sentences:  Yip will pick one of the rooms to do and have the person or family aid in its design.However, Yip always surprises them by secretly redoing the other room, usually while covertly having them offer input into it, or by giving them some other special gift.Formerly a designer on The Learning Channels's "Trading Spaces", Vern Yip has acted as a judge on HGTV's "The Next Design Star" for the 2006 to 2012 competitions.