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00:00Good morning.
00:02Just another day of making our favorite small town better.
00:04Erin, we got to go, babe.
00:06Go fix some old sad houses.
00:08Ben, let's go.
00:09Growing up, I didn't see what was so special about Laurel.
00:12So every day we make sure our girls see it.
00:14Good morning, Katie.
00:15Hey.
00:16Can you believe we fixed up over 100 houses in Laurel?
00:18There's so much opportunity, so many unloved houses.
00:22I don't know what is going to go wrong in here today.
00:25I'm sure something.
00:27Girl, the bat just flew through here.
00:29That's not good.
00:31No way.
00:32We're about to see the house for the first time.
00:34This is the best part.
00:35Oh, my God.
00:37Holy cow.
00:38Are you serious right now?
00:40Ben, did you make this?
00:41Yeah, I made this.
00:43The real truth of living and working in your hometown
00:45is that you're going to see these people everywhere forever.
00:48It's your superpower, Erin.
00:50Color is her superpower.
00:51It is.
00:52It is perfect.
00:53Every day is different when you're renovating houses
00:55in Laurel, Mississippi.
01:06We're so excited y'all are here.
01:08Good to see y'all.
01:09Thanks for coming.
01:10Good seeing you.
01:11We're really doing this.
01:12We're excited.
01:12We're excited to see what y'all are going to do.
01:14Let's get it going.
01:15Well, let's walk out front.
01:15I think that's the best place to start.
01:17We just got engaged.
01:19Whoa!
01:19Whoa!
01:19Oh, my gosh!
01:21It's been less than a week.
01:22It is so beautiful.
01:25Good job.
01:25Yes.
01:27Congrats.
01:29Katie Callan and I went to college together at Jones.
01:32And I.
01:33Yes, but we were in yearbook together.
01:34You were not in yearbook.
01:36I was in the yearbook.
01:38Yes.
01:38She is a single mom.
01:40She has two kids.
01:41We met online about four years ago,
01:43and we had coffee at T-Bones.
01:46She chatted a lot, and I listened a lot.
01:48I think it was love at first sight.
01:50You know, we've been together.
01:52Ever since?
01:52Ever since.
01:53Yep.
01:54Yep.
01:54Let's talk about the Callan house.
01:57Let's talk about it.
01:58We call it the Callan house because Katie has lived here
02:00for eight years?
02:02Nine.
02:02Almost nine.
02:03Nine years.
02:03Almost nine.
02:04Yeah.
02:05Chris has never lived here.
02:06I'm very much looking forward to joining this family.
02:09I love her and her two children.
02:12This house and this renovation represents a new start
02:15to a new family.
02:16It's going to be a huge new start.
02:19They gave us $120,000 to do this.
02:21We're getting to be a part of the first page
02:23of their marriage chapter, and that's really cool.
02:27Well, it's four bedrooms, two baths, 2,200 square feet,
02:31built in 1972.
02:32Two beautiful acres.
02:34I love the house, and I love where it is.
02:37There are deer in our yard a lot of evenings.
02:40It's gorgeous.
02:42But we are in Ellisville.
02:44In the city.
02:45Jones College is right over there.
02:47Yes.
02:48And we very rarely get to work on houses
02:50that are so mid-century in such a distinguishable way.
02:55Right.
02:55You've told me you're so over brown.
02:57I'm over brown.
02:58There's a lot of brown.
02:59There's brown on the outside.
03:00There's brown on the inside.
03:02What do you think about this?
03:03Ooh.
03:04Oh, I love that.
03:05I love it.
03:05I love the front door.
03:06I do, too.
03:07Yeah, okay.
03:09No brown, but keeping the two-tone, I think, is fun.
03:12This house is so interesting, and it can carry it.
03:15A new front door that lets in lots of light.
03:17Love it.
03:18In a really desaturated orange color, I think, would be fun.
03:23This would be a rich, deep gray.
03:25The left side is a kind of blue-green.
03:28Mm-hmm.
03:28A new light fixture that's really funky and fun.
03:32Adding a little bit of landscaping.
03:34I think that would be great.
03:35Yeah, I think it'll help.
03:37That's perfect.
03:37So out here, 20 grand.
03:39Okay.
03:40And, yeah, let's go see the inside.
03:42Yes.
03:42Yay.
03:43And y'all work with foster kids, right?
03:45Yes.
03:46We are a foster family and a respite provider for foster kids,
03:50and we're always ready to sleep at least two extra kids.
03:55All right.
03:58This is...
03:59A time capsule.
04:00It is.
04:01Mm-hmm.
04:01And I love that about your house.
04:03Yes.
04:04What do you not love about the kitchen?
04:05What would make it better?
04:07More organization.
04:09Mm-hmm.
04:09Our evenings look like doing homework while we're cooking,
04:13projects going on.
04:15This is mission control.
04:16That's where everything happens.
04:18Yeah.
04:18Kind of just stuff is everywhere.
04:20Anytime it's a house with young children,
04:22you're going to have foster kids who are little.
04:25You're going to have your kids who are a little bit older.
04:28It's just a lot of stuff.
04:29Yes.
04:30Y'all have stuff?
04:31We have stuff.
04:31They have stuff?
04:32All the stuff.
04:32This house was built in the early 70s.
04:35It's very heavy on the early 70s still.
04:39I think Katie really would like it to just be one personality
04:42instead of a bunch of different disjointed personalities.
04:46What I can really help with is visual clutter,
04:50because I think it's the paneling.
04:51Right.
04:52The backsplash that really makes the house feel like you've got a lot going on.
04:56The kitchen layout is good.
04:58Here's what we're thinking.
04:59You can move your sink to the peninsula, make the peninsula maybe just a little bit bigger,
05:05so you have some barstool seating on the backside, too, maybe.
05:08I like that.
05:08That'd be great.
05:08You have the range and your hood vent where the sink is now.
05:11We're focusing on modern silhouettes that feel not modern, but mid-century, like flat overlay, cabinet doors and cabinetry everywhere,
05:20but lots of warmth with butcher block countertops, a new backsplash that is sort of a buttercreamy color.
05:27Awesome.
05:28The fridge and the microwave would go where your wall living is now,
05:32and we could open up this doorway here so you have more of an entrance and new flooring throughout the
05:38whole house.
05:39Good.
05:40LVT flooring, a warm, medium wood color, and then that's the wood.
05:45Yeah.
05:45The paneling would all get painted.
05:47I know you love greens.
05:48Mm-hmm.
05:49Love it.
05:49Which would just simplify so much.
05:52Yes.
05:53I just want the whole house to feel more playful, a little lighter.
05:59And I love this big dent.
06:01Yes.
06:01It is so, like, classic 70s, 80s.
06:05It's got a lot of volume.
06:06The beams are awesome.
06:08Mm-hmm.
06:08Do you like them, too?
06:09I love the beams.
06:10I think they're the star of the room.
06:12Mm-hmm.
06:12For sure.
06:13And you could just let them shine.
06:15That would be your woodsy tone.
06:16Yes.
06:17We could take down the ceiling tiles, paint all of the paneling over there.
06:20It can be so much more.
06:22Right now, I think you're using it just as storage, kind of, huh?
06:25Mm-hmm.
06:25Pretty much.
06:26Yes.
06:26We keep the games over there, the books over there, but it's really just where we go to get our
06:30stuff.
06:30It can be the coffee-drinking nook.
06:33It's where we have game night.
06:35Mm-hmm.
06:35Make it an important part of your living room.
06:38Good.
06:39Chris, what are your thoughts on this space?
06:41I mean, how would you see?
06:42Because you live, you don't live here.
06:44No, I don't live here.
06:45I would like this space to be more open, you know, that you walk in and you kind of feel
06:50comfortable in it,
06:51and you feel like you can move.
06:52Yeah.
06:53In it.
06:53I hear you.
06:54But you're going to be here soon.
06:56When are y'all going to get married?
06:57I don't know yet.
06:58Have you already set a date?
06:59No, not yet.
06:59Not yet.
07:00Everything in here so far, kitchen, living room, this nook, 60 grand.
07:05Mm-hmm.
07:06Okay.
07:06Sounds good.
07:07Um, Chris is most worried about once everybody's all moved in, will we have space in your bedroom?
07:12Because it's a little tight.
07:14Yes.
07:14So we have thoughts on that.
07:15This is maybe the most exciting thing we're doing.
07:18Why don't you just tell us all about it, then?
07:20I will.
07:21I can.
07:21Can you remember everything?
07:23Yes.
07:24Let's see.
07:25All right.
07:25So I understand, Chris, you have concerns in here.
07:29Yes.
07:30Okay.
07:30My concerns are it's very small.
07:33I'm 41 years old.
07:35I've been, I've never been married.
07:36And she's been single for years.
07:39Yeah.
07:40We both had our own spaces.
07:42And so I want to set this marriage up for success.
07:45And I think the best way to do that is to have a little bit more room in here.
07:50Yeah.
07:50And actually have a separate bathroom and not the bathroom in the primary suite.
07:57It's all up in here.
07:57It's all up in here.
07:58Real close.
07:59Yeah.
07:59Yeah.
08:00I hear you.
08:00What do you think, Ben?
08:01Well, let me.
08:02What could we do?
08:03Let me paint a picture for you.
08:04Okay?
08:05The first thing we need to do is take down all this wood paneling.
08:08We're going to rip out the closets, but then we're going to open new closets into the hall.
08:13So we're going to eat up part of the hallway.
08:15Nice.
08:16Because you have access from the other end.
08:18Great.
08:18So then that gives us more room in here.
08:21Okay.
08:21Nice.
08:22We're going to open a window there.
08:23And we're going to convert this doorway to a window.
08:27Just like in the rest of the house, we're going to have the flooring in here.
08:29We're going to paint everything.
08:31Add a wall separating the bedroom from the bathroom.
08:34Sounds great.
08:35Keep the shower at the end of the bathroom.
08:37We're going to tear out the wall that's there currently.
08:39Do a tiled walk-in shower.
08:41Then we're going to make the vanity a little bit smaller so it doesn't feel tight in here.
08:47But we're going to be really smart about storage.
08:50Okay.
08:50To make sure you both have space.
08:52I love it.
08:53You just need a little more storage.
08:55You do.
08:56Some cabinets and places.
08:58And we'll keep this built in here.
08:59Okay.
09:00That's a really neat feature that's a lot of storage.
09:02And it's space saving.
09:03I think that's great.
09:05Well, we can do this all.
09:07How much, Erin?
09:08I don't know.
09:08Tell them.
09:09What's this room?
09:10Well, that's going to be around $40,000 to do this update.
09:15So then you're all in at $120,000 for the whole renovation.
09:21I went to art school.
09:22Math is hard.
09:23Perfect.
09:24That's the way we see spending the money you gave us.
09:26And then it's ready for this new chapter in your family's life.
09:30We're so excited to start that.
09:32As soon as y'all get moved out, we can get started.
09:36We are excited.
09:37We're ready to move out to get this process started so we can get married and move in as
09:45a family.
09:48It is my goal to get invited to another wedding because we're at the age where all of our friends
09:54are married.
09:55We're not getting invited to weddings anymore.
10:03Today, we're tearing out everything in here.
10:06Paneling's got to go.
10:07That wall's going.
10:08Yeah.
10:09The closets are going and also the cow shower.
10:13Everything goes.
10:18How's your allergy?
10:19Terrible, actually.
10:21Cats.
10:22Cat house.
10:22Katie has had a cat for a long time and I'm deathly allergic.
10:25And so I came out.
10:28If y'all need me for anything else, I'm out here.
10:36So we got the bathroom totally demoed, the bedroom totally demoed, the kitchen totally demoed.
10:47We're done here.
10:58We're taking everything that Katie's mid-century house has given us vibe-wise, but we just want
11:03to make it better for a family that's constantly growing.
11:07We're framing up a new cased opening into the kitchen so it's not so tight right when you
11:11walk in the front door.
11:12I love how satisfying framing is.
11:14It's like when you come in the front door, you don't feel like you're in a hallway and
11:17it's tight.
11:18That's it.
11:18You want a tour?
11:19Yes.
11:20Come on.
11:20So you got a big cased opening.
11:22Yes.
11:23Then here, come on in here between the studs.
11:26We just stole the hallway and then built out that wall.
11:29Right.
11:29So you have two closets now.
11:31Yes.
11:31And you stole this closet to make the bedroom bigger.
11:34Mm-hmm.
11:35Pocket door framing.
11:36Huge bathroom.
11:38Pocket doors.
11:39They're underutilized and they're such a space saver.
11:42I feel like this is big for them.
11:43I think that they're going to like this a lot better.
11:46This room's going to get sheetrock.
11:49Everything else would be the paneling.
11:50And the paneling in here.
11:51That's right.
11:57We just got a text from Katie asking if she and Chris could come by the house.
12:01I don't think we've ever had a homeowner reach out to say, can I come by?
12:07Hey.
12:07Hello.
12:08What's up?
12:08As you can see, we've done a lot.
12:10It looks great.
12:11Doesn't it look incredible?
12:13I love what you've done with the place.
12:15Hey, how you doing?
12:15The inside is crazy different.
12:17Oh, good.
12:18Yeah.
12:18What's up?
12:19Erin's very nervous that y'all texted.
12:20It's like when my parents send a text that says, hey, can I call you?
12:24You got a guilty conscience, lady.
12:26No, I think something bad has happened.
12:28Not me.
12:29I'm like, oh, this is exciting.
12:30They want to see me.
12:32I'm freaking out a little bit.
12:35Are y'all about to walk away from this project?
12:37We had something to run past y'all.
12:40Okay.
12:40Okay.
12:41Something good?
12:41Well, we think so.
12:43Oh.
12:44Good.
12:45So, we have been saying this whole time that when we move back in, we want to be married.
12:52Wow.
12:52And our family's going to be in town to see the new house.
12:55Yeah.
12:56And if it's not too much of an imposition on y'all, we thought about combining the two
13:01and getting married here so that we can walk in the house as a married couple.
13:06Yeah.
13:06I love it.
13:07Like an outdoor wedding.
13:08Yes.
13:08Yes.
13:08We've been trying to figure out how to keep it small, but to have our family there.
13:14Yeah.
13:14And they're all coming anyway.
13:16They're coming anyway.
13:17Two birds, one stone.
13:18You wanted to get married.
13:19Two birds, two stones.
13:20There you go.
13:21There we go.
13:22That was funny.
13:24Okay.
13:25So, then we've got to be sure that we are on time.
13:28So, we have six weeks.
13:30It's now a wedding venue.
13:31It's not just a house.
13:33Y'all get out of here.
13:34Yeah.
13:35We're going to get back to work.
13:36Things are about to start changing big time.
13:38So, no more driving by.
13:39No more driving by.
13:40Okay.
13:51It's a good-looking piece of aluminum.
13:52It's pretty smooth.
13:53Not bad, huh?
13:54What is it?
13:56All right.
13:56I want to build a table that grows.
14:01Didn't we say that we would never build a moving table again?
14:05We did.
14:06I promised we would never build something like the Paulson table ever again.
14:11It nearly killed us.
14:12If we pull it off, it'll be a slam dunk.
14:15Here's...
14:16Now, listen.
14:17This piece of hardware came out of the box like this.
14:21I thought you and I...
14:22You didn't even have to assemble it?
14:23I didn't even have to assemble this.
14:24It's pretty smooth-looking.
14:25How does it work?
14:26Okay.
14:26Let me explain this.
14:27So, imagine tabletop on here.
14:30Uh-huh.
14:31Okay.
14:32You slide this out.
14:33The leaf is going to unfold, and it'll open out and then slide together.
14:38No need to hide the extra leaf in the closet.
14:40It's built in.
14:42Dang.
14:43Do you know Katie Cowan?
14:45Yeah.
14:45I used to work with her when we were young.
14:47Okay.
14:47Well, she is marrying Chris Stone.
14:50Katie has two kids.
14:51Okay.
14:52But here's the kicker.
14:53They are foster parents.
14:55She's been fostering, and they want to continue that together.
14:59That's awesome.
15:00I knew you would like that.
15:02My life has changed because of foster parents.
15:04The call can come in the middle of the night.
15:06You could have dinner made with your family, and you get a call from the social worker that,
15:11we've got a kid.
15:12Can you keep him for the night?
15:13And so your idea is that you could expand the table and have a seat at the table for a
15:18foster kid.
15:19I'm in.
15:20My life's changed by a table like this.
15:23A spot at the table.
15:24The fact that my mom and dad made a room for me.
15:26My foster parents adopted me.
15:27I was three and a half.
15:29And I remember the social worker dropped me off, and I ended up being at that table forever for the
15:35rest of my life.
15:36So, yeah, I want to build a moving table.
15:38Like, I'm in.
15:40Let's build it.
15:55I would say that this is probably the most powerful thing we have ever built.
16:02I mean, getting to build the crib that my daughters slept in, extremely powerful for me, and will one day
16:10be significant to them.
16:13But this, you know, who knows how many children will come through their home and have a spot at the
16:18table.
16:19Maybe the coolest thing we've ever built, even though we didn't build the complicated part.
16:25Look at that.
16:26Hey, Katie and Chris are going to be doing the complicated part.
16:28Absolutely.
16:32I don't know what you came to do.
16:35All I know is I'm here to go tonight.
16:39Why don't we fall in love?
16:43Good morning.
16:45Hey, girl.
16:46How do you feel?
16:47I think we're ready.
16:48For the math test?
16:49Chapter 9 math test was a doozy.
16:51Today is a huge math test for Helen, and we studied really late last night.
16:56We should have called Greg.
16:57I bet he's a cabinet man.
16:59He uses math all day, every day.
17:01You're probably excellent at math.
17:02That's all I do.
17:04Yeah.
17:05It's hard for me, and Helen is good at it, but this was word problems.
17:09Okay.
17:10This room had zero islands and one peninsula.
17:14How many will it have when we're done with the new kitchen?
17:18You're, uh, I don't know.
17:22Zero islands and one peninsula.
17:24I believe so.
17:25Again.
17:26Okay.
17:27Trick question.
17:28Trick question.
17:29So we're sticking with the peninsula.
17:31Yeah.
17:31No island.
17:32No island.
17:34Houses built in this era didn't do islands.
17:36They had peninsulas, though, so we're bringing the peninsula back.
17:39We're just moving where everything is.
17:40We're not going to have our range in the peninsula anymore.
17:44It'll be sink.
17:46So, washing dishes, that's the view.
17:48I like it.
17:49Are we going to have an overhang?
17:50Yes.
17:51Barstool seating on that side.
17:54Range and hood vent.
17:56Fridge.
17:57Down here.
17:58And lots of storage.
18:00Lots of room for kids.
18:01I want to see the bathroom.
18:03You want to show where the vanity is ready?
18:04Yeah, I'd be glad to show it to you.
18:06Okay, so it's this little guy right here.
18:08Yeah, that's it.
18:09Okay.
18:10I already got the other one in there.
18:11Oh, that's the main thing that I'm excited about.
18:15Chris and Katie are getting married.
18:16This is the first time he's ever been married.
18:18He's never had to share space.
18:21He wants to be sure there's plenty of storage for her things and for his things.
18:24So, this is tons of storage.
18:26And then three drawers below.
18:28And then the vanity itself.
18:30Can we move it in and see how that feels?
18:36All right.
18:40There's actually a lot of drawers for this little area.
18:42Yeah, it really is.
18:43That's going to be great.
18:45All right.
18:47Pop them screws out.
18:49I feel like the front door is terrible.
18:51The front door, the light, the wreath, it's all very traditional, country, colonial of the 80s.
18:59This house is none of that.
19:00So, we're giving them a new front door and it kind of mimics the style of that panel door that
19:05went to their laundry room.
19:06We're changing the door.
19:07We're changing the light.
19:08We're changing all the paint.
19:09And the paint is very complicated.
19:11That looks good.
19:12The most important thing with the color palette on the exterior is I want, like, a youthful, playful version of
19:17these colors that I know Katie loves.
19:19She's not afraid to have an unexpected moment of orange.
19:23But mostly, she loves the teals, the mossy, deep greens, and a fun mid-century version for this house.
19:31So, being able to see this door and the laundry room door through the window and seeing the way they
19:35match.
19:36Uh-huh.
19:37So cool.
19:37Once that wreath is gone and that welcome sign, then we're going to be really moving mid-mod.
19:42I can take that down right now.
19:44Watch out.
19:44There could be wasp masks in it.
19:45Yeah.
19:46Yeah.
19:48All right.
19:49Look at that.
19:49We survived.
19:58Hey, Katie.
19:59How are you, Erin?
20:01I'm good.
20:01How are you?
20:02We're good.
20:03Busy.
20:04Good.
20:04But we're good.
20:05We're wedding cleaning mode.
20:06I'm not super stressed.
20:09Mostly excited.
20:10Because I know you're keeping it small.
20:11Our family's coming in.
20:13We're going to have about 25 people there with our siblings and parents.
20:16We've got the flowers and the arbor, and the chairs are rented.
20:21I just spoke with my brother, Thomas.
20:23He's going to officiate.
20:24Love that.
20:25I'm very excited.
20:27Everything here is going great.
20:29We're not at your house right now.
20:30But at your house, everything is going great.
20:33And honestly, it's really shifting my focus away from worrying so much about house things.
20:39I just want y'all to have a really great day.
20:41It's going to be an insane day.
20:43I know it is.
20:44It will.
20:44Let's pray for sunshine.
20:47Yes.
20:48All right.
20:48Wonderful.
20:57It looks so good in here.
20:59It's bright and happy.
21:02The front door looks good.
21:03Good morning.
21:05What's up?
21:05Oh, my gosh.
21:07We had a surprise this morning.
21:11All right, so let's just address the elephant in the room.
21:14No.
21:15So they painted the beams.
21:17Why did they paint the beams?
21:19The painters started last night.
21:21You hear them going?
21:22They're still painting in there.
21:23Still going.
21:24Painting everything.
21:25This is any world where we can get that paint off the beams.
21:31We're not getting it off.
21:32Okay.
21:33I've been really intentional about putting the blue tape with the paint names labeled on
21:38every surface, but we couldn't reach the ceiling.
21:41We also have a spec sheet that is our paint list.
21:45But the ceiling on the sheet says this green color, and they thought that we wanted it all.
21:52Okay.
21:53Anyway, lots of communication breakdown, but you'll have that on these big jobs.
21:57You'll have that on them big jobs.
21:58Every project has a mistake of some sort or a pivot.
22:02This is a big one, though.
22:05First of all, let's just hit pause, and I'm going to text Katie.
22:09If the beams got accidentally primed, would that be the end of the world?
22:13Because then that will give us our answer.
22:15I mean, we did have the option.
22:17We can't get the paint off these, but we could reclad them.
22:20I mean, that would cost like three grand.
22:22And then it would take us longer, too, so it might push her.
22:25The wedding date is like, we're locked in.
22:27It's not a reveal date now.
22:29It's a wedding date.
22:30We're locked in.
22:30Their whole family is coming, so.
22:33I got a text.
22:38She said if they need to be painted, that's totally fine.
22:42Okay.
22:43Okay.
22:44So we will paint them a contrasting color.
22:48If we are losing the brown in the beams, I think we need to keep the brick.
22:53I just really like the fireplace as it is.
22:56Now it looks beautifully natural to me.
22:58Okay.
22:59Problem solved.
23:00Crisis averted.
23:02Okay.
23:02I saw David's truck here.
23:04He must be in the bathroom.
23:05He started on a towel shower, and it is so fun.
23:07Yeah.
23:08Look.
23:08For Chris and Katie's shower, the towel in there is going to be an earthy terracotta orange.
23:14Hello.
23:16Hey, Erin.
23:17How are you?
23:17Look at this.
23:19What do you think about that?
23:20I love it.
23:21The towel's great.
23:23No problems there.
23:24But the shower itself is a different story.
23:27We took the trim off the window to try to give the shower a little more room.
23:31Right.
23:32Well, you know, normally they're at three foot.
23:36We're looking at a 2'9".
23:39So...
23:40That feels really narrow.
23:42So it was a tub shower unit.
23:44We took out the tub and just made it a shower.
23:47And we don't have any more room than we did have, but before it had a fabric, a cloth shower
23:52curtain.
23:53So you can have a little elbow room.
23:56But we're doing a towel shower with glass walls.
23:59If the window were just over here...
24:02Right.
24:02It would have been perfect.
24:03So this is really the space.
24:06Right.
24:10I can give you a little bit extra if I could shorten the curb a little bit, give you an
24:16extra inch and a half maybe.
24:18You got to have a curb to do shower lice.
24:22So that's how wide the curb would normally be.
24:25Right.
24:25And that would be here.
24:27Yes.
24:27So that's going to steal four more inches of our shower space.
24:31Make the narrowest curb possible.
24:34I will.
24:35That will still be sturdy.
24:37Two and a half?
24:38Yeah.
24:38Every time you add tile?
24:39It'd be three.
24:40Three.
24:40At this point, every inch is going to count.
24:43Why is this house doing me like this today?
24:45That's just the way some of them do, I guess.
25:00Steven is our painter.
25:01He's been with us for many years.
25:03He actually lives in Ellisville.
25:04We're in Ellisville.
25:05He grew up here.
25:08Steven's brother, Jared, also paints with him.
25:10And he and I used to play basketball together.
25:12We go way back.
25:17Today is super juicy because we're painting the exterior of the house.
25:21We're painting the new front door a soft, rusty orange color.
25:25I think this color is a really happy first step into this house.
25:28It says sunshine and warm.
25:30I think that's a great way to greet a child who may be coming to this house
25:33from a very unstable situation, not knowing what to expect.
25:38And then we see that color again in the shower.
25:41Pretty.
25:47We're bringing in countertops for the kitchen and the bathroom.
25:51It's going to look amazing.
25:54I love it.
25:56I think the white oak connects really beautifully with the brick on the fireplace.
26:13Hey, Ben.
26:15Katie just texted and said she needs us to watch something right now.
26:19Katie texted?
26:20Yeah, she's at Chris and Katie's house.
26:23Hey, guys.
26:24We've got a, like, major crazy problem.
26:27Over the weekend, the air was on because, you know, we're acclimating the floors,
26:31laying all the floors.
26:32Uh, the air unit messed up, and there's water everywhere.
26:38David's crew has been here all morning cleaning up the water.
26:42But we're going to have to pull up all these floors in the hallway and then here in the kitchen.
26:49So we just can't risk there being water underneath them.
26:53And I just don't know if we're going to make this wedding at this point.
27:00So a clogged AC drain is pretty simple to fix.
27:04You pour a little bit of bleach in the pan, and it clears it out.
27:07But if you don't stay on top of that and it backs up, it can cause all sorts of damage.
27:12It'll run over.
27:13It'll overflow, flood your house.
27:15We've got to pull up all the floor in the kitchen and then relay.
27:19So, I mean, we're looking at probably a few thousand dollars.
27:23Not having the wedding is not really an option at this point.
27:26I mean, they've invited their whole families.
27:27This is a bigger deal than a house.
27:29Like, she has family coming from out of town.
27:31Yeah, the wedding is more important than the house at this point.
27:34And so if we have to walk them through a house without floors and say,
27:37we'll get there next week, we'll do that.
27:39But we're going to bring them home.
27:41We should have plenty of money in the contingency to cover it, right?
27:45If it's $3,000 is what she's guessing.
27:48We have contingency funds built into every budget for this reason.
27:53The unforeseen.
28:03The hustle is real to get this house finished in time for this wedding.
28:08The water is dried.
28:10We've had fans going.
28:11The old flooring came out.
28:13The new flooring's coming in.
28:14And we are going to be done.
28:17We are making this wedding.
28:37When we first came to Katie's house, it was just super 70s.
28:40And I took that original two-tone idea that she had started and then had fun with it.
28:45And I made the right side a warm gray and the left side a really friendly blue.
28:51I just wanted this house to feel like a bright, happy, fresh, new beginning.
28:56Because that's what it is for this family.
28:58The house obviously has strong mid-century elements that we leaned into everywhere.
29:04But I wanted it to feel more modern, less mid-century.
29:08I love the new front door.
29:10I think the orange is bright.
29:12It's unexpected.
29:13And it's also bright because it lets in so much light into the foyer.
29:16This house is special.
29:17And it's different from anything we've ever done before.
29:20And it needs to be able to receive children at a moment's notice who may be coming from
29:25a really scary place.
29:27And this house should be the opposite of that.
29:29It should feel like warmth and happiness and love.
29:32This family's growing in a lot of ways.
29:36And it's not just when a baby is on the way.
29:38There are other ways families grow.
29:41Good morning.
29:44Oh, my gosh.
29:45I brought some things I thought you might want to use in the kitchen.
29:50Miss Janet, I didn't even know that you made pottery.
29:53Katie and I have known each other for 20 years, 22 years.
29:57And so I've also known her, some of her siblings, her mom, for years.
30:02I'm so glad that she's part of it, too.
30:05You wrote on the bottom?
30:06I did.
30:07I thought that these would all be messages that would mean something to Katie and Chris.
30:12Always give thanks.
30:13Gratitude's a big thing in our house.
30:15We make a point of being grateful and so dance in the kitchen.
30:21Now, all the dancing at our house happens in the kitchen.
30:24It's just part of what we do.
30:25That's so precious.
30:26So we have something old, Chris's family rocking chair, something new, the dinner table been built, something borrowed.
30:36This is the handkerchief that was my grandmother's, something she can carry with her to catch her tears.
30:41And something blue, the beautiful pottery that her mom made.
30:48It's silly, but I love traditions.
30:49They're going to love this.
30:51The kitchen looks like both of them.
30:53That's what I want.
30:53I want him to feel at home.
30:55I think he will.
30:55You know, this has been Katie's house for a long time.
30:58Yeah.
30:58Oh, but this, not this house.
31:00This house is their house.
31:03That's right.
31:04It's so good.
31:05Tomorrow, they're getting married in the front yard.
31:07Katie's kids, Reagan and Riley, are going to walk her down the aisle.
31:10That's what she wanted, given their blessing.
31:13Chris being a part of this family.
31:18Today, Katie and Chris are going to get married in the front yard in front of their closest friends and
31:25family.
31:26And the reveal is always so fun for us.
31:28It's the best part of our jobs.
31:30But today, this is so much more important than revealing a house.
31:34Okay.
31:34One.
31:35Three.
31:35Two.
31:36Three.
31:37All right.
31:38Turn and face your bride.
31:40All right.
31:40Hey, baby.
31:41Let's walk.
31:42Okay.
31:43Hey, baby.
31:46Oh, my goodness.
31:47I love that color.
31:49Hey, everybody.
31:50Thank you for coming.
31:54That's all, folks.
31:55No.
31:57It is beautiful.
31:59I like the two different colors.
32:01I love the two different colors.
32:03It's just so beautiful.
32:04It is.
32:05There's so much beautiful about today.
32:07The house is like a small thing compared to this.
32:10Uh-huh.
32:11Do you want to go get married now?
32:12Yes.
32:12Okay.
32:13Chris, you have somewhere else to be now?
32:30Well, it is such a blessing to be here to celebrate you guys, to witness this marriage.
32:35You may be seated.
32:37And, Chris, would you repeat after me?
32:39I, Chris, take you, Katie.
32:41I, Chris, take you, Katie.
32:43Through both the good times and adventures.
32:46I'm sorry.
32:47Through the good times and adversities.
32:49From the good times and the adversities and the adventures.
32:53Today and always.
32:54Today and always.
32:55I, Katie, take you, Chris.
32:57I, Katie, take you, Chris.
32:59To stand by you.
33:01To stand by you.
33:02Through both the good times and adversities.
33:05Through both the good times and the adversities and the adventures.
33:10With this ring.
33:11With this ring.
33:12I thee wed.
33:13I thee wed.
33:15As a token and pledge of my constant faith and abiding love.
33:18And now I pronounce to you husband and wife.
33:22Woo!
33:23Woo!
33:23Woo!
33:23Woo!
33:24Woo!
33:25Woo!
33:26And, Chris, you may now kiss your wife.
33:29Woo!
33:30Woo!
33:32Woo!
33:34Woo!
33:34You may now bring your bride to your new home.
33:41It is.
33:42After you, ma'am.
33:45Oh.
33:46Oh, my goodness.
33:47Oh, my gosh.
33:52Oh, my gosh.
33:53Oh, my gosh.
33:53Oh, my goodness.
33:55It is so beautiful.
33:57I love it.
33:57Oh, look at the countertops.
33:59Oh.
34:00I love the colors.
34:03This is so pretty.
34:04It is gorgeous.
34:06Congratulations.
34:07Thank you so much.
34:09Mary.
34:10This is great.
34:12This is the greatest day ever.
34:13Thank you so much.
34:14I am so grateful for y'all.
34:16Thank you so much.
34:17And I hope you like your kitchen.
34:18Y'all did good.
34:18We love it.
34:19Yeah?
34:19Y'all did good.
34:21Yes.
34:21Yes.
34:22Yes.
34:22Yes.
34:22Yes.
34:22I love that back splash.
34:24Uh-huh.
34:25Yes.
34:25Yeah.
34:26I'm so glad because it nearly killed Mr. David.
34:29Oh, no.
34:29Oh, wow.
34:30It's beautiful.
34:32It's so unusual, and I thought it was so fun and happy.
34:35It is.
34:36It is.
34:37And the cabinets, I feel like I've never seen anything like this.
34:40It's beautiful.
34:41Yeah.
34:42They look very retro.
34:43Yeah.
34:43And that's what we were going for.
34:45Keeping with the spirit of the house.
34:47I love it.
34:48Are we the something blue?
34:50No.
34:50No.
34:51Something blue.
34:52Something old.
34:53Something new.
34:53Something borrowed.
34:54Something blue.
34:55Your mother made beautiful serving ware for you.
35:00And she told us about dancing in the kitchen.
35:03We dance in this kitchen.
35:04Yeah.
35:05Oh, that's beautiful.
35:08So the countertops are white oak.
35:10We pulled down the cabinets that were along here, but we pulled everything out and started
35:15over from scratch.
35:16Shifted your kitchen down this way some.
35:20You have trash pull out right here.
35:22Oh, nice.
35:23So nice.
35:24Oh, that is good.
35:25Beautiful.
35:25So it's not out.
35:26It's away.
35:27It's away.
35:27Everything has a place.
35:29I think you can fit two cans in it.
35:30We need two cans.
35:32And then I built y'all a dinner table.
35:35Oh, nice.
35:36This is beautiful.
35:37We were thinking about, with y'all being foster parents, you may get a call one night that
35:42you've got someone needing a place to stay.
35:46Oh.
35:47Nice.
35:47Thanks.
35:49And that is how it happens.
35:50Yeah.
35:51Right.
35:51You just get a call and then in a few minutes you have new people in the house.
35:55Oh.
35:56And you're ready.
35:56That is so cool.
35:58That is so cool.
35:59Oh, it's beautiful.
36:00Thank you, Ben.
36:01Yeah.
36:02Just in general, the whole house, we wanted it to feel so much more youthful.
36:06It does.
36:07And happier.
36:08Because that's who you are to me.
36:10Yeah.
36:10Yes.
36:11Well, y'all nailed it.
36:12Yeah, I did.
36:13Good.
36:14So you want to see the thing that we messed up on?
36:15Yeah, let's go.
36:16Yes.
36:17Sorry.
36:17I'm excited.
36:19Oh.
36:19My.
36:20God.
36:21It doesn't even look like the same house.
36:23I don't know.
36:23It's different.
36:25Oh, my goodness.
36:28It looks so different.
36:30Uh-huh.
36:31And the bricks are popping.
36:33And the walls look so good.
36:36Good.
36:37Yeah.
36:37Everything looks so good.
36:39The ceiling looks great.
36:40You like the ceiling?
36:41Love the ceiling.
36:42I didn't mean for the beams to be painted and they got painted on accident.
36:46And then we just had to roll with it because once it's done, it's done.
36:49And I love it.
36:50It's good.
36:51So I went with a two-tone green beam on ceiling.
36:55I love.
36:56And kept the original brick.
36:58I've never walked into this room and noticed the brick.
37:01And it's the first thing when I walked in, it just pops.
37:05Everything pops.
37:06Good.
37:06You had asked for this end of your living room to have some purposeful sense about it.
37:13Ben built a piece for in there.
37:14Oh, nice.
37:15This big.
37:16You're getting two pieces.
37:17Console.
37:18So it's game storage, but also.
37:21If you want to put a stereo in it, if you want it, whatever.
37:23But the idea with the baskets is it's storage for the kids and there's an extra basket when
37:30you have an extra kid here.
37:32Oh, yeah.
37:32Oh, I love that.
37:32It's going to get totally trashed once your kids are here.
37:35Oh, yeah.
37:36Like that's when it'll feel like home.
37:37That's a dream.
37:38That is the dream.
37:39And this is a great space for family games.
37:42I can just see it.
37:43It is.
37:43Those lights are awesome.
37:44Those are groovy lights.
37:45They're pretty groovy.
37:46Yeah.
37:47It feels so different.
37:49It feels familiar, but new.
37:52Looking at the kitchen from here, it just makes it look huge.
37:55Yeah.
37:56It does.
37:57Did you notice the wall?
37:58Yes.
37:59Okay.
37:59Katie, you're going to struggle.
38:00You lived here a really long time.
38:02It's going to be hard for you to not try to go to your bedroom this direction.
38:05So we'll show you how we did it.
38:07I love how open this is.
38:09And it's so bright.
38:11The hall looks great.
38:12It's very different.
38:16Wow.
38:18It is so different.
38:20It is so different.
38:22It feels so big.
38:24It feels so big.
38:25It does.
38:25It looks so good in here.
38:27It does.
38:29So big.
38:30And we have windows.
38:31Windows!
38:32It's not a cave anymore.
38:34Yeah.
38:34That's a new window, too.
38:36Yeah.
38:36And you've got two closets that are massive.
38:39Oh, we've got so much storage.
38:41Ooh.
38:42Your closet is a whole hallway.
38:44It is.
38:45Oh, like we have a coffee nook.
38:48Mm-hmm.
38:48I like those chairs.
38:50Oh, yeah.
38:51That's your chairs.
38:52And that is exactly what we will do right there, is drink our coffee.
38:56Yeah.
38:56And there will not be clothes on there or anything.
38:59You sure?
38:59Good luck with that.
39:00The first day there won't be.
39:03These are still here.
39:05I love it.
39:05This is so purposeful.
39:07So useful.
39:08And we put fun hardware on it.
39:09That is so much better.
39:11I'm really excited for you to see the bathroom because I love it so much.
39:14Oh, good.
39:14That looks so exciting.
39:15My favorite colors.
39:16Just go see.
39:19Whoa.
39:20Whoa.
39:21Whoa.
39:21Is that a good whoa?
39:22It's very good whoa.
39:23That's a good whoa.
39:24It's huge.
39:25It is huge.
39:27It looks enormous compared to what we had.
39:30Yes.
39:32Look at that shower.
39:33Look at the tile.
39:35Uh-huh.
39:35Uh-huh.
39:36Oh, y'all did so good.
39:39Erin was a little bit worried about the size of the shower.
39:42It's huge.
39:42Great.
39:43Yeah.
39:43It's perfect.
39:44Perfect.
39:45You can walk around in it.
39:46Yeah.
39:47Plenty of rain.
39:48Yeah.
39:48I love that.
39:50And then I wanted to give you as much storage as we could.
39:54Yes.
39:54But also giving counter space.
39:56Yes.
39:56Which was, it was tricky.
39:58Y'all did a good job.
40:00Really like the colors.
40:02Throughout the whole house, these are happy colors.
40:05Yes.
40:05I love that color shower.
40:07Yeah.
40:07I would never have picked that, but I'm glad you did.
40:12Good.
40:12Because it is so pretty.
40:14And the tile on the floor, I love it.
40:16It's good.
40:17It's so good.
40:19I don't know how y'all did this with the amount of space we had.
40:25Magic.
40:25Magic.
40:26I'm very relieved to hear you say that.
40:28Well, it's a good house.
40:33Well, congratulations.
40:36It's so cool, I bet, to see him wearing a ring finally.
40:39Yes.
40:40It is.
40:41Yeah.
40:41And I love it.
40:42This is such a big day.
40:44Yeah.
40:44It's bigger than a house.
40:46Yes.
40:46Yeah.
40:47Wow.
40:47You need to get to your reception.
40:49Um, but.
40:50He gave us $120,000.
40:52Yes.
40:52This is how we spin it.
40:54And, um, yeah.
40:55We love this house.
40:57We do.
40:57We love this house.
40:59Yeah.
40:59Yeah.
40:59What up?
41:00Hey!
41:03What do you think?
41:04What do you think?
41:05Awesome.
41:06Look.
41:07This looks, like, so crazy.
41:09Isn't that crazy, guys?
41:10This is like, yeah, good crazy.
41:11No.
41:12Good crazy.
41:13I know.
41:14Doesn't it feel?
41:14It looks so different.
41:16Yeah.
41:16Y'all look around.
41:18We're gonna go put up chairs.
41:19Yes.
41:19I hope y'all love it.
41:21I'm so happy for you.
41:21We love it.
41:22All right.
41:23Thank you so much.
41:24We'll do it.
41:28Is that Lauren's car?
41:29Like, Jesse and Lauren?
41:30Uh-huh.
41:31Hey!
41:31What are y'all doing?
41:33What are y'all doing?
41:34What are you doing?
41:35They're getting married.
41:36Well, we had a wedding.
41:38We're looking at a house in Ellisville.
41:41What are you talking about?
41:43Y'all looked at a house?
41:44Just one right around the corner.
41:45Are you, like, looking or are you just looking?
41:48We're looking.
41:49Y'all have a great house.
41:50We do.
41:51Dude, we just renovated it a few years ago.
41:55Oh, my God!
41:57Oh, it looks so good!
41:59Dang.
42:00We'll tell y'all about it later.
42:01Yeah, we're coming over.
42:02Y'all wanna come over?
42:03Yeah.
42:03Yeah, we'll come over.
42:04Tomorrow.
42:05This is weird.
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