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Lara Spencer
Lara Spencer is co-host of Good Morning America, New York Times bestselling author of I Brake for Yard Sales and Flea Market Fabulous and the creator, executive producer and host of Flea Market Flip.
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See Episode GuideHow Far Can $100 Go?
A pair of designing dudes take on a pair of junk-loving ladies for the chance to win $5,000. This time, each team gets a budget of only $100 plus a time limit of just one hour to find three projects of their choosing, which they must transform from "cheap to chic." The teams then hit the workshop where they create one-of-a-kind pieces to sell at the flea market for the biggest profit.
Star Time at the Flea
The stars come out at the flea market, as actor sisters Lorraine and Elizabeth Bracco take on network news anchor Amy Robach and her husband, former Melrose Place hunk Andrew Shue. The competition starts at the flea market, where both celeb teams get $500 and only one hour to find the three projects on their flip list: All That Glitters, Movie Star Modern and Newsworthy Design. They take their finds into the workshop to create one-of-kind pieces, including turning industrial pipe racks into a pair of side tables and reimagining a captain's desktop as an entryway piece. Back at the flea market, the team that makes the bigger profit takes home $5,000.
Weather Warriors
The forecast calls for serious flipping as ABC News meteorologist Ginger Zee and her husband, Ben Aaron, take on fellow ABC News meteorologist Rob Marciano and his friend, Melissa, for $5,000 and bragging rights. The competition kicks off at the flea market, where each team gets $500 and one hour to shop for three projects on their flip list: Weathered and Worn, Sustainable Design and Sky's the Limit. The teams create unique pieces in the workshop, using a mattress spring for a coffee table and transforming a cobbler's bench into a statement piece. Back to the flea market, the team that makes the bigger profit wins the $5,000 prize.
Flipping Funny!
Funnyman Gilbert Gottfried and his wife, Dara, face off against comedian Michelle Collins and her friend, Fiona, for $5,000 and bragging rights. At the flea market, each team gets $500 and one hour to find the three projects on their flip list: Twisted Traditional, Pop of Color and You've Gotta Be Kidding Me. In the workshop, they create some amazing pieces, including a coffee table from an industrial baking pan and a console table from wooden scaffolding. The team that makes the most at the flea market takes home $5,000.
Battle of the Dealers
It's battle of the pros as married pickers Chris and Kristen take on fellow pro-pickers Gerry and Michelle for $5,000. The competition begins at the flea market, where each team gets $500 and one hour to find three projects on their flip list, which includes Mix and Mash, Upcycled Salvage and a Dealer's Choice project. In the workshop, the teams create one-of-a-kind pieces by transforming a chicken crate into a coffee table and giving a vintage record cabinet a colorful upgrade. The pros then head back to the flea market, where the team that makes the bigger profit takes home $5,000.
Funky Junkers vs. Team Love
Husband-and-wife flippers dubbed "Team Love" face off at the flea market against two friends who call themselves the "Funky Junkers." Each team gets $500 and one hour to shop for flip-list projects that include: 'Sleek and Simple,' 'Inspired By' and 'Modern Moroccan.' The teams have one day to transform their finds in the workshop before heading back to the flea market to make the biggest profit and win $5,000.
This Flip is Electrified!
Two designing ladies take on a team of creative metalworkers for $5,000. Armed with $500, each team shops for three projects on their flip list that includes Heavy Rotation, Wabi-Sabi and Lara's Choice. Then they take their finds into the workshop to create pieces that include an old band saw base turned into a table with electrified wood. Back at the flea market with their creations, the team that makes the bigger profit takes home $5,000.
Flipping Neighbors
Two teams of designing neighbors have a showdown at the flea market for $5,000. Each team gets $500 to find and flip three projects on their flip list, which includes: Mid-Century Remix, Sustainable Design and Unhinged. The neighbors then head back to the flea market where the one that makes the bigger profit takes home bragging rights and $5,000.
How Far Can $100 Go?
A pair of designing dudes take on a pair of junk-loving ladies for the chance to win $5,000. This time, each team gets a budget of only $100 plus a time limit of just one hour to find three projects of their choosing, which they must transform from "cheap to chic." The teams then hit the workshop where they create one-of-a-kind pieces to sell at the flea market for the biggest profit.
Star Time at the Flea
The stars come out at the flea market, as actor sisters Lorraine and Elizabeth Bracco take on network news anchor Amy Robach and her husband, former Melrose Place hunk Andrew Shue. The competition starts at the flea market, where both celeb teams get $500 and only one hour to find the three projects on their flip list: All That Glitters, Movie Star Modern and Newsworthy Design. They take their finds into the workshop to create one-of-kind pieces, including turning industrial pipe racks into a pair of side tables and reimagining a captain's desktop as an entryway piece. Back at the flea market, the team that makes the bigger profit takes home $5,000.
Weather Warriors
The forecast calls for serious flipping as ABC News meteorologist Ginger Zee and her husband, Ben Aaron, take on fellow ABC News meteorologist Rob Marciano and his friend, Melissa, for $5,000 and bragging rights. The competition kicks off at the flea market, where each team gets $500 and one hour to shop for three projects on their flip list: Weathered and Worn, Sustainable Design and Sky's the Limit. The teams create unique pieces in the workshop, using a mattress spring for a coffee table and transforming a cobbler's bench into a statement piece. Back to the flea market, the team that makes the bigger profit wins the $5,000 prize.
Flipping Funny!
Funnyman Gilbert Gottfried and his wife, Dara, face off against comedian Michelle Collins and her friend, Fiona, for $5,000 and bragging rights. At the flea market, each team gets $500 and one hour to find the three projects on their flip list: Twisted Traditional, Pop of Color and You've Gotta Be Kidding Me. In the workshop, they create some amazing pieces, including a coffee table from an industrial baking pan and a console table from wooden scaffolding. The team that makes the most at the flea market takes home $5,000.
Battle of the Dealers
It's battle of the pros as married pickers Chris and Kristen take on fellow pro-pickers Gerry and Michelle for $5,000. The competition begins at the flea market, where each team gets $500 and one hour to find three projects on their flip list, which includes Mix and Mash, Upcycled Salvage and a Dealer's Choice project. In the workshop, the teams create one-of-a-kind pieces by transforming a chicken crate into a coffee table and giving a vintage record cabinet a colorful upgrade. The pros then head back to the flea market, where the team that makes the bigger profit takes home $5,000.
Too Hot to Flip?
Married flippers Jon and Carol face off against flipping friends Bethany and David. Each team has $500 and just one hour to shop in the heat at the Elephant's Trunk Flea Market in New Milford, Connecticut, for items on the Flip List: Reclaimed Modern, Mix and Mash, and Old to Bold. The teams head to the workshop to transform their pieces, including an old wine press and a vintage ironing board. Finally, it's anybody's game as the teams head to New York Long Island City Flea, where whoever makes the most profit will take home $5,000.
Hollywood Regency Battle
A pair of sisters-in-law takes on a married flipping team to complete three next-level projects. The workshops are busy as the two teams work on assignments in Restoration Remix, Vivid Design and Hollywood Regency. The sisters-in-law bring out some stylish transformations that include a contemporary upgrade to a pair of armchairs and a golden age improvement on a set of end tables. Their opponents hit back with flashy pieces of their own including a glitz and glam folding table and a Hollywood Regency bar made from a wooden toolbox. The teams fight to make the most profit but only one will win the prize!
Nothing But Net Profit
Two college buddies are ready to throw down against a duo of fired-up best friends known as the Workshop Warriors to see who can create the most profitable flip. The teams take their flea market finds to the workshop inspired by their three assignments -- Geometric Design, Less is More and Rehab Design. The results of their hard work include an elegant console made from a vintage wooden toolbox and a mail sorter reimagined as a storage bench. The creations are stellar, but which team will make the most profit and go home with the prize?
Table Flippers
A newlywed flipping team takes on a pair of artistic friends in a battle for flea market supremacy. The journey begins at the market where the teams shop for items to help them complete three projects -- Compact Design, East Meets West and Metal Works. After hitting the workshop, the newlyweds emerge with innovative designs including a coffee table made by combining a washbasin with an iron gear and a glass door reimagined as a coffee table. The artists counter the efforts of their opponents with an upcycled rustic metal wheel and an Asian-inspired table made from a window. Which team will take home the prize?
Straight Outta Boston
A pair of stylish ladies from Boston take on a team of competitive upcyclers for $5,000. The teams fight it out at the Elephant's Trunk Flea Market in New Milford, CT, and at New York's Long Island City Flea.
The 50/50 Flip
A duo of dating designers goes up against a creative couple in a furniture flip for $5,000. The feud kicks off at the Elephant's Trunk Flea Market in New Milford, CT, and winds down at New York's Long Island City Flea.
The Legend of Rotty Cabinet
A pair of salvage-happy sisters face off against a couple of flipping buddies for a chance to win $5,000. The teams hit the flea market to find items to transform from the Flip List including an Industrial Elegance project, High Impact and Dual Design. After a day in their workshops, the teams emerge with stylish pieces like a wooden cabinet converted into a mobile workstation and a rustic workbench repurposed as a unique bar cart. Whoever's items bring in the most money at New York's Long Island City Flea goes home with the prize.
Coffee is for Closers
Fab friends take on a pair of dating designers in a challenge for ultimate flea market supremacy and $5,000. Armed with $500, the teams have one hour to shop for items to complete projects from the Flip List including Chic Storage, Style Merge and Mod Makeover. The teams get one day to flip their items and emerge with some fabulous designs including a dresser turned into an entertainment center and a wooden file cabinet turned into a coffee table. The winner will be decided by who profits the most when they take their flips to market.
How Handy is Mandi?
"Handy Mandi" and her Aunt Sandy are ready to take on Tyson and Heather, a flipping couple with a military background, in the ultimate flea market battle. The teams have $500 and one hour to shop for items from the Flip List, which includes Smart Design and Vintage Remix. In the workshop, Mandi and Sandy want to convert a 1950s television set into a bar and combine barstools with a mirror to create a vanity. Meanwhile, Tyson and Heather turn a pair of crates into a wine bar and use a wooden box and a chair to create a desk. Each team hopes to flip their projects for big profits at the flea market to claim the $5,000 prize.
Ugly Ducklings Into Swans
A couple of spicy sisters are ready to throw down against a pair of married flippers for a chance to win $5,000. The battle begins when each team is given $500 and one hour to shop at a flea market for items from the Flip List including Art Deco, Drab to Fab and 2-for-1 Design. The unique creations include a mechanic's cabinet transformed into a multi-functional piece for the home and a Navy footlocker turned into a lift-top coffee table. The two teams then present their items at New York's Long Island City Flea and whoever makes the most profit goes home with the prize.
The Refoundry Flip
Two teams representing Refoundry, a nonprofit organization that helps people start their lives over by flipping furniture, face off in a competition for $5,000. Both teams are armed with $500 and one hour to shop for items to complete projects from the Flip List including Dine In, Pattern Play and Form and Funk-tion. The teams get one day to flip their items and emerge with some fabulous designs including an industrial cart revamped for entertaining and a wooden trunk turned into a coffee table. The winner will be decided by who profits the most when they take their flips to market.
Lara Gets Flipping!
Future in-laws take on a self-proclaimed odd couple in a furniture-flipping contest for $5,000. The flip debuts a new challenge in which Lara gets to choose a piece for each team to buy and reinvent in their own style.
The Flea Market Unicorn
Self-proclaimed "Geek Girls" of Design go up against married flippers in a challenge to create a vignette of cohesive pieces designed for entertaining at home. The two teams emerge from their workshops with innovative pieces including a Bingo ball board converted into a coffee table and a stylish bar made from an optometrist's cabinet. The finished products will then be sent to New York's Long Island Flea where the teams hope to receive a visit from the fabled "Flea Market Unicorn," by selling all three of their pieces to a single customer. The team who makes the highest profit will go home with $5,000!