping it all in the family as he tries to transform a real automobile into a bed and toy chest for a boy's bedroom. Meanwhile, Kia parachutes in to her living/dining room, bringing a touch of camouflage down with her. Carpenter Ty Pennington is certainly not missing roll call — he stays up all night working on Doug's car and Kia's faux fireplace. Will our homeowners go to Def Con Five when they see their new rooms? Tune in and find out!
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The Best Episodes of Trading Spaces Season 3
Every episode of Trading Spaces Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Trading Spaces Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Maine: Joseph Drive" is the best rated episode of "Trading Spaces" season 3. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/24/2002. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Berkeley: Prospect Street".