Good Bones (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Client Renovation Rescue - full transcript

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

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

And we're renovating Indianapolis

one house at a time.

Every rotten, nasty house
that we see...

Oh, I feel like
I got something.

...we try and buy.

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

...we create beautiful homes
for our neighbors.

All right!

This is our neighborhood,



and we want to see it
be the best it can be.

Oh, wow.
I love it.

Every tragic house...

Something that was
kind of creepy.

...deserves a second chance.

Ooh.

- It's purple.
- It's purple.

Because underneath
all that mess,

we might find
some really good bones.

No, no, no!

It could not be
a prettier day.

Gorgeous.

Our next project is in
a cute, historic neighborhood

of Indianapolis
called Fletcher Place.



I'm excited about
this new project.

Now we're in Fletcher
Place proper,

where all
the fancy people are

and all
the high-value houses.

Fletcher Place is
a very established

part of Indianapolis.

This project is literally just,
like, a hop,

skip and a jump
around the corner

from our favorite coffee shop,
our favorite restaurant,

and right by the cultural trail.
- Yeah.

So it could not be
a better location.

We're getting croissants.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

How are you?
- Good morning.

There's not gonna be
a low-carb diet

in our future
any time soon.

We need to up
our exercise.

Yeah.

Between the savory croissant,
the kouign...

Kouign-amann.

Kouign-amann,
which one should I get?

Don't mess up.
Pressure is on.

I would probably go
with the kouign-amann.

Okay.
I'll do that and a coffee.

I'll let you have
a bite of mine.

- Okay.
- All right.

- Thank you.
- Thank you very much, Charlie.

- Have a good day.
- You're welcome.

So this new project
is gonna be a fun one

because instead of our
typical renovation

of a home we purchase,

we actually have
a client this time.

So we're heading over
to check out

a homeowner, Andy's house.

Andy bought this historic
1910 duplex

with the hopes
of fixing it up himself.

Hoping to use it
as an income property.

His plan was to live on one side
and fix up the other.

And so
he finished the one side,

which was definitely
the easier side.

But with the other
half of the duplex,

the side he's handing off
to us, he started himself

and he's gotten himself
in a bit over his head.

He's calling
in the professionals.

Yeah.

So the Fletcher Place duplex
is a cute little purple house

where Andy
currently resides.

The side of the duplex
that we're fixing up

is the east side
of the duplex.

It's just over
1,000 square feet,

and it has one bedroom
and one bathroom.

The layout is pretty
straight-forward

on the side
we're renovating.

Half the duplex
already is gutted.

There's a big, open
living space.

There's a kitchen on the back
and a bathroom.

And on the second floor,

there's a bedroom
and a closet space.

What we're gonna try to do
is give him two bedroom,

at least two bath.

Oh, here.

- It's purple.
- So it's purple.

It's just a little sad
purple right now.

- Sad purple.
- You can make it happy again.

- It's adorable.
- I love the gingerbreading.

It's subtle but good.

Yeah.
Let's go take a look.

And there's a nice
crop of poison ivy.

You can barely get up
here with the bush.

Bushes are overgrown.

I was gonna say, I think
we should take those bushes out

because they want to grow
to be 40 feet tall.

So they'll be a problem
for any homeowner.

Yeah.
It's a cute porch.

- Oh, yeah.
- Hey, hey.

Hey, how are we doing?

Karen. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.
Come on in.

- Yeah.
- Let's check it out.

I bought this house
a couple of years ago,

and I decided that I was going
to make this my project.

When I first started
the project,

didn't own a hammer, saw,
but I'm an engineer,

so I thought
I could get it done.

Got about through the demo
and realized that I don't know

how to build a house.

- That's an important tidbit.
- Yeah, yeah.

You got nice high ceilings.

I need them.

Andy is tall.

Like, we snug right
under his armpit real nice.

All right. Well, give us
the first-floor tour.

All right. So...

I feel like this
is the living room.

This is the living room.

Walk over here, we got...

We have three
no-name rooms.

I feel like this is
the dining room.

So, yeah.

So there used to be
a wall right here,

and a wall
on the other side.

It didn't make much sense to me
to have three small rooms.

Three separate rooms.
People don't live that way.

Luckily you knew enough

to know that they
weren't load-bearing.

They're not?

Did you have to ask
someone about that,

or did you
just tear them out

and hope the house
didn't fall?

I'm an engineer, and I figured
it looked all right.

All right.

See the kitchen
in the back end.

Yeah.

That already doesn't
necessarily make sense to me.

Oh, look.

You can see yourself
when you're washing the dishes.

That's nice.

So this was probably
an addition at some point?

- I believe so.
- All right.

And then the only
full bathroom is in the...

Full bath.

That's the only one
in the house?

Yeah, so you have
to walk downstairs,

through the dining room,

through the kitchen
to the back of the house.

All right.
I've got some ideas.

I think if we relocate
the kitchen,

this could be
a master suite.

- Perfect.
- All right.

Let's go check out
the second floor.

All right.

So we need
to widen these a bit.

Yeah,
that's a little narrow.

- But this is good space.
- Yeah.

- You got nice high ceilings.
- And then you're...

So now you've got room
for your toilet,

walk-in shower
and vanity.

- Yeah.
- Well, I mean, heck.

You've done most
of our job.

Yeah.

This actually can
pretty much stay.

Yeah.
I like what you've done.

When I was doing
some of the demo, though,

I found something that was
I think kind of creepy.

And I left it right here.

Aah!

When I was doing some of
the demo, I found something

that was I think
kind of creepy.

And I left it right here.

- Aah!
- What?

Oh.

This creepy voodoo doll.

- That is totally...
- I just got chills.

I don't like that.

It's got a gris-gris bag.

I don't know what that means.

That's where you keep
your charms and your magic.

Can I hang onto this
for a little while?

- You know, it's all yours.
- Perfect.

Someone voodoo'd it.

Why would you put it
under the floor boards

if you hadn't
voodoo'd it?

Just don't be poking
it with needles.

I don't know if that's going
to affect me anyhow, so...

No.

I feel really good about maybe
going and checking out

the backyard now,
and not... Yeah, sure.

Get out
from the voodoo dolls.

For sure.

This is a cute
little yard.

I would just put a cute
little deck right here.

Yeah, I would have it come
around the corner of the door,

and this be deck
and this be grass.

Yeah.

I love to entertain,
have barbecues and have parties.

Hopefully they can do something
cool with what I got.

Uh, that looks like poison
ivy right there.

It's definitely
poison ivy.

There is a lovely
crop of poison ivy

growing in the backyard.

It's very lush
and beautiful and green

right this time of year.

I don't think Andy
necessarily has a green thumb.

I think that we can
handle that, though.

We'll get rid
of the poison ivy,

put something attractive
and size-appropriate there.

He'd gonna have
a great backyard.

- Awesome.
- You might need to replace

a little bit of siding,
but not much.

- Patch it and paint it.
- Yeah.

- Make my purple house pretty?
- Yeah.

Oh, it's gonna
be real pretty.

Do you want to
keep the purple?

Yeah, I'm totally
okay with that.

Yeah, I like how back here,
you can really tell

that there are at least two
different purples on this house.

Maybe three.
- Yeah.

- We can work with that.
- Yeah.

I'll start working
on some drawings,

but where are
you number-wise?

Like, what's your budget?

Probably, like,
$100,000.

In that range.
- Oh, we can work that.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Andy's budget is
pretty reasonable.

He said he doesn't
want to go over $100,000.

And I think we can
definitely make that work.

As long as you don't want,
like, gold-plated everything.

- No platinum, or...
- All right.

- No platinum, no plating.
- No platinum-plated.

I think our big challenges
here is that the kitchen

is completely
in the wrong place.

The landscaping needs
a lot of work.

And then upstairs,
there's an unfinished attic

that we're gonna turn
into our master suite.

All right.
Well, we'll start.

Do some plans,
get some numbers together.

Do some planning and we'll come
back to you with a floor plan

and design options
and then you'll just give us

all your money
and we'll fix your house.

Doing a renovation
for a homeowner

is a little bit tricky
because it's not our home,

our money,
all our decisions.

But that's something we have
to take into account

when we do these type
of renovations.

There's my boys.
There we go.

- Good morning, gentleman.
- Good morning.

- How is everyone doing?
- Fantastic.

Today is demo day
at our house

on Lexington Avenue.

It's not our house.
It's Andy's house.

- Whatever.
- It is.

While we're doing the project,
it's our house.

So this house, just be
a little more careful

because not all of the walls

on the first floor
are coming down.

So we'll have to walk
through and mark them.

I like smiley face for keep,
and "X" for go.

-"X" for go, okay.
- Yeah.

- Go on in.
- All right. Let's do it.

All right.
So, kitchen.

- Auspicious.
- It's good luck.

Kitchen is all coming out.

Aah!

This whole wall is out.

- This is all gone?
- Yup.

Whoo!

So, Andy got
some of the demo done.

I think
he thought it was done.

Andy was nowhere close
to being done with demo.

Even though the house is small,
it is plaster and lath,

and drywall
in some places.

So it's got twice as much
linear footage of demo

because
there's two layers.

This has been one of my dirtiest
demo days in a while.

I look like I came out
of a coal mine.

Can't really see
the tattoos that I have.

So we need to kick up
the energy.

Lenny, do you want to have

a little friendly
competition with Tad?

We need something
to perk us up.

What are we doing?

Like a good old
ceiling-ripping contest.

Yeah.

Lenny, you're gonna draw
a line on the ceiling.

And then Tad is gonna pick
which side is his side.

Ready? I guess go!
Tad went.

You're welcome.

I think it should
turn into teamwork.

It ended up being cooperation
rather than competition.

Because they both
got sick of it.

No, they both got stuck
on the wooden beadboard ceiling

and they had to cooperate.
- Yeah.

I can't do this.
It's ridiculous.

There's 10 layers.

Okay.
Everybody wins.

Overall, demo is
going really well.

It's productive,
it's been efficient.

We've had no injuries.

Yeah, no. You're good.
You can cut them.

Of course this was
before Lenny decided

to cut
some electrical lines

without turning off
the power first.

Hold that down right there.

He probably knows
better than me,

but it just seems
like a bad idea.

I don't like this.

- Got it?
- Yup.

Aah!

Overall, demo is
going really well.

It's productive,
it's been efficient.

We've had no injuries.

Yeah, no. You're good.
You cut them.

Of course this was
before Lenny decided

to cut
some electrical lines

without turning off
the power first.

Hold that down
right there.

You got it?
- Yup.

Aah!

You scared me, man.

That's hilarious.

So next up, mom's
using the excavator

to pull those giant bushes
out of the front yard.

They were completely
blocking the view

of the front of the house.

Get that one first?

Whichever one you want,
but you got to get to the root.

Go on down.
- Good?

Ooh, I feel like
I got something.

I'm not efficient
on the excavator yet,

but every time I operate it,

I get better
and better and better.

And that's just the way
it is with everything.

Yeah, I mean, just,
like, practice on, like,

a hole in your backyard
or something.

Not on an efficient day.

It's demo day.

This is the perfect day
for me to practice.

Don't over-extend
yourself off to the side

because she'll teeter.

Oh.

Is she putting it
in the dump truck?

Yeah.
Don't let go of it.

Don't let go.
You got to get it over.

It's on there.

How is she doing,
Lenny?

- Getting better at it.
- Yes, you are.

She's so happy
with herself.

So now
we can see the house.

I think Andy is gonna be
really psyched when he sees it.

Look at you with
your protective gear.

We should open
a window up here.

So we did a pretty
good job up here.

Yeah, I like what you've
done with the place.

Yeah.

So I got an idea.

Right now I'll be sharing
a downstairs wall

and a wall
up here with someone.

A room that I never use.

I was thinking maybe

we can incorporate
that into this project.

Give that room
to this part?

Yeah.

So that side of the duplex
would kind of turn into

a one-story
efficiency apartment.

Yeah, correct.

And then this would be
just a big master suite?

Yup.

So Andy is willing to sacrifice
the upstairs unit

of his side of the duplex

to add more space
to the master suite

we're building out
right now

on the rentable side
of the duplex.

Which I think for him
will actually work well.

He wants to increase
his income potential,

so adding square footage

to this side of the duplex
will work for him.

What I would do is I would
widen the staircase,

make this all a walkway.
- Okay.

And so this is
still your bedroom,

that is, like,
dressing room with,

like, a couch in it,
kind of thing.

- Yeah?
- Okay.

The only wall that
is shared is this wall.

- Downstairs.
- Is downstairs.

So you would have
a giant master suite.

That would be nice.

Yeah, you might want
this side all to yourself.

Yeah.

We still have
a lot of demo to do.

I got nails to pull.
All right.

- All righty.
- So mull, you let us know.

- All right, guys.
- All right.

- See you later, Andy.
- All right.

I got these Lexington
floor plans printed

so we can go over them.

It's really small,
really skinny.

It's gonna be
shotgun style.

So kind of walk
into the living room

through this galley
kind of kitchen

with some of the stuff
snugged up under the stairs,

and then into
the dining room.

This space, I think
this is a good spot

for laundry room
and half-bath.

And just do it
right along here.

We still have a good amount
of space

for at least
a four-seater diner table.

So in the back
where the kitchen was,

pretty much leave
that space as is

but make it
make more sense

by just being
a bedroom back there.

- Yeah.
- With the bathroom off of it.

But not a lot
changing structurally,

it's just taking it
all from gross to pretty.

And then upstairs,
you come up the staircase,

we've got bedroom space
all in front of you.

Curve around to the right,
it's a full bath.

Curve around to the left,
it's a nice little closet.

But, yeah, we're gonna pack
a whole lot in.

Yeah. Two bedrooms in this
is pretty good.

- Yeah.
- He's gonna love it.

It's gonna be everything
he ever dreamed of.

So you're good
with all this?

- Yup, I'm good.
- All right.

I'm gonna swing by the duplex
and run these plans by Andy,

and then get them over to Lenny
so he can get started.

- I'm gonna go do some work.
- Thank you.

So we're over at Lexington,

and they guys have started
all the framing upstairs.

In the kitchen, they're
removing the side door

that's gonna become a window,

and Lonny is rebuilding
the staircase and the railing

because the stairs
were way too skinny.

Ooh-ooh-ooh.

I like what you've done
with the place, Lonny.

We got a new staircase.

That's the staircase
dance, come on.

- That's the new staircase dance.
- Give us more.

She did a little
staircase dance.

Can you do the dance?

Can actually fit
a man up it now

because it was so tiny.

This is so much better.

And these, we're good on.
Our window sizes are good.

Right?
You got them framed good.

- Yeah.
- Windows framed in now.

Windows are ready
to get installed.

Then the house all starts
getting put back together.

It's good stuff.

This is our world.

So mom called Tad and I
over to Lexington to help

with some mysterious
project in the yard.

No idea.

Does this suit give you
a clue what we're doing?

Selling tires?

- Selling tires.
- I'm not sure. Yeah.

How am I supposed to know
why she is dressed up

like a giant marshmallow?

Does this suit give you
a clue what we're doing?

How am I supposed to know
why she's dressed up

like a giant marshmallow?

This is poison ivy.

Oh, okay.

And I don't want
to get poison ivy.

We're removing all
the various forms of ivy

from the garage.

Mom is dressed like
a marshmallow

because some of that
is poison ivy.

I have an idea.
I have this thing.

I need a space filled.

I want
to plant vertically.

Instead of the poison ivy
that's there...

- Yes.
- Why not.

So you're gonna
cut the bottoms

and we're just gonna
pull them off?

That's my plan.

It's all on there
pretty darn good.

Our secret weapon for
getting this job done quickly

is Tad...

Nice.

...and his ability to
apparently scale

vertical walls.

I want it.

That makes it fun
to have him around.

My secret weapon
for getting this job done

is that I'm a dragon.

I can just breathe
my hot breath on it.

This went way faster
than I expected.

Good stuff.

Now that we've detoxed
the backyard,

things are moving right along.

The guys knock out the chimney
that we found buried

behind the wall of the kitchen.

The downstairs framing
is almost complete.

And now mom and I can hammer
out the design details.

- Hey, hey, hey.
- Hey.

Hey, no, no, no.

I'm gonna need a little
more enthusiasm than that

when your mama
comes in the room.

Sorry, I'm in...

So we're designing and
decorating this house for Andy.

So keeping him in mind
along the way

will keep
our client happy.

So we got some paint,

and I'm gonna pull this in
a little bit.

- Ooh, so pretty.
- And some tile.

I think this is
the easiest place to start

because this kind
of already exists.

- Right.
- This is his exterior color,

and then his accent color
lives somewhere around here.

Yeah.
That sounds great.

He wants to keep it
the purple people eater.

It's purple.
- Yeah.

It's, like, as purple
as purple can get.

And he likes the purple,
so the house is gonna stay

the purple people eater
for at least a few more years.

So we're good on that?
- Yeah.

Inside I think we just kind
of live in the nice soft gray.

I agree with you.

It's gonna pick up
really everything there.

It will go good with either
flooring option we pick.

Absolutely.

The two flooring samples
I have

are color-wise
very similar.

I would go with this one

because we need to up
his game a little.

This is a little unusual
because we're trying

to elevate Andy's style
a little bit,

so potential renters

will be impressed
and want to live there.

I think you're gonna
like the lights then.

This look.
- Oh, yes.

That's gonna be perfect.
- Yeah.

So these two will be the master
shower wall and floor.

Yes.

And then this, the other
bathroom and the backsplash.

- Perfect.
- Yeah.

You're good with all this?
- I'm good with all of it.

Before I start buying things,
I'll run some things past Andy,

but without spoiling anything
too much so he doesn't know

exactly what's happening
with the renovation.

Before we call it a day,

I've got something fun
planned for the backyard.

There is one thing I'd like
to hold back as a surprise.

Have our friend Ryan
from Indy Art Forge

make a giant trellis
on that garage wall

that we cleaned
all the poison ivy off of,

and then because I think
it would be

meaningful to Andy,
plant hops there.

That would be cool.
I think he would like that.

Because I'm a genius.

Just don't spend
a lot of money.

See you later.
- See you later.

Is that an astronaut?

No, it's not an astronaut.

It's not.
It's a firefighter.

So mom has this, like,
very specific trellis idea

for the back
of the project

we're doing
for Andy on Lexington.

I feel like we are

under-utilizing
your talents severely.

You know what?

I have bills I have to pay,
so I'll do anything.

Well, within reason.
I know how you are.

I don't know how much
that fireman costs.

I would like him to,
like, mold to us in gold.

I'm guessing that costs
a lot more than our trellis.

We're renovating this house
for a dude

that is,
like, my age-ish.

So we're gonna build him...

It's kind of gonna be
like a cool party yard.

We're gonna do
a little patio,

and she had this idea

to replace the nasty ivy
with hops vines.

So we need a trellis
for the hops to grow on.

- For them to grow up.
- Okay.

So she was saying we could
just have it be this shape

and then paint,

or make something cool
to go over each door.

What if I did
the trellis design out of vines?

Like, make it...

And then have leaves so over
the winter, you still have...

That's fancier.
Something pretty.

Yeah.

We worship you.

She does this everywhere,
doesn't she?

- This is gonna be awesome.
- Okay. We'll see you.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

We're making really
good progress

with the Fletcher Place duplex.

All the plumbing
has been installed

in the upstairs bathroom,

and now it's time
to move on to insulation.

- Hey, hey.
- I love spray foam!

We're insulating
with spray foam

so we can make the house
super energy-efficient.

And it's fun to watch
these guys work,

and I love it
when they let us help.

Look what I brought.
- Why?

Well, I feel like we shouldn't
do anything in this house

without our little friend.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

So the voodoo doll

is gonna watch over us
while we spray foam,

and make sure
nothing goes wrong.

Just keep that thing
away from me.

These are just, like,
the least-flattering suits ever.

Wait,
can we do this, too?

Because it's all
about fashion.

I would like to have a waist
while I do this.

Okay.
- Spray a couple of cavities.

A little slower.
Got a good pattern, though.

- Yeah, nice.
- You're hired.

The guys
were really impressed.

Spray my legs down.

Okay.

Y'all are crazy.

Oh, my gosh.
- That is so cool.

You guys are all ridiculous.

You shouldn't do things

that might annoy
the voodoo doll.

I'm taking care of it.
Nothing bad has happened.

Yet. Nothing bad
has happened yet.

Let's keep it that way.

So I'm gonna get out of
your way and let you guys do it

because you're way better.

All right. Thanks, guys.
- Bye.

- See you.
- Look at me.

I'm like
a snow princess.

Hey, hey.

Oh, thank goodness.

- Do you need some help?
- Oh, my gosh.

I rolled into our warehouse
and find mom

bashing apart
really crappy pallets.

I'm gonna make Andy
a pallet bar.

It's a bar made out
of pallet wood.

It has
a lot of character.

It has a lot of marks on it

for how it's been
used over the year,

and I think it's gonna be
perfect on Andy's deck.

But the best part is

we're gonna call it
the voodoo lounge.

If you call it that,
bad things are gonna happen.

Only if you mix
bad drinks.

Okay.

We can lay out
our pattern.

We can do the fun part.

We just need to fit
the wood together

in a pattern that we like,
kind of like a jigsaw puzzle.

I think
this is very voodoo.

There we go.
So that's what it's gonna say.

Where do you want them?

I think just,
like, right along.

And you're okay if
they're going, like, over?

- Yeah.
- That's okay?

Yeah.

Well, I need to get
some glue for that.

- Okay.
- And then I'll stain the top.

I actually think it
came out really well.

Yeah, it did come out cool.
It's gone as far as we can.

We've gone as far
as we can go today.

All right.
Lunch time.

It's gone as far
as we want to today.

Get back, back.

So the guys have finished
the insulation,

and mom and I are going
over to check out

the drywall getting started.

What is going on here?

What is going on here?

It looks like the drywall
is ready to be installed.

The drywall is supposed
to be being installed.

- Oh.
- Mom, it's that voodoo doll.

It's purposefully
slowing us down.

I don't think
that's how it works.

There is not
a drywall curse.

You said
you'd take care of it.

I am.

What is going on?

Where are the drywallers?
- You just walked in.

- I can't stay.
- We're a team.

We are not
the drywall team.

I got special stilts
for you.

- I can't stay.
- I really want to try it out.

Are you ready to catch me
if I fall?

She looks happy.

I'm re-thinking this thing

because maybe
it's a voodoo doll

that grants wishes.

I've always wanted to try
those drywall stilts,

and now
I might get my chance.

This is not a good thing, seriously.

She can stay and drywall
with you,

and I will check back
with you.

All right.
You're sinking my boat.

Get out of here.
- Have some fun.

Have so much fun.

You didn't seem like you
trusted us to get the job done.

Let's just say I didn't trust
you guys to get it done

in an efficient manner.

Let's go play with my toys.

What's great about the stilts
is you don't have

to constantly reposition
your ladder

as you move
around the room.

If you know
how to use them.

- Oh.
- Whoa.

That's a little trickier.

You got her there, Lonny?

Okay, okay.
Towards you.

I feel like a rehab doctor.

I'm gonna go
hang on for myself.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let her go, let her go.

You know,
I was a natural.

I was really good
at those stilts.

Really?
That's great.

We're almost done, Lonny.
You did a good job.

Me and you
did a good job.

You know what?
I like working with you.

All right. Done.

- Hey, guys.
- Hello.

Today we're
finally to the point

where we're working
on the exterior siding.

Because it's in
the historic district,

they want to have the outside
looking like it was

when it was built
in very early 1900s.

They want you to have
the original materials

from the original house.

Shoot, they're bending
into the wood.

It's proving to be
extremely hard to nail

into the original wood
framing of the house.

Hammer, hammer, hammer.

Oh, crap.
I bent the nail.

I mean, like,
some of those nails

took a solid 35 swings.

Why don't we use
the pneumatic gun for these?

Push them in too far?

No, push in too far
and it will also leave

a little divot out here.
- Oh.

You want to get the nail head
just flush with the wood.

That's how they
built the house.

They didn't
have nail guns then.

I don't like this.

We're just doing it
all old-school.

It's gonna look
really good when it's done.

Yeah.

Ooh.
I love rug shopping.

Ooh, look at that.

Don't look at it,
touch it.

Oh, my goodness.

It's always hard
keeping focused,

but today our mission is...

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait.

Our mission today is

to touch all the pretty
things, right?

I don't even know where... Ooh.

That's awesome.

Look at this one.

Wow.

- Oh, touch this.
- Touch it?

Our mission today is...
- Touch all the pretty things.

...to find a bedroom rug
for the master

and a living room rug.

- Oh.
- Master bedroom, living room.

Master bedroom, living room.
That's what we're doing.

You got to stay focused.
- That's not what we're doing.

It's like a kaleidoscope
when you walk around.

Ooh, I like it
from this angle.

The rugs I currently have at
my house don't change color.

You're gonna have to be very
controlling and rein us in.

Trying to find the right pieces
for this renovation for Andy,

and it's a little bit trickier
because it's his house.

It's specifically his.

He's not, like, well,
hopefully he's gonna buy it.

And so we got
to get it right.

These are really heavy.
- Yeah.

Because it is for Andy,
he is a man,

so we're not getting him
a pink and purple rug.

That's the goal, find him...
- Well, he has a purple house.

- He has a purple house.
- He might like a purple rug.

So we're gonna
balance it out

with a little bit
more masculine rug.

I'm 100% comfortable

committing to this one
for the bedroom.

- Yeah.
- Okay, great.

We need one
for the living room.

- Right.
- It's a little bit bigger.

I think our size
for that is 9x12.

If you follow me
to the 9x12s,

I'll page them for you.

All of these rugs
are beautiful,

but not all of them
are the kind of beautiful

that we want to put
into this house.

Mm-hmm.

We have a specific feel
that we're going for.

A specific person
we're working with.

I think
we should try these two.

- Okay.
- Are you good with that?

Yeah,
and the bedroom one.

Yeah.

So now that we've picked out
some really awesome rugs...

Do you think maybe we should
put some flooring down?

...start putting some
flooring down first

so we have somewhere
to put it.

We'll see you guys soon.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

Ooh, it's a little bit better
in here than it is out there.

Yeah, it is.

We are at your service.

All right.

We're doing flooring today,
and I'm bringing Tad with me

because Tad has
shown interest in trying

to learn some more skills
other than demo.

We're gonna give Tad

some more practice runs
at some flooring.

- Oh, hell.
- Whoo!

- I quit.
- Moving up in the world, baby.

I quit.

We're gonna give Tad

some more practice runs
at some flooring.

- Oh, hell.
- Whoo!

- I quit.
- Moving up in the world, baby.

I quit.

Tad has shown interest
in trying to learn

some more skills
other than demo.

So this one
pops in super easy.

Nice.

Wow.

Wow!
- Yeah.

- And then angle it.
- See if you can angle.

But see, now all your others
ones are popping out.

Push in there.
There you go.

- There we go.
- Okay.

Tad, I'm, like,
trying to slow him down.

I'm trying to talk to him
about finesse.

Like, you just got to tap
the wood in place

or it'll break.
All these things.

Ooh.

And then Lenny busts out
the staple hammer

for the underlayment.

Why haven't I ever seen that

when I've been putting
in insulation?

And Tad's eyes just light up.

Finesse, Tad.
Remember?

Yup, yup, yup.
I got excited.

So much fun.

I think I learned
a good amount today.

All right, all right.

Okay, sorry.

This is good progress.

Yup, so me and Mina

is gonna go to lunch
and you finish this up.

Yeah, I'll finish it up.

We all need to go
to lunch, come on.

Let's go eat something.

This house is in
the final stretch,

and now it's time
for countertops,

the backsplash, light fixtures,

all the pretty things
that are gonna

make everything else
come together.

- Hey!
- Our trellis is here.

The trellis we had made

looks even cooler
than imagined.

It's gonna attach
to the garage

that we'll be able
to hopefully

grow some hops vines on.

Yay, trellis.

Jimmy and I are
gonna lift up.

You tell us how high
you want this up.

Lift it so it's half way
in the middle.

- So right there.
- Right there.

You need to go the left.

Needs to go 4 inches
to the left.

- All right.
- There, you got it.

- That's centered correctly.
- It's centered now.

This house you would think
needs to be more masculine,

but it doesn't
because it's purple.

We're gonna balance
out the sterotyp--

the sterotyp--
- Stereotypical.

- Stero--
- Stereo. Stereo.

We're gonna--

We're going to balance out

the stereotypically feminine
nature of a purple house

with hopefully some more
masculine elements

like this giant
metal trellis.

Does that balance it out?
I don't know.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Now that the trellis
is up,

the guys put in
a new fence out back,

and Tad laid down
some sod in front.

And the house has some
really nice new curb appeal.

So today is my favorite day.

It's furniture move-in day.

Hey, guys.

Made it.

I like this couch a lot.

We're putting in a mix
of modern masculine

with a little bit
of a traditional twist.

Oh, so this is how
we're doing it? Okay.

And that includes those rugs
that the store sent over,

and we're really hoping
Andy is gonna love it.

There we go.

Wow,
that blue is so pretty.

It is.
It's gorgeous, isn't it?

- It's perfect.
- High-fives all around.

- Yeah.
- I think it works great in here.

Looks really good in here.

Downstairs is going
to be the question.

We later decided that that
original rug we picked out

for the living room
was too small,

so the guys brought
over two new rugs

so we can choose which one
we think will look best.

We're gonna lay them
both down, and then you guys

can kind of take a look
and decide

which one
you like better.

Okay.
All right.

We're trying to elevate
his taste.

That's what
we're trying to do.

- That one's pretty.
- It is pretty.

- Let's see this one.
- Let's see that one.

Oh, this is better.
I can tell already.

I think the size is better
and it's got more drama.

It's-- Oh, yeah.
This is the one.

- You like it better?
- Yes, definitely.

Not that we've decided

on which rug we're putting
in the living room,

now we have to get
all the furniture in place.

Well, we'll let you guys
get back to work.

- Thank you so much.
- We got work to do, too.

As you can see, there's
no furniture in this space.

- Have a good one.
- You too.

- Take care.
- Drive safe.

His look
is more contemporary,

but it's dark wood contemporary.

Okay.
Oh, this is so cool.

Just kind of
angled right here.

There's some leather
in there.

Yeah.
Shiny stuff.

That's better.
- There we go.

Some strong
graphic element.

So everything
is fairly neutral,

and then the pieces in it
will be the pops of color.

We gave him some
good boy colors.

Yeah.

It's got some sophistication,
it's got some fun,

it's got some masculine.

Andy is gonna love it.

How long ago did you
start the demo?

Two and a half
years ago now.

- Okay.
- Okay.

But then realized that
I don't have the...

The drive?

...experience or the patience
to do any of it, so...

Got you.

I just have this expectation
that you're gonna walk in

and you're just
gonna be wowed.

Well, can we get
there already, then?

Yeah, I know.
Right?

- So what do you think?
- Yeah, I love it.

Still purple.
It looks great.

A little more vibrant
than it used to be.

Yeah.
A little peppier.

A little brighter.
A little cleaner.

- Yeah.
- We got it all cleaned up.

- We got you some grass.
- Love it.

Seem some deforestation
on the front yard.

That was vicious.

Mom pulled them out
with the excavator.

They were in there good.
- Oh, they're-- Yeah.

There's much more
exciting things inside.

- Let's go check it out.
- So let's go in.

- Ta-da.
- Do you love it?

Yeah.
All right.

Andy bought
this historic 1910 duplex

with the hopes
of fixing it up himself.

But when he realized he was
in over his head just a bit,

he called us for help.

- Looks great.
- A little more vibrant.

And we're so excited
that we're finished

and can show him
the awesome transformation.

There's much more exciting
things inside.

- Let's go check it out.
- So let's go in.

- All right.
- Ta-da.

- Do you love it?
- Yeah.

Look at this.

Do you still feel
like a man in this space?

I do feel like a man
in this space,

even with the purple
on the outside.

Yeah.

You had done most
of the demo for us,

so these spaces were already
kind of opened up.

It looks a little
bit different now.

All right.
I love that.

The house looks great,
and I was totally blown away

when I first walked in.

You know, all the art pieces

and furniture individually
are super cool,

but they all collectively
tie in together.

I'm speechless.
- All right.

On that note, let's go
move into your kitchen.

All right.
Let's go.

- This wasn't here before.
- All right.

Your kitchen was obviously
in the very back.

So we pulled
the kitchen up first

in just kind of this
this open space.

You got a nice little, like,
working niche over there.

All right.

- Nice, right?
- Yeah.

So we tried to give you as much
closed storage as we could,

and then a little bit
of floating shelving.

For sure.

I love the tile that
goes up to the ceiling.

The herringbone,
you dig it?

- For sure.
- Let's move on through here.

And then we move
into your dining room area.

I thought it wouldn't be enough
space for a dining room

just because of how thin
the house is, but it works.

Yeah.

Hitting it out of
the ballpark so far.

All right.

So we added your powder room
right there.

You can hop in there
and take a look.

It's cute, right?
- Yeah.

So this tiny little bathroom
is really nice.

And you have two
more full baths.

All right.

Which now leads us
to your first-floor master.

Let's go check that out.

This is the first
of two en suite masters.

All right.

- Nice, right?
- Yeah.

So this is where
the kitchen was.

Yup.

Now I think it's a really
good-sized first-floor master.

Nice.
I love it.

So the bathroom layout was
a little crowded before,

and now it's
a little more open.

- A little more spa-like.
- Okay.

Go take a peak.

All right. Nice.

I love it.

- Dig it?
- Yeah.

You got a full-sized tub shower.

I love that.

All right.
- All right.

Are we ready
to go upstairs?

The's the best part.

Yeah, we're gonna get
double high-fives for that.

All right.
Let's go.

I don't want to
leave you hanging.

Oh.
- Ta-da.

I mean,
it's huge now, right?

Super huge.

I mean,
this was all gutted,

so we pushed that all back.
- Yup.

More space,
it looks great.

Now you've got a king-sized bed,
a desk, a sitting area.

And then, like, I don't know,
you can do cartwheels

here or whatever.

We also finished out your full
bath up here, so check that out.

- Oh, yeah.
- You've got a walk-in shower.

We kind of tucked
the toilet around the corner.

All right. Yeah.

Your shower tile in here
is my top three favorite.

Yeah.
What is it called?

That's Carrara.
It's all Carrara marble.

So we use the herringbone
on the floor to give it--

to, you know,
switch it up a little bit.

Is there anything you hate yet?
- No, I love it all.

Let's go outside,
check out the back.

Andy is already in love
with the inside of the house,

and we still have
the whole backyard

and patio to show him.

All right.

So we made you a little bit
of a party space out here.

All right.
The voodoo lounge.

- Ta-da.
- There you go.

- It's the voodoo lounge.
- A little homage.

Bringing it all the way
full-circle.

All the way around.

We found the voodoo doll
in the house,

so we make a voodoo lounge.

- Real literal.
- All together.

Real literal here.

I took all the black pins
out of the voodoo dolls

because the black pins
- are the ill wishes.
- Oh.

And they all have
their white pins

which are their good wishes.
- All right.

Hopefully it brings some
good vibes to the place.

So you've got your little
bar area, a nice lounge area.

Some more casual seating
with all the lights.

And do you see
what else we made?

The vines are gone.

You have now lovely hops vines
growing on your new trellis.

Oh, well,
I'll brew my own beer.

You can come over.
- I know, right? Exactly.

I love it.

Overall the, like,
the quality of work

that they've done
is unbelievable.

They've taken something
that was run-down

and needed a lot of care,
and they've, you know,

essentially created
a masterpiece.

Well,
I appreciate you guys.

Thank you
for letting us do it.

- You guys did a great job.
- It was fun.

- I'm glad you like it.
- Thank you so much.

- Yeah, thank you guys.
- Thanks.

Take care.

So Andy bought
both sides of this duplex

for $190,000.

He gave us a renovation
budget of $100,000,

but with the add-ons
Andy requested,

and additional square footage
to the upstairs,

we ended up spending
a little over $110,000,

bringing his total
investment up to $300,000.

So with all of
the enhancements we made,

the market value
for Andy's duplex rent

is about $1,600,

which will completely cover
his mortgage payment,

which was his whole goal.

But who knows?

He likes it so much,

I think he might move in
to this side.

It's possible.

I mean,
it was just a shell.

And now it's beautiful
and functional and makes sense.

And it's a really
good blend of I think

what he thought
his style was,

and what we think
it should be,

which works
really well together.

I think
he was really wowed.

I think
he was really happy.

I think he's really happy.