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In 2002, Steave-Dickerson first appeared on the American [[reality television]] series ''[[Trading Spaces]]'' as an interior designer;<ref name="Source2" /> she was added to the program around the same time as fellow designer Edward Walker.<ref name="Source3">{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/3130945/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/can-trading-spaces-redesign-itself/#.WeLoJhNSxE4|title=Can ‘Trading Spaces’ redesign itself?|last=Reed|first=Kim|date=October 20, 2003|work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328204518/http://www.today.com/id/3130945/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/can-trading-spaces-redesign-itself/#.WeLoJhNSxE4|archivedate=March 28, 2017|df=}}</ref> She appeared on the show from 2002 to 2004 as part of a rotating cast of designers.<ref name="Books1">[[#brooksmarsh2009|Brooks & Marsh (2009)]]: p. 1419</ref> Calling herself a "theme queen", Steave-Dickerson based a room makeover on an idea around which she accessorized.<ref name="Source1" /> She appeared twice on the show's [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]], ''[[Trading Spaces: Family]]'', and in ''The Best of Trading Spaces'' [[clip show|special]] in 2005.<ref name="SourceTVGuide" /> According to ''[[E! Online]]'', Steave-Dickerson left the series voluntarily.<ref name="Source4" /> In addition to ''Trading Spaces'', she participated in the [[game show]] [[Pyramid (game show)|''Pyramid'']] in 2004.<ref name="SourceTVGuide">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kia-steave-dickerson/credits/250604/|title=Credits|work=[[TV Guide]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019112728/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kia-steave-dickerson/credits/250604/|archive-date=October 19, 2017|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 
Steave-Dickerson's appearances on ''Trading Spaces'' were criticized.<ref name="Source3" /><ref name="news1">{{cite news|title=Ty Dishes 'Trading Spaces' Designers|last=O'Hare|first=Kate|date=May 22, 2003|publisher=[[Screener (website)|Screener]]|accessdate=July 25, 2018}}</ref> Kim Reed of [[Today (U.S. TV program)|''Today'']] disliked her work on the series, saying that a bedroom decorated with [[AstroTurf]] and artificial foliage resembled a graveyard. Reed called Steave-Dickerson "another homeowner nightmare" similar to two of the show's other designers ([[Douglas Wilson (interior designer)|Douglas Wilson]] and [[Hildi Santo-Tomas]]), and encouraged its producers to remove her from the series.<ref name="Source3" /> [[Carpentry|Carpenter]] [[Ty Pennington]] did not give an opinion of the designer when he was asked about the show's cast.<ref name="news1" />
 
=== {{anchor|2005–present: Post-''Trading Spaces'' and continued career as property master}}2005–present: Continued career as property master ===