WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR NEIGHBOR TO DECORATE YOUR HOME?

WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR NEIGHBOR TO DECORATE YOUR HOME?

BETHESDA, Md. (Wireless Flash) -- You might trust your neighbor to watch your house for a weekend -- but would you let them redecorate it? That's the latest rage in Great Britain, thanks to a TV show called "Changing Rooms" which offers a free makeover of a home -- as long as participants allow a neighbor to do the job. The results aren't always pleasant -- including one man who complains his house now looks like "...a whore's palace" ever since his neighbor filled it with black and white decor. Then there's the couple that almost passed out when they first saw the walls of their home painted bright orange. Despite the drama, the producers claim most of the decorating experiments turn out great. "Changing Rooms" hopes to tackle America with a run on the new BBC America cable channel starting July 18.

CONTACT: Susanna Frayn (BBC America); Bethesda, MD; (301) 347- 2207