While You Were Out is an American reality series that aired episodes on the cable channel TLC. The format of the show is similar to TLC's Trading Spaces. While You Were Out adds a suspenseful gimmick by keeping the entire redecoration a secret from the homeowner.
Once again, Mark gets to design a room on the fly. This time, he's designing a living room. Nazarena wants to do something special for her special love, Maher. Along those lines, she would like to see red. Lots of it. In fact, her design idea incorporates ONLY red. Will mark fall in love with her plans, or will he be seeing red?
Having lived together their whole lives, siblings Thomas and Jasmin are accustomed to their century-old apartment. Thomas' new roommate, girlfriend Alana, has different ideas. Romance is on her mind, and she wants their outdated bedroom to be more sophisticated, with an Asian flair.
Richard is a beer aficionado. Well, he likes to brew his own beer, but he's gotten to be quite a pro. To surprise him, Alyson wants to give her husband a special place for all his beer - in the basement. Will Nadia be able to turn this space into a delightful pub worthy of Richard's special brew?
Another on-the-spot design for Chayse Dacoda, this time it's a kitchen redo!
In a huge outdoor makeover, this redo will either be a nightmare or a dream come true.
Nadia gets a double challenge in this episode: Not only must she come up with a design for a tiny outdoor space, she has to do it in less than an hour.
Nadia brings together a living room and dining room combination.
Chayse gets another unique WYWO episode: she's redesigning a barn! This renovation includes old gas stations, a walk down memory lane, and a Golden Carpenter Award.
A traveling man who actually likes hotel life? This makeover will actually make home look LESS homey, and more on-the-road.
In another on-the-spot site unseen redo, the team must change a shed from an overstuffed storage unit to a liveable space. This one will be a busy renovation, complete with turtles, spiders, and snakes; oh my!!
This renovation isn't the first classroom WYWO has ever taken on, but this classroom is anything but typical. This classroom is one for young mothers, so the team takes away the institutional feeling and brings in a comfortable, interesting, special learning-conducive atmosphere.
This may be one of the most bizarre WYWO episodes ever. This homeowner wants to recreate outdoor desert island for her husband. Why is it bizarre? This is an island with a twist: it's a plane crash site.
A touch of the Orient is brought to a western-style Texas home.
A lucky wine expert has his loving wife and sister team up to give him a beautiful space to complement his taste for wine.
Austin is known for it's music, and this episode is no exception. A musician wants to create a special space for his soon-to-be bride.
Spouses Wayne and Jamie are completely independent, despite both being completely blind. John and the crew are charged with the task of developing a room to entertain and delight their other senses.
Wanting his girlfriend Becca to become his fiancee, romance-seeker Jeremy wants to create a special home away from home - at home.
Drawing from Lance Armstrong's inspiring victory over cancer, Mark and the team turn a garage into a cyclist's haven for a bike-loving leukemia figher.
Jason is a busy lawyer whose wife, Ashley, wants to give him a special room centered around the theme of their favorite pastime: scuba diving.
In another hospital edition of WYWO, the team finds themselves in Fort Hood, Texas, where they're converting another waiting room; this time for injured members of the military.
Stephanie wants a bachelor pad-type garage to become a home theater entertainment space for her husband, Marcel.
Chayse and the crew are back to do a room in another fire station. This time, they're taking a boring recreation room and giving it some spark.
In another on-the-spot design, Chayse must use the parameters of an Indonesian master bedroom to create a work of art.
A Miami wife wants to redo the backyard for her husband, reflecting his Cuban heritage.
Clavelle is a busy mom who is not only raising three kids, but she is also a student. Her husband Bernard wants to decorate his living room with an African theme for his her to say thanks.
Both homeowners are in for a surprise when friends team up with the WYWO team to create an orderly space for a neatnik and a party animal.
In this site-unseen surprise episode for the entire team, Melissa wants her boring old garage to be transforemed into a swamp fishing den for her husband, Edgar.
Mom gets a new kitchen, thanks to her four daughters. This reveal will be a memorable one!
A woman wants to give her fiance a nightlife-inspired room.
A woman with a passion for her husband wants to update the garage where he can indulge in his passion for cars.
A Miami wife wants to transform a useless, cluttered garage and make it a functional photography studio.
