Frank Bielec

Frank Bielec (September 24, 1947 in Sealy – May 15, 2020 in Houston) was an American interior designer and artist from Katy, Texas, best known for his work on TLC's Trading Spaces, Trading Spaces: Family, Trading Spaces: Home Free, Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls, Trading Spaces: We're Back, Trading Spaces: 100 Grand, The Best Of Trading Spaces, Training Spaces, While You Were Out and Elf Sparkle and the Special Red Dress.

Personal

He was married to sculptor Judy Lynn Neal. The couple had two children, Melissa, nicknamed Mosey, who was killed when she was 3 years old in a car accident caused by a drunk driver, and a son, Matt.[1]

He died at a Houston hospital the day after suffering a heart attack, according to his wife. There was no funeral service. Frank was cremated, his ashes put inside a round wooden box and placed on top of a fireplace in their home. [2]

Career

Bielec worked as an award-winning elementary school teacher in art and social studies.[3] He then became a florist for 20 years. He joined the TLC show from 2000 to 2008 and then again in its 2018, two season revival.[4] His unplanned audition for the show came during a Nashville convention on decorative paint when he served as a replacement for demonstrator who was ill. A producer from Home & Garden TV was in the audience and tapped him for the role.[5] It was on Trading Spaces that Bielec worked with industry names including Ty Pennington and Vern Yip.[6]

Bielec and his wife founded the Mosey 'N Me craft company in 1989; the couple also wrote books and pamphlets: Mosey 'N Me the Book, The Four Seasons and Mosey 'N Me the Sequel.[3]

Bielec also created and designed paper products with Houston-based design company Paper so Pretty working alongside award-winning stationary designer Michael Wolfe and his wife Shannon from 2009 -2011 under "It's Funky, it's Fun, it's Frank" line of invitations and announcements.

References
  1. Neese, Joseph (2020-05-16). "Beloved 'Trading Spaces' Interior Designer Frank Bielec Dies at 72". House Beautiful. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  2. Drury, Sharareh (May 16, 2020). "Frank Bielec, 'Trading Spaces' Designer, Dies at 72". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  3. "Frank and Judy Bielec: TLC, Mosey 'n Me, and a New Decade". .Fort Bend Lifestyles & Homes magazine. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. "Frank Bielec, 'Trading Spaces' Designer, Dead at 72". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  5. McDonough, Lauren Smith (2018-03-29). "Frank Bielec REALLY Didn't Want to Do the "Trading Spaces" Reboot". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  6. Artemis Moshtaghian; Jay Croft (16 May 2020). "'Trading Spaces' designer Frank Bielec dies of heart attack at 72". CNN. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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