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Article: 'Trading Spaces' Finds Niche on TV
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- August 11, 2003
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Whenever Ball State University instructor Janet Fick asks new or prospective
interior design students whether they watch "Trading Spaces," she
says, "every hand shoots up."
She's not surprised.
With Ball State's interior design program growing from 90 to 250 students
in two years, Fick believes she owes her job to TLC's popular program.
Since starting in 2000, "Trading Spaces" and similar shows that have
followed in its wake have fueled interest in interior design as a
profession _ although educators aren't always sure that's a good thing.
"We spend a lot of time trying to debunk some of the myths ...