There are many ways to renew your room. A trip to Ikea or a call to your mom are the most popular options. Other times, a new furry carpet will do the job. Rarely will you need some assistance from the outside world, and in that case, dad and Home Depot may be the only option.

But you never, ever entrust your room’s makeover to your neighbor. Below, we’ve got a fair amount of evidence to back up this claim. If you've ever heard of the BBC show Changing Rooms from the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, and its American variation Trading Spaces, you’d know what it’s all about.

‘Cause swapping houses to redesign the room of the person next-door sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. From covering the floor in strips of silver tape to casually hanging birch trees from the ceiling, these are just a few examples of letting your neighbor think outside the box. And your room is the one getting the hit.

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Room Where They Painted It All White

Before and after BBC Changing Rooms room makeover showing dated yellow walls and dark furniture transformed to an all-white modern design.

Designer's explanation: "We thought it would be interesting to see what an all-white and an all-black room would be like."
Owner's review: "I hate it. Get this mic off me."

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    Room Decorated With The Designer's Actual Face

    Living room makeover from Changing Rooms featuring bold mural and mismatched furniture, now seen as a dreadful design choice.

    Designer's explanation: "I wanted to throw in an element of fun."
    Owner's review: "How................random."

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    Bathroom Decorated With More Than 6,000 Flowers

    Before and after bathroom makeover from BBC show Changing Rooms, showcasing a dated floral design transformation.

    Designer's explanation: "All rooms look great with flowers."
    Owner's review: "There's so many."

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    The cult makeover show Changing Rooms is remembered for some of the most disastrous transformations ever seen onscreen. It ran from 1996 to 2004, and it surely gave viewers a lot of material to chuckle at throughout those years.

    One of the participants, Caroline Hicks, who opened the door to her newly renewed living room twenty years ago, had only one thing on her mind: “I mustn’t swear, I mustn’t swear, I mustn’t swear.” These scandalous revelations were made after a speedy renovation process that took only two days.

    The show’s presenter, Carol Smillie, recalled that when runners went from house to house, she would roll white paint over their jeans so that contestants wouldn’t get any clues as to what color their room was being painted. “There were a whole lot of us, 20 or more, that you didn’t see on screen,” she told The Guardian.

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    The Designer Mentioned An "All-Black" Room. Here Is The "All-Black" Office In The Other Couple's House

    Before and after Changing Rooms room makeover showing a bright living room and a dark, gloomy black-themed design.

    Presenter's explanation: "I knew they would be up for a dramatic change. I'm very, very proud of this room."
    Owner's reaction: "It's [friggin] amazing."

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    "Very Strong Black And White Themed" Room

    Two contrasting Changing Rooms makeovers showing dated and dreadful room designs with vintage and dark modern decor.

    Designer's review: "I think it is very classy."
    Owner's review: "b****y h**l."

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    This Room, Apparently Inspired By Safari Adventures

    Two bedroom makeovers from BBC show Changing Rooms, one traditional and one with a bold jungle theme.

    Designer's explanation: "It just all fits together."
    Owner's reaction: [screams] (clarification: in excitement)

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    With so many “unhappy” room owners, it may come as a surprise that there were many members of the public who wanted to take part in the show. “Most people’s rooms that they asked us to change were in such dire straits, even a bit of paint was a vast improvement,” the producer Smillie said.

    In reality, only the very first participants wouldn’t suspect what the makeovers were all about, but since the program ran almost 10 years, most of the entrants really knew what they were getting themselves into.

    On rare occasions, the participants were genuinely happy with their room makeovers. Aidan Ruff from Northumberland, in fact, loved his renovated bedroom since the family were looking “to get a room done on the cheap.” The Changing Rooms redesign got Aidan so excited that he even described the result as a “Mediterranean love nest.”
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    This Room That Was Decorated With 1,800 Cds. That's Cds On Every Single Part Of The Walls

    Before and after shots of a BBC Changing Rooms makeover with a vibrant, now outdated, red foil wallpaper design in a family room.

    Owner's reaction: "Oh cool" [the child]. "Ohhhhhh my god" [the parent].

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    #8

    "Funky Family" Room

    Before and after BBC Changing Rooms makeover showing outdated living room with patterned sofa and unusual purple seating design.

    Designer's review: "We have to see how it looks at the end."
    Owner's review: "Oh no, it's horrible."

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    "Out Of This World" s**y Room

    Before and after photos of BBC Changing Rooms bedroom makeovers showing outdated and unusual room designs.

    Designer's review: "This is a sensual, s**y room."
    Owner's review: "I don't like the bed." "The colour is horrible."

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    But one disastrous incident has surely stuck with us to this day. In 2000, Clodagh, a woman from London, appeared on show and asked the producers to be super careful with her precious teapot collection worth £6,000. But the hosts hung a suspended shelf to house her pots and the construction collapsed.

    The Guardian stated that the insurers reimbursed Clodagh, but she never risked having another collection since she “couldn’t bear it to happen all over again.”
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    Playroom For A Baby, Decorated With Hay

    Living room makeover from the BBC show Changing Rooms with outdated wallpaper and patterned sofa now looking dreadful.

    Designer's explanation: "I really wanted to bring out the straw colour of the sofa as the whole room has been designed around the sofa."
    Owner's reaction: "It smells great in here." [opens their eyes] "Oh god... oh [c**p]."

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    "Romanto Panto"

    Two bedroom makeovers from the BBC show Changing Rooms featuring dated furniture and outdated decor styles.

    Designer's review: "They needed somewhere to escape from their three children."
    Owner's review: "What a change. Crikey."

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    "Hot Purple Passion"

    Two bedroom makeovers from Changing Rooms featuring outdated and questionable design choices in color and decor.

    Designer's review: "It's very passionate."
    Owner's review: "This is absolutely brilliant."

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    #13

    "Tribute To All Things Circular" In Doncaster

    Two living rooms from the BBC show Changing Rooms featuring dated furniture and decor with outdated design styles.

    Designer's review: "I absolutely love it. I like circles."
    Owner's review: "Am I in the same room? This is amazing."

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    #14

    Room That Was Decorated With Hanging Lamps

    Two bedroom makeovers from BBC show Changing Rooms featuring dated four-poster beds and mismatched decor styles.

    Designer's explanation: "I love the way that they are suspended because it brings the ceiling to the level of the bed and the floor."
    Owner's reaction: "Look at it. It hangs."

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    Room Where Metal Was Not The Answer

    Two contrasting room makeovers from BBC show Changing Rooms, featuring dated dining areas with mismatched decor.

    Owner's reaction: "..."

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    The "Tenthouse Penthouse"

    Two room makeovers from the BBC show Changing Rooms featuring outdated design styles and dated furniture setups.

    Designer's review: "They love being outside...so I went along with that."
    Owner's review: "Not what I expected."

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    "New York Gallery Sitting Room"

    Two outdated room makeovers from the BBC show Changing Rooms featuring dated furniture and decor styles.

    Designer's reaction: "It's very serene, isn't it?"
    Owner's reaction: "There is nothing I would change. This is fabulous."

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    "Love Nest" Bedroom

    Two bedroom makeovers from BBC Changing Rooms showing outdated design choices with bold colors and mismatched decor.

    Designer's review: "They like spending a lot of time in the bedroom."
    Owner's review: "It is red, isn't it?"

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    Room That Was Decorated With A Paintball Gun

    Two changing rooms makeovers from the BBC show with outdated and questionable interior design choices.

    Designer's explanation: "I wish the paintballs would have stayed, but in this heat."
    Owner's review: "I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it."

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    "Prisoners Of Love" Solitary Confinement Bedroom

    Before and after images of a BBC Changing Rooms makeover featuring outdated bedroom designs and decor styles.

    Designer's explanation: "I wanted to do something really interesting."
    Owner's reaction: "Hahahahahahaha... This is WILD."

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    #21

    "Art Gallery–inspired" Living Room

    Two dated BBC Changing Rooms living room makeovers with yellow walls and blue carpet, showing now dreadful design choices.

    Designer's review: "It's Tate Modern mixed with '70s chic."
    Owner's review: "Barbara, it's gorgeous." "Look at the wall."

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    #22

    Tumbleweed

    Before and after room makeover from BBC Changing Rooms showing outdated and now dreadful interior designs.

    This western themed room is certainly not the best. The room appears to have shrunk down from its former size.

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    Red Or Dead

    Before and after room makeover from BBC show Changing Rooms featuring dated design and décor elements.

    At least the floor could double as a chessboard.

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    Kimono-Inspired Room Decorated With Actual Rust.

    Before and after BBC Changing Rooms makeover with outdated room design featuring a piano and dark wood panel walls.

    Designer's explanation: "These people needed some change."
    Owner's reaction: "Look at the wall! Look at the WALL!"

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