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Home Town - Season 10 - Episode 05: Funky Country House
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00:00Good morning.
00:01Just 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 is 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 in Laurel, Mississippi.
01:01This is a country road.
01:03Yes, it is.
01:04If I've ever seen one.
01:06Pretty.
01:06Yes, it is.
01:08And look, cows, guys.
01:09Cows.
01:10Oh, look, look, look, look.
01:12Donkeys.
01:13Donkeys.
01:13Donkeys.
01:14Oh, gosh.
01:15I want to go love them.
01:16I love Becky Fargusson so much.
01:19She's a free spirit.
01:21She's incredibly creative.
01:23When my son was born, I was inspired to paint his nursery.
01:29I started attending a decorative painting school.
01:33Someone saw my work, and that was the beginning, and then embarked on a career as a decorative painter.
01:39We've worked with Becky on lots of projects in the past, most recently, the Henderson house and Rose Myers house,
01:46and the Tomorazos.
01:48Look at that old barn down there.
01:50Yeah.
01:51Now, that is cool.
01:54I grew up in Laurel, had a magical childhood here.
01:58I wound up moving off to New York City, where I stayed for 20 years.
02:03She left Laurel when she was young because she had a modeling contract.
02:09And somehow I wound up in New Orleans, but I wound up in Santa Fe, New Mexico four years after
02:16that.
02:16Finally, I am back in my hometown of Laurel, Mississippi.
02:21I'm starting over again.
02:24Laurel is making a lot more noise now that you're back.
02:30I want my life to be simple.
02:32I want happiness.
02:33I want a country house.
02:35I am looking to spend no more than $200,000.
02:40I want something little.
02:42This first house for showrunner is actually in Ellisville, and it is country living at its finest.
02:47I mean, I don't come out this way a lot.
02:49We're very outside of town.
02:51Well, it's definitely the country.
02:53Yeah.
02:54This here is the Elsie house.
02:56It's really cute.
02:57It is pretty cute, I think.
02:59It is.
03:00It's just a little bit bare.
03:03It is two bedrooms, one bath, 1,200 square feet.
03:07It's listed for $100,000.
03:091.25 acres come with the house.
03:12Well, it has charm.
03:13When I think of you, I think of texture.
03:15Like, you're not afraid of things being a little bit primitive.
03:18I like funky.
03:19And I think this house could definitely be pushed that direction.
03:22It'd be precious, right?
03:24Oh, that's great.
03:25Landscaping is everything.
03:26Everything here, yeah.
03:28And I would love to add a transparent, honey-colored stain.
03:32Pressure wash the whole thing.
03:33Right.
03:33And adding that stain would bring the wood back to life, I think.
03:36Yeah.
03:37A new front door.
03:38If you had no more window units hanging out of every window.
03:41And we could paint the windows.
03:43New railing on the front porch.
03:45New skirting around the house.
03:46So on the exterior and HVAC everywhere, $25,000.
03:51Okay.
03:51Let's go inside.
03:52Okay.
03:52Becky's going to look at any sort of house and see only the potential.
03:56Because she's got such a creative mind.
03:58She won't be limited by what's there.
04:00Yeah.
04:00She won't even notice what's there unless she likes it.
04:03Come on in.
04:04I think you'll be surprised to find such beautiful floors in this little house.
04:08You know?
04:09Oh, yeah.
04:10Oak floors were unexpected.
04:12You know something?
04:13I don't like new, shiny-looking floors.
04:16I like the wood to be kind of funky.
04:18But I know you also have a lot of art.
04:20And you need walls to hang it on.
04:22Yes, I do.
04:23A lot of my art.
04:24A lot of Richard's art.
04:25Richard was my boyfriend.
04:27And we met in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
04:31And he was there for an Oil Painters of America show.
04:35And then four months into our relationship,
04:38he was diagnosed with a very rare form of bone marrow cancer.
04:44He passed away last November.
04:47And that's when I sold the house that we bought together.
04:52This is a pretty big living room for such a small house.
04:54And then the dining room, right off of it,
04:56what if we could add some color and pattern in here, maybe wallpaper?
05:01Uh, I'm a decorative painter.
05:03Mm-hmm.
05:04No wallpaper.
05:05That's true.
05:06No wallpaper.
05:07Maybe some sort of a faux damask.
05:10Oh, yeah.
05:11That would be pretty.
05:12Yeah.
05:12What'd you call me?
05:13A damask.
05:15It's a flocked, woven upholstery fabric, usually.
05:18I want to do work in my own house.
05:20But at the same time, I want to be still surprised.
05:24On the other end of the dining room, we've got our kitchen.
05:27I think that's great.
05:28Yeah.
05:29And it's not huge.
05:30Well, I don't like a big kitchen.
05:31I like something cozy.
05:33We would close off this doorway to the bedroom,
05:36and there's another door to the bedroom off the hall.
05:38And then you could have new built-in cabinetry
05:40that went all the way into the corner
05:42with the fridge built in on the left,
05:44your range and your hood vent above in the center.
05:47Yes.
05:47And then keep everything in the same layout
05:50on this side of the kitchen
05:51where you still have a peninsula
05:52and two barstools to sit for your grandkids,
05:55but then butcher block countertops.
05:57I would love that.
05:58Yes.
05:58Open shelving left and right of the window,
06:00keeping the sink where it is,
06:02and new flooring.
06:03Since this flooring doesn't match
06:04the old wood floors you like in the rest of the house,
06:07I think that would be terrific.
06:08And then I would love to have an antique piece,
06:11a piece of furniture in the room
06:12that would really be the star style-wise.
06:15Great.
06:15I love it.
06:16So living room, dining room, kitchen, $35,000.
06:20Okay.
06:21That's mostly kitchen.
06:22Right.
06:23Bedroom is right here.
06:24It's, you know, pretty basic room.
06:26It's a good size.
06:27Do you know what I really love in a bedroom, though?
06:30I like a womb-y room.
06:32Is womb-y a word?
06:33A womb-y room.
06:35A womb-y room.
06:36Yes.
06:37You want a room that feels snug.
06:39What that means to me is you've got, like,
06:41one color that's on the ceiling,
06:43the trim, and the walls.
06:44Love that.
06:45It doesn't make sense for everyone.
06:46Becky can handle it.
06:48She's gonna get drenched.
06:49What a woman.
06:50I love that.
06:52What if it were, like, olive green?
06:54No.
06:54No?
06:55I heard from one of the...
06:57I shouldn't even say this.
06:58No, now I gotta know.
07:00Now I gotta know.
07:01I knew a famous madam once,
07:03and she said,
07:03oh, you never have green in a bedroom.
07:05What?
07:06Yeah.
07:07She said, never have green.
07:08It makes your skin look bad.
07:09Oh, gosh.
07:10I don't believe that, though.
07:12Who are you worried about seeing your skin in the bedroom?
07:15Well, I'm not.
07:15I'm too old for all that.
07:17It's monkey business.
07:22Okay, what color?
07:23I love blue in a bedroom.
07:24Deep dark blue.
07:25Deep dark blue.
07:26Ooh, it's blue.
07:27We can do all that.
07:28Okay.
07:28The bathroom is right here.
07:30Okay.
07:31I think it works, right?
07:33It needs to be gutted.
07:34Have a walk-in, tiled shower on that side.
07:37And then on this side, you need a bigger vanity.
07:39I would love if it were an antique dresser
07:42that we convert into a vanity.
07:44For these two rooms, bedroom, bathroom, 20 grand.
07:47Great.
07:47Leslie bathroom.
07:48And then painting studio?
07:50Yes.
07:50It's really funky.
07:52That's okay.
07:52Funky is maybe a generous word.
07:54Maybe junky?
07:55It's more junky than funky.
07:57It's pretty junky.
07:58But I kind of like that.
08:00Oh, I do, too.
08:00Like, you could be crazy with the paint.
08:02You could get sloppy.
08:03We could rip all this stuff off of it.
08:05That's a great little art studio.
08:07Wouldn't it?
08:07It would.
08:07Don't do anything to the floors.
08:09I love them.
08:10Let it be wild.
08:11Great for a studio.
08:13It's all about that.
08:16Look, it's a lake.
08:18Isn't that beautiful?
08:19I want water on the property.
08:21I want water.
08:22What if we tore this deck off?
08:25We built a whole new porch that wrapped around the entire back of the house.
08:28Uh-huh.
08:29Have steps down to the backyard.
08:30We notched the deck around this crape myrtle here.
08:34Hate to lose that.
08:35Beautiful tree.
08:36I love this detailing on the porch railing.
08:38I would want to continue that pattern.
08:40I like having a little fire pit.
08:42Planting some shrubs that would work around this porch.
08:46And more trees to just give it a little bit of shade.
08:50Make this the private, secluded and beautiful area where you hang out outside.
08:55I can just see me and my girlfriends hanging out back here.
08:59Oh, this is great.
09:00So back here, painting studio, bag deck, 20 grand.
09:05Okay.
09:05All the renovations for the LZ house, 100 purchase price, 100,000 renovation, 200,000.
09:12Right on the button.
09:14I think let's go to the next house.
09:15Keep an open mind because it's very different from this.
09:18Call it a blank canvas, Erin.
09:19Sure.
09:20Y'all are artists.
09:20Very blank.
09:21Use our imagination.
09:26I almost called those back there, those calves, puppy cows.
09:30Puppy cows?
09:31I was thinking, look at that sweet puppy cow.
09:35Well, there she is.
09:36There she is.
09:38You're very rural out here.
09:40That's what you want.
09:41That's what I want.
09:42We are in the country.
09:44Welcome to the Perrette house.
09:49I think it has a lot of potential.
09:51Okay.
09:52I mean, I know it looks kind of like a little brick box, but no, it's just been great.
09:57It's two bedrooms, two baths, 1,100 square feet, listed for $125,000.
10:02But the best thing about this house to me is it's got two acres here with it.
10:06I want to be able to open the back door.
10:08I get it.
10:09Let my dog out, let her play.
10:11Yeah.
10:12And then if my grandchildren are with me, I can just open the door and let them go play.
10:17I can see where this could be great.
10:19Yeah.
10:19I like it.
10:20I don't believe you.
10:21Well, listen, I am excited by what it could be.
10:27What do you think about?
10:29Yes.
10:30Yes?
10:30Yes.
10:31Yes.
10:31Yes.
10:32Yes.
10:32I love it.
10:33It has a lot of potential to have personality.
10:36Yes.
10:36Painting the whole house this deep olive color.
10:40Yes.
10:41And the trim, a bronzy color that works with the windows.
10:44Right.
10:44But you've spent a lot of time in Santa Fe, places out west, these little houses that have
10:50very little ornament.
10:52Right.
10:52And then you'll find it in unexpected places.
10:55And so I would love to find this solid wood carved front door.
10:59Uh-huh.
11:00I love it.
11:00I love that idea.
11:01Landscaping will help enormously too.
11:04Right.
11:04All this on the exterior, $25,000.
11:06Let's go inside where it is an even more blank canvas.
11:10Okay.
11:11Can hardly wait.
11:15Yeah, watch that step.
11:17Come on in.
11:18I mean, so blank.
11:23You know, this is amazing how big this looks.
11:26I would have expected eight-foot ceilings and being very cramped.
11:30This is scored concrete.
11:32Obviously, it's been stained or painted white.
11:35I think we could stain or paint it a terracotta color.
11:39I would love a warm color on the walls, something that feels very weak, golden.
11:44I don't know how you feel about a dining room.
11:47You know, for the amount of times that I have dinner parties, I don't need a dining room.
11:52Okay, that's very helpful.
11:54This little area by the kitchen, that would be a perfect little studio.
11:58It's the perfect spot.
11:59I don't know about the fireplace.
12:02I like the idea of the warmth of a fireplace.
12:06If we can make it feel better in the house, you'd like it, you think?
12:09I think so.
12:10Come look at the kitchen, because you really can't see it at all.
12:13And it's not your style at all, so just ignore all that.
12:15That's okay.
12:16But don't worry about that.
12:18You got a great big pantry.
12:20You don't even need kitchen cabinets.
12:22When I think of you, very eclectic.
12:25This whole Santa Fe vibe, I think of if the kitchen could feel like an assemblage of just
12:30antique pieces versus cabinets.
12:33Right.
12:33Built-in cabinetry is a fairly modern invention.
12:36And for Becky to feel like at home in this very newish house, I think we have to go back
12:43in time with some things.
12:43I would love to get reclaimed wood and have our cabinet maker use that to build what looks like very
12:50primitive furniture.
12:51Yes, yes, yes.
12:52That doesn't really look like any cabinetry we've ever done before.
12:55I love it.
12:56I really lean toward an organic look.
12:59Yes.
13:00Look.
13:00This would all be gone, right?
13:01We would not have a wall between these rooms.
13:03So this would become a peninsula with your range in the middle.
13:08And you have barstool seating.
13:09Right.
13:10On the backside of that.
13:11I would love to do stone countertops that just feel plain, no gloss.
13:16And then the sink has to stay here.
13:18You'll still want a dishwasher.
13:19And then how do you feel about if we just had simple open shelves on this wall?
13:24I love open shelving.
13:25And then you can hang copper pots from rails on this wall.
13:29Your refrigerator would be built in at the end of this cabinetry before the painting area.
13:36Right now, this is sheet vinyl.
13:38So we'd take this up, and I just want to continue that terracotta stained or painted color throughout.
13:45That's great.
13:46And, oh, I have fantastic tiles that I brought from Santa Fe.
13:52What colors are in them?
13:53It's a terracotta tile, and they have a kind of a floral.
13:57Ooh, yeah.
13:58She's lived all these amazing places, and she brought pieces of it every time she moved.
14:02And it's all there for us to use.
14:05Everything from the front door to here, $35,000 is what we're allotting to it, okay?
14:11It's going to be great.
14:11Yeah.
14:12You want to go look at the bathroom?
14:12Yes.
14:13Let's go down the hall.
14:14All right, it's a short little walk down the hall, and it's pretty shrimpy in here.
14:20We're going to look sunburned in here.
14:22What color?
14:23And then the bathroom, the layout the way it is, but just take all this out.
14:27That shower's going to go, right?
14:28We could definitely take the shower out.
14:30Because guess what?
14:31I have more tiles.
14:33What color?
14:33Blue.
14:34Blue?
14:34Well, then I don't have to paint your room blue.
14:37Or they could both be blue.
14:38How could they both be blue?
14:39It would be, like, color drench.
14:41Oh, I love it.
14:42A jewel box.
14:43Yes.
14:44We've got $15,000 allotted back here.
14:46Yeah.
14:47Okay.
14:47For the bedroom and bathroom.
14:48Okay.
14:49I haven't actually stepped on this.
14:52Look at this creek.
14:54This is country living.
14:55No, it's heaven.
14:57I want this house.
14:58For real?
14:59Y'all, I really love the other house, and I loved your ideas, but this house speaks
15:03to me.
15:04This is home.
15:05I love the location.
15:06I love the feel of the inside.
15:09It's so airy, and I just see myself here.
15:12Before we fully commit, let's talk about the numbers, okay?
15:16With it being a smaller budget, both houses came out to be the same price.
15:20That's because we have to use every single penny to give you what you want.
15:23Listed for $125,000, all the renovations.
15:26I made it easy, $75,000.
15:28Uh-huh.
15:28So it'd be $200,000.
15:30We're good.
15:31Okay.
15:31We're good.
15:32Like, I like this house, but it's a lot of sheetrock.
15:34Yeah.
15:35I want your help making it feel more worn.
15:38Can we do a little something?
15:40Well, what about a really beautiful wall treatment?
15:43Yeah.
15:44I've definitely never asked one of my homeowners to come paint her own house.
15:49That's Becky, okay?
15:51Her expertise.
15:52And I'm somewhere here.
15:53We're going to want to go there.
15:54Like, if she's going to do this treatment on the living room walls, then I feel an enormous
15:59amount of pressure to meet her at her level.
16:03So excited!
16:04I love it.
16:05Group one!
16:07I'm really excited about this little house.
16:09Little ones are where we shine, you know?
16:11Oh, I love it.
16:12Working with Becky will push me to do things I haven't done before.
16:16But it will also be the most fun push.
16:19Yes.
16:30Not a lot to demo here.
16:32It's already pretty wide open.
16:33Good day for the ladies to miss.
16:35Where's Katie?
16:36I think she's got the flu.
16:37Aaron is also at home with a sick kid.
16:39May is totally fine, but Helen's been running fever.
16:42You have any sick kids here lately?
16:44Just my wife.
16:45Sick of you?
16:46Just kidding.
16:47I don't think you are.
16:55So today we're taking the entire kitchen out.
16:58It's awfully tight.
17:23I can't believe after all these years, this is the first time I've come to your shop.
17:26And I got lost trying to get here.
17:28And it's so close to Laurel.
17:30It's just like five minutes away.
17:31I just thought that it was going to be further, so I drove right by your road.
17:34Oh, okay.
17:34Well.
17:35Greg Bell has been building cabinets for us for years, but he always builds in his shop
17:40and then brings them on site.
17:42Oh, got the wood.
17:43This is ours.
17:44That's the one you sent.
17:45They brought it yesterday.
17:45See, I think it has so much character and it's going to make Becky's kitchen so awesome.
17:50We got reclaimed wood.
17:52I don't want these to feel like builder grade cabinetry.
17:56It needs to feel distinct and Becky.
17:59I am excited about that wood, but I hope that it's enough because what I really want are kitchen
18:05cabinets to feel rustic, more primitive.
18:09Okay.
18:11And I want to do-
18:11You even go get a piece of wood so you can assimilate it?
18:13Yes.
18:13Let's look at it.
18:14I think they're just interesting and it adds another layer of texture and warmth in this
18:18house that is really just a box.
18:20We're looking for all the texture and warmth we can find.
18:23Are there nails?
18:24Some.
18:25We'll pull them things out.
18:27Love.
18:27Love.
18:28So then if that's a drawer front, these would be handles on drawers.
18:32Yeah.
18:32Using leather straps.
18:34These expose hinges for our doors.
18:37And I want everything to be smooth.
18:38I don't want it to be splintery rustic.
18:40Yeah, yeah.
18:41It's just-
18:41Just don't plane it, but just sand.
18:43Yes.
18:44Can you completely build the cabinets from this so the structure comes from this or do
18:48we not have enough?
18:49How do you do this?
18:50We'd have to do it out of plywood and attach this to the plywood.
18:53Okay.
18:54Now my question is, we don't normally do inset drawers and doors because it's more expensive.
19:01Right.
19:01But this kitchen is so small.
19:03It won't be that big a deal.
19:05Really?
19:06No.
19:06Modern cabinetry always has overlay doors and drawers.
19:10But the reason we're seeing such a big return to people wanting inset drawers and doors
19:14is because that's how antique furniture was constructed.
19:18That's right.
19:18I think that's going to be key to making this feel really unique.
19:22Yeah, an antique-ish.
19:23Yeah.
19:24Becky is going to flip out.
19:29I keep trying, baby
19:32But there's nothing I can say to
19:38Make you understand
19:42Why do you think that I do
19:48Everything I couldn't say
19:50So I did the design on my computer
19:53And I sent it over to this computer
19:56I don't even know how to turn any of this on
19:58So the fact that you're doing this
19:59This is going to be the coolest thing about the exterior of the house
20:03Today, Erin is building a door
20:06Well, hold on
20:09I designed panels for a door
20:11So I used my normal design software
20:14That I used for graphic design
20:15To come up with the pattern
20:17This is the floral pattern that was on that tile that Becky got in New Mexico
20:23In, like, Spanish door design
20:25I saw lots of stars
20:26Uh-huh
20:27That were carved into it
20:28So I thought that would be nice
20:29All in three days
20:31This is how it should carve
20:32Whoa
20:32Oh, okay
20:33The star is raised
20:34The star is raised
20:35And then this portion is full depth
20:37Yeah
20:37This will look like a hand-carved door
20:40That's my hope
20:41But we're doing it all on the CNC
20:43Uh-huh
20:44The CNC uses a computer to make precise cuts
20:47In wood, metal, plastic
20:49So it'll fit in
20:50Perfect
20:51You ready?
20:52Hit start
21:02The front door on Becky's house makes no sense with anything that we're doing
21:07This door is really the statement maker
21:09That tells you everything about what to expect when you walk inside
21:12I wanted to feel like we found architectural salvage
21:15A door we maybe picked up somewhere in
21:17Santa Fe
21:19Mexico
21:20Spain
21:21Look at this
21:22Oh my gosh
21:25Look, it's like
21:26Look at that
21:27This is so cool
21:30Like the house is just so ordinary
21:32And things like this will make the house extraordinary
21:45Hey, Fran
21:46How are you?
21:48I'm good
21:48How are you?
21:49Hey
21:50It's my house
21:51It's still there
21:52A work in progress
21:53I'm driving back from Santa Fe
21:55I did this really great project there
21:58Are you driving right now while you're talking to me?
22:01Are you driving?
22:03No, no, no, no
22:03I'm going to rest stop
22:04Okay, good
22:05No, no
22:05And Betty says hello
22:07Hey, Betty
22:09When am I going to be able to paint my living room?
22:12You can start soon?
22:15You can start soon
22:16We're so not there yet
22:18We got to take other steps before she can start her steps
22:22Well, the painters have to do the base coat
22:24And then the kitchen has to get built
22:27It is going to have to be impeccably timed so she doesn't see too much
22:31We normally don't invite the homeowner to come and work on a project
22:36Normally they see it at the very end
22:38But I will text you when we are a week out
22:41Okay, well I look forward to it
22:43I'm excited about it
22:44I do, it's going to be so good
22:46Where are you staying in the meantime?
22:48Uh, I am staying at my friend Cynthia's basement
22:52In her little basement apartment
22:54It's going to be really good
22:55It will be worth the wait
22:56Great, I'm looking forward to it
22:58All right
22:59Bye
22:59Bye, we miss you
23:01All right
23:01Bye
23:01There may be some things we can move around to speed things up
23:04But we're talking, you know, a day or two
23:06Not a week
23:08Yeah
23:15The cabinets are here
23:16Oh man
23:17It looks really, really old
23:20Because it is
23:33You found them
23:34Good morning, yes I did
23:36What do you think?
23:37Aren't they pretty?
23:38They are
23:39They're great
23:40Becky got them in New Mexico
23:41And she's been saving them for a rainy day
23:44This blue
23:45A lot of blues
23:46It's a lot of blues
23:47That's going to be the color of this bedroom
23:49She wants it to be womb-like
23:52Where it's just rich, dark color everywhere
23:55The bathroom is going to have that same color drench with the tile
23:58And I think it's going to be very unique
24:00This house is going to be different than anything we've ever done
24:03We've color drenched rooms before
24:05But not in deep indigo blue
24:07Okay
24:07So imagine the terracotta color on the floor
24:11The vanity here that's stained wood
24:14It's going to feel kind of primitive
24:15And then the copper sink in that
24:17And then this on our floor
24:19That would be great
24:21The blue tile up the wall
24:23And terracotta grout
24:25And terracotta grout
24:26That's going to go great
24:27Putting my best foot forward
24:30Understanding there's more than me
24:32Yeah
24:33Stuck in the middle of a midnight crisis
24:37Deshawn and I are trying to figure out the brackets on the front of the house
24:41Hey girl
24:42Hey
24:42You are just who we needed
24:43These are the brackets for this little porch here
24:47The intent is to push the house in towards more of a little like southwestern direction
24:52The brick is going to be painted that olive green color
24:54This will be an accent
24:56Okay
24:57And anyway
24:57These are not really the point of the front porch
24:59You know
25:00They're just the frame for the picture
25:02Which is the door
25:03Which I thought we were going to install today
25:05Are we going to still install
25:05Yeah the door's here
25:06It's here
25:06Door's in there
25:07Oh I want to see
25:08You haven't seen it finished
25:09No I haven't
25:10It's sealed and everything
25:11Oh my gosh
25:12It's so good
25:15So it's got a spar varnish on it
25:17It's heavy
25:18Which is glossy
25:19I know we don't like that
25:20But
25:21I don't know it'll weather
25:22It looks so good
25:23Can we put it up?
25:24Yeah
25:28Oh my gosh
25:35Yes
25:36Oh my gosh
25:39Look what we have done
25:43Looks so good
25:44Doesn't it look awesome?
25:46This house was so boring
25:47And look how cool it is now
25:48Yeah
25:49It's so good then
25:51It changes everything
25:52I mean it will
25:53Once the house is painted
25:54I don't know
25:55I feel like it changes it a lot already
25:57I'm kind of worried about this though
25:59The bracket?
26:00You want it to match the door?
26:01Yeah I want it to match the front door
26:03Do you have any more Spanish cedar?
26:05I got tons of it
26:05Okay yeah
26:06Do Spanish cedar then
26:07Okay
26:16Troy's about to pull up
26:17With his Spanish cedar
26:18Troy's our new Deshawn
26:19He's brand new
26:20Fresh out of college
26:22He's a little baby
26:22Here comes his baby truck
26:24Look at that little truck
26:27His truck's even smaller
26:29Than Deshawn's was
26:31Troy's bringing the rest
26:32Of the Spanish cedar
26:33To make the brackets
26:36Just play them up there please
26:37What year were you born Troy?
26:392001
26:412001
26:422001
26:48We're going to build these brackets
26:50See if I can show these whippersnappers
26:51A thing or two
26:53I'm kind of getting stressed out
26:54About the fact that Becky
26:55Hasn't come to do the wall treatment yet
26:57The house is going to be done
26:58Before she ever gets here
26:59I know
26:59The house is going to be done
26:59She painted on the reveal day
27:08Becky has to have that base coat
27:10Of paint
27:11In order to do her decorative painting
27:13And that just got done
27:14In the last two days
27:15So we had to say
27:16Just come
27:17As soon as they're done painting
27:19Hey y'all
27:21We are going to have this ready
27:23In the nick of time
27:24We have to finish modifying
27:26Becky's vanity today
27:28Because
27:29The countertop guys are coming
27:30And they're installing
27:31The kitchen countertops
27:32And that top on this vanity
27:34And Becky
27:36Is on her way
27:37Is on her way
27:39Because she's doing
27:40The paint treatment
27:41Today
27:41The face frame
27:54That connects with this wood
27:55It looks so expensive
27:58But when you get a little remnant
27:59It's not
28:00When you have a small area to work with
28:03You can be rich with details
28:05You can actually spend more money
28:08On finer things
28:09Because you don't need as much
28:10With a small house
28:11You can do something like
28:12Reclaim wood
28:13Kitchen cabinet
28:14And then she gave us the tile
28:16So that was free
28:17We can tile the entire kitchen wall
28:19We never get to do that
28:20Rarely
28:21It's very expensive
28:22Unless it's free
28:24Have you seen the paint
28:25In the bedroom and bathroom
28:26No but I'll come and look
28:27While they get that ready
28:28I'll come help y'all move
28:29In a minute
28:29Okay
28:30Alright come look at this
28:33Whoa
28:34He's never done anything like this
28:36Is it so Becky
28:37It's gonna be a sleepy ride
28:39Yeah
28:39It's so good
28:40This is awesome
28:41Isn't it
28:42Okay
28:43Countertops
28:44Um yeah
28:45Becky is gonna be here
28:46To start doing
28:46Her treatment on the walls
28:48I was trying to cover the door
28:49So that she doesn't see it
28:51Oh my gosh
28:52We need to cover all this
28:54As soon as they get the countertops in
28:56Erin this was poor planning
28:58I know it was poor planning
29:01I wanted Becky to get started
29:03With her decorative painting
29:04Like two weeks ago
29:05So she wouldn't have seen cabinets
29:07She wouldn't have seen the front door
29:08I wish that she had come
29:10You know
29:10A week or two ago
29:11What all is she painting?
29:13All of this
29:16You know
29:17She's gonna see the cabinet
29:18She's gonna see the countertop
29:19Because that's all coming today
29:22We have to super hurry
29:23Because she's about to be here
29:24And I gotta cover all this up
29:28Okay
29:28That looks great
29:29Can you come back and glue it later
29:31Let me just cover it up
29:32I love the chiseled edge
29:34So, so good
29:50Hey Becky's here
29:51I'm gonna go talk to Becky
29:52You got this
29:53So the house is all hers
29:54For three days
29:55She's not gonna take the plastic wrap off
29:57She better not
29:58She's going to follow the rules
30:01Okay
30:03There's nothing you can see
30:05Okay
30:05That will be exciting
30:06We've covered everything
30:07Okay
30:08I love the color
30:09This is right
30:10This is the base color
30:11Beautiful
30:12Beautiful
30:12Yeah, exactly what I wanted
30:13This is your builder grade box
30:15Now how do we make it have character?
30:17Well, we're gonna put a visual texture on it
30:20And it's going to kind of mimic Venetian plaster
30:25We picked the most boring house in the world for her
30:27Because I know that she can make it custom
30:29She can give it patina and age and beauty and texture
30:33You don't have to
30:34We haven't painted the floors yet
30:36So you don't have to
30:36It's not precious
30:37Okay, great
30:38We're gonna layer three different colors
30:40I have to do one color completely
30:42Before I add the next color
30:44Do you build from your darkest to your lines?
30:46I go dark to light
30:47I just think it's richer looking build up
30:50And I also use different sheens
30:51Yeah, that's cool
30:53Okay
30:53Now, what I like to do
30:56I'm gonna come down here like this
31:01Like that, right?
31:02Okay, uh-huh
31:03And then I love
31:04I just wanna tap it and come up
31:10Tap it and come down
31:13Frost
31:14Ooh
31:16The way she's doing this
31:18I mean, have you ever seen a picture of her New Orleans apartment?
31:21Nope
31:21It looked ancient
31:23It looked like somewhere in France
31:25Feels almost like it's velvet
31:27It's almost plaster
31:28It's almost suede
31:29It's just the most subtle and rich warmth
31:33This house has none of that
31:34And we need so much of that to make it look like Becky
31:38But one thing you don't wanna see
31:40Are real distinct start and stop marks like that
31:44See that?
31:45Uh-huh, uh-huh
31:45You wanna go ahead and pull that out
31:47I feel like I'm back in art school
31:49I'm 19 and you're my teacher and I'm loving it
31:52When this is finished
31:53There'll be some people that'll say
31:55Oh, it looks like suede
31:56You know, it's all left up to interpretation
31:58I think what you do looks kind of like velvet
32:00I'm gonna see how you do with it
32:03I'm gonna load this for you
32:04Because I don't want you to overload
32:05Get it just right
32:05Here we go
32:06No, no, come over here
32:07Over, okay
32:08Come right over here
32:10There you go
32:12Don't come down so far
32:13Uh-huh
32:14Okay, no, you got right
32:15Let's go right about there
32:16Okay
32:17Start tapping it out, girl
32:18It's gonna dry fast
32:20The next color, I'll go over that
32:22And then the last color
32:24I will probably do the entire wall with it
32:27Okay, you wanna get it all out
32:28Come straight across
32:30Okay, like that?
32:31Yeah
32:32You did great for your first time
32:34Okay
32:34Feel free to spray it and start
32:36No, it'll be fine
32:37All right, how much time do you feel like you need?
32:40This will not be more than three days
32:42Hopefully, I will be done tomorrow afternoon
32:44Do you think about me?
32:45I can think of you
32:46Do you want me, baby?
32:48Tell me not a truth
32:50This can't be wrong
32:54Do you think about me like I can think of you?
32:59Becky's house, moving right along
33:01Walls are done inside
33:02Cadavants are almost done
33:03I'm actually dropping off drawer boxes for Greg
33:06So he can keep going
33:08Trying to sort out the boards here
33:09Got dark walnut
33:10We got cherry
33:12This one feels weird, doesn't it?
33:14Yeah
33:14The grain pattern is just too bold and too different
33:17Do we have enough of other hardwood so we don't have to use the pine?
33:21We can find enough
33:22If we could do that, I think that would be great
33:52Becky's moving in in a couple days
33:54Because we are so done
33:56The inside is totally done
33:58And now it's just landscaping and moving in her furniture
34:02And that's when everything is going to just totally transform
34:13Becky is in everything
34:14She's never lived in this house
34:16But it looks like she has for so many years
34:19And we're just so lucky that she had amazing things that we could add to the house
34:24It's a little flight of fancy everywhere
34:27Richard Cooper was Becky's partner
34:30He passed
34:30And he was one of the most gifted artists
34:33And his artwork is everywhere in this house
34:36So she feels close to him
34:38Even if he's not here
34:40He's still here
34:41He's everywhere
34:43This house is so specific
34:46It is so Becky
34:47It's not meant to please everyone who sees it
34:52This has been, I think, Erin's favorite project
34:55It's been so transformative
34:57I care about what speaks directly to the heart of the person who's going to live here
35:02And I'm really, really proud of this house
35:04I think you're going to love it
35:06All right, welcome to the Fargason house
35:11This is fabulous
35:15Oh my God, y'all
35:17Can you feel me?
35:18No, I don't
35:24This is wonderful
35:25Oh my gosh
35:28I can't believe you did this
35:32It is beautiful
35:33It's beautiful
35:35Thank you
35:37I've had the best time on this house
35:40I love it
35:41The color, everything is perfect
35:44The landscaping, I love it
35:47Good, it needed something
35:49I love your planters
35:51That we could just nestle in
35:52With all the new landscaping
35:57It's all perfect
35:58It's all perfect
36:00It's wonderful
36:01Did you notice the front door?
36:02Yes, it's great
36:03It's great
36:04Where did that come from?
36:05I built that
36:06I wanted to get you like
36:08One of those great
36:09Reclaimed carved
36:10Spanish doors
36:11Very expensive
36:12Your doorway had to be an exact size
36:14You know
36:14Right
36:15So we couldn't find an old one
36:17And make it work
36:17Right, right
36:18So we had to make a new one
36:19We did the carvings on our CNC at the factory
36:21But I designed them
36:22With Erin designed them
36:23Because it's connected to something that's inside the house as well
36:26Oh, that's right
36:26That's right, yeah
36:27I think it's the first time I've ever built a front door
36:29It's beautiful
36:31Thank you
37:00I love that the roof
37:01Stuff
37:02Thank you
37:02Is what made it so great
37:03Thank you
37:08Oh
37:09My gosh
37:11Y'all, it's fabulous
37:18Oh, this is wonderful
37:19Can you believe it?
37:21Oh, no, I can't
37:22It's fabulous
37:23We shopped at Becky R. Us
37:26Uh-huh
37:27Every single thing
37:28I love it
37:30I love every single thing
37:32I love all your things
37:33Thank you
37:34All of your rugs
37:35Your walls
37:36I forgot about the walls
37:38It is spectacular
37:39Yeah
37:40It is spectacular, yes
37:41Yeah
37:42I love it
37:43I love it
37:43I love it
37:44I love it
37:48Your art
37:49Richard's art
37:50It's everywhere
37:51Yes
37:52Because it's amazing
37:53Thank you
37:54And we did tiny updates on the fireplace
37:57Now you don't even notice the things that we didn't love about it before
38:00Right
38:01I'm over the moon
38:03You can see the kitchen from here
38:05I'm stunned
38:06It is staggering
38:09So full of the tiles
38:11Your tile is everything
38:13The details from this kitchen are everything
38:16And the reclaimed wood on all your cabinetry
38:19Cabinets, yes
38:20This is something that Erin has wanted to do for a long time
38:23This is a random mix of wood
38:26That we got for almost nothing
38:28And Mr. Gregg has never done anything like this before in a kitchen
38:31It absolutely works
38:33Oh, look at this
38:35Isn't that cool?
38:36Uh-huh
38:36I think it turned out so you
38:38And look at these countertops
38:40Uh-huh
38:40This more organic chiseled edge on your countertops felt right
38:44And you have tons of seating
38:46I do by dinner parties
38:47Even one on the end
38:48Yes
38:49It's perfect
38:50We wanted the kitchen to feel like an unfitted kitchen
38:52Even if it wasn't practical for this layout
38:55We have inset drawers and doors
38:56And we could afford to do it in this kitchen
38:58Because it was so small
38:59It's just finished beautifully
39:01I don't know what else to say
39:02I love your tiles so much
39:03Thank you
39:04Thank you
39:05Oh, thank you for using them
39:06Find a place for them
39:07I've been in love with this tile forever
39:09And I've wanted to use it
39:10And here it is
39:11And this is the design that I replicated in the door
39:14I see
39:15Okay
39:16It's these four and the claggers
39:18Right, yes
39:18Stars in the middle
39:19You've been able to use all the things that I love
39:22And I love to live with
39:24It feels like home
39:27God, I'm gonna be so happy here
39:29Hi, I hope you will
39:31Oh, I will, I will
39:32I want you to turn on that light
39:33And open the pantry
39:36Oh, terrific
39:37I love this color
39:39Oh, yes
39:39So wonderful
39:40There's so much storage in it
39:42And the color is beautiful
39:44And then right off your kitchen
39:46You have your studio
39:49It's great
39:50I can just see myself sitting here
39:52Looking out
39:53Got lots of natural light
39:55And look, there's a photo of Richard
39:56I love that picture
39:59And these floors are not precious
40:00They're great
40:01I love them
40:02Perfect
40:02This is terracotta on a budget
40:04It's great
40:05Well, it was mostly made possible by the fact that you came
40:08And used your own time
40:10To make the house have so much character
40:12With the treatment on the walls
40:13Thank you
40:14I want you to go see your bed wound
40:16Yeah
40:16My bed wound?
40:17Mm-hmm
40:18Your womb-y wound
40:19My womb-y wound?
40:20Yeah
40:23Oh
40:25Oh
40:25Oh
40:29This is absolutely gorgeous
40:33People will see this room
40:34And a lot of them will say
40:36I cannot handle that
40:37It's too dark
40:38The ceilings are too dark
40:39Everything's too dark
40:40I say
40:41It is rich
40:42And layered
40:43And very moody
40:45And
40:45It's womb-y
40:46Womb-y
40:47It's womb-y
40:50It is so beautiful
40:52And that painting is the greatest thing
40:54Thank you
40:55I loved painting it
40:56Aw
40:57And I want one of my kids now
40:59I love your grandchildren
41:00They are beautiful
41:01But I want one too
41:01You want your children
41:04And all of Richard's art
41:05It's just pitch perfect
41:07It is
41:07It's beautiful
41:08I'm so happy to have it around here
41:10We met at the cowgirl
41:12That's where we met
41:13On Halloween
41:14I love that
41:15Yeah
41:15And then the forest out the windows
41:17Yes
41:18I am in the woods
41:20And this is what I wanted
41:21Y'all this is just gorgeous
41:23The bathroom
41:24Okay
41:25Let's see it
41:27Oh my gosh
41:29Look at this
41:31Look at my shower
41:32And the tiles
41:34Oh my gosh
41:35They're gorgeous
41:36I am so happy
41:37You didn't use white
41:39Yes
41:39That's what I was about to say
41:40Oh gosh
41:41The terracotta ground
41:42Is perfect
41:44Oh yes
41:45This is beautiful
41:46And look
41:47Oh look here
41:48Yeah
41:49It feels like your kitchen
41:51Oh my heavens
41:52I love it
41:53And this was a really expensive stone
41:55Beautiful
41:56But because we just had a remnant
41:57It was nothing
41:58It's fabulous
41:59That was the trick of your house
42:01Because it's small
42:01We could do expensive finishes here
42:04Right
42:04Yes
42:05I love the great toilet
42:06We've never had one before
42:08It's terrific
42:09It's terrific
42:10A white one just felt wrong
42:12It's
42:12This is beautiful
42:14Okay
42:14Stunning
42:15I feel like this house is just so you
42:17It is so me
42:24Oh look
42:25Isn't that wonderful
42:26Y'all
42:26Look how beautiful
42:27You can hear the lawnmowers
42:28My creek
42:29Oh my grandchildren are gonna have the best time ever
42:33Magical
42:35You have so many beautiful things
42:37Thank you
42:37Your collected life just looks gorgeous visually
42:40Oh thank you
42:42Thank you
42:43But you guys nailed it
42:44I'm so glad you love it
42:46I love it
42:46You gave us $200,000 to do this with
42:48The house was $125,000
42:50The renovation was $75,000
42:52But it feels like
42:53Every bit of $150,000
42:55I was gonna say the renovation feels like $200,000
42:57It looks like it
42:59We knew a great decorative painter
43:00Who really added some depth and richness
43:03To these rooms
43:04It's a wonderful place to start over
43:06It's a wonderful place to start over
43:06I would say
43:06I was looking at
43:06A considering
43:07Then I got anywhere
43:08I ran up
43:09I found him
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