CUMBERLAND – The ranch-style home of Ellen and Daryl Quinn is undergoing a kitchen renovation, but the couple have no idea what the results will be.

“I hope the cabinets go, I hate birch,” Ellen Quinn said. “But I just had a new floor put in, so I hope they don’t touch that.”

Why the mystery?

The Quinns were selected to be on the quirky home remodeling show “Trading Spaces,” a cult hit which is going into its third season on cable TV.

A “Trading Spaces” crew of 32 people along with some 15 vehicles, including two or three tractor-trailer trucks, were to be on hand to begin the shoot Sunday, with the Quinns and a “Trading Places” designer getting a $1,000 budget and two days to redo the kitchen in the home of their neighbors, Joyce and Steven Frost. Joyce and Ellen are sisters.

At the same time, the Frosts will be remodeling the Quinns’ kitchen with a designer and $1,000. Neither couple will be able to see or influence the work in their own home.

The “Trading Spaces” crew films episodes all over the country, and will be in Maine until early next week. After filming an episode with the Quinns and the Frosts this past weekend, the crew was scheduled to do two more episodes at other locations in southern Maine.

“Trading Spaces” is aired on the TLC cable channel at 4 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays and noon Sundays.