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Host, Merry Brandywine: Hi, and welcome to Middle
Earth for this week's episode of Trading Spaces.
We're here in the land of sorcery and fable to see if
two days and a thousand gold pieces can help make our
homeowners' dreams come true.
Blue Team Frodo Baggins and friend Sam Gamgee have lived
in this unusual semiterranean structure for their entire
lives, and they think it's time to update a very cluttered
kitchen.
Frodo: I like to cook, and I've made a lot of
friends on a recent quest I just completed. The kitchen
just isn't big enough for the type of entertaining I
do these days. Plus, the fireplace was damaged when
a friend of mine threw a Ring of Power into it, and
it really stands out next to the antiques I was left
by my uncle.
Sam: We'd really like to see more color in here.
This is a hobbit hole, and it's very dark. Just please,
no hay on the walls. Or moss. We saw that in Moria,
and it just screams "Sauron!"
Merry: Meanwhile, Red Team Saruman the White
and friend Grima Wormtongue have just completed some
extensive renovations to their imposing tower home.
Unfortunately, it really pointed out how blah the bedroom
had become.
Saruman: We spent so much time upgrading the
subterranean orc-breeding chambers and pits of destruction,
we completely ran out of ideas for the bedroom. It's
still got the same white walls and wallpaper border
that were there when we moved in. I'm looking for something
cozy and restful, a quiet place where I can just kick
back and forget all the stress of striving with Sauron
for the subjugation of Middle Earth.
Wormtongue: In this room, I'd like to see place
to hide the Palantir. Perhaps a nice armoire or something.
A soothing color on the walls, maybe some new window
treatments, more storage. What I would hate to see is
the furniture painted. The dressers are from the First
Age, and painted furniture would just make me weep.
Merry: So, there you have it. Will Frodo get
his modern kitchen? Will Saruman's bedroom be transformed
into a restful retreat? Stay tuned to see if designers
Vern Yip and Hildi Santo-Tomas, along with carpenter
Ty Pennington, can whip up a little design magic on
this episode of Trading Spaces.