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September 18, 2005'Trading Spaces' delivers the funResidents get a kick out of being on TVByRecord-Eagle staff writer TRAVERSE CITY - Julio Vozza and Jennifer Buell received home renovations while Traverse City obtained national publicity in an episode of "Trading Spaces" that first aired last weekend. Vozza said it was a kick seeing himself, his brother Adriano and his home on TV. "It was pretty cool seeing those four days packed into one hour," he said. "It didn't even scratch the surface of how much fun we had." On The Learning Channel hit show, a crew skilled in construction and home decorating help two people or families redecorate each other's pads. The new decor is a surprise to the homeowners when the TV crew and the swappers reveal the work. "Trading Spaces" was here in June because Carter Oosterhouse, one of the show's stars, is from Traverse City. He graduated in 1995 from St. Francis High School. Vozza has known Oosterhouse since before kindergarten, he said. While he's seen the show get "crazy" with designs before, he wasn't worried. "Being friends of Carter, I figured I was in good hands," he said. Vozza said he was pleased with the redecorating his living room and kitchen received. "They did a good job," he said. The crew, along with Buell and her friend, Dan Brady, transformed his light-colored, largely unadorned living room and kitchen with black cabinets, a pull-down screen for a projection TV, box shelves on the walls and track lighting. In a nod to Vozza's Italian roots, they also painted the saying "Wine, tobacco and women can ruin a man" in Italian on his new curtains. Meanwhile, Vozza helped turn Buell's large kitchen into a kitchen/dining room and changed the country style to a modern, black decor. They put in chalkboards for her two children and modified a picnic table to serve as an indoor dining table. "I love it, though I might add some color to it," she said. Throughout the program, Traverse City earned more plugs than an electrical supply store. The show started with Oosterhouse receiving a key to the city from Mayor Linda Smyka. His work was interrupted once as the St. Francis school band marched up with a sign that read "Welcome Home Carter." And Maggie Schneider, who was National Cherry Queen at the time, arrived with a basket of cherry products. Buell said she was nervous when she watched the episode for the first time with about 100 people, including Oosterhouse, in a reception room of the Grand Traverse Yacht Club. "It's kind of hard watching yourself on TV," she said. "Sometimes you forget you're hooked up to a microphone."
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