Maine Cabin Masters (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 5 - A Former Family Cabin Reclaimed - full transcript

We're off to meet George
and Brenda Joseph.

This has been family land
for hundreds of years.

How long has it sat vacant?

A while.

You think I can take
that wall out?

Pretty much next
to impossible to dig

when there's frost
in the ground,

you just wreck equipment.

You know the cabin's,
what, 200, 100 yards up,

it's all mud,
we can't get through it,
even four-wheel drive.

The place is a mud pit.



Wow.
Oh, I love it.

Look at that.

This is amazing.

Whoa, whoa!

Why are we stopping?

Red one, red one.

Why are we stopping?

Man, it's a great day
to be outside not working.

Enjoy it now, we'll be off
to meet some camp owners.

I knew it.
What did you say?

We're gonna meet homeowners.

Yeah, we're off to meet George
and Brenda Joseph.

This has been family land
for hundreds of years

and used
to be a larger farm track.



So they are now kind of,

you know, bringing...
bringing some of the land
back into the fold.

And the piece
they just purchased
has a small cabin on it

that they're looking
to get fixed up

to kind of use as space
for the family to,

you know, when they're up here
in the summertime
to spread out

and have their own area.

Nice.
It would be great.

Let's go to work
in an hour or two.

This is fun.
Yeah, this is fun.

We'll go meet the camp owners

and we'll have time to explore after.
All right.

Let's go find...

How do I start it again?

Orange button.

All right, see ya.

Today we are
in the woods
in Fayette, Maine.

We are going to meet
George and Brenda Joseph.

Hey, guys.

How are you doing?
Good morning.

How's it going?
Great.

I'm Brenda Joseph.

I'm George Joseph.

This property has
been in my family

for many, many years,
over a hundred.

This cabin is right
in the middle.

We just purchased it back

and now I'm excited
that Cabin Masters
will upgrade it

and make it
a very special place for us.

Oh, wow.
That's a cute, little cabin.

We're... we're hoping so.

What do you mean?
I think it's adorable.

Tell us a little bit
about this place
and the history and...

Well,

this whole ridge was
my ancestors basically

at one time
over 100 years ago.

And this cabin
was built by a person

that bought the piece
from my great uncle.

So we've recently been
able to buy it back

and we're excited
that now we can
have this land again

in my family.

How long
has it sat vacant?

A while. I think as you
start digging into it,
you'll see.

Now the truth comes out.

It looks good on the outside.
Yeah.

We have two daughters
and they're married,

and we have
three grandchildren in all,

and we're hoping that
they will come use this cabin

and be able to
interact with us,

but have a separate place
as well.

What are you
looking to have done?

We're thinking
we'd like
a roughed-out kitchen,

maybe one small bedroom

so my grandchildren can come.
Okay.

We do need a bathroom.

Sure.
Since it's so close,

I'm excited
that I can come up here

and do yoga and meditate,

be grounded, be at peace.

Question is, how much
are you looking
to put into this project?

Well...

That's a bad question.

It's always the hardest question.
It is.

Well, we're thinking
about $35,000, around there.

You have
a house down the road,

so you might not need it
right away, right?

Yeah.

Maybe by like spring?

Well, that's what
we've been thinking.

Yeah, 12 weeks.

It's always weather dependent

when we're working on places
this time of year.

And, you know,
if it's good snowmobiling
or skiing,

whether you may not see it.

Yeah, we have a protocol,

holiday we go skiing.
You might run into me.

All right, perfect.

So we just need a set of keys,
I guess.

Awesome.
There you go.

Fantastic.
Great.

Awesome, guys. Well, thank you.
Thank you.

We're excited.

We'll see you
in probably April,
April vacation.

Well, this PV is broke.

"No booze."

Oh, oh, we're gonna have
some unhappy cabin masters.

"No radio."

I'm out.

Old novelty siding.

This is already been gutted.
Well, that's slippery,
watch out.

Cool.
This is, there's nothing to this.

Was this always
just open like this,

didn't ever have rooms?
My first time here.

Yeah, I guess,
suppose you guys know.

What you see
is what you get,

we definitely have
to strip it down
a little bit more, but...

This is a nice room
with all these windows.

I could see yoga
and meditating already.

I can
definitely see that.

I kinda see
lake up there.

What is this
craziness up here?

I mean, these many walrus
or pandas up here
in Wayne, Maine?

Oh.
It might be a bear.

What do you think?
I like it.

There's a lot, yeah,

it definitely has
a lot of potential.

We'll
decorate the yard,
square it off nice.

I think that's a window.

That's a door.

That's a door,
oh, look at that.

After you.

Hey look, they have
screens to the doors, too.

Nails.
Nails.

I mean, this would be
a good-sized bedroom.

Oh, it'd be nice bedroom.
It'd be a huge bedroom,

kind of party in here.
On the exterior of Joseph camp,

we're gonna jack
and level the camp,

replace rotted sills,

add a 12x14 addition
for extra sleeping space,

new windows,
new doors, new siding,

tear off the old chimney,
and put on a new roof.

On the inside
of the Joseph camp,

we'll frame up
for a new bathroom,

frame up for the kitchen.

On the front of the camp,
it's gonna be large picture,

floor-to-ceiling windows.

First step's
to get the guys in here
and get it torn apart.

It's got potential.
Should be an easy demo.

Let's call the guys.
Let's go get them on the sleds.

All right.
Okay.

She's pretty,
isn't she?

Beautiful.
I'm excited

She's a view.

So we all showed up today
at the Joseph camp in Fayette

and the goal today
is to get the inside
pulled apart.

We got the trailer in here,
we got Brad with us,

so we should be in good shape.

You know, it's one big room

but there's a existing frame
where they want
to put on an addition

and kind of have
that be a sleeping space

and then main living area,
small kitchen, small bathroom.

Nice.
Let's check it out.

It's a sweet little demo,
not much to be done inside,

everything was pretty much
gutted out of there,
to begin with,

just get the old, dirty rotten
nasty stuff out of there

and we'll have a clean slate.

Awesome.

Tell me when.

Keep coming.
Keep coming.

What do you got
on there, Ryan?

My... my helmet.
It's become a thing.

My snowmobile/demo
helmet today.

I like the orange shield.

Is that a, uh...
You think I could take that wall out?

Well, I had that helmet
on the other day

to keep my head warm, but I...

I had dreams of doing
some demo with that thing.

You think I could take
that wall out?

We're here at the
Joseph camp in beautiful
Fayette, Maine.

And I had to try using
my cool snowmobile helmet
to break some stuff.

I don't think it's gonna go.

But when he demos,
he's just a bull
in a china shop.

He doesn't try
to take it out in one piece,

it's like
10 million little pieces.

Yeah, you gotta--
It's the last one.

You're gonna run through it,
don't jump before it.

It would have been nice
if the wall came down,

but the guys got
a kick out of it,
and it was fun.

I got another secret weapon.

But we find
the most random stuff
at these camps,

there's a bowling ball.

Let me get this through that.
Oh, boy.

Boy,
it was a good hit right there.

Try that, that thing's heavy.

Then we tried to throw that
through the particle board.

It's a little frozen, too.
Little frozen.

I don't have the shoulder.

Brad, your turn.

Then I didn't get mad,
I got Brad,
and that didn't work.

Get mad, Brad! Come on!

Hit it lower.

One more.

I think you've really done it, though.

I thought if Brad had hit it
a little bit lower,

he probably could have thrown
that thing right
through those two layers.

Once you pried it up
and wiggled it around,

loosened it off,
it came right out.

There we go.

The old guy gets it down.

Chase, so what's your plans
for the floor?

Now we see it all the time,
just put down new floor,

put another layer
on top of it,
and they used fiberboard.

Yeah!

The first sections, you know,
came up pretty easily,

it was a lot more rigid.

Oh, come on, you stupid stuff.

The pieces closer
to the sunroom,

it was much more fibrous,

it could have been
because it was
more exposed to the sun,

the UV light or moisture,

but that came up
in small pieces.

Aargh!

We're gonna wait
to pull up the rest of that

till we have a wider,

you know,
a roof rake or something

that will take it up
a lot easier.

I'd like to get
the camp up out of the earth
as much as possible.

So I really want
to get the chimney removed

because it's gonna inhibit
our ability

to lift the camp above.

No.

The chimney is pretty old,

so I'm thinking maybe
just with a pull strap
and a come-along,

we can probably
just pull it right down

and break it up into pieces.

That worked pretty smooth.
Not bad, huh?

Good day.

I was worried.
That's not much.

Because it was so cut up,
but it's...

it's more, much more uniform
underneath all that stuff
than it looked.

Next big thing would be
getting it leveled out,

get the rest
of this flooring up,

and get the addition
framed up, closed in.

All right, guys. Good day.

Temperatures
just really dropped,

I'm gonna let this one sit
for a couple weeks,

let it get cold
and then come back in,

and then it's go time.

Week two here
at the Joseph camp.

We are jacking the camp.

We ran
into a little bit of sill rot.

Fortunately for us,

Mother Nature has been
cooperating with us
a little bit this winter.

So we've got Francis here
digging out around the camp

so we can get in
and do our sill repairs.

As you can see,

we don't have a lot of frost
in the ground.

It's pretty much
next to impossible to dig

when there is frost
in the ground,

you just wreck equipment.

So what he's gonna do
is open this whole area up

so we can get
a temporary beam in there

and replace
all the rotted outer sills.

There's still a little bit
of demo to do.

We're gonna take
some of the windows out,

try to lighten it up
a little bit.

So when we go to pick it up,
it will come up with these.

Dixie.
Hey, Ash, what's up?

What's up here?
There's a lot going on here.

Francis.
Oh, yeah.

So today, I was in the area

so I decided to stop
by the Joseph camp

and check on progress.

I wasn't able to be here
on demo day,

so I just wanted to come

and see what shape
the camp's in.

It's a cute,
little building.

It's empty.

The guys
have been working diligently

tearing it all apart.

So let's go inside.

This is gonna be kitchen area.

Okay.

There will be like a,
where I got the mark,

probably like a 4-foot opening.
Yeah.

It's gonna go out
into like a 12x14 addition.

Okay, the bedroom?
So this will be the bedroom.

Best place for the bathroom
would be over in this corner.

Yeah, definitely.

It's gonna be up.
That way everything else

can be fun living space.
Yeah.

You get
your visitors down here,

you get your eating
over there,

and you get
to enjoy the rest of it.

You don't want to block up
any of the view.

All right, well, um,
I guess I've seen enough.

Really
not too much to see.

Not too much
to see, you know.
Come on.

Where's that ball?
Over here.

Week three,
we're here at Joseph camp.

We had a great day yesterday.
We got a lot done.

We got it all jacked
and leveled and posted.

We woke up this morning
to 4-5 inches of fresh snow.

Week three,
we're here at Joseph camp.

We had a great day yesterday.
We got a lot done.

We got it all jacked
and leveled and posted.

We woke up this morning
to 4-5 inches of fresh snow.

Nice, Brad.

That is redneck plow.

And we pretty much
framed up the 12x14 addition

on the back side.

Top edge.

But, yeah,
we're plugging right along,

everything's
looking really good.

Today I'm here to see
my good friend, Jamison York.

He is a sculptor and artist
and he does beautiful work.

Hey.
Hey, hey, hey.

How are you?
What's going on? How are you?

I'm good.
Good to see you.

I'm so excited.
I wanted to work with you
for so long.

Well, this is it. We're doing it right now.
Yeah.

When Francis was doing
the excavation work,

he found this huge rock
and kind of tipped it up
on the side,

and we were looking at it
and we were kind of trying,

thinking of something
we could do with it.

And we just thought,

let's get a piece of art
to put on top of it.

I had this piece,
just the stand started,

and then
when I talked to you...
This is the one, right here.

Oh, wow.

You said something zen.

She wants that cabin
to be a place

where she does her yoga and practices...
Yeah,

...and meditate
and stuff like that.

My work is very that to mention anyways.
Yes, it is.

And I knew that so I knew...
So it's gonna work out well.

This is gorgeous.
So this is kind of like movement.

All my work really is supposed
to be displayed in nature.

It feels very organic.

And it just completely
complements the theme

that we have going on
at this cabin.

So do you have
some welding to do today?

Absolutely, just the welding.
All right.

Let's do it.
I'm ready.

And you've got your helmet,
throw that on.

Okay.

I don't look apart.
It's nice and

you got to make sure it's snug in there.
Ah.

Snug? Too snug?
Yeah.

Yeah.
Too snug?

Yes! You're squeezing my brain out.
All right, okay.

All right.
We want to marry these together.

Okay.
I'm gonna bring that tip right into that corner.

Oh.

Get aligned up,
don't pull the trigger yet.

I won't.
All right.

Jami's been welding for,
I don't know,

25, 30 years

and he's great.

Go.

Beautiful.

I missed.

You missed?
I missed.

Me, not so much.

I'll do one more.
You'll do...

I can have you welding
by the end of the day,
no problem.

It goes to that end.

You got it.

Beautiful.

Whoa.
That was it.

Look at that,
you did great, you did great.

I think I burned
my glove, too.

That's all right.
The gloves get burned
all the time.

You have to buy a pair
of gloves every week.

He's trying to be nice
by saying I did a good job,

but I don't think welding's
in my future.

I'm gonna leave this to you.

These two, I don't know,
well enough.

Those two, I'm keeping them,
keeping them.

Hey, give me a call,
I'll reach you out in Fayette

and we can install this and...

Give me a couple of weeks, it will be ready to go.
Perfect.

Still have a couple
of decisions to make by

and make it together.
Okay, awesome.

Thanks, Jami.
All right. You got it.

So today we're here
at the Joseph camp.

It's snowing.

Welcome to winter.

My disciple Brad,
he makes me happy.

Well, he thought ahead,
he knew it's winter

and he knew it's gonna snow.

So he took the time
the other day

to come up here
and tarp the whole thing.

The classic blue tarp
has many things were made on.

It's siding, it's roofing.

Some people
make pools out of it.

Not only did they tarp it,

but they thought about
how we're gonna get it off
with all the snow.

He left big
orange straps on it.

Hey, Chase.
What?

The right side's caught.

I think it's screwed
down, still hold on.

A lot of snow in here.

Oh, so close.

Oh, so close.

There you go.

The first thing we need to do
when we arrive
at the Joseph camp

is to peel the tarp back that

Brad and Dixie had laid out
to help keep snow
out of the camp.

Oh, yeah, baby!
Yeah!

Nice job.

We are in the middle
of winter right now
and it just,

winter complicates everything
on build sites.

There was some snow on it,
Brad had brushed a lot off,

but, you know,
it peeled back pretty easily,

it was just, you know,
there's a little bit of weight
rolling with the snow,

but luckily
it's light and fluffy
and no real problem.

That was...
that's a good setup.

Howdy?

We are at the Joseph camp
today working on rafters.

First step was getting
the blue tarp off the roof.

Ryan's getting
the table saw running again.

Scott and Ryan are working
on re-sheathing
the lower part,

where we had to jack
and level, replace any rot.

Inside, it's been jacked up.

We've got new collar ties
in here,

front windows
have been framed up.

So today really is working
on the rafters.

Kitchen will be
on the left here.

Bathroom will be
on the right back there.

Wide open here,
really take advantage
of that nice view,

put good sized windows.

There'll be
a nice opening here
into the sleeping area.

And like I said,
the walls are up,
it's all framed up.

Today we are going to work
on getting the rafters up,

to get it sheathed over,
to get this place closed in

as quickly as we can.

You own it, buddy.

What we're doing here
is making our pattern
for our rafters.

Okay, so that's good.

Most of the rafters
we use are anywhere
from 12 to 16.

So we wanted the addition
to go to the peak,

just so wouldn't
have any problems
with snow buildup,

so that's why we decided
to go with the 24s.

Ah, there we go, nice.
Whoa. Good stretch.

Teamwork, masonry work.

So the camp had
a pretty good sway back.

When we first got into it,

it didn't have
too many collar ties
holding the walls together.

So the guys used
that as a jacking point

to lift up the center
of the camp

to make the ridge line
a lot straighter
without the swoop.

We put a lot of diagonals
and a lot of bracing
in the camp

to just support it
when it was lifted

because there
wasn't much framing

once they took
those windows out.

And then we're also
going to build a wall,

so there straight up,

that's gonna take
a lot of that weight

so that that can come out.

Yeah,
we should switch it to Ryan.

That might do it.

All right, that should

allow us

to remove this. So this...

this basically now
takes the weight
that this had on it.

This is all gonna be
framed in,

so it will support the weight
of the new addition

and it transfers right down

and frames in our wall
for the new bathroom.

You know,
first came to the camp,

it's one wide open space,
but now you walk in,

you've got your kitchen
on the left

and we closed in an area
for their bathroom,

small shower,
toilet and vanity,

and then a small closet
for the utilities
as well right there.

The rest of the camp's
gonna stay open,

except for the,

you know,
the bedroom space off
to the side.

Oh, this is done beautiful,

Oh, yeah.

Stop being a bully.

Get in,

Like father like son,
bully-bully.

Looks good in here.

What do we got
going on over here?

Just the bathroom over yet, still?
Yep.

I wanted to step out today,

check the place out,
see what's going on,

and maybe come up
with some ideas

of special projects
that I can incorporate
into the build.

It was nice to see the layout,
where the bathroom is now,

the extra bedroom.

So, yeah, I'm just gonna wait
till they get
a little bit further on,

and I can come in
and decide on colors and,

you know,
where everything's gonna go.

Hey, Chase.
Yes?

I found this company,

they do these laser-cut maps.

So I have...
I looked at these maps,
their property,

but I was thinking maybe
if we could get them to do

a custom one of, like,
the lake maybe
with their property

kind of attached to it
or something.

Oh, yeah.
They bought this property back.

It used to be
their family's property,

so I think it'd be cool
to just have a big map

of all of the land
that she now owns

and all of the property
that was her family's back
100 years ago

and it is now
her family's again.

Yeah.

You know, the rafters are up,
the walls are all sheathed in,

the interior layout
is figured out,

we got everything supported.

The next step is to get
the rafters covered over,

get the place wrapped,
and windows in,

to get this place
weather tight
as much as possible.

Nice job today.
Very nice job.

It's coming together.

Get her closed in quick.
Yes.

Winter's coming down here.

It's already here.

Three inches at a time.

Good job, guys.
Three inches at a time.

So today
I'm in Westbrook, Maine.

I'm heading down
to Benoits Design Company.

They make
these really awesome maps

and I'm hoping
they can make a custom map

of the Joseph camp for me.

Hi.
Hi.

Welcome.
How are you today?

Good. How are you?

Oh, excited to be here.
Thanks for coming by.

Yeah, absolutely.

So Greg and Christina
have a great shop in here.

Tons of cool
laser-burnt pieces.

The Josephs
recently just purchased
this last piece of property,

so it completes
their original property

that her family has owned
hundreds of years ago.

So I thought it'd be cool
to just get a map made
of the area.

I see you have
a bunch of different styles.

We can zoom
into any area for you

and make it special
to your needs.

Cool. Let's go.
I'm excited to see it.

Cool. Yeah.
All right. Let's go.

Seeing these maps are cool,
I see Sugarloaf,

I see Moosehead,
I see the coastline.

So if they can do a custom
one of the Lovejoy Pond area

and the lakes in Fayette,

I think that will be perfect.

We'll just take
this over here,

we'll plug it right
into our laser

and...

Let's put this machine
to work.

Yeah, let's do it. So let's shut the lid.
All right.

Just like this
and then I'll let
you do the honors

and just hit Play.

Here we go.

There we go.

And now it's a waiting game.

Now it's a waiting game.

Oh, I could see some fire in there.
Yeah.

So technically
it's burning it?

Yeah,
so it's cauterizing the wood.

I can't wait to see it.
Let's pull it out.

This is like Christmas.
Well, you do the honors.

Oh, my God.

It's so cool.
Put it down right here

and we'll put
a little icon on it.

It is absolutely awesome.

I love the color,
I love the detail.

It's really,
really a great piece

and I can't wait to bring it
to the Joseph camp
and put it in.

Week seven
here at Joseph's.

We got the windows
installed last week

and we're really starting
to get it closed in.

We've put a good push on,
we've got the roof trim done,

we've got the roofing on.

This is a young-man sport.

I'm not a young man.

I hate roofs.

It's just really hard
on your body.

This one was fine,
but big ones,

the young boys can have it.

We're just wrapping up
the last of the metal roof
on the new addition.

It is a bit of a challenge
with our 23-foot panels.

Many hands make light work,

so we've been fortunate,

we have the guys here
to help myself

and Brad get the panels up
on the roof.

We're at Joseph's today
and it is the coldest day
of the year.

March came in like a lion.

It's about,
you know, five degrees,

the wind chill's
about 20 to 30 below.

It's cold, we're inside
and nice and warm.

Thank God, J Cooke
and his spray-foam team
came up last week.

We're sitting sunny and
70 inside, we are
sitting good.

We're just gonna try
to plaster out
as many ceilings as we can,

you know,
it's a smaller team today

but we got
all that room in there,

so we're gonna focus
right on ceilings

and see how much
we can get done.

This whole camp
is gonna be 1x8 tongue
and groove.

So we really want
to mix it up a little bit.

So what we're gonna do is...

some of these walls horizontally,
actually at a 45.

But if you don't have
a fancy plumbers level
with the 45 on it,

then you can
just plumb up the side.

If you plumb up this side
to 90 degrees,

then you know that's a 45.

So Maine's got
a lot of expressions
for how cold it is.

A lot of times they'll say
it's pretty balmy,

you know, meaning opposite.

It's pretty peeking out.

Cold as Ashley after
I wake her up.

It's just cold as Chase
when he throws something away.

It's cold.

Today we're right here
on beautiful Lovejoy Pond.

We're working at Joseph camp.

Finally Mother Nature
has given us a bit of a break,

so we're gonna be
working outside today.

Right here?
Love it.

We started out
with our corner boards

and then once we got
all the corner boards on,

we were able to start
our sidings.

So we've got
almost two sides done.

It's been a great day.

The rest of the week
is supposed to be even better.

So hopefully we'll wrap it up
in good fashion.

Last week was beautiful
and at the Joseph camp,

we took full advantage of it.

We got that thing stained
in a couple days.

Ashley chose
a simple oil stain
for the front of the cabin,

really keeps it simple
and looking good.

Additions on next week,

we're gonna put
a darker stain on it

and it'll give it
a nice contrast.

We've got a couple
days left at the Joseph camp

before we hand it back.

With snow slowly
turning to rain,

which allowed us
to get the floor installed

right before the start
of the mud season,

we decided to go
with a 12-inch
wide eastern white pine floor

to match the walls.

And it was nice
to get the flooring down
before the mud season,

so we didn't have
to worry about tracking
all sorts of mud into the camp

and potentially
ruining the floors.

We started in winter

and it is definitely
headed into spring.

When we got here today,
it's definitely still muddy,

but Francis had, you know,
smoothed it out best he could.

We come in,
finish the landscaping,

new stone steps into the camp,

really just a lot of
small finishing touches
to get this place ready.

Typical mud season in Maine,

you know, the cabin's,
what, 200, 100 yards up,

you see Brad walking down,

it's all mud,
we can't get through it,
even four-wheel drive.

I could probably get up there
but I'm just gonna
wreck the road,

in a long haul,
it's gonna cost
the homeowner more money.

You know what,
this cost us money,

you know, parking down here,
loading up tools
and walking up the hill.

One another thing in Maine,
so always something,

you know,
but mud season's the big one.

This could be like this
for six weeks.

The place is a mud pit.

Bill, I'm getting
really worried about staging.

About who?
Staging the camp.

I don't have any clue
how I'm gonna
get the box truck up here.

Oh, well.
Look at all this mud.

It's a long way
to carry all the furniture.

might do that.

Who, the box truck?
Yep.

Okay, I'll call you when I need to get towed out.
Well, you give the money,

I wouldn't tow it.

Biggest concern
would be driving
the box truck through that mud

and then getting it stuck,

I mean, that's,
it's thick mud.

Yeah, so,
you know, mud season,

I had to walk a mile up here
and then I...

gonna take my shoes off,

so the floors look
really nice,

we want to keep them that way.

Just everything
takes more time,

taking the shoes off
and I'm gonna put them
back on, like,

it's always something.

We had salvaged
cabinets for the Joseph camp

from another project
we worked on.

It was the lower cabinets,
the upper cabinets,

and the countertop
with the sink
already cut into it.

I think the big issue
was the plumbing but,

of course, luckily we had Doug
with us and,

you know,
nothing really fazes Doug

and he made it work for us.

Just like that.

We won't screw it in
until Doug gets finished
with his plumbing,

just in case we got
to pick it up,

make it easier for him.
Yes.

Windows look great, Chase.

Windows good,
I'm just measuring
for screens.

Nice. You definitely, uh,

bought it when you saw it.

It came out of
a lumberyard
went out of business,

but these windows were there.

I'm gonna say they didn't
even look like
they were installed.

Yeah, tall picture windows
across the front.

Yeah, can't beat it.

We definitely got lucky
on the windows.

You know,
when we first got in here,

it was all glass
across the front,

but they just used
all glass sliding doors.

We took those out
and knew we wanted

to do big windows
on the front,

I happened to stop
by local salvage store

and they had brand
new beautiful picture windows

that we were
able to make work perfectly.

You know what
I'm really nervous about?

That road.

All you got to do
is go in reverse,

if you stuck,
you're going forward
and get out.

You got the stow in reverse?

Maybe take stubby, not boxy.

You think boxy
can make it up here?

No, definitely not.

It's in her hands.
Yeah, no, we're done.

We've been worried
about it all season,

we've done,
we've been fine now.

You guys are the ones that...

I'm sure
you'll be fine.

Go in reverse.

All right, so we are done.
Wait a minute.

It's your turn
to make this place yoga,

zen-ready for the camp owners.

We're just
messing up the place,
so we're out of here.

Okay, well,
keep your phones turned on

because I'm gonna be calling when I'm stuck in the mud.
Looks good.

Looks great, though.
That's good...

Well, the boss said go,
I'm out of here.

Ah, you're with me, Bill,
don't even try
to escape with them.

My design team was
able to battle through the mud

and we were
able to get this place staged

and ready to go.

New windows, just looking out
into the trees,

a little area
for meditation and yoga,

extra sleeping in the bedroom.

They have such
an airy, open, flowy

sort of a zen feeling
that we were looking for.

Hi, Jami.

My friend Jami
is gonna install
his really cool sculpture

into the rock
that Francis found

when he was doing
the landscaping.

Oh, that's nice.

Yeah, so I'm gonna
pass it over here,
we'll walk it over.

Got all the stuff?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

When Jami took the sculpture
out of the truck,

I was just blown away.

See how this goes, huh?

Hopefully it just goes right in.
Hopefully.

Where do you want me to stand?

Oh.

He does metal work,
metal sculptures.

He's a really,
really talented artist

and I'm so excited to see
what the final product
looks like.

Thank you.
That is so cool.

Awesome.

What feeling does it give you?

Yeah.
Happiness.

Happiness, that's what like?
That's what we're going for.

Zen, zen like, you know.
All... righty.

All right.

The piece is exactly what
I pictured for this cabin.

Sitting pretty.
Sitting pretty nice right there.

This is so awesome.

Thank you for the opportunity.
I appreciate it.

Yeah,
it fits in the camp perfectly.

It goes with our whole theme

and we'll be in touch,
would love to work
with you again.

Please.
We got almost everything done.

Chase and I are gonna go
change our clothes

and then we're ready
to give the camp back
to Brenda and George tonight.

What a difference.

I mean, it's incredible.

Inside and outside.

I know,
and I love the stonework
that Francis did.

This was one of the more
pleasant transformations.

Well,
we need to go get changed,
they're gonna be here.

Have fun.
Yeah. Thanks, Ryan.

Tell her I said hi.
We will.

All right.
Okay. Get yoga pants, you might need them later.

You're right.
That's a wrap!

We're at the
Joseph camp.
The mud is drying out.

We are ready
to give the camp back
to George and Brenda.

We had about 12 weeks
and $35,000
to start initially.

We ended up putting
a little bit more

into the project
for insulation,

but camp is finished,
it looks good
and we're ready to give back.

I can't wait to see
how it looks.

It probably
won't look the same.

I'm sure it won't.

Hi.

Welcome back!

Hi.
Hi.

Wow.
Yay.

Oh, I love that.
Look at that.

Holy smokes.

Oh, wow.
Oh, my goodness.

I mean, this is not even close.
Oh, look at the design.

A little different.

It is.
Yeah.

Wow.
Oh, my goodness.

It's so beautiful.
I can't wait to see inside.

Luckily when
we first started the camp,
the ground was still unfrozen,

so we were able
to get Francis in here,

scrape that side right back,

get those trees
that were really
crowding in on it.

This piece of stone
was kind of down close to camp

and he needed something
to do with the stone,

so he plopped it right there.

It's a great centerpiece.
I love it.

The first thing I saw
was that beautiful sculpture
and, look,

I love that.

It used to have that chimney
that came down very easily.

Nice work, yeah.
Great and beautiful.

Yeah, we ended up going
with a pine clapboard

and just a natural,
you know, an oil based stain,

and new roof, new windows.

Yeah, looks really good.

Yeah, looks good.

It's really nice.

The construction,
everything square

and plumb in it
and really nice
and clean lines,

and I think they did
a really nice job here.

Probably dying to get inside.
Yeah.

Absolutely.
All right. Well, let's just head on in.

Okay.
Thank you.

Mom's gonna go first, you know mommy?
Yes, I know.

Oh, my gosh.

This is amazing.

Wow. Very nice.

Can you believe this?

Yeah.
Wow.

Look at the kitchen.

That's, I mean,
it's a real kitchen.

Oh, my goodness.
It's a beautiful kitchen.

I know.
Look at the cabinets.

When we got in here,
it was just one big room.

So what we ended up doing
was obviously kitchen here,

new bathroom right here,

and just kind of closed this
in for a little privacy,

all new electrical,
all new plumbing. So it's...

It works.
Yeah.

I love
how light it is in here.

It's so light and airy.

Love this floor.
Very nice.

We're not staining with our mud, are we?
No.

Wow. No!

This is amazing.
Wow.

My Buddha. My Buddha,
my Buddha, my Buddha.

Yay!

Nice.

The yoga mat,
my Buddha,

the corner
where Ashley had set up

a little meditation area,
it's perfect.

So we kept
the big picture windows.

Yes, you did,
a little nicer, though.

Yes, yes.

And then
we kept the vaulted ceilings.

We added
these collar tie beams

and everything's insulated,

new pine ceilings,
pine walls, and pine floors.

It's just so open.

I like the way the diagonal
pine goes over here.

It's a lot of pine,
but we wanted, you know,

there's ways to break it up
to make it not so naughty,
I guess.

But you also have a private
sleeping space over here,

if you want to check that out.
Wow.

Oh, my God. This is beautiful.

Yeah, yeah, nice.
I just can't believe this.

Wow, this is perfect.
So cool.

Oh, my goodness,
it's bigger in here
than I thought.

This is a trundle bed
for extra sleeping,

and we just thought it'd fit better than the bunk beds.
Yeah.

We're super excited
about the trundle bed.

I have a toddler and having
that low part
to the ground,

it's gonna
to be perfect for him.

It's a great use of space

and we're really excited
about it.

Just this,
having this little addition

just gives it that much more space.
Mm-hmm.

You guys want to take
a peek at the bathroom?

Oh, my God.
You can go in and check out the bathroom real quick.

So cool.
There is an actual bathroom

that I can use.
A real bathroom.

It's the out
house on the way out.

Yeah, yeah.
That bathroom is not only usable

but it's very nice.

And there's one more thing
I want to show you.

This, I went down to Benoit's

and they did
this custom map of all of
the surrounding lakes.

And then,
of course, right here

is your little cabin.
Yeah.

Cool.
How cute.

Yeah, I love it.
There's so many lakes in this area.

So many.

So I bet your kids
are really excited itching
to get up here.

Oh, yeah.
So why don't we head outside

and we can grab the kids?
Great.

Okay.
Let's go.

This is a place
that you can come and relax,

and it gives you a view
of the lake

and it's beautiful.

Thank you so much.
Yes, thank you so much.

Thank you.
This has been incredible.

And what you have done
to the place is wonderful.

It's just terrific.
Yeah, absolutely.

A complete transformation

from what was here before.
Yes.

We're glad.
We are so, so excited. Thank you.

So you had 35k put
into the project,

a little bit more went
into insulating it,

but again, it'll be usable year round.
Yeah.

And you wanted it back before...

April vacation.
Before April vacation.

Yay.

We just need
to hand you the keys back.

Who's taking it?
I'll give it to her.

I'll take it.
Yeah, all right, good. Here you go.

Well, yeah, you guys go grab
your grandchildren
and enjoy it.

Okay.
Thank you, thank you.

Bye.
Bye.

This was a one-room shack

and it wasn't
really inhabitable,

but they have made it
into a place
where you can come and use.

I mean, it's just perfect.

I'm so excited
because we get
to have our kids here

and be able to enjoy
coming to visit

my parents and my sister
and really,

you know,
have long-lasting memories.

It's really all
about making memories
here in Maine,

and now we have that.