Good Bones (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Tiny House Turns Into a Bohemian Bungalow - 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 bath tub!

...deserves a second chance.

Holy God.
This smells awful.

Because underneath
all that mess,

we might find
some really good bones.

Go get it.

Oh, Ted.
Oh, Ted.

Brought you some caffeine.

Oh, perfect.
Thank you very much.

You're just
a drunk baby cow.

Whoa!

Come on.
Go inside so Mom can do work.



Come on.
come on, Ted.

Everybody in.

What are we doing today?

Going to check out
the house.

Oh, Sanders?
Mm-hmm.

Beautiful.

We're headed
to Sanders right now.

Yes.

Sanders is a great street.

About a year ago,
this gentleman reached out to me

and said he had a couple houses
on Sanders,

would I maybe be interested
in one of them?

But I don't think
he was quite ready yet.

And then I got a call
from his Realtor, saying,

"Hey, I'm gonna be
listing these for Steve.

He wanted me to check with you
first to see if you want them."

And I said... That was nice of him.

..."Yes, we do."

Then it stressed me
a little bit,

'cause we paid $30,000...Yeah.

...and we haven't ever paid
more than $7,000

for a house
in Bates-Hendricks.

I think the biggest benefit
to buying in Bates-Hendricks,

it's the whole
pioneer mentality.

Bates-Hendricks is where
Fountain Square was

four-ish years ago,
so people who buy now,

you're gonna get
a lot of bang for your buck.

Hopefully
it was a good decision.

It may not be
a money-making decision.

It was still
a good decision.

We're not gonna have to do
nearly as much to this.

- No.
- At least on the outside.

Siding can stay,
trim can stay.

- The roof looks okay.
- Roof looks okay.

The front door
is amazing.

It's the only house that
anything has ever really stayed.

We've never kept siding.

No, this is exciting. Never.

This is just crazy cute.

Yep, it's got corbels
all the way down.

This, not so much.

I bet we can get
Ryan to fix this.

This front door
is just insane.

Yes.

Ta-da!

Uh-oh.

You pulled
the doorknob off!

- I didn't--
- Karen!

Sorry.

Just so much cool stuff
that we don't ever get.

First of all, the floor.

Yeah, this is
the first floor

we're gonna be able
to salvage.

And the trim is beautiful,
and it's all here.

And I'm actually okay with
painting this,

because this is just pine.

The ceilings are so high.

I mean, these have got to be
10 feet, right?

This is amazing.

Oh.
I am not a fan at all
of that tile color,

but I appreciate

that a lot of people
probably are.

- And we won't touch it.
- Well, it's intact.

Right?
Yeah.

Oooh!
Aaah!

I just-- it's just
a spider web.

What?!
I'm sorry.

So, we just make this decorative.

Like, put some candles.

Yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

Oh, look. There's a little
heart under there.

But do we paint this
or leave it?

No, leave this.

It's in good shape.

And this--
this is beautiful.

You don't paint wood
like this.

Looks like tiger.

Look, Mina!

That's really pretty.

This is gonna need
a little bit of work.

Yeah.

All right. And we'll need to
figure out some doors on there.

So, slow down
just a second.

Just...

I got this.

She goes too fast for me.

Like, I'm still back going,
"Ooh, look at this."

And she's three rooms ahead
of me going,

"Blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah!"

I'm like, "You talk too fast.
You got to come back here."

But that's part
of her genius.

And my charm.

So, this is gonna be
a bedroom.

- Mm-hmm.
- Are we keeping those doors?

I say we just frost those
French doors and leave that.

So, this, I think, is pretty
obviously the dining room.

Oh, God!
I didn't even notice that.

- Look at that.
- I forgot that was there.

But we can
paint this white, too.

'Cause, see, like that trim,
it doesn't even match.

And that's fine.

Do you see where it's, like,
just bulging cracks?

So there was probably
water damage there.

I don't know if it's
water damage or something else.

My guess is this kitchen
is an addition.

Probably.
Kitchen?

- Go to the kitchen, yeah.
- Okay.

Look at that light fixture.

We definitely got
some water damage.

That looks like ectoplasm.

But I love
the high ceilings.

I love the high cabinets.

You could have a dance party
in that kitchen.

We're usually working with
small spaces

that we have to make efficient,

'cause we usually don't have
wiggle room.

This is lovely.

This is gonna be
a very charming butler's pantry

when we're done with it.

What the heck is this?

It's funny, right?

We've got
the full bathroom here,

which is kind of odd.

Full bathroom
right off the kitchen.

But, so we take this space

and turn this into
a half bath,

'cause that makes sense off
the kitchen, and a laundry room.

Let's go check out upstairs.

Okay.

Super tiny little staircase.

It is narrow.

Do you think there's a way
we can make this not as narrow?

I think the biggest issue
with this house

is figuring out
the staircase.

It's so skinny.

And if we're gonna make
a master suite upstairs,

we need to be able
to get things up the stairs.

This is awesome.

This is our master suite.

- Absolutely.
- This is amazing up here.

There's so much space.

Oh, Mina.
You know what I just found?

There's crazy wallpaper.

Love it.

This is probably
not finished.

Like, originally,
this just existed.

This was a door to storage.

And then someone came in,
threw a carpet down,

put some sheets of 4x8 up.

Right. Exactly.

Oh, Mina!

What?

Look.

What is that?

What is that?

Mina! Mina, Mina.
You have to see this.

What is that?

This is a wall lamp,
and it sits over the molding.

This would be beautiful
in this house.

But I don't think
it goes here.

I just think
it's a little too ornamental.

But if you clean it up
and it's awesome and it works

where we want it...

'Cause think about it.
I--

You won. You won.

It's okay.

She bugs me and bugs me
and bugs me

until we do something that
I wouldn't have done,

and it turns out
to be really cool.

There's gonna be a sitting room,
a huge master suite,

tons of closet space,
full bath.

Beautiful.

And then, if we can,

put some
French doors over here

to a deck
on the back of the house.

Well, let's go outside... And take a look.

...take a look at
the shed roof from outside

and see
what we can figure out.

So, this is the thing.

We're gonna spend
I don't know what

to take this entire roof off,
make it a flat roof,

and then put a deck
on top of it.

So we have to talk
to Lenny about that.

Yeah.

So, Sanders is charming.

I feel like Sanders
is broken-down charming.

It's got all this charm,
but it hasn't been maintained.

The detail in this house
is amazing,

so we clearly won't be
taking it down to the studs

like we usually do.

In the kitchen, I'd really like
to do upper and lower cabinets

in different colors,
and maybe include some

glass fronts just
on a few accent cabinets,

add a fun backsplash,

and do some really cool
tile floors.

Behind the French doors,

we can have a bedroom
with an adjoining full bath.

And we can turn that upstairs
into a huge master suite

with a bathroom tucked under
that sloping roof line.

So, we need to make sure we make
smart money decisions here,

because in Bates-Hendricks,
this is by far

the most expensive house
we've bought.

We got the house
for $30,000.

I think we can do all
the renovations for $120,000.

So that puts us all-in
around $150,000.

I think we could safely
sell it for $200,000.

So, $50,000 minus fees
and interest.

Hopefully we have around
$30,000 profit margin.

And that's okay. Yeah.

All right, well,
let's talk to Lenny

about numbers
and figure it out.

Let's go.

Just the two prices I want to
know are whatever we need to do

to fix the roof and not have
a deck versus the deck number.

Lenny is definitely
our point person

when it comes to construction
for all of our projects,

and helps us
crunch the numbers.

So, this is
fixing the roof.

$3,769.

Okay. So, to fix the roof
is $3,700.

To add fancy French doors,
flat roof, deck, is $10,000.

Okay. Now we need to figure out
the staircase number.

'Cause the issue is
getting furniture upstairs.

So now you want
steps out here?

Yeah, our vision for
the upstairs of the house

is this awesome,
insane master suite.

But the staircase
leading up to it is so tiny,

there's no way we can get
anything awesome up it.

So outside stairs.
Problem solved.

$1,000 for the steps.

$1,000?!

I'll give you $300.

And a high five.

$400.

$400. Done.
And a dog.

All right. Got it.

Today, Mina and I
are gonna go to her office,

and we're gonna talk about

the preliminary floor plan
for Sanders.

Which is a little bit trickier
than some of our other ones,

because it's not getting
torn down to the studs.

'Cause we usually come in
and just tear everything out.

But this house-- well,
the whole first floor

of the house is pretty much
staying put.

So, this is Sanders.

- Okay.
- This is kind of as-is.

Right when you walk in, this
space will be our grand entry.

And from there,
you can look straight through

into the dining room.

Then, in the other direction,

the room with the fireplace
stays our living room.

And then through
the French doors,

we've got a nice
en suite guest room.

We leave this door here so
there's access from a bedroom.

But this corner closet,
we kind of take out.

And now that we've created
a full bath on the first floor,

the one that's
off the kitchen

we can knock down
to a half bath.

So, get rid of the tub/shower,
get rid of the sink,

and then just do
a nice big vanity

under this window, and then
put our toilet over here.

All right.
So, kitchen.

So, if we go with your plan
and get rid of this window,

close this off here,
it gives us way more wall space,

so this whole thing
is counter.

Yeah.
I think that's a good idea.

So, are we good down here,

and we can move up
the second floor?

Okay.
I'm good.

The second floor
is a little...

We have a little more
free rein up there.

There's so much space.

So, upstairs, we're gonna
get rid of all these walls.

This is kind of
all gonna go.

And this is all gonna be
one big space.

And this whole space
over here

is now our, like,
giant bathroom space.

And our washer and dryers in
our bathroom space with a door.

Yeah.
Okay.

Over here
on the back of the house,

where the two windows
used to be,

our new two big French doors,
and then out here

is our giant,
new, incredible deck.

And we're gonna have stairs
coming down right here.

Super-long and super-wide.

All right.
Take your pens back.

And then we'll get going.

- All right. Let's roll.
- Perfect.

Hey, boys!
What's up?!

Today is demo day one
at Sanders!

Oh, wow.
She's a little wound up for me.

I haven't finished
my coffee.

All right.
Day one at Sanders for demo.

This is gonna be a little bit
different, guys.

This isn't bust through walls,
run through like a tornado.

This is a finesse job.

Most of this house
is staying intact.

It's got a lot of charm,
a lot of character.

We're gonna try
to salvage it.

If you go through siding,
you are on my crap list,

and you probably
won't be invited back.

And I've developed an affection
for all of you,

so I don't want
that to happen.

Well, you know, Karen,

we feel pretty affectionate
about you, too.

Tad's my little brother,
and he heads up our demo crew.

And he is all stupid demo.

Loves breaking stuff.

Finesse.

- Finesse.
- Finesse.

- All right. Let's go.
- Okay.

All right, let's do it.

Let's go break some stuff!

It is absolutely harder
to do a meticulous demo.

You've seen our demo crew, right?

They just basically
walk through buildings.

They don't have, like,
a gentle touch.

Yeah, they don't have
a finesse speed.

I would start here,
work your way down.

And this is the first time
we've really done demo this way,

so we'll see
how it shakes out today.

I like demo day because
we get the layers off,

and I can see
what we're working with.

I think for you it's more like,
"The house is so pretty now!

It's getting happy."
Right?

Yeah, and there might be treasures.

I promise that
when I'm done with this

and it goes
in the house somewhere,

that someone is gonna be
really, really happy.

Was it worth it?

Absolutely.

Come on, Minnie Mouse!

I mean, I've got decent
upper-body strength,

but the overhead
is a little tricky.

Working for Mina
is like the most fun I have.

I get to work with my
best friend, which is my sister.

Honestly, best friend.

This is where
a brother comes in.

See? And I understand sometimes
finesse is better,

but sometimes...

You just got to kick.

You're ridiculous.

You mean in a good way, though.
I'm productively ridiculous.

It's like when a pig
gets to roll in mud.

It's pretty dirty back
here, huh?

- Ah!
- Boys are gonna come back up,

we're gonna have
a whole wall down.

I know.

The section of the house
the guys are on right now

doesn't require the most finesse
work, but as we move on,

it's gonna be,
like, the real test.

So far,
the guys are doing well.

We knocked out this room
pretty quick, actually.

Yeah.

I don't think
anything's come up

that we weren't expecting
so far.

- No.
- But we also are just
on the second floor.

We're not messing with any
of the plaster and lath yet.

And I feel like,

when's the other shoe
gonna drop, right?

Tad! Are you okay?

No, I'm not.
That hurt a lot.

What happened?

Tad! Are you okay?

Oooh.
What happened?

No, I just got shocked
by this thing.

I was told it was dead.
Is it not dead?

Are you okay?

No, I'm not.
That hurt a lot.

I just-- I'd never been shocked
to that degree before,

so it was a little bit,
just, shocking.

It, like, slammed me into
the side of the roof.

Why would you touch
the weatherhead?

'Cause I was told
it was dead.

Why didn't anybody tell me
that this still has electricity?

I was told this is dead.

The line's dead,
but there's--

only from the meter
into the house.

Okay?

You okay?

Yeah, I just-- just-- mm.

Just take a minute.

You can go back to work, though?

Yeah. I got it. Okay.

So, I almost have
layer 1 off of 500.

I'm getting nowhere.
I'm sitting here in the corner.

I'm making no progress.

This is plaster on top of
the five layers.

Like, in this whole crease.

These people!

Ruining my life!

No, it's coming right off.
You're fine.

None of this
is coming right off.

So, we know this is annoying,
but-- pfft!

We do it right, okay?

Big things to do today are get
all the freaking wallpaper off,

or at least as much as we can.

We've got lots of layers.

Mina, we could be here
for a month taking this off.

Yeah. That's why people hate wallpaper.

I know.

This is my personal hell.

I'm literally from head to toe,
like, dripping in sweat.

And we're maybe halfway done
with that room.

Ugh! This is like literally
the worst job.

It's a good
upper-body workout.

It is.
It is.

That's good.

We're both gonna fit
in our prom dresses.

'Cause, clearly,
I'm not brawny enough.

So, right now,
I'm really annoyed at our house

for luring us in.

She's definitely turning out
to be a high-maintenance girl.

Yes. I think when we're done,
and the walls are beautiful,

we're gonna be
really proud of ourselves.

So, we've got this going on.

I'll show you the bathroom.

So, down to just the lath.

We do have a big, nice
wrought-iron tub,

which may not go in this house,

but we'll save it
for another one, probably.

Upstairs,
super close to being done.

So, now you can kind of start
to get a feel

for this awesome master suite.

All in all,
not bad for two days' work.

Now on to day three.

- What's up, guys?
- How are you doing?

- Hey.
- Good.

Look at how this room looks
without wallpaper.

But it looks good, Tad.

It does.
It looks really good.

The wallpaper scraping
is going very slowly,

but that's just
wallpaper scraping.

Thank you
for all the hard work.

Like, it looks like
it's almost done,

but there's probably
a solid four more hours

of scraping in here.

This is all gutted?

This is all gutted.

We saved the trim, right?

Uh...

Yeah, it's supposed to be
in the butler's pantry, right?

Um... no.

Um... so, the trim
that was supposed to get saved

and put in
the butler's pantry...

Did not get saved.

I was not down here.

I just, um, don't really
have much to say about that.

For more
behind-the-scenes footage

of our home renovations...

And all the treasures
we find--

lamp, a ladder, geodes, windows...

Those are you treasures,
not mine.

This is all gutted?

This is all gutted.

So, the trim that was
supposed to get saved

and put in
the butler's pantry...

Did not get saved.

I was not down here.

- It got thrown away?
- It got thrown away.

Don't really have
much to say about that.

Tad definitely
doesn't like to tell us

when things have gone wrong.

Poor little Tad.

I think he's feeling
a little bit bad

because he disappointed us.

- Hold on, Tad.
- Wait, this door's going, right?

Yeah.
So we're gonna have
some extra trim.

We'll just have to
do some digging.

I've never, ever looked
for that style of trim,

so honestly I have no idea

how much of a challenge
it's gonna be.

No idea.

Everything up here
is in ship shape.

Um, what about, like, there's
still all the nails in there?

Bunch of staples,
so get those up.

So, there's some detail work,
but it looks awesome.

Like, you can actually
see everything now.

This floor's
gonna look awesome.

Yeah,
I think it will be cool.

We've gutted the kitchen,
gutted the bathroom,

and gutted the second floor.

And right now
we're at the part in the process

where we're starting
to frame everything back in.

Today I'm coming to meet Mom
to have a drink

and talk about
our design plan for Sanders.

What'd you bring me?

Tile samples.

I like that.

I like what's happening
here already.

Design-wise,
I would describe Sanders as...

It's like updated Victorian.

Right.
A nod to Victorian.

Nod.

A nod to Victorian,
but with a very contemporary,

livable feel.

Colors need to evoke
the Victorian period.

The facade is so small...

We can get away
with something bold?

Right.
I love a good peacock blue.

So, imagine that blue with...

Like a gray-brown?

Yeah.
I like that.

And then sort of
carry that soft...

Just, like, some nice,
soft colors inside?

Just like a barely blush.

Creamy color.

I think
especially this kitchen,

is gonna be
a little bit more challenging,

I think, to get
the old but with the new.

So what I'm thinking is a more
traditional kind of cabinet.

But maybe
doing it a two-tone.

So, like, a light-gray base
with a gray tile floor.

The two-tone makes it
a little bit more modern.

And then just tons
of awesome furniture

on the second-story deck.

So that when you open those
doors up, it's like, "Ta-da!"

Yeah.
Yeah. I'm with you.

It's gonna be
a really cool house.

I know.
Gonna be good.

Let's get to work.

No, let's finish our cocktails
then get to work.

So, the house is being
painted that peacock blue,

which gives it
a really bold look,

but it still has
a Victorian charm.

And you know what's gonna
make a huge difference?

Getting that French door
installed out to the deck.

All right, good job.

Piece of cake.
Good job, guys.

It's gonna look awesome
in there.

Did you have your caffeine
- this morning?
- No.

'Cause we got our work
cut out for us today.

Today
we're working on the deck

off of the master suite
at Sanders.

We've got
our French doors in.

We've got the new roof structure
above the kitchen

for the flat deck, which is
our big engineered beams,

the rubber membrane,
and today,

we're actually putting
the deck on with the railing.

It's gonna be amazing.

Dibs on the nail gun.

Straight up, Tad.

Straight up.

113, please.

I feel like this could be

our new flagship house
with this deck.

Like, people are gonna look at
this and they're gonna go,

"Wow, those girls really
kicked it up a notch for us.

It's huge, it's awesome,
and ultimately,

what it did was
make the house functional

for whoever ends up
buying it.

Today we're going to one of
our favorite antique stores

hoping to match the trim

that was accidentally tossed out
during demo.

There has to be
a matching piece in there.

Now you find it.
- You find it.

All right.

Well...

Nope.

None of those.

What's this?

Nope.

That's too big.
- No.

This one's...

- Close-ish, but no.
- Nope.

It's got an outie
instead of an innie.

And it's all wrong.

We've probably seen 40 different
versions of rosettes,

and not one matches what's in
this house, which is ridiculous.

That's wrong, that's wrong.
Are you kidding me?

- No.
- That's wrong, that's wrong.

We've probably seen 40 different
versions of rosettes,

and not one matches
what's in this house.

Well,
you know what I can do?

What?

I can make
a latex mold of this,

and then I can make
plaster medallions.

I can do this.

I'm dubious, but it feels like
it's our only option.

So, 15 rosettes for me.

That's not
nearly enough fun.

'Cause who doesn't love
to mold their own trim?

We've got a few things
going on at Sanders.

We're taking down
the garage in the back,

and we're getting
the deck railing painted.

So it's coming along
slowly but surely.

Windows? Are we supposed
to have windows?

We're supposed to.

We have windows!
- Yay, windows.

Oh, these are awesome!

Hey!
- Hey, what's up?

- When did these come?
- Last night.

- We're installing these today.
- Yes.

I'm really excited about this--
okay, let's get our gloves
and our glasses.

This one, we're taking out
the existing old wood windows

and putting replacement
ones in.

Oh... no-- this way?
All right.

All right, let's go--
go in even.

It's really tight.

There you go, nice.

Look how pretty that is!

We are kind of fearless.

We think we can do anything.

You got it,
or do you need help?

- I need help.
- Okay.

Hang on one second,
I'll come help you.

It's stuck at the bottom.

All right, just tilt it down.

The hardest part was
getting the old windows out.

Once the opening was clean,
putting that new window in

takes three minutes.

Done-- once this is
all caulked and painted white,

it's gonna be so pretty.

Sanders is probably
72% of the way done.

The floors need to be
sanded and refinished.

We need a kitchen.

And a bathroom and a half bath
and drywall.

Yeah.
And we need insulation.

- Ay-yi-yi.
- Yeah, see?

42%. Final answer.

We have windows
and we have a deck.

That's what we've got.

At Sanders, we wanted
the upper cabinets

to have glass, but they were
a special-order item

that was gonna take 12 weeks--
we don't have 12 weeks.

So, taking all our cabinets
this morning to give

our Sanders kitchen
a little extra pop.

This panel,
- Mmhm.

this is what's
comin' out, right?

Correct, we're gonna remove
this interior panel,

- Okay.
- Set it up and cut

and install glass.
- Gotcha, I'm excited.

Would you like to look
at some glass samples?

- Yeah, definitely.
- Let's go.

- I like the seedy.
- The seedy's very popular.

Great texture.

I think this one is gonna fit
best with the style.

That's a great choice.

What's our timeframe then?

Uh, from start to finish,
about 48 hours.

- Perfect, perfect.
- Great.

- Thank you so much, sir.
- Oh, you're most welcome.

What's going on in here?

Hi. Remember that lamp
we found at Sanders?

I've never seen
a lamp like this before.

I just think it's cool.

But it's really broken.

But you're gonna fix it, right?

So, yeah,
it's a project.

You know my molding,
how I like to make molds?

- Mm-hmm.
- This one was broken off.

So I made a mold of it.

And then it goes on
that empty spot?

Yeah.

Calling it
my Frankenstein lamp

because it doesn't have
enough parts left to it

to be a whole lamp again,

so I'm gonna have to
borrow parts from other lamps

to make it
a whole lamp again.

So, this was originally
a chandelier.
Mm-hmm.

These curves are just right
to make a new base.

This is
the pièce de résistance.

It goes right on top
instead of a light fixture.

When I find something in a house
that I can repurpose,

that makes me happy.

It just needs to dry,
and then I'll flip it over,

I'll paint this little piece
that we put on,

and then this can just
sit on the top.

This is gonna look awesome
in Sanders.

I think it turned out cool.

Feel like
these little found objects

are kind of a metaphor
for the larger house.

So, if I can bring them
back to life,

it's just like bringing
the whole house back to life.

At Sanders, most of the work
on the main floor is cosmetic,

so we've been moving through it
really quickly.

The kitchen cabinets
are in,

we're putting in
a countertop,

and trim on the back deck.

And I'm meeting with Ryan
to talk to him about

the front porch railing

that currently is in
terrible condition

and was ugly
the day it was made.

This is the top cap.
It looks like a pipe fitting.

- Yeah.
- And then there's a ball here.

But you've got other issues
going on.

It's this.

He's gonna make me
a beautiful new railing

that doesn't have wood scraps
and metal scraps and whatever,

and we'll rebuild the concrete

so that when we put
the railing on, it's all sturdy.

So,
what are you thinking?

Well, I sent you the pictures
of the corbels on the front.

Yeah.
These crenellations
in the siding.

These were things
that exist here

that it would make sense
if they were repeated.

The corbels, I can put those
- in the railing here.
- Okay.

But I really like
the squares in the door. Yes.

If we mimic something like
a tic-tac-toe board

in the actual rail itself.

- Okay.
- But I'll do some sketches.

What he's done for us
in the past, I have loved,

so I'm excited
and I'm looking forward to

seeing what he does for me now.

Can I just say this?

I just feel like
Sanders has stalled.

I am genuinely concerned

about our drywall situation
at Sanders.

Sanders is not on track.

There's just huge gaps everywhere.

It's like the mudders came in
and did

just the very easiest parts that
they could reach like this,

and they left
everything else.

We have on the second floor
all these crazy angles.

It's a big job for the drywall
hangers and the mudders.

And no one
will mud the house.

Talk to Lenny.

Why do all the mudders
hate the house?

It's like
it's too hard for them.

They don't want to do it.

Everybody that comes in there,

they're telling me
three to four weeks.

What?! We can't wait
three to four weeks.

The house is supposed to be
on the market in three weeks.

Hello.

Why do all the mudders
hate the house?

Everybody that comes in there,

they're telling me
three to four weeks.

What?! We can't wait
three to four weeks.

The house is supposed to be
on the market in three weeks.

We can't have that because
the house is on the market

and we need to have it sold
in three weeks,

not mudded in three weeks.

So,
you're gonna find some dudes

and tell them to buck up
and get it done?

I got it taken care of.

I will get it dealt with.

All right.
Thanks, Lenny.

I have faith in Lenny that
he will try to take care of it.

I have no faith in all of
the drywall mudders in Indiana.

They're all being
a bunch of wussies.

Good morning.

What are you doing
over here?

This is my mold.

- For the rosettes for Sanders?
- Yeah.

Tad threw a bunch of trim away,
including all our rosettes.

But I knew if I make
a little latex mold

and I pour plaster in it,

I can make rosettes that look
exactly like the old rosettes.

So, I had a little
rosette manufacturing facility

in my kitchen for a while.

See these little marks?

Is it air bubbles?

Yeah, it's air bubbles
'cause I didn't do that.

You got to shake it
to get the air bubbles out.

So, how long does this
have to sit in that mold?

15 minutes tops.

I counted and I have 16,

so I think we're in
pretty good shape,

but I will make sure
they're all the same depth,

and I'll clean up, like,
this side is a little messy.

And you're going to
tutor Leonard

on how to install them
without breaking?

- Construction adhesive.
- Construction? Okay.

Mm-hmm.

All right, well,
this looks good.

- All right.
- Good job.

- Good problem solving.
- So excited about...

We are at Sanders,
and it's kind of the final push,

so there's a lot going on.

We've got painters, people
working on our landscaping,

the flooring's going down upstairs,

the electricians are here.

All kinds of stuff
going on.

And finally, the drywall's done,
which is awesome.

It looks amazing.

And these are yours
that you made.

- Yeah.
- And they look really good.

They came out really well.

We got deck stain down.

I'm happy with it.

- Yeah.
- We're making progress.

So, Ryan is installing
our brand-new railing,

and it looks awesome.

I love that he was able to
take some of the style elements

of the house
and work them into the design.

Right now, we're pretty much
in the home stretch,

and next up is gonna be
bringing furniture in to stage.

Think this house is going to be
a fun monster to stage.

- It's big.
- It's big.

And then we're gonna go
right into this room.

Lovely.
Thank you.

I think we've known
from the beginning

that Sanders is a very elegant
Victorian lady.

And I think that's how
we should stage her.

That's just going in there--
the coffee table.

It shouldn't be perfect.

Should be really lovely
and elegant,

but there should be
some elements that let you know,

"I'm real.
I'm not perfect.

I've had some challenges
in life."

And we've all had that.

I don't even know-- I feel
like this is going crazy.

This is like a therapy session
for our little Victorian house.

I mean, but she has.

She's had some challenges
in life, right?

So, she needs to feel pretty,
but she needs to be real.

This is just the cutest
little headboard ever.

I don't know how much help
I can be,

but if you can get your arm
out-- there you go.

There we go.

So, the color palette we used
to decorate Sanders

is very neutral.

There's nothing when you
walk into any room

that hits you in the face.

It's all shades of
beiges and blush,

and everything's very calm.

And if you look at
some of the other details

we've staged her with,
you see a lot of curves,

which are very elegant
and sort of opulent.

Everything just sort of
drips with elegance,

but it's not overdone.

It's Victorian, but not,
like, a garish Victorian.

You won't look anywhere and
think, "Ooh, that's too much."

- That looks good.
- Yeah.

The couple that we bought
this house from

is coming back
to see the house.

When was the last time
you guys saw this house?

Oh, wow.
That is awesome.

That's awesome.

- Are you crying already?
- It looks amazing.

The couple that we bought
this house on Sanders from

is coming back to see the house
for the first time

since the renovation's
been complete.

They know
better than anybody

what kind of condition the house
was in when we bought it,

so I can't wait to see
their reaction to the house now.

Lisa is the wife,
and this was her father's house.

My dad grew up next door,

but he purchased the home when
the original owner passed away,

and I
spent my childhood here.

Mina convinced them that
we really do love this house,

so that's why
they sold the house to us.

I just loved coming here.

I knew it'd mean a lot
to her father.

Take him back
to good places

and memories with dinners
with Mrs. Schleicher.

So, showing it to them
is gonna be huge.

All right.

When was the last time
you guys saw this house?

- Closing in May.
- In May?

- Pretty much.
- Guess you should look and see.

Oh, wow.
That is awesome.

That's awesome.

- Are you crying already?
- It looks amazing.

- It looks happy. I mean--
- Yeah.

Do you see the new handrail
up there

that matches the front door?
- Oh, my gosh.

Amazing.

You saved the front door.

You guys ready to see
the inside then?

- We are ready.
- Absolutely.

- We are ready.
- Come on.

Oh.

- Is she gonna cry again?
- This is awesome.

I love it.
- It is amazing.

And I don't know
if you remember,

but this opening
didn't have doors on it.

It was just an archway.
- It was the archway, yes.

So, we did this to match
the existing French doors.

We should go take a look.

Oh, my.

Now, that's what
it should look like.

I love the colors.

It's just so homey.

So, we found this lamp
hidden up in a closet.

Do you remember this?

- I do.
- I remember this lamp.

That is amazing.

Nobody golds leaf like this anymore.

I didn't want to
mess with it,

so I just cleaned it
really well.

You are a true talent.
That is beautiful.

I want to show you guys
the new bedroom and bathroom.

So, this bedroom just got
a little facelift.

It looks great.

Is that a separate piece?

That actually was the wall
backing to the closet upstairs.

It's like art in that room.

All of the colors
in the wallpaper

are the colors
throughout the house.

But it just kind of
looks like it fits,

like it's a piece of art,
doesn't it?

I know.
I love it.

Come on in here.

If you remember,
this was the whole bathroom.

That was the bathroom.

And now this is
just the throne room,

so we've just got the toilet
hidden around the corner.

We took the corner closet out,
made room for a double vanity.

Did a nice walk-in shower.

It's gorgeous.
I love it.

Let's go back
to the dining room.

Oh.

I'm so glad it's intact.

We kept
all the original hardware.

She's crying again.
- I can just see--

I mean, having dinners in here
with Mr. Schleicher.

We've retained
all of its elegance,

but I think we've made it
a little homey maybe?

It is, because it was
so dark before,

and now it's just modern,
yet classic.

And one of the huge challenges
was these rosettes.

We looked everywhere
to try to find matching ones,

and we could not.

So Mom
made a mold and then...

Manufactured new rosettes
out of plaster.

New rosettes.

And now I challenge you
to figure out

which rosette in that house
is wood and which one's plaster.

I think if you hit it
with a hammer,

you can figure it out,
but don't do that.

I know you can see
little corners of the kitchen.

Let's go.
- We're gonna go in the kitchen.

- Let's go.
- All right.

And you'll see what we've done
in the kitchen.

Oh, wow.

- I don't even know what to say.
- Do you need CPR?

'Cause the ceiling
was falling down.

- Yep.
- Mm-hmm.

One thing that was good,
the ceiling height

we kept and repaired,

and then it's got
all the character

of an old Victorian kitchen,

but the functionality
of a kitchen today.

Timeless. That's what
we're going for-- timeless.

And those cabinets
are perfect.

Oh, no way!

Geez.

That master suite,
the exposed beams, the brick.

That is a great space.

And then over here, you've kind
of got your little sitting area.

Look how cool that is.

You look at that spot and
it couldn't be done any better.

It says, "Come linger here."

Okay, we have one last
big reveal for you.

This way.
Through the French doors.

So, we had a leaky roof

and we built a giant deck
to fix it.

Oh, my.

The other thing this fixes

is now we have this
four-foot-wide staircase

that you can carry anything up

that you need to carry up
to put in the bedroom.

- This is amazing.
- It's amazing.

And the backyard.
- Great party space.

Great.
- Oh, yeah.

This turned out so well.

I just, like, want to step back
and take it all in.

It was the perfect decision
to sell to Karen and Mina,

and they've done wonders.

I'm so glad
you guys like it.

- Yeah.
- It really does mean a lot.

It means--
you'll never know.

You'll never know.

Just good to see it
on this side.

We know.
We know.

Sanders is so pretty,

and we're making a difference
in this neighborhood,

and we're just starting.

This is like our flagship,

and so I think it's important
that we do a good job

and we set a standard.

We bought this house
for $30,000.

Since a few setbacks put us
a little bit over budget,

that brought the renovation
total to $180,000.

So, our total investment
on Sanders is $210,000.

We had it on the market
for $229,000,

and luckily, we were able to
get buyers under contract

for the full asking price.

Sometimes we don't make
a lot of money on a house.

That happens,
and that's okay

because we're making a
difference in the neighborhood,

and because we're making
that difference,

because we're honoring
the neighbors,

the money will come.