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00:00This house is an onion, a bad onion.
00:04Oh, yeah, that's the worst one.
00:06We've never gone around the homeowner.
00:09Look at the bottom.
00:10Look at this.
00:11Oh, my gosh.
00:12It's literally suspended.
00:13You tell me that.
00:14I'm like, oh, I don't know why you'd involve me in this because I need someone to take
00:17It's all with me.
00:28Will.
00:29Hey, how's it going?
00:30It's finally nice to meet you guys.
00:32Yeah, good to meet you.
00:33You too.
00:34You've traveled such a long way.
00:35All the way from Lincoln, Nebraska.
00:36We've never done this before.
00:39We've never gone around the homeowner to talk about their house.
00:43I'm here representing me and my four other siblings to get some help from Ben and Erin
00:47to help my parents fix their house.
00:49So what's up?
00:50My parents, they bought a house in Texas,
00:53and that was going to be their forever home.
00:55But it was just too rural for them.
00:57They sold the house.
00:58They bought a house here.
00:59OK.
01:00You know, a little fixer-upper.
01:02How much fixing are we talking about?
01:05My parents bought a dump, and they think, you know,
01:08it's a gem.
01:09Is this an intervention?
01:10Yes.
01:11So I need your guys' help to take what they think is a gem
01:15and actually turn it into something.
01:17You need us to undumpify.
01:18Yes, undumpify the place.
01:20The current plan is to transition from, you know,
01:23Texas and move to their forever home here in Laurel.
01:25OK.
01:26They've done maybe 1% of, you know, what needs to be done.
01:31My parents are over their heads, and they have so much work
01:34to do, and I don't think they can do the work themselves.
01:36So that's the color of the outside of the house.
01:38My mom does not like the color.
01:40Yeah, it's, uh, oh, yeah, that's the worst one.
01:44And that's the room they've actually done renovation on.
01:47The floor is very pretty.
01:49It is very beautiful, yes.
01:51So keeping it two bedrooms, one bath,
01:53they're not planning on y'all visiting very much.
01:55No, no.
01:56Do you have any idea if they have a budget in mind?
01:58I think the budget's $100,000.
01:59I got it.
02:00Yeah.
02:01So they don't know you're here.
02:02No, they have no idea I'm here.
02:04OK.
02:05We couldn't do all of it, for sure.
02:07But we could definitely get them way closer to the finish line.
02:11Yeah, for $100,000.
02:13Are you going to call your parents and tell them?
02:16Yes, you guys don't have to show up and be like, hey,
02:19we're doing your house.
02:20Yeah, surprise.
02:21Surprise, yep.
02:22So you talk to them, and then we'll
02:23do a walkthrough with them.
02:24OK.
02:25If they're OK with that.
02:26I'll make sure they're OK.
02:27OK, yeah.
02:33I don't know why our kids are doubting us.
02:34We've done this before.
02:36They've seen the houses we've done before.
02:38I appreciate that Will thought of us and reached out.
02:41But I think I could do this by myself.
02:44Let's not be too hasty.
02:45If Ben and Eric can help.
02:47I don't know.
02:48Are they going to be able to take this and turn
02:51it into something wonderful?
02:59Hey, how's it going?
03:00Hello.
03:01Long time no see.
03:02How are you?
03:03Good.
03:03I don't know why, I didn't expect to see you.
03:05Yeah, I know.
03:05These are my parents.
03:06Hi.
03:07Hello, hello.
03:08Ben.
03:09What's up?
03:09How's it going?
03:10How are we?
03:11We're well.
03:12How are you?
03:13So how are we feeling?
03:15Excited to see what you can maybe do for us.
03:17Yeah, maybe.
03:18Maybe?
03:19Maybe.
03:20I hope they don't tell us that all of our decisions
03:22so far have been wrong.
03:24It's kind of been the blind leading the blind
03:26between her and Ida.
03:27I think so.
03:28Hey.
03:31Wow.
03:32So welcome to what Will calls our dump.
03:35He said it was love.
03:36Yeah, all from the heart, you know?
03:38Who did y'all buy it from?
03:40We bought it from the next door neighbor.
03:41I live the slower pace of life in Laurel.
03:43You can go downtown and everybody's your friend.
03:46We're tired of being in Texas.
03:48Laurel is just right.
03:49Laurel feels just right.
03:51So this house in town is known as the Campbell house.
03:55This is a two bedroom, one bath house.
03:58It's 1,300 square feet.
03:59We're looking for a craftsman.
04:01We were looking for a bungalow, tall ceilings.
04:03Historic features, you know, not the way
04:06they build houses today.
04:07And we were looking primarily for a front porch.
04:09This is the one we wanted.
04:10And this is the one we got.
04:12You want to spend about $100,000?
04:13About $100,000.
04:14$100,000 in the budget.
04:15Our plan was to do the whole thing ourselves.
04:17Long distance.
04:18It was a five year plan.
04:19We're eight hours drive away.
04:21And my boss is getting tired of me taking PTO.
04:24We renovated our last house.
04:26It turned out exactly the way we wanted it.
04:28But I did tell myself I would never do it again.
04:31And here we are.
04:32It's amazing what the mind will let you forget.
04:35Look at that great window.
04:36This house isn't a dump.
04:38Yeah.
04:39I've never seen it done this way.
04:40We do love the windows.
04:41You got a fireplace.
04:43Would you like it to work?
04:44Yeah, we'd like that to work.
04:45Could do maybe some gas logs in there.
04:48I didn't pay attention to a chimney.
04:50There's one.
04:51There used to be two.
04:52There used to be two.
04:53They took the one down when they put the new roof on.
04:55What do we like about the house?
04:57I love the floors.
04:58OK.
04:59But we don't like the color.
05:00I don't like the color of the floors.
05:01Yeah.
05:02If you're going to do the heart pun, you got to go clear.
05:05Absolutely.
05:06Do you love color?
05:07I like a pop of color.
05:08Love wallpaper.
05:09I'm not a fan of the blue.
05:10How do you feel about spicy, cinnamony?
05:12When you tell me that, I'm like, ew.
05:15But I might see it, and I might love it.
05:17I guess I'm looking for the house to all blend.
05:19Yeah.
05:20So maybe there's an opportunity to have
05:22all the colors in the whole house
05:23represented somewhere in the house in a pattern.
05:26That would be great.
05:27I'd love that.
05:28This is the actual intervention.
05:30You got to want to change before you can actually change.
05:33All right.
05:34You want to hear some ideas?
05:35Yeah, I do.
05:36OK.
05:37Kathy?
05:38All right.
05:39We're getting there.
05:40We're getting there, Mom.
05:41Well, we'd have to take the acoustic tile down.
05:43Yes.
05:43Because it looks like it is sagging in the center.
05:45Yeah.
05:46I'm very curious what's under all this acoustic tile.
05:48If it's the same as in the dining room, it's wood.
05:51I'll probably paint it something neutral.
05:54I like that.
05:54So you want a kitchen that's open to the rest of the house.
05:57We'll tell us that.
05:59All the way through?
06:00Yeah.
06:01You could open up this wall in the dining room
06:03between the kitchen and dining room.
06:05Let's see this kitchen.
06:06A case opening would be historically
06:08appropriate for this house.
06:09So you have a little separation and architecture there.
06:12Right.
06:13That's what I want.
06:14What is this?
06:16It's original to the house.
06:17It used to have a closet with the HVAC air
06:20handler unit in it.
06:22Our plan was to make it a walk-in pantry.
06:24So this is part of the HVAC thing.
06:25It was.
06:26There's nothing in there anymore.
06:27See, I like it.
06:28I want to tear it out.
06:30You like it?
06:30I like it.
06:31I like the angle.
06:32It's quirky.
06:33It's different.
06:34Did you have a dream kitchen color in mind?
06:37Color's hard for me.
06:39I don't know what I like till I see it.
06:40OK.
06:41Will said turquoise was your color.
06:43Yeah, it is.
06:44It is.
06:44Absolutely, without a doubt.
06:45I love a colorful kitchen.
06:46Yes.
06:47More teal, more blue-green than green-green.
06:49OK.
06:50She loves the color of that floor, though.
06:51When we uncovered that floor, I can't.
06:53That's pretty green.
06:54I can't.
06:54See, that is very green.
06:56I told you.
06:56OK, we're going to argue about this.
06:57I told you.
06:58You don't think that's green?
06:59I see a blue.
07:00I like things done my way.
07:01I have a vision in my head.
07:03And as much as I can relay that to somebody else,
07:07there's always room for interpretation.
07:11Believe me.
07:11How do we feel about these floors?
07:13I was incredibly happy when I saw
07:15that the pine floors came in here.
07:17And then I got depressed when I saw that it's
07:19not in the best of shape in here.
07:21Wonder what you guys would do.
07:22How would you build a kitchen?
07:23I am thinking about that on the fly.
07:26So you always try to start with, where does the sink go?
07:30If you had a run of cabinets against this wall
07:32and your sink under the window, you
07:34could open up a cased opening here,
07:37your range and your hood vent built in on this wall here.
07:40Right.
07:41All new cabinetry built in here around the range.
07:43So instead of uppers, what about open shelving?
07:48You like it?
07:49I love it.
07:49I have pretty dishes.
07:51OK, open shelving.
07:52Open shelving.
07:53And then drawers on the bottom.
07:55Yes, that is the way.
07:57What if instead of wallpaper, there
07:58was like a backsplash tile that felt like a wallpaper?
08:02That would work.
08:03That could be the color we see throughout the house
08:06inside and out.
08:07And that would work.
08:08That would work.
08:08And then you could have a peninsula.
08:10Oh.
08:11That comes out into the cased opening here.
08:13So you could have barstool seating on the back.
08:16It would give you more counter space.
08:17We're always trying to add counter
08:19space in these old houses.
08:20Right.
08:21We like the peninsula.
08:23We don't want the seating.
08:24OK.
08:25We want big.
08:26Forget it.
08:27We want great seating on that side.
08:29Are we married to a stone countertop?
08:31I like butcher block.
08:32We love butcher block.
08:33Fridge has to go here then.
08:35And then cabinetry around it.
08:37Want you to have a door that looks like a cabinet door
08:39with a secret pantry inside.
08:41I love that.
08:42Inside the pantry, on one wall, lots of cabinet storage,
08:46painted a cream color and quartz countertops,
08:49and then more storage on the other side.
08:51And then a really rich green color on the walls.
08:54That would be awesome.
08:56I would trade that for that.
08:57You would trade the HVAC angle for a secret pantry.
09:04Want to look at the bedroom?
09:05Yes.
09:06Bedroom.
09:07Woof.
09:08That is rough.
09:09I don't know what possessed me to think that it would only
09:11be one layer of wallpaper.
09:13This house is an onion.
09:14An onion, yes.
09:15Layers and layers and layers.
09:17Are you calling this house a dump?
09:19I'm not calling this house a dump.
09:20You called it a rotten onion.
09:24It's a dump.
09:26There's no working bathroom.
09:27There's no kitchen.
09:28We can't live in it.
09:30Then why'd we buy it?
09:33Because it had potential.
09:35I thought the red was like a paint color.
09:38It's a paper.
09:39It came up.
09:39I was like, I can't do it.
09:40So in here, we'll fix whatever's
09:43going on with the ceiling.
09:44And just some paint.
09:45What about a real door on the back?
09:47Sure, I'll even throw in a door.
09:49You could spend five or 10 years doing this.
09:51Wouldn't it be better to spend eight or 10 weeks and be done?
09:53That would be, yeah.
09:54It's not saying that you couldn't do it.
09:56No, I mean, we could do this.
09:58We could just speed it up.
09:59Sounds a lot better to me.
10:01Do you want to see just a thought for the outside
10:03based on what Will told me?
10:05Yeah.
10:05You've already done some work here.
10:07So you're halfway there.
10:08Yeah, I've got the tile up.
10:09We've got tile on the floor.
10:11I think we can just finish this ourselves.
10:12Well, you can see the light at the end of this tile.
10:15I have a painting, but you can feel free to veto anything
10:19about it because I didn't have a lot of information.
10:21Well, that's good because I'm good at veto.
10:24Let's talk about this Campbell house.
10:26Make this the Turner house, if we can turn around.
10:28Day after we closed, we tore down all the windows.
10:31We started opening up the porch because we
10:32wanted it to be open.
10:33That was really hot with the glass.
10:35I'm sure.
10:35Glassed-in porches are awful in the summer.
10:38This is a craftsman cottage.
10:39Mill workers and people lived on this street
10:41because all the houses are almost identical.
10:44But this one does have a little bit
10:45of flair in those rafter tails.
10:47I like those.
10:48Those are sweet.
10:49Yellow.
10:49Yellow.
10:50Not our favorite.
10:51You like turquoise.
10:52I love turquoise.
10:53So the exterior, I think we can be a little
10:55flexible with a color palette.
10:56Oh, that is awesome.
10:59I love that.
11:00Good job, Will.
11:02Good job, Will.
11:03Is that a red door?
11:04That's a red door.
11:05Do you like red?
11:06I like red.
11:06He likes red.
11:07So this would involve scraping the paint.
11:10We would also want to add new porch lighting.
11:12Porch decking needs some help.
11:14There'd be a lot of rot repair.
11:16Yeah, we plan to spend a lot of time on that porch.
11:18Landscaping needs a ton of work.
11:20Oh, that'll be nice.
11:20Yeah.
11:21What's it cost?
11:22I think if we save $25,000 for the exterior,
11:25and then $75,000 for the interior,
11:28that is a rough guess, while also
11:32trying to save as much as we can wherever we can.
11:35Yeah.
11:36And we do the bathroom and the other bedroom.
11:38So how do we feel, Will?
11:40What do you guys think?
11:41You need some help?
11:42It's hard to not be there, and you can't let go.
11:49You know, you want it.
11:50Yeah.
11:51It used to be fun.
11:52It's not fun anymore.
11:53For William to see that we were struggling
11:56and reach out to help, he's a good kid.
12:00I think we should do it.
12:01I think we should do it, too.
12:02I think we should do it.
12:02I think we should do it, too.
12:03All right, we're doing it.
12:04OK.
12:05And now we've got a cool breeze.
12:07We've got a cool breeze.
12:08We've got a cool breeze.
12:09We've got a cool breeze.
12:10We've got a cool breeze.
12:11We've got a cool breeze.
12:12The winds have changed.
12:13The winds have changed.
12:14Yeah, the breeze is blowing.
12:15This is great.
12:16All right.
12:21This room makes me very stressed out.
12:27This is like the house of horrors in here.
12:29Erin is at the dentist.
12:32And I don't want her to miss out on demoing wallpaper.
12:35I grind my teeth in my sleep.
12:38My crown is not loving that.
12:41See, I used to grind my teeth.
12:43And they said it was because I drank too much coffee.
12:45But here I am, still drinking that coffee.
12:47And who's grinding their teeth now?
12:48You.
12:49I hear it every single night.
12:50Do we want to start on the kitchen wall?
12:52Let's do it.
12:53Open it up.
12:54Don't be so excited.
12:55This is what I want, what I want, what I need.
13:00What you've got don't mean a thing to me.
13:05This is what I want, what I want, what I need.
13:08This is maybe the easiest wall demo ever.
13:10Well, the Turners did half the wall already.
13:13That's true.
13:14So you only had to cut through one layer of wood.
13:16You just cut it and push it.
13:181, 2, 3.
13:22Whoa.
13:22Whoa.
13:23Hi, I'm back.
13:25How's your teeth?
13:26Whoa.
13:26Still got them?
13:27Yep.
13:28Hey, here's a win, though.
13:29The floor is running all the way through.
13:31That is good.
13:32So y'all left the wallpaper for me, huh?
13:34Yeah.
13:35Let's go in here.
13:36Good thing I'm wearing a hard hat.
13:40Let's get real.
13:40We got to have a steamer.
13:41Don't you steam off?
13:42Yes, we need a steamer.
13:43But it's hot and steamy enough.
13:45We're going to close all the windows.
13:46We're going to shut the doors.
13:47We're going to do aerobics until it gets so humid
13:51that the wallpaper falls off.
13:53We're this far away from it being hot enough for that.
13:55All right, y'all get a steamer.
13:59Saggy ceiling.
14:01The sag is because the ceiling joists
14:04have gotten weak.
14:05So we're going to put in some cross braces.
14:07And we're basically done with demo.
14:09This is going to go fast, maybe.
14:14This house doesn't have any sort of an entryway.
14:18OK.
14:19You walk in, you're in the living room.
14:20Yeah.
14:21So I want to build a very specific hall tree.
14:24Would it still be called a hall tree?
14:26I don't know.
14:27It's going to help define the entryway
14:29and function as a coat closet.
14:31So here's what I'm thinking.
14:32We'll have a square post in the back,
14:34a decorative base on the bottom, and then a shelf up top.
14:38Then there'll be a turned column here.
14:40We'll do hooks down the backside.
14:42And then they'll be able to access it from both sides.
14:45That really is something you could hang your hat on,
14:47you know?
14:52It's going to be a sort of Victorian design.
14:55Hall trees became really popular in the 19th century.
14:58And they were large, decorative.
15:00I want this piece of furniture to feel like an heirloom piece.
15:03Even though the house is a craftsman-style house,
15:06this will feel like something they've had a long time.
15:08With good interior design, you want to have balance.
15:10You want to have a mix of things going on in there.
15:22Josh is going to make the post in the back
15:24and the actual base.
15:31Ooh.
15:39All right, let's stand it up.
15:40We got good?
15:41It's kind of big, though.
15:42It's kind of big.
15:43Eight feet is really high.
15:45Mark and Kathy pretty tall people?
15:47No.
15:50I tend to do this.
15:52Every time I hang artwork, I hang it at eye level.
15:55You can take two feet off, shrink it down.
15:57So then we have a little bench seat to put your shoes on.
16:00I love it.
16:01So a hall tree and a bench.
16:04Serendipitous.
16:05Still going to be a statement piece.
16:07It is a statement.
16:14All right, we got some solution opportunities in here, guys.
16:17Oh.
16:17Where'd the ceiling go?
16:19They really wanted that tongue and groove wood on the ceiling.
16:22I know.
16:23And we were going to patch it.
16:24We tried so hard to save it.
16:25But it all busted up coming down.
16:27It's so brittle and it's old.
16:29Really, it's more trouble than it's worth to try to save it.
16:32And it messes up the budget.
16:33We're just at a point where we need to do sheetrock.
16:35And we're already going to eat into contingency some.
16:37Because do you see the ceiling, Joyce?
16:39Oh, it's cut.
16:41And it's two by four.
16:42I guess whenever they were doing the HVAC in here,
16:44they were just like, we don't need that.
16:46It's not just in the dining room.
16:47It's in the kitchen and in the primary bedroom.
16:50So no wonder it was sagging.
16:51Yeah.
16:52A tongue and groove ceiling is going to be
16:53cool any time you can get one.
16:55And that is what the Turners really
16:57hoped for in the dining room.
16:58But function matters more than form.
17:01The juice just ain't worth the squeeze.
17:04It's just a mess.
17:05All right, but there's one more thing to show y'all.
17:08Did you find a wraparound porch?
17:09No, unfortunately.
17:13Stop.
17:14Oh, my gosh.
17:19We just have a suspended chimney.
17:22It's sitting kind of on the wall.
17:24Well, at least they found it before it fell on somebody.
17:27There was probably a wood stove in the kitchen.
17:29Well, there's not anymore.
17:31Just the top hat of the chimney that's left.
17:34The bottom of the chimney is gone now.
17:36So this is a stack of bricks in the attic that's
17:39just resting on very little.
17:42No, oh, my gosh.
17:44Look at this.
17:45Oh, my gosh.
17:46I see what you're seeing now.
17:47It's like literally suspended.
17:49They stacked up two by fours on this side to balance it.
17:52This is all it's sitting on.
17:54Anytime you're working on an old house that
17:56has changed hands several times, you
17:58don't know what kind of work has been done before.
18:01And by who.
18:01And if it was quality work or shoddy work.
18:04Just this little outside row of brick
18:05is holding that whole thing up.
18:07Oh, my gosh.
18:08A stack of bricks is extremely heavy,
18:11slamming doors, moving furniture.
18:14It could topple one way or the other.
18:16It could easily fall through the ceiling and land on your head.
18:18It could kill you.
18:20Here's the crazy thing.
18:21When they put the new roof on it,
18:22they took the chimney that was sticking through the roof out
18:26but left this part of the chimney.
18:28All the weight's coming down on this wall.
18:30This probably explains why we have
18:31this weird sag in the floor.
18:33We got to get that thing out.
18:35How much of the contingency is this going to use?
18:37To add all the joist bracing and take the chimney out,
18:40maybe a couple thousand dollars.
18:42Seems like it's more than that.
18:43That's good.
18:44Kathy and Mark bought this house with the intentions
18:46of doing it themselves.
18:47I love Mark and Kathy.
18:49I don't think that this would have been a project for them.
18:52This is not DIY material.
18:54This is why you hire professionals.
18:56Before we tear anything else out of this house,
18:58we are required by law to fix it.
19:01The chimney has to come down.
19:03The ceiling joists have to be fixed.
19:08Then, she wrote.
19:10This could be the start of something.
19:16I've been looking at your artwork
19:17since I was a little child.
19:20That's great.
19:20I just don't know anyone who's a more iconic illustrator
19:25of children's literature.
19:26It's so colorful.
19:28It's so whimsical.
19:29I am fangirling because my childhood smelled
19:33and tasted like waffles and syrup,
19:37and it looked like illustrations by Mary Englebright.
19:41She made things that people all around the world
19:43recognized and had in their homes.
19:46We have talked online a lot,
19:49and I've been looking for a way to work together with her,
19:53and I thought, this is quirky.
19:55This is unexpected.
19:56This is colorful.
19:57This is whimsical.
19:58That is Mary Englebright.
20:00This is a challenge I have now.
20:03Ms. Kathy likes to do things herself,
20:06and she likes things done by other people.
20:09She does things herself,
20:10and she likes things the way she likes them.
20:13I understand that.
20:14She really loves wallpaper and highly patterned tile,
20:18and she was not afraid of quirk and unexpected color,
20:22and I think a patterned backsplash
20:25could really tickle her.
20:27That's perfect.
20:28Can you make me a tile that's going to make her happy
20:31and it's going to make me happy
20:33and it's going to make you happy?
20:35Yeah.
20:36What kind of thing does she want to see?
20:39Turquoise.
20:40Oh, I do a lot of cherries,
20:43and red, I think, is so great with turquoise.
20:46It makes sense in a kitchen.
20:47Mm-hmm.
20:48You know, and maybe some of the black and white checks.
20:51That's so you.
20:52Yeah.
20:53It is difficult to take someone's very specific wishes
20:57and try to interpret them in a visual way,
21:00because what I say is blue, some might say is green.
21:04Oh, I love the scallops.
21:06Yeah, I think that'll make it a little quirky.
21:08She might like that.
21:09It's the whimsy.
21:10The black around the frame, I think she'll be happy with.
21:13She said she's not afraid to use black.
21:15So it's got the red, the turquoise.
21:17This could all be neutral back here.
21:19She likes all those colors.
21:20Yeah.
21:21I want to match the whole house to the tile.
21:23No pressure.
21:24No.
21:25You know what you're doing, and it'll be great.
21:26She's going to love it.
21:27It'll be great.
21:28To do the gas logs, it can't be in the center.
21:31It's got to be one side or the other.
21:33Oh.
21:34They want a gas range, and they want gas logs.
21:37We got to have a gas line.
21:39All the pipes underneath are old and dilapidated.
21:41So we're just going to start over and run them all new.
21:44That way, they won't have any problems with anything.
21:46They'll be 100% new.
21:47OK.
21:48So who's going to do this?
21:51I'm going to do it.
21:52I'm going to do it.
21:53I'm going to do it.
21:54I'm going to do it.
21:55I'm going to do it.
21:56I'm going to do it.
21:57Who's going under?
22:00Well, we're going to flip a quarter or something, I guess.
22:04I don't think that'll fit me.
22:05That's more your size.
22:06Oh, that's a 2X large.
22:07We made sure it would fit you.
22:08Now, I've never been real good at squeezing
22:10into tight spots.
22:12This is as hot as it gets in Mississippi.
22:14It is hard to think about a fireplace today.
22:17It's real hard.
22:18It is real hard.
22:19But you want to know what's even harder than that?
22:21You climb under this house in the magic suit
22:24so that you can run a gas line for a fireplace.
22:27That's just too much.
22:29But in the winter, it's going to be worth it.
22:32They're going to love that.
22:36Pine has the hard part.
22:38He's having to climb under.
22:39So we're going to drill all the holes from up top.
22:46Can I go about 9 inches?
22:49Damn.
22:51Pine.
22:52Sir!
22:53How far can I go toward the front door?
22:55What?
22:56I'll let you know as soon as I freaking get there.
23:00Soon as he gets there, he'll let me know.
23:02He ain't made it.
23:03It's tight under there.
23:04Because he's quick.
23:07But this is slow.
23:08I looked under there, and it's skinny, skinny.
23:10I don't think I would have made it.
23:12I know I wouldn't have.
23:13You're over 10 inches, 11 inches.
23:16All right, we're going to make it happen.
23:18We had to have him under there to tell us how far over
23:21and back that we could drill the holes.
23:25Looks good.
23:26You're smoking me out down here now, though.
23:28I'm dusting him out, he said.
23:30I can't have him quit on me.
23:31If he quit on me, I'd be in a bind.
23:33If Pine quits, I quit.
23:35The hole for the gas logs is over to one side,
23:38but we got it all the way back against the back wall
23:41of the firebox so that when we install it,
23:43we can pull those logs back in.
23:45As far back as possible?
23:46As far, yeah.
23:47It's a shallow firebox, so I had concerns.
23:50Beautiful.
23:53I'm stressing out about the colors of the exterior
23:56for a couple of reasons.
23:58I just want a second opinion
24:00on the paint color that I chose for the house.
24:02Because when I showed her the watercolor, she loved it.
24:04I just need to see it in true daylight.
24:07She likes to have control over the design process.
24:10It's very important to her.
24:11She said she loves certain shades of green,
24:14but not darker shades of green.
24:16And she really prefers blue,
24:19but not royal.
24:21But she really likes turquoise,
24:23but a more blue turquoise.
24:25All right.
24:26And not a sky blue.
24:28So overwhelming.
24:29So I'm a little concerned.
24:31I chose a color that I felt was right,
24:34but then the more I think about it,
24:36I'm second-guessing it.
24:37I'm torn between three different swatches
24:39that I've only seen on paint strips.
24:41This is lighter, this is greener,
24:43and this is bluer, but darker.
24:45I don't know why you've involved me in this.
24:47Because I need someone to take this all with me.
24:49Who hates me?
24:50I know.
24:51I'm sorry.
24:56This is just an immense amount of pressure.
24:59It's part of life.
25:00Okay, let's try the one we know we're gonna hate.
25:02Yeah.
25:03That feels wildly more green.
25:05So dark.
25:06This is very different.
25:08Oh, yeah.
25:10On swatch cards, they were much closer.
25:12This is why, when we're unsure,
25:14we've got to paint it on the house.
25:16Let's try this one.
25:17Look how dark this thing is.
25:18This is the one I was sure of.
25:22WWKD.
25:23What would Kathy do?
25:30See, I feel good about all these colors,
25:32but the top one has a nice complementary richness
25:34that the other two don't.
25:36Because when that's in full sun,
25:38it's gonna look like this.
25:39That's right.
25:40It always gets lighter.
25:41Yep.
25:42The middle one goes Christmas.
25:43It does go very Christmas once it dried.
25:45The bottom one is gonna look straight-up gray.
25:47And we don't want gray.
25:48Top color.
25:49Final answer.
25:50You should trust my gut.
25:52There's a whole book about this,
25:53that your first instinct is usually the right one.
25:55Okay, I feel better.
25:57She's gonna love it.
26:07Same thing, same everything.
26:09In the same way with the top.
26:11Okay.
26:13There's no uppers except for in the pantry.
26:15This is it.
26:16I mean, there's floating shelves over here.
26:18That is what she wanted.
26:19For real, for real.
26:20I wanna see this thing up.
26:22Okay.
26:27Y'all, it is so close to the ceiling.
26:29I know.
26:32Wow.
26:33Okay, now I understand.
26:34So this is the fridge.
26:35It'll be inset into here.
26:37In the pantry room,
26:38will the fridge have a wall around?
26:40It'll just go around that refrigerator with plywood.
26:42Oh, okay.
26:43Look like a cabinet.
26:44Great.
26:45Now I'm in the pantry.
26:46Uh-huh.
26:47Coming out of the pantry.
26:48I think we're being really clever
26:49with this pantry walk-through secret door thing.
26:52I think it's gonna be not just a cool thing,
26:54but an incredibly functional thing.
26:57This kitchen is going to be so much more
27:01than they could ever dream of.
27:04This little jog right here is so satisfying.
27:07The devil's in the details,
27:09and this is the devil
27:10that would really mess me up if I made cabinets.
27:13Oh, no, it's just a little turn there.
27:17There's floating shelves over here.
27:19So, so much better.
27:21This is the part where the rubber meets the road now.
27:23Anybody would love this setup.
27:25If we're gonna make a mistake,
27:26this is where it's gonna happen,
27:27and the colors and the finishes and all that.
27:29I don't want any unforced errors.
27:30I don't want the unforced error to be Kathy saying,
27:33I told y'all so, I should have done this myself.
27:39♪
27:52How's the house going?
27:53Things are going.
27:54Okay, according to plan?
27:55Eh, sure.
27:57This is like phase two of the secret mission.
27:59Okay.
28:00Because your parents now know
28:01that we're working on the house,
28:02but they don't know that you're in here building stuff.
28:04Okay, okay.
28:05You're the secret agent.
28:06Oh, I like that.
28:07I like that.
28:08Yeah.
28:09If your parents are gonna live their best life
28:11in this house,
28:12they're gonna want to do some front porch sets.
28:14Yeah, of course.
28:15I mean, like everyone wants to.
28:16So here's what I've got in mind for the front porch.
28:19We want to add some lattice work.
28:22Okay.
28:23This lattice work will afford them
28:25a little bit of privacy,
28:27a little bit of shade,
28:28and a lot of architectural flair.
28:30A diamond pattern here.
28:32Interesting.
28:33That's very unique.
28:34I think they'll love that a lot.
28:35And this is Spanish cedar.
28:36Will and I are kind of tag-teaming everything.
28:39We're gonna need four of these.
28:40He's cutting the pieces for the frame,
28:42and then I'm taking what he's cutting
28:44and cutting it on the bandsaw,
28:46making our lattice strips.
28:48From there, I'm gonna make some smaller pieces
28:51while he's cutting our miters.
28:57Okay.
28:58We're not, like, weaving these together.
29:00Just line it up with those marks.
29:02Okay, I see, I see.
29:05Will works in finance and cryptocurrency,
29:07which I don't know what that is,
29:09but I think that this is similar.
29:12Let's set our diamonds in there now.
29:15These are simple, straight cuts
29:17that when you assemble them the right way,
29:20it creates something beautiful.
29:22Art.
29:23I think it's gonna look beautiful.
29:25She'll tell everybody,
29:26my son Will built this.
29:28♪ Sweat, sunshine, cookin' lamb ♪
29:33♪ If you want me tonight ♪
29:38The paint is helping this house so much.
29:41Oh, man.
29:42I love the color with Joe's.
29:44It is...
29:45It's a great dark green.
29:46It is grit.
29:47It is not.
29:48It's like a medium lightish...
29:52Blue green.
29:54I don't care what Kathy calls the color,
29:56I just want her to love it.
29:57I want you to look at this bedroom color
30:00because I'm just really second-guessing it.
30:02I love it.
30:03But more importantly,
30:05I felt really sure
30:07that Kathy would like this color.
30:09This was the living room.
30:10Mm-hmm.
30:11She hated that color.
30:13It's the exact same color.
30:15That's not the same.
30:16It absolutely is.
30:18This leans purple.
30:19That is the exact same color.
30:21This is a great color.
30:23I love it.
30:24It's purple.
30:25That is the exact same color.
30:26This is a green-blue.
30:27I don't know.
30:28They do look kind of the same.
30:29Are they the same?
30:30They look like the same to me.
30:32With the information I've been given,
30:34I've made the best choice that I can.
30:36Hey, do the best you can.
30:37Don't worry about it.
30:38Don't worry about it.
30:39Four is a little splotchy.
30:41This is spliced-in old heart pine.
30:44It's not like the heart pine in the rest of the house.
30:47Do we blend it with a stain
30:49or do we go clear everywhere?
30:51Mm-hmm.
30:52So I'm going to test some stains.
30:54Here's clear.
30:55Please look good.
30:57Ooh.
30:58I mean, you definitely can tell.
31:00Fleetwood.
31:01Okay.
31:02It looks like clear coat.
31:04One more color.
31:06Ooh, that's very dark.
31:08But it does blend it a little bit closer.
31:11It kind of closes the gap between them.
31:14It lessens the divide.
31:16I just hate to put a color on the entire floor
31:20just for this one little section of kitchen.
31:22Mm-hmm.
31:23I think we stick with clear.
31:24Look how good it looks right there.
31:26Just stick with your gut.
31:27When all else fails, a good rub.
31:29Yes.
31:30What up, Tony?
31:31Today is my favorite type of countertop day.
31:34I like them, too.
31:35They look so good.
31:36They look beautiful.
31:37She specifically wanted butcher block
31:39but no bar top overhang.
31:42I needed some natural wood in that kitchen.
31:45It's so nice to add some warmth in a craftsman house.
31:48Love it.
31:50That lattice looks so good.
31:52It adds more craftsman elements that it needed.
31:55They bought this house because they want it
31:57to feel like a craftsman,
31:59but they also like kind of coastal colors.
32:01We got to split the difference here.
32:03Typically, on a craftsman-style house,
32:05the lattice would have been painted,
32:07and they would have saved the natural wood colors
32:09for the door.
32:10But because we don't have a natural wood door,
32:12we're going to have to split the difference.
32:14You couldn't fit a hair between those gaps.
32:17It's pretty tight.
32:19It is pretty tight.
32:26They're here.
32:28What's here?
32:29They are here.
32:31The real deal.
32:33We're going to have to do something
32:35about this.
32:36We're going to have to do something
32:38about this.
32:39We're going to have to do something
32:41about this.
32:43The real thing.
32:45Mary Englebright's tile is here.
32:48I've had one sample tile
32:50that I could color-match everything to,
32:52but to see the full pattern layout
32:54is so exciting.
32:55It's an interesting tile.
32:57It is.
32:58It creates a star in the middle.
33:00I like the colors.
33:01You picked that intentionally?
33:03I got the tile, and then I matched.
33:05It's going to look nice.
33:07Front door color, too.
33:08There you go.
33:09See?
33:10Very nice.
33:11We'll give you one
33:12even farther than that,
33:13and we got that diamond pattern
33:14out there in the latticework.
33:15That's true.
33:16Where will the pattern start?
33:18What is your plan?
33:19We're going to try to get
33:20this diamond right dead center,
33:22maybe.
33:23I love it,
33:24because Miss Kathy
33:25really loves wallpaper
33:26and wanted to do that,
33:27and this is going to act
33:28almost like wallpaper.
33:29You do realize
33:30it's Friday, though, right?
33:32This is like a Wednesday job.
33:35When I start something like this
33:37and it's Friday,
33:38you know me,
33:39I'm going to work
33:40through the weekends.
33:41I'm through with it.
33:42Starting on a Friday
33:43means you're going to be
33:44working Saturday,
33:45maybe Sunday,
33:46which don't leave
33:47a whole lot of time
33:48for wind therapy.
33:49It does not.
33:50David has three modes
33:51of transportation,
33:52a work truck,
33:53a convertible,
33:54and a motorcycle.
33:55On the weekends,
33:56he needs that wind therapy.
33:57I got a brand new
33:58chance in life
33:59And I know
34:00just where to start
34:01I got a brand new
34:02chance in life
34:03And I know
34:04just where to start
34:05I got a brand new
34:06chance in life
34:07And I know
34:08just where to start
34:09I found a piece of paradise
34:14Alright, two foot,
34:15attention!
34:19Most important thing
34:20about being a good apprentice
34:21is holding the light right.
34:23I'm,
34:24he's the flashlight man.
34:25That seems like
34:26more your qualifications.
34:27No.
34:28You've obviously
34:29never held a flashlight
34:30and it's showing.
34:31Holding the flashlight
34:32on the correct thing
34:33is a learned skill.
34:35You went to the
34:36Wayne Napier School
34:37of Flashlight
34:38I said to hold it
34:39on the alternator.
34:40I thought that was
34:41the alternator, daddy.
34:42Oh good,
34:43great,
34:44how's this?
34:45Yeah,
34:46that don't work right.
34:47Gas log companies,
34:48y'all need to do
34:49a better job
34:50of mapping out
34:51what you do
34:52with the gas logs.
34:53No pictures.
34:54You got three plumbers
34:55trying to figure it out.
34:56You didn't play
34:57with Lincoln logs
34:58growing up
34:59and it's showing.
35:05I feel like
35:06the whole house
35:07is done,
35:08like this is
35:09the final touches.
35:10We can start
35:11moving furniture in.
35:12Yeah.
35:13Miss you.
35:17This house
35:18is a craftsman
35:19but the colors
35:20that she loves
35:21lean,
35:22coastal.
35:23And so this has
35:24been all about us
35:25taking those colors
35:26that she loves
35:27and working it
35:28into this craftsman style
35:29which has a lot
35:30of earth tones
35:31and spice colors.
35:32That balance
35:33of cool and warmth
35:34is so good.
35:35All of that's
35:36represented in
35:37the tile that
35:38Mary made.
35:39The tile in the
35:40kitchen is unreal.
35:41It feels very
35:42much like
35:43the wallpaper
35:44wish that Kathy
35:45had for the house.
35:46It feels so textured
35:47and rich
35:48in the kitchen.
35:49Ben built a
35:50hall tree
35:51which is nice
35:52because it creates
35:53a little separation
35:54for the entry
35:55and it's a nice place
35:56to hang a jacket
35:57but the spicy color
35:58of mahogany
35:59feels so right
36:00in a craftsman house.
36:01Miss Kathy has
36:02her mother's hutch.
36:03Her mother passed
36:04pretty recently
36:05and this piece
36:06is really important
36:07to her.
36:08I love it
36:09in the pantry.
36:10It's unexpected
36:11and it makes
36:12sense there.
36:13I hope what
36:14we've done
36:15is taken the stress
36:16off of them
36:17and what they had
36:18planned to do
36:19for this house
36:20so they can just
36:21enjoy it.
36:22Well Will
36:23you'll be happy to know
36:24it's not a dump
36:25anymore.
36:26Welcome to
36:27the Turner house.
36:28Holy cow.
36:29Wow.
36:30Oh my goodness.
36:31It's beautiful.
36:33You like it?
36:34Yes.
36:35Oh my god.
36:36That's amazing.
36:37I love it.
36:38Better than
36:39I imagined it.
36:40Really?
36:41Yeah.
36:42Wow.
36:43It does not look
36:44like the same house.
36:45No.
36:46You don't even know.
36:47Yes.
36:48I know you like
36:49these more coastal colors
36:50so finding that
36:51right balance
36:52of it's a little bit blue
36:53it's a little bit green.
36:54Oh my god.
36:55It looks so cozy.
36:56It looks so good.
36:57It's beautiful.
36:58I love it.
36:59I love it.
37:00I love it.
37:01I love it.
37:02It's so cozy.
37:03It looks so welcoming.
37:04Not a dump anymore
37:05that's for sure.
37:06Not a dump.
37:07My favorite thing
37:08is the piece
37:09that Ben built.
37:10I didn't build that.
37:11Will and I
37:12built that.
37:13Had some assistance.
37:14Did you build that?
37:15Will helped me
37:16build that.
37:17Oh I think you
37:18have a new career.
37:19It looks like
37:20it's always been there.
37:21Tons of landscaping
37:22had to happen.
37:23Right.
37:24It looks
37:25totally great.
37:26Any rot repair
37:27was done.
37:28A new light
37:29and ceiling fan
37:30on the front porch.
37:31What do you think
37:32about that front door?
37:33Beautiful.
37:34Spicy.
37:35Do you want to
37:36go see the inside?
37:37Go see it.
37:38Yeah.
37:39Definitely.
37:40Yeah.
37:41Definitely.
37:42Alright let's go.
37:43Oh wow.
37:44Look at this.
37:45Oh my god.
37:46Wow.
37:47What do you think?
37:48I love it.
37:49The color is awesome.
37:50It's a craftsman
37:51kind of honey color.
37:52I love it.
37:53Oh my gosh
37:54this room
37:55looks so much bigger.
37:56I know.
37:57It's crazy.
37:58We really
37:59leaned into
38:00the asymmetry here.
38:01Yes.
38:02But it works.
38:03It does.
38:04I'm going to take
38:05my coat off.
38:06Oh.
38:07Oh.
38:08Oh I love that.
38:09Oh my goodness.
38:10That is awesome.
38:11Oh my gosh.
38:12You built that
38:13Ben didn't you?
38:14No.
38:15Oh this
38:16this whole thing
38:17solid mahogany.
38:18Oh my gosh.
38:19Wow.
38:20It's Scotsman.
38:21Beautiful.
38:22We were trying
38:23to do something
38:24that would feel
38:25like it gives you
38:26a little foyer.
38:27It's a good spot
38:28It's gorgeous.
38:29I love everything.
38:30Wow.
38:31Nice job.
38:32Thanks man.
38:33Nice job.
38:35And the ceiling
38:36is not what was there.
38:37Yeah.
38:38It's not sagging either.
38:39No it's not.
38:40Is it?
38:41Look at the fireplace.
38:42Oh my gosh.
38:43When it's the coldest
38:44months this room
38:45is going to be so good.
38:46It's so nice.
38:47And your floors.
38:48Oh.
38:49Oh.
38:50Oh there's such
38:51a better color.
38:52Well it's just clear.
38:53We stripped
38:54the old stain off.
38:55It's gorgeous.
38:56Come see
38:57the dining room.
38:58Oh the dining room.
38:59Oh look at this.
39:00And this is
39:01your spiciness
39:02on the ceiling.
39:03It's beautiful.
39:04This is the very
39:05intimate cozy room
39:06in the heart
39:07of the house.
39:08I love it.
39:09And before there was
39:10tongue and groove
39:11wood up there.
39:12Yes.
39:13Which I know
39:14you were hopeful
39:15to keep but we found
39:16so many problems.
39:17I bet yeah.
39:18The joists were wrong.
39:19Everything was wrong.
39:20There was a chimney
39:21stack in your attic
39:22barely propped up.
39:23Wow.
39:24It's gone now.
39:25It won't fall on you
39:26but I really need you
39:27to see the kitchen
39:28because it's awesome.
39:29Oh my god.
39:30Cathy.
39:31Oh my gosh.
39:32Beautiful.
39:33That's Mary Englebright.
39:34Yes.
39:35Oh my god.
39:36We have a story for you.
39:37Stop.
39:38Wait.
39:39Why do you
39:40why do you know that?
39:41No.
39:42Because we met
39:43Adam Trest.
39:44We've been talking
39:45to Adam Trest.
39:46And he was talking
39:47about his
39:48house.
39:49Oh my god.
39:50We have a story
39:51for you.
39:52Stop.
39:53Wait.
39:54Why do you
39:55know that?
39:56Because he was talking
39:57about how Mary Englebright
39:58wanted to know
39:59where he manufactured
40:00his tile
40:01and they're putting
40:02tile in one of the
40:03houses they're working
40:04in right now.
40:05What?
40:06It's
40:07oh my god.
40:08It's gorgeous.
40:09You know,
40:10Mary Englebright
40:11always does this
40:12like checkerboard pattern.
40:13Yeah,
40:14this checkerboard thing.
40:15And your front walkway
40:16is checkerboard pattern.
40:17I see.
40:18Yeah.
40:19I want you to believe
40:20that I did this on purpose
40:21but I didn't.
40:22It just makes me happy.
40:23I love it.
40:24It looks so much better.
40:25And the vent hoods
40:26and the open shelving.
40:27All the colors
40:28in the house
40:29really come from
40:30the tile.
40:31It does.
40:32Oh, and our
40:33wooden floors
40:34in the kitchen.
40:35There are some pieces
40:36that have been patched in.
40:37It's character.
40:38Yeah.
40:39The house is a hundred
40:40years old.
40:41It has to show some.
40:42You specifically
40:43wanted butcher block.
40:44We did.
40:45Beautiful.
40:46This is red oak.
40:47Maiden Laurel countertops.
40:48Maiden Laurel made
40:49just a few blocks
40:50right down this road.
40:51It's perfect.
40:52The angle is gone
40:54You nailed that
40:55and this is so much better.
40:56You nailed this kitchen.
40:57Oh, yeah.
40:58I cannot believe
40:59what I'm looking at.
41:00And you totally forgot
41:01about the secret pantry.
41:02Oh, the secret pantry.
41:03That's right.
41:04Oh, my gosh.
41:05Check it out.
41:06Open it up.
41:07It looks like a cabinet.
41:08Open it up.
41:09Oh, my God.
41:10Open it up.
41:11Oh.
41:12Oh, my God.
41:13Look at the floor.
41:14Look at that.
41:15Oh, my God.
41:16Oh, my God.
41:17Oh, there it is.
41:18Oh, my God.
41:19Oh, my God.
41:20Oh, my God.
41:21Oh, my God.
41:22Oh, my God.
41:23Look at that.
41:24You have no idea
41:25how important this is to me.
41:26Thank you so much.
41:27I knew it was your mom's, right?
41:28This is my mom's.
41:29Yeah, it was in my house
41:30growing up.
41:31Oh, my God.
41:32Thank you so much.
41:33She would be so excited.
41:34This pantry
41:35is more than a pantry.
41:36It should feel
41:37like a really special place.
41:38Yes.
41:39It is pretty secret.
41:40I didn't even notice it.
41:41Yeah, it's pretty secret.
41:42It's pretty secret back here.
41:43Oh, my gosh.
41:44It's beautiful.
41:45You guys absolutely
41:46nailed it.
41:47Oh, my God.
41:48Oh, my God.
41:49Oh, my God.
41:50Oh, my God.
41:51Oh, my God.
41:52It's beautiful.
41:53You guys absolutely
41:54nailed it back here.
41:55I think this is the best
41:56pantry we've ever done.
41:57Well, thank you so much.
41:58You're welcome.
41:59I love it.
42:00Wow.
42:01I want you to come
42:02see your bedroom.
42:03Made a bold choice in there.
42:04Okay.
42:05Oh, my God.
42:06Oh, holy cow.
42:07I love it.
42:08You do?
42:09I do.
42:10Yes.
42:11I knew it.
42:12I do.
42:13You hated the living room color.
42:14This isn't the living room
42:15color, though.
42:16It's not.
42:17No, this is what
42:18a bedroom should be.
42:19It feels very cozy in here.
42:20I love it.
42:21It's very relaxing.
42:22Serene.
42:23Yes.
42:24Well, Will, how'd we do?
42:25Expectations were here.
42:26You guys went way and above.
42:27I mean, it went from
42:28the dump to something
42:29that I couldn't even imagine.
42:30I knew that you had
42:31this idea in your mind's eye.
42:32I didn't want to mess it up.
42:33You didn't.
42:34Thank you for trusting us
42:35to do it.
42:36Thank you for putting up
42:37with us.
42:38We could have never
42:39done this.
42:40Well, you did do something.
42:41You demoed it for us.
42:42Yeah.
42:43And then you gave us
42:44$100,000 to finish the project.
42:45Even with those
42:46joints, it's still
42:47$100,000.
42:48Yeah.
42:49It's still $100,000.
42:50And even with those
42:51joist repairs
42:52and the chimney removal,
42:53we were able to save
42:54in some other places
42:55and keep the budget
42:56at $100,000
42:57for the renovation.
42:58It looks like
42:59more than $100,000.
43:00I think so.
43:01Mm-hmm.
43:02It's a perfect house
43:03to start
43:04our next chapter
43:05in lower earth.