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00:06We're getting closer.
00:08We're moving near to the sun.
00:11Na na na na na na na.
00:13Can I have a croissant?
00:15Yes, you can.
00:16How you doing, buddy?
00:17Jordan, my dad wants to do a croissant.
00:21What do we say to Jordan?
00:22Please.
00:23I'll have Americano with milk, please.
00:26And a to-go cup.
00:27I'm Sarah Keenlyside.
00:28I'm an interior designer based out of Prince Edward County, Ontario,
00:32where my family and I moved to from Toronto about two years ago.
00:35Making it through another day in renovation world and child world
00:38and parenting world.
00:39Prince Edward County is only a couple of hours outside of Toronto,
00:42but it feels like a whole different world.
00:45It's got incredible beaches and charming towns
00:48and an amazing community of artists and artisans.
00:51It really is the kind of place that you want to raise a family in.
00:55Once you get a taste of a life like this,
00:58you just can't go back.
00:59So I just wanna stay for as long as we can.
01:06You guys are done renovating your house, right?
01:08It never ends with ours.
01:09Yeah.
01:10Right.
01:10How is the old farmhouse going?
01:12It's a big project, Jordan.
01:15Ten months ago, we bought an old farmhouse
01:18that's just outside of town.
01:19It's a brick farmhouse built in 1860,
01:22but it needed a lot of work.
01:24So we've been working on the renovation for about four months.
01:27Jordan!
01:28Yeah, Louie!
01:29Jordan, I want to pee!
01:30Good job, Louie!
01:31Good job!
01:32I want to pee!
01:33I'm so proud of you.
01:35SKDS is the design firm that I've just started up here.
01:38I had an established design firm for the last 15 years back in Toronto.
01:43I've done so many renovations for people.
01:46With this fresh start, in this new community, with new housing stock,
01:50I really want to think outside the box.
01:52What's your favourite thing about living in the county?
01:54Playing!
01:55Playing?
01:56I like being here because I like to be here.
02:00Here.
02:01That's the best reason ever.
02:03Mommy, what's your favourite thing about living here?
02:05This.
02:06This season on the county.
02:09One, two, three.
02:10Yellow?
02:11No!
02:12I moved my design firm from the city to Prince Edward County,
02:16so I'm taking on everything from rundown barns...
02:19There's a rotting beam over there.
02:20Ooh, that's carpenter ants.
02:22To tween bedrooms, historical renovations,
02:25to a kitchen for a Michelin star chef.
02:27I apologize.
02:28I think we waited until the 11th hour to give you that.
02:3112, 13, 14.
02:32I've brought my closest friends into the chaos.
02:36It's out of my comfort zone.
02:37Yeah.
02:37But I think that's good.
02:38I feel like we're already over budget.
02:40And I also happen to be working on the biggest renovation of my life.
02:44Transforming this 1860s farmhouse from top to bottom.
02:48No turning back now, babe.
02:49I guess not.
02:50Sure.
02:50And then it's just minimal plaster work over here.
02:52So you see.
02:54Adam started installing the flooring upside down.
02:57So we're gonna have to rip it out.
02:59Are you kidding me?
03:00You have to be pretty bold to approve this.
03:03I am trying to devote all my time to our client work.
03:07I feel like I don't see the boys anymore.
03:09I just kind of feel like I'm failing.
03:14Check out your new room, Adeline.
03:15As challenging as it can feel sometimes.
03:19Oh my goodness.
03:20There is nothing else I would rather be doing.
03:24This is absolutely gorgeous.
03:27And there is definitely no place I would rather be doing it.
03:31Love you guys.
03:32Love you too.
03:45That's all we need.
03:46We just need a whole bunch of animals around to keep our kids busy.
03:49Throw them in the pen, Sarah.
03:52One of my favorite things about living in the county is these amazing community events.
03:57So we're taking our families to one of the best kept secrets here, which is Little John Farms.
04:02They do a farm to table dinner series.
04:04It's also a really great way to connect with your friends and also meet new people around the community.
04:08We're about to start this whole venture together as a design firm.
04:14Couldn't pick two people I love more to do this with.
04:17Aw.
04:18Kate and Joe were friends of mine first before we decided to start working together.
04:23We've all found ourselves moving to the county for a change of life.
04:27It's just nice to have collaborators in this line of work.
04:31Yeah.
04:31It's lonely by yourself.
04:32It is.
04:33And that's the thing is all of our skill sets are really complimentary.
04:37Kate is our art director and stylist.
04:39I started my career as an actor for many years.
04:42I started to do event design.
04:45I was less interested in auditioning and more interested in design.
04:49I'm self-taught.
04:50So when Sarah had the idea that this could work between the three of us, I was super excited.
04:58I love exploring how other people work and what their process is to get to a finished design.
05:04Jo is our project manager extraordinaire.
05:07She's also an interior designer and has a great eye for color.
05:11Even as a kid going to play dates with friends, I didn't want to see their playroom or play with
05:17their toys.
05:17I wanted tours of their houses.
05:19Worked for large construction companies and then worked for smaller ones until I eventually started running my own.
05:25And then eventually just realized I loved the design work.
05:29Cheers.
05:30Cheers.
05:31SKDS.
05:32Cheers.
05:33To working with your best friends.
05:35Jo's personal style is big color, fun pattern.
05:39And then Kate, on the other hand, has much more of a historical nod.
05:43I come with a real mid-century modern angle.
05:47I'm not really frilly pinks and stuff like that.
05:49So it's going to be really interesting.
05:50The more projects we do, the more I think we'll be able to hone in on what that SKDS look
05:56really is for our clients.
05:58Actually, I wanted to tell you that I mentioned the event tonight to Sunny and Grant.
06:02Oh, yeah.
06:02Because I was thinking it might be nice for you to meet them as well.
06:06They kind of alluded to the fact that they might be interested in doing some work on their kitchen.
06:11But you're already hustling for work.
06:14Sunny and Grant not only are really cool residents here in Prince Edward County, but Grant is actually a Michelin
06:20star chef.
06:21He owns several restaurants in Toronto.
06:24Sunny's also a chef.
06:25They have two young boys.
06:27They're just really cool people.
06:29Hello.
06:30Hi.
06:31Nice to see you.
06:32I thought you might be here.
06:34Hi.
06:34I actually mentioned to Sarah what we were talking about the other day about how you were kind of thinking
06:40you might need some work done in your kitchen.
06:42She's been wanting to do the kitchen for like four years.
06:45But I feel like we need help.
06:47It would be nice to have you guys check it out.
06:49That's great.
06:50That'd be great.
06:50I'll give you my number so you guys can let me know and I'll swing by and see what we
06:54can do.
06:55This would be an incredible project to kick off SKDS.
06:59Not only would we be doing a kitchen for a Michelin star chef and his chef wife, but it's also
07:05technically the first time that Joe and Kate and I have run projects together.
07:10We've all independently helped each other out.
07:12But for it to be our first official project as SKDS, like the stakes are pretty high.
07:17We can't get our first one wrong.
07:19Cheers.
07:19Cheers, everybody.
07:24Getting into kitchens was first job and last job and I've never really done anything else, especially in the kitchen.
07:31It's a very male dominated workplace.
07:33Sunny was just so badass, you know.
07:35She interviewed for a job.
07:37I offered it to her and then she turned me down.
07:40A few years later, she came back asking for the job.
07:43So I hired her and then, yeah, we worked together for a bit and then we went on a date.
07:46We've been together ever since.
07:50The project we really need help with is our own kitchen.
07:54You know, sometimes when it comes to our own space, it's either an afterthought or something that gets pushed to
07:59the sidelines.
08:00Having Sarah come in and just make it happen is so exciting.
08:06I have been known, I've been called to control frequently, especially when it comes to design.
08:11I'm going to learn to just let it go and go with the flow, but it better be awesome.
08:18We better like it, Sarah.
08:26Sunny and Grant live in Cressy, this beautiful area, and it's about a half hour drive outside of Picton.
08:31I've never been to their property before, so I'm really excited to see it with my own eyes.
08:37I've seen photos and it looks amazing.
08:40You guys live here?
08:41Welcome, we do.
08:43This is like heaven with the lake.
08:45This is gorgeous.
08:47How big is this property?
08:49Five and a half, almost six acres.
08:51Did you guys plant all of this?
08:53We did, yeah.
08:53Almost 10,000 perennials a few years ago.
08:56You've got a greenhouse as well?
08:57Greenhouse, organic garden.
08:59Halfpipe, trampoline.
09:00We like to keep busy.
09:02How long have you guys been living in the county?
09:04We bought the property eight years ago.
09:07Okay.
09:08And then we moved out here full-time.
09:10Almost five.
09:11With the dream to retire here.
09:13Yeah.
09:13We sold our house in Toronto.
09:15We had already this property, which we use as short-term rental.
09:18There's two houses, so we moved into one, but we never really focused on our living space.
09:24Can we go check it out?
09:24Yeah, absolutely.
09:26You know that saying, the shoemaker's children go shoeless, right?
09:29It happens with me as an interior designer.
09:32No surprise that two chefs haven't had the attention to put towards their own kitchen.
09:37This is gorgeous.
09:38I love this with the slate floor and, like, the Persian rugs in the mix.
09:43There's a very European influence, but then there's also this sort of rustic hunting lodge kind of a vibe to
09:50it as well.
09:50Wow.
09:52This is gorgeous.
09:53I love you've got living room, dining room, and kitchen in here.
09:57What is working and what is not working for this kitchen?
10:02I like the layout.
10:03A lot of the cabinetry, a lot of things are wonky.
10:06We just put in this sink.
10:08She's beautiful.
10:09She's beautiful.
10:09But I'll give her up for a bigger stove.
10:12Okay.
10:14And probably a slightly bigger fridge.
10:17Got it.
10:17Tell me a little bit about these countertops.
10:20Do we love tile countertops?
10:22We inherited this.
10:23We hate it.
10:24We love stone.
10:25We love real stone.
10:26We don't like synthetic stuff.
10:27Okay.
10:27So doing, like, a marble?
10:29Marble.
10:29Okay.
10:30Not too, too gray.
10:31Okay, so a bit of warmth to it?
10:33Yeah.
10:33I've been blessed before with clients that are just like, we trust you.
10:38Do whatever you want.
10:39I can tell that that's not going to be the case with this project, but that's great.
10:42It's going to keep us on our toes, and all we care about in the end is happy clients.
10:46I can see that you have this overhang here.
10:48It looks like it has the ability to have stools there, but you're not using it that way.
10:53Yeah, we don't use it, so we're kind of flexible.
10:55We'll lose that to create a now built-in banquette that's probably an L shape.
11:00I love that idea.
11:01So I noticed you do have quite a bit of sort of cool found storage, which is nice.
11:06Can I check this out?
11:07Yeah, absolutely.
11:08We're big into antiques and just kind of, you know, old stuff.
11:11But we have this family heirloom dining table, so we want to keep that.
11:14Cool.
11:15Ideally.
11:15We love it.
11:16Like, the patina, the old pine, right?
11:19Those chairs were, like, super awesome vintage, great condition two years ago when we bought
11:25them, and now they're just ripped and stained.
11:27These chairs are to die for.
11:29It just, unfortunately, it looks like they died.
11:32These original floorboards are amazing.
11:35They look great.
11:36Are we going to celebrate the patina of the floors, or do you want this refinished?
11:41We really like this color, you know, kind of.
11:44The kind of natural color that comes through.
11:46Oh, yeah, yeah.
11:46So, more of, like, an oiled, natural pine finish?
11:49Yeah.
11:50Vibe-wise, style-wise, let's really make sure that I'm on the right track with that.
11:54You know, old world Europe, like, south of France, kind of.
11:57You know when you go to Europe, and you're like, I wish I lived somewhere like this?
12:01Yeah.
12:01I don't like it.
12:02You don't.
12:02Yeah.
12:03So, I guess, lastly, let's talk budget and timelines.
12:07So, how much are you guys thinking to spend for this reno?
12:12We're hoping to be in the 60, 70 range.
12:14Okay.
12:15We'd like to get it done before the winter.
12:18Yes.
12:19So.
12:19That will happen.
12:20Thank you so much for trusting me and the team with this.
12:23This is going to be great.
12:24All right.
12:24Well, I'm going to take some measurements and then draw this up.
12:27Let's get started.
12:28Cool.
12:28Okay.
12:29For our first project with SKDS to be a property like this for cool clients, I'm pumped.
12:37Now, can the three of us pull off this very unique design on time, on budget?
12:44I guess we'll have to wait and see.
12:53Listen.
12:54Yeah, yeah.
12:55You got to play your opposition.
12:58Not too shabby.
12:59View-wise.
13:01So, this is our first official Sarah Keenly Side Design Studio trifecta.
13:07I need us to, like, pinky swear.
13:10If this doesn't work out, the friendship has to last, okay?
13:15Pinky swear.
13:16Pinky swear.
13:16All right.
13:17Triple pinky.
13:18Trifecta pinky swear.
13:18I'm like, I don't know, guys.
13:24Joe and Kate and I have already been here to take all of our measurements.
13:27We've done the base plans, but today is our first day being in the space together and really
13:32hashing out the final details before we start demo tomorrow.
13:36Oh, man.
13:37They just exude cool.
13:38It's almost like their style is the antithesis of a design firm's design.
13:43Exactly.
13:44No, you're totally right with that, Kate.
13:46There's a lot of rules that we're breaking here in this open concept space.
13:50It's, I guess, mixing eras.
13:52I've always broken that rule.
13:54I love a good mid-century modern hit in a historical home.
13:58But this, we're, like, almost adding too many different styles into one space.
14:03I'm just trying to distill what we're going for here.
14:06Classic European country home.
14:09And then we're also going to incorporate some mid-century modern hits as well.
14:13Yeah.
14:13What we're doing big picture is buying them more space in this open concept room.
14:20The kitchen is staying in the C-shape.
14:24We're just gutting this and we're starting from scratch.
14:26We're upgrading them to a 36-inch range induction.
14:29We'll do a concealed range hood above.
14:32We're going to keep the sink over here.
14:35Centering that more on the window and just having something that's a better scale will work out great.
14:39Keep the fridge location where it is.
14:42And then the big sort of wild card that we can't design in that we have to find, ideally, is
14:49our open storage here.
14:51Open shelves or do we need some with glass?
14:53Kate, this is where I'd want to lean on you.
14:55Sunny also made a really clear point of like this is the kind of furniture that she loves having.
15:00She doesn't want it all to be like matching cabinetry.
15:03So if you want to put that on your to-do list.
15:06Over here we've got lots of furniture to work with.
15:08So we are going to keep this table.
15:11Our design has lost the overhang, but we're going to design in a L-shaped built-in bench.
15:17Yeah.
15:18That way this table will have its permanent resting place.
15:21It can expand and contract out, but because we know where it lands, we can have a nice pendant light
15:26over here.
15:27And then over here we're keeping a lounge space, right?
15:31Maybe we pivot on these chairs a little instead of getting new ones.
15:34Maybe we're reupholstering.
15:35Maybe the ottoman.
15:37Yeah.
15:37So we've got this European old world looking range, but plot twist.
15:43Yeah.
15:44Sunny has selected this retro mint green fridge.
15:47This is that look that designers don't usually do.
15:53Mint green and retro doesn't really naturally fit with old world European.
15:58Until frankly we physically can see this fridge and like color match it, we can't really figure out our paint
16:05color for our cabinetry.
16:06Without actually knowing the exact shade of the fridge, I think going slightly more olive, as much as it's not
16:14a match, it looks a bit more intentional.
16:16We've got this powder pink ceiling.
16:19Yeah.
16:20So let's color match that to see if we want to keep it the pink, but I do like it.
16:23I like it too.
16:24Yeah.
16:25This is like the anti-designer's design.
16:29You know?
16:30If we pull it off, it's going to look so frickin' cool.
16:34Mm-hmm.
16:35If we don't pull it off, it's going to look like, what were they thinking?
16:39Yeah.
16:39So no pressure, but all the pressure, right?
16:42Yep.
16:42Let's get at it.
16:51Thanks so much, Laura, for being here and helping with this.
16:54No problem.
16:55Let's move some of this furniture out of the way, and then we will get to ripping the cabinets.
17:04Woo!
17:05This is pretty familiar to me, but I don't normally take on the physical act of demolition myself.
17:11Generally, I hire the individual trades to do that, but I ran my own construction company for seven-plus years.
17:19I've been in the construction field for many more than that, so it's nothing new for me.
17:26Oh, hey.
17:28I'm good.
17:29How are you, Grant?
17:32Um, that's totally up to you.
17:37It's okay.
17:38We can pivot.
17:39We can pivot.
17:40I mean, this will likely be more than what we budgeted for, because we just budgeted for a stand-and
17:45-finish, but yeah.
17:47Okay.
17:47Um, great.
17:48Yeah.
17:48Send me what you've got, and then we'll go from there.
17:52Yeah, Grant just called and wants to do new flooring.
17:59He's found a floor that could work.
18:01We've got to see if the flooring guy, Miles, can fit this in, and it doesn't delay anything further.
18:16Starting up the design firm is just one of the many things I have on my plate right now.
18:22So, whenever I have some time, I'm working on my 150-year-old farmhouse renovation.
18:27I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of driving up to this house.
18:31No.
18:32I kind of saw me taking on the design of our own home as getting my feet wet here.
18:38And I love the fact that on my own project, on my own dime, I can be meeting all the
18:43trades, making these connections.
18:45We're going to grow old here.
18:46I know, and our boys are going to grow up here, and there's something to be said about a forever
18:51home.
18:51We've been working on the renovations for several months now.
18:55There's been a lot going on.
18:57We essentially raised the entire roof on the backside of the house.
19:01It was all knob and tube.
19:02We had to replace all the electrical, all new plumbing, and a lot of floor re-leveling.
19:07It's been a real slog, but at least now I can start doing the pretty part of the design.
19:12You know, I come here most days after the workers are gone and I'll stand in our living room or
19:18our kids' bedrooms.
19:19I can see the future.
19:20I could see them falling down these stairs, you know?
19:23I don't, you know, it's not always positive, but I can see it.
19:26But what's your overall design sense?
19:28What's the big picture?
19:29I see a real mix of like mid-century modern, more modern furniture in a traditional space.
19:35So it doesn't feel like a museum.
19:36I want to pay homage to the history and the traditional detailing of this Victorian farmhouse, but inject fresh family
19:46energy into it.
19:47And when we photograph it, hopefully it just attracts more of that kind of work.
19:52This is my dream design style.
19:54If you want it, it's the easiest thing for me to do.
19:56And a king-sized bed, I imagine.
19:59We are upgrading to a king-sized bed.
20:00We have reached that point in our adult lives.
20:02I know.
20:03We're like, when we started, we're like...
20:05From double to queen.
20:07And now it's like a double, then queen.
20:08And now we're like, I just need to sleep.
20:10The only way to keep our home renovation moving forward is sort of to do it in sections because I
20:17need to leave room for client projects.
20:19So I'll be tackling it room by room over the next few months.
20:22But my first priority is to figure out how we're going to finish the exterior parts of the house that
20:27we've restructured.
20:28You do have to make them look beautiful from the outside, and for that, I want to use an authentic,
20:33real wood siding.
20:35Joe's got Sonny and Grant's kitchen under control, so I'm carving out a little bit of time for my own
20:39project and picking up some samples.
20:41Hey, Bob.
20:42Hey, Sarah. How you doing?
20:43I'm good.
20:43I got a call from Kelly, and she said that my Maybach samples are ready.
20:47They are. Definitely.
20:49I'm really excited to see this color sample.
20:51I mean, I know this color so well.
20:53I use it so often that I kind of know it's going to be perfect.
20:55This is like my favorite shade of blacky blue.
20:58It's not black.
20:59It's not navy blue.
21:00Yeah.
21:01It's blacky blue.
21:02By the way, our Maybach rep is here today.
21:04Would you like to meet him?
21:04Like, right now?
21:05Yeah.
21:05Oh, yeah. For sure.
21:07It's right over here.
21:07I have some questions before I place this order, actually.
21:11Hello.
21:12Hi, there.
21:12This is very convenient.
21:13I'm Sarah.
21:14Hi, Sarah. I'm Adam.
21:15Nice to meet you, Adam.
21:16I just got my color match samples that showed up today.
21:18So the brushed modern in the custom color for the first floor, which is going to be our mudroom and
21:25our family room around the back.
21:27And then the whole second floor is getting shingles.
21:29Love that.
21:30Yeah.
21:30It's a great accent.
21:31And I see you chose a custom color.
21:32Yeah. Well, I was looking at the express colors, but I was concerned that the black or the charcoal would
21:38look too stark against the old orange brick.
21:40Okay. That's one of the big advantages of going with a wood siding is that you can have any color
21:45that you want.
21:45So basically, we have our express.
21:47That program represents our most popular colors and profiles that we sell in all the Canadian markets.
21:52And then we have custom colors as well.
21:54We have a 90 color Maybach custom chart.
21:56Yeah.
21:57But then you're not limited to that.
21:58You can go outside of that chart and you can match that.
22:01Break it to me easy.
22:02Have I shot myself in the foot by going with a custom color?
22:05Like, what's the upcharge for something like that?
22:08There's no upcharge for that.
22:09The same price is applied to the 90 colors that we carry or any other custom.
22:12Sort of one price for all customs.
22:14And it's all made in Canada, right?
22:16It's all made in Canada.
22:17Yep.
22:17With responsibly sourced materials that are all from Canada.
22:20Well, this is great.
22:22I'll send you guys some photos when it's done.
22:23Sounds great.
22:24Okay. Good luck.
22:25Hi.
22:27Hello.
22:29Fancy seeing you here.
22:31I know.
22:31What are you doing here?
22:32I thought you were demoing up at Cressy.
22:34Yes, I was.
22:36And then I get a call from them.
22:38They don't want to refinish those pine floors.
22:41I thought that was like a done deal.
22:42Yeah.
22:43So did I.
22:43It's technically not too late.
22:45I will give him that.
22:46I know.
22:46Not happening.
22:46But then what's the solution?
22:48Grant found flooring.
22:49Like, three-quarter inch white oak unfinished flooring.
22:53Today I've been chatting with Miles.
22:55Okay.
22:55And who's Miles again?
22:56He's the floor guy.
22:57I'm here just grabbing some 3-8 plywood for him,
23:00because he's going to lay that down first on top of the old pine.
23:03Oh, you really are on it.
23:04I'm on it.
23:04And then he's sanding and finishing it like he would the existing floors.
23:08Oh.
23:08Like, it's about $4,000.
23:10And do Grant and Sonny know that that's something they have to like bump their budget by?
23:14This is a client instigated change.
23:16Yes.
23:16And it is a paid for pivot.
23:18A paid for pivot.
23:19I like it.
23:20Yeah.
23:20Okay.
23:20Grant has mentioned to me that he goes with his gut when he's renovating his restaurants
23:25and when he's like creating these spaces and stuff, which is totally fine.
23:29I mean, Sonny and Grant are our clients.
23:31I just really want to keep it on budget and on time.
23:34And I also don't want to make some decisions that don't pivot well.
23:37Sometimes I feel the sun.
23:41Sometimes I turn to the core.
23:45Sonny and Grant know their way around beautiful kitchens, probably throughout the world, frankly.
23:51So when they're interacting with their kitchen daily, I want it to have these beautiful details
23:56that they will really appreciate.
23:58I'm going to be finalizing cabinetry today.
24:00We've got the kitchen layout.
24:02Everything is exactly where it needs to be.
24:04But now it's about door styles that will give it that old world feel.
24:08The most logical place to go cabinetry style wise is actually with a face frame.
24:14This is very old fashioned because it's the way kitchen cabinets used to be made.
24:18You've got that exposed frame around all of your cabinets.
24:22And so what we're thinking of doing is actually a groove detail in the door fronts themselves,
24:29which again is an old world detailing style, color TBD.
24:34We're meshing it also with the retro vibe of this fridge that's going to be showing up.
24:40Honestly, until that thing shows up, I'm not sure any of this is the right decision.
24:45That being said, face frame is definitely the right decision for this kitchen.
24:56Floors are done.
24:57Yes.
24:58Can we go in there?
24:59I think we should just take a peek.
25:01Okay.
25:01It's the 48 hour period, which means socks, but not boots.
25:06Exactly.
25:10I love that they look more weathered.
25:12It actually works with the house better.
25:14It matches the imperfect nature of the boards on the wall and the ceiling and everything.
25:19Yeah.
25:20And the fridge is here.
25:21So we should go check it out.
25:22Yeah.
25:23This elusive fridge that we don't know exactly the color of mint that it is.
25:28We have been waiting for this because we need to nail down this cabinetry color.
25:33Aha.
25:35Thank you for showing up.
25:36It's here.
25:37Joe has this mill worker and he is like chomping at the bit to get this paint color.
25:43Like that's on us.
25:44Whoa.
25:46Oh, that's nice.
25:47French doors.
25:49Oh, we were kind of off with our assumption.
25:52This one's quite a bit yellow.
25:53Got a bit more green to it, doesn't it?
25:55Yeah.
25:56Right?
25:56And yellow.
25:57It's yellower.
25:57The colors that we were sort of making work were off of that.
26:01Oh God.
26:02That's really bad.
26:03That's really bad.
26:04Is this what we were thinking for cabinetry?
26:07Yeah.
26:08Ick.
26:13Oh, that's really bad.
26:15Yeah.
26:15This is why we had to wait because we were actually embarrassingly way off when it came
26:22to the cabinet color.
26:23Okay.
26:23So let's go back into the archives.
26:25This is where we have to start going more retro.
26:29What's that?
26:30That one.
26:32Can I see what that looks like just as a single?
26:36That's how we do a green kitchen with this mint.
26:39I just got goosebumps.
26:41You did that?
26:42Oh, you did?
26:42Yeah.
26:43Now we've nailed down our cabinetry color, which means we can pick our upholstery colors.
26:47We've got these beautiful leather chairs that we're going to have reupholstered for Grant.
26:51We also have to pick the ottoman that's going to sit between them.
26:54We want to have a lot of fun with that.
26:56This is really Kate's world and what she really pushes forward for us.
26:59We want to loop her in with where we're landing and make sure that she's on board so that she
27:04can run with that.
27:05Oh, so let's go to a secret place that we used to know I'm falling low.
27:14Hi, Conoboy.
27:15How are you?
27:16I'm at the stage where I let myself in now.
27:19Conoboy is a very, very skilled seamstress.
27:22Pretty much every banquette you might sit on in the county at a restaurant was probably made by Conoboy.
27:29She's going to handle the ottoman and then our banquette cushion.
27:33For the ottoman, how do you feel about this fabric?
27:36I love that fabric.
27:37It's gorgeous, isn't it?
27:39Maybe we do the blue piping on this fabric for the banquette.
27:44What is the other thing I need to pick?
27:46So you have the fabric, you have the piping.
27:47Foam.
27:48But for a banquette, I would probably go higher density.
27:51Because you don't want your banquette to sag.
27:53No.
27:53And do you think that we need to upholster the ottoman?
27:57Slip cover.
27:58Oh.
27:58And then you can wash it or get it dry cleaned.
28:01Okay, great.
28:02So that would sit right down.
28:03A couple of weeks, do you think?
28:05It's possible?
28:06Yeah, okay.
28:07We can do that.
28:09I'll see you in a couple of weeks.
28:10Okay.
28:11Thanks, Conoboy.
28:12See you later.
28:12See you later.
28:22Hey, Frank.
28:23Here comes the boss.
28:24Great news.
28:25My samples came in.
28:26Oh, for the siding.
28:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:27Let's take them up.
28:27Oh, nice, nice, nice.
28:29Here was our original option.
28:31Right.
28:31That's the stock one that they have.
28:32Yeah.
28:33I got the custom color samples.
28:35They just showed up.
28:36Ooh, look at that.
28:36It's almost a black.
28:38It's like a nice inky black.
28:39Yep.
28:39And I love the way this plays off the red brick.
28:42Yes.
28:43It's like, and then also like greenery against this dark color.
28:46True.
28:47And also custom colored.
28:49The cedar shakes for up top.
28:51So when it comes to adding extensions onto traditional homes, you can go super modern.
28:56And I love that juxtaposition against a traditional space.
28:59But this house wasn't asking for that.
29:01So as much as I'm doing a modern horizontal siding on the bottom areas of our extensions,
29:06the cedar shake is a real nod to the heritage of the home.
29:10And it's something that you would have seen on a home of this era.
29:13Now that I know these samples work perfectly with the house, I can put the order in.
29:17We just need to wait for some new windows to be installed.
29:20And then we can finally get this exterior finished.
29:31Cabinets are going in, which is such a fun time in kitchen renovations.
29:36You don't have to use your imagination anymore.
29:37Usually you're proved right that you've picked the right thing.
29:41Hey, Joe.
29:43Hi.
29:44Love kitchens going in.
29:47I know.
29:48So good, babe.
29:48They're almost done.
29:49We made the right call with this cabinet color.
29:52Who's Mike?
29:53That's me.
29:53Mike, hi, I'm Sarah.
29:54Sarah, good to meet you.
29:55Nice to meet you.
29:56I apologize.
29:57I think we waited until the 11th hour to give you that laugh.
29:59The 11th hour?
30:00The 12th, 13th, 14th?
30:02The 12th?
30:02We do everything for Joe though.
30:03Aw.
30:04See?
30:04We're only as good as our trades, honestly.
30:06Exactly, yeah.
30:06That's so true.
30:07Face frame makes it look more French.
30:10Mm-hmm.
30:10The V groove gives it a bit more of like a country farmhouse vibe.
30:14Yep.
30:14Um, something isn't sitting right.
30:22What?
30:24I'm happy to be wrong, and I would like to be wrong, but this beautiful pink ceiling color
30:30that we've always really loved in this space, does it look Easter eggy?
30:36It looks like the Easter bunny came in here and threw up all over the place.
30:43I love the warm white on the walls.
30:47That's perfect.
30:48If we did something just as simple as that, it'll just read as a neutral.
30:54We budgeted for touch-ups.
30:55I think we budgeted around $700 for the paint touch-ups.
30:59Got it.
30:59We'd probably be $2,000.
31:02There is no way that we can leave the ceiling pink like this.
31:08SKDS is just gonna fall on the sword for this one.
31:11We'll take care of the paint and the labor to redo it.
31:14I just really am putting pressure on this project, I think,
31:17because I want it to be a real example of the kind of work that our design firm can do.
31:23Ugh, Easter eggs.
31:34Now that the cabinetry's in, our banquet is in, the kitchen's almost complete.
31:39We're waiting for appliances coming soon and fixtures.
31:42The only thing that's a bit of a wild card right now is that Kate is still looking for that
31:48open cabinet
31:49that we want to have on top of the corner of that peninsula.
31:52Sonny and Grant love fun vintage pieces.
31:56And we want something with character that only a vintage piece can give.
31:59I have been searching high and low for this cabinet.
32:03I spend a lot of time on online marketplaces.
32:06And lo and behold, the perfect antique cabinet pops up on my phone.
32:12So who has a car bag enough that I can fit these two cabinets in?
32:15Jo.
32:15Oh good, her car's here.
32:16Okay, okay, okay, okay.
32:18I just got an alert from an online marketplace.
32:20You have to see these cabinets, Jo.
32:22Oh, thank you.
32:23I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.
32:24Okay.
32:25Ooh, for Sonny and Grant.
32:27Those are so perfect.
32:28Yeah.
32:28Why are you, like, out of breath?
32:31I think we gotta strike while the iron is hot, Jo.
32:33Uh, I don't think two will fit in my car.
32:37Oh, yeah, probably not.
32:38You wanna borrow the car.
32:39Could I borrow your car?
32:41Yeah, you can borrow the car.
32:42Okay, that would be great.
32:43Look at it, it's just perfect.
32:45Oh yeah, I love them.
32:46Okay.
32:47You gotta act fast.
32:48Somebody else will snatch them up.
32:49No, no, I gotta act now.
32:50It's actually what I gotta do.
32:51Okay.
32:52Ooh, baby.
32:53I love driving your car.
32:55Uh...
32:56Uh-oh.
32:56Yeah, sorry.
33:08The kitchen is poppin'.
33:11The countertops have gone in.
33:13The ceiling's been painted.
33:14We needed this progress.
33:18Wow.
33:18Hi.
33:19Hello.
33:19You are the famous Anton.
33:21Mm-hmm.
33:22Sarah?
33:22Yes.
33:23I've heard so much about you.
33:25This is looking so good.
33:27The Carrera marbles in.
33:28Mm-hmm.
33:29It looks pretty.
33:29Guys.
33:30This is a tough look to pull off.
33:32Jury's still out, but so far, everything is looking amazing.
33:34I can envision it.
33:35I can see it.
33:36Yeah.
33:36Like, what a difference paint can make.
33:38I'm really happy with our color choice.
33:40It's so subtle.
33:41So subtle.
33:42Oh, I love it.
33:43Oh, dear.
33:44It's Kate.
33:45Kate.
33:45Kate driving a vehicle...
33:47Of course.
33:48...that is not her own.
33:49Oh, my gosh.
33:51Guys.
33:52Ooh.
33:53I got her.
33:54Oh.
33:55You are coming in hot, girl.
33:57Oh, is it gonna fit?
33:58Let's do it.
33:59Meet me over here.
33:59It's pretty tight, actually.
34:00Oh, my gosh.
34:01Anton.
34:01Anton, everything is good.
34:03Actually, nobody asked you.
34:04Yeah, that's right.
34:05Oh, yeah.
34:06Sorry.
34:06Ooh.
34:07Is it fitting?
34:13Is it fitting?
34:15Just getting it past this outlet.
34:18It fits, guys.
34:19That is totally fitting.
34:21Too close for comfort.
34:22I'm really feeling great about how this is all coming together.
34:27This has been a tough one.
34:29I mean, Joe and Kate and I have always helped each other out in the past, but never as a
34:33proper design firm.
34:35And I really love seeing how all of our expertise are really complementing each other.
34:41I knew that was gonna happen, but I would like to say, for the record, I was right.
34:45It looks like it was custom-made.
34:48You never get that lucky on vintage finds.
34:50Well, we got that lucky, Sarah.
34:52Remember the kind of 80s chandelier that was here?
34:56So Sunny's actually in her workshop right now doing some work on that because we think it can be repurposed
35:02as a chandelier over the dining room tape.
35:04Sunny's on the property right now?
35:05Yeah.
35:05I didn't even know that she was here.
35:07Yeah.
35:08Sunny's a welder, and it would be such a missed opportunity if we couldn't use her skill set for a
35:14cool project in this kitchen.
35:16I just want to make sure that her vision for the light over the kitchen table is gonna work with
35:20what the ladies and I have been working towards.
35:23Hello.
35:24Hi.
35:25What's up?
35:25Didn't want to interrupt you.
35:27You're the freaking coolest woman I know.
35:29Oh, my God.
35:30When did you get into welding again?
35:32When I sort of started working, helping Grant with the restaurant, I kept finding myself tiling.
35:38I hated tiling.
35:40And I was like, I need a new trade.
35:42Kate mentioned that you were working on a cool light for the kitchen.
35:46Yeah.
35:46Well, we had the old one.
35:48The light that I really wanted was like two grand.
35:52When I can't afford it, I can kind of figure it out with knockoff versions sometimes.
35:55I'm the same, but my DIY skills only go so far.
35:59They don't usually involve welding.
36:01So you'll take the five gang off.
36:04Exactly.
36:05Put it on here.
36:06Yes.
36:06You're like Dr. Frankensteining the light.
36:10Kind of, yeah.
36:10The light.
36:11So I had these like mirror pieces and they would just sort of go around.
36:18Like just hang there.
36:20Yeah.
36:20That instantly is more mid-century and less 80s, right?
36:24Yeah.
36:24This direction of a light will totally work in the new kitchen.
36:28Awesome.
36:28Kitchen's coming along.
36:30Thanks for stopping by.
36:31See you later.
36:32Something that I'm finding is very common in the county is that because life's a bit slower out here, you
36:38have more time to work on your hobbies, on your interests.
36:41It's a real sense of community and it's a very creative community.
36:46And Sunny is a perfect example of that.
36:48I'm finding that myself.
36:49I'm really hoping I eventually get back into painting.
36:52Like painting pictures, not walls, because I'm over my wall painting years.
36:56I outsource that now.
36:58You said we changed with the same somehow.
37:02Cause we're leaving mine now.
37:03Don't ever try and bring us down.
37:08Joe and Kate and I are at Sunny and Grants today.
37:11We are styling their space.
37:14This is where we're really going to see if our eclectic retro French country kitchen has really pulled its look
37:22together or if we've missed the mark.
37:24Let me see this thing.
37:27Oh, she's beautiful.
37:29On styling day, our roles are a little less defined.
37:32I mean, Joe is still on top of the trades that are going to be coming in and finishing off
37:36things today.
37:37And back splash is happening later today as well.
37:39Okay.
37:40And plumbing.
37:40It's all going to come together.
37:42It's a little bit of an adjustment to county timelines.
37:45Yep.
37:45This is a good thing for us to learn.
37:48Leave a buffer.
37:48For Kate, she's kind of the boss of these days cause she knows everything that we have to work with.
37:54And then my role on these days, I guess we'll see, this is our first time working together, but I'm
37:58pretty good at keeping the big picture locked in.
38:03I think best laid plans would be for us to figure out big picture of where we're putting everything.
38:09And then once the back splash is in later, I can do any of the final touches on the counters.
38:13Yeah.
38:14But if we have everything else up, we're golden.
38:15Perfect.
38:17Oh, Kate.
38:19Well, that's Conaboy's handiwork.
38:20I just sent the measurements.
38:22This is marine grade fabric.
38:24So the spaghetti sauce is just going to slide right off.
38:28Oh, that's nice.
38:29The velvet fabric.
38:31I love that little detail.
38:33It's pulling in the same fabric on the ottoman.
38:35This ottoman is holding together the entire space.
38:40All of the colors that we're using within this entire open concept space are celebrated within that.
38:48Sunny and Grant have provided a few amazing pieces for us to incorporate.
38:52This amazing cupboard that is so weird but so cool that Grant found online.
38:57This beautiful buffet with the marble top is exactly what this kitchen needs to give it that old world European
39:05feel.
39:06I picked up some handles.
39:08They're un-lacquered brass, so they'll patina.
39:11Oh, those are cute.
39:13Oh, nice.
39:14This is definitely our interpretation of what they have asked for.
39:21I think it's looking amazing, but Grant is the first to say he's hard to please and he changes his
39:27mind a lot.
39:28So I guess we'll see.
39:38Hey, guys.
39:39Hi.
39:40Are you ready?
39:41We're ready.
39:42You guys have been so patient.
39:43You've peaked, but not in the last few days, right?
39:46Not in a while.
39:46How are you feeling?
39:47I'm a little bit nervous now just because it's like officially time, but I'm really excited for you guys to
39:53see you in the kitchen.
39:54We're ready.
39:54We're ready.
39:54All right.
39:55Let's do it.
39:56See you in the chair already.
39:58Whoa.
40:05Wow.
40:07It looks amazing.
40:09Very good.
40:10Yeah?
40:10Yeah.
40:11Yeah.
40:11Yeah.
40:11Yeah.
40:19It feels so much bigger.
40:20And brighter.
40:22It's so bright in here.
40:23I didn't even notice the floors at first.
40:25Look at that.
40:26There's a lot.
40:27There's a lot going on.
40:28Yeah.
40:28Yeah.
40:29It doesn't bounce.
40:30Yeah.
40:30My chairs.
40:32Love this fabric.
40:33Isn't it cool?
40:34Did you refinish the wood?
40:35We did.
40:36Wow.
40:37We did.
40:38They look so rich and luxurious.
40:40I know.
40:41This seating area was always so great in front of the fireplace.
40:45We just gave everything a little bit of a facelift.
40:48Great.
40:49Wow.
40:50Wow.
40:51Oh, you got your stove.
40:56Wow.
40:57Wow.
40:58Wow.
41:00Wow.
41:00Oh, my God.
41:01Look it.
41:01The puppies.
41:02Our doggies.
41:03For your spices.
41:04I love this color too.
41:05This is awesome.
41:06Beautiful.
41:07The fridge is amazing.
41:08Well, and that was like the jumping off point, right?
41:10Yeah.
41:10Is that retro mint fridge that you loved.
41:13That's where we started with the colors of the cabinetry and everything.
41:16And the gorgeous range that is like dream range.
41:21Well, I was always meant to have a 36 inch stair.
41:23You were.
41:24If anyone in the county should have one, it's the two of you.
41:28Is the old stove still around so I could say goodbye to it?
41:30Yeah.
41:30Yeah.
41:30Yeah.
41:31I figured we could have like a seance or something for it.
41:33We can bury it in the back.
41:34I never got to say goodbye to it.
41:37Because you used to have the full depth plus the overhang.
41:41Yeah.
41:41And so we've really taken advantage of all that space.
41:44And then also by using the banquette up against the back of the peninsula,
41:48it's pulled the dining room over more.
41:51And then we've also zoned that with the lighting above.
41:54Everything has its place now.
41:56Yeah.
41:56And it's efficiently used.
41:58Everywhere feels like it has a more appropriate space.
42:00It's less big cabinetry, you know, over towering and stuff.
42:04Nice, voluptuous kind of sturdy fabric too, eh?
42:07Look at that.
42:08Oh, yeah.
42:09And the blues.
42:10We picked up on that blue.
42:11Yeah.
42:12With this piping, which works so well with these great chairs that you have.
42:16A great way of pulling all these very different elements together.
42:20Beautiful.
42:21I love this too.
42:22You nailed it.
42:23It's such a perfect addition there.
42:25Yeah.
42:26And it doesn't feel like brand new open shelves.
42:29Yeah.
42:29It's perfect.
42:30Yeah.
42:31Things that you use all the time, leave them up.
42:33Things that you just use once in a while that you don't want dust to get to.
42:36It's enclosed.
42:37So good.
42:38And that's your chandelier?
42:40Yeah.
42:40Yeah.
42:41I love the very unexpected nature of it.
42:44And it's so great to repurpose something like that.
42:47Yeah.
42:48It looks good.
42:49Yeah.
42:49It feels very European, right?
42:51Like, you know.
42:51This is almost like a marriage of two very different styles within one space.
42:56And it's frickin' awesome.
42:59Yeah.
43:00Normally I'm pretty critical.
43:02Yeah.
43:02You know, I'd always, you know, walk into something like, gotta change that, change that.
43:06I can't, I can't see anything to change.
43:09Are you kidding me?
43:10No, that's it.
43:10No.
43:11It looks awesome.
43:11Thank you, chef.
43:15This is not a look that's for everyone, but it's a look that is tailored specifically
43:20to Sonny and Grant.
43:22And the fact that we pulled it off for them just is like exactly what we needed for our
43:28first project.
43:29Good word will travel fast and it's exactly the momentum we need to get started this season.
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