Episode
Designing Women: 101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
Overview
A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.
Details
- Series
- Designing Women
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1987-09-14
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station is Episode 1 in Season 2 of Designing Women. It aired on 1987-09-14. The runtime is 30 min.
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