[Cory] Where in tarnation are we going right now?
We are going out to the country.
[laughs] Y'all city folk are gonna have to get a little country.
[Mina] This house is one that Brittany shared a lot of memories in.
So, we really just wanna make sure that
we do this right.
[exclaims in fright]
There's a dead something over there.
Yeah, it smells bad.
-[shrieks, crashes] -[man 1] Was that Mina?
Karen, we have some explaining to do.
[Karen] I wouldn't have saved that stuff!
Like, I can turn this into something amazing.
-[MJ] Wow. -[Cory] It's fantastic.
I don't even know what my favorite row is.
-I like them all. -[MJ] You made it out of trash.
-Let's go inside. -All right!
[Mina in sing-song voice] ♪ Ta-da♪
Oh, my God!
Hyah!
Mom and I take on some of the nastiest houses you've ever seen.
Our team isn't afraid to tackle the worst of the worst.
[muffled] That is so gross.
Holy cow!
Then we turn those rundown houses into
some of the nicest homes in the neighborhood.
-[man 2] Wow. -[woman] I love it!
[upbeat song playing]
♪ Hey♪
♪ Here we go Here we go♪
♪ Come on, let's get it tonight♪
♪ The party's jumpin'♪
Oh, and finally, I just got off the phone
with the, uh, tenants.
-At your New Castle house? -Yeah, at the New Castle house.
[Mina] I'm over at deco, we're doing a floor reset,
and then Brittany rolled through.
Brittany manages our internal build design teams,
and touches base, like,
daily with our contractors, and stuff like that.
-But they're out now? -[Brittany] So... They're out.
Now I'm paying a mortgage that I don't wanna pay.
[Mina] So what are you gonna do?
I want to renovate it 'cause we actually,
you know, we, we're gonna sell it.
She has a rental that used to be her family home.
But now that those tenants are out,
the house is gonna take some work to sell.
Have you and Rodney talked about budget?
[Brittany] Yeah, I think with what, you know,
we've saved back with the rent and whatnot,
we've got around $50,000.
-[Mina] Okay. -And maybe we can make a pretty good dent,
and I would love to turn a profit
-of about $100,000 and... -[Mina scoffs] Yeah.
-...pay off some of the debt that I've accumulated. -[Mina] Wouldn't we all!
She really just wants to, like, wipe the slate clean, have no debt.
And being able to put some cash her and Rodney have saved
towards fixing it up to sell it for more,
is I think the name of the game for her.
How long were you there? Was Austin born there?
-So, he was a tiny baby. -[Mina] Tiny baby?
And, but, I mean, he grew up there, you know,
tractors and trucks and...
-And now he's a city boy. -...built swing sets and...
Brittany's son, Austin, grew up in this house.
And they're gonna be rolling into the years where
Austin's got his driver's license,
and he's getting a car, and going to college, and those kind of things.
So making a decent profit on the sale of this house
is gonna pay off their mortgage
and gonna help them with these expensive parenting years coming up.
I think it's gonna be helpful for them.
Well, maybe Cory and I can come by and meet
-you and Rodney there tomorrow? -[Brittany] Okay.
And check it out.
-It'd be fun to do. -[Brittany] Yeah, that works for me.
-I think we can do it. -[Mina] Little old country house.
-Heck yeah! -East, just directly east from Indy?
-Pretty much, yes. -Like, how long?
It's about 40 miles.
-Okay. -[upbeat song playing]
♪ Hey, girl, probably give you everything I got♪
[singer vocalizing]
♪ Keep up, it's gonna be a wild, wild ride♪
Where in tarnation are we going right now?
[Mina] We are going out to the country. We're going to New Castle.
-It's about an hour away, and-- -[Cory] Yeah, that's a trek.
[Mina] The style of the houses in Indy are different than New Castle,
and so is the buyer pool.
But it's Brit's old house.
-And so she lived in this house forever ago. -[Cory] Oh, okay.
And then moved out and rented it for--
well, tried to sell it, and that didn't work.
-And now that she's based out of Indy... -Wow.
...they just wanna be done. They still have a mortgage on it.
-Uh-huh. -So she wants to be debt-free.
What is she trying to put into it?
[Mina] She has $89,000 left on the mortgage.
She wants to put 50k into it.
But she's hoping for a six-figure profit
to pay off the mortgage, and have plenty left over
to set aside for her son's college years coming up.
And I think if we renovate smartly,
we can probably do that.
So currently it's a three bedroom, two bath?
-Correct. -Is that the story? And it's gonna stay that,
-but we're gonna just gonna spruce it up. -Yes.
It has a typical ranch style layout.
You walk into the living room, around the corner's a large dining room.
There's a tiny kitchen. There's a sunroom that's huge.
There's also a garage that's been converted to an interior space,
part of which is gonna be used for the laundry and utilities.
Then it's got three bedrooms and two baths.
-Well, this is exciting. -Yeah.
[upbeat song playing]
♪ Let's get hype ♪
♪ Yeah, let's get hype ♪
♪ Let's get hype ♪
♪ Get close for the pose the glow like gold♪
♪ Let's get hype♪
[honking intermittently]
-[Brittany] Oh. -[both chuckling]
-[Brittany] Oh, hey! -Good morning.
-[Mina] Oh, the kitties are even excited. -[Cory] I know.
-[Brittany] They're running around everywhere. -[Mina] Are you gonna
-come to your project with us? -[Cory] There's tons of barn cats around here.
-How's it going? -Hi!
-Morning. -Good.
-How are you? -Good to see ya.
-You too. -[Cory] Yeah.
[Mina] I haven't been here for a long time.
-[Brittany] It's been a minute. -[Cory] I've never been here,
and I'm jazzed up.
[Brittany] So we bought this place and lived here
after our youngest son was born.
But after a few years, we decided to make it a rental.
This house has been occupied for the last 10 years.
Uh, a older couple that just really wasn't able to maintain.
[Mina] Well, let's see if we can polish her up
and get her on the market for you.
-[Brittany] Yeah. -[Mina] And obviously, like, the market out here
-is wildly different than Downtown Indy. -[Brittany] Very much so.
That, and you know it better than us,
so just making sure the vibe that we're doing isn't like,
-"These city folk came in and did what in the country?" -[all laughing]
Well, y'all city folk are gonna have to
-get a little country. -[Mina] Yeah.
I guess we can talk about the outside first.
[Brittany] Yeah, we can do outside first.
So, most of it is just cosmetic.
Since we very first got this place,
I love the limestone, but I hate the pink.
-[clears throat] Um... -[Mina] It's real limestone, right?
-[Brittany] It is real limestone, so... -[Mina] We can limewash that.
-[Brittany] Okay. -[Cory] How about this front porch?
-[Mina] I would replace the columns... -[Cory] Yeah.
-The columns look like a kit. -...with something a little less Grecian.
If we do the columns, like, that smooth sawn cedar,
I feel like it could fit the vibe out here.
I feel like the white, black and, like, medium brown wood is very, like, country.
Throw in some matte black on there, stuff inside it,
like, modernizes the country vibe a little bit.
I like it.
I think this needs to go.
I mean, it's pulled away from the back side of the house quite a bit.
[Mina] It's not original, so you have limestone
-behind it, right? -[Brittany] Correct.
-You, we're not ready to do demo! -[thudding]
[Mina] I wanted to see more behind it.
-[Brittany] They added this on. -[Mina] Yeah. Okay.
[Brittany] It's just the planter box.
-Yeah, let's go take a look. -Okay.
-All right, after you guys. -Inside.
This is nice.
-[Mina] I love the fireplace. -[Brittany] Yeah.
[Cory] I love the fireplace too.
But this wall, I don't, I don't like that.
-You don't like that wall? -You don't like that one?
No.
-Is that wall going buh-bye? -Well, you come in and all you can see
-is, like, you can't see anything. -[Brittany] A big wall.
Like you have the beautiful fireplace,
but even if this was, like, a half wall,
if we can take it all the way out,
that'd be great. But it's, it's structural.
[Brittany] If it'll help sell this place,
let's take out the wall.
-Yup. I like it. -[Mina] Okay.
I'm glad Brittany's game to do this work.
So, it's gonna be probably an additional $3,000 to $5,000
to remove the wall and add the header.
But I think 1,000% it's gonna be worth it.
Yeah, because a lot of older ranch style homes
-have this similar closed-off layout. -Yeah,
so by opening it up, we're gonna make it
stand out even more, um, from other listings.
I like these hardwood floors.
These are all originals.
But it's not in that back room, it's not in there.
-[Mina] Okay. -Maybe we just keep this portion
-into the bedrooms. -[Brittany] I would rather
-do something either... -Just keep this as the sub and then go over it.
...yeah, I think that's the best.
-'Cause I would rather... -[Mina] So it's all cohesive.
It seems counterintuitive to cover up hardwood floors,
but since these are running different directions
and they're not throughout the entire house,
something's gotta get done about 'em.
So what we're gonna do is install an EVP floor.
Super durable. It's gonna be kid-friendly,
dog-friendly, all those things.
And it's free because it's leftover from another project.
-I mean, 100% I would take this chunk off... -That needs to go away.
...and expand your kitchen more and do, like, a big island,
and then you still have room for a dining table.
You got, you got a lot you can do here.
-We take this wall out, it's gonna open this whole... -[Mina] It's gonna be awesome.
-Yeah. -[Brittany] I mean we would have a ton of options.
[Mina] Let's go see this converted garage space.
[Brittany] Yeah, let's look at this...
-[slowly] Okay. -[Brittany] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Remember, it was all the way through. -[Mina] I think--
-Laundry is all set up in here. -Oh, wowzers.
-[Mina] So this whole thing was probably the garage. -[Cory] Yeah.
-I think at one point this... -[Mina] They built this and raised it.
This is a little small, but since you have
the French doors to the backyard,
I think it's a perfect spot for your dining room.
-[in Southern accent] Get a little fancy? -A little fancy.
All right, I wanna see the sunroom.
-[Cory] Oh. -I love the sunroom.
[Brittany in normal voice] I know. I love the sunroom.
[Cory] Look at this parquet flooring, yes.
Are we gonna overlay this?
Yes. This is terrible.
-[stuttering] Well, when I say overlay versus tear-up... -It's gluey, gluey,
-sticky downy, so... -[Cory] Yeah...
[Mina] Yeah, I know.
-This is fantastic. -[Mina] Just adding some trim to the windows
-and a, a cool chandelier. -[Brittany] Mmm-hmm.
[Mina] Then you've got three bedrooms back here and this bathroom.
[Brittany] Long and just old.
But I think it's fine.
-Hmm. -I mean, we make this bigger.
I think the toilet's in a fine spot.
-[man 3 laughing] -[Mina] And because this is the shared bath
-for two bedrooms, right? -[Brittany] Mmm-hmm.
I would love to just get rid of that and get,
-and get a bigger vanity. -[Brittany] Get a bigger vanity.
All right.
[Mina] Let's go outside and see our backyard.
-Is this gonna hold us? -[Brittany] I mean, seriously, I don't know.
-I'm not making any promises. -[Mina] This is gonna come apart real easy.
[Brittany] Yup.
There is concrete under here.
-[exclaims in fright] -Uh, the-- What...
-Why are you making that face? -[Brittany] 'Cause there's a dead something over there.
-Oh... [babbling] -It's possum.
[Mina] What the heck is this!
[Brittany] There's a dead something over there.
-Oh... [babbling] -It's possum.
[Mina] What the heck is this!
That's a possum right there.
-[Brittany] Yeah. -Yeah, it smells bad.
That is absolutely 100% foul. I'm part country boy,
-but when it comes to mice and dead [bleep]... -Yeah?
...I just don't mess with it, man.
I love that you call yourself a country boy,
yet refuse to get dirty, uh, loves skinny jeans,
and could got not get away
from that dead possum fast enough.
Look, don't try to put us country boys in a box, okay?
You can be country and wear skinny jeans at the same time.
They're not mutually exclusive.
Get rid of this door. We probably wanna replace
-that one with more glass in it then. -[Brittany] Yeah, light it up.
And then, so get all this off,
-maybe bring it out to the edge of the house... -[Brittany] New siding,
-new deck to the edge. Yup. -[Mina] ...kind of.
[Cory] What are we doing to this backyard?
[Brittany] That is Austin's old playground.
[Mina] That's seen better days.
[Brittany] It has. A tree fell on it.
[Cory] Looks terrible.
Brittany and Rodney's teenage son Austin
used to play on this playset that's back here.
It has since had a tree, or maybe a couple, fall on it.
Um, and it's pretty wrecked. But I'm sure
-someone will figure out something to do with it... -We'll be able to--
-to bring it back to life. -Yeah, we'll salvage it in some way.
To make this super cost-effective,
there are a lot of big-ticket items we need to budget for.
We need to clean up the exterior limestone
and add some charm to the front of the house.
Inside, I'd really love to take out that living room wall
and do an open-concept kitchen and living space.
You have $89,000 left in your mortgage,
and I'm not sure if we can get this done
for your original budget of $50,000.
If we do our jobs right and make this place amazing,
we can list it over $250,000, I think.
And that would get you above the six-figure profit
you wanna be at to pay off your mortgage
and help you save up for some of the expensive
parenting cost you have coming up with your growing teenager.
Okay.
[Mina] This house is one that not only Brittany,
but even her extended family shared a lot of memories in,
she had Austin here.
So we're not only talking about the value of the actual real estate,
but there's a lot of sentimental value in this home,
so we really just wanna make sure that
we honor that, honor the history, and do this right it.
-I'm excited about this. -It'll be fun.
-[Mina] Just start on demo. -Start making lists.
[all] Yeah.
-We'll demo this guy out. -[Cory] I'm used to peeing outside,
but during demo, I suggest we keep one bathroom intact.
All right. Let's go.
-Ha-ha-ha. -When was the last time you peed outside?
-Right? -Just now.
[all laughing]
[upbeat song playing]
♪ Caught in the middle ♪
♪ Just the middle♪
♪ Darling, who's it gonna be?♪
♪ Cause I'm ready for it♪
-[man 4] Yay! -What's up?
Are you guys hyped to be out in the country?
-Oh, yeah. -Always.
-Room to spread our wings. -Yes!
-[Mina] Yeah. -All right.
[Mina] We'll start outside removing the Grecian columns.
Brittany hates this big planter box, so that's gotta go.
Cleaning out all these leaves and then we can go inside.
A lot of the walls are staying.
They're just getting skim coated.
There's one big wall coming out.
Door, floor, and window trim all coming off.
-And then the kitchen's out. -[indistinct chatter]
This is Brittany's house, so don't break things you shouldn't break.
Tad's not here, so we should be good on that front.
Tad, he's branching out and doing his own thing in Tacoma.
[both] We should call him up.
[Cory] There he is!
Ooh, how we doing?
-[Aynes] What up? -[Cory] Good, how you doing?
I'm doing well. I'm doing well.
I'm heading to check on a pergola that we're building.
So I started the, started the bids
and I need to go check on it, make sure everything is going smooth.
You skipped demo day for looking at a pergola?
-I don't know, man. -Uh, yeah, yeah. Things are changing.
Business is going and, uh, I'm new to this,
so I'm just, like, being super cautious,
watching everything super carefully.
-[Aynes] All right. -[Cory] We miss you.
[Tad] I miss you guys too.
[Cory] Well, it's a small demo so you're not missing much.
-Peace, and hair grease. -[Tad] Peace.
-[thuds] -[Mina] That was like a big scab.
-Free the pole! -[scattered laughter]
[Cory speaks indistinctly] ...I think there's a support post behind here.
-One, two, three. -Right here?
-[thuds] -There we go.
Cory, you're right on the edge.
[Cory] I'm always on the edge. That's how I live.
[creaking]
-[Cory screams] Hah! -[clanking]
-[Cory] Uh... -[Mina] Yeah.
There's nothing in there.
Uh, it's hollow. I thought for sure
there was going to be a four-by-four cased inside there.
And, uh, there's not.
[MJ] So we very quickly put in some temporary post to support the porch roof.
Mina, did you see this?
We're gonna vault the porch.
And then if we wanna be real extra,
we could drop in a really cute little, inviting, outdoor chandelier.
[Mina] The amount of work to get that,
they are definitely not gonna see on their return.
And I think you can make it really pretty
with the flat bead board and stain it to match these.
And then just go, you can go more...
-Big? Yeah! -...big with those lights since we have the wiring.
MJ is trying to bring a city budget
to a house in the country, and he's gonna have to reign it in a little bit
if we want Brittany to make any money.
So if we do that, can we vault the ceilings inside?
[loudly] This is not that project, MJ!
[laughing]
-[Mina] All these leaves make traversing the rocks... -[Cory] It's a lot.
-...very challenging. -[Brittany] You know, I have a toy for you.
[Mina shrieks] Ah, it's a backpack!
[leaf blower starts]
[Mina laughing] It's so fun!
Oh, my God. I love this leaf blower.
This is gas powered. Mine's electric. I, this thing is,
it's got some, some horsepower behind it.
-[laughing] -[leaf blower shuts off]
[Cory] All right, what's next?
-Someone take this away from her. -[Cory and Mina laughing]
[thudding]
[Aynes] Little peek-a-boo?
[Mina] It already looks so freaking good.
All the pretty things are gonna be behind that wall. That's where the kitchen is.
We've got it down to two-by-fours now,
so you can see it's going to make a massive difference.
[electric blade whirring]
In the kitchen, the bulkhead was still there,
and I went, "Why is this still there? Okay, I'll cut it down."
Not regular drywall on this. It's heavy, heavy stuff.
-[thuds loudly] -[exclaims] Ah!
Oh, my God.
[electric blade whirring]
[thuds loudly]
[exclaims] Ah!
[indistinct chatter]
-[Brittany] You okay? -[Mina shouts] I got it!
-[Brittany laughing] Oh, Mina. -Was that, was that Mina?
[Brittany] Yes. The whole column just came down.
I am not going to count
what happened in the kitchen as a fall.
[thuds]
Because I was quite nimble and landed on my feet.
It could have been much more tragic.
[MJ] Look at all this perfectly aged wood.
[Cory] Are you talking about just leaving the patina as is.
[MJ] Sand it down, make it coffee table.
-[Cory] You okay? -[MJ] Woah, it got real heavy in the middle.
[Cory] Okay, now we wiggle it loose.
[MJ] Amazing. Look, coffee table.
[Cory] Let's take it to the barn and, uh,
-store it till we're ready to work on her. -[MJ] Yeah.
[Cory] Where you at, what are you doing?
I'm trying to find disposable rubber gloves
that'll fit the kids so they can pooper-scoop.
Oh, you can put 'em to work.
But I will give 'em some dollars if they pooper-scoop.
-[Cory] Yeah. -Okay. Brit's house.
-[Cory] Yeah, this is no man's land out there, huh? -[happily] Brit.
Yeah, we don't have plans,
-so we don't have to have plans. -It's God's country.
-So... Yeah. -Really?
[Mina] I'm gonna try to draw this out.
So that's our little, like, addition thingy,
and then it goes this way.
-[Cory] That's a little sunporch. -This way.
-[Cory] Hmm. -[Mina] It's a pretty much a big rectangle.
-[Cory] Yeah, really is. -Our front door is, like, here-ish.
Yeah, you, you did it.
[Mina] There's a wall here right now.
And then there's a big wall here right now.
-True. Yup. -Those are the two we're gonna take out.
So we're gonna get a big old LVL to go across and span this.
So now when you come in
you'll walk into a living room that is open to a very large kitchen,
and you'll be able to see into the sunroom
as well as what will be the new dining room.
And see all of this, which is cool.
-The fireplace is still here. -Fireplace.
I was about to draw that in too. You beat me to it.
But taking these walls down
is gonna make a world of difference.
And then the bedrooms and bathrooms will stay where they are,
but we'll just update them.
-Yeah, so it's pretty simple. -Yeah.
-Thoughts, feelings, questions? -You know, honestly,
this is just a, uh, pretty straightforward
-plan set here. I love the... -Here, hold on, let me, um, let me initial this for you.
[Cory] Yeah, no, I don't think we need that.
This is a nightmare to get to from here.
-What's our timeline. -Yeah, it's about 45 minutes.
But it also, because her and Rodney are gonna be doing a lot of stuff,
it's gonna happen a little bit slower then, and if we were...
-[groans] Huh, okay. -...subbing it all out.
-All right, well, let's see... -[Mina] I'm gonna go back to finding poop gloves.
-Okay. See ya! -Thank you, sir.
[upbeat song playing]
♪ And the lights are fading♪
♪ This is our time♪
If I dump this bucket,
they're not waiting another three weeks
for more limewash to come in.
[MJ] It looks so much better.
[Mina] That's some porous limestone.
We've gotta think frugally on this reno
so Brittany can make the most profit possible on the house.
And limewashing the old limestone exterior is a great way to do it.
'Cause it's only maybe $1,000 in materials, and labor's free if we do it.
And it would cost tens of thousands
to resurface the whole place with new siding.
She's looking so good!
And having that living room wall down
will really help this place sell because it feels
much more modern and open.
Woah!
[Mina] The fireplace needs a little love,
but otherwise we're right on track.
-[MJ] It's happening. -[Mina] What are you thinking?
-I am super inspired. -My inspiration is going to come from budget.
[MJ] Limewash. It's very budget-friendly.
I think we limewash the limestone,
except for this lip.
And then we paint the wood, like, a green-gray color.
Actually, can you get on this other side and lift this down?
[MJ] Okay, there we go.
I do like it without it.
Do you think Rodney could do some creative patching?
Patching, it wouldn't be an issue at all.
I mean, in a perfect world,
we would add a gas insert,
some white oak shelves. Kind of bring it up to date a little bit,
but still give you that farmhouse vibe.
[Mina] Yeah, we're in the country,
so we're not gonna do something ultra-modern like we would maybe do
in the city Downtown. Um, but we also don't have the budget for that.
So, I think we just take the mantle off,
um, clean it up, make it look beautiful, and it's gonna be great.
Very excited with that.
This is amazing.
-Uh, wrapping? -[Mina] Big rocks, limewash.
-Yeah, I would just wrap it with drywall. -Wrap some drywall?
-Yeah. -Or LVL.
-I have a plan. -[Brittany and Mina] What?
I wanna do a fake beam.
[Mina] This is amazing.
-[gasps] -[Brittany and Mina] What?
I wanna do a fake beam.
[Mina] My vote's drywall.
What this has done is made your eye, like,
move through the whole space and if it's white,
dark brown, and then white, it's gonna chop it back in half again.
To let you know that this is the living room.
Financially, I'm definitely going with the drywall option.
Fine.
I still think we should
wrap it to look like an old beam.
Every house in the country needs a beam.
-Yeehaw. -[laughs] Hold your horses, cowboy.
We do not have it in the budget to wrap a faux beam.
So maybe no yeehaw.
[Mina] We're gonna wrap the beam,
figure out rock replacement,
-and then paint the guys on either side. Okay? -[Brittany] Yeah, love it.
[MJ] So we're gonna play kinda safe,
but with lots of textures and lots of cool stuff.
-[Mina] Yup. -[upbeat song playing]
♪ Oh, oh, so vicious ♪
♪ Till you walk by saying it's pretty... ♪
♪ Yeah, whoo ♪
I'm really excited to be able to do this with Brittany.
I know she's been out of Newcastle for so long
and this has just kinda been a thorn in her side.
Like, she has a mortgage on it
so, I know she would love to get that off her plate.
-Love it. -So, wanna do this right for her.
-[MJ] As you can see there's not a lot. -[Mina] No.
[MJ] Because we're gonna try and keep it as buyer friendly
-as possible. -[Mina] Yeah.
I think just keeping it super simple, super clean
and super cost effective is gonna do the job.
-But-- I don't think we need to go bonkers there. -[MJ] Correct.
-Changing the floor plan... -[Mina] It's like--
is what's gonna be the biggest--
-[Mina] That's the biggest thing. -Yeah.
But, a little bit of farmhouse,
-like, what you would think of a typical farmhouse. -[MJ] Yeah.
[Mina] Like, white, matte black, some wood.
-Cornfields. -[Mina] That's the gist.
Talking through these.
I wanna go out on a limb and say, we both agree
-that we like both of these better than this. -[MJ] Uh-huh.
[Mina] We have enough leftover of this
that she could install this and just pay for labor.
[MJ] This is a neutral color,
-it's gonna be super cleanable. -[Mina] Yeah.
-Yeah. -It's gonna be beautiful.
[Mina] So, gray cabinets,
which then, would obviously do the white backsplash.
-I think so, but I feel like we can go something like-- -[Mina] So--
[MJ] We can do something a little bit extra,
a little bit out-of-the-box for the area.
-Oh, and I think I'd want it a smidge warmer. -Yeah.
-Like, just like, a creamy undertone. -'Cause this is not great.
[Mina] No, we need something that's gonna pull that little bit out.
-But, probably like, $2-- $2 to $4 a square foot. -[MJ] Perfect.
[Mina] Obviously, the matte black,
is very, like, standard modern farmhouse.
[MJ] I think we go matte black.
[Mina] And then, if we want to we can throw in some lighting here and there
-with a little bit of the gold. -[MJ] And try to mix it
but very gently,
-as to not scare off the buyer. -Yeah, you don't wanna be--
And then there's like some beams I'd like to save
in the dining room off of the kitchen.
I wanna paint those, though.
-Okay. -'Cause there's too many--
there's too much wood tones going on in there.
So, painting either the beams or the wood
-that's like, the base, one of the two. -[MJ] That's not--
[Mina] But...
-Love to see when we get get to that point. -[Mina] It's-- okay.
The shared bath, gutted and redone,
come back with white tile.
-I love the black, like, gritted shower doors. -Mmm-hmm.
I feel like that's fit really well
with the kind of, modern farmhouse.
So, bringing up the speed, but not turning it into, like,
a design that might frighten off some of the buyers.
And then this is-- this is all you boys.
This is a chunk of the place that you're making something out of?
So, I have a vision for a coffee table.
Don't really know what the execution's gonna look like.
I'm guessing we're gonna need to power wash,
we might have to stain it or paint it,
-but I think-- -Pickle it.
-She-- we'll pickle it. -Mom loves a good pickle.
But, she's gonna love it,
I think-- if she knows it came from the old playground.
-Yeah. Yeah. -So, it'll have a lot of memory.
I'm gonna let mom and Brittany
-battle it out on landscaping. -[MJ] Okay.
Um, I don't really need to be a part of that.
So, they'll get with that.
Um, but probably just keep it simple outside.
Something good for re-sale.
Where's Tad been?
I-- ridin' around and gettin' it?
-I don't know. -Okay, I mean,
it's kind of far out that I can't carry all this stuff by myself.
-I need all the hands. -[Mina] All right.
We'll reel him back in for landscaping.
-Perfect. -I feel good about all this.
-Lovely. -Let's go.
[Mina] Ooh.
-[Brittany] Whoa, there, honey. -This is gonna be so cool.
We're doubling the size of the kitchen
and putting in a massive island,
and the kitchen really is where you're gonna see
your biggest return on value.
So, this was gonna be a showstopper.
It's gonna be bad A-S-S.
[Jack] Oh, yeah!
[Mina] So, if you're, like, looking at the kitchen,
overhang will line up,
exactly where this cabinet-- if we do a 12 inch overhang
and then your stools would kinda sit right--
If they were pulled out, they're sit right here.
-But, because this doesn't need to be the dining area... -[Jack speaks indistinctly]
...it's more of just like a-- oh, a walk.
Yeah?
[Mina] I love you, too.
♪ Anywhere you wanted we can go ♪
♪ We don't need a reason to be home ♪
♪ We don't need a reason. no, no ♪
[Austin] Karen.
-[chuckles] -Karen.
[Karen laughing]
We have some explaining to do.
The playground set we saved
is, uh, getting turned into a coffee table.
But, it's supposed to be a surprise for Brittany.
So, we can't actually work on it in the office.
[Austin] So, we figured that we would bring it over to Karen's house
since she's got about a 100 projects going on in her garage.
We'll power wash it there and eventually, build it up.
-I think you should just keep walking. -[all laugh]
-[Karen] Just keep walking. -You don't want any of this?
[Austin] You're not interested in our goods?
[Karen] If I had done to this group of gentlemen
what they did to me today,
I would've been soundly criticized.
I wouldn't have saved that stuff.
We don't know what this illness is
that's so infectious,
where you see something,
you know it's trash,
but it doesn't have to stay trash.
I can transform it.
[Cory] Are you having so much fun?
[MJ] So much fun!
I can turn this into something amazing.
But, I think the most important part of this crazy, wild project
is that it's still recognizable
-as the playground. -Yeah.
You know, just keeping it as simple as possible.
-You know, what I would like to suggest if I can? -Yes, please.
-[Austin] Mmm-hmm. -Okay. This is my idea.
-I've been saving these as I do. -Okay.
So, move one on the back,
-and then there's a one-by frame... -[MJ] Uh-huh.
...and then there's "art on the front."
But what I say is we paint the art away.
-[Cory] Mmm. -And then we take that extra piece
of four by six
and make really, really thin slices.
We could play around a little with color
and then, we just put those
-in those two frames, yeah. -Inside the frame?
I feel like there's gonna be a little bit of shimmer wax involved.
-Wow, okay. -[all laughing]
All right, we gotta get out of here,
-we have too many ideas. -All right, you guys get out of here.
-Get out of here. -[indistinct farewell]
[Karen] Bye, guys.
[Mina] The ashy brown floors were adding
a farmhouse barn vibe to anchor the entire house
and our sleek white and gray countertops went in yesterday.
[Brittany] Countertop guys, when they came to install,
told me that because of the 12 inch overhang on both sides,
here and here, that there needs to be bracing underneath.
He's like, "You know, you can always go and buy
a corbel or something decorative, if you'd like."
And I remembered that MJ pulled...
the mantle off the fireplace
and that we had two corbels.
I think it'll be a cool piece from the house
-that we can tie back in and... -[Mina] Here, just--
[Cory] So, these have to function as supports, right?
-[MJ] Yeah. -That was my question.
We are-- we are jumping in on the deep end here.
Mina's sent us to deliver the bad news to Brittany,
those corbels are not holding up that massive countertop.
-No way, no how. -And I get why Brittany's excited about 'em,
the corbels are great, but this is just not going to work.
Let's say we have a whole bunch of weight here
and it's leaning on this corbel,
and that's holding the corbel up is this cabinet.
-This isn't enough. -You need legs.
-[MJ] Yeah. -Corbels are-- aren't the answer,
-you need actual-- -[Karen] Yeah.
-Beefy... -I would put a leg here, a leg here
-and a leg there. -Chunky, monkey--
-[Karen] Yeah. -[MJ] Legs.
[Brittany] So, we're thinking a post here,
-a post here and a post on the other end. -[Cory] Mmm-hmm.
-Right? Not one in the middle? -[all agreeing]
Those things were not cheap.
[Brittany] I'm not trying to spend another $500 on this island.
I feel like we're putting a pretty thing here
that isn't going to solve our problem.
What do you think? She's-- no, look at the face.
The corbels can't support the weight
of the overhang of the countertop.
But, I'm not feeling the post vibe.
I think if I come up with a better solution, more cost-effective,
that will work better for me.
♪ We want some closure ♪
♪ Running till we see see the sunrise ♪
This looks so exciting.
[woman] Awesome.
So, today we're gonna be making macarons.
You guys are gonna be filling some chocolate ones
and then we're gonna be making as s group some raspberry ones.
[Tad] Today, Cory and I are going on a double date.
We are making an Italian style macaron.
-[Tad] Macaro-- -[Cory] And there is a difference
in how you pronounce it for the different styles.
-You got "macaroon" and you got macaron. -I thought it was "macaroon."
-I thought it was "macaroon" you guys both said macaron. -It's both.
-It depends on who you're asking, I suppose. -Okay.
You wanna do a couple?
Oh, I'm gonna do so well, I feel it.
-[laughing] -Don't judge.
You're like, "Oh my God, this is so cringe."
So, my girlfriend's name is Kayla,
and Tad's girlfriend's name is Anna
and we've both been kinda dating our females
-for about the same amount of time. Ish. -Yeah, yeah.
[woman] Those are gorg, you guys.
[woman 2] Isn't that fun?
[Cory] So, what's new with you guys?
Oh, just working Hammer Constructions,
still workin' on buildin' that up.
I just built a pergola for one of my clients
and she's gonna ask me to come back and do a bathroom re-model.
And it has been so much fun strikin' out on my own.
Please tell me you still do the demo, you're a demo master.
Oh, yeah, I absolutely still do the demo.
But, I also use my in-house team
and some contractors
and oversee a lot of the work myself.
I'm able to save up some money.
Uh, thinking about buyin' a house.
I'm about to be out of my twenties,
so, I'm ready for an adult home.
That's how we met, actually, so I'm actually his accountant.
So, he had kinda screwed up his, uh, accounting
and I was helping him out and he said,
"Well, I know this isn't very professional,
-but maybe, could I take you out for a drink sometime?" -[Cory laughs]
And I said, "Don't worry, I'm not very professional.
I'd love to grab a drink with you."
-That's so cute. -[Anna] So, we went out--
-Yeah, yeah. -That was our meet-cute day.
[Cory] We just bought a house and brought her both--
-[Anna] Oh, fun. -[Tad] Guys...
Tad and I are very similar cross-paths in our lives, if you will,
I guess is the best way to put it, juncture points.
We're both settling down with our ladies,
I just bought a house, Tad looking to buy a house, very cool.
Yeah, pretty soon we'll probably be rocking some dad bods
and just working in our lawns on the weekend,
-wavin' at each other. -[chuckles]
I-- I didn't sign up for the dad bod part.
-We'll-- we'll see. -It's coming.
Well, you guys did a fabulous job.
These are beautiful.
You piped beautiful macaroons.
-[Cory] Thank you for having us. -[chef] You are so welcome.
[MJ] This is gonna look so good.
Beautiful!
Turns out we're using the corbels
as island countertop support after al.
[Karen] And we didn't think we were gonna be able to use them,
because they weren't gonna be enough support.
But Brittany's dad who's a genius,
re-manufacturing a mantel to create four more corbels
that match the two that we already have
and we are gonna appropriately support this countertop.
All right.
You rub it in,
and you let it soak for 15 minutes.
[Cory] Would you just look at that?
[Brittany gasps] I love it, it's so pretty.
Wanna save a ton of money,
which we've done through the whole house,
because we love Brittany,
and we want her to be able to see this house
and be debt free.
-I mean, everybody's goal, right? -Boom.
We're gonna leave these dry for eight to ten hours.
And when you get all the rest of 'em,
-just, coat the edge-- -[Cory] Got it.
[Karen] Just like these,
and leave 'em sit for ten hours
and you're ready to install.
[Brittany] That's amazing.
Yeah. Nice work, gentlemen.
[Austin] Playground coffee table.
[Mina] Mom and the boys got to work
converting the old playground set
into a rustic farmhouse coffee table.
Oh. [laughs]
I love that he's just lying there.
It's so low.
I don't wanna just like, kneel over the whole time.
[Mina] They sealed it and finished it with a white tone sealer
to give it a more elegant, refined finish.
And today, we're using the last piece of the playground wood
to make some artwork for the house.
[MJ] Going from dark to light,
-is that the dance? -[Karen] Yes.
Kind of like a very abstract, ombréd sunset.
-So think about like, darkest to light. -[Cory] Oh.
[Karen] The goal is to create some artwork for the house
that looks like a country sunset.
See the sparkle?
Glitter is my nemesis.
[Karen] This isn't glitter, this is shimmer.
-It's different. -[Cory] It's...
[Karen] Shimmer is different.
[Cory] Shimmer is a micro-glitter, in my opinion.
[Karen] I like the way the wood transforms the color
-into something unexpected. -[MJ] Mmm-hmm.
[Cory] Sunset, we did it.
I like what this is doing.
-I don't know what it's doing. [laughs] -[Karen] I do too.
[Karen] I-- I do too.
It's gonna be a conversation piece.
We have made a lot of cool stuff
-out of a literal playground. -[Karen] Yeah.
[drilling]
I had some deep REM sleep,
so I'm like, ready to go today.
I-- I'm running on two hours.
I just woke up feeling great,
-I feel so energized. -Mmm-hmm.
[Tad] I'm ready to make some magic happen.
How do you have the energy, man?
Double dipping projects, work your butt off.
-I-- I don't know, I just... -Man.
You know, I got a dream,
-and dreams don't come true unless you work at 'em. -[chuckles softy]
[Karen] So we're gonna kinda put our abelias in here area.
And then we have some rhododendrons
that we're gonna tell a woodland story.
[Tad] Oh! This ain't that city dirt.
[Karen] It is winter in Indiana.
And Mina wanted green plants.
Box Wood, juniper, pinus.
There we go, oh, that's nice.
They'll all be green in the winter.
How you boys doin'?
[Ted] Doin' great. There you go.
[Karen] What I like to do at this point
-is imagine the future of this landscaping. -[Cory] Mmm-hmm.
[Karen] And our little abelias
have grown up to about three feet high.
And our rhododendrons in the corners...
-Pink. -[Karen] ...they're big.
-[Karen] They have pink blossoms all over 'em. -[Brittany] I love that.
-[Karen] And look at how cute this is. - [Cory] I love this.
-[Brittany] I love it. -[Tad] It's gorgeous.
[Karen] It can't hurt resale.
And at the very least,
it's gonna sell quicker because it's more appealing.
[Brittany] Mmm-hmm.
♪ Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh ♪
[MJ] I love how rustic it is.
[Mina] I think we're being rustic.
We're in the country, it makes sense.
[MJ] And it's old playground.
I can't believe the transformation.
I barely remember what it looked like,
but I know it didn't look like this.
[Mina] We're used to decorating for like,
an urban client in the city.
And this is nice, to like switch it up a little bit,
and do a little bit of like, a country vibe.
So we have a lot of soft neutrals
that like, go with the landscaping,
compared to maybe, some like, bolder colors
like dark accent walls and those kind of things
that we would do in the city.
[MJ] This is one of my favorite rooms.
[Mina] It makes me want a sun room.
This is definitely the selling point.
Beautiful!
[Mina] Tomorrow, we are showing this house
to Brittany, her sister, and her mom.
And I hope they love the outcome.
And while Brittany's been here throughout most of the project,
she has not seen it staged.
So no pressure at all, just hope she loves it.
Oh, I love this, Karen.
-Wow. -[Cory] It's fantastic.
[Cory] I don't even know what my favorite row is.
-[MJ] You made it out of trash. - [Cory] I like them all.
[Cory laughs] Well.
-[Lisa] I'm so excited. -[Mina laughs]
This is where little Austin Jacob grew up.
-My 50th birthday party. -Yeah, your 50th.
[Brittany] You had your 50th birthday party here.
-Surprise, surprise, your 50th. -Yes.
[Mina] As much as this was Brittany's house,
it really was a gathering place over the years
for the whole family.
So I really hope that they all love it.
Whee!
[Lyndsay] It looks so awesome!
-Yeah! It's good work. -Yeah!
[Lisa] Very nice whitewash.
Not pink anymore.
-[Lyndsay] Yeah. [laughs] -[Lisa] White.
[Lyndsay] I like the grey and black gutters a lot.
And that door black,
-so much better than the old red door. -[Brittany] Yeah.
[Mina] We took out this whole planting bed thing,
because it was falling away from the house.
[Lyndsay] Mmm-hmm. The wall, yep.
[Mina] Moved all the landscaping rocks
kind of down around there
to create a little bit of a raised bed.
-It looks great. -Yes, it does.
-[Mina] Okay, let's go inside. -[Brittany] Yes.
-[Lisa] All right. -[Brittany] Okay.
[Mina] Everybody ready?
-[Lyndsay] We're ready! -[Lisa] Ready.
-Tada! -Oh! [laughing]
[Lisa] Oh, my God!
-[Lyndsay] It looks great. -[Lisa] Yes, it does.
-[Mina] Okay, let's go inside. -[Brittany] Yes.
-[Lisa] All right. -[Brittany] Okay.
[Mina] Is everybody ready?
-[Lyndsay] We're ready! -[Lisa] Ready.
[Mina] Tada!
-Oh! [laughing] -Oh, my God!
-The wall's gone! -I know, I'm so excited about the wall being gone.
-[Mina] The wall is gone. -[Lyndsay] Oh, my God!
-Oh, my, this is beautiful. -[Lyndsay] Beautiful, so crazy.
-Oh, I love this open concept. -Oh, yes.
We didn't obviously add any square footage,
but that wall,
-just taking it out made it feel so much bigger. -[Brittany] Yeah.
-[Brittany] Way bigger. -[Lisa] Oh, it's-- Yeah.
-[Mina] And now we got that vinyl plank... -[Lisa] Way...
-[Mina] ...and it goes into every space. -[Lyndsay] Mmm-hmm.
-[Lyndsay] Yes. -We decided not to really do anything to change the,
-[Brittany] ...the fireplace, kept it natural. - [Lyndsay] Yep.
-We talked about like, limewashing it... -[Brittany] Um, yeah.
...kind of like the outside,
but I think once everything else was white,
-it looks really good. -No, it looks really good like that.
[Mina] The swing set that was outside got repurposed
-and is that coffee table now. -[Lyndsay] Oh.
-[Lyndsay] Oh, wow. -[Lisa] Oh, my.
-[Lyndsay] That is super cool. -[Lisa] Brittany's old swing set!
-[Lyndsay] That's really cool. -[Mina] Yes, came full circle and turned it into that.
-[Lyndsay] It's really pretty, it's awesome. -[Lisa] Yes.
The next biggest change other than the wall missing is the kitchen.
-So, go ahead. -[Lyndsay] Okay? Okay.
Obviously, it-- it is twice the size.
-Yeah. -Oh, yeah.
-This is so beautiful. -[Lisa] Oh.
-[Mina] The wall was kind of like, right here. - [Lisa] Right-- Yep.
[Mina] So then, there's just a walkway,
a wall and then the itty-bitty kitchen.
-Yeah, this is amazing, Brittany. -[Lyndsay] Yeah. This-- yeah.
-This is-- This island. -You guys did...
[Brittany] Yeah, this is my pride and joy.
-[Lisa] Oh, yes. -[Brittany laughs]
[Lisa] Love it, love it.
-[Mina] And Mom also made this. -[Lisa] Oh, wow.
[Mina] This is a chunk of the playing set that was outside.
-[Lisa] This is just amazing. -[Lyndsay] Yeah.
-I can't wait to see more. -Sun room?
-Yes. -All right.
-Lead 'em on up there. -All right, let's go.
-[Lyndsay] Oh, my God. -[Lisa] Oh.
-Look at this. -Oh, I love this.
This used to be our like, multipurpose like,
workout room, play room.
[Lisa] Everything was in this room.
[Lyndsay] I remember one point in time.
Living room at one point, yep.
[Mina] We updated the paint, the flooring,
added a brand new light fixture,
and with the view of the woods out the backdoor,
this has turned into one of the most beautiful rooms in the house.
[Lisa] Yeah, this is just amazing.
We'll go to the bathroom.
-It's so cute. It's really cute. -[Brittany] It's pretty epic.
-Okay. -Let's do it.
[Lyndsay] Let's see it.
[Mina] You guys wanna go ahead and take a peek in?
-Oh. [laughs] -[Lisa] Oh, wow.
This is awesome.
-[Lisa] And it's so cute too! -[Lyndsay] It is so cute!
[Lyndsey] There used to be the whole like...
-[Lisa] Pantry, cabinets. -[Lyndsay] ...cabinets, pantry...
-[Brittany] Yes. -[Lyndsay] thing that went all the way up there.
And I like the--
[Lyndsay and Brittany] The shower doors.
-[Lyndsay] Yeah. -[Lisa] Yep.
A much more functional shared bath.
-[Lisa] Yes. -[Lyndsay] Oh, yeah.
-[Lisa] Total transformation. -[Mina whispers] Wait, there's still more.
-[Lisa] There's more? -[Lyndsay] Oh. [laughs]
-Ooh! -Wow!
-[Lyndsay] The built-ins are gone! - [Lisa] Oh, my.
[Lisa] They're gone.
-I like this. -I do too.
-I like that. -Made it into a little dining area.
-[Lisa] Yes. -[Brittany] Yeah.
[Mina] With the kitchen kind of changing,
like there wasn't really a place for one.
-So this really could be used... -Yeah.
[Mina] A lot of people don't need a formal dining
in particular with that island seating.
Yep, especially with that island.
[Mina] So it could be...
-It could be a playroom, an office. -[Brittany] Office... Okay.
-You know. -This is perfect.
-I like this. -[Lyndsay and Brittany] Yeah.
-I like this a lot. -You know, it was so dark before,
because the built-ins were dark,
and then the whole ceiling was this two tone dark color.
So we painted the beadboard...
[Lyndsay] Mmm-hmm, together painted the beadboard.
-[Mina] ...and left the beams kind of exposed. -[Lyndsay] Yep.
[Brittany] And then we did the...
-[Lisa] The door. -[Lyndsey] And then the door
-to the laundry, yeah. -Yes.
[Mina] And outside we have the giant deck
that Rodney did rebuild
that now like, looks back out on to all the land
- and it's just really nice. - [Lisa] Right.
I feel like this reno has been years in the making.
We bought this house 17 years ago,
spent some time here, made some great memories.
But I think this renovation is gonna give these new homeowners
a fresh start and new beginnings.
And it's gonna take some debt off your plate,
-which is also amazing. -Hundred percent.
And yeah, the next family that moves in here,
it's gonna be their home, it's awesome.
[both] I love it.
-Yeah, it looks so good. -[Lisa] I love it.
-[Lyndsay] It's unbelievable, the difference. - [Lisa] Yeah.
[Lyndsay] I mean, just blown away.
You got 1800-ish square feet, three bedroom, two bath.
How many acres is it on?
One, a little over one.
-It's like one point two or something like that. -[Mina] A little over one?
[Mina] So you guys have $89,000 left on your mortgage.
And looking at the reno cost,
we came in right around $50,000.
So all in,
you're about a $139,000 out of pocket.
And I think you should list it for $295,000,
which would get you well over the six figure profit
you were hoping to get.
That would be awesome.
It's definitely ready for a brand new family to come in
and make their memories here.
[Brittany] I think it'll appeal to--
-A lot of different buyers, yes. -A lot of different buyers.
-Yes. -It's gonna be great, I'm excited.
[Mina] We ended up listing for $295,000,
and sold it within a week, uh, for list price.
-Yeah. -[Brittany] It-- I'm grateful for all the help.
[Brittany] The team's help, your help.
Everybody put in so much hard work and effort.
And I think it's just gonna be great
for the new owners.