[Cory Miller] What's down here?
-[Mina Starsiak] A lot. -[Cory] A lot?
It is the Charles Street takeover, I feel like.
We failed inspection, boo.
I don't want any more failed inspections on this property.
Well, there will be, you have my word.
[Mina] That's the name of the game. No pink slips.
Do you see how many pink slips are on the window?
Five!
Looks like we have some unqualified people working in here.
There's supposed to be a bench!
Did we say we were building the bench?
100%, we did say.
Cory looks really excited about something.
[Cory] I'm blowing Mina's budget totally right now.
[Mina] Do it, Cory!
Oh, boy, I just got really jazzed.
Oh, my gosh!
[Mina] 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 Laine] Holy cow!
[Mina] Then we turn those rundown houses
into some of the nicest homes in the neighborhood.
-[man] Wow! -[woman] I love it!
-Morning! -[Mina] Morning!
[Cory] What are we doing here?
I thought we were done with this thing.
-We're done... -Okay.
...I was just doing that punch double check
'cause they move in, they, we close next week.
Yeah, I know.
-Don't leave me hanging. -I won't leave you hanging.
But I wanna take you down here to show you this one.
[Cory] What's down here?
Another home.
-[Cory] What? -[Mina] Well, a lot in all fairness.
[Cory] A lot?
We finished the house on Charles Street just a few weeks ago,
and it sold right off the ba
to this super cute young couple,
which is amazing because we can always use
the cashflow that comes with selling a home.
Well, this is my hood, the Old Southside that is,
and things are popping off here.
[Mina] Which is exactly why I asked you here
because this house is right down this way on Charles.
-That way? -That way.
Now, this is a super cute street.
It's really coming alive.
We're upside of dozen for sure
in Old Southside now...
[Cory] Easily a dozen.
[Mina] ...and, you know,
are we three or four on Charles?
-[Cory] Definitely coming alive on this street. -[Mina] It is.
It is the Charles Street takeover, I feel like.
-It is, yeah, Charles Street takeover. -That's for sure.
[Mina] This area of the Old Southside
has really become a great spot for us.
It's so close to Downtown,
so young professionals and families
who are getting priced out of some of the other neighborhoods
have been snatching up home here left and right.
We've really invested a lot into this neighborhood,
and, in particular, Charles Street.
And slowly but surely we're creating our own comms,
which has definitely been good for business.
Heck yeah, my house is just a few blocks that way,
-so, it's good for my property value, too. -Mmm-hmm.
I really like the floorplan we just did, though,
so, I wouldn't be opposed to...
-Doing the same one? -Yeah.
So, this is it.
-So, it is, like, very, very similar lot. -Yeah, it is.
[Mina] I got it for about the same price as the other one.
I paid $40,000 for it,
and I think since it'll be a new build,
we'll just do it like we did the last one.
Make it a solid top.
So, four-bedrooms, three-bath house,
about 1,800 square feet.
And if we replicate the floorplan,
it should hopefully make for a really quick build
since we've already done it
[Cory] These are basically gonna be like twins on Charles.
[Mina] Yes, sir.
[Cory] But, yeah, we don't want identical.
[Mina] Like, tweak it. A play off it.
-Let's start marking it off, you go that way. -Let's do it.
That's the corner and then we go back 45 feet.
This is kinda cut out for a front porch.
Yeah.
[Mina] Something like that.
-[Cory] Yeah. -[Mina] Ooh, I just sprayed my flip-flops.
-You need to get rid of those flip-flops anyways. -I know.
-And then... -And then the door's gonna swing in?
-So, this is the door. -[Cory] 'Kay.
This, if you just kinda, like, square off,
is bedroom, bathroom.
[Cory] That's the bathroom,
and then the bedroom square off right here, right?
I don't like that!
Look, you just spray paint and keep to yourself.
So, when you come in, this will be...
-The kitchen. -...a kitchen L.
[Cory] Okay, so, there's our kitchen.
[Mina] And then the table could kinda be right here.
[Cory] Uh, here, check it.
It can be a mobile dining room table slash pool table.
[Mina] This is not your house, Cory.
And then we could put it on casters,
and shove it out to the middle of the family room.
-And then... -That's what I would do. And then a sliding door...
[Mina] I think window and then sliding doors.
Deck, grass.
-Bing, bang, boom. -So boring.
Three more bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs.
[Cory] It so... That's it?
-We need to put... -What do you want from me?
The pool table comes with the house.
Wait, this looks more like a shovelboard table.
[Cory] No!
That's maybe a petite ping pong table.
[Cory] You get the idea.
I just don't wanna make it too big.
To actual size 'cause then you won't go for it.
Oh, look, we could put a cover on it
and there's your dining room table.
-Let me... -No, that's it.
That's the end, that's the end of the house.
-Look, you know what will make it less boring? -What?
You can wallpaper the whole damn house.
-No, we're not wallpapering anything. -That's what happening now.
[Cory] Everything's gonna be fine.
What we really need to figure out is something
that, like, makes you...
'Cause your living room, kitchen, like,
not right when you walk in.
-Like, most of ours, it's around the corner. -Yeah. That's what's...
We need...
Something that draws you in there.
This is gonna be a new build,
and buys are gonna want to be wowed
the second they walk in.
Oh, yeah, like in our last house on Charles,
we did this metal railing.
[Mina] Yeah, we should do that again!
Uh, no, not gonna happen.
Twinning is winning.
Uh, no, twinning is not winning.
I have it! I know what we're gonna do.
We're gonna put floating stairs
that come off the edge of the exterior wall,
and they come out this way.
There's no stringer or anything.
It's going to be amazing.
And then that's what's gonna draw you through here.
-So, that does two things... -Mmm-hmm.
...A, it definitely raises the cost.
What I need to know is the feasibility and how much it raises the cost.
-Yeah. -And B, it takes away any storage or coat closet.
Which I'd be willing to give up in lieu of very good design...
-All right. -...depending on the feasibility and the cost.
It's gonna be epic.
[Mina] Since this is a new build,
our first step is to instal water, sewer and electric lines.
Then we can dig up and pour our new concrete foundation
And once that's done, we get going on framing out
the new four-bedroom and three-bath home.
We're starting with $40,000 in on the lot.
$1,800 square-foot build.
We're probably looking at $200,000.
So, all in at $240,000.
But I think at 1,800 square feet, we're...
Yeah, it's a new build.
On the high-200s.
That would give us about a $50,000 profit.
With the staircase, it's going to sell itself.
We're gonna have to sell yourself to pay for the staircase.
Ooh. Who said I was gonna mind that?
-All right. -[Mina] No one.
No one ever.
We're finally getting starte on our twin Charles house
and that starts with diggin out the trenches
for our new foundation.
We aren't having basement in this house,
so we just need to dig about 30 inches
before bringing in the concrete.
Oh, gosh!
I'm stuck!
You need help there, amateur?
[Mina] I got it!
It's the prettiest darn concrete truck I've ever seen.
-[Cory] It is pretty. -It's all fancy with our pump.
It, uh, it'd be even prettier if we were pouring this out today.
We are!
That's why they're here.
No, we failed inspection, boo.
What do you mean we failed inspection?
How? Why?
Why... We had, like, everything was in,
it was all done.
What did you do?
[Cory] We failed inspection, boo.
What do you mean we failed inspection?
We had, like, everything was in, it was all done.
What did you do?
Yeah, well, the unfortunate part is
is we didn't dig deep enough
and get below frost line for our footer.
I thought we were at 30 inches.
No, no, we were 30 inches in some places,
but not enough in other places is the story,
so, the excavator's already left.
We gotta get it back here.
-It's all right. -Please talk to them...
We'll bring in a bunch of wheelbarrows
and everything will be fine...
You're a ding-a-ling.
...and we're gonna dump it just right in the trench and go.
And get an excavator back here today.
I'm gonna call the guys and tell 'em we just have to get it done.
'Kay?
When it comes to concrete, you can't mess around.
Like, you have to be ready for the concrete
to go in when it comes.
Because these guys will tak that big truckload of concre
to another job, and you may not get them back for days.
Maybe even weeks.
Well, lucky for us, I know a guy.
Called in a favor,
and they were able to get the trenches dug
to 30 inches that we needed, so...
[Mina] But the concrete guys already left.
Well, I know a guy for that, too.
I know a guy for that, too.
People like me, what can I say?
Yeah!
Hear that thing coming through there?
You got that thing cranked up?
You're doing a good job!
[Mina] Thank you!
[Cory] All right!
Keep it coming!
[Mina] Look at me and my hose!
[Cory laughing]
Really get into it!
Wow, you killed it!
I told you we would get this done.
We had just an hour.
[Cory] Good Lord! Just enough in the pump truck.
I don't want any more failed inspections on this property.
Oh, there won't be from here on out.
You have my word.
-No. -That's what I thought.
[laughing]
[Mina] Now that we've finally got our footers dug
we can begin laying our foundation,
get floors and walls up, and get a roof on the house
[Cory] Good morning!
-[Mina] Good morning. -What are we doing?
Mmm, working.
On your computer?
This is the one that flew off the hood of my car on the highway.
I can tell.
Looks like it's taken quite a tumble.
-[Mina] She's a keeper. -All right. Anyways.
Time for a new computer,
and time to review these floorplans.
No, these need to be seared into your brain.
Listen...
'Cause this foundation situation is...
-We can't have another snafu like that. -Just...
When you fail an inspection,
they put a pink slip on your door or window,
and pretty much what that means is you have to stop work
and you have to fix it.
And we cannot get any more pink slips
because we cannot afford to hold up work and fix it.
I know, my tail's between my legs.
It won't happen again.
Let's talk about this, uh, first floor.
[Mina] The layout's, basically, the exact same
as the other one a few houses down on Charles Street.
'Cause again, these are kinda the twins,
they're, like, they're playing off each other,
they're close to each other, so...
I know you like that dance.
It's a smart business decision
to kinda replicate what we already did on Charles.
Do a similar floorplan, similar design features
'cause we know the value and the comp,
everything we'll be able to get out of it.
And, theoretically, it should go quicker
since we've already done this song and dance.
Yeah, but not, not identical twins.
Siblings maybe, right?
Fraternal twins.
Urgh, fine.
Love everything that's going on here.
This roofline, it's just big flat box
with a triangle on top.
So, mixing up the siding style,
having some interesting trim
And this, you come in and you got a bedroom
that's probably a flex space
Instead of a half-bath, we have a full-bath
since we have a room down here.
And you've got a little nook to your left
and then open staircase.
And I think the floating's a good idea,
you had to turn off fires with kids,
but we can still come up with something cool for these stairs.
So cute, all right.
Uh, moving on.
[Mina] And then they get a nice L kitchen
also they can drop an island in if they want,
and we room for, like, a long skinny dining table.
And our living space will be off that,
so, it's gonna be nice and open back here,
and to steal a phrase from you,
they'll be plenty of room for activities.
That's a large space there, so maybe we could do a little,
a little pirouette there.
Yeah. What's a pirouette? Show me.
I don't know enough ballet to know...
That's definitely a pirouette, yeah.
Do a few more ones and it'll jog my memory.
-No, I... [laughing] -[laughing]
I was actually about to do it.
I sat there and thought about it for a second.
And then upstairs, the main ensuite has a walk-in.
The bathroom is tight,
but a I got a double-vanity and it's a 48-inch.
[Cory] Yeah.
[Mina] And then there are tw more bedrooms and a bath up here,
so, it's got everything you need.
I'm totally digging this layout.
[Cory] Yeah, it is cool.
I feel good about this now that we've made it through...
-Our pink slip situation? -The foundation situation.
[Cory] I need to get this rectified
before I go on vacation.
Because just when you wanna hit the cruise control button,
-you shouldn't. -Apparently.
-See you! -Thank you.
[Mina] Cory, I wanna take you back in time.
Do you remember when I said, "No more pink slips?"
When we were here pouring concrete with the big machine?
-It was super fun. -Uh-huh.
And we left like, all happy and positive
and it was like, "What's the name of the game?
No pink slips. Get 'er done."
And you said, "I got this."
Yeah, this is a new build. It should be pretty easy.
Did you see how many pink slips are on the window?
-Five. Five. -[Cory] Interesting.
Five pink slips.
[Mina] Did you see how many pink slips are on the window?
Five. Five.
Looks like we had some unqualified people working in here.
This is what happens when you go on vacation,
which you're never allowed to do again.
We have five pink slips.
Four of them are pretty easy fixes.
And the fifth is because we had a plumber that just went completely rogue.
The new plumber, he cut out entirely
the top, the I of an I-joist
to make room for plumbing lines.
-How close did he get? -No, it's gone. He cut it all out.
So an I-joist, it's like a capital I. It's just that.
Put your hand in the middle, Cory.
-This is... This is... This is the OSB. -This is an I-joist.
And our plumber cut off the I.
The top part of the I.
[Mina] It's engineered in a specific way to hold a specific load.
And when you do anything to alter that engineered product,
you change its structural integrity.
So, so much for no pink slips.
We were at a really good clip
and have been at a dead stop for over two weeks now.
This house was moving and shaking.
Foundation happened quick, framing happened quick,
the windows popped in, we're ready to roll.
And then, the inside just completely stalled out.
Now we can't continue construction
until we prove the beam is structurally sound again
I don't care what the solution ends up being.
We just need to figure it out and execute it.
We need to figure it out, get it approved and then execute.
[Mina] Yes, that.
You missed the get it approved part.
♪ It's like false behavior ♪
♪ Yeah yeah ♪
♪ I'm the motivator ♪
♪ Yeah yeah ♪
♪ It's like false behavior ♪
[Mina] We're finally getting back on track at our Charles Street house
We're reinforcing the I-bea that was cut into
and making it structurally sound again.
A mistake like that's not going to kill us,
but it's still a hit to the budget
that we're going to have to take out of our design budge
which isn't gonna make MJ happy.
But we got to make it work and we got to start making some decisions
while we wait and see if the inspector will sign o on our framing fix.
-I brought you some caffeine. -Oh my gosh. Thank you.
-Alright, twin number two. -Twin number two.
Not identical. Fraternal, right?
-Sisters. -[Mina] Sisters.
Let's start on the outside.
The first one was like, a lighter color palette.
Sort of that stark black and white vibe.
So I think we cozy it up on this one
because we have a similar outside shape.
-We go dark? -Darker.
So like, a dark milk chocolate.
-Like in there kind of? -[MJ] Okay, yeah.
-Love that. -[Mina] And then, just that light trim, right?
Yeah. So I've been really wanting to do a blue door.
-Yeah. -But not like, bright blue.
-What about if we go into this like, this area? -[MJ] Okay.
-[Mina] Like... I know you love moody blue. -[MJ] I do love moody blue.
So this will be like, a moody, cozy cabin vibe
on the exterior with all the dark wood,
but still very chic inside.
So kind of cabin chic.
-I like that little happy place. -[MJ] Alright.
-Okay, let's close that. -Maybe some like, faux shake.
-I'm always down for some shake. -Beautiful.
I like that for the outside.
Moving inside.
I mean, we usually do a lighter color of what's on the outside,
but I don't think we're gonna do
-like a brown right? -No.
[Mina] What do you want to do inside?
-Like, something around here? -[MJ] Something like a much warmer,
grey-ish color on the inside.
-Yeah, okay. So the inside lives in this realm. -[MJ] Yes.
Okay, then the next big thing would be flooring.
I don't love these three.
-Too grey. Got to warm it up. -I like this one and I like this one.
Oh, so you want...
-You want to go warmer on this guy? -I think warm.
And these planks have kind of a knotty look.
So they're very cabin chic.
[Mina] This one.
I mean, the next thing that pops into my head is hardware color.
-Okay. -And I think gold might lean too feminine.
-Yes. -I don't know why.
-But I feel like more in that range. -That black.
-Yes, okay. -And then, we could pop
some gold in with the lighting if we want.
-[MJ] Love that. -[Mina] Okay.
What if we do like, a marble or a quartz product
that's this, but you know, like steroids.
-So we have some more dramatic. -Super veiny and...
Yeah. I love this.
-More like the darkness of... That we have in here for that. -Yep.
And honestly, I love the stair rail we did
-at the first Charles house. -Mmm-hmm.
And so, I kind of want it, you know, with the whole twin idea.
Fraternal twin, do it in wood.
I either want to use like, white oak or ash.
I don't know, but keep it this natural color
and do that same kind of vertical thing, but out of wood.
I think it would look really pretty.
So, it is kind of like mirrored images,
but one is metal, one is wooden.
-I love that. -[Mina] Yeah. Okay.
Why do you have children's tie dye clothing?
[MJ] So, we also have this idea.
At the Indianapolis Art Gardens,
they have an entire dye garden
where you can go harvest flowers and plants to create dyes to dye--
-Oh, a dye garden. -Dye garden.
They grow plants that can be used to make dyes
-and then you dye with said dye. -Yeah.
-Gotcha. -I would like to dye a duvet cover.
-Okay. -'Cause bedding is so expensive.
It is. Okay.
I mean, we're going for this cabiny chic vibe.
So what's more cabiny chic than collecting berries and flowers
and then dyeing bedding with them?
I thought you said it was a garden in the city, not the forest.
I mean, it's in the forest.
Whatever it is, it's outdoorsy and it sounds really fun.
Which twin is our favorite? Well, which one is your favorite?
[groans] I don't know. We'll have to see.
I mean, it's kind of like picking your favorite child,
which by that I'll probably flip flop all the time
based on my emotions of that day.
Dang.
We'll see which twin wins.
♪ I'm here and now ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Here and now Don't believe it ♪
♪ Don't believe it ♪
♪ I'm here and now ♪
[Mina] I-beam gate has finally been resolved over at Charles.
We passed inspection and construction is in full swing.
[drilling]
♪ Don't believe it Don't believe it ♪
Yay.
-Hey, what's happening? -Good morning.
Ooh, look at his fancy 3D renderings.
[Cory] Uh, that's sick.
Cory and I are out here to meet Nick
to talk through this stair rail thing.
The design is very simple.
It's vertical boards
and there's going to be no floor trim.
There's gonna be no quarter round.
The board's gonna come directly down the drywall and hit the floor.
And is this a little mini representation?
Yeah, 'cause we weren't sure if we're on the right page.
[Cory] I love this.
This is pretty unique.
And this is not white oak.
-[Nick] This is ash. -[Mina] Ash,
-which gets the look for way less money. -[Nick] It starts like this.
I'm super happy with that.
[Cory] This is sick.
Alright, so we've pretty much just got, what,
like a week turnaround and then we'll see you out there?
We just have a bunch of boards to make.
I have some raw material.
I don't know if you guys want to throw some chips.
We could... We can block these out.
Cory always wants to throw some chips.
Of course we're gonna throw some chips.
-[Mina] Cory. -Let's do that.
I don't even know what that means,
but I love the sound of it and I'm here for it.
Running the wood through the planer and seeing that like,
it's like, okay, it went from rough to like, baby bottom smooth
Wow, that's nice.
Oh my God.
It's just a magical process.
[Cory] This is so sick.
Oh, it's so pretty.
[Mina exclaiming]
[Nick] I like the wax finish on it.
I think it gives it a nice matte look.
[Mina] This looks beautiful.
He's gonna get it installed next week.
I'm a happy camper and I didn't have to break any legs.
This is gonna be off the chi-zang.
I'm very excited.
♪ We live a new life New life ♪
♪ Party in the sunlight Sunlight ♪
♪ You do it 'Cause it feels right ♪
♪ Feels right ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪
[Mina] Our cabin chic vibe is starting to take shape.
These knotty wood floors set the tone the moment you walk in.
White cabinets in the kitche are gonna help brighten it u
and a calming greyish paint is going up all over the wal
and ceiling for an extra cozy feeling.
We're also adding extra wide chair rails
across the entire living and dining room
to give the room some added charm.
[Cory] Okay, this is exciting.
It's looking so good.
-Okay. -How's it going?
It looks really cool.
You're gonna keep it going around the top and the side of the door, right?
Ooh, good question.
Cory looks really excited about something.
'Cause it doesn't do any good that I'm just mentioning this now.
-[Mina] Yeah. -But this is where we really flourish.
And we do the vertical strips over the face of the door too,
so that when it's closed you don't know that it's there
and it's gonna be epic proportions.
And everyone here is involved in it.
-[groans] -And I'm blowing Mina's budget.
I know you hate me and it's okay,
but that's what's exciting.
[Cory] This is where we really flourish.
And we do the vertical strips over the face of the door too,
so that when it's closed you don't know that it's there
and it's gonna be epic proportions.
And everyone here is involved in it.
-[groans] -And I'm blowing Mina's budget.
[all laughing]
It's a great idea, but it's about two weeks too late.
And after the plumbing fiasco,
we have absolutely zero dollars left over
for any additional design elements.
We'll just do it on our next one.
-It does look really good. -It's exactly how it existed in my head.
[both] Good.
I'm gonna take him and let you finish
-before he comes up with any more wild ideas for ya. -[laughing]
♪ I know it must be tough Being left in the dust ♪
♪ But not as much as I know The thrill of the rush ♪
♪ I'm touching the top ♪
[Mina] The kitchen in Charle just got another jolt of chi
with the marble countertop,
which we are running all the way to the cabinets for a backsplash too.
Outside, we're adding lots of charm with shake shingles
and board and batten siding
which we'll paint a rich bro for even more of that cabin vibe.
-We'll go around back. -Let's go look at the back.
[Mina] Alright.
And I want to make sure the backyard has just as muc charm as the front.
So the deck is gonna come over these blocks.
I was thinking it would be cool to do something...
-Like here somewhere? -Okay, if the fence is right here...
-Yes. -...coming off the fence
with like, a planting bed over here.
The other thing that I saw that was cool,
where you get to the deck,
you turn this into a bench that's on the deck.
[Karen] I got you.
So it's like, your planting bed,
-and then, bench. -That'd be cute.
-I like that idea. -It's gonna look awesome.
-[Mina] Alright. -We're moving and shaking.
Alright.
-[Cory laughs] -[Austin] Moving and shaking.
Do it, Cory.
-Oh boy. -[laughing]
♪ Ooh yeah-yeah ♪
♪ She got a real good vibe Got style ♪
♪ Ooh yeah-yeah ♪
♪ She do it all That's what she's got ♪
♪ Mmm so good ♪
♪ Like diamonds on dashboard ♪
[Mina] We're adding lots of cabin charm
by bringing in a lot of warm wood accents and furniture.
Like the bathroom cabinets, we're giving them a touch of modern class
by adding white countertops and tile.
♪ Flashy flashy Flashy flashy ♪
Oh, what's happening? Gentlemen.
[Mina] And upstairs, the boy are trying to figure out a way to elevate the loft.
Well, I preassembled this cabinet.
Mmm, I see that.
And then, we're going to attach this permanent to the wall.
So it's gonna look like it's been here custom made.
So on this episode of twinning is winning.
Yeah, so Mina wanted a little twinning moment.
Like the other Charles,
we're going to do another custom built in situation.
[Tad] We're gonna stick it to the man,
or in this case, the woman,
and we're gonna do something totally different.
A little bit different. No desk.
We're gonna paint the custom built in the wall color
and have a totally custom moment.
Does it center in the space or does this one go over the window?
Let's mock it up and see.
Where do we want these to meet in the middle?
[Tad] No, definitely not.
We want this centered in between this space right here.
[Cory] Uh, I figured it would butt up against the window.
[Tad] No, that's gonna look like poo.
[MJ] Tad feels very strongly about this.
[Tad] Yes. Symmetry is important.
I like the way that this looks.
What if we just put one of those cute like, wicker basket design things
right in there with like, a plant?
That sounds pretty high speed.
What was that face?
I just got real jazzed.
What if we add a nice slab of marbling
-on top of the vanity? -Uh-huh.
-[MJ] Create a desk. -[Tad] Which would be awesome.
-This is how magic happens. -[Tad] Great idea.
So, now we're back to making a desk
just like the other Charles house
but it's gonna be so much cooler.
We just need to source some stone.
I'm trying to stay under $400, $500.
Don't know if that's possible.
Could do like a low-tier granite.
Might end up with a plywood countertop.
-[laughing] Yeah, for sure. -We'll see.
Hopefully, Mina thinks it's so cool
-that price is not a problem. -An issue.
♪ Watch out I'm coming through ♪
Stacking up a W ♪
♪ On the go It's nothing new ♪
♪ You never know Where I'm running to ♪
This wheelbarrow... wheel...
-Is it barrow or barrel? -Barrow.
-[Austin] It's wheelbarrow. -[laughing]
-This wheelbarrow is tired. -[Karen laughing]
[Mina] Now, that our tiered fence is up,
mom and the boys are gonna work on our plantar beds
to bring back some of the cabin chic to the backyard.
-Okay. -So, I know Mina was here and she made some gestures.
What I have sourced for us
-is 2 x 12 by I think 12 cedar boards. -Okay.
-And, uh, raised garden bed blocks.
The way I interpreted this
is that we'd have a planting bed off the fence here
and then a bench in front of it.
-That's right. -[Cory] Do you remember all this?
There's supposed to be a bench.
-There's definitely going to be a bench. -[Austin] Yeah.
-Extend it off to here. -Did we say we were building the bench?
Where you get to the deck, you turn this into a bench that's on the deck.
[Karen] I got you.
I think we might have been a little too overzealous when we said that.
100% we did say.
We were like, "Yeah, we'll cross that road when we get to it."
-[laughs] So, here's the road. -And now... Here's the road.
[Karen] That's right.
-Do you remember all this? -There's supposed to be a bench.
-There was definitely going to be a bench. -Yeah.
So, today, we have the materials to build the raised bed,
but not the bench.
So, we're gonna build the raised bed,
but not the bench.
-[Austin] I'm putting my wood down. -[Cory] Beep. Beep.
-Beep. Beep. -[Karen laughing]
[Cory] Got it. Okay.
[Karen] Okay, who wants to hammer first?
It's a simple build.
Just lumber and blocks that are made for building a raised garden bed.
But the blocks are not very pretty.
I'd like it to be more elegant than this.
[Cory] Do you wanna put a plant in front of them?
[Karen] So we're gonna do out best to hide them with plants.
Yeah, that's perfect.
I'm happy. Happy.
[Austin] I will say, I think the bed, all final and done,
does draw your eyes away from the blocks.
-[Karen] Yeah. -I think this is all it needs, guys.
This looks like a bench.
[Cory] You can sit on it.
This is 100% a bench.
[Cory] Uh, this looks great, guys. Just wow.
That's kinda cool.
It looks like a quartz, but it's an actual granite.
I love this.
[Cory] Today, we're searchin for some granite
that we can put on top of our custom built-ins that we're doing.
Is that purple?
[Cory] We only have 400 bucks to spend,
so we're digging through some remnant samples,
hoping someone else's scrap become our treasure.
I like the veining of it.
It's clean. it's crisp.
-Very subtle. -[Cory] Very subtle.
[MJ] It'll pop against kind of that green.
And it's only 300 bucks.
And you know what we should do?
Now I'm getting jazzed up 'cause I'm gonna have the details now.
-[MJ] Oh, yeah. Now you're excited. Good Morning. -Ah, we gotta... [laughing]
We gotta cut a hole for a pass-through for electrical cords.
Oh, yeah. Like a little leather pull on it so you can...
[Cory laughs] Ooh, what?
We're gonna hog that hole out
-and we're just gonna leave the plug. -I hate when you say hog.
-[Cory laughing] -Oh, no.
No one's hogging any holes.
When you're working on a routing table
and you're taking material out of something,
it's called hogging.
Ew. I hate it so much. [laughs]
It's called hogging.
So, we'll prep it then and we'll start
-cutting it right now. -Hell yeah.
Now, we're cutting!
That's wild, huh?
-Yeah, this is perfect. -Guys, this is your new piece.
-Whoa! -[Cory] Look at that.
And we maximized the amount of veining in it too.
-Oh, yeah, that's right. -[Cory] Yeah.
-You got the area with the most character. -[MJ] I love this.
It's subtle, but it's still there.
Love it.
Yeah, this is gonna look great.
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
[Mina] The final installs are going in at Charles.
In the guest bedroom, we've installed a natural wood barn door
to make this space extra coz
Meanwhile, Tad's finishing u the custom built-in desk.
[Tad] That looks amazing.
♪ Whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa ♪
♪ We're getting what we came for ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa ♪
♪ We're getting what we came for ♪
MJ wants us to do something blue.
-Yes, definitely. -Perfect.
-Like, it's very indigo. -[laughing]
-Basically, indigo is a plant. -[Karen] Right.
-And we grow it at the arts center. -Oh.
-And we have a dye garden. -Okay.
So, our indigo plants,
the leaves actually, when they dry a little in the fall,
they turn bluish.
-[Karen] So... -This is our indigo.
I don't know if you can see that.
-Yeah. -But it's pretty cool stuff.
So, I had this idea for this dark blue or indigo bedding.
And I was gonna go buy new bedding, as you do...
-Yes. -...to stage the house with.
But I don't want it to just a plain old solid blue,
but something imperfect with character,
which will get, dying it naturally, like thi
And we are gonna learn all about natural indigo dyes
so we can achieve the result MJ's looking for on this duvet cover,
which is currently just, I don't know, off-white.
-Yeah. -You know.
-You're gonna just put this in. -[MJ] All of it.
So, the thing to know,
we don't wanna make big splashes.
-Nobody breathe. -So just...
-[all laughing] -[woman 1] Exactly.
It's the hardest part.
[woman 2] Yeah, you're good.
-Now, if you can see that. -[Karen] Look at that.
[woman 2] It's really coming out. You can see...
-[MJ] Whoa. -Oh.
[woman 2] The indigo dying process is really interesting.
You mix the dried indigo into a vat of warm water.
Add a reducing agent to remove the oxygen from the water.
And then soda ash to regulate the pH.
It's got kind of an unusual scent, not in like a good way.
Then stir slowly.
-So, what's the incantation? Do you have your spells ready? -Oh!
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.
[laughing]
-Okay, MJ, go clockwise. -Oh.
[woman 2] Slow.
After 15 long minutes of stirring...
-No, no, you keep going. -Okay.
-[both laughing] -You're important. You're important.
-He's feeling a little fatigued. -[MJ] Yeah.
[woman 2] ...the dye rests for an hour,
and then voila, it's time to dip.
[Karen gasps] Oh, look at that.
-What? -I know, you can see it happening, right?
-Look, how yellow-green that is, right? -[Karen] Oh, my gosh.
-Can I use these? -[woman 2] Yes.
It's like witches brew, isn't it?
[Karen] The dye looks green.
[woman 2] But through the magic of science,
once the oxygen hits the fabric,
the chemical reaction turns it that incredible shade of indigo.
Oh, look at that. Beautiful.
-Okay. We're gonna take this guy outside. -Okay.
Are we sitting this here?
Yeah, right there's great.
So, we're gonna unfold this guy.
But we wanna get it all exposed.
Wow!
It's a nice dark blue.
[MJ] This is gonna be so cute.
-Think this is gonna look good in the room. -I love this color.
-Oh, yeah. -Good.
This is the process when I go home.
I'm gonna hang it out to dry.
So, dry it, then steam-iron it to help set the color,
then wash it in cold water,
and then I will hang it out to dry again.
And then, you will...
We're gonna throw it on a bed and it's gonna be beautiful.
Beautiful.
[Mina] Oh, that's pretty level.
It was a bumpy start to this build with lots of pink slips and delays.
But tomorrow, I'm excited 'cause we're gonna show it off to our interested buyer,
To bring the outside-feel inside,
we're using a lot of natural wood tones in the furniture,
in some of the art, and a lot of the knickknacks
But everything's gonna be in this like light, soft color palette
so everything stays balanced
Oh, my God, that smells good.
I think our buyer, who's a young professional buying her first home,
is really gonna love this house.
I wanted it to be a twin to our other Charles down the street.
They're complimentary. They're not identical.
But it's a great house. It's a great addition to the block.
And I'm excited to keep goin in the neighborhood.
Turned out nice.
[Karen] Good morning, Hannah.
-Hi. Good morning. -It's nice to finally meet you.
It's nice to meet you as well.
We are at our second house on Charles
and we're showing it to Hannah,
who is super interested in the house.
Says she wants to make an offer,
so I'm hoping today we can seal the deal.
So, what's your situation now?
I'm renting on Hoyt in Fountain Square.
I wanna own my own home. I want more space.
-Like, you wanna be grown? -Yeah.
-Is that what you're saying? -Yes.
-Okay. -This is your grown house.
[Karen laughing]
That is the best face I've ever seen.
That's what everyone should think when they see their future home.
[Hannah] Oh, my gosh.
[Mina] We went a little darker, like,
if, you know, if Two Chicks was to do cabin,
like, cabin chic, this is kind of what it would look like.
And I think that worked out well.
And you got a combination of fiber concrete siding and vinyl.
So, the shake on the top is a vinyl product,
which you will never have to do anything with.
So, looks really great,
super low maintenance. We've got...
It's a new construction, so it's all new windows.
We've left some of these like cedar supports
to kind of warm it up a little bit.
But you've got a lot of different colors, textures, patterns,
and I think they all kind of pull it together really well.
They do. They pull it together very well. It's amazing.
I can't wait till we get inside.
-All right. Would you like to go inside? -Absolutely.
Come on.
-[Mina] You ready? -[Hannah] Yeah.
Ta-da!
Oh, my gosh!
-This is amazing. -[door closes]
-[Mina] You ready? -[Hannah] Yeah.
Ta-da!
Oh, my gosh!
-This is amazing! -[door closes]
[gasps] Oh, my goodness.
This is incredible.
[Mina] This is custom-made.
It is fancy-pantsier than your traditional railin
[Hannah] I love it. A little drama.
[Mina] It's very unique.
[Hannah] This is absolutely incredibl
I love the open concept.
The ability to walk in and, like, be here...
-[Mina] Yeah. -...in this space already.
[Mina] You're not gonna be separated if you're in the dining room
or living room and the kitchen.
You have one big party area
For being a little bit on the smaller side for a home,
we have really good space.
You actually have a dining area as well
-that could fit six people pretty easily. -[Hannah] Yeah.
We definitely have people over.
We're always cooking dinners together
for the birthdays and celebrations, the Thanksgiving.
So, that'll be great.
So, we have EVP floors in the house
and it's throughout the entire space.
So, bathrooms and kitchens as well.
-[Hannah] Yeah. -[Karen] This is the cabin part of cabin chic.
[Hannah] Okay, the cabin chic...
-It feels a little knotty, pine-ish, yeah. -[Hannah] Nice.
-And then the kitchen is the chic part. -[Hannah] Right.
I absolutely love it.
-Lots of fun. -All right, well, come on into the kitchen.
You've got a large island.
You've got all this prep spa
-and then a lot of nice countertop space over here. -[Hannah] It's incredible.
-[Mina] Do you like the ston -[Hannah] I absolutely love it.
-I wanna touch it. -[Mina] I'm glad you do
because it's obviously... It's a statement.
And we went ahead and we carried it up the backsplash,
which makes it super low maintenance, really easy to clean.
You don't have grout lines.
It's beautiful. The sink is wonderful.
-You love the sink? -[Hannah] I... I...
-[Karen] It's so big. -[Hannah] It really... It's so big!
[Mina] And a lot of people, I think, are nervous about mixing metals.
So, I mean, you've got a lot of matte black in here.
The hardware's matte black.
But we went the polished nickel for the faucet
because it has that matte on it.
So, it's just kind of this like shiny piece of jewelry.
Isn't that the prettiest faucet you've ever seen?
[Hannah] It's... It is beautiful.
Yeah, I love it. I love the look.
[Mina] But this lovely, nice tall, skinny window above the sink.
-[Hannah] This is... I love it. -[Mina] I'm glad you like it
-All right, let's come into the living room. -Okay.
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, hey ♪
[Mina] You've got a really good-sized living room
and it's all nice and open to the rest of the space.
The more space the better. It's spectacular.
And we added this really beefy boy chair rail,
honestly, just for looks.
But then this small section back here actually has a picture ledge on it.
And back here you have so much natural light,
and then we have a full light back door,
so you get all the light from there.
And you have a really cute deck,
and mom did some really cute landscaping, so...
-Come on. -That's it, let's show you.
All right. Here's your backyard.
-It's so cute. -It's so cute.
I honestly love it.
-[Mina] This is what mom and the boys did. -[Hannah] Oh.
I absolutely love it.
The garden bed is so cute!
-[Karen] Ooh, I'm glad you like it. -[Hannah] The little tree.
It's just the perfect size.
I mow the lawn right now. I'm fine with mowing this.
-Totally. -Oh, yeah.
-Excellent. -Very manageable.
-All right. Let's go check up upstairs. -Let's go upstairs.
Okay.
Just enjoy your railing as we go up.
And then...
This is incredible.
[Mina] These pieces are actually li box store pieces,
but they kind of custom arranged them,
custom painted them.
-[Hannah] I love it. I love it a lot. -[Mina] Okay.
-Would you like to see your first guest room? -Yes.
-Or roommate room. Whichever it is. -Yeah.
My roommate room, my guest room.
Oh, my goodness.
This is awesome.
[Mina] You've got a queen-sized bed.
Just nice and cozy.
[Hannah] The light fixture i absolutely stunning.
-You do such a good job. -Thank you.
You guys are all so gifted.
Well, your bedroom is even better.
-Yeah, let's come see the main en suite. -Let's go down this way.
-[Hannah] Stop that. -Although you like this one...
-just wait. -[Hannah] Stop that! I'm so excited!
♪ Ooh ooh ooh Hey! ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
[Karen] So, now for the piece de resistance.
-Oh, my gosh. -Ta-da!
-Oh! It's so beautiful. -What do you think?
It's literally stunning.
-There's so much space. -[Karen] I know, right?
[Hannah] This is, like, big
-[Karen laughing] -This is, like, a big room.
This is, like, where I'm going to be living.
[Mina] You have tons of natural light.
You actually have a nice walk-in closet.
Your own en suite with a double vanity.
And this is a queen, but you could fit a king.
Yes.
[Karen] I feel like I'm bringing down the level of excitement in the room
by talking about custom dyeing a comforter...
-No, not at all. -...with natural dyes.
[Karen] With the cabin chic design style in this house,
what could be better than using real indigo
to custom dye the bedding?
[Hannah] Mmm-hmm.
-So we went and did some custom dyeing. -Oh.
-[Hannah] I think that is stunning. -[Karen] Isn't it pretty?
[Hannah] It is. It's really, really, really prett
[Karen] I'm so excited.
-Do you wanna go look in your bathroom? -I do.
-Yes. Go! -Yes, go ahead.
Go take a peek in there.
Oh, I love it.
[Hannah] I love it so much.
-The double vanity is awesom -[Mina] Mmm-hmm.
[gasps]
Oh, my goodness.
This is incredible.
All right. Let's go downstairs and kind of talk through everything.
[Hannah] I'm really excited It's amazing.
And honestly I couldn't have dreamt of anything more for my first house.
I feel pretty safe in saying we're locked and loaded here.
-Yes, there we go. There she is. -I'll be here if you need me.
-[Mina] Lovely, lovely. -Signed, sealed, delivered.
[Hannah] Do you have a pen or what do we do?
-[Mina] They can all be yours. -[Karen laughing]
[Hannah] How much for that apple?
Those come free with the house.
She's really excited about the apple bowl.
They might be rotten by the time she moves in.
She already put some in her pockets.
She did for sure.
They did not all go back in the bowl.
She's funny.
So, you've got 1,800 square feet here.
Four-bedroom, three full bath.
It's a great little new construction house.
It's everything that I could have wanted
and I have not been more confident in a decision
than I have this house.
[Mina] The price of the lot was around $40,000,
and then construction costs ended up being around $200,000.
So we're all in at $240,000
Hannah honestly really loved the house
and put in a full price offe of $305,000.
And I think this is just the perfect house for her
and she's gonna be a great addition
to the ever-growing Charles Street.
I'm so excited for you. Let's go.
[Mina] So, I think for a lot of people,
the Old Southside is kind of this little hidden gem
that not everyone knows about yet and you can get a really amazing house.
[Karen] You know what I'm going to say?
To know the Old Southside
-is to love the old southside. -Yeah.