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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.
00:15Good 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, a bat just flew through here.
00:29It'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.
00:59We're still in New York.
01:01We're boarding the plane in about two hours.
01:04And we'll be heading down to see Laurel for the first time.
01:07David Binger and Melanie Binger are brother and sister.
01:11David is an attorney.
01:12And Melanie is an accountant.
01:14They both have changed jobs recently, and they can work remotely.
01:17And they have been living in really small apartments in New York.
01:23Our family came from Soviet Ukraine.
01:26They were refugees.
01:27We grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
01:28But I think at this stage, we're looking for some place that has a more comfortable pace
01:33of life, has friendlier people, has good weather.
01:36So we were looking at the South more generally.
01:39Hometown, the show really put Laurel on the map for us.
01:41Feels like a real community.
01:43If you want slower than New York.
01:46Have I got a place for you.
01:49We're coming down here looking for a house for each of us.
01:51Ben and Erin are going to show us some houses for me and some houses for Melanie.
01:55We've always been very close friends.
01:57Yeah, David has always been my best friend.
01:59This is our first day in Mississippi.
02:01We have never been here before.
02:02Oh, check that out.
02:03It's a pretty risky proposition, but we're excited about it.
02:06We're ready for some Mississippi roots.
02:09Where are y'all coming from?
02:10We just came down from New York.
02:11Very excited to be here.
02:12Yeah.
02:13I guess you guys get to try out your first y'all.
02:17Y'all.
02:18Yeah.
02:18I'm not sure that y'all are ready for our y'alls.
02:22We've got two houses.
02:23We're going to show them a house for David and a house for Melanie.
02:26They're both looking for similar houses.
02:27If these don't work, we can go look at more.
02:30It could be vice versa.
02:31Whoever likes it can like it.
02:33So this is your very first time ever in Mississippi.
02:36First time ever.
02:36First time.
02:37We're coming here with a budget of $275,000 for each of us.
02:41We're very excited to do something different.
02:42Yeah.
02:43Speaking of different, this first house, David, is for you.
02:47It's the Eddie house.
02:48This is small town Mississippi.
02:50Looks just like Brooklyn.
02:51Yeah.
02:52Our tastes overlap a little bit, but I'm looking for a house with some space for my books.
02:57A space for an office where I can work remotely comfortably.
03:01A nice kitchen and really a space to host people and entertain.
03:06And you wanted a yard.
03:07Definitely has a yard.
03:08David, have you ever cut grass?
03:10I have cut grass a little bit, but I've never had like a lawnmower to go around a space like this.
03:15Oh, you need a lawnmower here.
03:17A big one.
03:18So it's a half an acre.
03:20The house is three bedrooms, two baths.
03:23Okay.
03:24It's 1,900 square feet, and it's listed for $200,000.
03:27The Eddie family moved here in the 70s and then lived here for over 30 years, and Ken was an electrician.
03:34I'm thinking really small changes to the exterior.
03:37Sure.
03:38So we can save your money for the inside.
03:40Okay.
03:40You like a little bit of color.
03:41I do.
03:41So I thought about what if you lost the shutters and you updated the window trim color.
03:46Oh, I like that a lot.
03:47And then updated, like added some color over to the garage doors.
03:50Oh, nice.
03:51A new front door.
03:52It's beautiful.
03:53It's very cozy.
03:54I also like the landscaping.
03:55You need some landscaping here.
03:57It's a little nude over there.
04:00I don't think I've ever sweat this quickly.
04:03Oh, girl.
04:04Wait for August.
04:06August is exceptional.
04:07I think this is what would be great for David.
04:09It's a great size.
04:10It has a good amount of outdoor space.
04:12The paint details would be about $10,000 on the exterior.
04:16Let's go talk about it.
04:17All right.
04:19All right.
04:20Come on in.
04:21Elegant.
04:22Cool.
04:22Very cool.
04:23I love these floors.
04:24It would be great for your budget if we kept them.
04:26So that's good.
04:27I like them a lot.
04:27Okay, good.
04:28Yeah.
04:28There's three bedrooms down the hallway.
04:30One could be a home office or you could keep it as a guest room.
04:33What are your thoughts on the arched doorway?
04:35Actually, I really like it.
04:36I like the way it separates the space.
04:38Well, I would update the paint and the lighting in here and then that's kind of it.
04:42And then the kitchen is where we would make big changes.
04:46That is an enormous kitchen.
04:48Wow, that is so much space.
04:50This is funny because we feel like it's too small and we want to make it bigger.
04:53Oh, my goodness.
04:53You can have it all.
04:55You can live, laugh, love in this kitchen.
04:57Yeah, that's the dream.
04:58The cool thing about this place is there's a great outdoor patio and deck.
05:02You have this sunroom that could be an office or it could be a dining room.
05:06You want to have people over.
05:08Yep.
05:08I was thinking you might really love it if you had a better, bigger view of your backyard.
05:14If you lost this wall and you had one big case opening and we built an island that runs this direction, you would have steps down to this sunroom on both sides of the island.
05:25Oh, cool.
05:26You would have the whole backyard view and all that light coming in here.
05:30That's stunning.
05:31And on this side of the island, you would have barstool seating.
05:33You would have a sink and a dishwasher built in.
05:35And on this wall, you would have the range and hood vent and fridge built in to custom cabinetry.
05:41Here, you would have a wall of cabinet doors.
05:44But one of these cabinet doors is a secret door into a pantry.
05:48You would have all that storage.
05:49And then on the other side of the pantry, you would have a mudroom.
05:53I like kind of connecting the light with the space.
05:56I really like your vision.
05:57This would be a $55,000 kitchen.
05:59Pantry, mudroom, and living room.
06:01Most of that's going to the kitchen room.
06:03Sure.
06:04Sunroom?
06:04Sunroom.
06:05Okay.
06:05It's treated kind of like an indoor patio.
06:07But for you, it could become an office because you imagine the end of the island would be a small bookcase and you could add more bookcases over there.
06:14Oh, that would be very helpful because we actually have a lot of books that we like to read.
06:18Yeah.
06:18So as much book storage as possible.
06:21I think so.
06:21Really ideal.
06:22You could paint the room and new lighting.
06:25But how do you feel about the floors?
06:26Because I was thinking you could keep them and save some money.
06:28I actually kind of like them.
06:29Okay.
06:30Yeah.
06:30So $10,000, which sounds like a lot, but I included freshening up the outside, the back patio, just pressure washing.
06:37Let's go out there.
06:37Oh, okay.
06:40I really like it.
06:41Oh, yeah.
06:42That's charming.
06:43Isn't that great?
06:44Very different from Brooklyn.
06:45Oh, 100%.
06:46I love this outdoor area here.
06:48This looks like a great place to sit and host people.
06:50I plan to hang out here all the time.
06:52See ya.
06:53And there's that little outbuilding for storage.
06:55I like it a lot.
06:56At the end of the day, $75,000 on the renovation.
06:59So all in, $275,000.
07:01And all the mowing I could hope for.
07:03All in the mowing you could ever want.
07:05I like the house a lot.
07:07It's got charm.
07:08It's quaint.
07:08It's got nice big windows with lots of light.
07:11I think this is a great contender.
07:13Melanie, you want to go see a house?
07:15Yes.
07:15We're going to go to the Country Club Hills.
07:17Yeah.
07:17Yeah.
07:18It sounds very fancy.
07:19It does sound very fancy.
07:20Yeah.
07:21I'm super excited to see what they have for me.
07:23And, uh, hopefully, you know, we won't fight over which house, who gets what house at the end.
07:28It's like Coney Island.
07:30It's different.
07:31You know, without the beach or the rides.
07:36I hope to find a house with some outdoor space, a few bedrooms, a nice big kitchen, and I also want a fireplace.
07:43So we've done a few houses in this neighborhood.
07:45All young people.
07:46I am.
07:47It reminds me of my neighborhood in high school, but this is the Tanner House.
07:50I love it.
07:51Yeah.
07:52It's beautiful.
07:52I love the brick and, like, all the greenery.
07:54I love the big trees and the bushes in the front.
07:57Where David's house lacked landscaping, yours is a little overboard.
08:02But, I mean, there's so much of that that you could use.
08:05Rooney and Bobby Lee Tanner bought the house in 1967, and then the family owned it until last year.
08:11Wow.
08:11So 60 years.
08:12And they took great care of it.
08:13That's incredible.
08:14When you come inside, you'll see it.
08:15This one's listed for $175,000.
08:18It's three bedrooms, two baths, 2,100 square feet.
08:21I would just also like to say, suppose David prefers this one and you prefer the other one.
08:26You can switch it up either way.
08:27Yeah, okay.
08:28But I had some thoughts if you trimmed it back.
08:32Look at the house that's hiding behind there.
08:33It's so charming.
08:34And you updated the trim color around the windows, got a new front door, painted the gable and all the trim like a deeper cream that's closer to a tan.
08:44That really shows off the big windows as well.
08:46Paint, landscaping, $10,000 on the exterior.
08:49Yeah.
08:49Okay.
08:50But the inside is in such great shape.
08:51Very different.
08:52This looks untouched since it was built.
08:56Get ready.
08:57It's a marshmallow world.
08:58Oh, wow.
08:59You are kidding.
09:01It's kind of, it feels like you're inside of a wedding cake.
09:04Yes, it does feel that way.
09:06I mean that in a really positive way.
09:09I love wedding cake.
09:10Delicious.
09:11I'm not exactly sure what's supposed to happen in this room.
09:14Yes.
09:15Yes.
09:15This is a formal living room, but it doesn't have to be.
09:18Do you need an office at home?
09:19Yes.
09:19You have a lot of books too.
09:21Yes, I do.
09:22It's just like the library becomes your formal living room, I think, in that world.
09:25That would be so nice, right?
09:27That's a cool idea.
09:28The carpet is crazy clean.
09:30I would, however, prefer to not have any carpet.
09:34We'll show them the very exciting news.
09:37So underneath the carpet here, you have nice oak floors.
09:42That's beautiful.
09:43Yeah.
09:44They could be refinished that we think probably run throughout the bedrooms and everything.
09:49I bet not in the kitchen.
09:51New paint, new lighting, some bookcases.
09:54Mm-hmm.
09:55So in here, five grand.
09:56That includes the formal dining room.
09:58No, not a formal dining room kind of person.
10:01Reading about you and the colors that you love, I thought it would be interesting if this room
10:05had a color-drenched deep teal color, maybe?
10:10I love that.
10:11Speaking of old, this kitchen.
10:14It's something else.
10:15And I love it.
10:20It's huge.
10:22Oh, my goodness.
10:23Isn't that crazy?
10:25I think I could fit my entire apartment in this kitchen.
10:27It looks like a lot to clean.
10:29I don't know if I could get used to that.
10:30It's a lot.
10:31Do you like to cook?
10:32I do like to cook.
10:33This is the stovetop.
10:34What?
10:35What is that?
10:36Look.
10:37Isn't it crazy?
10:38It's a Murphy stove.
10:39Oh, my goodness.
10:40A Murphy stove.
10:41I have never seen anything like that.
10:44Does that work?
10:44Does that work?
10:46Oh, my God.
10:48You're going to make the best soup.
10:49That's incredible.
10:50I ain't never in my life.
10:51Never seen that.
10:52Look how dangerous.
10:53Yeah.
10:54But here's what I was thinking.
10:56So we would take out the existing cabinetry.
10:59This entire wall could be built-ins like a pantry, basically.
11:02Floor-to-ceiling cabinets.
11:04That would be cool.
11:05The oak floors in the rest of the house don't continue in the kitchen.
11:08So we would get an engineered oak floor, and we would color match.
11:13Here where the fridge is, it would still be there, but built into new cabinetry.
11:16That closet there has the hot water heater, and so you could just have cabinet doors there
11:21that would disguise it.
11:22And then countertops would continue around there with your range and your hood vent on
11:26that wall in the center.
11:28And a big island here with the sink and dishwasher.
11:32I love that idea.
11:33And then we could take out the peninsula between the kitchen and the living room, and then
11:38we would have a really big, generous opening.
11:41That sounds amazing.
11:42I mean, honestly, this space is so big, you could probably fit two islands in here.
11:45A double island gets expensive, because then you're double countertops.
11:48Double countertop.
11:49So currently, with one island, we're at 55 grand for the kitchen.
11:53Wow.
11:53And in here...
11:55It feels like you're in the, like, grand lodge of a summer camp somewhere.
12:00I love the fireplace.
12:01I love the huge windows.
12:03Awesome that you get a fireplace.
12:04My house didn't have a fireplace.
12:06That's pretty cool.
12:07Sorry.
12:07That was your favorite.
12:08Right.
12:09You could update the fireplace to be more in line with what you've shown me in inspiration
12:13pictures if you did, like, a smooth mortar over the whole thing.
12:17Can I ask you guys a question?
12:18Yeah.
12:19Looking at the house from the outside, it looked like the roof was pitched.
12:23Is it possible to vault the ceiling and have, like, a little bit more space in here?
12:30David, anything is possible.
12:32It's just money.
12:33That's the spirit, Ben.
12:34Do you even want to vault the ceiling, though?
12:36He's asking.
12:37This ain't your house, David.
12:38It sounds like David likes this house better.
12:40Or we could vault the ceiling for you, and then we could go show you another house.
12:45I like this house, and I do also kind of like the idea of the vaulted ceiling, though.
12:50Okay.
12:51We could find out what it would cost.
12:52But wait.
12:53You haven't even seen the super secret surprise.
12:55There's more.
12:56That's right.
12:58VHS storage.
12:59Oh, my goodness.
13:00That is so specific.
13:03That's a childhood throwback.
13:05That is cool.
13:07I appreciate it.
13:08For the living room update, flooring, mortar smear, all total 15 grand.
13:13It's another 15 grand to rewire it, which puts the renovation at 100 grand.
13:17All total, $275,000.
13:20That's right at the top of your budget.
13:21Vaulting the ceiling, double islands.
13:24Those are all things that we can go back to the drawing board.
13:27It's just money.
13:29Is it?
13:29So David's house had that awesome backyard.
13:34Does this house also have an outdoor space?
13:35This house has a little over an acre of land.
13:38There's like a barbecue fire pit thing out here.
13:42That's cool.
13:43But it's a really huge property.
13:47It's definitely a nice size.
13:50Is there any opportunity to make maybe some kind of deck?
13:53You could build a deck for sure.
13:54Maybe turn these windows into a door somehow.
13:57Turn these windows into a door.
13:59Coming out onto a deck.
14:00I mean, that would be rad.
14:02That would be awesome.
14:04You could do like arched French doors.
14:06Oh, golly.
14:07You do love the arches.
14:08I do.
14:08You love the arches.
14:10I mean, if we're dreaming, that would be really expensive.
14:12David's ideas were, I thought they were expensive, but we're like 50 grand over budget at this point.
14:18It is big dreams.
14:20Nothing's impossible.
14:21It's just money.
14:22Hey there.
14:23Hey there.
14:29Hello.
14:30Melanie and David called us up.
14:32They wanted to get together and to talk about houses.
14:35We loved your ideas for both of them.
14:37But?
14:37We've been doing a lot of thinking.
14:38I really, really liked the Tanner house.
14:41All the additions that we talked about.
14:44I really liked the house that you guys showed me, but I also really liked the design concepts
14:49and the room and the space in the house that you showed Melanie.
14:51It's a bigger house, yeah.
14:53Mm-hmm.
14:53We're thinking about going in on the Tanner house together.
14:56Together.
14:58Hold up.
15:02Whoa.
15:03Have y'all lived in the same house as adults before?
15:07Melanie and I ended up getting stuck living together during the COVID pandemic.
15:11Oh.
15:11She had just come up to visit me for the weekend, and it happened to be the weekend that everything shut down.
15:16We kind of developed a good rhythm, good routine, and we kind of think that, especially in a house with so much more space,
15:22we could have our own spaces and live together.
15:25We didn't kill each other.
15:26Not many siblings have an opportunity to live in the same house once they're adults.
15:30Yeah.
15:31All of the design ideas that you guys had for the house were over Melanie's budget.
15:37Don't, whoa, now, don't put that on me, David.
15:40These were not my ideas.
15:42They were the ideas we all collectively made these two.
15:44Okay, sure, yeah.
15:46Well.
15:46I mean, it's pretty smart financially.
15:49You could do everything if you pool your resources.
15:52Yeah.
15:52The Eddy house has less square footage than the Tanner house.
15:57It makes sense, if you're going to share one, to go Tanner and go all the way.
16:02If they want two islands, get two islands.
16:04You can afford it.
16:05One for each of us.
16:06Go big or go home.
16:09Okay, so the plan for the kitchen stay is mostly the same.
16:12We're just going to have double islands.
16:13And since we're going to embrace the arches in the living room, I think we do an arched hood vent above the range.
16:19Yeah.
16:19I think so.
16:20Yeah.
16:20We open up the vaulted ceiling.
16:24Yep, really get some height in there.
16:25Doors on each side of the fireplace.
16:27They could be arched because they're going to be custom built.
16:30That's right.
16:30Might as well.
16:31You do love your arches.
16:31I do.
16:32And then those open up to a huge back deck.
16:35I think it could be fun to paint it and bring out that green we used in the kitchen.
16:38That all sounds amazing.
16:41Okay.
16:41So, I mean, you'd be at like $325 now.
16:44Saving a ton of money.
16:45Well, congratulations.
16:47Yeah.
16:47On your very smart financial decisions.
16:48Here we go.
16:48Thank you so much.
16:49We're very excited.
16:50Welcome home.
16:51I mean, can we claim this design at this point?
16:54Nope.
16:55No, we cannot.
16:57But we will execute it.
16:58Yeah.
16:59Exactly the way they want it done.
17:01This is way easier than doing two houses, I'll tell you that.
17:09David and Melanie, brother and sister, are living here together.
17:12Mike, you got any brothers or sisters?
17:13I got two brothers and a sister.
17:15Could you live with them?
17:16I'd kill every damn one of them.
17:18All right, let's do this.
17:32Let's pull it up from over here.
17:34Okay.
17:37Uh-uh.
17:40Golly.
17:41That went in my mouth.
17:44I hate carpet.
17:45It's awful.
17:46All right, let's see how it looks.
17:48It's, like, perfect.
17:50Look at that.
17:51This might be, like, the new prettiest floor we've ever uncovered.
17:55Best we've ever uncovered.
17:56We can sand them and stain them to match the engineered floors that are going to go in the
18:00kitchen and living room.
18:12This is the great ceiling raise.
18:15Yeah.
18:16I'm trapped here.
18:17The biggest room in the house is this den, but the ceiling's being so low.
18:22The proportions are just out of whack.
18:24And if you raise the ceiling, the room feels like it is properly voluminous.
18:29I put a mark at the bottom at three and a half, Mike.
18:32We are going to put up new ceiling joists so that when we put up our new sheetrock, it is
18:38straight.
18:39These aren't structural, right?
18:42These are just to hold up the sheetrock.
18:43Just to hold up the sheetrock.
18:44Okay.
18:45So once we get all this cleaned up, we'll take out every other one.
18:49Dang.
18:50And then come back in with more bracing.
18:52This is crazy.
18:52Isn't it?
18:53It feels even more like a summer camp dining hall.
18:56Yeah.
18:56Can we talk about the fireplace around?
18:59Because Melanie had some real specific wish.
19:03I heard you explain that we were going to the...
19:05We're going to smear the brick because she loves that stuccoed, smooth look.
19:10But then we're going to go all the way up?
19:11Yes.
19:13What I was thinking is, could you somehow chisel off this step out so that it all is flush
19:19so that the whole fireplace around is this depth all the way up?
19:23And you just build fur out a little fake wall that continues it?
19:27We're going to do mortar so that it's all smooth and you think it's one continuous surface.
19:33I love it.
19:34The ceiling...
19:35It's a work in progress.
19:37But no, we're like there, though.
19:38Oh, yeah.
19:39It's going to happen and you can really see how...
19:41It's kind of like turning 40, like it's going to happen.
19:43You can see it coming.
19:47It's me.
19:47I can see it coming.
19:49What do you want to do for your 40th?
19:51Watch an Ole Miss football game and eat dips.
19:54I don't like to make a big deal.
19:56I mean, are you thinking like a cookie cake?
19:57This is like being a bride all over again.
20:00It's going to be awesome.
20:02It will be.
20:03I just want to be 40 in peace, you know?
20:05It's going to start if your hearts start burning.
20:14Hey, Troy just sent a video from Bangor.
20:18Just came by the Bangor house to check on the guys.
20:22And I've got bad news.
20:24We have got rot.
20:25Oh, gosh.
20:26Darn.
20:32Mmm, joyce.
20:33The dishwasher's been leaking right here.
20:35And it is rotting all of these joists out.
20:38All of these joists in here.
20:39Half the kitchen.
20:40We're going to have to pull and replace all of it.
20:42It's going to take us a couple of days and probably be at least $1,000.
20:46I had scheduled Mr. Gregg to come by this week to measure for cabinets.
20:51He won't be able to then is what that means.
20:53$1,000 can come out of contingency.
20:55In the big picture, that's not a huge problem.
20:57$1,000.
20:59Y'all could start knocking out the brick for the double doors by the fireplace
21:02without having to get into the kitchen area, right?
21:05You could at least get something done.
21:07Now we're going to be a little behind.
21:09But I'll call Mr. Gregg.
21:10Hey, boss.
21:19Hey, girl.
21:20You like this air-conditioned wood shop, don't you?
21:22You had to come inside because sugar melts.
21:26We're paying this, right?
21:27Yeah.
21:27Okay, good.
21:28You like it?
21:29It's a lot of book storage, but it's maybe not enough.
21:32So how do we give them more book storage?
21:35And I thought about, you know, the Danner bookcase,
21:38the rotating bookcase that was like solid mahogany.
21:41It spins, the one that spins?
21:43It spins, and it's pretty big.
21:45How did you know it was a Danner bookcase?
21:46I've been doing some research.
21:48I wanted to say the word so you'd know I'm fancy like you.
21:51I didn't know that's what it was called.
21:52You didn't?
21:53Well, I think they're cool, but I didn't know it was called a Danner bookcase.
21:54John Danner built the first Danner bookcase.
21:57Really?
21:57Is that why they call it a Danner?
21:58Yeah, it won some awards in Paris in 1876.
22:02The legs, it's like a rolling desk chair.
22:04We have an old office chair.
22:07If I got it, could you take it apart?
22:10Sure.
22:10You want to run and get it, and I'll start working on these?
22:13Okay, I'll be back.
22:14While she's doing that, I'm going to piece together a makeshift shelf with what I've got
22:24here in the shop.
22:25I think that this is going to end up being a really cool piece of furniture.
22:30It's not a gorgeous chair, but I think it'll work.
22:34That's a nice chair.
22:35This was just me mocking up an idea.
22:38Okay, I like it.
22:39So then you would just have to drill a hole through the base.
22:43I mean, this post?
22:45Yeah, what I would probably try to do is put this shaft in there.
22:51Then the shaft is what spins.
22:54That would give them a lot of book storage.
22:56Mm-hmm.
22:57I think it's perfect.
22:59Mom is making garlic shrimp pasta for supper.
23:02I know.
23:02I'm going to head there.
23:03We'll see you in a little bit.
23:04All right, I'll be there in a little bit.
23:05Love you.
23:06Love you.
23:07Love you.
23:13All right, are you wanting to use the grinder to cut this?
23:19With the grinder first, we're going to score our level line right here.
23:22Okay.
23:23Score it on that side.
23:24Then we'll use the hammer drill and try to get the brick out without breaking them.
23:27Try to save the bricks for our brick layers.
23:29Exactly.
23:30All right, so then we'll have our arch doors coming out onto our deck.
23:34That should be the end of the deck right there.
23:36That's going to be nice.
23:38Make sure you mask up.
23:39It's about to get dusty.
23:39I know.
23:39It's going to be real dusty.
23:41So to get there, we're going to actually have to cut and chisel brick.
23:45It is a messy, messy job, but very satisfying.
23:48We're saving all the bricks we can because when they patch in, we need to have matching brick.
23:54Always good to have extra matching bricks.
24:00Oh, hey.
24:01Knock, knock.
24:02I never want to scare someone who's on a stall.
24:05No, it's a good idea.
24:05Look at the doors.
24:07Isn't it going to be great?
24:08It will be.
24:09It's almost there.
24:10Yeah.
24:11This is apparently.
24:12This is great.
24:13You can park a truck on it now.
24:15It's all new.
24:16I mean, that little dishwasher did a lot.
24:19And it looks like big things are happening here.
24:21Big things.
24:22What is the smoke?
24:23Oh, my God.
24:26How's that going?
24:27It's dusty.
24:28Yeah.
24:29And hot.
24:30I'm sorry.
24:31It's all right.
24:31It looks so pretty.
24:33All she wanted was arches, arch doorways, somewhere, anywhere.
24:38All right.
24:38We're going to start chiseling.
24:39It shouldn't be as dusty.
24:40Wear a mask, y'all.
24:41All right.
24:41And tomorrow, self, as good as today, we'll be fine.
24:49We'll be fine.
24:53Island number one.
24:56Islands in the stream.
24:57Yeah.
24:58I'm excited to see the islands.
24:59That's great.
25:00But the arch.
25:01Did you bring the arch?
25:03Is it in the truck today?
25:04We're going to get there real soon.
25:06Two island day.
25:08Archipelago.
25:09Archipelago.
25:10How do y'all say it?
25:11Which way?
25:11The string of islands.
25:13That's what today is.
25:16Archipelago.
25:16The word of the day.
25:18Here we come.
25:20Boy, when they said, we're getting out of New York City, they said, we are going all the way.
25:24We're going to get all the islands.
25:27We're going to get all the cabinets.
25:28Two islands.
25:29Two arch doors.
25:31I love that Melanie loves arches.
25:32They really do add something.
25:35Architecturally, they're always good, I think.
25:37I've rarely met an arch I didn't like.
25:39How about that?
25:47I'm going to sit back now.
25:48That was kind of scary.
25:49It looks amazing, though.
25:52We're giving it to her here, and then it echoes there on the two back doors, and they are going to love it.
25:58Yeah, that was a lot.
26:00That was heavy.
26:06It's Mike and Mike Day, and it's hump day.
26:08I feel like we got very lucky today.
26:10I mean, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
26:12Oh, and it's hump day.
26:13It's arch day.
26:14Oh, gosh, Darren.
26:19He's going to want to turn it flat.
26:22It's also the first day of school.
26:23There were tears.
26:24We're doing anything we can to laugh about today.
26:26You've got to laugh to keep from crying.
26:29Here we go.
26:29Three, two, one.
26:30That looks really pretty.
26:45These doors are custom-built mahogany, French, arched, glass.
26:50Beautiful.
26:51This is such a nice feature.
26:53Yeah.
26:56Nice.
26:57It's so fairytale.
26:58It goes terrific with that right there, too.
27:02I'm taking that as a really big compliment coming from you.
27:05It is looking great.
27:06Thanks.
27:06I think that's just TV talk.
27:08No, it's not TV talk.
27:10I don't have no TV talk in me.
27:13That's real.
27:14Not even a little.
27:20The house looks a little more energetic now.
27:23Paint is happening inside the house and outside the house.
27:28The trim paint looks great.
27:29I wanted to match the mortar color with this cream.
27:32And then we also have a little soft green accent on our windows.
27:36Okay, so what we had before was this fireplace that came up to maybe here, and it was stepped
27:48up with brick.
27:49They took those down.
27:50What Melanie is really wanting is kind of this monolithic fireplace wall, where it's just
27:59almost a smooth concrete look.
28:02But I don't really understand how we can take such different textures.
28:06This is totally smooth.
28:07This is extremely rough.
28:09I've done these before.
28:10What you do is you mix up the same order we used to do a German smear with.
28:14And instead of just, you know, putting a little here and there with some of the brick showing,
28:18you basically just want to do a solid coat over it where it fills everything in.
28:22Then you just get another coat and you go from the floor to the ceiling with everything.
28:25That way everything just kind of blends in and matches.
28:27You feel like you can match texture.
28:30Yep.
28:30You just have a slick, smooth finish all the way to the top.
28:32I have not ever done this before, so this is something new.
28:36But I think to get the look that she really wants, we keep it monochromatic, use the same
28:42color that we're doing in the rest of the room.
28:45She really, I think, wants the focus on these doors that were added.
28:48Oh, yeah.
28:48I think that'll look good.
28:49Okay.
28:49Let's see what happens.
28:50All right.
28:51I ain't gonna hesitate.
28:53I need to hustle, hustle.
28:57Stand up and take my place.
29:00I need to hustle, hustle.
29:05Yeah!
29:07Oh, man.
29:09I love it.
29:10We haven't ever used this stone before.
29:12You sure?
29:13Yes, I'm sure.
29:14I thought this was Misty Carrera.
29:15No, not at all.
29:17Misty used to be all anybody wanted.
29:18But Melanie specifically asked for countertops that don't have gray veining, but have warmth.
29:25This is called Sunset Boulevard Quartz, but it has, like, rosy brown.
29:30Countertops are something new.
29:31We haven't used this before.
29:33It's a little higher budget item, but David and Melanie combine their budgets, so we can
29:37do things like higher budget countertops.
29:40Look at how pretty!
29:41It's the color of the doors.
29:43Soon, we'll have the engineered wood floors come in, and that will be the medium brown
29:49that you see, like, on the doors and in this veining.
29:52It's gonna warm up a whole lot.
29:54Quartz is a man-made stone.
29:56Gives the appearance of marble.
29:58They're coming out with so many interesting new colorways that are not just white.
30:02I'm sure you wore stretchy shorts.
30:03Guerrero really had a big moment with marble in the last 20 years, and now people are stepping
30:09away from the gray veining and more interested in warmth, which I am thrilled about.
30:14You like it?
30:16I love it.
30:17Feel good about this?
30:18With the cabinet color, especially.
30:20And then you can have seating on both sides, literally just like a dinner table.
30:25It's really pretty.
30:26The floors are being refinished from the paint color on the cabinets to the veining in the
30:39countertops to the wood floors we're bringing in.
30:41Everything has a little bit of yellow in it, so when you add that, it just reads as warmth.
30:48Let's see how this match turned out, Ricky.
30:51Do they look good?
30:52I asked Mike to match this color.
30:54It is perfect.
30:55Is it?
30:56Oh, my gosh.
30:57That's like all I cared about was that whatever we did with the oak floors, it would match
31:03our new engineered wood.
31:05It is perfect.
31:08Carpenters are finished.
31:09They're building the deck on the back.
31:11It's going to be 21 by 20.
31:13This is really transformative for how the house is used.
31:16Sitting out on the deck, looking at the house, it is gorgeous.
31:21It looks so good.
31:22David, Daveed.
31:26Okay.
31:26How you doing?
31:27Well, I've been better.
31:30I guess you heard the bad news.
31:32I got five boxes that has busted all to pieces.
31:35We ordered this tile the first time.
31:42And it didn't come?
31:43No.
31:43It got lost in transit.
31:45So we ordered it again.
31:47Mm-hmm.
31:47The second order comes in.
31:49That's what came round two.
31:50Right.
31:51You've obviously had enough that you could move forward, because this looks great.
31:55This is beautiful.
31:55That's true.
31:56Well, that's why I went on and did all this.
31:58Is there more?
31:59Do you have enough to just finish now?
32:01I do not.
32:01So this time, when it comes in Friday...
32:05If it comes in Friday.
32:06Yeah.
32:07Yes.
32:07And if it's not broken.
32:09If it's not broken.
32:10There's a real good possibility we're not going to get any more tile.
32:13This is it.
32:14For now.
32:14For now.
32:15Dave and Melanie bought plane tickets.
32:18So they're coming no matter what on Tuesday.
32:19Okay.
32:20Well, at least we got this.
32:22Uh-huh.
32:23Everything will look completed just in case, though, the tile doesn't come.
32:27It's already painted.
32:28I feel like you've created a great stopping point for yourself.
32:30Exactly.
32:31And if you go any further, it gets bad and awkward.
32:34Like, if you only have enough to get to here...
32:37I mean, I want to believe it.
32:38Here is her birthday.
32:40This is Erin's birthday, not the homeowner's.
32:42Erin's birthday.
32:43Yep.
32:44She's turning 40.
32:45When do you turn 40, Dave?
32:46A long time ago, Ben.
32:47No.
32:48I don't believe that.
32:50I'm old enough to be your dad.
32:52I doubt it.
32:54It's how you are in your heart, David.
32:56Yeah, how young are you in your heart?
32:57How old are you in your heart?
32:58About 39.
33:00That's what I thought.
33:00We're the same age.
33:01Right.
33:01For my birthday, I'm making a decision right now that we're going to have a backslash right
33:06here, no matter what.
33:07That's true.
33:07And if it doesn't come, we have beautiful painted walls that will get tile when it comes.
33:14Well, that'd work great.
33:15Eventually, it has to come in.
33:16And even if Dave and Melanie are already in here...
33:19I can still do it.
33:20Because for 40, I've decided I'm going to be a more flexible person.
33:24All right.
33:25I like that.
33:25I'm just going to...
33:26Me too.
33:27...roll with it.
33:28Okay.
33:2840 and flexible.
33:29All right.
33:30Flexible.
33:31That's me.
33:31I love changing my plan at the last minute.
33:33Everything is fine.
33:35Thank you, Erin.
33:37I've taken away to this form of life.
33:41It's been so long since I've done this ride.
33:46I'm not.
33:48Happy birthday.
33:49Hey.
33:50How are you?
33:51I'm good.
33:52Oh.
33:53Happy 40th.
33:55Been there.
33:55Done that.
33:56Yeah.
33:57Pretty big.
33:57Yeah.
33:58Brought us some lunch.
33:59You're so sweet.
34:00Fish tacos.
34:02But we're having a party tomorrow.
34:04You don't have to do anything.
34:05I just wanted to...
34:07I think you're making a little bit too light of 40.
34:1040 was big for me.
34:11You know, I like milestones.
34:13I don't think you appreciate them as much.
34:14You try to ignore it?
34:16I don't try to ignore it.
34:17A little bit.
34:18Yeah.
34:18I don't want to be made a fuss over.
34:20Happy birthday.
34:22I love you.
34:22Let me share some of you.
34:24So who we got here?
34:26This house?
34:27Yeah.
34:27Who's coming in?
34:28You don't know these people.
34:30They're not locals.
34:31Where are they from?
34:31They are moving here from New York.
34:34It's a brother and sister.
34:35Okay.
34:36Who decided to pull all their resources to get a bigger house that's fancier than what they
34:42could do separately.
34:44Gotcha.
34:44Do you want to buy a house with me?
34:46Do you think you could live with me as a grown-up?
34:48No.
34:48No?
34:49No.
34:50No.
34:50But if we did live together, what music would we listen to?
34:53See, when would it?
34:54In total.
34:55Africa.
34:56Yes.
34:57Oh, wait a minute.
34:59Nope.
34:59Didn't bring it.
35:00Had a candle for your taco.
35:03Gross.
35:03I mean, I don't even know how it would stay in there.
35:06We could wedge it.
35:06We could figure it out.
35:07Between the onions.
35:08Yeah.
35:08I don't know about all that.
35:09This house is finished.
35:17And my favorite thing is about how the living room transformed so much and making a room
35:22that felt like it was a camp lunch hall into a place where you would want to invite people
35:26over.
35:28Books are so important to Melanie and David.
35:31They have a lot of them.
35:32I'm trying to help.
35:33I'm trying to accommodate.
35:34It's pretty cool that Dave and Melanie have a friendship that'll be forever because they're
35:41siblings to build a house together.
35:44That's awesome.
35:46Flight was okay.
35:47Yeah.
35:47Very smooth.
35:48Good deal.
35:49No, thankfully.
35:51Erin just turned 40.
35:52So, you know, travel's getting a little bit harder with us getting older.
35:54Oh, my gosh.
35:56All right.
35:56Welcome to the banger house.
35:57Oh, my God.
36:03Thank you both so much.
36:05Unbelievable.
36:06So, it's not drastically different from what it was.
36:09It was little changes.
36:11Updating the trim colors and accentuating what made the house architecturally special was
36:16the goal.
36:17That's very cute.
36:18I love the color of the steps and the door and the little window.
36:22It just looks very friendly to me.
36:24Yeah.
36:25It's perfect.
36:26And you can see the whole house.
36:28I mean, yeah.
36:28This is all the original landscaping.
36:30We just pruned it way back.
36:32I think this kind of charm is what we moved to Mississippi for.
36:35It just feels like coming home.
36:37I love it.
36:38The inside is where the huge changes happen.
36:40So, come inside.
36:42You won't believe it.
36:43It's crazy.
36:47Oh, my God.
36:49Oh, wow.
36:51Oh, my God.
36:56This is incredible.
36:59Oh, my God.
37:00That is gorgeous.
37:02Look at that desk and the bookshelf.
37:05Look at the floors.
37:06It's beautiful and peaceful and everything is just amazing.
37:10I have a lot of things I want to talk about, but right now, two things.
37:13First, Melanie, let me see your fingernails.
37:14I love that.
37:22That's amazing.
37:23Okay.
37:24So, these floors were the best thing your house gave us because when we did the new floors in the kitchen area,
37:29we stained these to match those, and it's perfect.
37:32But I wanted to show you this bookcase.
37:34This is called a Danner case, and it rotates.
37:38Porter Sawn White Oak.
37:40These were designed and built for libraries and offices because they're space-saving.
37:43You can put tons of books on here.
37:46I'm speechless looking at this setup.
37:48But this one's not a Danner.
37:49It's a Banner.
37:52A rotating bookcase.
37:53I don't think I've ever seen that before.
37:56There's more to say.
37:57Come see your dining room.
37:58I love the light fixture, the window dressings, and that you match the walls in here.
38:05Oh, my goodness.
38:08You guys just read me like a book to me.
38:11I love the light fixture, and I love the wall color.
38:15It's perfect.
38:16Good.
38:17Clearly, it's a color I enjoy.
38:18You are real into this color.
38:20But you have got to go see your kitchen.
38:22It's so elegant and quaint.
38:24I love it.
38:28Oh, my God.
38:31You like it?
38:32I mean...
38:33This is unbelievable.
38:35Is this different from your apartments in New York?
38:39This would be the whole apartment.
38:40Yeah.
38:40This right here.
38:41It's like you pulled from deep within my, like, heart and soul, and you brought it up.
38:47And I just, like, I can't explain it any other way.
38:51This is amazing.
38:52First off, I love the color of the sink with the countertop.
38:55It's like a caramel color here and a taupe color in the sink.
38:57This looks so good.
38:59It really does.
39:00And then David wanted two islands.
39:02If you're going to have a huge kitchen, you might as well have two islands.
39:06You can have lots of people over.
39:07We did have one problem here.
39:09The floor was rotten right where that island is, because that's where the sink was.
39:13Okay.
39:14It had leaked, and the subfloor was rotten.
39:16We had to fix that.
39:17It's an engineered hardwood.
39:19We were able to match the old floor to the new floor perfectly.
39:22You can't really tell.
39:23I mean, the colors are...
39:25Seamless.
39:25We vaulted the ceiling, and we did a monolithic-style fireplace, which was all over your inspiration.
39:34This is incredible.
39:36The arch doors gives us this really awesome moment of symmetry right here, where you're looking out,
39:42and you have the fireplace, you have the vaulted ceilings.
39:44They are beautiful.
39:46It really is so luxurious and grand.
39:49We got to talk about this.
39:50Mr. David is our tile hero, and he's tried so hard to give you a backsplash.
39:56Third time's a charm.
39:57I hope so, Ben.
39:58The first time, the shipment never came.
40:00The second time, it came, and it was 60, 70% broken.
40:05So he just used what was not broken to just do this.
40:10We've ordered it a third time, and it has still not come in.
40:13Okay.
40:14But when it comes, he's going to do your backsplash.
40:18Well, it looks really nice over here.
40:20Yeah, yeah.
40:20Yeah.
40:21Just think how pretty it'll be.
40:22Yeah.
40:22You're going to love it.
40:23I promise.
40:24And this whole space is just so beautiful.
40:27Yeah.
40:27With the little arch.
40:28You've got your arch.
40:29It's just, I love it.
40:31I think it's perfect.
40:32The kitchen in the living room is where you're pulling your budgets together.
40:37That's where you see it.
40:38Yeah.
40:38Sure.
40:39Is in here.
40:40Also, I built a bookcase, more book storage.
40:44I think the bookcase looks awesome.
40:46It does look awesome.
40:47A lot of storage there.
40:48I love it there.
40:49It definitely adds something to the room.
40:51Let's go see what's out those doors, huh?
40:53We're going on an adventure.
40:55Oh, my goodness.
40:56It's custom mahogany arched doors.
41:00Wow.
41:01The door's so nice.
41:02Sure am glad we had two budgets.
41:05We never get to have nice doors like that.
41:08This deck is huge.
41:10It really does look like a fairy tale.
41:12Yeah.
41:13It really does.
41:13It really does.
41:15I want a little fire pit.
41:17That fire pit's going to get a lot of use.
41:19I love the color of the deck, too.
41:21I want you to notice how good the brickwork matching is.
41:25It looks amazing.
41:26It looks like it's always been there.
41:28Yes.
41:28Well, can you see yourself here?
41:31It really feels like home.
41:33Yeah.
41:34I will say, like, I am generally a picky person.
41:38It is exactly, it is so much better than anything I would have picked.
41:41Oh, I'm so glad.
41:42I'm so grateful.
41:44Let's talk numbers, because we doubled up here.
41:47So you got the house for $175,000, which is still a great deal.
41:49Way to go.
41:50Yeah.
41:50Yeah.
41:50Well done.
41:51The renovation budget was $150,000.
41:54So all in, that came out to $325,000.
41:58We talked about the floor rot.
41:59We had to dip into contingency $1,000.
42:02That was, you know, a check that y'all had already written, which brings the whole project
42:07to $326,000 for an awesome house with an incredible kitchen.
42:13In a dang bird sanctuary, it sounds like.
42:15They're going crazy.
42:17This is perfect.
42:17This was definitely the way to go.
42:18Yeah.
42:19I think it really feels like home.
42:20So what's the first goal of being Mississippians?
42:24I want to learn how to make local food.
42:26Ooh, love that.
42:27Oh.
42:28Get a library card.
42:29I love a library card.
42:30It's a good library.
42:31We're checking out butterflies, lizards, ladybugs, stuff like that.
42:34You can get other books, though.
42:35They have other things.
42:36Yeah.
42:37They even have books on tape.
42:39They sure do.
42:44This house is going to be different than anything we've ever done.
42:46I like funky.
42:47I want to do work in my own house.
42:50What all is she painting?
42:51All of this.
42:53What if it were, like, olive green?
42:55No.
42:56No?
42:57There's going to be people out there who see this,
42:59and they're going to be like, this is crazy.
43:00Erin, this was poor planning.
43:02Nothing like waiting until the last minute.
43:04Oh, my gosh.
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