ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you a big fan of the originalTrading Spaces?
And what brought you to the show?BRETT TUTOR:Its been a long journey.
I was doing things like getting into sports and hitting puberty.
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I wasnt at home watching design shows.
I watched it a little bit, but I wasnt at home and watching TV.
I kind of knew who Ty Pennington and Paige Davis were.
Then a couple of weeks later, I was building stuff for Ty Pennington.
It was real quick.
This reboot is bringing back fan favorites from the original cast and a few new faces.
They had been doing it for a decade, so they knew the drill.
They knew how it worked.
We called it Hazing Spaces.
He kind of was like, Hey buddy, congratulations, lets see what you got.
Welcome to the show, and you dont always get to sleep, so here you go.
I think he was kind of making me earn it at first.
Did they give you any advice?It was terrifying.
It was very intimidating.
Im from a small town in Texas, so you dont see people around that are famous ever.
But they could not have been cooler.
He couldnt have been sweeter to me.
Those are big shoes to fill.
Youve done on-camera work, and then youve worked as a carpenter and home inspector.
What is it like merging those two skill sets?
WithTrading Spaces,its all of those things at the exact same time.
You never know what youre going to get until the day of.
You try so hard, and you want to do a great job.
What do you love about carpentry?
Do you feel you get to convey that on the show?I do.
I didnt go to college.
Ive always liked working with my hands.
I like to create.
The other thing is I like doing things that are tangible, where I can see a finished product.
Its really the ultimate for that because you get to see a finished product in two days.
And you get to see a homeowners reaction to the whole thing.
We dont have a hardware store or a big budget or a lot of time.
So youve got to be creative, and youve got to improvise.
That kind of improv and having to be resourceful was very transferable toTrading Spaces.
What has been the most difficult part of the show?Working with Ty.
[Laughs] Just watch episode 2 it will make a lot of sense.
Hes a high-energy guy.
Hes very fly by the seat of his pants, which I can appreciate.
Herding cats would be an understatement.
It was like lassoing tornadoes.
So, I was really trying to do a good job, but it was crazy.
It just took a lot of caffeine and a lot of hard work, but we got through it.
Or were you cool with it?I dont know.
I try not to think about it.
I feel like I just got really lucky to be there.
So its all relative.
I would imagine infinite.
Thats going to go on for a while.
Even though the spellings different, nobody seems to care.
Its unavoidable at this point.
Would you want to return if it gets a second season?I would doTrading Spacesforever if we can.
I hope people love the show and theres big enough support there for us to keep doing this.
Just because we have so much fun doing it, and its such a fun job and life.
I hope we get to do it for a long time, and I hope people love it.
