Changes
First season episodes featured host Alex McLeod and some designers who never returned to the show such as Dez Ryan and Roderick Shade, and was produced by Knoxville, Tennessee-based Ross Productions. Beginning with the second season in 2001, Paige Davis took over as host, with the new production company being Banyan Productions of Philadelphia. It was a tradition for early-season episodes to be videotaped in and around the production company's home base.
Beginning in the show's fifth season, homeowners chose up to three rooms for their neighbors to fix up, and the rooms were selected randomly, with some rooms having increased budgets of $2000 or $3000. Midway through this season, Paige Davis left as host, and episodes now often featured two carpenters. This change allowed the two homes to be farther apart, with the most extreme case featuring homes in New York and Oklahoma in the same episode.
On November 13, 2007, it was announced that Paige Davis would be returning as the host of Trading Spaces beginning in January 2008. The first episode with Davis as host aired on January 26, 2008. The show also changed production companies, from Banyan Productions to A. Smith & Co. Productions.
On February 6, 2009, Paige Davis announced that Trading Spaces was not picked up for a ninth season.
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