Good Bones (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - Mom and Daughter Duo Renovate Neighborhoods One House at a Time - full transcript

I'm Mina,
and this is my mom, Karen.

And we're renovating Indianapolis,

one house at a time.

Every rotten,
nasty house that we see...

- Oh!
- Holy moly.

...we try and buy.

Then with a little vision... And a lot of hard work...

...we create beautiful homes
for our neighbors.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Wow.

I don't want to build
crappy houses for my neighbors.

I just don't.



- Are you crying already?
- It looks amazing.

Every tragic house...

There's the bathtub!

...deserves a second chance.

Holy God.
This smells awful.

Because underneath
all that mess,

we might find
some really good bones.

Hey!
Hey, little girl!

What are you doing?

Don't you want to go
for a ride

out to the country today?

Okay, let me head back home,
like, clean up.

Give me like 15 minutes?

Do you want me to just
give you a ride?



You know you don't want
to finish this run.

Okay.

I'll take the lazy way out today.

We're stepping out
of Fountain Square

for a new client
in Mooresville, Indiana.

Karen and Mike live about
30 minutes outside of Indy,

and it sounds like their house
on Country Club Road

needs a pretty good-sized
renovation.

I'm kind of excited
that we're leaving the Square

a little bit, you know?

We're going out to the country,
gonna see some trees.

Well, I think it provides
an opportunity to maybe do

a little bit different
design plan,

'cause in the city,
it's just different design.

Yep.

And I think we're gonna have

more opportunity in Mooresville,

which is, eh,
35 minutes outside of downtown.

Yep.

As we do more and more houses
in Fountain Square,

people are starting to notice
the work that we do.

And sometimes we get calls
from homeowners

like Mike and Karen who want us
to help with their renovations,

even way out
in the country.

You like working
with homeowners.

I like it.

It's definitely challenging
in a lot of respects,

more so than what we
regularly do,

because other people's opinions
don't really matter,

'cause it's not their money.
It's not their house.

Grounds are really pretty.

Yeah, they have a big lot.

I mean...

It's so vanilla.

Yeah. Little bit.

It's just all--
it's very vanilla.

Mm-hmm.

So hopefully
they'll let us add

a little richer brown
up there.

Mm-hmm.

The landscaping beds
are beautiful, though.

Yeah.

- Hi!
- Hi! How are you?

Good. How are you?

Hi. Karen.

Mike.

Nice to meet you.

My name is Mike.
This is my wife, Karen.

We love the location.
We just don't like the house.

We love being out here
in the woods,

3 1/2 acres,
by ourselves.

It needs a lot of work.
It's old, dated.

Just gut the whole thing.

Come on in.

Oh, I love the ceilings.

It's a great space.

So, we walk into
the main room of the house,

which I would call
a great room.

It's got a peaked
cathedral ceiling,

there's a huge fireplace
in the middle of the wall,

which is gorgeous
natural stone

with a roughhewn
cedar mantel.

But it's too many different
colors, textures,

patterns all in one space

that you can't really focus
and appreciate on anything.

Okay, so,
why don't you guys start

by telling us what you want.

Just something different.
To open it up.

We can do that. Done.
All right. Let's go.

Get out of here!
We got "different" in mind.

Well, we have a 14-year-old
daughter that is with us,

but we have a total of five kids
and five grandkids.

So you got a posse?

So we have a very big crowd
here for the holidays

and for birthdays and...

So this is where
everyone lands.

This is it. So when we
have everybody over here

for the holidays,
it's a tight fit.

Yeah.

We have no space for--
to eat,

so we're in the living room
with tables.

So tell me a little bit
what you're thinking about.

Just trying to open up
the space.

And we have
all this beautiful property,

and we can't see it
out the portholes.

Oh. So we need
a little more of a view?

Yes.

There's little portholes.
You're like, "What's--

I think there's something
pretty out there."

Mike,
you haven't said boo.

Yeah.

- What do you want, Mike?
- Yeah.

I hate the texture
on the walls.

Okay.

Don't like
the popcorn ceiling

and canned lighting
in the ceiling.

Okay.

You know, just open it up
so we can see,

because we literally
can't see out the back

with these portholes.

Is there anything in
the living room that you love?

Love the fireplace.

- It's gorgeous.
- I love this.

- This mantel is awesome.
- That's my favorite.

It's clear that we're gonna
need to open this room up.

Removing
these two small portal windows

and adding in sliding glass
doors will bring in

way more light and give them
a spectacular view.

What about your kitchen? How
do you feel about the kitchen?

- Hate it.
- You hate it. Take me in there.

He didn't even have to take
a beat for that "hate it."

Take me in there,
show me what you hate.

I feel like the kitchen
is a lot like the living room.

There's a lot
of different textures.

There's the tin tile
on the back.

There's the patterned laminate
that looks like granite.

There's the textured cabinets.

There's textured ceilings.

There's
big old fluorescent light

that is really not flattering.

Tile floor.

And they're all fighting
with each other.

I don't even come in here to do
the dishes if she's in here.

That's his excuse.

If she wants me to do
the dishes, she has to leave.

Yes, you can't.

Because we're bumping into
each other, and...

Right.

What is it about your kitchen
that you do like?

Nothing.

Uh, nothing.

Crickets.

Nothing.

Okay. So, you don't like
your cabinets.

- No.
- Okay.

Don't like the countertop,
don't like the floor.

Okay.

Don't like the ceiling.

Okay.

The light.

So, you like your pantry?

- No.
- No.

Nothing. Okay.

Just melon-ball
the whole thing out.

Yes!

Okay. All right.

My inclination would be
to push this out.

If this is your only
dining option,

it kind of limits us to what
we can do in the kitchen.

Have you got a space that we
could use for more dining?

We have a spare room that...

Lead the way.

This is the spare room that
we don't usually use that much.

This would really make sense
as a dining room

'cause you've got this window
off your front entryway.

And then sitting at
your dining-room table,

you'll be able to see into
your living room,

into your kitchen.

It'll all just be
one big space.

And then you can see outside.

And outside.

That'd be great.

So, when you walk
in the front door,

the guest bedroom to the right,

we're going to remove the walls

and turn into
a formal dining room.

And then wall between
the hallway and the living room

will come down completely
so the dining room

and the hallway
and the living room space

will all be nice, big,
open-concept area now.

With the new dining room
in the front of the house,

we'll remove
the sliding glass doors,

pull the kitchen
into the old dining room

to stretch it out a bit.

We'll throw in new cabinets,

new countertops,

and build a new door
for the pantry.

Easy peasy!

I can see a little
tiny view of the outside,

but I'd kind of like to
see what's out there.

Well, let's go.

Oh, this is nice.

So, I think you could keep
this deck.

This chunk over here
we'd probably need to pull out.

On the back of the house,

we'll rebuild the deck
to accommodate

the new sliding glass doors
flanking the fireplace.

Let's go back inside
and talk some more. Okay.

When we walked up
from the outside,

the first thing I thought is,
this stone has so much texture,

and the wood
has so much texture,

but the paint has made it
all kind of vanilla.

So if we did a really nice,
rich, dark, espresso siding,

then the color of the house is
this really light, creamy gray.

And then do something midrange
for the porch.

Oh, that'd be great.

So that gives you a little more
visual interest.

All right, so,
down to brass tacks.

What's your budget
and what's your time?

We were hoping for...

All right, so,
down to brass tacks.

What's your budget
and what's your time frame?

We were hoping for

$35,000 to $45,000.

Okay.

If possible.

Timeframe-- as soon as
you can start work.

How long can we kick you out of
your home for is the big thing?

Yeah, you don't want to be here
while we do this.

Power's off, water's off.

You don't want to live
in this mess.

- Especially with a child.
- Yes.

We have some events coming up
in four or five weeks,

so we would like to be in
by then.

Okay.

It definitely sounds doable,

so your guys' jobs is to
pack your bags and get on out.

Get out.

That's great.
Thank you so much!

Thank you, guys.

Thank you.

We need help,

and we're excited to turn
the keys over to them

and let them go with it.

I really like that space.

I do, too.
I like the high ceilings.

I think once we get rid
of a few walls,

open it up a little bit...

I think they're
gonna love it.

I do, too.
Well, let's get to work.

Today,
we're at Mina's office,

and we're going to figure out
the design plan

for the Angles' house
in the country.

So, we got the entryway
right now, this hallway,

and it's very dark.

Right.

And then you can take a right
and go to this bedroom,

take a left,
go to the living room,

and then there's a step up here
into a little eating area,

and then a tiny kitchen.

The kitchen really isn't
functional for them.

It's too compact,
not laid out very well.

And they just really want more
public space for their family

to be able to gather in
kind of an open-concept area.

So this is all open.

Right.

No doorway here anymore.

Take out the wall
between the hallway.

This is now dining.

So when you walk in
the front door,

we're gonna blow out
all the walls to the right,

the walls to the left.

To your right, we'll have
this awesome dining room.

To the left, we'll have
a huge living room.

And where they used to have

their seating area
in the kitchen,

we're gonna be able to take
their kitchen and stretch it out

about 5 or 6 feet longer
to give them more space

and more functional space
in the kitchen.

And then, another way
to save space in here

is to take out
the pantry door

and give them a really cool
sliding barn door.

And we're gonna give them
a 100-foot view

by flanking the fireplace...

You don't want this?

No.
I want to make them pink.

With new sliding glass doors.

So now we have this awesome
fireplace in the middle,

flanked
by sliding glass doors.

Get rid of the side door.

And now you've created not just
your 20-foot view inside,

but you can see
all the way through

to their amazing backyard.

And that space will be
really great,

because we can reconfigure
their deck so it stretches out

along the back of the house
and gives them

lots of additional outdoor space
where they can entertain.

Way more open.

Mike and Karen
can dance there now.

They can dance if they want.

All right, I think we've got
the floor plan all figured out,

and now it's just time
to get to work.

It's just Tad and Austin
out front.

Not the usual posse.

Just the two of them,

so looks like it's just
a party of four today.

What are you doing?

Opening your door
like a good gentleman.

You're so funny.

Good morning,
good morning.

Good morning.

This is not
our ordinary demo.

Because we're doing a homeowner
renovation this time,

the demo
is a little less intense.

We need to use
a little more finesse,

and we have a much smaller crew
today, which is fine,

'cause we don't need 10 guys
on this demo job.

All right, three rooms.

- Bedroom...
- Bedroom.

...living room, kitchen.

Kitchen. Yeah, okay.

Flooring...

Yes.

- ...trim...
- Yes.

- ...not fireplace.
- Not fireplace.

Why are you yelling
at me?

Yeah,
you're kind of yelling.

You're just, like, saying things
really loudly at us.

It's good. You got
good energy, though.

Are you understanding me?

Do you have any problems
with me?

- No.
- No, exactly.

No problems over here.
What's wrong with this team?

I don't know.

Our team versus that team?
Is that what this is?

We're gonna send you guys away,

and we're just gonna do this,
'cause we-- yeah.

I don't know. I think Mina
and I would get more done

than Karen and Austin would.

Oh. You know what? We're gonna
divide every room in half

and see exactly
what happens.

I got spirit, yes, I do.
I got spirit. How about you?!

He didn't do it!

So, in high school,
believe it or not,

Tad was on the football team
and the cheerleading squad.

No joke.

Hey, burrito!

Hey, burrito.

Hey, hey, burrito!

Hey, hey, burrito.

Mmm, yeah, burrito, yeah.

All right, everyone,
we just--

We need to get to work.

Get to work.

Did I get that screw out?
Oh, look at that.

You're crazy!

Me?

Come on.

Wha-ha!

Yeah! There you go!

All right, guys.

There was a lot of trash talk
earlier, so let's see.

Now that we've got most
of the trim off these two walls,

Tad and I on this wall.

The rules is take the drywall
down as fast as you can.

Don't go through
the outside wall.

Mina had this idea
that we pair off

and have a contest,
and everybody's in on that.

- All right.
- Everyone ready?

Ready positions.

He's touching the wall.

Tad, don't touch the wall.
Mom's touching the wall, too.

Why you guys cannot
follow direction?

I'm just-- I'm ready.

Ready, set... go!

Oh, gosh, there's
a lot of insulation!

Austin, you go high.
I can't reach.

Austin's tall.
He did the tall stuff.

I'm short.
I did the short stuff.

Seemed like a no-brainer.

I don't know how
we're gonna get higher.

Tad and I are not tall.

We'll get it.

Aah!

Watch out, watch out.
Just watch out.

It was really tricky
to get up high.

So because Tad and I didn't have
enough height to get to the top,

we decided to use
those skills that he learned

in his cheerleading days
and have me stand on his hands.

Whoop! Slow down.

My cheerleading skills
come along so well in demo.

- Yeah!
- Tad!

Today, we're at Country Club,

and we had a little
drywall tearing off contest.

I don't think it would be
beneficial to have competitions

for every piece of demo we do

because caution is the first
thing to go out the window.

- Yeah!
- My legs are going really wide!

- We're done.
- Whoo!

I think we're done.

Hey. Done.

Hey.

Out, done.

Where you guys at?

We were so close!

You guys aren't even close.

We were so close!

Austin and I,
we murdered them.

We did. We creamed them,
slammed them.

You did not.
You won by one piece of drywall.

So, we win.
Losers clean.

Oh. Oh.

That's not very
team-player-like.

Later.

No.

So, mom and I actually
had a few hours

where there wasn't some pressing
matter we had to deal with,

so we went for a stroll
on the canal downtown,

which is huge and awesome.

They have Segway tours

and paddle-boat things
you can take on the canal.

And it was interesting
to have a different
perspective on the canal.

Yeah.
I saw things
I've never seen before.

Our floor plan isn't really
complicated for Country Club,

so we need to spend
a lot of time thinking about

design in this space.

We can't just have
a nice Saturday off.

I'm trying to decompress.

It's just-- it's really
helpful to me

when I have a theme
to work with,

whether it's an idea
or an object.

See that green right there?

Yeah.

Okay. There's a lot
of good colors there.

When we think about
those colors,

it kind of makes me think
about the homeowners.

Mike's a Marine,
so if you became a Marine,

maybe it's because
you like the water.

Maybe.

My idea for this house
is coastal lodge.

- Okay.
- What do you think?

So, those things
that can all inform

the rest of our decisions,

if that's the direction
we're gonna head with it.

Okay. I like that.
I like the feel of that.

All right.

Now that we have
the demo done

and we have our floor plan
all figured out,

the work starts,

and the first step is removing
the textured walls and ceiling

to see how bad
it actually is.

I thought we could
knock down the peaks,

spray it with some water,
and then scrape it.

We were both kind of dubious
that the texture

was gonna come off, so we
need to figure out early on,

is this actually doable,

or do we need to go back
to the homeowners and say,

"We really just need
more money

'cause we need
to re-drywall it."

Did you find water, Mina?

Yeah.

It's not like a sprayer.

It's gonna take a while
to soak in.

It's just a whole lot of--
whole lot of wall.

It's like mountains
on the wall.

It's not like
regular texture.

They're huge.

This isn't bad.

You're doing a great job with
that tool.

I think that's a really--
I'm really happy with that tool.

Yeah,
but do you see how much...

So we've got that section,
that section, and this section.

That triangle
and then all of this.

Yep.

I think it's doable.

It looks like
it's gonna be doable,

just with a lot
of elbow grease.

They're gonna walk into their
house, and they're gonna go...

"Oh, my gosh!"

That's the goal.

"How did you do this?"

And we'll be like,
"It was nothing.

It was nothing."

Just hours and hours
and hours of scraping.

We are at
Country Club today

installing
the sliding glass doors

that are going to flank
the fireplace.

But first we have to
clear out the landscaping,

remove the old deck.

Meanwhile, inside,

mom's tearing out
the old insulation,

which exposed a problem
that we were not prepared for.

Ooh, we got some
termite damage, Mina.

All the way down here.

Ew. It's not pretty.
This is not good.

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Ooh, we got some
termite damage, Mina.

All the way down here.
This is all termite.

This right here.

Ew. It's not pretty.
This is not good.

When we opened up the drywall
on the wall

that we're gonna take out to
put in the sliding glass door,

I found evidence
of a lot of termite activity,

which surprised me
on a house

that's relatively new construction.

It's a good thing
we opened up the wall.

And what's interesting
is it seems to come

all the way down here.

This--
this is all termite.

You know what this is from?

Dirt being up against
the outside of the house.

Gave the termites access.

It's a good thing we're
taking these out, Mina.

We had to take
the whole wall down,

and to fit the new doors in,

I think we have to take
the exterior stone off

all the way down to grade.

So, do you want me
to start breaking that stone up,

is my question?

This is gonna be above it.

The door?

Yes,
it's is gonna be above it.

I do not believe
that is true.

Are you sure?

Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

Have you measured?

I don't have to.
I can tell by eyeing it.

But I will measure it.

Where are we going?
How many inches?

Oh, you are right,
ain't you?

Of course I am, Lonnie.

When will everybody just learn
that I'm right?!

Golly!

All right,
I will never question you again.

To fit the doors in, we have to
take the stone off the facade.

So let the sledgehammering begin.

All right.
Are we ready?

Let's get out
of her way.

Yeah, get out of my way.

Let's see what we can do.

Oh.

You know, what might be easier
is hitting it from inside.

Got to rip these studs
here out.

The living room
at Mike and Karen's
before was really dark.

They only had these
tiny little porthole windows

that you could look into
their backyard through,

and once we tear out
those walls

and put in these giant
sliding glass doors,

not only is it gonna let
so much more light in,

but they'll actually have
a view

of their really nice
backyard now.

It's gonna make
a huge difference.

Yay!

Oh, this is gonna look
so awesome.

Beautiful.

It's amazing how
the second that dropped

how much more light
came into the space.

And then once
these two walls are out,

there's gonna be
tons of light

all the way over into
the dining room.

Once the other ones open up,
it's gonna be beautiful.

Yeah.

Mike and Karen are gonna love
their new open-concept layout

with these amazing
new doors.

Now we just got to get
the other one cut out.

This is gonna be a huge change
for this space.

It's been fun.

I like your shoes, Mina.

Thanks!

This is the part you could call
the eye of the storm,

because everything looks
really bad right now.

The kitchen's a gutted mess,
and we put in two new doors,

so we have to patch
where the old sliding door was

and then put new siding
on the outside.

Inside, we're ripping out that
old Romeo and Juliet balcony,

which means the drywallers are
gonna have to patch that hole

and then skim coat
the whole thing.

Today,
we're at Mina's office,

and we're talking about the
design plan for Country Club.

So, you know I travel
with strange things.

You know that.

My idea for this house
is coastal lodge.

If we can pull
some of the colors out of here,

like some
of the really earthy tones

that are in other things
that are near the coast,

like a really sort of
driftwoody color floor.

And then there's some beautiful
blues and grays in these shells.

I think this would be
a good starting point.

Yeah.

You know, peaceful, waterfront,

sort of beachy colors
without making it seashore.

I did talk to Karen
a little bit about cabinets,

and she seemed to have
her heart set on cherry.

So this floor sample,

which actually looks
a lot like these two,

I think is gonna be
the best option to tie in

the cherryish brown.

I think it works.

Yeah.

One of the challenges
with cherry cabinets

is having other colors
that go with them

and don't fight with them.

So I think our granite needs to
be sort of like sandy colored.

Beigey, cream,

with some brown specks,
some green specks...

Right.

...just to keep it
all neutral. Yep.

We're gonna have
a lot of beautiful wood tones

playing off of one another
in the kitchen,

so I still really like the idea
of putting them all together

in a sliding barn door.

Mm-hmm.

We could build this.

Why is it "we"?
Why is it always "we"?

We can do this.

Go build a barn door.
Go crazy.

Well, then, everything on
the front of the house is here.

So the stone gets to keep
its color, which is that,

like,
creamy beige stone color.

And then I think,
in the house,

we just come down a little bit
darker on the wheel here.

So let's go with an even
lighter blue inside.

Okay.

So that when we move in,
it's like-- it's all blue sky.

It's just blue skies
and sunshine from here on out.

So, I think now that we're
doing all these design elements,

we're gonna be able to
give them the house

that actually reflects
their personality,

their taste,
and who they are.

I think it's gonna turn out
really well.

Demo is done.

And this is where we start
to put the house back together.

The old insulation
is being thrown out,

and new insulation
is going in.

The house is getting wired.

The new drywall is going up
in the kitchen.

And once the drywall is up,

I'm going to install the new
cherrywood kitchen cabinets.

Are cabinets gonna cover
all of this? No.

No, they're not.
It'll stop back here.

So, this drywall-- yeah.
And the bar stops right here,

so we're gonna have
smooth drywall

and then textured drywall.

Yes.

I thought the texture was
coming off of all the walls.

It's a slightly frustrating day

because all the texture's
not off the walls,

and although
I've been assured

that it will get skim-coated,
it isn't.

So I think what
we should definitely do

is take these
two little pieces of drywall off

and put full sheets
up here.

Sounds good.

So, the order
in which things are done

when we do a reno
is really important,

and when something
gets out of order,

it pushes
everything else back.

We're finishing up the drywall

to have the wall ready
to put the cabinets on,

and I figure I ought to go
eyeball these cabinets.

It seems logical, 'cause
they're coming in the house,

and they're getting installed.

That's not right.
That's broken.

Oh.

Houston,
we have a problem.

That's not right.
That's broken.

Oh.

It's a slightly
frustrating day

because all the texture's
not off the walls,

and I go out and look
at the cabinets,

and the sink base
isn't really a cabinet.

There's no face frame on it
and there's no door.

Hey, Lonnie, these cabinets
are going in today, right?

Yes, they are.

Everything is timed.

So cabinets go in today,
template is tomorrow,

granite install
is two days after that.

The face frame is part
of what stabilizes it,

so it's really wonky.

Yes. And also,
I need it, too, to...

Adhere to
the other cabinets.

Yeah, I got to screw them
together. Yes.

All right.

I really need it to
set the cabinets.

So, can you install this cabinet
without the face frame on it?

Um...

No, I really
kind of need it.

What are we gonna do?

We're gonna wait.

Yeah, we're gonna wait.

We're gonna wait while
I call the manufacturer,

I order the new face frame,

and we have them overnight it
to us.

Like I said,
we're gonna wait.

While we wait, we do have
a project we can do,

so today,
we're at my house,

and we can build the barn door
for Mike and Karen.

Because the pantry door
is not gonna work

the way it was anymore.

'Cause it'll create a new
choke point that wouldn't work,

so a sliding barn door will make
the space much more efficient.

Exactly.

Do we want the boards
to go this way?

No, because then we're
gonna have cuts--

Stagger them.

Or, like, keep it to the basics
and kind of, like,

build something that
looks like a door.

Try to all line them up?
Just line them up?
Yeah.

I kind of like it with
the print on it, actually.

You do?

It's like a patchwork quilt
made out of wood.

Yeah.

I think the pallet door
is turning out cool.

We got
all these different sizes,

and some of the wood's,

like, more rough
and some of it's smooth,

and it's different colors.

And I think it's all
coming together really well.

I think we're
crushing it.

Look how perfect that is.

That is perfect.

- That's beautiful.
- Mark that bad boy.

Mike and Karen
are gonna love it.

This is a win, Karen.

This is a win.

Now that we've finished
the barn-door project,

we're headed out
to the country

to deal with those
broken cabinets.

We were missing
a piece of cabinet,

which is a very vital front.

I think it was
the sink-base front. Right.

I don't know why
it was missing,

but we got it overnighted,
and we got the cabinet front.

It's here,
it's installed.

Want you to step back
for a second.

Do you see--

We have a front to
a cabinet now.

Right, exactly.

It makes the cabinet work
when it has a front.

Good job on that.

So exciting.

The cabinets are complete.

Yay.

Now that we have
the cabinets in,

a laser template for the granite
is being created.

The windows are going in,

the walls are being prepped
for painting,

the deck is being built outside,

and I'm staining
the base molding.

It's all coming together.

I feel like we're going into
the Catacombs in Paris.

That bodes well,
'cause that was a great spot.

We're at the Harrison Art Center
in downtown Indy,

and we're gonna come see
if we can find something

for over the fireplace
at Country Club.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I'm Mina.

I'm Kyle.
I'm Karen.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

We're looking for a piece
for one of the houses

we're renovating,

and you just have
awesome stuff.

And I don't even really know
where to begin.

I love this, I love this.

These guys-- I love--
I love that.

But we need something of serious
scale, though, for this space.

'Cause the space
we're doing,

it's a huge stone fireplace
with a big, like,

raw piece of wood
as their mantel.

Oh, wow.

And so we want something
above it,

and this one has a lot of the
colors on the wall that we have.

The theme for the furnishings
is sort of coastal lodge.

Well, this is
definitely coastal.

- I know.
- It doesn't get more coastal.

Do you want to look
at those over there?

And then I start to scan
the room, and there's too much.

There's so much texture.

There's so many different shapes
and colors.

It's what you would imagine
a very creative,

artistic studio
to look like.

That one's pretty.
I like that a lot.

I love the size and scale
of these,

but I think those colors
are so perfect.

Do we want the mermaid?

This one isn't sold yet?
This can be ours?

No, this is it.
This is it.

Do you think?

Yes. Absolutely.

The one on the easel

is the one that we should
put in Country Club.

That's what should happen.

Obviously, I don't want to
rush your process,

but the house we want
to put this in,

we've got a couple days.

I might fiddle
a little bit.

A little.

You could fiddle, and we could
come pick it up tomorrow?

- Totally. Mm-hmm.
- Take it from you?

He's gonna let it dry overnight,

we're gonna touch base
with him tomorrow,

and hopefully
come pick it up then.

I can't wait to see it
in the space.

We'll talk to you soon.

Awesome!
Thank you for coming by.

Thank you.

So, we got all kinds
of stuff happening today,

and our goal is to be ready for
the granite install tomorrow.

Painting is getting finished,

outside painting's
getting finished.

Cabinets are getting finished,

and what's next
is flooring is going down,

and appliances need to be
moved in.

Country Club is like one step
forward, two steps backward.

Good morning, sunshine.
What's up?

Are you gonna be here
in a few minutes?

We're making really good
progress in the kitchen,

so when the granite
people called, I thought,

"Great news! The granite's
ready to install."

Yeah.
That's what we thought.

Okay.

Are you gonna be here
in a few minutes?

Well,
that is why I'm calling.

We are here this morning,
doing all the work,

and it's approaching 10:00

when the granite's
supposed to be there,

and then we get a call
from Erin saying...

Okay.

Womp-womp.

It's not an option.

All right.
So what I'm gonna do

is I'm gonna get off
the phone,

and I'm gonna find
a countertop from someone else,

because our countertop
has to be here today.

That's what has to happen.

Tomorrow at the latest.
At the latest.

Don't sa--

Okay. I'm gonna go and see
what I can rearrange,

and I'm gonna give you guys
a call back.

Okay. 'Cause I'm gonna
send someone to buy

another countertop
right now.

And whoever gets here first
with a countertop wins.

All right.

- Thank you.
- Thanks.

Bye-bye.

Well,
I'm not gonna get mad.

I'm just gonna solve
the problem.

We're gonna make
a decision.

What will work instead
of what I picked?

Something in stock--

The problem is,
we have an island.

We can use butcher block.

We can use
the dark butcher block.

It'll look fine here.

And they have it in stock.

Let's give them an hour
to figure out the schedule,

and then we'll send someone
to get something else.

Okay.

Although I really like a
good blame storm,

it's not important
to lay it here.

Erin.

Erin called us back and said,
"Okay, we can't do it today.

We'll do it
tomorrow morning."

Yay! Countertop
tomorrow morning!

Boom!

Where's Mina?

Mina! Mina!

What are you doing?!

We need to jump up and down
and celebrate!

Yay, countertop!

Yay!

Ooh!

I want to do this to Erin.
I just want to go...

Aww.

Looks like the granite's here.

I see their truck.

When we pulled up,
our granite company is there,

parked around the corner,

and right as we walked
in the front door,

they were coming in the back

with the giant breakfast-bar
slab of amazingness.

Am I good?

We get unnecessarily excited

about stone countertops,
don't we?

They're just so pretty.

It's like a big piece
of jewelry.

Right.

And they do--
they make the kitchen.

You could have everything else
done in the kitchen,

and if you don't have
that beautiful piece of stone...

Pbht!

It ain't a kitchen.

It picks up all the colors.

It's got the red
of the cabinets.

Yeah. Just enough.

And you really wouldn't
have noticed that in it

if you didn't have the red
in the cabinets.

Mm-hmm.

On a regular basis,
as far as home rehabs go,

I feel like cabinets and granite
get all the glory.

They do.

Our rough-in guys,
no one's like, "Oh, my God,

that's the most beautiful
rough-in electrical job

I've ever seen.
You guys killed it.

You knocked it out
of the park."

"Look at those wires.
They're so straight. Mmm!"

That doesn't happen
terribly often.

So, really, the only thing left
to do is the trim on the floor,

finish the granite
and the sink install,

and then we're ready
for finishing touches.

Country Club is so close.

After today,
it really is cleaning

and then bringing all
of the furniture in to stage.

Mm-hmm.

We're in great shape
on this one.

Mm-hmm.

It's finishing-up day.

Right here under
this little thing.

We're putting the last couple
cute touches

and getting it ready
to show the homeowners.

So, let me show you something.

This is the side that you
would think goes up.

Uh-huh.

But the color and the texture
on this side...

It's prettier on that side.

It's perfect for this space,
so we're putting it upside down.

Upside down, got it.

I think, compared to our
other projects, this has been...

Like, it's been
a lovely little vacation.

It took just over three weeks
and turned out amazing and...

that's a win in my book,
at least.

I am super-content.

I think the homeowners
are gonna be amazed.

Don't peek in the windows.

I won't.

Are you guys ready?

Yes!

Oh, my gosh.
Oh... my... gosh.

So, now that the house

is all put back together
and beautiful and perfect,

it's time to bring
the homeowners back in

and show them
their new life.

I can't even wait
to show it to them.

They're gonna be
so happy.

I'm very excited to see

what they are gonna
come up with for us.

They had some great ideas.

Yeah.

And I'm looking forward

to seeing what the house
is gonna look like.

Keep your eyes shut.

Okay. So,
do you remember how vanilla

your house was before?

- Yes.
- Absolutely.

How the siding just perfectly
matched the stone?

Oh, yeah.

Which was lovely.
It was perfect, how it matched.

What would you have imagined

that we would have done to it
to change it?

Hopefully a different color.

Okay.

All right, on the count
of 3, open your eyes.

1, 2, 3.

Oh, my gosh!

Oh, wow.

That is gorgeous.

It gives it
a whole different look.

It does, doesn't it?

We wanted to give you
a little bit more contrast,

though, without being-- I mean,
you're out in the country.

You don't want a bright orange
or a bright red.

It isn't fitting.

So just enough contrast
where the stone

is differentiated
from the siding.

That is so much better.

I feel like I got
a little bit of the country

and a little bit
of the beach.

Yeah.

Yeah, exactly. Right?

And I love the beach.

All right, well,
the outside is pretty and all,

but the inside...

Yeah, we got to go inside.

Come on. We're going.

Let's go. Go.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, wow.

Oh... my... gosh.

It looks like a totally
different house.

Yeah.

I love the floor.

- All the walls are gone.
- Yeah.

There was a wall here
and a wall there.

And look how huge
your dining room is.

Oh, my--

Everything they had was
a bit oversized,

so even the bedroom furniture
that was in the bedroom

that's now the dining room
was oversized.

We've just kind of scaled it
a little more appropriately

to the space.

I love the painting, too.

Yeah.

Well, I like that you said
you liked the beach because,

like, that over there is salt
marsh, and if you turn around,

you have the ocean.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, wow.

There's so much more light

and so much more feeling
of lightness.

Before, this was all wall.

So we opened up
the whole wall,

extended the step
all the way over.

Oh, my gosh.
This is beautiful.

And now you have
all this open space.

That is a beautiful table.

I love the table.

Yeah.

That is gorgeous.

Oh, my--

And there's not a lick
of texture to be seen.

No,
and the ceilings look great.

I cannot believe how open
this is and bright.

Yeah.

I think the big thing
is the doors.

They bring in so much light.

I do, too.

It is amazing.

You guys want to
check out the kitchen?

- Oh, wow.
- Oh, my gosh.

I didn't even notice
the kitchen before.

There were a lot of problems
with the kitchen.

It was dark and it had bad
lighting, but his biggest--

Jumbly.

His biggest issue was, like,

the bottleneck, where you
had to go, like woop-woop!

And the fridge,
and it was kind of blocked,

and it was all tight.

And just by extending it
3 feet,

we've taken away
that problem for him.

Look at all the room
you have.

Plenty of room now.
We could dance right here.

So, that's for you.
And this is for you.

Mom pictured this
and executed it.

I helped screw
some screws in.

And this is a cool door.

Handmade.

You did a great job
on that.

Good. I'm glad that
you like it.

Do you want to go see
the new deck now?

Yes.

Wow!

There's a lot
of space out here.

Yeah.

Oh, wow.
This is gorgeous.

And that color.

So, it used to be
that this was the exit,

and you came out, and you had
a little bit of deck over here.

There was the benches here,
so we got rid of all that,

tore up this section
of old deck.

And now that you've got
the sliding glass doors,

we've increased your deck size
dramatically out here.

Giving, like, the feel
of even more space...

Yeah.

...by having the doors
and all the light.

I love it.
This is gorgeous.

And it's just
so pretty out here.

You guys have a really
nice property.

Thank you.

I mean, I'm definitely
a city girl,

but I can appreciate
every inch of this.

It's gorgeous.

Thank you guys so much for
letting us do this project.

It was really fun.

Thank you, guys. You did
an absolutely amazing job.

Beautiful.

I love everything.

We're so glad
you're happy.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

The Angles' budget
was around $42,000.

We ended up coming in
right around $28,000

with all the construction,
kind of end stuff.

We had about $10,000
on cabinets,

countertops,
design elements,

and then another few thousand
on that furniture for the home

and some landscaping.

So, we're gonna come in
right on budget for them.

I am blown away.

Definitely,
we'll be able to host

the big family get-togethers
with the layout now.

We can host the whole family,
and I'm excited about that.

Yeah, it's just great.
Looks really fantastic.