Stacey Ballis

Lily Allen's dream job working as an interior designer on the reality home improvement show Swap/Meet has become a nightmare, thanks to the show's ditzy host, a jealous competitor, feuding fashion czars, and a handsome but curmudgeonly carpenter who knows how to push every one of her buttons. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Room for Improvement

I love this book! I just couldn't put it down until I saw how it ended. Great read!

Kourtney

I wanted to love this book - I really did! When the book focused on the behind the scenes of the "Trading Spaces" meets "What Not to Wear" DIY show, the book was great! I loved reading the chapters with the crazy tenants, the crazier rooms, and the craziest designs. This book would have easily received 4 stars from me if not for 2 things: (1) there were these sections in the book where the author tried a bit too hard to be funny by using alliteration. Enough with that already! Once was cute, but more than that? It is only in one section of the book, which makes me think the author thought it was funny for the 2 days she wrote it, then came to and it stopped. (2) I didn't really feel a connection between the friendship of the 3 girls. I felt the connections with all of the love stories intertwined, but when the 3 girls would be in the same scene, it just felt too generic. I would still recommend this to those who enjoy Trading Spaces just for the behind the scenes fun!

Room for Improvement

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