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00:00Oh, no.
00:02It's an honor to be able to own a historic home.
00:04This might be a little harder than I thought.
00:07Kate is a producer on my show, but that doesn't mean
00:09you necessarily know how to do construction.
00:12The bathtub was not properly installed.
00:15I want to have the same love for this house
00:18that I did when I first opened the door.
00:20I feel trapped in this house.
00:23Having a historic home is a huge undertaking.
00:26Oh, my gosh.
00:27All the joists, they're all rotted on the ends.
00:29They're completely compromised.
00:32This wasn't accounted for in the budget, was it?
00:34No.
00:35So we have to stay within our budget from here forward.
00:39Yeah.
00:40Oh, my gosh.
00:42Oh!
00:43Between social media, how-to videos, and baseless tutorials,
00:47inspired DIYers are taking on bigger and bigger projects,
00:51leaving their homes in complete chaos.
00:55What have you done?
00:56There's a big hole in the wall.
00:57The flood made it.
00:58And this was a DIY gone wrong.
01:00What have we started?
01:01This is sketchy.
01:03You step in the wrong spot.
01:05You're going through.
01:06Yeah.
01:08For years, I've helped families in Southern California
01:11restore order to their dream homes.
01:13Oh, ho, ho!
01:14We're done!
01:15Now I've moved my family to Park City, Utah, where I'm rebuilding my business, and I know
01:21it's not going to be easy.
01:22New town, new business, new wrecks.
01:30Welcome to Park City.
01:32Look at this hill.
01:33Woo!
01:34Park City is a very unique place.
01:37It's nestled here in the mountains, and it's an old mining town, actually.
01:41So it has a very specific look protected by the city that makes sure that everything really
01:47stays within these guidelines to keep Park City looking historic.
01:51It's only about a 40-minute drive east of Salt Lake City, and hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics
01:57really put it on the map.
01:59I am headed to Kate's house.
02:02Katie's house is a historic home, and Kate is a producer on my show.
02:07I have been working in film and television production for about six years now.
02:12I found home renovation, and immediately I loved it.
02:15I was smitten going in and seeing houses change and people's lives change because a house is
02:21changing.
02:22I grew up in Park City, Utah.
02:24This town is really special to me.
02:26We would come up to the ski area, and we would always pass this little red house and just
02:31think, how cool would it be to live there?
02:34I really wanted to own a historic home.
02:36Fast forward 15-ish years, and I'm now living across the street.
02:41When I first bought this house, I opened the door, and I walked in, and I was like, I'm
02:45home.
02:46And I was so excited.
02:47I was really young.
02:48I was 24 years old when I bought the house.
02:50It's an honor to be able to own a historic home.
02:53There are only so many of them.
02:54It means a lot to be able to take care of this house.
02:57About six months in, I started to see some of the bigger issues.
03:02The slanted bathroom, and you're ducking, and the floors are wonky, and they creak.
03:07Oh, no.
03:08I was really hopeful that there was going to be hardwood floors underneath.
03:11I updated the house to the best of my abilities.
03:14Being around home renovation and being around home renovation experts does not mean that
03:19those skills travel via osmosis.
03:21I get these ideas from set, and I'm like, yes, I can do that.
03:26Oh, jeez.
03:27There's so much that needs to be done in here.
03:29It just created another mess.
03:30This is ridiculous.
03:31I'm slowly wrecking it by not knowing how to fix it.
03:35This might be a little harder than I thought.
03:42Hello.
03:43Hi.
03:43Welcome.
03:44Thanks.
03:45Welcome.
03:45You get to see the entire house just from this one spot.
03:49Is it weird that I'm here?
03:50It's not not weird.
03:54No, it's exciting.
03:55It's exciting.
03:55You told me the house was built 1898.
03:58When you look it up, it says 1898.
04:00Okay.
04:00And then it also says 1904.
04:02Either way, it's super old.
04:04It's super old.
04:05Yeah.
04:06This house deserves a lot of attention and care that I don't necessarily think I know how
04:11to give to it.
04:12It weighs on me all the time.
04:14What is it that's heavy?
04:15It's a historical home in Park City.
04:17I want to honor that and I want to keep this house going and protect it and preserve it.
04:21Sounds like a lot of pressure.
04:22I mean, truly.
04:24Okay.
04:24Well, let's go through and just kind of get a feel for what this house needs.
04:28So welcome to the official dining room that has maybe been dined in three times.
04:35Why?
04:36It's so tight.
04:37That's fair.
04:38What happened to the ceiling?
04:39This was an attempted DIY.
04:42There was this drop down.
04:44So I got part of it down, exposed this odd power thing that truly frightened me.
04:50That's above my pay grade.
04:51That's not the greatest connection.
04:53And let's just leave that alone for now.
04:55Being a producer on my TV show means that you're managing construction timelines, production
05:01timelines.
05:02That doesn't mean you necessarily know how to do construction.
05:05Walk me through this living room.
05:07Yeah.
05:07It's actually a pretty big room, right?
05:09It is.
05:09It's surprisingly large.
05:11This wall feels like maybe a different era.
05:13A hundred percent.
05:14This never really felt as though it fits the age of the house.
05:19So it looks like you've got a lot of different flooring going actually, right?
05:21You've got your tile.
05:22You've got your carpet.
05:23Yep.
05:23You've got the hardwoods.
05:25Yep.
05:25The floors here, everything kind of has a slope to it.
05:29Can I roll this on the floor?
05:30Yeah, grab the decorations.
05:31I love it.
05:32So like if I set this here, that's some slope.
05:38But I mean, all these floors just feel like they're kind of going different directions.
05:42My concern is just we can't install new flooring on a wavy foundation.
05:48It's only going to get worse.
05:49So we have to figure out how to level them.
05:52Okay, walk me through this kitchen.
05:54I actually did quite a bit of work in this kitchen.
05:56The countertop was so small, you couldn't really cook in here.
06:00So I extended the peninsula, which I thought was going to just change the whole kitchen.
06:05I realized though, I really didn't change that much.
06:08There's still very little prep space.
06:10I don't have an office.
06:12So I've turned part of the kitchen into an office.
06:15This is the one part of the house that I really, truly want to love more than anything.
06:18Yeah.
06:18And I love the countertops.
06:20I love the ceilings.
06:22Original to the house, I'm assuming.
06:24Yes.
06:25But I still don't love the kitchen.
06:26I want to have the same love for this house that I did when I first opened the door.
06:31Yeah.
06:32I get so excited when I have a gig out of town where I'm like, okay, cool.
06:37I get to leave all of the mess of this behind and not think about it.
06:42And then I come home.
06:44The reality set in that like, this is mine.
06:46Yeah.
06:47And you can't get out of it then.
06:49No.
06:50I feel trapped in this house.
06:52Sorry.
06:56I'm assuming this isn't the first time this house has made you cry.
07:00Unfortunately, no.
07:02And it's tiring.
07:03Yeah.
07:04It's really tiring.
07:05Kate, she's emotional about this house.
07:09And whenever somebody is this emotionally attached to their home, it's very hard for them to think logically.
07:17And so I have to think logically about this house.
07:20Okay.
07:20I want to see your pantry.
07:22Yeah.
07:22This is where you kind of have your laundry.
07:25So what did you do in here?
07:26I did a weekend project with someone to build this.
07:30Added some trim and tried to make everything look a little more finished.
07:33And at the end of the day, has the function changed?
07:36No.
07:37I just wanted to make it again feel lighter and brighter and reflect a little bit more of my personality.
07:42There was one other room you needed help with.
07:44Yes.
07:44It's upstairs in the bathroom.
07:46Anything that's still standing from 1898, you can assume is going to be one huge project.
07:53There's going to be a lot of work involved, a lot of things that I've never seen before, I'm sure.
07:58And yeah, no, yeah, it makes me very nervous.
08:01Be careful on the ladder.
08:03This is a very interesting staircase.
08:06It sure is.
08:07Yeah.
08:07And watch your head.
08:08I'm using my hands to crawl up.
08:10I know, you have to crawl up.
08:12It's crazy.
08:12So welcome to the bathroom.
08:16This is the door?
08:17That's the door.
08:18Yeah.
08:18This is a closet door?
08:20Yeah.
08:21Okay.
08:23Okay.
08:24This is it.
08:24This is the only bathroom in the house.
08:26Yeah.
08:27So what have you done in here?
08:28I got a new prefab vanity.
08:30Mm-hmm.
08:31It's fine, but based off of where the sink is, you bump your head trying to use the sink.
08:36And the mirror is not in front of the sink.
08:37Exactly.
08:39Off to the side.
08:39One of the other concerns was after I put some baseboards in, the baseboards changed color.
08:46Really?
08:46So I popped them off here.
08:48I think water was just getting into the baseboards.
08:52And then I noticed when I took some of the tongue and groove off of this, there's water
08:57damage all over that.
08:58So the water was basically dripping straight down between that tongue and groove or even
09:02on the face of it.
09:03Yeah.
09:04I mean, adding a baseboard in theory is nice, but that's not going to keep the water from
09:09traveling.
09:10We'll have to see as we start to take it apart to see the extent of the water damage.
09:13Kate's house is one of those houses where you initially look at it and you're like,
09:18this isn't wrecked.
09:19But as you start to go through it and pick it apart, it's one thing after another to help
09:24us realize that she really has wrecked her house.
09:28And if nothing else, her house is kind of wrecking her life at this point.
09:32Okay.
09:32Thanks for the tour.
09:33You're welcome.
09:34How would you describe your dream design style?
09:38Honoring the history.
09:40That's the style that I care about.
09:42I guess it's eclectic.
09:43I don't know.
09:44Okay.
09:45I'm pretty open.
09:46Okay.
09:47That's fair.
09:48What is your budget for this project?
09:50I have a budget of $140,000.
09:53I was able to get a loan to make that happen.
09:56That is a terrifying number to me.
09:59So every penny that goes into it is worth it.
10:04It's a lot of money.
10:05It's a lot of money.
10:06I will say that there are a lot of questions with this house.
10:10And that's my biggest concern going into this, right?
10:14Is that we have $140,000, but it also will go quick.
10:20Yeah.
10:20It's a long list, and we don't know what we're going to find.
10:23I want to love this place.
10:24I want that feeling back from when I first walked in the door and was like, this could be my home.
10:30I would love to help you.
10:32And for $140,000, we're going to do the best we can.
10:35Is that fair?
10:36It's beyond fair.
10:38Are you sure you want me to take over this whole Park City vibe?
10:42Me from California?
10:43You ready for this?
10:45I don't know.
10:45I've spent enough time with you.
10:46I think you've got the Park City vibe down.
10:49You have to move out, and then we'll just get started as soon as we can.
10:52I have to find a contractor.
10:54What if I said I maybe had someone that I want to introduce you to?
10:57A really good friend of mine.
10:58He's actually done some work on my family home.
11:01He's seen the house.
11:02He knows that it's a challenge.
11:03It's your house.
11:05And I'm always looking to grow my team.
11:06I'll call your contractor.
11:07It's going to be great.
11:11You're so welcome.
11:12You're going to love this house.
11:13You're going to come in, and you're going to be energized.
11:15Okay.
11:16Let's do it.
11:17Let's do it.
11:17I'm out of here.
11:18Thanks for the tour.
11:19Yeah.
11:20See you soon.
11:21Thanks, Jasmine.
11:22We'll see you.
11:22Bye.
11:22Bye.
11:22It's all for you in days like me.
11:30Finding a contractor through a client is always a little bit dicey.
11:34Because John knows Kate better than he knows me, I hope that it doesn't muddy the waters,
11:40right?
11:40It doesn't blur the lines between who's in charge and who's making the decisions.
11:44Hi.
11:45Hi.
11:46Jasmine.
11:47Yep.
11:47You're John, right?
11:48Yep.
11:48Nice to meet you.
11:49Nice to meet you.
11:49At the end of the day, this is my project, and Kate has handed it over for me to manage.
11:55I don't know what I'm getting into.
11:57Katie mentioned that you've worked with her family before.
12:00I've worked with their family for 15 years.
12:03I've known them for a long time.
12:04So you've been in the house before, right?
12:05Yep.
12:06It's going to be tough.
12:07Yeah.
12:07And whenever you start digging into an old house, obviously.
12:10There's always things that you didn't expect.
12:13Okay.
12:13Well, let's walk through.
12:15I think John has the ability to help Kate, and he knows that he's probably one of the only
12:20people who can help her right now.
12:22She trusts me, and she trusts him.
12:25It looks different without the furniture in here.
12:27Actually, it looks a lot bigger.
12:28Yeah, I was going to say it looks bigger.
12:30There are some things in here that I feel like we should try to keep.
12:33I think we try to keep the crown molding.
12:35We keep the tongue and groove.
12:37Kind of the vibe, right?
12:38It's that vintage-y feel.
12:40It's the air.
12:41This area over here, she had this as her dining area, although she admittedly never dined here.
12:46The thing is, is nobody wants to sit under this.
12:49What I'd love to do is extend this cool ceiling all the way to the corner.
12:55I agree.
12:56As far as the flooring goes, this corner over here, compared to where I'm standing here,
13:00is like a, like a ramp.
13:03The foundation is not level.
13:04No.
13:05The floors are very uneven.
13:07We'll level it up a little bit.
13:08So what I'm thinking for in here is we replace this entire space with new laminate floors.
13:12I think we should pull this paneling off this front wall and really make this ceiling the focal point.
13:19We'll try to extend the tongue and groove all the way back to where the drop-down used to be
13:23and transform her old dining room into an office space.
13:26And then over here in the living room, I'm going to use smaller-scale furniture to maximize the space,
13:30adding more function and style.
13:32On the stairs, we do laminate flooring all the way up.
13:35I'd love to do a little runner to help with the grip so we don't feel like it's quite as much of a ladder.
13:40Gotcha.
13:41Yeah?
13:42I like it.
13:42Okay, cool.
13:43This kitchen, I mean, it's actually a pretty big space.
13:47I love the countertops.
13:48She loves the countertops.
13:49She wants us to save them.
13:50Yes.
13:51Let's keep the ceiling.
13:52It's over 100 years old, and Kate wants us to preserve it.
13:55So my idea is to move the fridge and the makeshift home office,
13:59and instead we add storage there and a really cute dining area.
14:02Then the kitchen lives on this side of the room.
14:05We're going to have a range right here.
14:06We're going to have countertop space, some open shelving.
14:09A peninsula comes out of the wall right here.
14:11We've got our sink.
14:12We've got our dishwasher.
14:14There's seating on the opposite side of it and a countertop that waterfalls all the way down to the floor.
14:19And then in the little nook off the kitchen, fridge, pantry, full-size stacked washer and dryer.
14:25This plan checks all the boxes on Kate's wish list, and it adds function to this really challenging space.
14:31Speaking of challenges, let's go look at the bathroom.
14:33Okay.
14:35The staircase or ladder.
14:36You're going to enjoy it.
14:37It's fun.
14:39You have to use your hands.
14:41Oh, so the railing is now completely off as well.
14:45Okay, so this bathroom, as I bonk my head on the ceiling here.
14:48This bathroom is a tough one.
14:51This is a tough one.
14:52But I think if we move the sink where the ceiling is higher, we could hopefully reuse the countertops from downstairs on a new oak wood vanity.
15:01Then on this wall, we do our tub-shower combo.
15:03I know Kate loves green, so maybe we incorporate some green tile for the walls.
15:08And then the toilet comes over here, and we do a partition wall to make it feel more private.
15:15Does that work?
15:15I think we can make it work.
15:18I'm excited to see what you come up with.
15:20Yeah, what we come up with together.
15:28This is what we have to save.
15:35Probably going to get this down the stairs.
15:36We'll start a time.
15:39Hey, Jasmine?
15:40Yeah?
15:41We need to talk about the floors.
15:43They're not good.
15:44I'll be right there.
15:46Look at this.
15:48This whole thing's humped right in the middle.
15:50You actually have it level from there to there.
15:54You can see in six feet, we have over a 5-8-inch difference from one end to the other.
15:59Whatever's under here is way out.
16:02You know what I mean?
16:03Yeah.
16:03This is a hump and a half.
16:04I had no idea that this was going to be this inconsistent.
16:08I think the only thing we can do is tear all the layers of flooring off and go back to the joists.
16:13Open the whole thing up?
16:14Open the thing, clear up to the crawl space.
16:16We weren't planning to have to level these floors to this extent, right?
16:20We just thought we'd have to maybe be a little self-leveler here and there, but this is a whole other thing.
16:25Is this fixable?
16:26I hope so.
16:27I don't know until we get into it.
16:29Welcome to these old houses.
16:30The floor is in no way flat.
16:35It's not level.
16:36It's not straight.
16:37It's none of the things the floor should be.
16:39And we have to figure something out.
16:41Good job.
16:42Good job, you guys.
16:43In Park City, historic homes are king.
16:47And I got to get it right.
16:49You know, I want Kate to be really happy with her renovation.
16:52And I want to make sure that we get her back into her house so she can live and not have all of this stress anymore.
17:05Hey, Jasmine.
17:06Looking at this floor and getting it torn apart, we've got a lot of rot.
17:10We've got a beam that's fractured.
17:13Just a bunch of structural failures on it.
17:15We've got to kind of redo the whole thing.
17:17And you can see if I grab the wood, it just all falls apart.
17:21The entire house doesn't even have rock or concrete under it.
17:25It's sitting on wood.
17:30Oh, my gosh.
17:32This is serious.
17:36Well, we're basically going to have to tear all this framing out and restructure it because it's all failed.
17:43I will come around.
17:44Okay.
17:44Yeah?
17:45I'll meet you.
17:45This house is over 100 years old.
17:47Things are going to break.
17:48We're going to find things that have just disintegrated or are rotten or need to be changed or need to be repaired or need to be fixed or need to be...
17:55Oh, my gosh.
17:58So what happened?
17:59Well, when we got into it, all the joists, they're all rotted on the ends.
18:03They're using rocks to hold the joists up.
18:06I'll show you.
18:07See these?
18:09Oh, my gosh.
18:10They're just sitting on rocks.
18:11Mm-hmm.
18:12On dirt.
18:12I mean, this is what the whole house sits on.
18:14This is really serious.
18:16They're completely compromised.
18:19These floors are way worse than I expected.
18:22What if we weren't here?
18:23Like, what would happen to this?
18:24Eventually, the floor would have just fell in.
18:26When this house was built, it was not built to last 100 years.
18:31It was built as a shelter for the miners who were here probably temporarily.
18:36And so here we are, over 100 years later, trying to make this a modern home, and the rocks aren't going to fly.
18:44Thinking about our budget, on a $140,000 budget, normally we'd have $14,000 set aside for this.
18:50Is this going to go above and beyond that contingency that we have set aside?
18:54I think this can use most of that.
18:56By the time you get the materials and the labor, close to that, all I'm out.
19:01Which really makes me nervous because, you know, we can't call her back and ask for more money.
19:06Like, this is it.
19:07And to not have any contingency left over.
19:09I knew these floors were going to be problematic.
19:14I had no idea it was going to be this big of a problem.
19:18Strangely light.
19:19I'm nervous now.
19:20This is a can of worms, and is every single thing that I look at in this house going to spiral this much?
19:26All right.
19:27Well, I guess we're literally rebuilding this house from the dirt up.
19:30With the entire substructure of the floor being torn up and rebuilt, I'm using today to really learn a lot about Kate's home.
19:41We are at the Park City Museum.
19:43Not only is this a museum, but it's where the Historical Society keeps their records.
19:47So I reached out to see if they might be able to share a little bit more information about Kate's house.
19:53It's a Park City Museum right here on Main Street.
19:56Isn't that cool?
19:57Understanding the history of this house, I think, will help me understand what is important to Kate.
20:05Oh, boy.
20:07In the 1860s, Park City was established as a mining town.
20:11So there was a silver mine that was opened, and prospectors started coming.
20:16And so there was living quarters that were built for them.
20:18They started setting up camps, and families came here to be miners.
20:22So they were building these little houses for those families.
20:25Sometimes it was a family, sometimes it was just one person.
20:28And so some of these houses are exceptionally small.
20:31Hi.
20:32Hi, Jasmine.
20:33How's it going?
20:34Good.
20:34Nice to see you.
20:35Yeah, you too.
20:36So I found a cool photo of the house that you asked me to look into.
20:40Hazel, come look at this.
20:41Here's a 1940s tax record photo that we came across.
20:45So this is what the house looked like about 80 years ago or so.
20:49When do you think the house was built?
20:51They seem to think the house was built around 1885.
20:531885 is way older than we thought.
20:58What a cool photo.
20:58Hazel, look.
20:59This is the house mom's working on.
21:00Let me show you.
21:01Look.
21:02Look.
21:02That was a long time ago.
21:04Can I make a copy of this and maybe frame it or something?
21:07Yeah, absolutely.
21:08Well, thank you.
21:09Thanks for pulling this and looking into it for me.
21:11Of course.
21:11It's been two weeks and we've replaced the entire floor downstairs and the substructure
21:19of the floors.
21:20It's eaten our entire contingency.
21:22And of course, that wasn't the only surprise.
21:25As John and his team started digging into this bathroom, the old bathtub was not properly
21:31installed.
21:32The floors were rotten all the way through to the floor joists.
21:36The plumbing had to be completely redesigned and the electricians had to pull full circuits
21:43out and rerun them.
21:45It's not just a matter of some structural issues.
21:47We've got a safety issue here.
21:48That's why we jumped into it and decided to address the problems and just deal with them.
21:54John has taken this project and run with it, which on the one hand, I really appreciate.
22:00But on the other hand, I've seen invoices coming through that are over what's approved.
22:05So I need to make sure that we have a plan in place because he can't be doing work that
22:10isn't approved.
22:11I'm confused as to how he thinks this project is going to be paid for and move forward if
22:18he's making all these changes but not telling me.
22:21You know, honestly, though, this bathroom, it is getting there.
22:24More spacious.
22:25Oh.
22:25More functional.
22:26I know it's been a ton of work just to even get to this point.
22:28When we pulled the floor up, there was three or four layers of flooring.
22:32It was rotten, clear down to the joists.
22:34There was no structural value to this floor at all.
22:36And that's why all the plumbing had to be put below the floor down there.
22:40And we had to fur that room out.
22:42It could have been a real problem.
22:44We're happy to say it's done right.
22:46It's all up to code.
22:48This is a big project.
22:49Let's go downstairs and see if we have enough of the countertop that we saved from the
22:54kitchen for countertop on the vanity and for a bench here.
22:59So I think that'd be really pretty.
23:00I feel like, Jasmine, we're going to have enough.
23:05This is a lot.
23:06To fabricate that entire bathroom with this and that piece that's over here.
23:11So the bathroom, I mean, I know that was a lot of extra work.
23:15So I'm just trying to figure this out because the math, it's not mathing.
23:19We have the floor that we had to completely redo.
23:23We had to redo all the plumbing, right?
23:25We had to reframe the ceiling down here.
23:27I mean, some of that we had in the budget, but I saw a $7,500 come through that we don't
23:35even have.
23:36I think we're going to be over budget between $12,000 and $15,000.
23:40Over the contingency?
23:41Over the contingency.
23:43How are we going to make this up?
23:45Can't make it up.
23:46It's too much.
23:47What do you mean?
23:47There was too many things that had to be done, and we're going to eat it.
23:54Who?
23:55My company.
23:57So you're giving up your builder fee?
23:59Yep.
24:00Wow.
24:01That's huge.
24:03Katie has complete trust in us, and I can't breach that by band-aiding something and pretending
24:09that it's right and it's not.
24:10And that's why I really felt like that we had to address the issues.
24:16Whether the funds were there or not, we had to clean it up.
24:19I know this house has been a beast, but I didn't expect that.
24:23We didn't either, but I don't know how else to approach it.
24:27I've known Katie and her mother for nearly 20 years.
24:33Katie's mom and the girls mean a lot to our family.
24:37That's just the way we are.
24:38That's the way we grow.
24:40That's awesome.
24:41That's very generous, and that's a big compliment to your company and how you stand behind your work.
24:48So, I mean, I'm saying thank you, but really on her behalf, because she's very appreciative.
24:52And I know when she sees it, she'll appreciate it and be excited.
24:56I'm willing to do it for her and the family.
24:58Anybody else, I wouldn't do it.
25:01Of all the houses where I should have had even a bigger contingency, a historic home would have been the spot.
25:07But, listen, learn.
25:13With John eating $15,000 in overages and Kate completely maxed out, I'm hoping that the worst is behind us.
25:22Downstairs in the office, I've come up with what I think is a clever solution to hide the new bathroom plumbing.
25:28This is a big deal because now my ceiling heights don't match on the first floor, and the only way I can think to make this work is because we already have an arch in one of the openings.
25:38I can add an arch in the other opening, drop the ceiling, and I don't think you're going to notice.
25:43Instead of having multiple ceiling heights that are noticeable, this arch, I think, will not only hide it, but make the other arch feel more intentional.
25:51Now, we have every opening with an arch.
25:53It feels like an architectural feature.
25:55And, yeah, I think that this is going to work.
25:57John's team is also putting the finishing touches on the last of the new drywall in the kitchen.
26:03Getting this kitchen right is super important to Kate, so today we're meeting so I can make sure every detail works for her.
26:09Hello, welcome in.
26:10This is a lot.
26:11I mean, Kate has been carrying the stress of this home for years.
26:16Here I am coming in as a newbie.
26:18I'm new to town.
26:19I'm new to this area.
26:20I have to focus on this project.
26:23And the fact that it's a historic house makes it just that much more stressful.
26:26So do I just tap square to pay?
26:28Yes.
26:30So easy.
26:32There you go.
26:34You're welcome.
26:34I love that we have this amazing cafe, like, right in our neighborhood now.
26:38Just to have, like, a small business like this, to come here and just, like, think.
26:41You're right.
26:42A lot to talk about.
26:43Okay.
26:44So the first thing I want to talk to you about is your flooring.
26:48Okay.
26:49We started pulling up a few floorboards here and there.
26:51Oh, man.
26:54Oh, my God.
26:55This wasn't accounted for in the budget, was it?
26:58We put aside a contingency for things like this.
27:02Yeah.
27:02But I do know that we are going to be over the contingency.
27:05And I also know that there isn't any additional funds that are coming into this renovation.
27:11But John, he's planning to eat some of this cost because he's just a nice guy.
27:16Oh, my gosh.
27:17What?
27:18Yeah.
27:18Knowing how much love is being put into this home, that he's willing to take a loss to be able to make this happen.
27:26And he's always been family to us.
27:30But this is a whole new level of that.
27:32Yeah.
27:33Wow.
27:35With that, I want to talk to you about your kitchen.
27:37I brought some cabinet samples.
27:39Okay.
27:39I want to make sure that I have a really clear direction and that you like kind of that direction that we're going.
27:45The wood floors I love, but more importantly, my wood ceiling.
27:51I know you love the wood ceiling.
27:53So, the wood ceiling, we have the wood floors.
27:54Those are laminate.
27:55Not actually wood, but look like wood.
27:57How do you feel about the idea of having, like, a wood tone on the floor, a wood tone on the ceiling, and then complementing that with something painted?
28:07There's something about that, like, wood cabinetry in a kitchen in the mountains that just screams, like, mountain.
28:13This feels more cottagey, but I kind of like the idea of having a wood cabinet in my kitchen.
28:20So, you want stained cabinets?
28:22I really do.
28:23Okay.
28:23There are a lot of wood tones, and I...
28:26There are so many wood tones.
28:28And now that I'm entering into a new decade of my life, I want that decade to reflect growth and elegance, and I want the house to speak to that.
28:39Let me figure out if I can make it work.
28:42If I can't, then we'll have to have painted cabinets.
28:45This is unbelievably true.
28:46This is a life-changing experience.
28:48It's not just a house.
28:49Like, you're changing my life.
28:51It's a really, really big deal, and I'm super grateful.
28:55You're welcome.
28:57Get cut, get loose again.
29:00Everybody asking what's happening.
29:03After all the drama with the floors, it's such a relief to see the new laminate floors getting installed.
29:09They're also the last piece of the puzzle that I need to solve all the competing wood tones in the kitchen.
29:13Oh, nice.
29:17So the ceiling is our next thing to figure out, huh?
29:21Wood tones are hard.
29:22How many and how they're going to complement each other or contrast each other or just how they're all going to talk to each other.
29:28We've got this white oak on the floor.
29:30Our cabinets are white oak, so those will have a similar tone.
29:35The ceiling, I mean, it's not even close.
29:38So we have to figure out a way that we can get that ceiling to complement these floors.
29:42I think the ceiling is my opportunity to still use a wood tone, but a different contrasting color.
29:50Let's try this.
29:51A color that in no way is this supposed to be the same color as the cabinetry in the floors.
29:57To me, it still's got quite a bit of red in it.
30:00A lot of red.
30:01And I'm not a fan of the red.
30:03Well, I feel like you're in good company on that because I don't think Kate would be a fan of the red either.
30:08Ooh, I like that.
30:10That's definitely more brown, right?
30:13That's pretty.
30:14I think this darker stain is going to be the perfect complement to the lighter wood tones that we're using in the rest of this design.
30:22And I think it's going to help the ceiling feel historic.
30:25It's really pretty.
30:27Kate's bathroom door.
30:32There's an opportunity here to make this something you want to look at versus an eyesore.
30:38Today, I'm going to try looking for a door at a, it's like a salvage yard slash antique shop.
30:43I'm excited to see it.
30:48Oh, my goodness.
30:50I've never seen this many doors in my life.
30:52There's almost too many doors.
30:54We've put so much new into Kate's house that the idea of having a really cool vintage door to go into that brand new bathroom, I feel like that would be such a win.
31:04Ooh.
31:06This door has a lot of charm.
31:08It's got a lot going on.
31:09I feel like she would really appreciate this.
31:11It's got a lot of detail.
31:14You could clean it up at a track.
31:16It has the woodwork.
31:17It has these, like, little grooves on it.
31:19It has millwork at the top, the little molding pieces.
31:21I think that it'll be a really cool piece for Kate's house just to make that bathroom not feel quite so brand new.
31:33I'm trying to do work at the kitchen table, and my mother is making dinner.
31:38Hailing, failing, failing miserably.
31:40It's good.
31:41It's good.
31:42It's good.
31:42Yeah.
31:43Screep off the top.
31:44Okay.
31:45It's sticky.
31:45When Kate came to me, she was in such a vulnerable state.
31:49She was done.
31:51She was frustrated.
31:53She was tired.
31:54She was stressed.
31:54She was emotional.
31:56Just another day of me feeling like I'm back in high school doing work at the dining table, kitchen table, and my mother is making dinner.
32:03I promised that I would take her budget and do the most I could with it, that I would change her house to what she needed it to be.
32:14I made some big promises, let's just say.
32:16This is definitely a unique home office situation.
32:19And I do think that I've still made a big difference, and hopefully Kate sees that.
32:30Today, the kitchen cabinets are going in.
32:32I have Darla with me, and we are multitasking.
32:36So we've got job sites we're going to.
32:39We've got baby stuff we're doing.
32:41You know, it's just the life of a working mom.
32:43And Darla gets to see her first kitchen install.
32:45And you look as cute as a bug deer.
32:47This is mom's project.
32:49What do you think?
32:50Ooh.
32:52Oh, nice, guys.
32:53Ooh, she's going to be so excited.
32:55They look great with the floors.
32:56Oh, my gosh.
32:58After all the setbacks on this project, seeing this kitchen finally come together, it's like a shot of adrenaline.
33:04So these cabinets, they're solid white oak, custom color.
33:07These cabinets are $20,000, which is a lot of money, especially on this budget.
33:11But she needed a new kitchen.
33:15Darla's my bargaining power.
33:16You can't say no to anybody that has a baby.
33:18We're finally making some progress on this bathroom as well.
33:33So the tile is going in, and we were also able to repurpose the slab that was in Kate's kitchen and use it for this bathroom.
33:39So it's going on the vanity, it's going on the bench and the tub, and on the little niche.
33:45Kate, she wants to be able to just use her kitchen and not worry about it.
33:48So quartz was the right material in my mind.
33:51We can't even use the cart here, huh?
33:53Yes.
33:54I think they're perfect for Kate's kitchen because they're not super white.
33:56They're not super bright.
33:58They give a nice warmth to the kitchen.
34:00And having that durability is going to be huge for her.
34:03This is the backsplash for the range there, huh?
34:06This is the moment of truth.
34:07It'll be nice to see that piece in.
34:09That's a heavy one.
34:14Nice, guys.
34:16Look at this countertop.
34:18This is great.
34:19Look at the seating she's going to have.
34:21Whit, look at the ceiling.
34:22It turned out so nice.
34:24You still can see the character of the age of it?
34:27Yeah.
34:28I'm obsessed.
34:29This is how it always should have looked.
34:30It needed a fresh coat of stain.
34:32But also, like, having the trim around and then the freshness of the new wood tones that
34:37are in here with the floors, the cabinetry.
34:40Reconfiguring this kitchen, adding in the luxury finishes, and making it a space that Kate
34:45can really use.
34:46That's what she needed out of this renovation.
34:47When we decided to move to Park City and I thought about rebuilding my business, this
35:01was the type of project that I was hoping I would get.
35:04Old house, Park City proper, historic home.
35:08I mean, this is the oldest house I've ever worked on.
35:09This is one of those standout projects that you can really make a name for yourself if you
35:14do it right.
35:14We knew that it was a historic home.
35:17We knew it was going to be hard.
35:18We knew that we were going to find things that we weren't expecting.
35:20And I think that makes it that much more fulfilling.
35:23To take on a project that you know is going to push you right to the brink, that's where
35:28you're actually helping someone.
35:29And that's where you're actually learning.
35:31And that's where you're actually growing.
35:34Hi!
35:36New house day!
35:37New house day!
35:39We're here!
35:40Oh, we're here!
35:41I am so excited for you, just so you know.
35:44I am so excited.
35:45I can't even stand it.
35:47We had our work cut out for us.
35:49This is a historic home.
35:51That was a challenge.
35:52We had $140,000 set aside for the budget.
35:56You know that as we started digging in, we found things that needed to be fixed.
36:00We went $15,000 over the budget.
36:04That's not coming out of your pocket.
36:06John is not taking a builder fee at all.
36:08And he even ate some of that cost to cover it.
36:13Wow.
36:14I'm so grateful.
36:15I'm, I'm, the amount of gratitude.
36:19It's big.
36:20It's huge.
36:22Oh my gosh.
36:23It's gonna get me prepared.
36:25You're so welcoming.
36:27Let's go inside.
36:27Okay.
36:28I'm ready.
36:28Let's go inside.
36:39This is a lot to take in.
36:43Oh, I love it.
36:45So much.
36:47It's the whole new space.
36:49It's like I've never been here before.
36:51This is wild.
36:53Oh, wow.
36:55This is awesome.
36:56I could never have done this myself.
37:00Can you believe this is your house?
37:02No.
37:04Oh.
37:06It looks so good.
37:07Oh, my gosh.
37:11I was shaking.
37:14Oh, my gosh.
37:17This feels very, like, no, this is how this face is supposed to be.
37:21Oh, wow.
37:23What do you think of the floor?
37:24Like, the actual flooring.
37:25This is incredible.
37:26And to not walk in to that tile, which then just, like, tipped into carpet.
37:34They would look, but they're actually laminate.
37:36And so these floors are waterproof.
37:39It's level.
37:41But they're sturdier than they were.
37:43Because, you know, the last, I mean, I showed you a picture.
37:46This whole thing was dirt.
37:48And rocks.
37:48And rock and wood.
37:49Yep.
37:50This, this is so, it's so nice.
37:52Yay.
37:54What about this arch you're standing on?
37:56I, honestly, this, it feels as though it was always here.
38:01It matches what was already here so perfectly.
38:04So this room now, you know, we have it as a study because you're a professional.
38:10This is incredible.
38:11I could just sit, I could just sit here all day.
38:13It was really special.
38:14It's so elegant.
38:16I love it.
38:18But I do want to see this kitchen.
38:21Oh, my gosh.
38:25This is stunning.
38:27It's so beautiful.
38:29It's a lot to take in.
38:32It looks so beautiful.
38:36It looks like a piece of beautiful antique furniture on this, right?
38:39Oh, stunning.
38:39This is paying homage to the house and its history properly.
38:43You've got seating now.
38:45Oh, my gosh.
38:46This is unbelievable.
38:47Oh, my gosh.
38:48You did mention that you wanted the functionality, right?
38:52To be able to be here and be cooking.
38:54Oh, my gosh.
38:55You're here and you're doing your dishes.
38:57You've got your fridge right here.
38:59This just feels right.
39:03Like, you can operate out of this space.
39:06I know you're looking in here.
39:07I am.
39:09Oh, my gosh.
39:11This is so spectacular.
39:12Not only is your fridge in here, but you have a proper pantry and room for food, for storage,
39:20for all of your small appliances, and just to have another space.
39:24This can be a really nice, like, you know, food prep, staging, serving area as well.
39:29Do you want to go upstairs?
39:29Yeah, I do.
39:31I do.
39:33Oh, my gosh.
39:35Isn't that funny?
39:36I think the runner helps with the safety.
39:38And just gorgeous.
39:40It's gorgeous, isn't it?
39:41Oh, my gosh.
39:42Okay, let's go up.
39:43Yeah.
39:44Ah!
39:45Look at the railing.
39:47Wow.
39:49This looks so good.
39:51Make a difference.
39:53Wow.
39:54So this is the photo from the historical society of your house.
39:58What?
39:59This is why I wanted a house like this.
40:01Like, this much history?
40:02Are you kidding me?
40:03What?
40:03I thought this was so cool.
40:05So now you have a proper door to your bathroom.
40:08Oh, my gosh.
40:09This is a vintage door from the 1800s.
40:11I think this is an upgrade from the closet door that was here before.
40:15Oh, yeah.
40:21What?
40:22Oh, my gosh.
40:23I'm literally speechless.
40:27I can't shoot cameras.
40:29They really live on.
40:30Oh, my gosh.
40:31That was, like, my favorite.
40:33That was my favorite part of it.
40:34You picked the most beautiful parts.
40:36This is unbelievable.
40:38Okay, as much as we want to hang out in here, should we go back downstairs?
40:41Yes.
40:42All right.
40:42Oh, this house.
40:44The very first time I looked at it, I was like, this is it.
40:48I have to figure out how to make this happen.
40:49I have to figure out how to make this my home.
40:52And then I did.
40:55And now I feel like I get to go through that process of falling in love with it all over again.
41:00So this was fun.
41:01Let's do this again.
41:02Oh, my gosh.
41:03So happy for you.
41:04It's been really strange to be, and, like, a lot of people have asked me, you know,
41:07what's it like being on the other side of this?
41:09That's what our job is, right?
41:11Showing people their new homes and being like, you get to have this.
41:15This is yours now.
41:16And I guess I didn't think that I was going to be one of those people.
41:19You've changed my house.
41:20You've changed my life.
41:21It's unbelievable.
41:22Thank you so much.
41:23You're so welcome.
41:28I know your friends and family are coming over.
41:30So enjoy.
41:32Celebrate.
41:33Yes!
41:34Thank you so much.
41:35You're so welcome.
41:36Bye.
41:38This entire experience has been truly life-changing.
41:43Welcome.
41:43This would have taken me years to get the house to a point where it can keep going for years
41:50to come.
41:51Maybe not another 140, but fingers crossed.
41:55To Katie.
41:57To Katie.
41:58Yeah.
41:59Stunning.
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