Paige by Paige: A Year of Trading Spaces

by Paige Davis

Paige Davis provides a fascinating look at her life as host of 'Trading Spaces'. Fans peek into what happens when the camera isn't rolling during the taping of the show's third season; Interactions on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0696218364
• ISBN13: 9780696218361
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Meredith Books
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Paige by Paige

Imagine being behind the scenes of America's favorite decorating show. Paige Davis is the host of Trading Spaces on TLC and is the author of her first new book Paige by Paige. In her book she takes you behind the scenes of the show and her life. You'll get to know the real Paige outside of Trading Spaces. As Paige takes you behind the scenes of the show, you learn that the show is actually longer than two days and it is taped in a different order. The opening of the show and the part where Paige introduces the show in a voice over, are shot a couple of days before the show begins. In the book Paige writes about the hassle she had once with her plane and luggage. She even takes you behind the scenes of the parties she went to. She wrote almost everyday, her book is like a diary and she writes about whatever happened in one day. She says that the crew and her are like one big family. Paige Davis uses first person and simplistic vocabulary but there are a few difficult words. This book is Non-Fiction because it is about things that really happened in life. I would suggest that anybody who is interested in Trading Spaces reads this book because I like Trading Spaces and I loved this book. I would also suggest people that are a host or going to be a host of a television show read this book. Finally, I would suggest this book to people who like learning about other's lives.

Enjoyed getting to know Paige better

I really enjoyed this book. I felt like Paige really opened up honestly to share her year with us. She shares her joys, disappointments, and embarrassing moments with us. Reading her book was like reading a letter from a friend. Silly me, after I finished the book, I felt like she was a friend.

GREAT BOOK!!

I think this is a very wonderful book and I highly recommend it. Its very funny. Paige Davis not only wrote about some of the things that happened on the show, like in one episode where one of the homeowners came out wearing nothing but a tool belt, to personal experiences. She wrote about personal leave, her wedding anniversary, commercials she did, and some stupid mistakes she also did. She wrote about encounters with a wet diaper, (Laurie's sons diaper), and friendly get together with the cast and her own family. She did a wonderful job writing it and once I started reading I couldn't put it down. Paige is a very funny lady! Like I said in the first sentence I HIGHLY recommend this book for anybody even if they don't watch Trading Spaces! I give it 5 Stars!RAVK

A book of cool "postcards" from Paige

This book is obviously aimed at the younger set with its simple diary approach, but it's fun for any fans of the show to read. I learned things about Paige and about the show, but mostly it was just fun to feel like an insider following Paige and the Trading Spaces crew around by going through this book. I like the snapshots and simple day-to-day musings about what's happening. Think of this as postcards from Paige! That's how it looks and feels, and it's well worth the money if you love the show.

A Fun Book For Fans!

Ever want to know what happens behind the scenes of Trading Spaces? Paige Davis has written a journal of the last year as host of the show, and the result is a fun, honest look at what it's like to bring the show together. It sounds really exhausting, actually. There's also lots of fun pictures of the cast and crew and of homeowners, and all sorts of souvenirs from the road. The design is cool, too, it looks like a spiral notebook and some pages look torn out, some have post-it notes and pictures. My daughter loves the book and shows it to her fiends so I got my own! Its' fun!