There's already some nice ruins in here.
'Cause it is new construction, theoretically...
[laughing]
...it should go a little smoother.
[laughs] We always say that.
[Mina] We've got these doors.
I don't know how old they are. Probably hundreds of years.
[MJ] Which I think is going to be a challenge, but...
-Whoa! -[MJ] Is it in me?
-We'll figure it out. -We'll figure it out.
[Mina] Go on in.
What do you guys think?
It is so pretty in here.
Tad's new business seems to be going well.
I've been getting pretty busy.
We're going down to the studs.
I've done that a couple times.
Whoo! I got a big one.
That's why I called you.
He made a beautiful bathroom.
Oh, yeah.
This is incredible.
Ya!
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.
-That is so gross! -[Karen] Holy cow.
[Mina] Then we turn those run-down houses
into some of the nicest homes in the neighborhood.
-[man] Wow. -[woman] I love it.
♪ Keep up, it's gonna be a wild, wild ride ♪
♪ Hey, ooh, ha, ha, ha ♪
♪ Heads up, oh ♪
What's up?
So, we're gonna go for a ride?
Uh, okay. Well...
[Tad] You guys are. I don't have a bike.
Yeah, he's just doing me a favor.
Unless I can, like, sit on the front of that somehow.
So, I am lucky enough to have had Tad
drop me and my bike over here to Karen's
so that we can fix this.
-[Karen laughs] -Uh, it's not great.
And it makes it unrideable.
Check out the, uh...
-Oh, my goodness. How did that happen? -The side to side action.
Oh, years of abuse.
-Oh. -What's up?
-What you guys doing? -Hey.
-[Mina] That's your bike? -[Austin] Yeah.
Did you hit something or did something hit you?
Uh, no, just a lot of years of using it.
-[Mina] Okay. -[Tad] Burnouts.
-[Austin] Yeah. -Running from the po.
-[Austin] Yeah, yeah. -Okay.
I would love to stick around
and watch you ride that, but I have to go
get Munchkin, Toey,
and go over to the Iowa lot.
Well, Tad, you didn't bring a bicycle.
-No, no bike. -What are you doing?
I'm gonna head over to Patty's house.
She's got a bathroom renovation.
She had some water pipes burst.
I've been getting pretty busy outside of helping out
with the Two Chicks stuff now.
So Patty reached out to me
and we put a pergola together for her.
So I'm gonna head over to Patty's
to check out a possible bathroom renovation she has
that I would love to do for her.
-Enjoy your bike ride. -Thank you.
I'll catch you guys later. I'll let you know
-how Patty's goes. -Sweet.
♪ I'm too good, too good for all of this ♪
♪ If you could, you'd be a part of it ♪
Tad's new business seems to be going well.
I guess, um, a lady he did a pergola for
wants him to come back and do a bathroom.
-So... -Well, that's fantastic.
-Yeah. -Sounds like...
-He's got biz. He seems to be doing good. -Great.
So, now that the first Iowa is built, done, sold,
next step is focusing on the empty lot.
We took a hit on the house next door
and lost a decent amount of money.
So I need to make this new build
cost-effective and highly profitable
to really get back on track.
The good news is the lot is in Bates-Hendricks,
which is a super-desirable neighborhood right now
for families that wanna live near downtown
and have the money to spend to do it.
Because it is a new construction, theoretically,
it should go a little smoother.
-[laughs] We always say that. -Yeah.
All right, new build, here we come.
♪ No, you said you can't dim this shine ♪
[Cory] So, we're already staked out.
[Mina] Yeah.
Pretty much.
-This is it. -This is our front door.
[Cory] Okay. So what have we got here?
Uh, we... Our footprint is 1,000.
So if we go up two stories, we'd have just about 2,000.
28 feet wide on the front. That's good.
And then we go about 80 feet back, I think.
I have already had the lot surveyed
well before this,
because we had to parcel it off anyways,
and figure out what, like, square footage,
lot coverage-wise
we can do for the house and the garage.
We took a loss on the house next door
which we just finished up,
so I really need to make a profit on this one
to make up for it.
I want it to feel high-end
so we can get top dollar,
but we gotta do it on a budget.
You know, you've got a little front porch.
And the space that the front porch takes up outside
ends up being a flex space inside.
We have a first-floor flex space.
Office, whatever.
And then you have all this, so it's, like,
dining, living room, kitchen.
So the whole first floor can be open to the backyard.
[Cory] How are we gonna open it up to the backyard?
So we can get some nice, big, like, sliders or something.
Exterior bifold.
Can we talk about a pool?
A small soaking pool in the ground?
Because we're gonna have this grand, exterior bifold
that opens up into your pool.
[Mina] Shut up.
I want it all, Mina!
I want it all. I want the pool.
I want the bifold exterior door.
-And what else? -What else?
-A sunken living room. -What?
I would love nothing more than to put
a sunken living room, a mid-century modern
sunken living room.
[Mina] I mean, that's like a whole 'nother...
-[Cory] Yeah. -...like, joist, and...
No, it's a whole 'nother dimension.
I don't know where the staircase will go upstairs
but if we've got 1,000, like, footprint
-of 1,000 square feet... -Yeah.
[Mina] Second floor would be the main ensuite.
Probably another little, like, living space,
loft space, and then two more bedrooms.
So just a three-bedroom in this thing?
Well, the first floor flex space
would count as the fourth bedroom.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So since this is the main ensuite,
we're gonna have a walk-out deck,
-which will be nice. -I hate your face.
Not for the budget, of course.
-But just-- -I hate your face.
So this is our pond feature too, right?
We can put a little waterfall back here.
There's already some nice ruins in here that we can use.
You're probably in the garage, ding-a-ling.
Then can we do copper-colored standing-seam roof on the porch?
-No. -With copper-colored gutters?
That sounds expensive.
Can we do half-round barrel gutters?
[Mina] Stop spending my money, Cory.
[Cory laughing]
Can we do copper-colored standing-seam roof on the porch?
Stop spending my money, Cory.
[Cory laughing]
[Mina] The first thing we need to do
is put in sewer and water,
because currently those do not exist.
Then we need to finalize our floor plans,
get our permits, and then we can start construction.
Originally, this house and this flat,
the whole purchase was, like, $145,000.
So then half of that for this lot
would be $72,500.
So if we figure that amount
towards the purchase of this lot,
it'll probably take me about $180,000
-for the build. -Okay.
But add another 30K on that
to build a garage, and I think I can sell it
-for maybe around $425,000. -Yeah.
Which should yield a solid profit,
and hopefully help us recoup some of the loss we took
-on the house next door. -Yeah.
And if we put a pool...
Pools do not increase property value!
If we sell to someone that wants a pool.
-It still isn't... -Yeah?
Get in... get in the car.
We're gonna get a pool in here.
-You're gonna need your keys first. -Get in the car.
-Let's ride! -Let's get a pool!
-We're not getting a pool! -Pool!
♪ Make you love me make you want me ♪
♪ I want to make you mine ♪
♪ I've been telling you that you know you've got me ♪
♪ Calling your honeys telling you that ♪
♪ You know you've got me ♪
♪ Wanna dive in for days ♪
Ah! [laughs]
-No! -Twinning is winning.
Uh, that's so creepy.
Good thing I didn't wear my Uggs. That'd be weird.
-[Mina snorts] -[laughing]
You snorted.
[Mina] So, first floor.
[Cory] Wow. Let's unpack this.
So, I think, and this really has nothing to do with you,
despite the fact that you fancy yourself a designer.
I really want to make sure
the design does not make it feel like a new build.
Because it's gonna have all the new build pros.
-Yeah. -I just wanna make sure
it doesn't have any of the cons.
-So we walk in. -Sure.
Got our flex space over here.
These are gonna be French doors.
And then nice, wide, open, into dining,
into living room. Big kitchen.
And then we're adding something really special.
A walk-in pantry plus a mud room.
Is that a sink? We're putting a sink in there?
This one needs to be high-end,
but also it is very budget-conscious.
We're not doing a pool or a hot tub.
It's been replaced by a walk-in pantry
and a mud room.
Which, you know, we replaced it with something
less expensive that adds value,
particularly for young families
who need a lot of storage.
-Um, and the second floor. -Fantastic.
Two more bedrooms.
Bathroom, and then the main ensuite.
And then we have a really good-size loft, second living space.
[Cory] This is a fun little loft area.
Yeah. I think with a house this size,
having a good-size second living space makes sense.
But, you know, we need to do something
that kind of makes it stand out, so...
Yeah. Jazz it up is what we need to do.
Put some thought on that.
[Cory] We're gonna take this to the streets
-and see what happens. -Just swing by your crib
and change. Pop your top.
-What? -Change something.
You don't like that we're twinning?
-No, I don't mind actually. -I think it's super-cute.
♪ All you big dreamers ♪
♪ Natural-born cause for a restless sleeper ♪
♪ Go find somebody else somebody just like you ♪
♪ To put on the shelf ♪
[Tad] Heading over to Patty's house.
I built a pergola for her,
and she had some pipes burst
in her upstairs bathroom.
So she's thinking she wants to do a bathroom renovation.
Hopefully I can help her out
and make this bathroom beautiful.
When I first started my business,
I felt like most of the work I got
was just because I responded to people.
I reached back out to them
and said, "Hey, I can be there in three days."
"I can have this estimate to you by this time."
So really the business has just gotten some legs
underneath it, and it's just doing superbly well.
♪ I can feel the fire burning ♪
♪ Burning, burning ♪
-Well. -Oh.
Yeah, you got a little bit of water damage there.
[Patty] Yeah. All of a sudden,
water just started pouring.
[Tad] Just started shooting out?
Started pouring out of the ceiling.
-Yeah. -I ran downstairs,
turned the, uh, main off.
[Tad] A water line burst in her bathroom upstairs,
and she's now taken advantage of this moment
to do some renovation.
That's the chimney.
There's some exposed brick there
-that I think would be kind of fun to have open. -Right. Oh, yeah.
So all the shelves are gonna come down.
And basically we're going down to the studs.
I've done that a couple times.
Yeah, I think... I know. That's what I called you.
Tad's done some work for me in the past.
And he's had so much experience
with old houses. My house is 97 years old.
He was hands-down my first choice.
-Okay. -Okay.
-[Tad] Whoo! -There you go.
You got after it.
-I did get after it. -Yeah.
You saw water and you're like,
-"It's gotta be solved." -Yeah.
I've lived in this house my whole life,
and we've never had a frozen pipe.
-So that's why it was very strange... -Yeah.
-...that it happened. -How old's the house?
-Uh, built in '26. -Twenty-six.
-1926. -Okay.
I can confidently say I'm an expert
when it comes to old homes.
How many young people who are 29 years old
gotta do 150-year-old houses?
So the experience that I was given by Mina and Karen
to do all those houses and learn all those things
has given me an edge at a really young age.
I know how to do this. We've done this tons of times.
I had dreams for a while
to expand this bathroom, because it is small.
-[Tad] Yeah. -I do have space.
Because there's brick right here.
-Yeah. -This is the chimney.
So probably this whole closet
-will come out. -Yeah.
And this will at least come out to here.
[Tad] Yeah. Okay.
And so that's gonna give me
almost double the size over here.
[Tad] Yeah, you're gonna have way more space.
[Patty] And a lot more over here, because I would like
to separate my shower and tub.
You know, low-profile, walk-in shower.
Maybe even a wet room situation.
-Ooh, okay! -Maybe.
Patty's lived with this old bathroom for long enough.
And it's time to really open it up
and give her the space and the luxury she wants.
So after looking at it, we're gonna take out
two closets, we're gonna double the space.
It's gonna be an open wet room.
Shower to the right.
We're gonna put a large double vanity to the left.
And then under the large window in the back,
a beautiful free-standing tub.
And I've already crawled around in the attic.
We can go ahead and vault those ceilings
and make this bathroom way more luxurious.
I think the first step would be
us getting this all opened up.
We'll get this down to the studs.
and we'll see what we're dealing with.
Oh, I'm so excited.
-I know you're gonna do a good job. -Absolutely.
Patty has lots of hopes and dreams
for this bathroom.
She's really wanting to keep the house traditional,
but also update it into something
that I think she's wanted for a very long time.
All right, sweet. Let's do it.
Demo day!
Nice.
Oh, yeah!
Whoo! I got a big one.
That's a big 'un!
You grab that end, I'll grab this end.
There you go.
You're a strong donkey.
I have been very reckless before.
I've been crazy. I've dropped chimneys through roofs.
And I still love all those things.
But I now have clients. I don't do houses
that just, uh, are houses, that have no people.
So now I need to take care of not just the house
but the client as well.
After demo, Patty and I are gonna look at our clean slate
and visualize the space, and what can go where,
and really start changing things around.
♪ I'm just too cool ♪
♪ Baby, it's all I do ♪
♪ Fresh fit, brand new I'm the best view ♪
♪ I'm the, I-I'm the I'm the best view ♪
[Mina] Over at the new house on Iowa,
framing is complete, the roof is on,
and siding has begun going up which looks really great
with our high-contrast black trim.
And inside I have a ton of open space on the first floor
including our massive walk-in pantry.
I had them reframe this so we can use
those kinda, like, white-washed antique doors
that are at the warehouse.
-Okay. [gasps] -So those are gonna be sick.
And we'll put them on, like, the double-swing hinges.
-I love that. -I mean, just that
-makes the pantry cool enough. -Totally.
Like, new construction but not...
-Totally. -...feel new at all, which I love.
Our biggest question mark on the first floor
is what we're gonna do in the pantry area.
We've got these doors, they... I don't know how old they are.
They're very old. Probably hundreds of years.
Which I think is going to be a challenge, but...
-We'll figure it out. -We'll figure it out.
[Mina] But upstairs in the loft,
I want Mom and Cory's help
to make it a little extra-special.
This is literally... It's not, like,
an office or a yoga room or anything.
It's just a second-floor living space.
I thought it would be fun...
-Do you remember-- -[Karen] What'll be fun?
We'll see. We'll be the judge of that!
The leather shelf supports
we did at that big blue house on Lexington.
-[Karen] Yeah. -[Cory] Yeah, the little straps.
[Mina] Yeah, the straps. So, like, simple.
Well, I just don't like doing the same thing again.
What I would do is I'd take your idea of leather
or your idea of shelf,
and I would riff on it.
-[Cory] Mmm. -And create something unique.
You gonna wrap shelves in leather?
I mean, uh, we could do that.
We could make you actual leather shelves.
Mina has called us here
to gather us together
to tell us what she wants us to do.
And, um, have you met us?
[Cory laughs]
She should have known that wasn't gonna go the way
-she expected, right? -[laughs] It's true.
We could make a piano clock for that wall.
We could put a plant wall.
Metal, brushed gold grid,
with a potted plant that vines into it.
[Mina] Uh...
[Karen] We could put a plant wall.
Metal, brushed gold grid,
with a potted plant that vines into it.
And maybe it should have a little light in it also.
Oh, of course.
[Karen] Backlit a little bit, yeah.
Or little goose necks that shine on it.
Yeah, yeah. That would work.
[Cory] And as far as in the bottom...
Actually, I'm impressed how quickly
this went off the rails.
[laughing]
What if we use piano hammers?
I got tons.
And we do an arc, pour resin
and make corner shelves out of piano hammers?
-What do you think of that? -That's intense.
I don't want it to be super-distracting.
And I want it to feel high-end.
So we don't know exactly what we're gonna do.
But it needs to be elevated
-and temporary. -[Mina] Mmm-hmm.
-I feel like we need to sleep on this. -[Cory] Yeah.
So we don't know what it's gonna be.
-You might get leather shelves. -You don't know.
You might get a plant wall feature.
One option is to give her
-exactly what she asked for. -Yeah.
That's an option.
-But what fun would that be? -Yeah.
We're gonna keep this interesting.
Yeah. Yeah.
♪ Love me, hate me ♪
♪ But don't drive me crazy ♪
♪ Caution, that's a warning ♪
[Tad] In Patty's downstairs den,
we cleared out all the water damage
and new drywall's going up.
In the bathroom upstairs, we are cruising.
We've got the ceiling vaulted, we've got the chimney exposed.
It was hiding in that dirty closet
with the finished drywall.
And Patty's wanting a marble look
in this bathroom, so she wants a tile wainscoting
that wraps around the bathroom.
So now we're working on that,
because the tile is gonna be
the biggest portion of this job.
I'm glad that you brought your tile.
[Tad] So, I've enlisted Karen's help today
to pick out the other pieces we need for this bathroom.
[Karen] Have you ever been here before?
No. No, I have not.
This is part of your education as a designer.
And this is a great place to learn.
I am taking Tad to a local plumbing supplier.
They have a fantastic show room.
So if you didn't have any ideas,
you will get them here.
-I haven't met Patty. -Right.
But I see you brought your tile.
Yeah, I brought her tile samples.
We're looking for a tub.
-[Karen] And a vanity. -Yeah. Let's do it.
'Cause, what, you pick one thing
and you kinda design around that, is that correct?
[Karen] This is my design style.
-I like to have a thing... -Yeah.
...and that creates a theme.
I'm thinking because the tile is such a statement,
and it's throughout her whole bathroom,
that this is kind of the theme...
-This is the theme. -...that we should pull from.
Okay. Well, I feel like this is a good shape.
-[Tad] I agree. -Yeah.
Something kinda, like, lean into a little bit.
-Do you wanna get in and see how it feels? -Yeah, yeah.
Great. I'm gonna go in slowly.
I sprained my knee playing soccer.
I joined an intramural soccer league.
Oh. We, uh... We are too old for sports.
-I know. -'Cause then we get injuries
-and we can't do our jobs. -Yeah.
-How do you like that? -I would say a little bit longer.
We can fit up to a 67-inch tub.
-Okay. -Underneath that large window.
[Karen] So maybe something
where the sides are a little bit straighter,
so you get a little more leg room in the tub.
-Yeah. I think so. -What else do we need?
Um, so, the next thing we need
-would be a vanity. -Okay.
The tile has a lot of white in it.
So my head's saying, like, "Okay, we need something
that really grounds it."
The bathroom's pretty grand,
so thinking, like, something rich.
Something dark that pulls it all together.
You know, so...
Do you hear all the design words he's throwing out?
-Yeah. -Like he's a design professional.
-Whoo! -[laughs]
So, you know what?
-I kinda like this color. -Yeah.
I think it's too much of what it is, though.
-Yeah, I agree with you. -It's too bland.
I think what's gonna happen is it's gonna disappear.
-Yeah. -But then here we've got some options.
-I... This is too blue. -Mmm-hmm.
-Yeah, it does have a lot of blue in it. -Right?
-That's the floor one? -Yeah, this is the floor.
-Oh, that looks good. -Yeah.
Yeah, that's a sharp contrast.
-That would look good. -I like that.
And this isn't the right vanity.
-No. -It's a single, you need a double.
But I feel like this is where you live, color-wise.
[Tad] Yeah.
And you probably need to get Patty here and say,
-"This is what I'm thinking... -Yeah, I think so.
...How do you feel about it?" And look super-smart.
Got the building stuff down.
Now we just gotta learn some more design stuff,
-and we'll be in the race. -Yeah.
And I'm always here for you to give you useless opinions.
[Tad] Yeah, super-helpful, thank you.
♪ Don't remember what fear feels like ♪
♪ Favorite pastime's fight or flight ♪
♪ Just built different ♪
♪ This intuition ♪
♪ Some of us seek when the others go hide ♪
Hello.
[Mina] Okay, so we've got Iowa.
I want it to feel high-end so we get top dollar,
but we gotta do it on a budget.
But hopefully we're in a better financial position
on this one,
'cause we're going luxe for less
on all our design elements.
Let's start on the inside.
Let's talk flooring first.
-Okay. -I feel like this...
-vibe is new for us. -Okay.
-We don't have anything like that. -Yeah.
-Right? -A blurry blond.
I'm into it. Love that.
Yeah, but, like, champagne, bronze-y color.
It's pretty. Okay.
Wall color, sir. I love that.
I love that with this.
-That's pretty. -Me too.
And then light fixtures.
Keeping them around here,
but we could probably mix some metals too.
[MJ] And because, when you walk in,
you see everything all the way back
to the doors,
we can really define which space is what
with the light fixtures.
So we can do, like, a dining room fixture,
-a living room fixture. -'Cause we have
-a pretty decent dining room. -Mmm-hmm.
Then we'll have our big island.
I think once the cabinets are in with the floor,
then we can talk countertops.
And then, I guess, backsplash.
[MJ] Yeah. I see one
we have never used before over there.
-I like this one a lot. -Me too.
-Love it. -Like that.
This goes really well with that and the floor does.
I like that it warms it up a little bit.
And do that all the way up behind the hood.
Yeah, as high as we can go.
Going upstairs, main ensuite's probably
the other big, like, design element
that we wanna figure out.
I definitely wanna do wall sconces,
'cause it is a very long wall,
and kind of a big main bedroom.
Down with that. But in the bathroom,
this one's probably more affordable.
But I like that
-even with this flooring. -Yeah. Love it.
I feel like this is good vibe direction.
-Mmm-hmm. -And then
other than whatever rogue thing Mom and Cory do,
-I feel pretty good about the plan. -[sighs] Yeah, me too.
-Amazing. Cute house. -All right.
It's gonna be so cute.
♪ Uh-oh ♪
♪ Head straight for the top ♪
♪ Never ever gonna stop ♪
[Mina] We want Iowa to have a very high end look
on a budget to help make up for the loss we took on the house next door.
So we're installing
a cost effective vinyl print flooring.
But installing it in a herringbone pattern
to really elevate the look.
We've got a deep green cabinet and the walk-in pantry,
but in the kitchen, there's simple white shaker cabinets getting installed.
But the whole look will be upscale
with the stone countertops and this unique geometric backsplash tile
all the way up to the ceiling.
And the lightweight iron is gonna complement
our antique wood doors that are going in
on our walk-in pantry.
Can I get a visual mock-up
of what this is gonna look like
-'cause this is-- -Yeah. There you go.
-Are you a door? -Yeah. This is your mockup.
[loudly clears throat]
-There we go. That's a better door. -Yeah.
Is that your pirouette? Do that again.
[laughing]
Wow.
♪ Shake, shake ♪
♪ Hey Shake it till you ♪
[Mina] After several days of work cutting the doors
and removing the glass...
Don't try this at home, kids.
There was really no way to replace the glass
and keep the door in one piece so I removed all the glass
and then we sanded the doors and polyed them.
[Cory] This look great. [chuckles]
And after two full days of working on them,
we are finally going to install the doors.
Yes, I'm still very anxious.
[man] What is that face?
This is nervousness as always.
These doors are very old and very delicate,
so there's no replacing them.
So it's very nerve-racking working on these for me.
[Cory] These doors are amazing.
Okay. All right.
-[Austin] Screw coming in. -Screw.
Oh, yes. Nice.
[groans] [laughs]
Gettin' excited here.
[Austin] I don't think it fits.
You kidding me?
-It just hittin' right here. -[Cory] I know.
You gotta shave some more off.
All you can do is take a hand planer.
This shouldn't even go back on the table saw.
Just take a hand planer and... [vocalizing]
Despite all of our best measuring efforts,
the doors do not fit quite right.
[Austin] And there's still some old hardware that's catching,
so we're gonna have to grind that off
to really get a great fit.
-Whoa! -[man] Is everyone okay?
-[man 1] Whoa! -[man 2] Is everyone okay?
Now, where's the blade?
That's terrifying.
-Good thing my eyes were closed. -Is it in me?
[Cory] Oh, yeah. I guess I should check the blade.
[Austin] The blade on the saw flew off
and nearly got MJ.
Yeah, he almost got got.
And, so at this point,
I think the safest bet is just to take
the doors off the hinges,
cut them down on the table saw
because we don't need anyone getting murdered today.
Let's see what he does.
[Cory] All right. Well, this should be great.
You guys did an incredible job.
[Mina] You can say you feel the heavens.
Oh, it works.
[man] I love it. Amazing.
[Cory] Wow, like butter.
Here's Johnny!
[laughing maniacally]
[Austin] I think we're all a little slap-happy,
after working on these doors for two days.
They definitely been a lot of work,
uh, but they give that much needed charm
that I really think is necessary
to appeal to the high end buyers
that want the area
but also want Bates-Hendricks for its charm.
♪ Ooh, la la ♪
♪ Coming through like on ♪
[Mina] With the weather finally warming up,
we were able to pour the concrete for our front porch
and walkway to give this place a bit more curb appeal.
The back patio is also getting poured
to get easy access to the brand new garage.
Inside, a large porcelain tile
is going into the main bath
to give it a really upscale style,
which is what I want in every corner of this house.
♪ All eyes on me ♪
♪ Cuz I'm royalty, royalty ♪
-The universe loves us. -[Cory] It came to you.
[Mina] And fingers crossed,
whatever project mom and Cory are cooking up
adds to the upscale vibe as well.
Our friend texted me with a picture of two ladders
and said, "I remember you like ladders."
-And I went over to Iowa and MJ was there. -Mmm-hmm.
And I said, "Would a ladder work?",
and he said, "Yes, it would."
-So we... -Oh, I'm picking up.
...have what I call a green light.
-We're turning this into a shelf system of sorts? Okay. -Yeah.
So we'll cut the shelves with this
and then that should be it. Three shelves.
We had a lot of project ideas
-for this house. -Mmm-hmm.
And Mina wanted it to feel really upscale,
really new, really posh.
[Karen] But we like things that are old,
that have developed character, some patina over time.
And every house needs a little of that.
[Cory] So once you know it,
Karen's got a a guy that has antique ladders
and with that we're going to create
a shelving system.
[Karen] Out of an old ladder.
-Oop. -Because that's the right thing to do.
You just left me hanging.
-[chuckling] -Oh.
I think it should be as tall as you are.
-How tall are you? -Uh, five... Depends.
Depends on the day.
-Five nine and a half. -[Karen laughs]
I feel like six feet is good.
-Yeah. -I'mma lay her flat.
Okay, lay her flat.
That seems like a good idea.
[Cory] For the ladder shelf, we are cutting down the ladder
and then we secure the unsteady sections of the ladder
to make sure it is solid and secure.
Then we cut out some polycarbonate shelves for it.
[Karen] Look at that.
Freakin' genius.
-[Cory] Mmm, okay. -[Karen] That's perfect.
[both laughing]
[Cory] This is fantastic.
I am so in love with this, Cory.
-I'm so in love. -Karen, anything that stands still
is going to get lit up like a Christmas tree. High five.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
-[laughs] -So, of course, we added some lights to the ladder
to add a little warmth, a little whimsy.
-But I just had an idea. -[Cory] Mmm-hmm.
This hour has zero color.
Do we wanna add some color with our polycarbonate
'cause we could do a second surface painting.
-[Cory] Mmm-hmm. -And I have some tints
-that are specifically made for glass. -Got some what?
-[Karen] Sheer tints. -[Cory] Tints.
[Karen] Tints.
-Oh! -[Cory] It's perfect.
You know what? I'm making your decision
really hard now, Cory.
I like this. Right here.
-Fire. -[Karen] Ah.
We are definitely going a little rogue
with red, yellow and orange on the shelves.
But it wouldn't be a project to Cory's mind
if we didn't go a little rogue.
-[Cory] Honestly, a dash of color is awesome. -[Karen] Mmm-hmm.
[Cory] I'm really digging it.
If the homeowner doesn't like it,
they can just swap it out. No big deal.
-Or you can give it to, -Okay.
...because I love it too.
[Tad] Over the last couple of weeks,
we've been hard at work getting all that tilework done
in Patty's bathroom.
The shower walls,
the floors and the tile wainscoting was a huge undertaking.
But now that it's all done,
and our traditional-style walnut vanity is in,
it's time to wrap this puppy up.
I brought you a little jeuje.
-Whoo! A jeuje. -[Tad] Very nice.
Today, Karen has been so kind
as to come help stage this bathroom
that Hammer Construction did renovation on.
-I like to say jeuje. -Jeuje.
-I help put jeuje to the bathroom. -Put some jeuje to that.
-Mmm-hmm. -Yeah, no, that's... I like that word.
Little jeuje.
-Yeah. -I just felt like this corner
needed a little height and a little green
-[Tad] Yeah. -...and I know Patty likes plants.
And there we go.
-'Cause it's just... Oops. -Thank you so much for your help.
-Oh. You kidding? Happy to do it. -The design is not my thing.
-[Karen] I'll... -Not yet.
He made a beautiful bathroom. It is beautiful.
-It really is. -I... This is gorgeous.
-[Tad] Yeah. -I can't wait for her to see it.
[Tad] To have this level of responsibility
and ability is more than I thought
of myself a few years ago.
And it's just... It's... It's changed so much stuff
in my life and feel happy about it.
-Yeah. -Little boy's grown up.
It's perfect. All right.
-Let's get out of here. We did good work. -Let's go.
-Whoo! -Can't wait for Patty to see it.
♪ Up, up, up Tonight ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
The new and improved den.
Oh, my gosh.
-Whoo! -Improved is... Yes.
♪ This so pretty ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Now, don't go call me ♪
[Patty] It's incredible.
[Tad] It... It really is.
-You remember what it looked like, coming-- -[Tad] We had a burst pipe.
-We had the hole from upstairs. -[Patty] Yes.
[Tad] We had the water damage.
[Patty] Yes, we did.
-[Tad] And... -[Patty] Taking down the shelves.
Add like, yeah, at least 12 inches,
-[Tad] Oh, yeah. Yeah. -[Patty] ...I mean, with square footage.
-We cleaned up the chimney. -We got a little...
It was just covered in plaster.
It turned out, just...
again, better than I thought.
-[Tad] Yeah. -[Patty] It's so pretty.
-Absolutely. -All right. Wanna see your bathroom?
Yes, I am ready.
-Let's go check that out. -All right. All right.
Oh, my God.
[Tad] Whoo!
[Tad] All right. Let's do it.
Oh, my God.
[Tad] Whoo!
♪ How can we be anything like that we gonna be, yeah ♪
Oh... Oh, yeah.
This is incredible.
Before my bathroom started about right here.
-[Tad] Yeah. -[Patty] And this is my bathroom. Look at this.
♪ Anything all that we gonna be ♪
-My brick moment. -[Tad] Yeah.
And the cathedral ceiling.
-[Patty] Oh, yeah. -[Tad] Like, imagine if this ceiling
just carried on right here.
-[Patty] Yeah. Yeah. -[Tad] So that's one of the things
I've learned from working with my sister and Karen.
You know, there's all these little things
that you can do that just make the space
a lot more grand.
The tile is next level.
[Tad] He chose your tile and everything so well
that I think that this bathroom
has become pretty timeless.
-[Patty] I think so, too. -You know, I think this is gonna serve you
for a very, very long time.
It's just gorgeous.
My furniture piece, vanity,
is also exactly what I wanted it to be.
-[Tad] Yeah. -[Patty] It looks like a piece of furniture
-custom-made for my bathroom. -[Tad] Yeah.
And the shower is incredible.
-Yeah. The tub. -But the showpiece...
-Whoo! -...is my tub.
♪ Ooh, yeah is this true ♪
♪ Ooh Ooh Ooh ♪
♪ Yeah Yeah Yeah ♪
-[Tad] I actually laid in there too. -[Patty] Did you?
And it's huge.
-[Patty] It is massive. -[Tad] It's so much room.
[Patty] This is exactly what I wanted.
-[Tad] Yes. -[Patty] An open bathroom
-where you see all the pretty stuff walkin' in. -Yeah.
-It's good. -I'm so happy you're happy.
-[Patty] I am very happy. -So that makes me very happy.
[Patty] And, you know, we're not done.
I have some projects in line.
I already have, like, a little list
that I'm gonna talk to you about.
I'm so happy you love this.
And I'm... I'm so glad you're feeling inspired
to tackle the other parts.
Thank you so much.
-I so appreciate it. Give me a hug. -Absolutely. Absolutely.
I've always been on the front end of renovation.
The demo, the construction,
but not really the finished product.
Appreciation of the client feels amazing.
So, I loved working with Patty
and I really hope I get to do more projects like this.
♪ Hey! Oh! Keep after this ♪
♪ Hey! Can you keep up to this? ♪
♪ Hey! Oh! ♪
♪ I know you know how ♪
[Karen] Oh, my boy.
[laughs] Yeah. Oh.
It's gonna be a good day.
[laughing]
I'm feeling real fresh.
I'm comin' off a major win
with Patty's bathroom renovation.
I've got some pep in my step
and I'm ready to dig some holes.
Yeah, man, I'm proud for ya.
I'm proud with ya.
I'm dancing with ya.
-You're dancing with me? Whoo. Whoo. -Let's go. Let's go.
-We have our Dr. Seuss Spruce right here. -Nice.
A little bird's nest spruce.
They... They get a little, kinda, divot-y in the middle here.
-They get a couple feet, they are super cute. -[man] Yeah...
-Okay. -And we have a spruce story.
It is winter in Indiana.
Which means there is not a lot of green in the landscape.
But there are some things that I can put into this yard
that will create a pop of color.
Spruces are a nice choice
because whoever buys this house,
they will be very easy to take care of.
-[man] There you go, a happy little tree. -[Karen] Nice.
So cute.
-You make that look easy. -[man] Yeah.
Drop it like it's hot.
-[Karen laughing] -Pretty good.
Guys, let's just step back just a little bit.
-Look how we've done. -[Tad] Yeah, let's do it.
I always like to step back a little bit.
I want you to imagine these little bird's nests
-about three feet tall. -[Tad] Mmm-hmm.
-Yeah. -...in the sky, someday.
It's gonna be all grown up.
It's gonna bring a lot of color.
-Come on, get in here. -What?
-Blow it up. All right. -[vocalizing]
[Karen] Yeah, I think we're pretty good.
-[Austin] Oh, yeah. -[Tad] Yeah.
♪ Ah, ha, I'll make 'em mad ♪
♪ Am I gonna find in the love of ♪
[Mina] This gonna look so cute.
[MJ] Very cute. They're gonna love it.
That's amazing.
-Is this gonna be the office? -[MJ] Yes.
Is... It's a pothos?
[MJ] Yeah. The office pothos.
Tomorrow we're showing the house to Will and Devon
and they have a young daughter
and they're thinking about moving their family
to the centers.
And I'm glad we did the curve.
-[Mina] Yeah. And I love it so damn much. -[MJ] I wanna clear
that basin now.
-[speaking indistinctly] -Yeah, this is really, really cute.
We're trying to appeal to this young family
and the mud room,
a huge walk-through pantry,
it's just a huge draw to parents
because it's a great space to hide things, organize things.
It's just awesome.
I love that we have an area rug in the bathroom.
-Correct. -Very fancy.
A whole area rug.
Look at these sconces.
[Mina] I also do love those.
I think this is one of the prettiest houses we've done.
It has been a big financial risk.
I mean, we went big with, you know, the custom doors,
the herringbone floors, the big lighting package.
And I'm really hoping it pays off
and we can recoup some of the loss
from the property next door.
Love it.
[MJ] Yeah.
[Mina] Good morning.
-How are you guys? -Say hi.
-How are you? -[Mina] Hi.
-Nice to meet you. -I didn't know we were getting a baby today.
-That's always exciting. -Yes, you are.
Getting baby Randy.
So, Devon and Will, um, have known each other for nine years.
He was her mailman, which is so dang cute.
Um, and they made Randy.
And since this is the perfect family house,
hopefully they'll think it's perfect
for their little family.
-[gasping] Oh, my. Oh, God. -Oh, my gosh. Look.
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, this is not ♪
♪ I can, I can, I can get enough ♪
-Look at how she's like, "Oh, yeah." -So cute.
-Yeah, oh! -Love the black and white.
-It is so cute. -[Karen laughing]
-See, so pretty. -Wow.
There's so much space inside
-for you to run around and play. -[indistinct conversation]
[Devon] The contrast, it just makes it pop.
[Mina] The house is a new construction.
Pretty typical shape for the neighborhood.
Kinda mixed up the siding, so I've got lap
and then I also have board and batten.
And it's really high contrast,
so white against, like, all black trim.
-It is so pretty. -So nice.
-I love the stairs, too. -Ah, yeah.
[Mina] Just makes it look a little bit more, like, beefier.
As young parents who have jobs,
we've give you a super low-maintenance landscape.
-Super low-maintenance. -[Devon] That's... Yes.
[Karen] Basically you find your neighborhood kid
to cut the grass when it comes in.
-That's it. That's all you have to do. -[Devon] Okay.
Do you wanna go inside?
-Yes. -Yes.
-[laughs] Yay! -Let's see inside.
-Come on. -Let's go inside.
[Mina] Come on in.
-[Will] Big one. -[Mina laughing]
Good one.
[Karen] What do you think?
-[gasping] -[Will] Ooh!
[woman cheering]
[Mina] Do you wanna go inside?
-[Will] Yes. -[Devon laughs] Yes.
-[Will] Let's see inside. -[Devon laughs] Yay!
-Come on. -Let's go inside.
-[mouthing] -[Will] Ooh!
[Mina] What do you guys think?
It is so pretty.
♪ I can't help myself ♪
♪ I like what I see ♪
♪ Is it specifics ♪
♪ I attract to me? ♪
-I love the door. -So good, yeah.
So we have the same flooring throughout.
There is this herringbone lay and the main body of the house,
and then a straight lay that's a little more simple than the bedrooms.
Lots of cam lights as you can see
and then just some decorative lighting.
-[Devon] It looks so good. -[Will] Oh!
-[chuckling] -Obviously, tons of room for her to play.
We have a big family too.
I have lots of siblings.
You wanna see a little bit more?
-There you go. Having fun. -You can just wander wherever you want.
Okay, she wants to see the kitchen.
-Let's do it. -Let's go.
-Come on. -See this kitchen.
So lead the way, girl.
Oh, my goodness.
-Oh, wow. -Oh, my God.
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
I love that tile
-and backsplash, how it goes all the way in. -[Devon] I know. Yeah.
-It's so good. -[Will] Yes, love it.
[Devon] Oh, so gorgeous.
-So you have so much cabinet space. -[speaking indistinctly]
I have these double stacked cabinets
and I don't use a step,
so I just climb on the counter like a monkey.
But we've got, like, the crock pot up top.
Like, the holiday things that we don't use terribly often.
Plenty of storage
and then a different color island base
to warm it up a little bit.
But the counter tops are the same throughout
to kinda keep it cohesive.
-Yes. -Really, really pretty.
-[Devon] Oh, nice. -[Karen] I feel like she has already decided
that this is her cabinet.
-Yes. -Yes.
-...where all of her dishes go. -[Devon] It's perfect size.
[Will] That's good.
[Karen] Do you see yourselves cooking in this kitchen?
Oh, my goodness. Yes, this is great.
Though, I'm very excited
to show you this next space, though,
because these doors over here,
oh, my goodness, labor of love.
[all laughing]
[Mina] I fell in love with them
at this antiquities warehouse in Phoenix
and I was like, "I don't know where they're gonna go."
This was years ago.
But I love them and I hope you love it
'cause it's so dang cute
and I'm obsessed with it.
-But peek through here on your right. -All right.
-[Mina] Isn't it so cute? -Hmm, it is so pretty.
-Oh, the doors. -[Will] It is...
-I wanna play some here. -I know.
-Oh! -[Will] Oh!
All the storage.
[Mina] So you have even more storage back there.
Since there's no, like, a traditional pantry,
I didn't wanna just put boring shelves in there.
-So we got all that wall space. -These are so cute.
[Mina] And then behind it by the back door
-it's still even more, like, mudroom shoe space. -[Devon] And, yes.
-Still so open and spacious. -[Will] Ah. Wow.
And this is really nice when we have dogs too.
-[Will] Yes. -So you got a place to wipe their paws
-before they come in. -[Will] Yeah.
-[Devon] It is. -[Karen] A place to hang all the leashes.
I love it.
-All right. Let's go this way, ma'am. -Let's go.
♪ Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah ♪
-This is your living room. -Yes.
♪ Don't know what it is ♪
♪ Oh, I don't know what this dreams but I keep dreaming ♪
[Devon] Oh, the lighting. The brightness about it.
I love the door.
[Mina] It just lets in so much light over there.
[Devon] So much light.
-Detached garage as well? -Yes.
So you got a two car detached garage back there,
also a new construction.
-Wanna go upstairs? -Yeah, it's a good one.
-Ooh. -You coming?
-[woman] No? Okay. How's that? -No.
-Randy, hey, come look. -[gasping]
Come on in.
[Mina] So in a house this large,
just like a secondary hang space,
living room space,
playroom, 'cause really every room
-turns into that eventually. -Yes.
-Yeah, there you go. -Um, so you got options up here.
-[Will] Yes. -[Devon] I like the windows,
-the brightness about it. -[Will] Hmm.
[Devon] The lighting, and the ladder
-and the shelving. -[Will] That's cool.
Oh, that's gorgeous.
The colors, too.
Just kinda makes a little pop.
Do you notice that I match the ladder?
-I got my red, yellow and orange. -[chuckles]
-[laughing] -I match the ladder.
-You match the ladder! -[all laughing]
[Karen] I did that on purpose.
Maybe we should let you take a look
-at your main suite. -Okay.
[Will] Hmm, yes. Let's go.
-[Mina] Right this way. -This way.
-[woman] And, uh... -Oh, yes!
[Will] All these lights.
-[Devon] I like it strong. -[Will] Strange, but I like it.
It is. It's strange.
-But it's cool. -[Devon] It is. It's...
[Devon] I love the long window to both the bed.
-[Will] Hmm. -[Devon] That's a way you have a little lightness
in the morning right above, kind of...
But you got the privacy from your neighbors.
-Yes. -[Devon] Exactly.
And then right behind you, we've got your main en suite.
-Here we go. -[gasps]
-Look at that. -Ooh.
-Oh, my God. -Oh!
-Now we sit... -Ooh.
-Ooh, we can sit down in the shower. -[woman laughing]
-[Will] I love the tile, how big the tiles are. -[Devon] Oh, yeah.
I love the double sinks.
-It's beautiful. -And the nice thing is you have your...
throne room.
The toilet right behind you.
-So that's a little privacy. -[Will] Oh, nice.
[Mina] Yes, little privacy there.
-With a window, of course. -[Devon] Yes.
And then you got a walk-in closet over there.
-Oh, beautiful. -[Randy] Oh, my gosh.
Now that we've seen everything,
-Yes. -[Mina] ...let's pop back downstairs
and we can kinda go over square footage
and numbers and what no.
-Awesome. Perfect. -[Mina] Okay, come on.
This house is beautiful.
Everything is gorgeous. It flows right.
We absolutely love the open concept of it.
And we like the little bit of the oldness,
how they put it in there with the modern.
It is really beautiful.
Everything is just really gorgeous.
You guys are amazing.
We've got a little bit over 2000 square feet.
You have four bedrooms, two and a half bath,
the detached two car garage.
I literally put it on the market yesterday.
We have three showings set up
but I don't know them,
and it does matter that I like you. [laughs]
-So if you want it, it's yours. -Thank you so much.
Um, just let me know.
I got this lot as part of a double lot
that came with the house next door,
which was a 145,000.
So if we half of that went into this lot,
that's about 72,500 as a purchase price.
Our budget was 230,000.
I spent 290 and I have it listed for 450.
So we spent a great deal more
on the renovation than I had planned.
But because of the high-end fixtures,
tile and finishes,
I think I can absolutely get that price for it.
Devon and Will's positive reaction
started on the outside of the house,
when they saw the facade
and continued throughout the house.
It seemed like there was nothing they didn't like.
-[Mina] Okay, you ready to go? -[Karen] Time for her playtime.
Is that delicious? Thank you very much.
-Let's go get your jacket. Come on. -[Mina] Come on.
-Where is it? Where's your jacket? -Lucky guys out.
-[Mina] She's just gonna squeeze it out! -[Karen] Where is it?
But the most important thing...
is Randy owned that kitchen,
owned the stairs, owned the couch.
Like, everywhere she went now, she's like, this is my house.
And she just put down roots there.
So I feel like they don't have a choice, 'cause Randy said so.
[Mina] She didn't pee on anything.
Or lick it.
That would have, like, really clenched it.
[Karen laughing]