[upbeat music playing]
I have some big news.
I just bought a new building.
[cheering]
Alysse owns a beauty studio
that does everything from eyebrows to lashes to makeup.
And she just bought this really cool,
old building in Fountain Square.
I think her goal really is to make it
as multi-function as possible.
This kind of, like, salon,
loft type vibe.
That's definitely the toilet.
Unfortunately, we've got a little bit of a leak
in the toilet flange.
A little bit of a leak?
Oh, it just dripped on my head!
Ahh!
So how much, uh, hole digging
will there actually be then?
-Thirty holes. -Oh.
Thirty holes?
Why am I like ready to commit to this pattern?
[Mina] It's really cute.
[man] This is where we get funky town.
The thing that's gonna take the longest
is our handrail.
So right now, that's four to six weeks.
-Ooh. -[man] Yup.
Here we go.
This is wild.
[theme music playing]
[narrator] Mom and I take on some of the nastiest houses
you've ever seen.
[Karen] Our team isn't afraid to tackle
the worst of the worst.
That is so gross.
[Mina] Holy cow.
[narrator] Then we turn those rundown houses
into some of the nicest homes in the neighborhood.
-[Cory] Wow. -[Karen] I love it.
[singer] ♪ My whole life How can we be ♪
♪ Give me more, yeah ♪
♪ We're gonna be A-okay ♪
♪ Maybe this time ♪
♪ I've been up right In the sunlight ♪
Good morning.
What are you doing here? Are you engaged?
Not yet. Talk to the... Talk to the man.
I came up to the Northside to visit with Adrienne
because we both work too much,
so the only time we see each other
is when we're at each other's work.
And Alysse is here, which is very exciting
because I love Alysse too.
She's in the beauty business
and works with a ton of brides.
So she and Adrienne's paths
cross quite a bit.
Well, I have some big news.
-What? -I just bought a new building.
-Yay! -Downtown Fountain Square.
Holy cow.
Big time.
-And I know. -Big time, baby.
Alysse owns OVA Brands.
It's a beauty studio that does everything
from eyebrows to lashes to makeup.
And she's been renting for the last five years.
And she just bought this really cool,
old building in Fountain Square.
[Alysse] I'm thinking businesses inside,
other small beauty businesses.
I wanna make it beautiful
and super functional for all the businesses in there.
I started from my living room couch ottoman.
And so I wanted to be able to give other beauty businesses
the opportunity to have their own space
and grow successfully.
[Mina] So it's gonna be a pretty big renovation.
Yeah. Like a whole do-over.
Can we help you do the design?
-I would love that. -Oh, my God. It'll be so fun.
Mom and I started our business out of her guest room.
Alysse started her business in her living room.
And now I get to be part of building out this huge
commercial space for her like I did with Adrienne.
And it's just so cool getting to see other women businesses
thriving in Indianapolis and then getting to be part of it.
I'll see if maybe Cory can swing by
-if we can see the space around morning. -I would love to.
[singer] ♪ We're one step Closer to the sun ♪
♪ Two steps further [indistinct] ♪
[Mina] Yesterday, I made the checkup to visit with Adrienne.
And you've probably not ever had,
like, the opportunity to meet her, but Alysse...
She was up there because her and Adrienne
have kind of become friends and she started her business
with the eyelashes and eyebrows
in her living room in her house.
She's been renting the spot that she's currently at
for the last five years.
And she just bought the old flower shop
on Prospect across from the fire station.
Fantastic.
[narrator] So it's right in the heart of Fountain Square
and it's the perfect area
for Alysse to move her business to
because Fountain Square is booming
and commercial businesses are thriving.
I think her goal really is to make it
as multi-function as possible.
This kind of, like, salon, loft type vibe.
[narrator] It's two stories and the downstairs area
will include her eyebrow, eyelash, and makeup business
while the rest of the rooms on the first and second floor
are gonna be converted into rentable spaces
for other beauty and wellness businesses.
Alysse bought the building for $290,000.
It's a pretty big place, so it's gonna cost a lot
to turn it into the upscale commercial space she wants.
And she's willing to put a whopping $300,000 into it
to make it work.
What's your role in this situation?
You're gonna help her design the layout?
I mean, we're gonna go through, like,
the layout, planning, thinking through a lot, of like,
the construction elements.
And what's the name of her company?
-OVA. OVA Brands. -Wow. So she's "OVA"
her "Alysse" space? [laughs]
[upbeat music playing]
-Hi. -[Mina] Hello.
-[Cory] Morning. -Good morning.
You seem so excited.
-I'm Cory. -This is Cory.
-Nice to meet you. -Alysse, nice to meet you.
[Mina] He's one of my project managers.
-All right. -What do you think of her?
-This is super cute. -[Mina] Yeah.
I love the detail.
[upbeat music playing]
[Mina] The location is awesome and...
-[Alysse] Perfect. -you're gonna get
a lot of walking traffic.
Yeah, I want people to see
there's this new beauty place in town.
-This will be cool. -So the idea is she's gonna have,
like, studio space where people can rent
-their own space. -[Alysse] Yeah.
So you could have aestheticians,
hair stylists, you know, really, whatever.
-Massage therapists. -[Alysse] Physical therapists...
-Okay. -[Alysse] chiropractors, yeah.
-Yeah, the more, the merrier though, right? -Yeah [chuckles]
Cory will come and bring his massage table,
give little cat paw massages.
[makes sound]
Me back in my single life, I would have been doing that.
I would have definitely set up shop.
Nobody want your cat paw massages.
No, it would have been some man...
Some man paw massages...
with these meat hooks.
[laughs]
[upbeat music playing]
So, we need to freshen up the outside for sure
for your style.
I do love the character of it, but I definitely
would love to modern it up just a little bit.
Yeah. Let's go take a look.
[upbeat music playing]
This is super cute.
-[Mina] I love it. -I love this brick.
-[Alysse laughs] -[Cory] Do you?
-No. It's a hard no. -I mean, it's cute, but...
-You won't hurt my feelings. -I want... I want
something a little bit more updated.
-Mmm-hmm. Yeah. -But it's got a lot of cool character.
-[Cody] Yeah. -Yes.
Let's go and take a look at this.
[upbeat music playing]
So in this space,
I'd love to have almost like a bridal suite.
We work with a ton of brides on our day of, um,
like getting ready.
When their hair stylist and their makeup artist come in,
they have a beautiful space to get ready and--
-Yeah. -[Mina] So living room,
and then when they're getting ready,
-it's kind of... -Yeah.
transformable into the makeup, hair--
-Right. Right. -[Mina] Okay.
Let's go see more.
[upbeat music playing]
Ooh, this floor system looks like
it has a little bit of a... Of a dance to it.
-[Mina] It does. -[Alysse] It does.
[Mina] I mean, it's sagging in some of the corners
mainly because... Like the gutters are unhooked
or there's been some kind of water penetration.
-We'll go downstairs and you can check that out. -Yeah, you can tell
that that corner's definitely been saturated because
look at the water staining on the wall especially.
[Mina] Yeah. Yeah. What's this space?
That's gonna be the OVA Suite.
That's gonna be my business in there.
We'll have two lash and brow beds and a makeup stations.
[Mina] Okay. But all of this space,
we're gonna open up with this next room
to be our kitchen area, right?
[Alysse] Yeah.
[Mina] So back here will be...
-[Alysse] Kitchen, the bar. -[Mina] kitchen, bar.
So you can kind of do an L kitchen here.
-[Alysse] Yeah. -[Mina] Yeah.
But if you're having,
you know, like your breakfast champagne spread here...
-[Alysse] Yeah. -[Mina] they have access to...
-[Alysse] To the... To the kitchen, the bar. -like, the whole kitchen bar.
Depending on how this all gets set up, um,
I'd love to do a walk up window
so we can have a small coffee shop
that's open to the public.
Well, I think if we put a slab there where it comes down,
like half would be inside,
half would be outside kind of thing.
-[Alysse] Mmm-hmm. -[Cory] Interesting.
[Mina] And then this space back here, it...
[upbeat music playing]
[Mina] This door gone and this whole back space...
Are you just thinking, like,
split it up into individual rooms, make it one big room?
[Alysse] One big room, almost considered as, like,
its own personal hair salon.
We were thinking two wash bowls on that side, and then,
what, like four stylist booths.
[Mina] Okay. So we'll add everything
to make this backroom a fully functioning hair salon.
Let's go check out the back then.
Let's do it.
[upbeat music playing]
[Mina] What are you wanting this to be?
Is it just parking and you walk... Like,
this is a back entrance or you're wanting this
to be a social space?
[Alysse] I would love for this to also be somewhat
of a social space and a nice... A nice deck,
if budget allows and--
[Mina] We could go over most of the concrete.
-[Alysse] Yeah. -This is our worst corner.
So if we go down to the basement,
you have to like peek through the crawl to see it,
-but we can see the rest of the foundation. -The worst corner...
-[Mina] It's the worst. -like, worse off
-than the one in the front? -Yes.
-Go. -The one that she says
-is not terrible? -Ha-cha!
[laughs] It's not terrible.
The one that's like the most tattered?
[upbeat music playing]
Ooh.
This water is new, Alysse.
[Alysse] Oh, that is new. It smells.
That's right below the bathroom.
[Cory] That's definitely the toilet.
Unfortunately, we've got a little bit
of a leak in the toilet flange.
A little bit of a leak?
Who used the bathroom earlier?
Mina had to take a leak this morning,
and she used the only toilet that existed in the house.
-Oh, my God. -So that's Mina's pee
dripping down from the... From the floor system.
Whatever. Like, it's crazy how--
Oh, it just dripped down my head!
No!
Ahh!
[upbeat music playing]
[Cory] So that's Mina's pee
dripping down from the floor system.
Whatever. Like, it's crazy how--
Oh, it just dripped down my head! No!
No, it didn't. Ahh!
Thank goodness, she didn't drop a number two
in there because...
It dripped on Cory.
the good Lord knows that Cory be going home
to power wash himself.
See how the floor joist overlapped that one beam
-and that beam is failing? -[Mina] Uh-huh.
[Cory] That definitely needs to be addressed.
That's not good.
Ten, maybe fifteen thousand dollars...
-Yeah. -of shoring some stuff up,
but it's not bad.
Let's go back upstairs, all the way upstairs.
-We go? -Yeah.
In the pee mud.
[upbeat music playing]
[Mina] So what is this gonna be?
-[Alysse] Private suite. Yup. -[Cory] Like a common hallway
and then like little suites that are off
-to each side? -[Alysse] Private suite, yeah.
One big suite and this will be another big, private suite.
-All these are private suites. -And three up there.
So there'll be five up here?
-[Alysse] Yeah. -[Cory] That's crazy.
-[Alysse] Yeah. -[Cory] This is gonna be a cash cow.
[narrator] Alysse bought this whole property for $290,000.
And I think if we can stay around the $300,000 mark
on the renovation, that'd be reasonable.
And based on the rental income
of the other businesses going into the space,
Alysse could expect to not only cover the mortgage,
but turn a small profit right away.
But we have to stretch that budget
to have our ton of work.
On the outside, we need to update
the facade and landscaping,
so it feels more modern and more along the lines
of what Alysse wants.
We've got some foundation work to address
and we're putting in a brand-new kitchen,
building out the coffee shop and walk up access
from the outside, building out the hair salon,
the back deck, and we're gonna put
five individual suites upstairs
that she can rent out.
This is a huge project
and we have a really tight timeline.
Alysse has to be out of her current location in 16 weeks.
On top of that, she's already rented out space
to other businesses who are ready to move in.
So we need to get this place finished up,
done so everyone can move in.
Um, we have a tight timeline.
So let's get demo scheduled and then next up.
You know, we're not just coming in here and living.
We're actually have businesses in here
and they have to run their business and make money,
and they have clientele, so I feel the pressure
of getting this done so we can get our businesses in
and rockin' and rolling', so...
[singer] ♪ Come on ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Let's get it started now ♪
♪ We just can't get enough ♪
♪ Let's get it started, Say, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
You guys look way too relaxed.
We need some energy.
I brought the A-team.
-Look at these guys. -[Mina] Love it.
[Karen] They are ready.
This is Alysse's home.
She is a businesswoman,
this is what we're building out for her.
So it's gonna be a salon?
-[Mina] Yup. -Yes.
-Like, more than salon. -[Karen] That's awesome.
-It's gonna be all the things. -It's gonna be
hair, nails, makeup.
Well, like, wedding day, you get ready.
Your hair, you're gonna do nails, you're gonna do makeup.
It's gonna be amazing.
In fact, I feel like we're gonna do these guys.
That's what we're gonna do.
Can we do like a mock wedding
and Austin and I can be the bride and groom,
and then they can be the wedding party?
-[Alysse] Yeah. -Do you have good insurance?
Because I might wanna make this real
if your insurance is like topnotch.
Steve has really good insurance
if you wanna be like a sister wife.
I'm upgrading from employee
to sister wife.
[laughter]
So, right now, we are just taking the inside down.
We don't have a full plan set in permits.
We wanna get the inside walls down to finalize that.
So that's the name of the game today,
just inside to the studs.
-There's a lot of glass... -Let's do it.
you can break, there's some mirrors.
-[Tad] Are we saving any trim? -Nope.
-[Mina] Bare bones. -Mina peed inside
and it's leaking in the basement, so...
-Okay. -just be cautious of that.
The toilet flange leaks,
but it's better than peeing on the floor.
-That's what I heard. -[Mina] Come up.
[upbeat music playing]
-[indistinct] -Just take a room, any room.
-[Tad] Yes. -[Austin] Oh, I love the door molding.
That's gonna go.
It feels really bad when we're coming into demo
a place like this because we're so used to just
the worst of the worst.
This is a very livable space, but it's not really
-a work out of space. -No.
[banging]
[Mina] Get the party started.
[Tad] I just was going ham.
As good as I may or may not look,
I have not been in the gym in like two or three months.
I've been very busy.
So today was a good day to like get a workout in.
[tiles breaking]
[singer] ♪ Do it with flair ♪
♪ Do it with flair ♪
Yeah, I was in a flow.
[singer] ♪ Show them What you got [indistinct] ♪
♪ Go with the [indistinct] ♪
We'll take care of that.
What's next?
Cory also,
if you look at this specimen...
-Yeah. -actually has dirt.
[Cory] Today was a lot of fun.
[Karen] Do you see the tile around the fireplace?
[Alysse] Yeah.
[Karen] Should I try and save that?
-This is-- -Not for me.
If you wanna keep it, you can keep it.
Not for you. What about the little surround thing?
Nothing?
-Nope. Nope. -Okay. All right.
So there's a fireplace in the front room...
-[Austin] Mmm-hmm. -[Karen] that is beautiful,
and I would love to save the whole thing.
Alysse is not feeling it.
What do we do with it?
What... How do you feel about it?
Should we do something with it? Because I'll save it
and make this like a four-picture picture frame.
-That's what I would do. -Oh.
-Hang it on the wall. -That would be great.
No, you don't have to lie to me.
If you don't like that idea,
we just put this in the dumpster.
Let's put it in the dumpster because I'm not sure
if it's aesthetically gonna be...
She nixed it.
I haven't found anything
in the house to save
and repurpose for Alysse.
But I'm not giving up.
I'll find something to bring back in.
Will you guys come help take this wall down real quick?
This is where the big cutout is, outside.
[Austin] What are we trying to do here?
[Mina] Potentially put another window back in.
So on the exterior wall of Alysse's suite,
her OVA suite, there's what looks to be
an old doorway that was closed in.
And I wanna get the demo done
on the inside so we can see if there actually is
an original header there.
If there's an original header,
we can keep that opening and put a door or a window back.
And that's really important for Alysse
to get natural light into her beauty suite,
so I'm really hoping that's what we find.
All right. See if we got a header up there.
[Cory] I think it's up for interpretation.
[man] Oh, my God. Look at that.
[Cory] You got it.
Whoa. Okay.
[Mina] Oh, wow.
[Cory] You think that's a header?
Ooh.
[Cory] Huh?
[playful music playing]
-[Cory] Whoa. Okay. -[Mina] Oh, wow.
[Cory] You think that's a header?
Ooh.
-That's a header. -[Cory] Mina, that is...
There's no header.
-That's what a header used to look like. -Is she for real?
As long as there's a horizontal two-by-four...
[Cory] I think it's up for interpretation.
[Mina] Pull that bottom left off.
That's a header.
That's what the headers used to look like.
Mina made up some mumbo jumbo
about that being a header above it and it...
-[Mina] It is a header. -[Cory] No, it's not.
[Mina] Old... Yes, it is. It's horizontal,
it's laid flat instead of up,
like that is an old window header.
And it's the old window header
with the little nuggets above it.
I'm gonna take a picture, I'll send it to Courtney,
and I will double, quadruple-check.
We're gonna photograph this header
and run it up the flagpole with the city inspector
to see if we can put a window in there.
I mean, it'd be nice if we could add a window there
so she gets a little bit more natural light in her...
But it's not the end of the world if we can't.
[singer] ♪ Hit me With the busy guy ♪
♪ All the way to the top, Top, top floor ♪
♪ Hit me with the busy guy On the top floor ♪
[narrator] We're in the third week
of the sixteen-week renovation
and demo has officially wrapped over here at OVA
and we're rolling right into framing on the inside.
We've sorted the flooring issues
we found in the basement.
[singer] ♪ Every day, every dollar ♪
[narrator] And outside, we're pulling the siding off
along with putting on a new roof.
[upbeat music playing]
[Cory] Hello.
[Mina] Hello.
[Cory] Wiping things down?
Well, it is a little grimy, it was bugging me.
[narrator] With the first steps of construction underway,
now is the perfect time for Cory and I
to go over the floor plans.
[Cory] These are thick plan sets.
Probably some of the thicker ones
we've ever rolled out on this table.
Because this here is a commercial space.
-We've got a lot going on. -My goodness.
[narrator] On the outside, Alysse wants it to be more modern,
so we're getting rid of a lot of that
decorative molding and putting up a sleek board
and batten siding and doing an all-white
exterior with black windows.
[Cory] This is crazy.
This is going through some major changes,
-which is super exciting. -Yeah.
I know how hard trying to grow
my own business was from the ground up,
so I really respect Alysse doing that,
and on top of that,
trying to help these other businesses grow.
So this space really has to pack a punch.
Everything down,
no more band-aids, starting fresh.
-[Cory] Yeah. -We've got this cute,
-little foyer. -[Cory] That's so cute.
[Mina] Tons of natural light.
It's gonna kinda look
like a residential home.
-Honestly, like headquarters. -Sure.
Like it's commercial but it has a residential vibe.
And then when you come in,
to your immediate left will be the bridal suite,
the charming fireplace, and tons of windows.
Brides can get ready...
-You can rent that out, right? -[Mina] Mimosas...
-Is that the dance? Uh-huh. -Yeah.
[narrator] The next space on the main floor
will be the OVA Suite.
For Alysse and her business partner
will each have a chair in there.
[Mina] Unfortunately, due to city code,
we won't be adding another window in there
like I had hoped, but it's still plenty
of natural light coming in from the French doors.
[narrator] Then back here, Alysse wants a kitchen
to serve not only her guests,
but people who come up from the street
to this little coffee bar area.
She originally just wanted a big serving window
but asked to change it to a big floor-to-ceiling
garage door to make it even more open and airy.
[Cory] Yeah.
[narrator] Then in this back area,
it'll basically be the hair salon
with wash bowls and salon chairs.
There's gonna be like little hair-washing stations back there.
[Mina] And we're gonna run water lines
for them hair washing bowls,
-I think, over there. -That's fantastic.
And then upstairs, we'll have five different
suites up there that Alysse has already
rented out to other businesses.
So these are individual trades that can take out,
-uh, a little of this... -[Mina] Yeah, a masseuse...
-pieces on here. -uh, you know, an injector,
-kind of whatever. -An injector.
[Mina] Have you ever got Botox?
No, I don't need that.
-This stays-- -Go like this... You do.
You could... You could rest a quarter in those wrinkles.
[Cory] It's because of you.
[laughter]
You make me age.
This is fantastic though.
A lot of income-producing properties.
All right.
-Get out of here. -[Cory] All right.
Lot to unpack here.
Bye.
[singer 1] ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ You wanna play the game? ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[singer 2] ♪ Get crazy ♪
[singer 1] ♪ Tell me what's your name ♪
[singer 2] ♪ What's your name, girl? ♪
[narrator] We're all framed up here at OVA as we push
to get Alysse into her new studio.
Outside, Mom met with Alysse to go over
what she'd like to do with her landscaping.
I think the building is gonna speak for itself.
I think simplicity will be good.
[Karen] Okay. With the Japanese maple...
-[Alysse] Yeah. -you would have just one
unified theme across the front
so it would look super simple,
-super clean. -Okay.
-Perfect. -[Karen] Okay.
[narrator] And inside, windows are being installed...
[drill whirring]
[narrator] including our big garage door
that will serve the coffee shop patrons
walking up from the street.
Wow, look at all this progress.
This is fantastic.
[narrator] So today, Cory and I are meeting
with our architects, Todd and Joanna at the check in.
Isn't it kinda to see it all opened up now...
-Yes. -and seeing all the new framing go in?
This is great.
So the one thing that's happened since last week
is that the Marion County Health Inspector
came out here to take a look at the floor plan.
-Uh-huh. -[Cory] Oh, okay.
The main thing that came up
was that the inspector,
because there was, like,
beverages being prepared here...
Oh, boy.
they wanted the whole kitchen walled off.
-[Mina] Uh-uh. -Yeah. Right?
-[laughs] Okay. -[Todd] So...
[upbeat music playing]
So the one thing that's happened since last week
is that the Marion County Health Inspector
came out here to take a look at the floor plan.
-Uh-huh. -[Cory] Oh, okay.
Because there was, like, beverages
-being prepared here... -Oh, boy.
they wanted the whole kitchen walled off.
[laughs] Okay.
When you add any kind of food or beverage service,
it complicates stuff, even if it's not booze.
The Health Department is now involved
because you're serving other people.
It just immediately complicates things.
So we threw out the idea that instead of a wall,
why don't we put a rail up, right?
Because we finally got to the root of the issue
was they didn't want people walking through the kitchen...
Through a prep space.
[Todd] Yeah. Exactly. Right?
So the thought is maybe do a rail...
-I love the idea. -like at an angle.
And I think you're probably looking
at an extra minimum $10,000.
-Yeah. -[Mina] Whereas if we say,
"Okay, we're not gonna do coffee service."
Can... Do we just get to go back to the regular kitchen?
Can this stay as is?
Yeah. If we're not doing
food service out here anymore,
then you can, you know,
-do whatever you want... -Leave it as is.
-Okay. -with the opening.
[Mina] I wanted to do this project
so I could use my expertise to help Alysse navigate
these kinds of decisions
and ultimately help her grow her business,
but what's next is totally
up to the decision Alysse makes.
She decides to roll with this, like, bigger beast of a plan.
She's probably looking at at least three more weeks
before she can insulate and drywall.
As it will affect us next up once we start
getting into drywall and finishes.
-Oh, boy... -Let's get outta here.
[singer] ♪ Came in here To spend some [indistinct] ♪
♪ Is it you? ♪
♪ We came in here to spend some [indistinct] ♪
♪ Is it you? ♪
♪ Or is it you? ♪
After meeting with Alysse,
she decided that she did want to move forward
with a coffee bar.
So, some adjustments just needed to be made
to be able to pass the health inspection.
So... Good. We're good to go.
[narrator] We are in our ninth week
of this sixteen-week renovation
and now that we're finished framing
and passed our inspections,
we began putting up the drywall downstairs
and upstairs where Alysse's tenants
will have their own businesses.
This is already such a transformation.
-[Mina] Yes. -Whoa.
Now that we're drywalling,
it's a good time for MJ and I to meet with Alysse
to figure out our design elements.
So, super excited because I saw that
you have a couple samples that looks exactly
like our sample.
-[Alysse] Oh, really? -[MJ] Yup.
-[Mina] Yeah. -[Alysse] Wow.
-They might be the same. -[Mina] Yeah.
Depending how much color you want.
Either of those are beautiful.
Yeah.
It was definitely some extra steps,
definitely some extra money, but this kitchen concept
is something that Alysse felt really strongly about.
[narrator] So we're doing that
and now we just gotta make it cute.
You don't have to do a backsplash,
but I feel like this is a really good opportunity.
-[Alysse] Yes. -[MJ] Boom.
[Alysse] Oh.
[Mina] And so next to this,
do you see how it pulls more brown?
[Alysse] Yes.
If you want it to pull more pink, truffle
is a really pretty wall color.
[MJ] White truffle.
[Alysse] Oh yeah, that's pretty.
I like it.
If you wanna go more saturated,
glamorous, beautiful.
Alysse is going for a kind of soft,
feminine look throughout the whole space,
so we're gonna use a lot of blush pink,
some warmer whites, really delicate fixtures,
and then little tiny pops of gold kind of throughout.
I think the pops of pattern and quirkiness
will really make it feel like a high-end experience.
Do you have a sample of your flooring here?
Yeah. It's right here.
[Mina] So if we've got this, this...
[Alysse] That's really pretty.
And then, I brought a bunch of the samples
of the wallpaper we have.
Let's look at some options for your workspace.
I like this because it reminds me
of, like, Japanese--
[Mina] Like the cherry blossom?
-[Alysse] Yeah. -Oh, and I like this one too.
Okay. Let's go in here.
We're going with this guy coming on the back wall.
How is this gonna be set up?
This is the OVA Suite.
This will be my suite where I'll be working out of it
and my business partner will be working out of it.
We do eyelash extensions
and microblading and makeup, so...
So we pretty much need two chairs.
Two chairs and probably like a small, little vanity.
[MJ] Why am I like ready to commit to this pattern?
It's really cute.
[MJ] I kind of love it.
-[Alysse] Yeah. -[Mina] Okay.
-Do you love it? -I love it.
Talking about the design with Mina and MJ
is just so exciting.
I've dreamt about this for so long.
Uh, just going from my living room
to a commercial space
where my business and other businesses
are gonna be able to work out of there is just so surreal
and I just can't believe it's gonna come to life.
-Home stretch. -[Alysse laughs]
All right. Let's rock and roll.
[singer] ♪ I'll get along ♪
♪ Get it going In the sunlight ♪
♪ Baby, I was born in the [indistinct] shoes ♪
♪ Don't blame me ♪
I came earlier because there's obviously
a lot of choices.
[singer] ♪ I just go what I want ♪
Hey, you guys.
[Mina] Hello, boys.
[Austin] Welcome to one
of my favorite places on earth.
I have brought Alysse to meet myself, MJ, and Austin
at our countertop guy's yard.
And we are specifically looking in the remnant section
because we got to find a small countertop
for the makeup bar and Alysse's OVA Suite.
The nice thing is none of this is super expensive,
and what you need is, you know, eight-ish inches,
ten inches maybe for the makeup bar.
This is where we get funky town.
-Funky town. -I'm down for funky town.
Because you can get a nice remnant
at a huge discount.
It's essentially the rock orphanage.
These pieces, while super valuable
and incredibly cool,
have just been left over from the cuts
of another stone.
So if someone wants an L-shaped kitchen,
where's the middle of the L?
Because it's all cut in giant rectangles.
[Mina] If you wanna go like crazy,
-what about this one? -[MJ] Ooh, yes.
-[Alysse] That is-- -[Mina] That's the one, baby.
[MJ] I love it.
-I love it. -I love it. It's perfect.
-[Mina] Yes to the stone! -[Alysse] Yes to the stone!
-[Mina] All right. -[Austin] Yes!
[singer] ♪ Keep them moving ♪
♪ Come on, You know what you're doing ♪
♪ You just gotta Keep it moving ♪
♪ Hype up, fast pace, Ready, go, in your face ♪
♪ No, we won't hesitate ♪
[narrator] This is week 13 of our 16-week renovation
and we're finishing our board and batten siding.
Although the exterior was cute and charming,
Alysse has a very modern business
and the exterior needed a clean and modern facade.
Inside we chose to add in some arch doorways
to make the space feel more unique and beautiful.
Downstairs we have a light, beige-y pink paint
for the soft feminine vibe.
While upstairs in the suites we went a tad darker
so it feels more cozy and private.
And we began installing our light wood floors.
And in the backyard, we started prepping
for the parking lot and landscaping.
-Good morning. -[Tad] It's good seeing you.
Good to see you.
[Tad] So tell me what you got going on.
[Mina] But there's still one major part of the exterior
that Alysse needs to meet with Tad and Austin
to discuss.
I'd love to have a beautiful deck
for the businesses inside to come out
and have kind of a little outdoor space,
but it also needs to have some ADA compliancy
and it's just down to the wire
and we need to get some things done.
-Yeah. -And we're hoping
that you guys could help us out.
I've been starting my own construction company
outside of two chicks lately
and I'm looking for more projects to spearhead.
Austin is helping me out now.
And Mina reached out to us wanting a killer deck build
and we saw this as an opportunity
to continue to expand and grow the business.
So what kind of deck are you thinking?
I would love more of a wood color,
like a nice stain,
but I do want something to last a little bit.
-A composite probably. -Yeah, probably a composite.
-That's like a fiber... -[Alysse] Okay.
cement material.
It doesn't rot. It doesn't fade.
It's a lot stronger.
So, if we go with an eight-foot deck
-with the ADA ramp... -[Alysse] Okay.
for a wheelchair or something like that,
so that's gonna come out about thirteen feet.
That's where we're gonna come out with our ramp.
And also we're gonna have to get a fabricator
to make the handrail.
That's how you're ADA compliant.
What kind of time crunch are you on?
Maybe a few weeks? [laughs]
-Okay. Understood. -I'm really sticking a T.
Yeah. The thing that's gonna take the longest
is our handrail.
So right now that's four to six weeks.
Ooh.
-Okay. -[Tad] So...
[Alysse] Maybe we need to adjust.
[dramatic music playing]
The thing that's gonna take the longest
is our handrail.
So right now that's four to six weeks.
Ooh.
You know, we set a deadline,
and so I don't want it to move.
Yeah. No, totally understand.
When he said four to six weeks,
I kinda had a little freak-out moment inside.
It's just awkward conversations
to have with your tenants of, "We gotta move it again."
And you know you're doing everything that you can
to do on your end, but there's just like
so many things out of your control.
So I feel like a lot of pressure
on my shoulders with that.
If we put up a temporary rail for now...
-[Alysse] Yes. -[Tad] that'll allow you
to operate your business
and I will tell my guy to rush his handrail ASAP.
And he might get it done,
-but... -Yeah.
[Tad] plan on the four to six.
-Okay. -[Tad] So...
Expect for the worst, but I appreciate that.
-Yes. Yes. -Yeah.
[singer] ♪ One, two, three ♪
♪ Everybody better Watch out for me ♪
♪ Three, four, five, It's a takeoff [indistinct] ♪
♪ For the run of your life ♪
[narrator] We're moving quickly to get the OVA Lofts
open as fast as possible.
On the outside,
Tad is getting going on Alysse's back deck.
Inside, the flooring is going down
and Alysse's makeup countertop is installed.
Also, the rest of our countertops
just arrived, so we're going to get that
going on the install along with tiling
the kitchen and fireplace.
[upbeat music playing]
Is that as fast as it goes?
Yeah.
[narrator] And for landscaping in the front,
Mom and the boys are bringing out the big guns.
[Karen] Okay, team.
So the plan is to do a mass planting
that echoes the color of the Japanese maple
and make it look sort of simple and clean for her.
Now, it is not here, which is sad
because it informs the whole landscape,
but there's a sign that goes right here.
So just imagine the sign is here,
and it says OVA.
It's really cool.
Last week, we met with Alysse and Jeremy,
a local artist and sign maker
to help design the sign for her business.
[Alysse] Yeah, I love this.
[Karen] This gives me some landscaping ideas.
-Yeah. -[Karen] Right?
-Yup. -[Karen] Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
The sign will be made out of metal slats
that have been purposely rusted.
So we're gonna play off that rust color in the landscape.
This is the way to work, right?
Heavy equipment?
The main thing to achieve in this landscaping
is removing shrubbery that Alysse doesn't like.
Yeah, got that one nice and clean.
[Austin] So how much, uh, hole digging
will there actually be then?
-Thirty holes. -Oh.
[Austin] Thirty holes?
-Let's come talk about this. -Yeah.
[Karen] So we're gonna do a mass planting
of these heuchera, heuchera.
It's Latin. No one knows how to say it.
Huarache.
[Karen] And we're just gonna do a mass here.
We landed on something that is clean
and it's going to echo the color of the sign.
Because the sign is like a rusted iron
and we have a Japanese maple that's staying.
So everything else is a version
of Japanese maple color,
which is a deep red.
We're gonna paint these black
and we're gonna put some plants in them.
That's nice. Oh, that's nice.
Okay, kids.
What's the last thing we do after we do a really nice job?
-[MJ] Cocktails. -Yes!
First, we stand back
and we pat ourselves on the back
for how good it looks.
I think it looks great.
I can't wait for the sign to go in.
[Austin] Me too.
[Karen] Sign's gonna be amazing.
All right, cocktails.
-Cocktails. -Yeah.
[singer] ♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Let's run the clock To dance ♪
♪ Until they kick us out ♪
[narrator] We are close to the finish line
with one week left
on our sixteen-week renovation.
[singer] ♪ Who's gonna stop us now? ♪
[narrator] Outside, the custom OVA Lofts sign was installed,
taking the curb appeal of this business
to the next level.
[Karen] Yay!
[narrator] In the back, Tad knocked out the back deck
in just a few days and he called in some favors.
And now the permanent handrail
is being installed this week.
Inside, the gorgeous flamingo wallpaper
is going up in Alysse's OVA Suite.
And Mom has an idea to repurpose
one of the bushes they removed
from the front of the building.
So I cut off the roots,
and I cleaned up all the little twiggy stuff,
and I put it on a little pine round.
Nothing was saved during demo.
So I rescued a bush during landscaping
to put back in the house.
And I see a smorgasbord of jewelry pieces,
other plant pieces.
Popsicle sticks because you never know.
That is a doorknob from Paris.
-Oh, this is a doorknob? -[Karen] These cool things.
[Austin] Is this a hair clip?
No.
Who doesn't have rusty dragonflies?
I think to myself quickly that
we're gonna do something that's gonna get out of hand.
So they all have a little hook on them.
Okay. You wanna step back.
Pretend you're coming in to pay for a haircut.
Yeah, get a haircut.
Does this say "Tip extra"?
I like it.
[upbeat music playing]
[Karen] How did we end up...
We were looking at crystals and then that was it?
[Austin] Yeah.
Oh, I was just thinking about, like,
how I think it would be really funny
if it was just like
a blinged out piece of jewelry.
We really didn't add a whole lot.
-Uh-uh. -But I think it was the perfect amount.
[Karen] Yes.
I like it.
I say we walk away.
Nice work.
Let's get out of here.
[upbeat music playing]
[Mina] Wedding dress.
[MJ] Yes. Okay. Wow, that one's really cute.
[narrator] We're finally done with OVA
and getting it prettied up and ready to show
for Alysse tomorrow.
The countertop color is...
So good. It couldn't be more perfect.
I love it.
[narrator] The interior of this house
was pretty boring
and now it's infused with personality.
Each room has a soft, feminine glamor
that'll be perfect for Alysse
and the other beauty businesses
using the space.
All right.
[MJ] So cute.
I love it.
[singer] ♪ This will be A [indistinct] ♪
♪ We were born to do this ♪
♪ Stand in our way, Come on dare you do it ♪
♪ I know you know me better Than that ♪
[Karen] Good morning, Sunshine.
Good morning. How are you, guys?
-Are you so excited? -Yes.
[Karen] Look at your sign.
-Look how perfect-- -Oh, my gosh.
[upbeat music playing]
This is amazing.
-It feels like you now. -[Alysse] Absolutely.
[Mina] Like there was so much potential to make it you.
But now, the landscaping, the paint colors,
the sign, the door, the black and...
-I mean it all... -[Karen] [indistinct] with you.
[Mina] fits together. So we're...
We ended up placing that overhead door.
People will be walking out this way.
-Mmm-hmm. -[Mina] And just wander up.
So I feel like you're gonna get a lot
of traffic just from people wandering by.
And you've got the couple of bistro tables.
[Alysse] Yup.
[Mina] It's gonna be very cute.
The thing I'm excited about is I finally understood.
When you said "clean,"
I think what you meant was "uniform."
-It's not busy. -[Alysse] Not busy.
[Karen] Because you took all the colors.
[Alysse] Yeah.
[Karen] But the white unifies it
and makes it feel clean and uniform.
The sign with the Japanese maple
amongst the white and the black.
I just love it.
[upbeat music playing]
All right. Do you wanna go inside?
-I do. -Come on.
[upbeat music playing]
There we go.
-Doesn't it feel serene? -Oh, my gosh.
[upbeat music playing]
There we go.
-Doesn't it feel serene? -Oh, my gosh.
[upbeat music playing]
[Mina] So before it was not any place.
-It's served its purpose. -It did.
[Mina] But now it's, like, beautiful.
You get so much natural light from these windows.
As you see as we go through,
you've got a couple little,
-like, sitting areas. -Mmm-hmm.
So, it doesn't ever feel like you have a waiting room.
[Alysse] Right.
[Mina] But they're options if you are waiting.
I love how open it is.
And with the natural light of the windows,
this space feels...
[Mina] It's a beautiful space now.
-[Alysse] really peaceful. -[Mina] Mmm-hmm.
And I love that this is the first spot
that people see and feel,
-so that's amazing. -So welcoming.
-I wanna see more. -Let's go on.
[upbeat music playing]
And this space probably had the most
changes throughout it.
[upbeat music playing]
Wow. [laughs]
[Mina] You have so much natural light.
You got a little bit more seating out here.
I mean, I just love how simple it looks right now.
And the tile is just so pretty
because it reflects off the lights
and it really does.
When we were digging out the plants in the front,
we pulled out a box wood.
So I took your box wood,
and I took it home and I cut off the roots,
and Austin came over
and this is what we came up with.
What? Wait, that's from out there?
Yeah, that's from out there.
Like we could have done all kinds of things
and we just kept it very understated.
[Mina laughing]
[Alysse] This is understated?
This is understated for Mom.
And I will not be offended if you say,
"No, this can't stay here." That's fine.
This is definitely staying here.
Oh, okay. I'm not everybody's flavor.
All Right. All right.
[Mina] But the space really did turn out very cool.
And then when it's nice
and you have the garage doors open.
When it's a beautiful day like today, you know,
you've got your barista
-or you... -[Karen] [indistinct]
behind the counter, whoever it is.
And this opens all the way up.
Okay. Missed the workout.
I feel like this very much fits
with the vibe of Fountain Square.
-Everyone likes to be... -[Alysse] Yes.
Like, it's an indoor-outdoor space.
It's a very easy, small spot that, you know,
I would say anybody who wants to serve coffee, tea
just in like a very simple way
can just do their little thing...
-[Mina] Pour over. -right here.
Do you have vendors in mind? Has anybody talked to you yet?
We've got a few in mind,
but, you know, it's getting there.
-Okay. -I'm gonna pop around
and we'll go into the bridal suite.
[upbeat music playing]
-This is your space where... -Oh, my...
when you have a bridal party
-all getting ready. -Yay.
[Karen] They can all hang out together.
-They can fix their hair. -[Alysse] Wow.
[upbeat music playing]
It is so stunning in here.
I love this, and the stations for the hair...
and makeup artists coming.
And the couch, I love this.
[Mina] And you've got just a little bit of like
the history and the charm with the brick above...
-the beautiful... -[Alysse] We love that.
-[Mina] mermaid tile. -[Alysse] Yeah.
A little bit of a rustic feel in a very glamorous room.
[Mina] So I love that we've got
this really kind of pearly, it's like a mermaid.
[Alysse] Yeah. I love that. Yeah.
We used it before and it's my favorite.
[Alysse] I love it. This would be--
[Mina] I think your brides,
I think anyone that's in this space
is really gonna enjoy it.
And I love that you decided to go with doors.
[Alysse] You know, it's functional.
-It has a purpose of, like... -[Mina] Yes.
giving privacy, but then letting them
-be able to come in and... -[Mina] Yes.
get their champagne and... I love it.
-Okay. -[Alysse] It's beautiful.
-Let's go see your space. -[Alysse] Oh, my goodness.
[upbeat music playing]
Ta-da!
Oh, my God.
Your old sign looks so good in here.
Oh, my God.
At the old place with the OVA sign,
it was just a black background
and it just popped out so much,
which I liked, but I think--
-[Karen] It's a little more subtle here. -It's little bit more subtle.
And then we've got the matching stone over here
for your partner's makeup area.
[Alysse] Yeah.
[upbeat music playing]
[Karen] Is there a story
behind the birds on the wallpaper?
[Alysse] No, we just like that. Yeah.
[Karen] No? You just liked them?
[laughs] Look at you.
We're gonna see... We're gonna see
if I could do eyebrows.
You know what? I like this chandelier here.
-This is a fantastic space. -[Mina] All right.
-Onto the salon. -[Alysse] Love it.
[upbeat music playing]
This space turned out so cool.
Whoa.
[dramatic music playing]
This is wild.
I know you wanted to make
a really big impact in this space.
[Alysse] And I love it and it is very dramatic,
but in such a great way.
And these are beautiful. I mean...
These are so pretty.
[Mina] You also get tons of natural light in here.
-[Alysse] Yup. -And the chandelier we picked,
I am literally going to order for my house
because I'm so obsessed with it.
[Karen] Someone brush your hair.
These are brand-new brushes, FYI.
-[Alysse] Oh, yes. -No one else has used them,
-okay? -No, it's okay.
You can brush my hair all day long.
I think this is just a lovely space.
And we have a nice little back deck.
-And so, let's check it out. -Yay.
[upbeat music playing]
You got your beautiful composite deck.
I love it.
Very durable and low maintenance.
Yes.
I see some more bistro tables over here in the future.
-I do. -Yeah.
Probably an umbrella of some sort.
[Mina] So we had a good friend,
your brother come out and help us
and save the day with the deck.
-So, Tad did a great job. -[Alysse] Mmm-hmm.
[Mina] I think the biggest thing for us
was getting this ADA handrail
and properly in on time,
-so we are very happy. -Yeah.
Well, now, you are compliant in every way.
Um, the last phase, the second floor
where we're able to fit five suites up there.
And all those spaces are now rented out
to other beauty businesses, which is amazing.
I think the product and what you've...
What you've ended up with is really amazing.
[dramatic music playing]
[Alysse] You know, it's hard being
a self-employed entrepreneur and with this building,
I really wanted to provide a beautiful space
where it's all done
for these businesses coming in,
so that they don't have to worry
about all the things that I've already learned
and the mistakes that I've made.
It's just beautiful.
It's like, I worked on my couch,
and now I have this,
so it's just been a great moment.
So it's been a long road.
-[Alysse] It has. -Obviously.
But I know for us getting to do something
different like this...
-Yeah. -is always so exciting.
And the space really is...
You could just...
-start working. -I know. We're ready.
This was an expensive project.
When Alysse bought it, it was just under $300,000,
but ran into some added expenses
including turning the kitchen into a commercial space.
So she ended up spending about $375,000.
But already has income producing tenants,
so she's happy.
And what she's doing for our neighborhood
Fountain Square is fantastic.
She's giving us another destination
to walk to with a whole bunch of services
that we don't have in the neighborhood.
So I'm very excited for that.