Trading Spaces: Elvis versus Cher (Part 2: The Shocks and Hard Knocks)

On part 1 of this story, we left off where my husband, Gene, and I were now at Matt and Janell's house with the eccentric designer, Hildi, who was known for placing furniture on a ceiling and straw upon a wall.

Matt and Janell were now at our home with designer, Doug Wilson, who was known to have a reputation of good taste.  So, we were not as worried for ourselves as we were for our counterparts.

Janell had said she didn't want them changing her wall color because she loved the shade of green.  So, I was taken back when Hildi said she was going to do something special to the walls.

"But, Janell said she wanted to keep the green color," I stated with fearful anticipation.

Let's just say that I soon found out Gene and I really had no input on the design of the room whatsoever and that it had all had been pre-planned from the start.  The best I could hope for now was to save Matt and Janell from any true damage to their home.  But, at least we were going to be able to promote the WOWgirls project and Matt's Elvis character and their other projects.  We'd get something positive out of allowing a television show to disrupt our households and our lives.  At least, I thought we would.

If you recall, the only thing I did not want touched was my very expensive, Italian fruitwood desk and chair which cost over $5,000, and the only thing Janell did not want changed was the green color on her walls.  Oh, and I also said I did not want any pink color in the room. Did they listen?  Hmmmmm....

Outside, in the street in front of Matt and Janell's home (pictured above) was the carpenter's area.  Everything had been taken out of the office being redesigned and shelving was being cut for a bookcase.

Inside their garage, a sewing station had been fashioned by moving stored items out of the way to make room for a large table and sewing machine.  A catering station was set up in their back yard.

Meanwhile, back at our own home, all of the same stations were set up in our large driveway and back yard.  But, my home was taken over in nearly every room.

Some of the crew in my kitchen.

The crew beginning work on my office.

I cannot find some of the photos I took of the goings on at Matt and Janell's home because they did not get transferred from my old cell phone.  But, I will try to describe things to you to the best of my ability.

Janell is a neat freak and one of the things she hated most about their office was the clutter of papers and such.  So, I had a HUGE shock coming to me when I learned of the proposed design for their room!!!!

Back at my home, Matt and Janell were also going through the shakes when they learned that my fragile, Italian glass chandelier in my guest room was going to be taken down and moved into the office.  Oh, and my chandelier is PINK...

The Trading Spaces designer, star and crew member taking down my chandelier.

It gets worse...much, much worse.  Who got their finger glued to a desk and was stuck there for over an hour?  Who got high off of varnish fumes?  For the answers to these questions and to find out what happened to our offices, stay tuned for Part 3!