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00:00One of my bad purchases in life, but we're going to see.
00:04I bought a kind of a lake house cabin.
00:08I bought this cabin near Table Rock Lake about two hours outside of Bentonville
00:12that was really ravaged by the tornadoes that we had.
00:18And it needs a lot of work.
00:21It had another section of a house hooked to it that was ripped off.
00:25And so, yeah, we're going to see if we can get this thing cleaned up.
00:34All right, Jenny.
00:35Three, two, one, go!
00:43Perfect!
00:46For me and Dave, every day is a lot of moving parts.
00:50With five growing kids.
00:52No! Do not go in the house!
00:56All right, if we break up.
00:57Whoa!
00:58Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:00A working farm full of our beloved animals.
01:03Sometimes cows don't do what you want them to.
01:05It's the strangest thing.
01:06I think I have to go in and scoop some poop, too.
01:09A renovation business.
01:11And running two stores in our community of Northwest Arkansas.
01:17I think we did it.
01:19We definitely did it.
01:20We stay pretty busy.
01:22Ah!
01:23And sometimes a little stressed.
01:25God!
01:25Oh, my Lord, David!
01:27But when your job is helping your neighbors transform their lives...
01:31Oh, my God!
01:33By transforming the place they call home...
01:35...they crushed.
01:38Oh, my God!
01:39It's so pretty!
01:40Oh!
01:41It's not really work at all.
01:42Just another day in this crazy, beautiful life we call ours.
01:46Oh, my God!
01:47How did you do that?
02:00I can't believe you've already cleared out all the fallen trees.
02:03Yeah!
02:05This house...
02:05What do you just think?
02:06She's a beaut, huh?
02:07She's a classic.
02:09Here's the story with this one.
02:10After the tornado came through here,
02:12there used to be a mobile home where my truck is.
02:15Uh-huh.
02:15It got rolled out of the way.
02:18Yeah.
02:18And then the house was left standing.
02:21Amazingly.
02:21So after the storm, we literally had, well, trees everywhere.
02:26Uh-huh.
02:26So the previous owner came.
02:28He actually sold this to us for...
02:30Wait for it.
02:32$5,000.
02:33Really?
02:34Yeah.
02:35That's a deal.
02:35Two lots, a septic system, that's fine, a well, power, and this view.
02:42And the view of the lake.
02:48How come no one has mentioned Dave's outfit?
02:51Why are we ignoring the bigger outfit in the room?
02:53I'm pretty sure he bought that.
02:53Bigger outfit in the room.
02:54He bought that along with this without your approval or anything.
02:57So I figured I was going to be up in the attic.
02:59Figured, you know what?
03:00Why not dress for the part?
03:02I can always take it off, but there's nothing on under.
03:05So you'd have to live with me.
03:06This house, we bought as is.
03:09So we need to do everything.
03:11But the good news is, it's small.
03:13Are you just going to use it for...
03:15No.
03:16Bob and Jill.
03:17Our neighbors.
03:19Our neighbors, Bob and Jill, they are the best neighbors anyone could ever ask for.
03:24I mean, Ginny has called him at 2 in the morning.
03:26Bob, I hear something.
03:27Dave's out of town.
03:28Can you come check it out?
03:29And he's up right away.
03:31They've been looking for a lake house now.
03:34Well, ever since we've been their neighbors.
03:37So it's kind of been, you know, just this dream that, you know, if we could ever find something
03:41for Bob and Jill, great.
03:43But it's never come to fruition until now.
03:46When him and Jill got married, she moved into his place, which was always kind of his place.
03:50And so now he has kind of told Ginny and I, hey, I want you to make this beautiful and
03:55adorable for Jill.
03:56But he won't let her come see it.
03:58It's a surprise.
03:59It's a surprise.
03:59It's probably pretty smart.
04:03Bob and Jill, they have gone to South Africa for the next three months.
04:08They're both retired, so they go every year and stay with friends.
04:13So he'll check in on the progress when he gets back to make sure it's on track and perfect
04:17for him and Jill.
04:17So he's given us $120,000 and full reign on all design decisions.
04:24Yeah.
04:25Oh, that's a good budget for this.
04:26To remake this, which, again, I don't have to do a well.
04:29I don't have to do a septic system.
04:31I just got to rehab the house.
04:32But it's so small.
04:33One bedroom, one bathroom, you know, and then kitchen.
04:36Okay, but we have to do a new roof.
04:38We obviously have to do siding.
04:39We need windows.
04:40We need a door.
04:40We need a front porch.
04:41We need a fireplace.
04:42We need a kitchen.
04:43We need a bathroom.
04:45We need a lot.
04:45A house.
04:46A house.
04:46We need a whole house.
04:47For $120,000.
04:48And Bob is really concerned about the budget.
04:51I mean, it seems like a lot of money, but there's a lot.
04:53It's a small space, but there's so much that has, everything has to be done.
04:57I mean, is this an issue?
04:59All this rot?
04:59Is that a problem?
05:00Yeah, yeah.
05:00But I mean, it's not part of it.
05:03I mean, this has all got to come off.
05:05Look at that.
05:06Oh, my gosh.
05:07That's the reason.
05:08That's the reason.
05:10What?
05:11These aren't even tiny hands.
05:13They're little cat paws.
05:16Found these the other day.
05:17I thought they were perfect for this house.
05:18Like, there could be something living underneath.
05:22Kind of looks like you're flipping me off.
05:24I'm just going to be honest.
05:26Most people would probably just tear it down and say they got the lot for $5,000.
05:29But we're not most people.
05:33Now it's just in need of a little TLC.
05:35To bring it back?
05:37I would say a lot of TLC, not a little.
05:39A lot of TLC.
05:40What do you expect?
05:41It's $5,000.
05:43Bob is trusting us to make this a cabin Jill will love.
05:45So we're going to give it a cozy cottage feel, but keep the maintenance minimal.
05:49We're going to add a covered porch facing the lake with composite decking, and then install
05:54a durable siding that resembles cedar shapes.
05:56We'll add a stone chimney to give the cabin a rustic feel, and we're going to need a ton
06:01of landscaping to fill in the property damaged by the tornado.
06:04Let's go inside.
06:07There's not a lot to demo, because there was never a kitchen in here.
06:10There was never a functioning bathroom in here.
06:12Yeah, because that was in the trailer.
06:14That was in the trailer.
06:17They used wood flooring, like, for the walls, so we're going to just get rid of that.
06:22We're going to basically open up as much as we can of this.
06:25This is where we're going to do kitchen here, living where we came in, out to the front porch.
06:31That's the front door.
06:31And then this will be a bathroom.
06:33Bathroom.
06:33Bathroom, and then the bedroom up front.
06:35It is pretty small and compact.
06:37Think of, like, a cozy, cool cabin.
06:40With this cabin, we have limited space and a lot of needs.
06:44We need a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen slash dining room, and a living room.
06:48We know we want a fireplace, and I have some ideas for cabinets, flooring, and tile that
06:52I think Jill will love.
06:53She will, like, just really rustic and cozy, and that's what I wanted to keep.
06:58I mean, she does, like, chairs with, like, cow horns.
07:00Yeah, she does, because it's not like we have to go, like, white and doilies.
07:04It's just going to be, like, a cozy, cool cabin, which I think is going to be awesome.
07:07So is the ceiling going to stay?
07:09We're thinking here we want to just vault the whole space or just this, the living kitchen?
07:14That's a question, because I want to see what is up in the attic, because that's something
07:16I'm wondering is what's going to happen with the roof line, and then where can we vault?
07:21I'm going up in the attic.
07:22All right, go.
07:22Like, swallowed some dust.
07:26Got a nice access ladder.
07:29We may have hit the lottery.
07:32This is a ton of space up here.
07:33We could do, like, a little loft up here, babe.
07:35This is nice.
07:36All right, so, it's kind of cute.
07:39We're just a little seat.
07:40Yeah, just sit down there.
07:41It's almost like he just sat up here and thought about life and stuff.
07:45I guess.
07:46So what do we want to do?
07:47Can we make this into something?
07:49This is a nice space.
07:50What if we did a little reading, though?
07:51And if we're already redoing the roof, should we just make the pitch a little higher?
07:56And then add the door?
07:57But redoing the shingles on the roof and redoing the roof are two different things.
08:01Like, this is OSB that's in good shape.
08:03I know, but we want to surprise Jill.
08:04Just think about Jill.
08:05Isn't he so cute?
08:06I have it all pictured in my head.
08:07Like, it's just, there's a window, there's built-in bookcases, a little sitting area for her.
08:13She comes up here and reads.
08:16Yeah, but I don't have room for a staircase.
08:19Hmm.
08:19It'll have to be a ladder?
08:20It'll have to be a ladder.
08:21Yeah.
08:22A staircase would kill all your space.
08:24Really?
08:26What if we do just, like, a library ladder and maybe we do some bookcases?
08:29Oh, my gosh.
08:31What is happening?
08:32Is that Tim?
08:32It doesn't work.
08:33Let's go down and work.
08:33Oh, it's good.
08:35I think it's something to think about.
08:36I think we need to wait until we get into the roof, though, and just see.
08:39Well, this is really cool, though, up here.
08:41I feel like we're, it's like square footage that we just found that we need to utilize.
08:44We just have to access it somehow.
08:47I don't really want Jill having to climb up and down a ladder, but it is a really great space,
08:52so I've got to just do some thinking.
08:55So if today, if we can just open up as much as we can of this, that should be the goal.
09:01Wait, Kim, you're getting after it in here.
09:08Well, that wall done.
09:11Where's Dave?
09:12He's outside.
09:14So do we think there is any way to create something upstairs, or do I just give it up?
09:18I just don't know that you can do it with a staircase.
09:21Well, I know, but that's...
09:22You're going to have to do a ladder.
09:23What about right here?
09:25Oh, gosh.
09:26Careful.
09:27Where did that come from?
09:27I just fell.
09:27I don't know.
09:29What about this hallway?
09:29Okay, we're taking it all.
09:30The problem with stairs inside, let's say, okay, so to go up eight feet, you need 13 feet
09:35to abide by the same codes that standard staircases do, and that's half of the living room and
09:41kitchen.
09:42Right.
09:43But that's not just down here.
09:44You've got to have this all open, too.
09:46Yeah.
09:46So then you take out your entire upstairs getting upstairs.
09:51Hmm.
09:53I know you're hmming, like you want me to come up with another solution.
09:56I'm just telling you that, like, what it is.
09:59Well, I was just thinking, I mean, for example, hear me out.
10:03There's already not a wall here, so why don't we just push this wall back five feet and put
10:10the staircase there and then...
10:11Because there's not footings, there's not block work.
10:13There's not...
10:14Oh.
10:15Like, every time you do that, it takes everything.
10:19And then we're not at 900 square foot, we're at 1,100 square foot.
10:23Well, then why not just go to 15?
10:24Well, because I don't want to.
10:25I don't...
10:26You're just so naysayer.
10:28Yeah.
10:29This is a challenge because of the size, and we really need to use every square foot of
10:37space.
10:38The attic feels like an opportunity to take advantage of that space.
10:42What if the stairs could enter the laundry to where you're not ruining this area?
10:47We don't see any of this.
10:48That's the bathroom, isn't it?
10:48It's the bathroom.
10:50Oh, okay.
10:51Bob's taking a dump, and Jill's like, I'm going to run upstairs and read.
10:53Have fun, honey.
10:54If we can figure out a way to get up there, we'll be worth it.
10:57If we can't, it's not the end of the world.
10:59It's okay, but I want to try.
11:02We'll figure it out.
11:03All right.
11:03Let's get out of here.
11:03We are two weeks in on renovating this cabin for our neighbors, Bob and Jill.
11:15We have got all of the framing wrapped up on the house, putting on the roof right now.
11:20We did increase the pitch of the roof to make more space in the attic.
11:24It only cost about 8,000 more to do, and Ginny is very happy about the added space.
11:29I got plumbers done.
11:31I got electricians here.
11:32All of these things go much faster when you're dealing with an 800-square-foot home.
11:37Really, the big win of this whole thing of redoing this roof is now I've got plenty of head height,
11:45so we'll have a nice loft here.
11:47I still got to figure out the stairs.
11:49We got decking going on up front.
11:51We're getting drywall put up.
11:54I'm installing windows, and we are pretty much at the white box stage.
11:58To get to this point took four weeks, which I feel great about.
12:02We sent measurements to our cabinet maker, Chris, and I think we're ready to get Ginny in here
12:09and start making this a cabin that Bob and Jill will love.
12:20Chris Latham, what's up?
12:21What's going on?
12:23You got your hotshot cabinets.
12:25Austin's with me.
12:25I brought Austin, too.
12:27All right, while you guys do that, I'm going to grab my paint samples and do something meaningful.
12:33Things are really moving fast.
12:35Cabinets are here, so this is great.
12:36We are installing.
12:38We got white oak in the bathroom, and then I've got to get a color for the kitchen cabinets.
12:42We've been over to their home so many times, and I know Jill's style.
12:46So I'm thinking sort of a buttery yellow that feels really cheerful and happy and sweet.
12:53Can you hold that up for me?
12:54I need to stand to light.
12:57I'm going to stand it in the light.
12:58It's fun.
12:58No, it's pretty.
12:59I like it.
13:00So the main color is this.
13:02Okay.
13:02For the cabinets.
13:03Kind of a buttery yellow.
13:05I tried different yellow.
13:06Yellow's hard.
13:07What do you think?
13:08Looks just like the cabinet.
13:09I'd go with more of a mustard color.
13:11Okay.
13:12Which one do you like?
13:14When you say yellow, I don't see yellow.
13:16I don't either.
13:17I see brown.
13:17You don't see yellow?
13:18I'm colorblind.
13:19Don't ask me.
13:20Oh, my gosh.
13:20Forget it.
13:21It's called biscuit, a dark cream.
13:25Sounds good for a kitchen.
13:26She's hoping it says yellowish tone.
13:28There's something in there that does not.
13:30I know that I want a cheerful, happy kitchen.
13:33I feel like Bob and Jill, they're going to love it.
13:35So, countertop.
13:38I'm going to go pick a slab.
13:39By this window also, Chris, is going to be the sink.
13:41And I want you to do it like you do at the store downtown where you built it out of the slab.
13:46But it's going to have to angle because it has to function.
13:48Yeah.
13:49So, it has to drain.
13:50Okay.
13:50Going to have some time to work on this?
13:52I mean, a week, two weeks.
13:54So, at our new store, Mars on Main, I found a marble slab that I had Chris fabricate into a sink.
14:02For Bob and Jill, it's perfect.
14:04So, the next thing I want to talk about is the fireplace.
14:07I'm going to get stone.
14:09I do think we should do like a stove in here, but make it a pellet stove so it's easy.
14:13You know, like the one you gave me for my birthday in my office?
14:15Mm-hmm.
14:16It's so nice and easy.
14:17And you just push a button.
14:18Okay.
14:18I feel like Jill would fully appreciate that.
14:21Also, I have tile samples ordered for the bathroom, so I'll bring those next week.
14:25What are we doing on the floor?
14:26Well, I have those ordered as well.
14:28I'm thinking we do wood in here.
14:29But then out here, I want to do a slate floor.
14:32So, you want to do wood in a bathroom and tile in a living room?
14:35Yeah.
14:36Do you know how cold slate floors are?
14:37I know.
14:37I was thinking it would be a heated floor.
14:39Don't worry.
14:40I thought all this through.
14:41I'm getting samples.
14:41We'll talk about it later.
14:43Bob said to do what we want as long as we stay on budget.
14:48We're six weeks into this renovation, and Bob and Jill won't be back for another six weeks.
14:59I like how you backed up where we could just set it right on the deck here.
15:02That's how I do it, Matt Mars.
15:04That's how I do it.
15:04Yeah, that's nice.
15:05Okay.
15:05Let's bring them all in first, and then I'll get up on the ladder.
15:08We've got the bookshelves for the loft.
15:12We still don't know how we're getting up to the loft, but we have bookshelves.
15:15I think actually Jacob's coming later today, too, to talk about landscaping.
15:18So all the things are happening.
15:19It's good stuff.
15:21This one looks like a little dollhouse.
15:23It's so cute.
15:24Look.
15:25This reading nook is going to be perfect for Jill.
15:31It's so cute.
15:33Jacob's here.
15:34I'm going to go meet him outside.
15:36Hello.
15:36Good to see you again.
15:38Welcome to the cabin.
15:40Thank you for coming to meet me, because I feel like we have no landscape.
15:43This is literally starting from scratch, because Dave cleared all this.
15:47So it needs some load.
15:49So we're building this for our neighbors, Bob and Jill, who are retired.
15:52So we want it to be as low maintenance as possible.
15:54We can do some flagstone leading up to the porch and a wraparound bed with easy-to-maintain plants.
16:00Just that alone will give it that cozy cottage feel.
16:03Like, this has been here a while, and there's established, mature landscaping, which I know is hard to do.
16:08So the other thing we need to do is create a flagstone patio.
16:11I think we need some sort of fire pit with seating surrounded by trees for privacy.
16:16And we also ordered a wood-fired hot tub, so we'll need room for that as well.
16:20So if we end it here, you know, blend it in with another, you know, pathway or, you know, surround the tub, you know, whatever we use in the front, just kind of tie it all together.
16:30Yeah, okay, perfect.
16:31Thank you so much.
16:32Thanks for meeting me all the way out here.
16:35With so many of the big decisions done, we still need to figure out stairs.
16:39I know Bob and Jill are not going to want to climb up and down a ladder.
16:42They're just not.
16:42We need something that folds away that can be used when they need it.
16:46If they needed to fold it away, they can.
16:48I found a company that actually builds fold-away staircases that look like they're sturdy and stout.
16:54So we're not the only ones that have had this problem.
16:56There's a whole company that has been created.
16:58Funny, there's been people that have thought about this before me.
17:00And so I ordered one of these kits.
17:04So we're going to try it in my barn first to make sure we know how to install it so we won't damage the walls or floors at the cabin.
17:12Oh, that's pretty cool.
17:16Oh!
17:18What's going on?
17:19What am I seeing right now?
17:20Do you like my new slippers?
17:22It's a pretty slick.
17:23Aren't they so cute?
17:25Okay.
17:26So this is, though, it's got to be up like this.
17:29It's got a lot of space between steps.
17:31Hey, let me grab a two-by-four.
17:32All right, let's try this.
17:34Right there.
17:37That looks a lot better.
17:37You want to try it?
17:38No, I don't.
17:40You got to try it.
17:41You got to try it.
17:41I don't know how to do anything.
17:44Be careful, please.
17:45This does not look sturdy.
17:48Come try it.
17:49It's sturdy enough.
17:51It looks like you printed it from a 3D printer.
17:54Your feet are really hot in these slippers.
17:55Yeah.
17:56Whew.
17:56We got some news that has totally changed the nature of this project.
18:15You okay?
18:16Yeah.
18:16Yeah, I just had it.
18:23So we recently got some news about Bob, who's been in South Africa with Jill, while we've
18:27been working on their cabin.
18:31Jill called Jenny, and Bob had a heart attack and passed away.
18:34Jill flew home when she was finally able to come home with Bob's ashes, and we had to, you know, tell
18:48our kids, of course, and it was hard, really hard.
18:55Lots of tears in our house.
18:56Anytime we needed anything, he was there.
19:04He was more than a neighbor.
19:06He was family.
19:07Jill didn't know about the cabin at all.
19:12And so we told Jill, you know, hey, Bob wanted to do this with the cabin.
19:17Jill's by herself now.
19:18And so Jill, at this time, does not want to go out in the middle of the woods and do
19:24a cabin by herself.
19:27You know, if we're going to be using this just as a little getaway for our family now,
19:33I feel like we need, we're not going to fit in the house.
19:35More space.
19:36Yeah.
19:36So I was thinking, what if we did a tent out here, like a tent area for the kids?
19:41And it's kind of like a nod to Africa for, you know, like what Bob loved.
19:46And like going on safari, like I was thinking like, oh, dang it.
19:51It's okay.
19:52It's all right.
19:53We went ahead and gave Jill all the money back that Bob had paid so far.
19:57So now we're going to make this a cabin for our family, but in his honor.
20:02I mean, there's no way we could sell it.
20:04So keeping it and going to make it a place where we still make happy memories like we planned.
20:10So.
20:11Yeah.
20:16What's up, man?
20:28What up?
20:29Dave and Austin are working on the folding staircase to the loft of the cabin.
20:33Okay, you ready?
20:34Yeah, I'm good.
20:35I'm excited to see it go in.
20:36I was going to say it's burning around on the deck.
20:38I still don't really understand if it's going to work, so we'll see.
20:42I don't know.
20:42What do you mean if it's going to work?
20:44Why don't you say when it's going to work?
20:46I know.
20:46I could use some positivity right now.
20:48Okay.
20:49I think it's going to, once it's painted, it'll help.
20:52I think so.
20:53It's about right there.
20:54Go back a little bit.
20:55It's like, whoa.
20:56Too much.
20:57A little bit more.
20:59Yeah, let's put just one screw in the bottom where it holds it.
21:01Did you bring your screw in there?
21:02It's in the truck.
21:03Okay.
21:03Go grab it.
21:05And then we'll set it down.
21:06And then we can lift it up for flooring, too.
21:08Help me understand why you didn't just build a staircase that's just exactly this size,
21:13like a real one.
21:14Because if it is a fixed staircase, it is illegal.
21:19Illegal, though.
21:20Like, illegal, like you're going to jail illegal?
21:25Don't get mad at me.
21:29Let's try it.
21:30All right.
21:32Yeah, but it's like...
21:34You're not going to be able to put a panel on this.
21:35No, we're going to have to adjust it more.
21:38And now it's crooked.
21:40We ain't coming down all the way.
21:41Because for some reason, look how it angles.
21:44This angles in.
21:45Why is it doing that?
21:48Let me think about this for a second.
21:50So you got this membrane floor, which is going to be cool and heated.
21:55Then you have thinset, then the tile.
22:00So you probably add another quarter.
22:02So if we take three and a quarter off of up there, it should lay flat.
22:09We could lower the platform.
22:11Get a saw, cut three and a half inches, and just drop the platform.
22:15Cool.
22:16Sounds like a plane.
22:17You ready to run the gauntlet of the stairs?
22:35I don't know what that means.
22:40Can I screw something that I wasn't supposed to?
22:43I don't think so.
22:44I don't know.
22:44I don't want to...
22:46Is it not giving enough?
22:49It's not hitting anything.
22:51Oh, there.
22:52There you go.
22:52There.
22:52You said to give it some...
22:54Do you like the look of it?
23:01I don't know.
23:02The handrail is hideous.
23:03I'm sorry.
23:05What would you like to see?
23:07I'd like to see normal stairs.
23:10I can do that, too.
23:11It just takes up the whole house.
23:12I know.
23:14See how that goes without hitting anything?
23:17My love.
23:18I'll let you try it first.
23:21Careful.
23:28I don't know.
23:28I just don't like this handrail.
23:30But I don't know.
23:31It is what it is.
23:33Austin and I could take, and we could cut this out.
23:36We could cut these middle sections out, and we could do vertical balusters.
23:39I think once this is painted, I think it's fine.
23:42And if you wrap this to match this, we paint it, and then you have a different handrail
23:46for the loft, I think that's okay.
23:48It doesn't have to be.
23:50Wait.
23:50So did you don't cut this out, then?
23:52No, it's fine.
23:53How are you and Dave?
24:01I don't know.
24:02Dave's in a mood because he worked really hard on the stairs.
24:05But that's not even true.
24:06He did buy them, so it's not like he built the whole thing.
24:09And he's stuck with what he bought.
24:11So he can't really be that mad.
24:14Did you hear me?
24:15So, I mean, if he would have built them, he wouldn't have made that handrail.
24:18So it's fine.
24:19Everything's fine.
24:20He just gets really cranky.
24:28We have a lot going on at the cabin today.
24:32We're bringing tile to the house.
24:34The tile guys have done a lot of prep work.
24:35We have the heated floor membrane down.
24:37We're making great progress.
24:39I'm going to meet Jay to go through some stone samples for the fireplace.
24:44So we're going to have a stone fireplace outside and inside.
24:49And I just need to pick some stone.
24:52Hey, Jay.
24:53Well, hello, Ms. Jan.
24:54How are you?
24:55You're doing great.
24:55And yourself?
24:56Good to see you.
24:56I'm good.
24:57Thanks.
24:57Thanks for meeting me.
24:58Yes, ma'am.
24:58All right, what do we got?
24:59I got some samples of the rock that you might want to choose from.
25:02Perfect.
25:02Oh, gosh.
25:03These are legit stones.
25:05They're very handy.
25:05Yes, ma'am.
25:06I want it to look, like, just natural.
25:09They are.
25:10Oh, that's pretty.
25:12I just think we're going to have to be careful with the red ones.
25:14Take those red ones out, but keep it really natural then, yeah.
25:18This is the one.
25:19Okay.
25:20Yes.
25:21Perfect.
25:23In addition to the stone for the chimney and fireplace, we're also doing flagstone for the patio.
25:29And Jenny is picking a slab of marble for the kitchen countertops and the custom sink.
25:33I want something that, like, stands out when you walk in.
25:36Like, that's gorgeous.
25:37I love marble.
25:38Marble's so gorgeous.
25:40And, of course, it's a natural stone.
25:42There's not really a science to it.
25:44It's just what's pretty.
25:45I need pricing on this.
25:47It's so pretty.
25:48I'll let Chris know to expect it right now.
25:49Okay.
25:50It's great to see you.
25:50Take care.
25:51Bye.
25:51Bye.
25:53Now that we have all the stone, we're moving forward on the exterior chimney.
25:58The heated floor is installed, which means tile and hardwood flooring can go in.
26:03The handmade checkerboard tile in the bathroom is amazing.
26:07It pairs beautifully with the overall color palette I have planned for the kitchen.
26:16Hey.
26:16Hey.
26:19Oh, the table looks pretty.
26:20One thing we're really going to need for the cabin is a big dining table that will fit our family.
26:25I think this is going to be beautiful.
26:26It's elmwood.
26:27It's going to be different.
26:27It has a lot of warmth to the wood.
26:29Dave had the idea to have one big leg on each end that would have sort of an hourglass shape,
26:35and then a beam would connect them under the tabletop.
26:39So I glued these up yesterday.
26:42So basically, we'll have an end that sits 30 inches up or so, about like this.
26:48And then we'll cut a pattern in it.
26:51Okay.
26:52This is what I drew that then I could recreate on both sides.
27:00Something like this.
27:05It's fancy.
27:07Maybe the top.
27:08This is the foot.
27:09Looks like it.
27:10You don't think that looks like a boob?
27:12I...
27:12And it has a nipple.
27:15You don't see the nipple.
27:16Okay, can we try again?
27:19Okay, so I haven't cut anything yet, so that's why I wanted you to verify this.
27:24Let me see.
27:26That's better.
27:28I actually really like this one because it feels organic and just wavy.
27:35I like it.
27:36Done.
27:40It's much better.
27:41Okay, you ready?
27:53Cute.
27:54Yeah, I'll take and I'll run a couple, just a little flat stock pieces here.
27:59And then I'll have a thicker beam that goes side to side that holds everything square.
28:03Look, it's cute.
28:04Bravo.
28:04At the cabin, we're getting the railings installed for the collapsible staircase.
28:11There you go.
28:12And I'm feeling great about the whole thing.
28:15But I think Jenny is still on the fence.
28:18Jay's doing amazing work on the fireplace and just in time because the pallet stove has arrived.
28:24What is this?
28:25A touchscreen?
28:26This is even...
28:26Yeah, so it's touchscreen controls.
28:28Oh, wow.
28:28You've got a wire and a temperature probe.
28:29Oh, Dave, this one's fancy.
28:31Armstack control, yeah.
28:32It has that wood stove look that I want for this cottage with the stone surround.
28:38It's going to be really cute and cozy.
28:40So cute.
28:42Are you excited to see it?
28:43Yeah.
28:44The coolest thing would be if there was a hot tub, but it's not good.
28:48That would be cool.
28:49Here it is.
28:52A hot tub!
28:53Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
28:59Inside the cabin, we're moving right along.
29:02Paint should be done today.
29:04Outside, we've got the composite shake siding going up.
29:08Jay is continuing stonework, and we're installing a solar panel system.
29:13You know, with the tornadoes and storms we've had, it's to the point where having a solar backup
29:18is just the right move.
29:21It's been a day, but we are down to the last one.
29:24I've got Tim here helping me.
29:25We're actually going to do battery backup as well.
29:27So, really, from the sun we get, well, other than today when it's cloudy, we don't have
29:33to be off-grid, but we pretty much have the power to be off-grid.
29:41All right, I got it here.
29:44With all of the panels set, now we need to install the battery backup.
29:48Wait, wait, wait, wait.
29:49There we go.
29:50Are we on?
29:51Yeah, we're on on my side.
29:54I don't want to let it go.
29:55There we go.
29:56Now it's in.
29:57Fit in the grooves.
30:03That's it.
30:03Man, it even matches the trim.
30:05It actually does.
30:09The cabin is getting really close.
30:12A lot of the finishing touches are being added both outside and inside,
30:16along with the custom marble sink, which exceeded my expectations.
30:21Everything looks amazing, and we're almost ready to start bringing furniture in.
30:29Oh, there you go.
30:37Nice.
30:38Let's see it.
30:39Is it too high?
30:40Oh, so close.
30:41That was so close.
30:42All right, take your time.
30:43Give it to Mars.
30:44There you go.
30:44Yes!
30:45I'm ready.
30:46Hey.
30:47I got a footboard.
30:49Got a headboard.
30:52Dave is welding up a bed for the cabin's one bedroom.
30:56It's going to have a simple iron base and a low-profile headboard with two posts and an arched piece of metal to connect the two.
31:01So I just need to know how much you want me to bend it.
31:08Do you want to hold that other edge?
31:10There's a glove right there.
31:12Because I'm going to take and cut this, but then I've got to clamp it in there to get it to stay.
31:17Babe, you know what I'm going to get you for Father's Day?
31:19What?
31:20New gloves.
31:21I would love that.
31:22So go down as far as you want to go down, and you just let it sit there, and then I'll bend this, and you tell me where.
31:28A little less.
31:29A little less?
31:30Yeah, like that.
31:31About that.
31:31Okay, hold on.
31:32Let me put my finger here.
31:33Got it.
31:34Okay.
31:44All right.
31:48Oh, it looks so good.
31:49I like it.
31:50It's perfect.
31:50We have a hot tub.
32:08You saved us some time.
32:09This is a wood-burning hot tub, correct?
32:11Yeah.
32:12Okay.
32:12Uh, so no power other than the wood.
32:14I love this so much.
32:21So we're really creating almost a whole other home outside, from the fire pit area, to the tent, to the tub, to just really being able to enjoy this beautiful property.
32:32I've got sherems here working on all of the landscaping.
32:36What's happening here?
32:37This is the rest of the walkway, yeah?
32:38Yeah, so this will connect it to the driveway, and I'm going to just stop the driveway right here at the back of the house.
32:43So we have this amazing concrete fire pit that is going to be really gorgeous out here.
32:50It's really modern, which is really contrasting everything else we're doing.
32:54It doesn't have to all look so rustic.
32:56I feel like the unexpected is always really helpful within a space, so you have just an extra layer that I think is going to make the whole space feel complete, and a place that you want to hang out.
33:07Perfect.
33:07Okay.
33:08All right.
33:09I love it.
33:09So we also brought a bunch of furniture from our house, since we're keeping the cabin.
33:15It made sense to just use things we already have.
33:17Oh, careful.
33:18Sorry.
33:19Okay.
33:21Oh, thank you.
33:22All right.
33:23Well, I want to test these out.
33:25I don't know which rug.
33:27Jen, you like the table?
33:28Yeah, it looks so good.
33:29I just have to go find chairs now.
33:32We've had Grandma Mars' dishes for, I don't know, 20 years.
33:37They're so fun.
33:38They're very 1970s, and so we're going to use these dishes here.
33:42They match the color of the cabinets perfectly, and it makes me very happy.
33:46They're Grandma's.
33:47So we brought those.
33:48That's kind of fun.
33:49And I have this chip and dip platter that Nate made me at school that doesn't get used often enough, and it's going to be here.
33:56And it's adorable, and I love it.
33:57We also brought a day bed to help make the reading nook more comfortable.
34:01Hey, Jen, you want the bed on this side, right?
34:03Do we have a mattress for that?
34:06No.
34:07Yeah, I want it on this side.
34:08Yeah, sorry.
34:09I don't feel like it's as scary now because the railings are up here.
34:11This is perfect.
34:14The finishing touches on the landscaping are happening now, and the crown jewel has arrived.
34:19Our giant outdoor tent.
34:21Okay, this thing is humongous, isn't it?
34:23It's giant.
34:24So with the tent and added patio space for our family, it added about $10,000 to the budget.
34:33Okay, this is so fun.
34:35The kids are going to love this.
34:36It is really cool.
34:36We put up a tent, an amazing tent, not just any tent, like a circus tent, that the kids can stay in.
34:42So now we have room for everybody, and it's just going to be a really special place for our family.
34:46And then we're going to make memories here and do what Mr. Bob loved to do, which is camp and fish and just be outside.
34:53This whole journey has been sad, but we feel like we're at a place where we can feel a little excitement.
35:01All right, babe.
35:02I got him.
35:03Aw.
35:05Oh, let's see here.
35:09I do it straight?
35:10Yeah.
35:10The color looks good with the stone.
35:12Most nails I don't really like, but I like that one.
35:15He does remind me of Mr. Bob.
35:16You going to text Jill?
35:17Yeah.
35:17She said she loves it.
35:18She said he looks good.
35:19So Bob loved everything Africa, going over to Africa, spending time there.
35:24And he had a warthog in his house from Africa.
35:29We talked to Jill and said we'd love to have something of Bob's in the house.
35:33And the warthog just spoke to both of us.
35:36I feel like Bob would appreciate that we chose that one because he's kind of smiling, like he's kind of smirking.
35:42Just an ugly little fellow, kind of like Mr. Bob, you know what I mean?
35:45He would laugh at that.
35:48He would laugh at that because it's just, I know that's why he had this bound, because it just made him smile.
35:54And that's what he did for us.
35:55He made him smile.
35:56Kids are going to love that.
35:57I know.
35:58All right, speaking of the kiddos, let's go get them.
36:00We're ready.
36:01Let's do it.
36:04Are you excited to see it?
36:06Yeah.
36:06The coolest thing would be if there was a hot tub, but there probably isn't.
36:12That would be cool.
36:13All right.
36:15Here it is.
36:18A hot tub.
36:19Is that a hot tub?
36:20All right, let's go.
36:21You want to see it?
36:22Yes, go.
36:22Yes, yes, yes, yes.
36:24Yes.
36:29Okay.
36:30You want to go out there first?
36:32Yes.
36:33I think we should go up there first.
36:34Go, go, go.
36:34It's fine.
36:35Come on.
36:36What do you think?
36:39That's cool.
36:40Guys, look at this.
36:41Over here, you make a fire.
36:43Oh, it does.
36:44And in like 20 minutes, it warms all of it up, so you can use it year-round.
36:48This is so cool.
36:49I know.
36:50You want to go in the tent?
36:51Go on.
36:51Go on, so.
36:55Do you guys want to come camping?
36:56Do you have your own tent?
36:58This is the kid tent.
36:58Anyway, do we get a seat?
36:59So, that's yours?
37:00Yes.
37:03Okay, do you guys remember what the outside of this house looked like?
37:06It was not, it did not look good before.
37:09Isn't it so cute?
37:15We have the new siding, and we got the new front steps where we can sit and look out and
37:19sit on the front porch.
37:20Mr. Jacob did the landscaping.
37:22He did such a good job.
37:23So, we also, we added solar, just like our house, with a big battery, so it's, like, literally,
37:29we can come out here, and even if the power's out, we got full power.
37:33No losing power out here.
37:35Okay, now, can I go in?
37:37Yes.
37:37Yes.
37:37Ready to go in?
37:38Okay, let's go.
37:39Okay.
37:40Go, go, go.
37:40Open the heart.
37:41Oh, I got that.
37:42Go, go, go.
37:42Stuck my toe.
37:43This is so cool.
37:45You know where that's from?
37:53You know where that's from, you guys?
37:54It's Mr. Bob's.
37:55It's Mr. Bob's, yeah.
38:01So, the other thing in the winter, the floor, this whole floor is easy.
38:05Oh, yeah.
38:06Wait, really?
38:07Yeah.
38:07That's cool.
38:09Yeah, because it's tile.
38:12If you lay on it, it's cold.
38:15I'm going to show you guys something else, too, because remember, when we started this,
38:19Daddy bought this place really, really cheap, and he was going to sell it to Mr. Bob, and
38:24Miss Jill decided she didn't want to come out here by herself, so we decided we couldn't
38:28ever sell it because it reminds us so much of our Mr. Bob, huh?
38:33So, we put this little sign right when you walk in the door, Mr. Bob's cabin.
38:37That's so cute.
38:42All right, you want to go upstairs?
38:48Go, go, go, go.
38:50You guys want to go?
38:51Sure, okay.
38:52Wait, this is so cool.
38:55Look at the little ducks.
38:57I can't reach them.
38:58Yeah.
38:59That's a bed.
39:00That's a bed.
39:01It's a day bed.
39:01Wait, what?
39:01And when your dad wants to mess with you, you can't come down.
39:05I'll show you a bed.
39:06That's cool.
39:07The stairs go up.
39:08Isn't this so cute and cozy?
39:15Okay, so you guys can see, yep, there's a pantry, and then Ben over there, underneath
39:20where you are, is Daddy.
39:22Did you see I put coffee there for us?
39:23I did not see that.
39:25Oh, I love that.
39:27And so, Sylvia, you didn't even know that when you got dressed this morning, you were
39:30going to match her in your kitchen.
39:32It's perfect.
39:33Look, you totally matched.
39:35Okay, so do you guys like the color of the kitchen?
39:37Yeah, it's so cute.
39:38Isn't it cheery?
39:39Daddy built this table.
39:41Yeah.
39:42Did you see the sink Mr. Chris made for us at the marble?
39:45Isn't it beautiful?
39:46Oh, I love the kitchen.
39:48This kitchen, I wanted to feel like you step back in time.
39:51I love the soft, muted yellow.
39:55It's not in your face, but it also feels very happy and cheerful.
39:58Who remembers this?
39:59Me.
40:00You made it.
40:01Hey, chips and dip.
40:04We're going to use this.
40:05We're going to put chips and dip and use it out here.
40:07I love it.
40:08Amazing.
40:09We have one more room.
40:19Oh, this looks so cute.
40:21Mm-hmm.
40:21This looks good.
40:23It's so cute.
40:25Oh, you're going right in.
40:27The bathroom.
40:28This is cool.
40:30The shower's pretty.
40:31Isn't the shower really pretty cute?
40:33The shower's pretty, yeah.
40:34Do you like the tile?
40:35Yeah, it's cool.
40:36The house is pretty cool.
40:39It looks so much different.
40:41It doesn't even look like the same house.
40:42Dun, dun, dun.
40:43Ooh, yay.
40:44Whoa, okay.
40:46My favorite part of the house is probably, like, the kitchen because yellow's my favorite color.
40:51I like the Christmas trees and the tent, the hot tub.
40:55The solar panels, they're nice, too.
40:57All the landscaping looks really good.
41:00I really like the tent the most.
41:01The tent's going to be super fun to sleep in.
41:03I can't believe this cabinet is this cool.
41:05You can't believe it?
41:06You love it?
41:06Yeah.
41:07It turned out to be just this sweet, calm, adorable, warm, cozy, lovely little space.
41:18Our neighbor, Bob, he was family to us.
41:21I mean, his loss was not just felt by Jenny and I.
41:25It's been really tough on our kids to see them out here and enjoying a place that we know he would have loved.
41:32Pretty cool.
41:32And Jill, as well, she knows how much we love her and how much we love Mr. Bob and that this place is in honor of him and a memory of him.
41:41And it turns whenever she wants it.
41:43Yeah, I think she'll enjoy it eventually, too.
41:45Yeah.
41:45I think she'll enjoy it eventually, too.
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