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00:01Chip's dream has always been the home perched high on the mountain.
00:06Golly, we are not in Waco anymore, are we?
00:08This is our first out of Central Texas project.
00:11I love this fireplace.
00:13But I wish it was in here.
00:15I know.
00:16Does this seem problematic?
00:18I think it would be totally doable.
00:20Steve's going to be our connection points to get this project finished.
00:23I wanted to point out we had a visitor.
00:25I knew you were going to say bear.
00:27Maybe I did my last demo.
00:29The only reason you're not demoing is because it's not in Texas.
00:32Unbelievable.
00:34My daughter, Ella, Chip had an idea to let her design the little cottage.
00:39This is your homework.
00:40Are you accepting the challenge?
00:42I'm accepting a challenge.
00:44Hopefully this is the thing that kickstarts all of the beauty she's going to create in the future.
00:49Let's go!
00:51Oh, I love me somehow.
00:59Since we left Colorado, Steve and the team have been busy.
01:04We started work on Ellis Cottage, removing the closets and opening up that space.
01:09And put in a new railing on the deck in the main house.
01:12And while everything is moving in the right direction, the reality of doing a project outside of Texas is really starting to set in.
01:19Hey, Joe, it's Steve.
01:21Hi, Steve.
01:22I got the hand-hume beams we're adding throughout the house.
01:25I think you're going to love them.
01:26But they are lighter than the existing wood, so I'm working on a solution so everything blends.
01:31And also, we've got to talk about the fireplace when you've got some time.
01:35We're really excited about gathering here with the whole family and even the extended family.
01:40We have about four months left to finish this project, so we're really starting to feel the pressure while we're here at home in Waco.
01:47Every project we've done, there's always a thing.
01:50There's always that one thing that likes to just kind of taunt me.
01:53Most projects have several things.
01:55But there's always, like, one major thing.
01:57And I can name them specifically on each project we've done.
02:00On the mountain house, it's a fireplace situation.
02:04This one sounds like a bummer.
02:07Why?
02:08Because there's no way to do it the way we designed.
02:12Steve was like, Joe, you've got to quickly make a new design decision.
02:17Oh.
02:18That's not what it's supposed to look like.
02:22What happened?
02:23Because we want a fireplace above and below, the ideal spot for a fireplace in this room is right here.
02:31And the ideal spot for a fireplace in this room is right here.
02:35Because of this one being on the second floor, it's got to have a footer.
02:39Obviously, the deck can't support that, so this has to go all the way down.
02:42Right.
02:43Because of that, I'm losing this French door in the den.
02:47Now you're just going to have this blank space.
02:49Let me just show you.
02:50That's what it was going to look like.
02:52Yeah.
02:53That's beautiful.
02:54And now I have to lose this, and then it just feels like wonk, wonk.
03:00Really, at the end of the day, the choice is lose the downstairs fireplace or lose a French door.
03:07So do I just kill that and call it a day?
03:09Who cares?
03:10Hey, you know I love symmetry.
03:12Now we'll eliminate this door, but it's just everything gets tight and weird.
03:17But it's just downstairs in that one little corner.
03:19Yeah.
03:20You know, this is still the focal point.
03:21Yeah.
03:22You're going to have lots of that out there.
03:23Which that will be beautiful.
03:24Yeah, it's going to be great.
03:25Maybe in my mind, because for months now I've seen the downstairs have this-
03:29You know what?
03:30It is what it is.
03:31Have this beautiful fireplace centered, and then a French door, a French door, and then everything is centered around that moment.
03:37Where now-
03:38Too many words.
03:39It is what it is.
03:40So I'll just take a day, regroup, and we'll all be fine.
03:43Sounds like I get to keep both my fireplaces.
03:45That's great.
03:46You get both of your fireplaces.
03:47Great.
03:48Yes.
03:49I'll call Steve.
03:50All right.
03:51See you later, babe.
03:52Okay.
04:06So now that the design is complete on the main house, we have now put all of our focus onto this cottage, which is like a little guest cottage.
04:15It's a one bedroom.
04:16Really, on the exterior, everything's going to pretty much stay the same.
04:21All we're going to do is change the exterior paint color, but we're going to keep the roof.
04:25On the inside, for some reason I'm thinking the boys in this space, which is why I wanted to feel a little more masculine in the textures and the colors.
04:33But just add these feminine details, like more delicate brass, just really help balance that.
04:40And here I feel like it's like the lodge.
04:42The anchor of this space is going to be the new fireplace that we're going to install.
04:46I mean, you're in the mountains.
04:47You think winter.
04:48A cozy fire is a dream.
04:50Then I'm going to put two windows on both sides because the view is just the most beautiful thing.
04:55So everywhere you look, hopefully there's a window and a view.
04:58So you'll see this really beautiful green that doesn't feel too punchy.
05:02Green is my favorite color.
05:03So we thought let's put it everywhere we can.
05:05As far as a materials standpoint, we're going to keep the existing wood floors.
05:10The tongue and groove right now, it's white.
05:12We're going to paint it green.
05:14We want to play around with a little more color in there just to make it feel a little cozier.
05:18And then we're either going to keep the existing color on the walls or add this creamy plaster.
05:23This Dutch door right here actually was the Dutch door that was in the main house in the kitchen.
05:28I love that door so much.
05:30And since now that part of the kitchen is the primary bathroom, we're taking this Dutch door and putting it in this little cottage.
05:37In the kitchen, this is the tile.
05:40I love that it's tonal.
05:41You've got all different whites and creams.
05:43So I just think this is going to be a really pretty accent with this green.
05:47I just love how that plays off of each other.
05:49It's a small kitchen, so I'm really trying to add a little bit of character.
05:53So you'll see that on the cabinets doing really simple brass knobs.
05:57A butcher block countertop.
05:59So it just feels timeless and classic.
06:02Here's the one bedroom in the space.
06:05And this is where I imagine it feeling kind of lodgy, but I wanted some texture.
06:09So I'm going to do this like nice dark green plaid wallpaper.
06:14And then where the existing tongue and groove is on the ceiling and all of the doors in the trim,
06:20I'm just going to match that with that same green.
06:22The bathroom.
06:23I thought to go with just one of my tried and true favorites.
06:26It's like a concrete with a limestone finish.
06:28And I thought it'd be fun to use on the wall so that it feels like a really cool statement right when you walk in.
06:34Overall, I just really wanted this to feel calm, soothing.
06:38So there's one more cottage to design and that's the one that I'm working on with Ella.
06:42She's taking lead on the design here in Waco.
06:45And I can't wait to see it come together.
06:50In the meantime, we're headed to Colorado to deal with the main house.
06:55Oh my goodness.
06:57Good night, babe.
06:59What a dream.
07:00Mountain towns are the best towns.
07:02They really are quite stunning.
07:04You have mountains, you have blue sky.
07:06Babe, look at that roaring river.
07:09I'm just so glad that the kids are with us.
07:13You know, it feels fun to be, you know, on vacation, kinda.
07:18Kids are exploring today.
07:21But really it's like, hey, mom and dad are working.
07:23Work and play.
07:24We've got some stuff we've got to figure out.
07:26The fact that crew brought his first fly fishing pole he got first birthday.
07:29I can't wait.
07:30I can't wait for you to fish down there with him.
07:32I'm going to get after it.
07:34So what all are we excited to see regarding the property?
07:38I think we're just trying to take it a little, you know, day by day here.
07:42I think Steve's got a lot going on this week.
07:44He went this past weekend to go get all the hand-hewn beams.
07:47He picked them out individually.
07:49Those will be in the primary, the living room, really all over the house.
07:53I mean, we've got a lot.
07:55Hopefully there aren't any more surprises, Chip.
08:04Hey, Steve.
08:05Hey, guys.
08:06How are you?
08:07Good to see you.
08:08You too, man.
08:09Not seeing the house every day or every week, you feel a bit disconnected.
08:13How do you micromanage a project that I can't touch?
08:16Isn't it weird that we were strangers just a few short months ago, you know?
08:20I didn't feel like it.
08:21Now my wife, who I barely get a hug from, literally walks in and gives you a big bear hug.
08:25Oh, Steve saves the day.
08:26And I know she's worried about change orders, so she's...
08:28There you go.
08:29You know me.
08:30We're coming as often as possible.
08:31There you go.
08:32Well, what are you up to today?
08:33What do you got on your mind?
08:34You know, I want to talk about your HVAC system.
08:36We're trying to figure out how to get it in.
08:37Yeah, totally.
08:38We don't have a chase.
08:39We don't have an attic.
08:40We don't have soffits.
08:41We don't have anything.
08:42It's all concrete.
08:43Because in Texas, you build an entire house...
08:44Around that.
08:45...so that all this stuff gets hidden and you never even know it exists.
08:48And here, this was not built for the HVAC side of the equation.
08:52We never put AC in Colorado, but now we do.
08:55Okay.
08:56Our winters are shorter.
08:57You're saying it's become more common than not, even in these mountain town communities.
09:01Yeah, every house we do now has AC in it.
09:04So we're doing the right thing.
09:05But it's challenging every design detail.
09:08Totally.
09:09And I see that right there.
09:10And I'm like, there's going to be one in every room.
09:12So I'm really trying to understand.
09:14Yeah, yeah.
09:15And I was afraid to show you, but I knew I had to.
09:16I have to see it.
09:17I think it's good.
09:18We have to address it now.
09:19We came up with a solution.
09:20Okay.
09:21So this unit, the floor mounted AC and heat, and we're going to put it in the wall.
09:25And what we want to do is fur this wall out, make it thicker.
09:28Got it.
09:29How far are we talking?
09:30This is eight and a half.
09:31So we're going to fur this wall out five inches, the whole wall.
09:34So how much of this is exposed?
09:36None of it.
09:37None of it's exposed.
09:38It'll be inside the framing.
09:39You'll never see it except for the linear bent.
09:42So it'll be in your baseboard.
09:43And we understand you want to put a piece of furniture here.
09:45I have a piece of furniture here.
09:46And it's like 65 inches tall.
09:48And I believe your furniture piece has legs on it.
09:50It does.
09:51So it would be a perfect fit.
09:52I see.
09:53Great.
09:54One of my favorite things in these renovations is the problem solving.
09:57That's what keeps me creative.
09:58So this is our conduit solution for this part of the house.
10:01And we're also going to be running the ductwork from the lower level and then come up through
10:05the floor of the kitchen so that we can feed that part of the house.
10:08We'll be here for a couple of days this week.
10:11So I'll check back in with you soon.
10:13Glad you liked it.
10:14Well done, Steve.
10:15All right.
10:16We'll see you here in a little bit.
10:17Show yourself.
10:18Babe, look, the beams.
10:21The beams.
10:22Holy cow.
10:23The beams.
10:24What a dream.
10:25These are gorgeous.
10:26But now I see what Steve meant because they're a lot lighter than the existing beams.
10:31Like, I love how natural these look.
10:33So we need to see what he comes up with to fix the contrast.
10:36But they're beautiful.
10:37They look great.
10:38But Chip, everything looks so different.
10:41Wow.
10:42Look at these trees.
10:43I am a bit overwhelmed by the landscape.
10:45I want to take that one down.
10:46You know, look how dead that thing is.
10:48That's about to fall on the house.
10:49So that goes down.
10:50The only thing I'm seeing on the exterior that maybe I wasn't accounting for in the design
10:57was the landscape.
10:59What is this?
11:00I guess it's from these cottonwood trees.
11:02What whole lawn is that?
11:04I feel like I'm on Mars.
11:06I think every time we've come, not everything is woken up.
11:09But now everything is woken up.
11:11It's like the first time it's hit me that this is so disconnected.
11:15Like, we're not physically here every day.
11:17That's true.
11:18Every time we come here, we're like, oh my gosh, there's a lot of work to be done for
11:22us to finish this off by early fall.
11:24As I look that way, I'm a bit terrified now.
11:27It's like a lot of weeds.
11:29But I wouldn't, you know, we can do that little by little.
11:32I know.
11:33Just some stuff.
11:34Don't worry about that.
11:35Because worst case scenario, I think we can incorporate what we need to incorporate kind
11:39of as we go.
11:41That tree does need to go though, could I?
11:44That'll be fun.
11:46Okay.
11:47Okay.
11:48This week I'm meeting with a landscaper who I was going to walk through all the window
11:53boxes and the planters, and that's all I was putting money into.
11:56But now I'm going to be like, hey listen, I need an extra favor here.
12:13This is going to be fun.
12:14I can already tell.
12:15How are you?
12:16I'm Joanna.
12:17I'm Judy.
12:18Judy, nice to meet you.
12:19I'm Zach.
12:20Zach.
12:21I'm just so excited.
12:22Today I get to talk plants and landscape.
12:25I love gardening and I love landscape back in Texas, but I think this is a whole new learning
12:30curve.
12:31I don't know what a wildflower is and I don't know what a weed is here.
12:33I wanted to tackle the planters with y'all.
12:36But then if you have time, I'd love to walk through just the front, what we should keep,
12:40what we need to add, and then we can go from there.
12:43Beautiful.
12:44These barrel things.
12:45Normally I love doing big new planters, but I was like, this feels natural.
12:49I've got five planters that I really think will help bring these porches to life.
12:54That's going to kind of be the big moment of color.
12:56It'll kind of frame all of this.
12:59I love the variation that you've brought.
13:01Some of these are perennials and some of them are annuals.
13:03Okay.
13:04Annuals will flower the whole time till cold.
13:07And the perennials just have kind of a joie de vie that we like because this is a perennial.
13:14Yep.
13:15This could be put in the garden in the fall, but it's so dramatic right now that we like
13:20to use it with the annuals.
13:22I see.
13:23Mm-hmm.
13:24If I were to leave the perennials in the winter.
13:27They might not make it in here because Colorado is very dry.
13:30So maybe all I need to think about here is just a mixture of both, but not this idea
13:35of like, I'll come back every season and maybe they're back.
13:38That's not how it works.
13:39Not in the planters.
13:40Okay, fine, fine.
13:41Very drawn to this situation.
13:43The fuchsia.
13:44My favorite thing about a planter is the spiller.
13:46You would just put on the edge.
13:47Right.
13:48And it would kind of hide the old, the oldness.
13:50That's what I want.
13:51Which is very Colorado, these whiskey barrels.
13:53Yes.
13:54Okay, good.
13:55I love this.
13:56Lavender.
13:57Yes.
13:58The palette I love to work with, the textures, the layering.
14:01I'm a little more subtle when it comes to color.
14:03Yes.
14:04Very nice.
14:05I like purple.
14:06I love how muted that yellow is.
14:08It is very pretty.
14:09Any of these that do really good in window boxes, because obviously it's a little more
14:13shallow.
14:14There's a window box here.
14:15Let's bring it here and just get an idea.
14:16Is that heavy though?
14:17Should I just go straight geranium?
14:19Do you know what?
14:20The visual of seeing geraniums in a window box, it's pretty great.
14:24I love those.
14:25I've always wanted just like a full window box of geraniums.
14:29But we're going to walk to the front now.
14:31Let me take one of those.
14:32I just painted the house green.
14:34I want to make sure I don't do Christmas.
14:35Yeah.
14:36Or it may just pop off that green in such a beautiful way.
14:39You can educate me on what I'm looking at.
14:41Okay.
14:42I want to spend some time in here and here, because this is to me the most important part,
14:47is this walk up moment.
14:49When you look at this, what do y'all see?
14:51Is this wildflowers or is this a bunch of weeds?
14:54This is a native wildflower called false Solomon seal.
15:00And it's a ground cover.
15:02I would keep it.
15:03What about that branchy thing?
15:04This is a twin berry.
15:05This is a native.
15:06Do bears like that?
15:07They do.
15:08Oh crap.
15:09I'm so scared of bears.
15:10It can be cut down.
15:11You're not really killing it.
15:12But like this.
15:13That one I cut out down to the ground.
15:15This one you're saying cut.
15:16Some of the scraggly things, if you just cut them down, it's called hard pruning.
15:21And it'll come back.
15:22They'd come up more lively.
15:24I love meeting with people who are experts, who love what they do.
15:28Watching her just jump into that patch of, who knows?
15:31It could have been poison sumac.
15:33It could have been poison ivy.
15:35And I just love her knowledge.
15:37And I was trying to soak it all in, because at some point as the caretaker of this property,
15:41I'm going to have to have that same knowledge.
15:44And I can't wait to learn more from her.
15:46She doesn't know it, but she's going to come back here a few more times.
15:48And she's going to be my mentor.
15:50Would love just your expertise on how to set this up well.
15:53And then how do I maintain it?
15:55But I'm going to go check on the geraniums.
15:57I'll let you know.
15:58To me, landscape on any project brings everything together.
16:02I love it.
16:03We've been in Colorado for a few days now.
16:13And so today, Chip and crew are going to try out his new fly rod down at the river.
16:18This is awesome.
16:19This is awesome, son.
16:21While I'm meeting with the design team.
16:23They're also here in town.
16:25We're going to try to knock out all of the paint colors per room.
16:28I feel like we've done a lot of this back home.
16:30Right.
16:31So I think we should be pretty close.
16:33The downstairs with the existing fireplace, we're calling that the game room sitting room.
16:38We lightened up that room with the cream, but the trim around the snack bar is still dark.
16:42So it's between these two blues.
16:44And then this burgundy will be on the snack bar cabinets.
16:47I mean, I really like the left one.
16:49Mm-hmm.
16:50I know we're doing it in the reading nook.
16:51Mm-hmm.
16:52Right.
16:53I wanted to head home with 95% of the paint colors chosen.
16:57This blue-gray will go in the reading nook upstairs.
17:00And then right below it, it will go around the snack bar and the sitting room.
17:05This is the cabinetry.
17:06Two.
17:07So it's going to look like that.
17:09And then it's not too dark down there.
17:11There's no light.
17:12No, it won't.
17:13One of these is for the bunk room, right?
17:16Yeah.
17:17Which I think on that, what matches the wallpaper the best.
17:20It was this one.
17:21Great.
17:22We have a short timeframe here, so there's a lot to accomplish.
17:25So today I'm...
17:30What do we think that is?
17:32What is that?
17:34It's either Sasquatch or Chip Gaines, but I did think that was a bear.
17:47No, it's not a bear.
17:49Is that a bear?
17:51No, it's a pig.
17:53That's not Chip?
17:55Oh my gosh.
17:56It's a bear.
17:57It's a bear.
17:58Well, Chip is down there with crew.
18:02Let's go inside.
18:04Crap.
18:08Oh, he's a mad bear.
18:17I feel like we should go get Chip and crew.
18:18Anna's going down to this.
18:19Who's going down to this?
18:20Anna.
18:21Well, Anna.
18:22I don't want her risking her life.
18:23Someone's got to go.
18:24No, not Anna.
18:25I don't want anyone going.
18:26Don't be on the deck, y'all.
18:27The amount of sweat.
18:42Chip, that's terrifying.
18:44I literally was like, he's going to eat crew and you for lunch.
18:48Oh yeah.
18:49Don't trip bear.
18:50Bears know how to walk.
18:51I should have seen that coming.
18:53I kept hearing a wrestling in the woods and I was like,
18:56and as always, I think Chip's going to prank me.
18:59It's so hot.
19:00Let me tell you, when you first were acting crazy as I go,
19:03that's Chip because he would do that.
19:05But then when I really looked, it was like,
19:07I thought he was mad we were in his area.
19:10It had a stick and it was hitting a tree.
19:14Now, do bears take sticks and whack trees?
19:17I don't, I don't know.
19:19On all fours, wiggling around like an idiot,
19:22taking a big branch, whacking stuff.
19:24And then you go in and then why did you come back out?
19:27Because then I see you walking and you look like a party gig.
19:31Chip, I really was scared.
19:33That was so amazing.
19:34And now, this is the story of my life.
19:36He just loves to scare me.
19:37But 90% of the time, I get him right before it.
19:41This one was successful.
19:43I legit was scared.
19:45Dude, you look awesome, bro.
19:47Dang, that is kind of believable.
19:49You both are in big trouble.
19:51Crew, were you in on this?
19:53Yes, ma'am.
19:54The only reason it didn't work all the way, crew,
19:56is because mama thought you were down there.
19:58So she came in to save you.
20:00I was so scared.
20:02So as I was trying to say,
20:04my philosophy on picking a paint palette is pick it in person.
20:09And that's what I'm doing.
20:10I've got so much bear hair in my mouth.
20:13You smell like a bear.
20:15Babe, I mean it.
20:16Like in my mouth.
20:17Truly, this doesn't smell good.
20:19So you...
20:20Oh, damn.
20:21That might be just me.
20:22That's what I'm saying.
20:23You mixed with cheap bear costume equals...
20:25For real, smell this.
20:26I just can't.
20:27That was awesome!
20:30That was awesome.
20:31I think we got her.
20:36I'm gonna smell like a cheap bear suit
20:37all the way back to Texas, aren't I?
20:40So we're back here in Waco,
20:45and almost like clockwork,
20:50another pretty significant design issue has popped up.
20:53So we went to order the batch of tile,
20:57and I think the one that is the most off
20:59is this green for the kitchen.
21:01This is what we ordered,
21:02and their new batch of tile came in more of this lighter green.
21:07That's very different.
21:08I know.
21:09Okay, so this is the green I want for the kitchen.
21:13This was what we received a few months ago.
21:16This was an old batch.
21:18And I feel like this new green is just a little too...
21:21It's like bright.
21:23So since these are hand-painted and put in the kiln,
21:26they take the color differently each time they do a new batch.
21:29Oh, no.
21:30So I talked to the manufacturer,
21:33and it sounds like if we're willing to ship them a control sample,
21:37they can match our color.
21:39They can... okay.
21:40With the tile that I'm picking that's going in a lot of the spaces,
21:43what I'm running into is nothing's ever going to come out the same
21:47because it truly is just this handmade process.
21:50To me, though, the colors I saw today were almost too varied.
21:53Like, it told a completely different story.
21:56But that's crazy how different that is.
21:58Mm-hmm. I know.
21:59So that's what I'm a little nervous about,
22:01is like everything based off of this shade of green is now very different.
22:05I'm just trying to see, can we control that tone a little bit?
22:09Or if it's going to be completely random,
22:11then I really think I need to go back to the drawing board
22:13because we don't have a ton of time now.
22:15And we're already dealing with the variation in the wood beams.
22:18All of these details are really adding up.
22:20So we will ask them to update this new batch
22:23and have them send us a new control sample.
22:26Let's just hope for the best.
22:28Great.
22:35Holy moly, babe.
22:45Hi, Chip.
22:46It is some kind of hot.
22:47I know.
22:48It's, like, humid and hot here.
22:50I can deal with the heat.
22:51It's the freaking humidity that is, uh...
22:54Yes.
22:55It's a little bit, uh...
22:56You okay?
22:57It's, like, choking me, you know?
22:58It's hot.
22:59I feel suffocated.
23:00Did you get all your chores done?
23:02Well, mostly.
23:03I'm about halfway done.
23:04You know, what I've been daydreaming about with the mountain house
23:07is just, like, how cool it's gonna be.
23:09Like, the weather.
23:10Like, we're gonna be down on the river, even if it's hot.
23:13I can only imagine down by the river it's not.
23:16I don't think it even gets hot in Colorado.
23:19I think the last 20-plus years we've been doing renovations,
23:23summer is always our busiest season on these projects.
23:26Yeah, that's true.
23:27This will be the first project that we do in the summer
23:30where we're not sweating profusely.
23:33And I...
23:34My only fear is, like, that we only, from this point moving forward,
23:36do fixtures in Colorado.
23:38The funny thing is, once we experiment and go there for the summer,
23:42we're gonna be like, we work remote now.
23:44Yeah.
23:45We work for Magnolia, all remote.
23:46Okay.
23:47Well...
23:48Well, wish me luck.
23:49I'm gonna get back out of here.
23:50Don't wanna sit and craft with me while I'm putting some of these things together?
23:53As hot as it is, babe, that looks even more miserable.
23:56I can't imagine.
23:57You don't wanna press flowers with me?
23:59No.
24:00Today, I will say, I wish we were there now.
24:04Good luck out there, babe.
24:05Just a few more weeks until we get some of that fresh Colorado air.
24:11Cheers, too.
24:13Cheers.
24:14Cheers.
24:16Cheers.
24:20Today is a great day at the Mountain House because we're getting to see the
24:49progress on the big cottage.
24:53Steve, this already looks night and day different, just with the painted ceiling.
24:58It's really pretty.
24:59The large cottage has been kind of where we leave all of the materials, so every time
25:04we've come here, it's nothing.
25:05It's our headquarters.
25:06It's our little baby headquarters.
25:07It's like nothing's really happening here.
25:09This time, though, Laura is here, and while we're together, we're trying to tackle every
25:14single thing in this space so that Steve knows how to keep moving forward.
25:19One thing.
25:20What I'm seeing is too yellow on the wall, which is honestly what I was worried about.
25:25Definitely your call.
25:26Okay, let's look at these other samples.
25:28These were two that you chose for the lower, for the main house, so, want me to hold one
25:32up?
25:33Could you?
25:34Yeah, maybe right here.
25:35Okay.
25:36That makes it feel cooler.
25:37It feels like concrete, almost.
25:38I don't want it to look like concrete walls.
25:40It's getting adobe-ish.
25:41Do you think, um, yeah.
25:42I'm scared that may be too white, but let's see.
25:44This was that cream color.
25:45Is that too white?
25:46Uh-oh.
25:47I can see it in your eyes.
25:48You're thinking about it.
25:49Am I going to like this plaster?
25:50What's wrong with me?
25:51Do you want to think about it in the context of the Roman shapes?
25:52Like, yes.
25:53So, reminder, this will be green.
25:54Green.
25:55It's too cold in here.
25:56Yeah.
25:57It's not the right tone.
25:58Do you think with it next to the yellow?
26:00Is that what I'm seeing?
26:01I'm just wondering, because that's what, it plays games on you.
26:02Sorry.
26:03The colors go in there.
26:04Yeah.
26:05Same color?
26:06Maybe.
26:07Yeah.
26:08This might be a cleaner way to do it.
26:09Maybe.
26:10Maybe.
26:11Maybe.
26:12Maybe.
26:13Maybe.
26:14Maybe.
26:15Maybe.
26:16Maybe.
26:17Maybe.
26:18Maybe.
26:19Maybe.
26:20Maybe.
26:21Maybe.
26:22Maybe.
26:23Maybe.
26:24Maybe.
26:25Maybe.
26:26Maybe.
26:27Maybe.
26:28Maybe.
26:29Maybe.
26:30Maybe.
26:31Maybe.
26:32Maybe.
26:33Now you can get a feel for it next to the green.
26:34This looks good next to the green, Ashley.
26:35It really does.
26:36Okay, fine.
26:37Yeah, it's good.
26:38ì•Œë ¤, let's move on before I change my mind.
26:40I like the gingham with it.
26:41I do too.
26:42Yes.
26:43So, Laura, you've got to sign the back of this.
26:44I know, right?
26:45Get me out of here.
26:46I love our Dutch door that we got from the kitchen now.
26:48And it works perfectly.
26:50My little bear can climb in and some honey or down in there,
26:53or our green.
26:54oh yeah i'm gonna try to get him to really love me
26:57shall we go see the bathroom yes we have some of your kyle up on the wall
27:02so i've only ever seen this on the floor and i was scared but i love it on the walls
27:07oh it's really sweet it's so pretty you know this bathroom is so
27:12tiny and kind of forgetful but this is like statement yeah it really is
27:18chips bringing those lights i do want to see the scale of those in the space let's go in there see
27:22those joey hey bud we're right here oh look at what i got steve oh man feel how heavy these bad
27:29boys are where did you find these marfa texas the town there's no way you've ever heard of
27:35i've never heard of it there's no way how did you end up there so road trip for father's day chip asked
27:41the kids for a week-long road trip and i get this video of chip in an antique shop look at this place
27:48y'all where are we at what planet are we on we are in martha texas that was basically an abandoned
27:55lumber yard and each of these little cubicles that used to house lumber are now filled with
28:01something you don't even know what's in it oh my gosh look at that these are sconces from from
28:07black fixtures and he asked if i wanted to buy everything in the room and i said no he said okay
28:14what about in this one section there was all these light fixtures and i said okay let's just give him
28:19that so i said sure buy the light fixtures i had no idea what they looked like chip found gold with
28:24these light fixtures in marfa texas if you look at this doorway steve it's just like a little like
28:29that like six oh yeah just a little bit above the header i mean the reality are these light fixtures
28:34are really old there's no wiring so we have to get these lights completely rewired get them functioning
28:39again so they're safe for the space this is the only dilemma though because we've already chose our
28:44green in here okay yeah these don't match that i can only imagine can you get someone to like
28:49powder coat these like a nice glossy cream color oh yeah just the shade you hate the color enough
28:56i don't hate that i actually love the color i kind of do too what if we wire them and hang them and
29:01then we can run uh oh laura hey quit being a brat we're gonna form teams here oh no we're gonna get
29:10outvoted steve it's just the green with that is because these cabinets are green it's just a lot
29:15of green i get you i get you let me see is that door the same green and for y'all that contrast too
29:21much it's a different look i feel like leaving this raw and then going sour cream it'll literally
29:26be the cherry on top man these things are cool so i'm excited about this space this feels like
29:31if we have friends and family over this is a nice little spot i love seeing how it's all coming
29:36together steve this place looks awesome i'm leaving you with these it's the plaster you're
29:41gonna get me a cream right and that's it i think that's it okay awesome thank you awesome i'm gonna
29:46get out of your hair see you later bye so i feel like the next time we come and see this it'll be
29:51completely done i don't know if you guys can hear that noise in the distance but that's the peaceful
30:06hum of no wives or children nagging at us what oh sorry joe i didn't see you there we're here with
30:13our couple friends we wanted to show them the mountain house at this stage so that they could
30:19really appreciate the after and today i thought it'd be fun to bring in a fly fishing expert to
30:24teach the boys a few things we're excited to be here thank you for having us well it's my pleasure
30:29genuinely it's a beautiful section of river and where we are makes for really good trout habitat this
30:33is exciting man that's a special spot i keep looking you look like the top gun of this was the coolest
30:40outfit on the market i told her i thought we were scuba diving i mean do i look like an idiot you look
30:45like christopher lloyd in back and future you don't look dumb you just look over prepared over
30:49prepared be overdressed than under okay all right fair enough these are waiters that i'm you can see
30:55that i'm wearing a very thorough set of uh of waiters w-a-d-d-e-r-s waiters it's like a rancher
31:04and an astronaut had a baby i i feel like i want to come in almost like slow motion like i think i'm
31:10going to start a new trend with these bad boys i feel dare i say sexy we're gonna have fun thanks
31:16for setting this up we're excited while he's doing that steve is going to show me some wood samples and
31:20i think he may have figured out a solution for matching the different colored beams
31:25that would that's like a picture perfect moment right there steve i hope it's what you wanted here
31:29it's gorgeous on this side we have some up for you goodness so this is actually what's on the walls
31:35it's what's going to go on the walls so we've got this milled from 12 by 12
31:40oak beans from california an old steel factory they're like 90 years old i love the cracks that
31:46is like character every piece it's its own thing almost every room in the house is going to have some
31:51of this i love that i brought you some stain samples oh i love all your millwork okay so i like
31:59this one we're just going to kind of go one by one i feel like this is too yellow so i'm just going
32:04to eliminate as we go i know we were originally thinking more of a natural and some of these have
32:09gotten really dark yeah i feel like you want me to hold a few up for you i mean i think i know
32:14you're good you already made a choice i feel like i'm seeing the one i really like steve had about six
32:19or seven samples i could i saw the one i wanted he kept passing them to me but i was like this is the
32:24one i'm wanting it more swiss chalet than like mountain house like lodgy so the lightness i feel like i'm
32:32gravitating towards the more natural the better these are the right colors right can you take
32:39these two let me hold them i would say that right piece that's like the perfect tone so this is like
32:46our control tone but one of my left hand this is already sealed with a natural so it's changed the
32:51color a bit this is raw in my right hand and this vertical is raw i mean when i look at the board and
32:57then your samples it's a family i definitely want that natural stain on the bottom sample
33:04typically when i do wood in a house i'll pick specific spots in this space that i really wanted
33:11a lot of wood on the walls a lot of that warmth coming in with that natural material especially
33:16because this is what you see on the outside this is how i like to get in touch with nature chip is more
33:22hands-on i like to learn by doing so we'll walk down in there oh man this does feels good refreshing
33:30doesn't it wow to me it's like yeah we'll catch fish but like where we are who cares yeah who cares
33:36that's icing on the cake right yeah when you're up to bat playing baseball do you watch the face of
33:44the bat no no you look for the ball right for sure now with casting same thing i want you to be
33:49looking where you want the fly to land okay before anything don't overthink it just play around a
33:54little bit look at that chip hey it's like a model remember what that felt like that was awesome
34:04there is no doubt that we're having more fun than joe
34:12steve with the red rock that reddish dark stain on the beams i'm nervous it's gonna pull
34:19too red and i like the blonde one of the things that i've always known was going to come to a
34:24actual design dilemma was the color of the existing beams it's almost like this really saturated stain
34:31that they put on the beams and it just felt like too dark now that i've see the wood that we're using
34:37i know i'm going to go with a natural finish i just feel like i keep butting into that contrast of the
34:42dark and the light hey i want to show you what we came up with to match the existing beams to the
34:47hand hewn it's really kind of creative we've got this faux painter that's been working on some
34:51samples and i think they're a perfect match if you're saying he can replicate this up there i'd
34:58almost rather it go away than highlight all of the contrast that's happening in this small space yeah
35:04well why don't i go show you what he's done i think i do want to see this job
35:09let me introduce you to chase hi hello i'm joe joe nice to meet you i'm chase oh i can't wait to see
35:14this i can already come back here and look i brought chase in here to boat paint the original
35:20beam so that it'll blend in with our hand hewn that i'm like which one's real right how long does
35:26this take you per section per beam section five to six hours literally like yeah it is art we'll mix
35:35our glazes and our color palette which you see here cool that is awesome and it's just all the colors of
35:41the oak beams that we're doing and the hand humans so that little knot up there is art that's not a
35:47real no that's uh that's a painted knot right here that's a painted knot yeah i mean when you were
35:53suggesting this in my mind i was like we had this like authentic the hand-hewn beams this old oak
35:59but when i saw them in the primary i mean it's i'm blown away i can't i'm like what i didn't know
36:04which one was real and which one was fake so i think knowing that this is an option we can really start
36:09tackling it space by space chase really solved the design dilemma now i get to keep this really
36:15tonal look light wood there's not going to be this huge contrast which is really the goal
36:20whoa chip from fly fish academy oh that was so awesome how much fun scale of one to two hey a
36:27thousand here you go nailed it very coachable i was like this and then you could like see the sunlight
36:36glistening off the line heavenly and then the line kind of floats out quick how
36:43i love the dance it's such a dance i love it how are the boys doing down there they're doing great
36:48tim caught one oh what a beauty we were so proud of him do you feel healed i feel healed
36:56we've had a good time in colorado with our friends today chip and i are going to take one more look at
37:06the house before we head home steve is really pushed on the main house and even that medium cottage but
37:12this little cottage still has a ways to go i'm going to facetime ella really quick while we're in here
37:18here since the cottage is her little design project i'm going to walk through it with her
37:24on the phone just so she has a sense that she's a part of this you can see though how this room was
37:31really like storage but now we got to start moving on it hi ella hi i'm in the little cottage here at the
37:40mountain house and this is me making sure i've got everything that you're wanting down so i can
37:47communicate this with steve all the paint in here is that really pretty green on the walls green on
37:53the ceilings these are the floors ella are you okay if we sand these down and just refinish them
38:02yes or is that long pause and no no i like the floors okay good okay now i want to show you the
38:09opening that you asked for they took the closet doors off look how cute ella and i have been
38:15working on this design plan i really wanted her to lead though so for me it's stepping back and
38:20where she wants help or she wants a suggestion i'll step in but i've really tried to shut my mouth
38:26look at all your cabinets and i know you wanted new hardware because this felt a little too
38:32what is that word aggressive and then in here ella just that fun floor tile
38:38uh the shower is on which is sorry about that but it works there's a lot more happening on the main
38:48cottage and the big house this one's kind of the last thing but i feel like we're moving in the right
38:54direction and i think you're gonna love it now that i know that ella's happy with the structure when i get
38:59back to waco we can really start to think about the furniture getting to create a very sweet beautiful
39:05story in this little quirky cottage is just a fun thing that i get to do with ella and i've just loved
39:10it okay love you i love you too bye ella
39:21where's old steve what else you want to show us while you've got us let's go through the reading room
39:26first and here we're going with all paint grade yep tongue and groove redoing the whole thing
39:37this will be where your new gas burner yeah i'm excited about that little thing yeah so we saved
39:42all the old red rock when we tore this thing apart we're going to rebuild this thing and make it look
39:45whole again and take it right to the new wall sweet this will be a notebook case that we're going
39:50to do out of the same stuff on the walls and it'll be really nice it'll slide in like a piece of
39:54furniture let's go i love this little room can i just sneak through here sure now we're in the
39:59toilet room you're in the primary toilet room yeah oh this feels so good i love it i feel like we have
40:04a lot of space in this bathroom it really is crazy closet um i love this arch in the shower i think
40:11that's so pretty for sure once we get all this reclaim wood on the walls and then the plaster and
40:16all the other elements it's gonna feel like a big warm hug exactly i'm just so excited about the
40:21direction that this project is going our little primary suite is going to be perfect for us looks
40:26great looks sharp love the beams these hand-hewn beams look really good they turned out well that's
40:34awesome right but i feel like everything is just moving along now that your mechanical's all installed
40:39we're getting to the point we can start closing walls up and that's where it's really going to
40:43change when do the windows and doors come in they're coming within 10 to 14 days they'll be on site i'd
40:48love to get those in then we get rid of all the plastic heck yeah then we can start finishing up
40:52the siding we got the a lot of work on top of that well if you know your windows and doors are coming
40:58the woods here for the ceiling any major hiccup where you're like this is only variable yeah what
41:04are you thinking the fireplace has me up at night okay because it's stuck in permitting limbo it's in
41:09zoning we have to address it now since 11 by 4 we're adding on 44 square feet to the house
41:15okay we have the availability but they got to go through all of their processes to approve that 44
41:20square feet and so that's where it's at today i checked on it yesterday i see we've got it framed
41:25we got it ready to go yeah everything else is good to go but we got to get the fireplace in because that
41:30impacts all of our stonework inside it impacts all the trim work on that wall yeah there's a lot
41:35of components that come together on that 100 so that's what keeps me up at night if you had to bet
41:41100 bucks you think the go-aheads in a couple of days couple of weeks where are you feeling on that
41:45no in the county probably a couple weeks couple weeks the biggest variable is the fireplace upstairs
41:51and downstairs if those permits don't come through soon we might not be able to finish by first snow
41:57other than that i feel like it's smooth sailing from here but i shouldn't have said that out loud
42:02other than that it's gonna be great you're gonna jinx yourself i don't want to jinx myself but i feel
42:06like i can start seeing it when i come back i'm hoping by that point a lot of the walls will be
42:11closed in hopefully the windows will be in hopefully we'll know about the fireplace all right we'll see
42:16you guys thank you bless you see you see ya i'm excited about coming back in the next few weeks
42:28we got a lot going on so get ready to enter the beehive oh man well hi guys
42:34what how hard to do this downstairs look at this y'all there's a lot of things happening on the main
42:42house and in the cabins did we have more candlesticks like i'm the design intern joe has this ability to
42:50take something across the finish line i feel like we're gonna make it but in the meantime it's a bit of
42:56a dance i'm trying to be a blessing to steve
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