Courteney Cox Producing Series for WE

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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Courteney Cox may have found something to do once "Friends" goes off the air.

The actress is moving behind the camera as creator and executive producer of "Mix It Up," an unscripted, "Trading Spaces"-like show scheduled for fall on cable channel WE: Women's Entertainment.

The network has given a 13-episode order to "Mix It Up," which will begin production in the spring or summer. The show will follow people with contrasting tastes who are moving in together. Interior designers will help the roommates -- whether they're husband and wife, parent and child, friends or strangers matched by a service -- blend their two styles into something both can live with.

"If you're moving in with your girlfriend, and you have a wagon-wheel coffee table and she has all chintz and feathers," the show will find a middle ground, a WE spokeswoman says.

Cox, who's married to actor David Arquette, says the idea for the series grew out of her own experience.

"When my husband and I moved in together, it was quite a challenge blending my more refined sensibilities with his more outrageous tastes and vast collection of tchotchkes," Cox says. "It's the reality of moving in with anyone, a situation which often involves conflict, which should make for a very entertaining program."

In addition to her duties as executive producer, Cox will serve as a design consultant on the series. There are no plans for her to appear on camera.