Ali Wentworth, Katie Brown Take on 'Flea Market Flip' With Lara Spencer
The HGTV show is a competition to make the most profit at flea markets.
-- Brimfield, Massachusetts, is home to one of the nation’s largest flea markets with 5,000 dealers spread out over one mile.
"Good Morning America" co-anchor Lara Spencer, also the host of HGTV's “Flea Market Flip,” combined forces with “GMA” extended family member Ali Wentworth, wife of “GMA” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos, to take on the huge grounds.
"I think my husband, George, is kind of upset that I am here, but I didn't rent a U-Haul so...," Wentworth joked.
Wentworth revealed that while her husband is not a huge fan of flea markets, she is no stranger to them.
"I have been going to flea markets since I was a teenager," she said. "And actually I have been to Brimfield many times and have completely done houses from this exact flea market."
Joining Wentworth to rescue, recycle and reinvent pieces found at the sale for the "Flea Market Flip" competition was her friend, designer Katie Brown.
In order to come out on top of “Flea Market Flip,” the person with the most net profit -- buying the lowest priced items and selling them for the highest profit -- wins. For Wentworth and Brown, this competition was also about having fun.
Wentworth did have some flea market tactics up her sleeve, telling Spencer, "I always say, 'Just walk through first.'"
"Do your lap because when I first started going to flea markets, I would get right here at the beginning and I would buy this and this and then I would go further in and go, 'Oh I found a better bucket and cheaper,'” Wentworth said.
Adding another recommendation, Wentworth said, "My tip would be to not go to the booths were people have already taken stuff and redone it because they're already adding a higher price to it."
Wentworth also recommended thinking outside of the box and shopping on the last day of the flea market in order to find the best bargains.
While perusing the available items, passing two rusty chairs, Spencer suggested, "Why don't you just put them in George's bedroom?"
"Because I would be single," Wentworth quickly replied.
With "Flea Market Flip" glory on the line, Brown and Wentworth had to get creative, including scooping up 1930 ceramic utility pole insulators that they would later transform into shelf holders on a bookcase.
To find out how Wentworth and Brown did with their flea market purchases, tune in to "Flea Market Flip" on HGTV.