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Season 1 – While You Were Out

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Designers, carpenters and landscapers are brought into an unsuspecting homeowner's house while they're "out" to redecorate and reinvent all sorts of living spaces. There's an accomplice that keeps the other guest out of the house while the work is done and finds out all sorts of information to be used later in a prize trivia segment where they have the chance to win extra luxuries for their new space.
While You Were Out — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Jul 6, 2002 New Jersey: Woodland Court A New Jersey police officer's buddy takes him fishing while his wife creates a surprise by turning their back porch into a rustic retreat. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 13, 2002 New York: Great Rock Drive A Long Island woman transforms a basement into a sports den while her husband is away on a golf trip. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 20, 2002 New Jersey: Azalea Lane Co-workers keep a woman away while her husband secretly makes over their bedroom with a romantic medieval theme. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 3, 2002 Connecticut: Kitenmaug Road After getting a stay-at-home dad out of the house for two days, a wife tackles family room remodeling. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 10, 2002 Illinois: Campton Crossings Road A busy husband with a long commute to work gets surprised with a redesigned bedroom. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 17, 2002 Connecticut: Norwich Avenue A wife tries to keep a kitchen makeover secret from her husband, who is a Navy lieutenant serving aboard a submarine. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 24, 2002 Illinois: Prairie Mist Drive With her husband starting a new job, a woman has a perfect opportunity to turn their bedroom into a romantic sanctuary. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 21, 2002 Oregon: Plumeria Way Turning a living room into an outdoorsman's paradise, complete with brown walls, wooden beams and a rustic stone fireplace. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 7, 2002 Utah: Tyler Avenue A woman has her living-room updated to reflect her husband's love of nature. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 8, 2002 Utah: South Lincoln Street A woman gives her husband a new Mediterranean patio creation. Details Episode 11 Aired Oct 11, 2002 Kansas: West 142nd Street While her husband is away on business, a woman works with a designer to redecorate their bland living room. Details Episode 12 Aired Oct 12, 2002 Oregon: 29th Avenue Transforming a home office into a Mexican officina, including a new desk and different colored walls. Details Episode 13 Aired Oct 14, 2002 Oregon: Flanders Street A woman has her cousin's back yard turned into a tropical-island setting. Details Episode 14 Aired Oct 16, 2002 Kansas: West 49th Street A man enlists help from his in-laws to get his wife out of town for a few days so he can turn their bedroom into an art deco oasis. Details Episode 15 Aired Oct 17, 2002 Kansas: West 150th Terrace A woman wants to surprise her hardworking mother with a bedroom makeover. Details Episode 16 Aired Oct 19, 2002 California: Lambeth Lane Building a fiesta deck which includes a tiled bar, window buttresses and a water feature. Details Episode 17 Aired Oct 21, 2002 Utah: Fairview Drive A woman enlists her husband's best friend to get him out of town for a couple of days, then transforms their deck into a cowboy campfire spot. Details Episode 18 Aired Oct 23, 2002 Utah: Sherman Avenue After sending her husband off on a golf trip, a woman works to create his vision of a dream home theater. Details Episode 19 Aired Oct 26, 2002 California: Thorntree Drive While her husband, John, is out of town, Julie works with a designer to transform a playroom/TV room into an Old World-themed office for him. Details Episode 20 Aired Oct 28, 2002 California: Tassajara Circle Brian is surprised to come home and discover his wife, Mayita, has worked with a designer to create a romantic, Moroccan-themed patio. Details Episode 21 Aired Nov 2, 2002 Lowell Court While one member of a household is away, another redecorates. Details Episode 22 Aired Nov 16, 2002 California: Calle Jazmin While his wife is gone, Rob turns their master bedroom into a sexy Indian temple with purple paint, fabrics and building columns. Details Episode 23 Aired Nov 23, 2002 California: Shaw Street A designer adds many conversation pieces to a bland living-room. Details Episode 24 Aired Nov 30, 2002 California: Lakewood Drive Even though Donna hates sports, she plans to surprise her husband, Danny, by turning their backyard into a miniature basketball court inspired by the Los Angeles Lakers. Details Episode 25 Aired Dec 14, 2002 Arizona: Gelding Drive A college student gets her parents out of the house so she can work with experts to redesign their master bedroom. Details Episode 26 Aired Dec 24, 2002 Arizona: East San Miguel Avenue A man works with a designer to turn an Arizona sun room into a Roman bath while his wife is out of town. Details Episode 27 Aired Dec 24, 2002 Arizona: East Windmere Drive A husband is surprised to come home and find his wife has transformed stark office space into a secret garden complete with a space for their twins. Details Episode 28 Aired Dec 28, 2002 Albuquerque: Cardenas NE While her husband is out of town, a woman transforms their lackluster patio into a Blue Ridge Mountains retreat. Details Episode 29 Aired Jan 4, 2003 Albuquerque: Moon Street NE A New Mexico woman turns the bedroom into a Zen sanctuary for her husband. Details Episode 30 Aired Jan 11, 2003 Albuquerque: La Media Road SW A woman has her husband's den turned into a 1950s-style diner. Details Episode 31 Aired Jan 25, 2003 Texas: High Point Lane A teacher's surprise backyard makeover brings a piece of her husband's Korean culture home. With designer Mayita Dinos and carpenters Andrew Dan-Jumbo and Leslie Segrete. Details Episode 32 Aired Feb 1, 2003 Texas: Rambler Road Shawna wants to create an African adventure in the living room with a thatched ceiling effect and faux animal skin pillows while her husband, Curtis, is gone. Details Episode 33 Aired Feb 7, 2003 Louisiana: Marseilles Place A young woman surprises her mother with a room reminiscent of a New Orleans jazz nightclub. Details Episode 34 Aired Feb 14, 2003 Texas: Stephen Drive Venetian style is added to a bedroom with a canopy bed, a new headboard and new bed tables. Details Episode 35 Aired Feb 21, 2003 Louisiana: Loveland Street A family gets a redesigned playroom and a laundry area in their garage. Details Episode 36 Aired Feb 28, 2003 Louisiana: Terry Drive Designers make over a couple's bedroom with Thai-inspired decor. Details Episode 37 Aired Mar 7, 2003 Florida: 35th Avenue North A woman wants to turn a guest room into the ultimate sound lab. Details Episode 38 Aired Mar 14, 2003 Florida: 53rd Avenue North Decorators transform a teenage party room into a stylish Victorian parlor. Details Episode 39 Aired Mar 21, 2003 Florida: 17th Street North Designers create a Puerto Rican casita full of colors and tropical accents in a Florida man's back yard. Details Episode 40 Aired Apr 1, 2003 Miami: NW 150 Street A woman gives her grandmother a patio. Details Episode 41 Aired Apr 4, 2003 Miami: NW 101 Way A man gets the bedroom revamped for his wife. Details Episode 42 Aired Apr 11, 2003 South Carolina: Westfield Avenue Designers turn a homemaker's family room into a Parisian salon. Details Episode 43 Aired Apr 18, 2003 South Carolina: Basswood Avenue A woman has her clownish husband's loft turned into a medieval jester's court. Details Episode 44 Aired Apr 25, 2003 South Carolina: Landsdowne Drive A woman has their home's deck turned into a country fishing wharf for her boat-loving husband. Details Episode 45 Aired May 2, 2003 Atlanta: Moreland Avenue The theme of a back yard and deck is "evening after the safari." Details Episode 46 Aired May 9, 2003 Miami: SW 54 Street Stephen transforms a piano teacher's room. Details Episode 47 Aired May 16, 2003 Atlanta: Pinder Point Court Chayse designs a master bedroom in the theme of "Gone With the Wind." Details Episode 48 Aired May 23, 2003 Atlanta: Main Street Chayse Dacoda designs an Atlanta basement to be like a New York City artist's loft. Details Episode 49 Aired May 30, 2003 Tennessee: Meadow Trail Drive Mayita remodels a Tennessee patio in a Scottish Highlands theme. Details Episode 50 Aired Jun 6, 2003 Tennessee: Marne Street Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired bedroom. Details Episode 51 Aired Jun 13, 2003 Tennessee: Linden Avenue John Bruce gives a drummer's den a dash of rock-star extravagance. Details Episode 52 Aired Jun 20, 2003 Charlotte: Brownstone View Drive Chayse Dacoda turns a man's bland living room into a slick theater room. Details Episode 53 Aired Jun 27, 2003 Charlotte: Marblerock Court Chayse Dacoda creates a fun space for a multicultural family. Details Episode 54 Aired Jul 4, 2003 Charlotte: Belvedere Lane A man gets a little bit of Ireland in his back yard. Details Episode 55 Aired Jul 11, 2003 Philadelphia: Sorrel Lane A daughter gives her parents an all-American beach-porch. Details Episode 56 Aired Jul 18, 2003 Philadelphia: Hampton Circle A mother of newborn twins receives a West Indies hideaway bedroom. Details Episode 57 Aired Jul 25, 2003 Philadelphia: Edinburgh Drive A woman gives her husband a Caribbean beach party-themed deck. Details Episode 58 Aired Aug 1, 2003 Virginia: Hillsman Street Chayse brings the outdoors inside to create a love nest. Details Episode 59 Aired Aug 8, 2003 Virginia: 18th Street North Chayse makes a Rat Pack-inspired lounge. Details Episode 60 Aired Aug 15, 2003 Virginia: Split Oak Lane Mayita turns an unused deck into an area for relaxation and entertaining. 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Season Info

Network
TLC
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Reality, House & Garden, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 6, 2002