1 00:00:01,367 --> 00:00:02,667 I'm just so sorry this happened to you. 2 00:00:02,667 --> 00:00:04,166 [Rose] I hired a contractor. 3 00:00:04,333 --> 00:00:09,166 The contractor took off with $80,000 of my money, 4 00:00:09,333 --> 00:00:11,166 and then I was abandoned, 5 00:00:11,166 --> 00:00:14,100 and I felt stupid. 6 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:15,667 I just love this little house. 7 00:00:16,567 --> 00:00:17,700 We're gonna fix this. 8 00:00:26,767 --> 00:00:30,266 [Erin] Rose Myer moved to Mississippi from California. 9 00:00:30,433 --> 00:00:31,433 [Ben] Two years ago. 10 00:00:31,433 --> 00:00:33,367 And she found a house that was perfect for her. 11 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:39,100 Laurel has everything a person like me could want. 12 00:00:39,266 --> 00:00:40,867 I'm a former English teacher. 13 00:00:41,033 --> 00:00:43,967 I was a drama major at one point, so I thought, 14 00:00:44,133 --> 00:00:47,567 "Let me find a small town that has maybe a theater." 15 00:00:47,567 --> 00:00:50,800 Boom, Laurel. How about a museum? 16 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:52,467 Boom, Laurel. 17 00:00:52,467 --> 00:00:55,367 Lots of people, small town. 18 00:00:55,367 --> 00:00:59,767 I saw this house on a website. 19 00:00:59,934 --> 00:01:02,967 Sight unseen I said, "I need to have that house." 20 00:01:03,133 --> 00:01:05,266 It was in really bad shape, 21 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:07,867 but it was affordable, and I knew I had some 22 00:01:08,033 --> 00:01:10,667 extra money that I'd be able to fix it up. 23 00:01:10,834 --> 00:01:14,300 When I got here, I saw that it wasn't livable. 24 00:01:15,266 --> 00:01:18,000 I did my due diligence. I got references. 25 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:21,600 I made sure that the contractor was licensed. 26 00:01:21,767 --> 00:01:23,700 I just picked the wrong one. 27 00:01:23,867 --> 00:01:27,100 I gave him a lot of money up front, and he didn't meet 28 00:01:27,266 --> 00:01:29,200 the deadline when he was supposed to be finished. 29 00:01:29,367 --> 00:01:33,500 She paid him 50% down, and he did about 10% of 30 00:01:33,667 --> 00:01:35,200 the work, and then took the money and ran. 31 00:01:35,367 --> 00:01:36,800 My house is gutted, 32 00:01:36,967 --> 00:01:39,367 sitting there just down to the studs. 33 00:01:39,367 --> 00:01:40,667 So I'll be so happy. 34 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:41,967 Oh, I'm so sorry. 35 00:01:42,133 --> 00:01:45,867 I moved into a tiny little temporary apartment, 36 00:01:45,867 --> 00:01:48,266 and now a year and a half, two years later, 37 00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:51,867 I'm paying rent and I've got all my belongings in storage. 38 00:01:51,867 --> 00:01:54,266 The sooner she can live here, the better. 39 00:01:54,433 --> 00:01:56,667 It's been a long road. 40 00:01:56,834 --> 00:01:58,400 [Erin] Let me tell you what's great about this house. 41 00:01:58,567 --> 00:02:02,166 All the hard work from the beginning is done for us. 42 00:02:02,166 --> 00:02:04,066 This is the Low house. 43 00:02:04,233 --> 00:02:07,000 Daisy and John Low built the house originally and then 44 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:07,934 lived here for 20 years. 45 00:02:07,934 --> 00:02:11,000 and they had department stores in downtown. 46 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,066 So it's three bedrooms, three baths, 47 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:14,867 it's 1,700 square feet. 48 00:02:14,867 --> 00:02:17,767 You got it for $125,000. 49 00:02:17,767 --> 00:02:21,400 You've already put at least $80,000 into it. 50 00:02:21,567 --> 00:02:24,467 And you got $150,000 to make it livable? 51 00:02:24,467 --> 00:02:25,767 -Yes. -Not just livable. 52 00:02:25,934 --> 00:02:27,467 -She's gonna be beautiful. -Beautiful. 53 00:02:27,634 --> 00:02:28,767 [Ben] We're two years into this. 54 00:02:28,934 --> 00:02:30,200 What'd you like about it to begin with? 55 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:32,900 So I loved it because it's on the perfect street 56 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:34,367 with a little park. -[Erin] It's my favorite to walk. 57 00:02:34,533 --> 00:02:35,967 [Rose] And good bones, actually. 58 00:02:36,133 --> 00:02:37,367 [Erin] The shape of the house is cute. 59 00:02:37,367 --> 00:02:40,400 This house is literally stripped bare inside and out. 60 00:02:40,567 --> 00:02:41,767 [Rose] Yeah, down to the studs. 61 00:02:41,767 --> 00:02:45,867 It's already so far along that it's gonna be faster for us 62 00:02:46,033 --> 00:02:48,400 to get it here in just a few weeks. 63 00:02:48,567 --> 00:02:49,900 Perfect. [exhales heavily] 64 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:52,700 -Yeah? -Perfect. 65 00:02:52,867 --> 00:02:56,467 I wanted that color house. I wanted that color house. 66 00:02:56,634 --> 00:02:57,767 [Erin] Paint the whole house. 67 00:02:57,767 --> 00:03:00,767 Color drenching it in this deep, dark, moody green, 68 00:03:00,767 --> 00:03:03,066 I think is going to set it apart from all the other houses 69 00:03:03,233 --> 00:03:04,367 on the street. 70 00:03:04,367 --> 00:03:07,000 We add screens to the front porch, a new screen door. 71 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,967 Paint your front door, you have existing. 72 00:03:09,133 --> 00:03:10,967 I think a terracotta color would be pretty. 73 00:03:11,133 --> 00:03:12,567 [Rose] That'll just set it off. 74 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:14,200 Give you board and batten siding. 75 00:03:14,367 --> 00:03:16,266 -Love it. -[Erin] Some landscaping. 76 00:03:16,266 --> 00:03:18,867 We want to make this house come alive. 77 00:03:18,867 --> 00:03:20,867 It feels naked and stripped down. 78 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:23,600 I'm so, so happy that you made it that color. 79 00:03:23,767 --> 00:03:25,667 -That's just the color I wanted. -[Erin] Good. 80 00:03:25,834 --> 00:03:28,567 -It's your superpower, Erin. -[Ben] Color is her superpower. 81 00:03:28,734 --> 00:03:29,767 [Rose] It is. 82 00:03:29,934 --> 00:03:30,934 There's really nothing to see inside, 83 00:03:30,934 --> 00:03:32,400 but you want to walk through it? -[Rose] Sure. 84 00:03:32,567 --> 00:03:34,266 [Erin] And we'll talk about it. 85 00:03:34,266 --> 00:03:35,367 [Ben] It really is a great street. 86 00:03:35,367 --> 00:03:37,000 [Erin] The best street for walking. 87 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,300 I've pushed a stroller 100 miles on this street. 88 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,500 -Here it is. -[Erin] No doorknob. 89 00:03:43,667 --> 00:03:45,767 -That's a -- you know. -It's fine, we'll add one. 90 00:03:45,767 --> 00:03:47,166 [Ben] Huh. 91 00:03:47,166 --> 00:03:48,667 -[Erin] Home sweet home. -[Rose] Home sweet home. 92 00:03:48,834 --> 00:03:49,967 Bare bones. 93 00:03:49,967 --> 00:03:52,166 Well, you can see daylight coming through the plywood. 94 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:54,567 [Ben] A little paint and a light fixture, and you're good. 95 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:56,266 Well, maybe a little sheetrock. 96 00:03:56,433 --> 00:03:59,000 When you first bought the house, before any renovations, 97 00:03:59,166 --> 00:04:00,433 this was the living room. 98 00:04:00,433 --> 00:04:02,667 So, talk to me about the layout and the rest of the house. 99 00:04:02,834 --> 00:04:05,266 -You made it bigger. -[Rose] It was a two-bedroom, 100 00:04:05,433 --> 00:04:07,967 two-bath, and I saw the potential to add. 101 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:11,266 So I had an architect draw up some plans to add 102 00:04:11,266 --> 00:04:12,400 a bedroom and bath. 103 00:04:12,567 --> 00:04:15,000 [Erin] So now you have your primary bedroom 104 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,266 and your bathroom, laundry room, 105 00:04:17,266 --> 00:04:19,300 then two guest bedrooms that each have 106 00:04:19,467 --> 00:04:20,467 their own bathroom. 107 00:04:20,467 --> 00:04:22,467 And then you have your kitchen and dining room. 108 00:04:22,467 --> 00:04:23,867 So here's what I'm thinking. 109 00:04:24,033 --> 00:04:26,867 Really the only things we're changing in the living room 110 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:30,000 that are here now -- we lose this door that goes to 111 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:32,166 the kitchen right now and make this one bigger. 112 00:04:32,166 --> 00:04:33,467 [Rose] That'll open it up, yeah. 113 00:04:33,467 --> 00:04:36,800 Yeah, and that gets you into your dining room and kitchen. 114 00:04:36,967 --> 00:04:37,934 I like the sink. 115 00:04:37,934 --> 00:04:40,400 That's the original sink that was right there 116 00:04:40,567 --> 00:04:41,800 under the window. 117 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,166 And when the contractor gutted everything, he took that sink 118 00:04:45,166 --> 00:04:47,266 to his storage unit. 119 00:04:47,266 --> 00:04:49,967 -I was just lucky to get the sink back. -[Erin] Dang. 120 00:04:50,133 --> 00:04:51,767 But he did keep my other two sinks 121 00:04:51,934 --> 00:04:56,266 and my vintage pink tile that was on the original bathrooms. 122 00:04:56,266 --> 00:04:58,266 So he literally tried to take everything, 123 00:04:58,266 --> 00:05:01,166 including the kitchen sink. -[laughing] Yeah. 124 00:05:01,333 --> 00:05:03,100 -Exactly. -Can I use it? 125 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:05,667 -Do you want to use it? -Oh, I absolutely have to have it. 126 00:05:05,834 --> 00:05:08,166 I would be happy with just a good scrubbing. 127 00:05:08,333 --> 00:05:09,667 I'm kind of rustic. 128 00:05:09,667 --> 00:05:11,667 Her life is as eclectic as her taste. 129 00:05:11,667 --> 00:05:15,467 I've had a vast career, many, many different jobs. 130 00:05:15,467 --> 00:05:18,567 I was a law enforcement officer. 131 00:05:18,567 --> 00:05:22,000 I was a high school English teacher, a bartender. 132 00:05:22,166 --> 00:05:24,266 I was a state regulator. 133 00:05:24,433 --> 00:05:28,000 And then you have a vintage, enameled... 134 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,600 OK, Erin keeps telling me about this stove. 135 00:05:29,767 --> 00:05:34,667 [Rose] Built in Los Angeles in 1953, this is the Cadillac. 136 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:36,667 I think we can be fun and quirky in this house 137 00:05:36,667 --> 00:05:39,867 and lean into this 1950s aesthetic that you love 138 00:05:40,033 --> 00:05:40,967 so much. -Love it. 139 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:42,500 I think there's gonna be, like, 140 00:05:42,667 --> 00:05:45,467 floral wallpaper moments and color. 141 00:05:45,467 --> 00:05:50,467 I'd love to see greens, copper, turquoise. 142 00:05:50,467 --> 00:05:56,100 I'm a kind of 1950s boho-cowgirl. 143 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:58,567 -You had plans done. -Yes, ma'am. 144 00:05:58,734 --> 00:06:00,767 Can I walk you through what layout we think would actually 145 00:06:00,767 --> 00:06:02,000 work better? -Yeah, sure, sure. 146 00:06:02,166 --> 00:06:04,567 [Erin] So what we would do is, we would just close off 147 00:06:04,567 --> 00:06:06,800 this door so you have more room to work with. 148 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:08,200 [Rose] That makes sense. 149 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,166 [Erin] So now, peninsula would come out here from this wall. 150 00:06:11,166 --> 00:06:12,367 [Rose] Ooh, I like that. 151 00:06:12,367 --> 00:06:14,300 [Rose] And your beautiful antique range 152 00:06:14,467 --> 00:06:16,000 would go on that wall as well. 153 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,567 Then the sink under the window, and then fridge built into 154 00:06:19,734 --> 00:06:21,600 cabinets over here in the living room. 155 00:06:21,767 --> 00:06:23,867 We'd refinish the original hardwood floors, 156 00:06:23,867 --> 00:06:27,266 splice in some solid oak in the kitchen and dining, 157 00:06:27,266 --> 00:06:29,367 something that matches the original flooring. 158 00:06:29,367 --> 00:06:30,867 Then we blend it with a stain. 159 00:06:30,867 --> 00:06:32,967 On the right, this got closed in -- 160 00:06:33,133 --> 00:06:34,900 I want it to be pretty French doors. 161 00:06:35,066 --> 00:06:36,567 -I think it'll be beautiful there. -[Rose] OK, I'll take it. 162 00:06:36,567 --> 00:06:38,100 [Erin] Because that will go out to the back patio. 163 00:06:38,266 --> 00:06:40,900 I just want to do whatever we can to make this kitchen 164 00:06:41,066 --> 00:06:46,100 feel like a fresh imagining of 1950s style. 165 00:06:46,266 --> 00:06:47,467 I love it. 166 00:06:47,467 --> 00:06:50,266 All right, so with the budget, we would not do these rooms 167 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:51,900 back here, the original 168 00:06:52,066 --> 00:06:53,200 bathrooms and bedrooms. 169 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,900 We'll be able to sheetrock floor and paint those rooms, 170 00:06:56,066 --> 00:06:57,333 and they'll be livable, OK? 171 00:06:57,500 --> 00:06:59,867 -Those are guest spaces anyway, not the priority. -Right. 172 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:01,667 [Erin] You'll be able to finish those down the road. 173 00:07:01,667 --> 00:07:03,967 -Absolutely. -So let's talk about your bedroom and bathroom, 174 00:07:04,133 --> 00:07:06,667 which you definitely do need. -[Rose] All right, oh, my getaway. 175 00:07:06,834 --> 00:07:08,133 -[Erin] Uh-huh. -This was all a carport. 176 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:11,000 -This was the outdoor carport. -[Erin] And you just took it in. 177 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,266 [Rose] I just put it in the plan. 178 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:13,467 -[Erin] So you got more square footage. -[Rose] Yeah. 179 00:07:13,634 --> 00:07:14,967 I kind of like what you had planned. 180 00:07:15,133 --> 00:07:16,467 -Yeah, your plan is good. -Walk us through it. 181 00:07:16,467 --> 00:07:17,867 [Rose] You know, bedroom -- it's huge, 182 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:19,667 you know, a window's on either side. 183 00:07:19,834 --> 00:07:20,934 The bed'll go there. 184 00:07:20,934 --> 00:07:23,367 [Erin] So we need to bring in vinyl plank flooring, 185 00:07:23,533 --> 00:07:25,467 something that matches the original flooring 186 00:07:25,634 --> 00:07:27,667 in the living room and kitchen, color-wise. 187 00:07:27,834 --> 00:07:30,900 Add sheetrock, lights, paint, everything. 188 00:07:31,066 --> 00:07:33,400 [Rose] Huge closet. That was so important. 189 00:07:33,567 --> 00:07:34,667 Storage. 190 00:07:34,667 --> 00:07:36,200 [Erin] I think we could have fun with color in here. 191 00:07:36,367 --> 00:07:38,166 What did you have in mind for the bathroom? 192 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:41,100 [Rose] Under the window, freestanding tub, 193 00:07:41,266 --> 00:07:43,100 and then a shower -- I liked them separate. 194 00:07:43,266 --> 00:07:45,100 [Erin] That is the layout that makes the most sense. 195 00:07:45,266 --> 00:07:47,967 So we could do toilet tucked away over here on the right. 196 00:07:48,133 --> 00:07:49,033 [Rose] Perfect, yeah. 197 00:07:49,033 --> 00:07:51,000 [Erin] Your vanity against the left wall. 198 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,667 For your vanity, it'd be cool to have a built-in 199 00:07:53,667 --> 00:07:55,166 architectural moment. 200 00:07:55,166 --> 00:07:57,767 And if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 201 00:07:57,767 --> 00:07:59,567 That's the only thing that ain't broke, right? 202 00:07:59,734 --> 00:08:00,834 Right, yes. 203 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,867 -So the electrical all looks great. -Yeah. 204 00:08:02,867 --> 00:08:06,100 I mean, you can see it, which is unique for us. 205 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:09,000 The plumbing, at first glance, looks good to me, but we would 206 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 want to get that all checked. 207 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,767 That's how we'd spend $150,000. 208 00:08:11,934 --> 00:08:13,066 -What do you think? -What do you think? 209 00:08:13,233 --> 00:08:16,300 The little changes that you all are making are just 210 00:08:16,467 --> 00:08:17,767 things I didn't think about, 211 00:08:17,767 --> 00:08:19,767 and I can't wait to have my perfect house. 212 00:08:19,767 --> 00:08:22,567 -We can start building something, like, today. -Yeah, get going. 213 00:08:22,567 --> 00:08:25,300 -I don't have to move out? -You don't have to move out. 214 00:08:25,467 --> 00:08:27,867 -[Rose] Call me when it's ready. -[Ben] We could go to lunch. 215 00:08:28,033 --> 00:08:29,266 We could go to lunch, and we could literally 216 00:08:29,266 --> 00:08:30,900 come back and get started. 217 00:08:31,066 --> 00:08:32,166 Come back, start laying some floors. 218 00:08:32,166 --> 00:08:33,367 I'm gonna change my outfit. 219 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:40,000 We're fixin' to sheetrock right now. 220 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,300 There's a lot of it to do. 221 00:08:41,467 --> 00:08:44,467 We're gonna get a head start before the big sheetrock team 222 00:08:44,467 --> 00:08:45,667 gets here. -[Katie] That's right. 223 00:08:45,834 --> 00:08:47,900 All right, let's rock this sheet. 224 00:08:48,066 --> 00:08:49,300 [Erin] Been waiting a long time to say that? 225 00:08:49,467 --> 00:08:51,467 [Ben] I have, since I arrived this morning. 226 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:58,600 We are going to demonstrate how to install gypsum board. 227 00:08:59,567 --> 00:09:01,000 [saw buzzing] 228 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:03,900 Coming through. 229 00:09:06,367 --> 00:09:09,767 We got four sheets up, and realized we really need 230 00:09:09,934 --> 00:09:11,166 another crew to come in and help. 231 00:09:11,166 --> 00:09:13,767 Well, while you did all that, I figured out 232 00:09:13,934 --> 00:09:18,100 every color selection for every wall, every trim, every door. 233 00:09:22,367 --> 00:09:24,166 [clunking] 234 00:09:25,567 --> 00:09:28,000 -What are you doing? -Tearing it up. 235 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:28,967 That's new. 236 00:09:28,967 --> 00:09:31,800 I know, but look down the line of this thing. 237 00:09:31,967 --> 00:09:35,000 In the center of almost every single one of these pieces, 238 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,166 you've got a belly. 239 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:40,066 The previous contractor -- it's just not framed properly, 240 00:09:40,233 --> 00:09:41,667 and it's all sagging. -[Ben] What in the world? 241 00:09:41,667 --> 00:09:43,767 How they've spaced out everything is what's 242 00:09:43,934 --> 00:09:45,000 causing the sag. 243 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,667 I think we're gonna have to take this off, 244 00:09:46,667 --> 00:09:49,700 because over time, it's just gonna sag and work its way out. -[Ben] It'll fall. 245 00:09:49,867 --> 00:09:53,467 We're gonna have to pull all this down, reframe it. 246 00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:55,767 Time, money -- what are we looking at? 247 00:09:55,767 --> 00:09:58,700 For us to come in and take it all off, reframe this how 248 00:09:58,867 --> 00:10:02,166 we need to, and put up mostly new soffit material, 249 00:10:02,166 --> 00:10:04,367 we're probably looking at like two or three days, 250 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:07,467 and I would say a couple grand. -Jeez. 251 00:10:09,667 --> 00:10:11,767 [Ben] So all the soffit and fascia have to come down. 252 00:10:11,767 --> 00:10:13,867 Does that mean that it just used some of the budget that we had, 253 00:10:14,033 --> 00:10:15,100 or did we account for this? -Yes. 254 00:10:15,100 --> 00:10:16,367 -Nope. -OK. 255 00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:18,000 All right, let's pull some more down. 256 00:10:18,967 --> 00:10:22,166 So I'm gonna be $3,000 more creative 257 00:10:22,166 --> 00:10:23,767 than I was going to be. 258 00:10:23,767 --> 00:10:25,400 That's a good way of looking at it. 259 00:10:25,567 --> 00:10:28,300 Chris and his guys are gonna reframe, 260 00:10:28,467 --> 00:10:30,266 redo all the soffits and fascia. 261 00:10:31,567 --> 00:10:34,266 We also have insulation going in. 262 00:10:34,433 --> 00:10:36,166 [Erin] Rose is gonna love that. 263 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:37,367 [Ben] I mean, really, she's got 264 00:10:37,367 --> 00:10:40,000 a new roof, new windows, new insulation. -Yeah. 265 00:10:40,166 --> 00:10:41,867 -It's good stuff. -It is a new house. 266 00:10:41,867 --> 00:10:44,066 The challenge is gonna be making it feel like it has 267 00:10:44,233 --> 00:10:46,066 the historic character of an older house. 268 00:10:50,767 --> 00:10:52,767 [Ben] I don't think that I'm even considered a part 269 00:10:52,767 --> 00:10:56,100 of the sheet rocking crew. I'm just here to move stuff. 270 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:01,667 Oh, excuse me. I'm in the way. 271 00:11:02,567 --> 00:11:04,567 I think I'm slowing them down more than I am helping. 272 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,400 Do y'all need some help? No? 273 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:11,266 Nope. 274 00:11:11,433 --> 00:11:15,200 ["Run These Streets" by Safari playing] 275 00:11:27,467 --> 00:11:29,500 [Ben] Wish I had a jacket on top of this sweatshirt. 276 00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:31,867 -Look at this. -[Erin] It's 40 degrees today. 277 00:11:31,867 --> 00:11:34,367 You do need one. Look, this is awesome, Chris. 278 00:11:34,367 --> 00:11:35,400 We got windows. 279 00:11:35,567 --> 00:11:36,867 -We got siding. -[Erin] And siding. 280 00:11:37,033 --> 00:11:38,266 And we have walls. 281 00:11:38,433 --> 00:11:41,100 So, because we have walls and rooms, we can talk to 282 00:11:41,266 --> 00:11:43,600 Stubbs about cabinets. -What's up? 283 00:11:43,767 --> 00:11:45,033 -[Ben] Hey, hey. -[Erin] Hi. 284 00:11:45,033 --> 00:11:46,567 Y'all better get in here before you freeze to death out there. 285 00:11:46,734 --> 00:11:48,467 -It's cold. -It's coming on through. 286 00:11:48,467 --> 00:11:50,266 -Do you see this? -[Stubbs] Oh, did I. 287 00:11:50,266 --> 00:11:51,867 The sink was original to the house. 288 00:11:52,033 --> 00:11:54,900 Miss Rose has been saving it so we could use it again. 289 00:11:55,066 --> 00:11:59,567 This is just one of three immovable objects in the room. 290 00:11:59,734 --> 00:12:02,200 -I want to say, "Design challenges"... -[Stubbs] Absolutely. 291 00:12:02,367 --> 00:12:05,767 ...that you'll have to base your measurements off of. 292 00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:10,367 Immovable objects, but Stubbs is an unstoppable force. 293 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,000 [imitates explosion sounds] 294 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:14,800 Number one, these French doors. 295 00:12:14,967 --> 00:12:19,600 And we have this big mama sink, number two, that goes under 296 00:12:19,767 --> 00:12:24,467 the window, but then, number three, immovable object. 297 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:27,300 -This is her stove. -[Stubbs] Is that not a fine piece? 298 00:12:27,467 --> 00:12:29,767 [Erin] It's beautiful, and it's the most important thing to 299 00:12:29,934 --> 00:12:33,600 her that it works in the room. And we have to build around it. 300 00:12:33,767 --> 00:12:36,800 -And it should land somewhere here on this wall, -Right. 301 00:12:36,967 --> 00:12:39,867 between the peninsula and this run of cabinets. 302 00:12:40,033 --> 00:12:44,100 The stars have to be aligned so that it all lands perfectly. 303 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:48,066 It's gonna take some magic and careful measurements. 304 00:12:48,233 --> 00:12:50,400 All right, that looks pretty good. 305 00:12:50,567 --> 00:12:51,834 Love it! 306 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:58,467 The board and batten siding is up, and that's the painters. 307 00:12:58,467 --> 00:12:59,634 They're prepping. 308 00:12:59,634 --> 00:13:01,867 [Erin] She loves green, which works for me because it's 309 00:13:02,033 --> 00:13:03,700 my favorite color, but it's also her favorite color, 310 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:05,400 and she wants green everywhere. 311 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:08,266 [Ben] Here's the thing that you have to remember with this project -- 312 00:13:08,266 --> 00:13:11,867 we are taking a project that was already started, 313 00:13:11,867 --> 00:13:14,000 and we are trying to finish. 314 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,467 We gonna make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 315 00:13:16,467 --> 00:13:17,567 That's right. 316 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,467 [Erin] The house looks done when you drive by. 317 00:13:25,634 --> 00:13:27,400 I mean, it looks naked. There's no landscaping. 318 00:13:27,567 --> 00:13:30,367 But it's pretty cool to see how fast this house 319 00:13:30,533 --> 00:13:33,166 is turning around, really fast. 320 00:13:33,166 --> 00:13:35,166 -Well, we didn't have to demo it. -[Erin] I know. 321 00:13:36,467 --> 00:13:37,867 -Knock, knock. -Good morning. 322 00:13:37,867 --> 00:13:38,967 [Erin] Good morning. 323 00:13:39,133 --> 00:13:41,266 Did you see how fancy we're getting over here? 324 00:13:41,433 --> 00:13:43,166 I did. I love the color. 325 00:13:43,333 --> 00:13:44,400 [Erin] I'm pretty excited about it. 326 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,100 And it didn't change her budget that much to do it. 327 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:48,100 -That's gray. -Grayish green. 328 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:52,166 -I thought I was seeing green. -She likes greens and pinks. 329 00:13:52,166 --> 00:13:55,066 I've seen the shower tile. 330 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:59,166 We chose this exact tile because the original bathroom 331 00:13:59,166 --> 00:14:02,100 was one of those pastel pink tile bathrooms, 332 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:05,166 and she wanted -- the contractor that took her money and ran, 333 00:14:05,166 --> 00:14:07,266 she wanted him to save all that in the bathroom. 334 00:14:07,266 --> 00:14:08,767 [David] I'm sorry to hear that. 335 00:14:08,934 --> 00:14:11,967 I know, so this is me giving it back to her some way. 336 00:14:12,133 --> 00:14:13,266 You should be good to go, 337 00:14:13,266 --> 00:14:15,700 it's just running bond for the walls in the shower. 338 00:14:15,867 --> 00:14:17,166 -All set? -No. 339 00:14:17,333 --> 00:14:18,667 We got a problem. 340 00:14:18,834 --> 00:14:20,266 OK. 341 00:14:20,266 --> 00:14:22,266 I want to show you something on this ceiling. 342 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:24,500 You know these old ceilings are never level. 343 00:14:24,667 --> 00:14:27,166 And this was a carport, so this is the original ceiling. 344 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:28,800 You got 41 inches. 345 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:32,100 And if I were to go over here, 346 00:14:32,266 --> 00:14:34,767 we're looking at 42 and 3 quarter. 347 00:14:34,934 --> 00:14:37,367 -We're an inch and three-quarter out. -OK. 348 00:14:37,367 --> 00:14:41,767 So if we do a running bond, you're gonna see it out of level. 349 00:14:41,767 --> 00:14:43,767 -That will be noticeable. -Oh. 350 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:47,800 -[Erin] What do you typically do when you got this problem? -We try to hide it. 351 00:14:47,967 --> 00:14:49,667 I mean, there's several different patterns we can work with. 352 00:14:49,834 --> 00:14:51,500 Can you just show me some examples? 353 00:14:51,667 --> 00:14:52,767 -I can, sure. -[Erin] We'll pick one. 354 00:14:52,767 --> 00:14:55,100 So running bond would look terrible at the top, 355 00:14:55,266 --> 00:14:57,567 because it's horizontal, running along with the ceiling. 356 00:14:57,734 --> 00:15:00,166 It wouldn't be parallel. It would do that. 357 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:01,867 -[David] OK. -[Erin] That's what -- 358 00:15:02,033 --> 00:15:05,567 That's the running bond. We did one shower like this. 359 00:15:05,567 --> 00:15:07,767 We run a row up top. 360 00:15:07,934 --> 00:15:11,266 And then once we got that, we ran like a band. 361 00:15:11,433 --> 00:15:13,100 [Erin] Yeah, that is pretty. 362 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:15,100 I feel like it's a little modern. 363 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:18,867 -OK. -What's it look like, we just do... 364 00:15:18,867 --> 00:15:21,100 [David] That's just a vertical stag there. 365 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:22,166 Yeah. 366 00:15:22,166 --> 00:15:24,000 I just don't love that pattern for this house. 367 00:15:24,166 --> 00:15:26,000 It feels a little bit modern, too. 368 00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:28,066 Why do people never do... 369 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,066 ...vertical running line? 370 00:15:31,233 --> 00:15:33,000 I feel like people don't do this a lot, 371 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:34,266 but I like the pattern. 372 00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:37,467 It feels historically OK for the house. 373 00:15:37,634 --> 00:15:40,100 It's also gonna hide the problem with the ceiling. 374 00:15:40,266 --> 00:15:42,100 -Good idea. -I think it'll look great. 375 00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:44,266 -I think Ms. Rose will like it. -Thank you so much. 376 00:15:44,433 --> 00:15:46,266 [Erin] I think that's all that really matters. Great. 377 00:15:47,567 --> 00:15:50,467 [Erin] Rose is trusting us, and she has eccentric taste. 378 00:15:50,467 --> 00:15:52,166 It's all the colors she loves. 379 00:15:52,166 --> 00:15:54,700 I'm using unexpected colors that don't appeal 380 00:15:54,867 --> 00:15:56,967 to most people, and I love it. 381 00:15:57,133 --> 00:15:59,266 So, here's my concern with this house. 382 00:15:59,266 --> 00:16:02,600 The last contractor, when everything went south, 383 00:16:02,767 --> 00:16:03,934 he was really taking this house 384 00:16:03,934 --> 00:16:07,100 in a very builder-grade direction, and that's not Rose. 385 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:10,400 We have an opportunity here to make the house feel very custom. 386 00:16:10,567 --> 00:16:13,867 Nothing screams custom more than a hand-painted floor. 387 00:16:13,867 --> 00:16:15,166 Agreed. 388 00:16:15,333 --> 00:16:18,600 Bekye Fargason is a decorative painter, which means she really 389 00:16:18,767 --> 00:16:22,467 specializes in painting large scale patterns architecturally. 390 00:16:22,634 --> 00:16:25,800 I had Ms. Bekye help me with the fountain 391 00:16:25,967 --> 00:16:27,567 at Saron and Neal's house, 392 00:16:27,567 --> 00:16:30,700 and then with the tile at the Tommarazzo's. 393 00:16:30,867 --> 00:16:33,500 [Bekye] This floor, it will be such a wow factor 394 00:16:33,667 --> 00:16:35,266 with this house. -Yes. 395 00:16:35,433 --> 00:16:36,867 We need some "wow." 396 00:16:37,033 --> 00:16:39,166 We are trying to save money every way we can, 397 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:42,100 and Bekye's doing me a huge favor here. 398 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:44,867 This is our hero wallpaper. 399 00:16:45,033 --> 00:16:49,200 Rose specifically asked for this 400 00:16:49,367 --> 00:16:52,567 exact wallpaper in the dining room. 401 00:16:52,734 --> 00:16:54,467 I love that so much. 402 00:16:54,634 --> 00:16:56,567 It's every color we're using in the whole house. 403 00:16:56,567 --> 00:16:58,100 It's every color that she loves. 404 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,467 I don't want to get this crazy on the floor. 405 00:17:00,634 --> 00:17:02,300 -I do. -Yeah? 406 00:17:02,467 --> 00:17:03,767 I was thinking, you know, checkerboard. 407 00:17:03,934 --> 00:17:07,100 I love harlequins, but I think we need to take it 408 00:17:07,100 --> 00:17:08,867 a step farther. -I want you to. 409 00:17:09,033 --> 00:17:12,100 -We can put medallions in the center. -[Erin] OK. 410 00:17:12,100 --> 00:17:13,967 And then, you know, you put a rose in there. 411 00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:15,667 [Erin] Because this is Rose's house. 412 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:18,967 -I took the liberty of designing something... -Want me to hold this? 413 00:17:19,133 --> 00:17:20,600 ...that I think you'll like. 414 00:17:20,767 --> 00:17:24,166 It has the harlequins, and it has the roses. 415 00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:26,667 It'll have the color pop that you want. 416 00:17:26,834 --> 00:17:27,867 [Erin] It's different roses. 417 00:17:27,867 --> 00:17:29,767 [Bekye] Yeah, different roses in each medallion. 418 00:17:29,934 --> 00:17:32,667 The pattern almost reminds me of like a garden trellis with 419 00:17:32,834 --> 00:17:35,767 roses growing up it. It's just gonna be awesome. 420 00:17:35,934 --> 00:17:38,400 How do you wanna handle the color here? 421 00:17:38,567 --> 00:17:43,266 [Bekye] See, I took these colors right from the wallpaper. 422 00:17:43,266 --> 00:17:46,767 These colors will be the main colors of the roses. 423 00:17:46,934 --> 00:17:50,266 [Erin] You can have the pinks for the pink tile in the bathroom. 424 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:51,667 I think it's so cool. 425 00:17:51,667 --> 00:17:53,400 How long do you think it'll take to finish the whole floor? 426 00:17:53,567 --> 00:17:55,367 I'm going to say a week. 427 00:17:55,367 --> 00:17:58,367 [Erin] I was nervous when we started, because it was just a box, 428 00:17:58,533 --> 00:18:01,700 and this is the opportunity we have -- wallpaper, 429 00:18:01,867 --> 00:18:05,800 the retro appliances, bringing back pink tile in the bathroom, 430 00:18:05,967 --> 00:18:09,400 and then porch floor that's custom painted 431 00:18:09,567 --> 00:18:11,567 so that it feels almost like a rug. 432 00:18:11,567 --> 00:18:14,367 It is a new house, but it's gonna be a house 433 00:18:14,533 --> 00:18:15,800 that has some historic charm. 434 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,166 -[Josh] Pretty piece of wood. -[Ben] Nice piece of wood, white oak. 435 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:27,300 Rose is a cowgirl -- rode horses. 436 00:18:27,467 --> 00:18:30,066 She used to live in Texas. She lived in New Mexico. 437 00:18:30,233 --> 00:18:33,000 -She's a Western gal, -Southwestern vibe, too, huh? 438 00:18:33,166 --> 00:18:35,900 Yeah, she wanted tons of bookcases. 439 00:18:36,066 --> 00:18:37,467 Bookcases are expensive. 440 00:18:37,467 --> 00:18:41,367 What if we built some simple plywood shelves in 441 00:18:41,367 --> 00:18:42,433 her living room? 442 00:18:42,433 --> 00:18:45,467 Now, it will be built-in, but not like, you know, 443 00:18:45,467 --> 00:18:47,367 built-in, built-in. We won't go to the ceiling. 444 00:18:47,533 --> 00:18:49,266 It's a piece of furniture that sits in, but I got you. 445 00:18:49,266 --> 00:18:51,700 I want to go real wide on the face frame, 446 00:18:51,867 --> 00:18:54,500 because the whole cabinet is gonna be 15-feet long. 447 00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:56,767 We're gonna build three cases, 448 00:18:56,934 --> 00:19:00,667 and then four-feet shelves in here. 449 00:19:00,834 --> 00:19:04,166 The center, I want to go five feet with cabinets underneath 450 00:19:04,333 --> 00:19:05,266 for storage. 451 00:19:05,266 --> 00:19:07,000 So if she wants to put a TV there, she can. 452 00:19:07,166 --> 00:19:09,266 -I have a header across the top. -[Josh] OK. 453 00:19:11,266 --> 00:19:13,967 I'm working on the inlay for the face frame, so I'm making 454 00:19:14,133 --> 00:19:15,166 the face frames. 455 00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:18,300 Bekye is doing diamonds on the front porch floor, 456 00:19:18,467 --> 00:19:21,300 and I'm taking that as inspiration and carrying it 457 00:19:21,467 --> 00:19:22,567 into the living room. 458 00:19:22,567 --> 00:19:26,567 So we use oak on the face frame, a stripe running up 459 00:19:26,734 --> 00:19:29,367 the white oak, and then the stripe opens up 460 00:19:29,533 --> 00:19:30,467 into the diamond. 461 00:19:34,567 --> 00:19:38,367 She's a cowgirl, police officer, 462 00:19:38,367 --> 00:19:39,400 English teacher. 463 00:19:39,567 --> 00:19:41,567 She's got a little bit of, you know, 464 00:19:41,567 --> 00:19:43,200 rhinestone cowgirl there. 465 00:19:44,867 --> 00:19:46,166 [Josh] Ooh. 466 00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:48,767 So we have a baseboard at the bottom, and a header at the top. 467 00:19:48,767 --> 00:19:49,900 [Josh] This is the center section. 468 00:19:50,066 --> 00:19:51,300 [Ben] I just had a thought. 469 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:55,100 I originally had said mahogany to add a little bit of flair, 470 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,667 but Rose loves copper. 471 00:19:57,834 --> 00:19:59,500 What if we did the copper inlay? 472 00:19:59,667 --> 00:20:00,667 I like it a lot. 473 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:08,400 How's this coming? 474 00:20:08,567 --> 00:20:10,467 -Hey Erin, how are you? -I'm good. 475 00:20:10,634 --> 00:20:12,367 It's coming. It's a good one. 476 00:20:12,533 --> 00:20:14,266 [Erin] Marletta is here, restoring the original 477 00:20:14,433 --> 00:20:15,600 drain board sink. 478 00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:17,300 It was in the kitchen when the house was built, 479 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:18,667 and Rose saved it. 480 00:20:18,834 --> 00:20:20,867 This is gonna be one of those features that everyone 481 00:20:20,867 --> 00:20:22,000 remembers about this kitchen. 482 00:20:22,166 --> 00:20:23,166 It looks great. 483 00:20:23,166 --> 00:20:25,100 -[Marletta] It does, doesn't it? -[Erin] There. 484 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:26,967 I'm just a little bit worried 485 00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:28,667 about whatever's happening here in the... 486 00:20:28,667 --> 00:20:29,767 [Marletta] No. 487 00:20:29,767 --> 00:20:31,567 That was just nails or something that rusted. 488 00:20:31,567 --> 00:20:33,767 That looks like plumber's putty or something. 489 00:20:33,934 --> 00:20:36,867 Once we etch it with acid, it'll take everything off, 490 00:20:37,033 --> 00:20:39,100 and then we'll prime it and refinish it, 491 00:20:39,266 --> 00:20:40,400 and then she'll be new. -OK. 492 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,800 This is really special, because it's one of their last 493 00:20:43,967 --> 00:20:46,166 original elements of the house from when it was built. 494 00:20:46,333 --> 00:20:50,867 Well, on the bottom of the bowl, it's stamped, "11-17-1949." 495 00:20:51,033 --> 00:20:51,967 [Erin] That's very cool. 496 00:20:52,133 --> 00:20:53,166 And she'll look like she's new again. 497 00:20:53,333 --> 00:20:55,567 Rose is gonna be so, so happy. 498 00:20:55,567 --> 00:20:57,867 -She will be, it'll look great. -That this is, like-new again. 499 00:20:57,867 --> 00:20:59,567 -I love it. -All right. 500 00:20:59,567 --> 00:21:00,700 -Thank you. -Yep. 501 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:05,400 Marletta first sands it, she scrapes it. 502 00:21:05,567 --> 00:21:08,867 She gets any old silicone or glue off of it, 503 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:12,467 and then she etches it with an acid, and she rolls on 504 00:21:12,467 --> 00:21:16,000 the finish, and it gets in any cracks or pockmarks, 505 00:21:16,166 --> 00:21:18,900 and it makes it perfect. 506 00:21:19,066 --> 00:21:20,100 A lot of painting going on. 507 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:22,667 [Erin] The kitchen is starting to look finished. 508 00:21:22,834 --> 00:21:25,567 You can see the color story as it's starting. 509 00:21:25,567 --> 00:21:27,467 It's about to get really interesting. 510 00:21:27,634 --> 00:21:30,200 The appliances are gonna change the world in there. 511 00:21:30,367 --> 00:21:33,300 [upbeat energetic music playing] 512 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:44,867 Knock, knock. 513 00:21:44,867 --> 00:21:46,667 -[Ben} How are ya? -Pretty good! 514 00:21:46,834 --> 00:21:47,867 So your wood's a little different. 515 00:21:47,867 --> 00:21:49,600 We got two different sizes, right? 516 00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:50,934 [Ben] Yeah. 517 00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:53,300 Why do you think the original wood was varying width? 518 00:21:53,467 --> 00:21:54,867 [Mike] It was the style back then. 519 00:21:54,867 --> 00:21:56,100 Somebody wanted something different. 520 00:21:56,266 --> 00:21:57,667 I think they were trying to make it look like 521 00:21:57,667 --> 00:22:00,867 an 1800s cabin. -Good job replicating it. 522 00:22:01,033 --> 00:22:03,200 The rest of the house is an engineered wood. 523 00:22:03,367 --> 00:22:05,767 But the front, the original part of the house, 524 00:22:05,767 --> 00:22:08,266 is gonna have all original oak 525 00:22:08,433 --> 00:22:10,166 and this new oak that matches it. 526 00:22:10,166 --> 00:22:12,567 Are you going to drill all the little dowel holes? 527 00:22:12,734 --> 00:22:13,767 I don't think so. 528 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:16,100 Now, this probably came with them already in it? 529 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:17,600 Yeah, from the factory which, of course, 530 00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:19,200 -they don't make that anymore. -Really? 531 00:22:19,367 --> 00:22:21,567 Yeah. It's probably from the 80s. 532 00:22:21,567 --> 00:22:24,800 Well, on that spot where you've sanded off the old finish 533 00:22:24,967 --> 00:22:26,967 and the line where the old meets the new, 534 00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:28,600 you can't even see it. -You can't even tell. 535 00:22:28,767 --> 00:22:30,300 Yeah, it's just aged a little. 536 00:22:30,467 --> 00:22:32,166 By the time we stain it, you'll never know. 537 00:22:32,333 --> 00:22:33,567 Here's my request. 538 00:22:33,567 --> 00:22:36,500 We've got the engineered wood going in the hallway and down 539 00:22:36,667 --> 00:22:38,600 to her bedroom. It's pretty dark. 540 00:22:38,767 --> 00:22:42,767 And I would love if you can find a color that makes sense 541 00:22:42,934 --> 00:22:44,100 with that engineered wood. 542 00:22:44,266 --> 00:22:46,166 You don't want to be a jarring difference. 543 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:48,000 Yeah, it needs to feel like 544 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,767 it's not warmer than that or cooler than that. -[Mike] OK. 545 00:22:50,934 --> 00:22:53,700 I think I would like to see it, like, 50%. 546 00:22:53,867 --> 00:22:56,000 -Half of that. -Yeah. 547 00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:59,100 We're going to match the color it's just going to be 50%. 548 00:23:00,066 --> 00:23:02,667 It's not going to be as dark. 549 00:23:02,834 --> 00:23:04,667 I'm particular about this. 550 00:23:04,834 --> 00:23:07,667 Before you do the whole thing I just want to see 551 00:23:07,834 --> 00:23:10,266 what 50% would look like on this. -All right. 552 00:23:10,266 --> 00:23:13,066 Rose is going to love that, because she wanted to keep 553 00:23:13,233 --> 00:23:15,667 so much of the originality about the house. 554 00:23:15,667 --> 00:23:18,000 We're going to have retro stove over here 555 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,266 enameled white with the tower on the left. 556 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:23,000 It's an actual old stove going there. 557 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,266 -Really? Okay. -Yeah. 558 00:23:24,433 --> 00:23:25,400 It's going to be unique. 559 00:23:25,567 --> 00:23:27,400 Yeah, it's gonna be different. 560 00:23:27,567 --> 00:23:28,867 All right, Mike, we'll let you get back to work. 561 00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:30,000 [Mike] All right, I'll get to it. 562 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:30,967 -[Erin] Yes, thank you. -[Mike] You're welcome. 563 00:23:31,133 --> 00:23:32,500 ♪♪ 564 00:23:33,667 --> 00:23:35,367 I love how we're gonna have so many period pieces 565 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:36,567 in the house. -[Ben] Yeah. 566 00:23:36,567 --> 00:23:39,767 [Erin] From the stove to the sink to the floors. 567 00:23:40,967 --> 00:23:43,967 David is almost done tiling the shower, and I love it. 568 00:23:44,133 --> 00:23:46,166 I love that we went with vertical running bond for 569 00:23:46,333 --> 00:23:47,300 the first time ever. 570 00:23:51,667 --> 00:23:53,000 [grunting] 571 00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:55,467 Looks like cast iron, feels weightless. 572 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:58,400 This tub looks heavy, but it's not. 573 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:02,700 The tub looks little, but Miss Rose is pretty petite. 574 00:24:02,867 --> 00:24:04,467 Look how pretty that trim is. 575 00:24:04,634 --> 00:24:06,667 [Ben] Uh-huh, does this go on the wall? 576 00:24:06,667 --> 00:24:08,166 [Erin] No, it's supposed to... 577 00:24:08,166 --> 00:24:10,000 Supposed to go on the tub right there. 578 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,467 [Erin] Hold up. 579 00:24:11,634 --> 00:24:13,166 But where? I don't understand. 580 00:24:14,900 --> 00:24:17,300 This tub and faucet were sold together, so it has to work. 581 00:24:17,467 --> 00:24:18,467 [Erin] I was there for it. 582 00:24:18,467 --> 00:24:21,867 It says, add this faucet and these finishes for 583 00:24:22,033 --> 00:24:24,400 the perfect match. -Hashtag perf. 584 00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:26,367 They don't go together at all. 585 00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:28,166 Hey, Katie! 586 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,100 -Ooh, this is pretty. -It is pretty. 587 00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:35,100 These came together, didn't they? 588 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:37,467 Yeah, this was like a complete set. 589 00:24:37,634 --> 00:24:38,533 [Erin] But it doesn't work. 590 00:24:38,533 --> 00:24:41,300 -[Katie] Oh gosh, OK. -We can return it. 591 00:24:41,467 --> 00:24:44,266 It is so close to time for Rose to move in. 592 00:24:44,266 --> 00:24:46,500 We could still maybe order something different, 593 00:24:46,667 --> 00:24:49,867 or could we get a floor-mounted like we have at our house? 594 00:24:49,867 --> 00:24:51,667 We're gonna have to jackhammer all this concrete 595 00:24:51,834 --> 00:24:52,834 back out if we do that. 596 00:24:52,834 --> 00:24:54,867 Because remember, this all was already plumbed. 597 00:24:55,033 --> 00:24:56,100 -[Erin] Yeah. -Oh, yeah. 598 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:58,800 From Rose's previous contractor, so we were trying 599 00:24:58,967 --> 00:25:01,400 to work with what we had to save money. 600 00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:04,100 How big of a deal would it be to jackhammer this? 601 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:05,900 Major undertaking at this point. 602 00:25:06,066 --> 00:25:07,200 It's gonna cost a lot. 603 00:25:07,367 --> 00:25:10,667 This is unusual, because we never run into this 604 00:25:10,834 --> 00:25:13,166 kind of problem this late in the game. 605 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:16,367 Normally, we make a plan, we order everything, 606 00:25:16,533 --> 00:25:18,100 and we build to suit. -[Erin] And then built to suit. 607 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:20,400 But we didn't start this project. 608 00:25:20,567 --> 00:25:22,166 We're just gonna finish it. 609 00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:24,600 Maybe like a gasket or something to help just kind 610 00:25:24,767 --> 00:25:25,667 of push against it. 611 00:25:25,834 --> 00:25:27,700 -Like a really thick gasket? -Yeah. 612 00:25:27,867 --> 00:25:29,367 I'm just gonna see what I can find. 613 00:25:29,367 --> 00:25:32,667 Maybe there's a better faucet that would work on a curve that 614 00:25:32,834 --> 00:25:34,100 I could overnight or something. 615 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:36,967 I'm gonna go try to get gaskets made somewhere. 616 00:25:37,133 --> 00:25:38,133 I don't know how we make it. 617 00:25:38,133 --> 00:25:41,166 Rose is supposed to move in in one week...ish. 618 00:25:48,867 --> 00:25:50,066 -Hello? Hey! -Hey. 619 00:25:50,233 --> 00:25:51,767 -How are y'all? -We're good. 620 00:25:51,934 --> 00:25:53,100 -Y'all good? -Lamar, good to see you. 621 00:25:53,266 --> 00:25:54,600 -Good to see you, buddy. -You got my fridge. 622 00:25:54,767 --> 00:25:56,266 -It's already prepped. -Got the handles off. 623 00:25:56,433 --> 00:26:00,800 If you can't afford vintage restored appliances 624 00:26:00,967 --> 00:26:03,000 or new appliances that look vintage... 625 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,100 ...wrap it. -[Lamar] Here's your color. 626 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:08,266 -[Erin] This is my color. -[Ben] Oh, this is it already printing. 627 00:26:08,266 --> 00:26:10,300 Ms. Rose, whose house we're working on, 628 00:26:10,467 --> 00:26:14,600 she has this retro stove that's white with chrome handles. 629 00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:17,367 This is a very base-model fridge. 630 00:26:17,533 --> 00:26:21,467 Adding color to it, like a real 1950s fridge would have had, 631 00:26:21,634 --> 00:26:22,767 is the next best thing. 632 00:26:22,934 --> 00:26:24,700 I'm so excited about this, y'all. 633 00:26:24,867 --> 00:26:27,800 This is our cabinet color. So this is our wallpaper. 634 00:26:27,967 --> 00:26:29,667 [Ben] Have y'all ever done this before? 635 00:26:29,667 --> 00:26:30,767 [Brennan] Not on appliances. 636 00:26:30,934 --> 00:26:32,400 What's the craziest thing y'all have wrapped? 637 00:26:32,567 --> 00:26:36,100 We wrap about anything, but this is a unique idea. 638 00:26:36,266 --> 00:26:39,266 I have this idea in my mind, and it's gonna be very cool. 639 00:26:39,266 --> 00:26:41,400 You know, it's going to look like that pistachio color of 640 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:44,166 the 1950s, but it's gonna be a modern fridge. 641 00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:46,667 But what happens if, for instance, 642 00:26:46,834 --> 00:26:49,967 she turns and scrapes the fridge 643 00:26:50,133 --> 00:26:52,100 with a hot cast-iron pan? 644 00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:53,700 It shouldn't scratch with anything in the house. 645 00:26:53,867 --> 00:26:55,033 I mean, it's pretty durable. 646 00:26:55,033 --> 00:26:56,867 You put it on vehicles that go through car washes, right? 647 00:26:57,033 --> 00:26:58,400 Yes, exactly. That's correct. 648 00:26:58,567 --> 00:27:01,266 I think that this idea is gonna revolutionize 649 00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:04,100 the home restoration market. -Market. 650 00:27:04,266 --> 00:27:06,100 Next is gonna be the laminator. 651 00:27:06,266 --> 00:27:07,867 -It'll give it a glossy shine. -OK. 652 00:27:08,033 --> 00:27:10,400 And then after that, it's ready to go, but we've got 653 00:27:10,567 --> 00:27:13,300 another panel that's actually ready to stick on now. 654 00:27:13,467 --> 00:27:14,667 -Let's do it. -I'll hold [indistinct]. 655 00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:17,400 -All right. -I'm so excited about this. 656 00:27:17,567 --> 00:27:21,600 So it's not especially sticky. It's just kind of like a cling. 657 00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:23,767 It becomes stickier once you squeegee it. 658 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:25,667 -It's called pressure sensitivity. -Oh. 659 00:27:25,667 --> 00:27:27,700 [Erin] What I do love about this is it's not a permanent 660 00:27:27,867 --> 00:27:30,600 application, so if she ever wants to change the color 661 00:27:30,767 --> 00:27:33,166 or just go stainless, she can just pull it off. 662 00:27:33,333 --> 00:27:35,266 All right, so if you want to pull it tight on the top 663 00:27:35,266 --> 00:27:36,800 and the bottom corner. -[Erin] OK. 664 00:27:36,967 --> 00:27:38,266 [Brennan] Let's stick it right there. 665 00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:40,166 Hold it tight, Erin. 666 00:27:40,166 --> 00:27:41,867 -[Brennan] All right. good. -[Erin] OK. 667 00:27:41,867 --> 00:27:43,100 [Brennan] That's it. 668 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:45,166 -Look, you can take this squeegee... -OK. 669 00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:46,367 ...and run it straight across. 670 00:27:46,533 --> 00:27:47,967 You want to come this way with it to the edge? 671 00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:50,367 -OK, this is better than a credit card. -[Brennan] Yeah. 672 00:27:50,367 --> 00:27:52,367 You're gonna want to wrap everything, aren't you? 673 00:27:52,533 --> 00:27:54,900 If I had one of those printers, I'd be unstoppable, Ben. 674 00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:08,567 -[Ben] Pine, we have a solution. [Pine] Hey! 675 00:28:08,567 --> 00:28:12,166 Let's see if these work. Gaskets, don't let me down. 676 00:28:16,166 --> 00:28:19,000 -[Pine] Pretty close. -[Ben] It's still... 677 00:28:19,166 --> 00:28:20,266 [Katie] It's really close, but it's not. 678 00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:23,000 -I don't think that's gonna work. -Ugh. 679 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,867 See, this thing's got a curve this way and a curve this way, 680 00:28:27,033 --> 00:28:29,367 so it'd need to be like a potato chip shape. 681 00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:31,300 [Katie] I think I've got to think of something else. 682 00:28:33,767 --> 00:28:35,867 [soft raindrop drips] 683 00:28:37,967 --> 00:28:40,900 It's really real. 684 00:28:41,066 --> 00:28:43,967 That wallpaper that we're using in the dining room, 685 00:28:44,133 --> 00:28:45,700 it's all the colors she loves. 686 00:28:45,867 --> 00:28:49,100 And now the real thing is here, and I can finally retire 687 00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:51,000 my pitiful little tattered printout. 688 00:28:51,166 --> 00:28:54,000 I've got the entire color palette of the house represented here. 689 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,867 That's why this wallpaper is so critical. 690 00:28:56,033 --> 00:28:58,000 You can see it from every room in the house 691 00:28:58,166 --> 00:28:59,767 where it's going to be. 692 00:28:59,934 --> 00:29:01,567 We've got, like, our bathroom tile here. 693 00:29:01,567 --> 00:29:05,400 Here's the walls in the kitchen, but then here's 694 00:29:05,567 --> 00:29:08,000 the cabinetry in the kitchen. Here's the living room walls. 695 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,667 Here's our appliances. There's our front door. 696 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:15,166 And I know it's large scale, but this is real large scale. 697 00:29:15,166 --> 00:29:18,400 Yeah, this is a 48-inch pattern repeat. 698 00:29:18,567 --> 00:29:21,000 It's really more like a mural than normal wallpaper. 699 00:29:21,166 --> 00:29:22,166 [John] Right. 700 00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:24,400 This is actually a wallpaper that she told me 701 00:29:24,567 --> 00:29:26,266 she's obsessed with. -OK. 702 00:29:26,266 --> 00:29:27,967 [Erin] So this is a surprise. Can we hang some? 703 00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:30,800 -Yes, we can. -[Erin] I want to see it. 704 00:29:30,967 --> 00:29:32,367 This is not a cheap wallpaper. 705 00:29:32,533 --> 00:29:36,700 I wasn't positive that we could, but then, because Ben 706 00:29:36,867 --> 00:29:39,600 can build bookcases and we took that away from construction 707 00:29:39,767 --> 00:29:41,567 budget, it gives me money to buy the wallpaper that 708 00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:42,567 she really, really wanted. 709 00:29:42,734 --> 00:29:44,000 So this is gonna be a little of a bonus. 710 00:29:44,166 --> 00:29:46,100 It's going to make her flip out, I hope. 711 00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:48,467 [Ben] There's no budget for details. 712 00:29:48,634 --> 00:29:51,900 [Erin] We're just being extremely creative here. 713 00:29:56,967 --> 00:29:58,967 [Ben] Our countertops are finally in. 714 00:29:59,133 --> 00:30:00,700 Marletta's been done with the sink, 715 00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:02,300 that was done several days ago. 716 00:30:03,266 --> 00:30:04,767 It's very heavy. 717 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:07,467 I'm worried about the sink, babe. 718 00:30:07,467 --> 00:30:09,767 -It got wet. -I think it'll be all right. 719 00:30:09,934 --> 00:30:13,900 This is the first vintage piece the kitchen is gonna see. 720 00:30:14,066 --> 00:30:16,867 I really do think it's cool that this is the sink that was 721 00:30:17,033 --> 00:30:20,667 always here, and now it's back. -[Ben] 75 years. 722 00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:23,100 [Erin] Look at this. Now, what's holding it up? 723 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,200 Why we have a gap? 724 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,967 [Erin] It's got these pegs. 725 00:30:27,133 --> 00:30:28,800 The pegs are just little legs that it's sitting on, 726 00:30:28,967 --> 00:30:31,066 so those little peg legs have to be cut off. 727 00:30:31,233 --> 00:30:32,100 Well, I got a grinder. 728 00:30:32,266 --> 00:30:33,433 [Erin] Hey, get it out of here. 729 00:30:33,433 --> 00:30:35,600 You're just going to have to man up and pick it up, boy. 730 00:30:35,767 --> 00:30:38,400 I'd really rather take it outside, not to mess up 731 00:30:38,567 --> 00:30:39,667 nothing in here. 732 00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:41,400 [Ben] Let me tell you, Allan wanted to bring the sink 733 00:30:41,567 --> 00:30:43,367 all the way back outside. Not happening. 734 00:30:43,533 --> 00:30:45,567 I don't know that I've got anything left in the tank. 735 00:30:45,734 --> 00:30:48,667 It is, like, ten minutes till five o'clock right now. 736 00:30:49,767 --> 00:30:51,667 -[Ben grunting] -[Erin] Watch your fingers. 737 00:30:51,834 --> 00:30:53,467 [men grunting] 738 00:30:53,467 --> 00:30:54,800 [Allan] I'm gonna take to the ground. 739 00:30:55,767 --> 00:30:57,166 Stand it up on its back. 740 00:30:57,333 --> 00:30:59,900 -[Erin] So these are what we gotta cut off, OK. -[Allan] Yeah. 741 00:31:00,133 --> 00:31:01,667 We're gonna cut the tabs off. 742 00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:03,266 All right, we're gonna build a cocoon. 743 00:31:03,266 --> 00:31:05,667 The cardboard is just to protect the cabinets, 744 00:31:05,834 --> 00:31:09,166 the paint, and the countertops, so it's -- sparks are flying. -[Ben] Floors. 745 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:11,200 [Allan] One down. 746 00:31:11,367 --> 00:31:13,266 [Ben] This was the only way that these tabs 747 00:31:13,266 --> 00:31:14,767 were gonna get cut off. 748 00:31:14,934 --> 00:31:16,667 So it was five minutes of him grinding them off, 749 00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:18,667 and then we're good to go. We can put it in. 750 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:23,000 [Allan] All right, still. 751 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Whew, I love it when a plan comes together. 752 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:38,166 I have a question, and I'm excited, 753 00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:40,266 because I feel like this could be the answer. 754 00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:42,266 We have run completely out of time. 755 00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:44,100 We've exhausted all the options. 756 00:31:44,266 --> 00:31:47,266 [Erin] It's been three days of troubleshooting the tub. 757 00:31:47,266 --> 00:31:51,266 Ben was talking about what if he could, like, build a box to 758 00:31:51,266 --> 00:31:55,100 hide the plumbing at the end, which got me thinking. 759 00:31:55,266 --> 00:31:57,367 This is stubbed up through the concrete. 760 00:31:57,533 --> 00:32:01,467 Is it possible to just reroute that into the wall 761 00:32:01,634 --> 00:32:05,600 so that you could then mount the fixture to the wall? 762 00:32:05,767 --> 00:32:08,767 The box idea feels a little bit, "We messed up." 763 00:32:08,767 --> 00:32:10,500 It does. It feels like that. 764 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:11,934 And this is our fix. 765 00:32:11,934 --> 00:32:14,767 [Erin] And so, instead of that, I thought, "Why don't we just 766 00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:17,467 reroute that plumbing behind the tub into the wall?" 767 00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:20,567 We have water lines feeding the lavatory in this wall. 768 00:32:20,567 --> 00:32:22,066 -It goes through this wall? -[Allan] Already there. 769 00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:24,266 So I just found this. 770 00:32:24,433 --> 00:32:29,266 It's a 6-inch brushed brass extender that I think would get 771 00:32:29,433 --> 00:32:30,567 it where we need to be. 772 00:32:30,567 --> 00:32:32,667 We could just come in here and cut some sheet rock out. 773 00:32:32,834 --> 00:32:36,100 I could put a bracket across inside and mount the extenders 774 00:32:36,266 --> 00:32:39,166 to it, and bring this out. -Yeah, would 6-inch work? 775 00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:42,667 -[Allan] 6-inch is a little far. -Kind of in your face. 776 00:32:42,667 --> 00:32:44,400 I would imagine you could probably find them in a 4-inch, 777 00:32:44,567 --> 00:32:45,800 which would be about right there. 778 00:32:45,967 --> 00:32:48,166 So you wouldn't see this bracket on a wall? 779 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:50,400 No, no, no, it'd be a 2-by-8 in the wall. 780 00:32:50,567 --> 00:32:53,367 Then I would put sheet rock back and repaint it. 781 00:32:53,367 --> 00:32:55,100 You never know, it'll just be pipe stubbed out. 782 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:57,700 We're talking about a sheetrock patch to make this happen. 783 00:32:57,867 --> 00:33:00,266 You can get the extenders. It's a done deal. 784 00:33:00,266 --> 00:33:01,700 -[Erin] four-inch. -Four-inch. 785 00:33:01,867 --> 00:33:04,166 And this pile of flooring has just been laying here, 786 00:33:04,166 --> 00:33:05,800 waiting to go in. 787 00:33:08,266 --> 00:33:11,000 Bekye is working on painting in the pattern on the front porch. 788 00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:13,400 The humidity has slowed her down a lot. 789 00:33:13,567 --> 00:33:17,266 It was dry as a bone for three months. 790 00:33:17,433 --> 00:33:19,900 And then this week, we have like 100% humidity, 791 00:33:20,066 --> 00:33:22,767 which you can totally see. -Yeah, my hair is terrible. 792 00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:23,867 It's just a mess. 793 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,567 I love how we took a house that was, at first blush, 794 00:33:38,734 --> 00:33:40,667 very bland. There was nothing here. 795 00:33:40,667 --> 00:33:43,867 There were just studs, and it was opportunity. 796 00:33:44,033 --> 00:33:46,166 An opportunity is something that was as eclectic 797 00:33:46,333 --> 00:33:49,767 and eccentric as Rose's whole life story has been. 798 00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:51,467 That's what the house really looks like. 799 00:33:51,634 --> 00:33:52,700 Her life. 800 00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:54,867 It's like a four-leaf clover sitting on the street. 801 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,600 It's a lot of fun to work with someone whose favorite color 802 00:33:57,767 --> 00:33:58,767 is green. 803 00:33:58,767 --> 00:34:01,867 She asked for every room to be soaked in green, 804 00:34:01,867 --> 00:34:06,100 except she wanted this colorful wallpaper with florals. 805 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,467 They're coming up out of the green -- 806 00:34:07,467 --> 00:34:09,700 the leaves, the shoots, the stems. 807 00:34:09,867 --> 00:34:11,867 And I think that makes a lot of sense here. 808 00:34:12,033 --> 00:34:14,567 It's so weird how this house has been Rose's house 809 00:34:14,567 --> 00:34:17,066 for years, and she's never lived in it. 810 00:34:17,233 --> 00:34:20,166 She's just had this dream about what her life would be like 811 00:34:20,166 --> 00:34:23,200 here, moving to the South, living in a little old house 812 00:34:23,367 --> 00:34:24,467 in Mississippi. 813 00:34:24,467 --> 00:34:27,266 And it's never been real, and it's about to be real. 814 00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:31,000 It has been a long journey. Welcome to the Myer house. 815 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,166 [gasping] 816 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,467 It's so beautiful. 817 00:34:39,467 --> 00:34:41,700 It's the best house I've ever had, 818 00:34:41,867 --> 00:34:43,767 and it's my little house. 819 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,400 Oh, it's perfect. 820 00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:55,000 The perfect green that I wanted. 821 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,266 I wanted dark, but not too dark. 822 00:34:57,266 --> 00:35:00,266 It's just gorgeous. 823 00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:04,166 And the porch, you actually did the porch. 824 00:35:04,333 --> 00:35:05,467 [Ben] Oh, yeah. 825 00:35:05,467 --> 00:35:08,367 That porch, when I bought this house, was dirty, ugly, 826 00:35:08,533 --> 00:35:11,900 broken, crooked glass, And I wanted it to be screened, 827 00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:15,600 because I want to be able to sit on my porch and look out 828 00:35:15,767 --> 00:35:16,800 and see my park. 829 00:35:16,967 --> 00:35:18,500 But I'm gonna live on that porch. 830 00:35:18,667 --> 00:35:20,567 It's just beautiful. 831 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,767 [Erin] New siding. There was no siding. 832 00:35:26,934 --> 00:35:30,100 A lot of work had been done, but we had to redo a lot 833 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:31,500 of the work. -I know that. 834 00:35:31,667 --> 00:35:33,567 [Ben] All the soffit, the way that they had 835 00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:34,934 attached it was wrong. 836 00:35:34,934 --> 00:35:37,667 -We had to rework most of it. -[Erin] And new landscaping. 837 00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:40,166 Oh, the landscaping. And a hydrangea bush. 838 00:35:40,333 --> 00:35:41,300 I love it. 839 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,000 It's my perfect house. I'm so happy. 840 00:35:47,166 --> 00:35:48,667 [Erin] We went a little crazy on the porch. 841 00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:51,567 -Can we go look at the porch? -[Rose] Please, I need to see it. 842 00:35:51,734 --> 00:35:52,867 Oh, it's so good. 843 00:35:53,033 --> 00:35:55,800 -[Ben] We've got some surprises. -[Erin] Come on in. 844 00:35:58,266 --> 00:36:01,400 Beautiful. I can't believe it. 845 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:09,900 This is wonderful. The floor is beautiful. 846 00:36:10,066 --> 00:36:11,967 Roses. This is unbelievable. 847 00:36:12,133 --> 00:36:15,166 [Erin] Bekye Fargason custom-painted the floors. 848 00:36:15,166 --> 00:36:17,767 She does ornamental paintings. 849 00:36:17,934 --> 00:36:20,767 I know her work, and I'm just...honored. 850 00:36:20,767 --> 00:36:22,700 -And we put lots of roses in it. -[Rose] I see that. 851 00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:27,500 Very boho, cowgirl, eclectic. 852 00:36:27,667 --> 00:36:30,367 Everything you told me, everything you showed me was 853 00:36:30,367 --> 00:36:32,400 very eclectic, very colorful. 854 00:36:32,567 --> 00:36:36,266 [Rose] A reading spot and watch my neighbors go by. 855 00:36:36,433 --> 00:36:40,700 It's just beautiful. This is gorgeous. 856 00:36:40,867 --> 00:36:43,266 [Erin] Look, you are dressed like the door, and I was 857 00:36:43,433 --> 00:36:45,467 inspired by it, too, today. -[Rose] Me, too. 858 00:36:45,634 --> 00:36:47,667 -Let's get to the juicy part. -Let's go in. 859 00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:48,867 [Rose] All right, OK. 860 00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:55,700 -[Erin] Go on in. -This is not what I expected. 861 00:36:57,700 --> 00:36:59,600 This is beautiful. 862 00:37:01,367 --> 00:37:04,734 That's great, Erin. This is beautiful. 863 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,800 It's beaut -- and the color is so rich. 864 00:37:10,967 --> 00:37:12,600 All the colors that you shared with me 865 00:37:12,767 --> 00:37:14,800 were a jewel box of colors. -[Rose] Yes, yes. 866 00:37:14,967 --> 00:37:16,567 [Erin] When you get to use really saturated color 867 00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:20,834 like that, rooms feel so cozy. -Cozy. 868 00:37:23,266 --> 00:37:26,500 -This is beautiful. -[Erin] You wanted bookcase storage. 869 00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:29,767 I did. This unit, who made this? 870 00:37:29,767 --> 00:37:31,700 -I made this. -I know you did. 871 00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:34,967 [Ben] The budget was not really there for built-ins, 872 00:37:35,133 --> 00:37:37,000 so I built these. This was my gift. 873 00:37:37,166 --> 00:37:41,100 We wanted it to feel custom in some way, and so we added 874 00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:43,700 the diamond inlay. That's the touch of copper. 875 00:37:43,867 --> 00:37:44,834 [Rose] Oh, beautiful. 876 00:37:44,834 --> 00:37:46,300 [Erin] It's a little of that Southwest vibe. 877 00:37:46,467 --> 00:37:47,600 [Rose] It is. 878 00:37:50,066 --> 00:37:51,367 [Rose] This is perfect, beautiful. 879 00:37:51,367 --> 00:37:53,000 -You have a lot of cool things. -Yeah. 880 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,066 I love it, thank you. 881 00:37:58,233 --> 00:38:00,400 And look at the floors. I just noticed. 882 00:38:00,567 --> 00:38:02,567 -[Erin] Totally refinished. -[Rose] Original. 883 00:38:02,567 --> 00:38:04,567 By Mike Husers. 884 00:38:04,734 --> 00:38:07,700 Everybody says, "Oh, I want Mike to come back." 885 00:38:07,867 --> 00:38:08,767 And I got Mike. 886 00:38:08,767 --> 00:38:10,100 -You got Mike back. -[Ben] You got Mike. 887 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,867 Yay! You all did beautiful on this. 888 00:38:13,033 --> 00:38:15,867 It's just the perfect room for me. 889 00:38:15,867 --> 00:38:18,800 Well, I want to know more about the stove in the kitchen. 890 00:38:18,967 --> 00:38:20,367 -Oh, OK. -Did you name her? 891 00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:24,066 -Because... -No, but she needs a name. 892 00:38:24,233 --> 00:38:25,233 She does need a name. 893 00:38:25,233 --> 00:38:27,266 She was the muse for this whole kitchen design. 894 00:38:31,467 --> 00:38:32,867 Unbelievable. 895 00:38:34,367 --> 00:38:36,567 This is so beautiful. 896 00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:40,900 Where did you find this color? 897 00:38:41,066 --> 00:38:44,467 This is just a stainless steel fridge that we vinyl wrapped, 898 00:38:44,467 --> 00:38:47,000 so it would feel like retro appliances. 899 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,266 And this was an idea that I had, and I didn't know if it 900 00:38:49,433 --> 00:38:50,333 would actually work. 901 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:52,567 [Rose] Microwave, dishwasher wrapped. 902 00:38:52,734 --> 00:38:54,600 -[Rose] That's amazing, -But it feels more at home 903 00:38:54,767 --> 00:38:57,100 against this beauty. -It does. 904 00:38:59,567 --> 00:39:04,467 Oh, look at that bad boy. She's gorgeous. 905 00:39:04,467 --> 00:39:10,066 She's so big when she stands alone, but now in her kitchen, 906 00:39:10,233 --> 00:39:11,700 she's just at home. 907 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:17,667 -And your same sink. -[Rose] She got a facelift. 908 00:39:17,667 --> 00:39:18,667 She got renewed. 909 00:39:18,834 --> 00:39:22,266 [Erin] Yep, Marletta did a restoration on it. 910 00:39:22,433 --> 00:39:25,567 It's perfect, and it's the original, and I almost 911 00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:27,166 lost it, and I'm so glad it's here. 912 00:39:27,333 --> 00:39:30,300 It's a retro kitchen, but it's got all 913 00:39:30,467 --> 00:39:34,100 the modern conveniences, and it's just so spiffy. 914 00:39:34,266 --> 00:39:35,900 Everywhere I look is just a feast. 915 00:39:36,066 --> 00:39:38,100 -Gosh, I love the way you talk. -[Rose] Oh! 916 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:41,967 You've got my wallpaper. I cannot believe that. 917 00:39:42,133 --> 00:39:44,400 [Erin] Every color in the house came out of the wallpaper. 918 00:39:44,567 --> 00:39:47,967 -That wallpaper was a big wish for you. -Huge. 919 00:39:48,133 --> 00:39:49,767 And it inspired the color palette of the entire house. 920 00:39:49,767 --> 00:39:51,000 [Rose] And that's what I wanted. 921 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,967 [Erin] I'm glad you chose this wallpaper that 922 00:39:53,133 --> 00:39:54,967 inspired everything. -I can tell. 923 00:39:55,133 --> 00:39:56,166 [Erin] We tried to be custom. 924 00:39:56,166 --> 00:39:59,400 Come see how we tried to get custom in your 925 00:39:59,567 --> 00:40:00,567 bedroom and bathroom. 926 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:04,266 Oh, the hallway's beautiful. 927 00:40:09,266 --> 00:40:10,367 What do you think? 928 00:40:11,867 --> 00:40:13,266 Oh, it's so beautiful. 929 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,467 My bed. 930 00:40:19,967 --> 00:40:21,266 It's beautiful. 931 00:40:26,166 --> 00:40:27,767 Look at those doors, huh? 932 00:40:27,934 --> 00:40:31,667 The double doors, how posh is that? 933 00:40:31,667 --> 00:40:35,266 -You're so fancy. -Look at that tub! 934 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,300 Oh! I got my pink tiles! 935 00:40:39,467 --> 00:40:41,367 [Erin] And your pink tile is back! 936 00:40:41,367 --> 00:40:45,867 My pink tiles and subways and vertical, I love that. 937 00:40:46,033 --> 00:40:47,467 What a vision. 938 00:40:47,634 --> 00:40:50,166 So we had to do it vertically, because the ceiling had 939 00:40:50,166 --> 00:40:52,867 a slope, because this was a utility room. -[Rose] That's right. 940 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:54,600 [Erin] And we couldn't run it that direction, because it would 941 00:40:54,767 --> 00:40:56,500 make it look really obvious that there was a slope up there. 942 00:40:56,667 --> 00:40:59,567 I love it. This little tub is perfect. 943 00:40:59,567 --> 00:41:01,800 [Erin] It's just big enough for you. -Yes. 944 00:41:01,967 --> 00:41:03,467 This is custom. 945 00:41:03,634 --> 00:41:07,166 This was all ordered together, meant to work together. 946 00:41:07,166 --> 00:41:09,600 So we get it here, and it won't work with the tub. 947 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:11,900 -The plumbing had already been roughed in. -[Rose] Right. 948 00:41:12,066 --> 00:41:13,600 [Ben] So we went round and round and round, 949 00:41:13,767 --> 00:41:17,200 trying to figure it out. Allen and Pine tied in here. 950 00:41:17,367 --> 00:41:19,967 And so you have a little custom side-mounted. 951 00:41:20,133 --> 00:41:23,867 [Rose] That's so unique. I love it. 952 00:41:24,033 --> 00:41:26,667 [Erin] So we wanted to focus on making the bathroom feel custom, 953 00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:28,767 because so much about the house was headed in this very 954 00:41:28,934 --> 00:41:30,667 builder-grade direction. -[Rose] Yes. 955 00:41:30,834 --> 00:41:33,367 [Erin] So we went custom everywhere we could afford to. 956 00:41:33,367 --> 00:41:36,900 This built-in with its little nook and the storage in 957 00:41:37,066 --> 00:41:39,300 the sides and the sconces built into the mirror. 958 00:41:39,467 --> 00:41:42,100 Little luxury finishes, but it's still eccentric. 959 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:44,767 [Rose] It's just beautiful. I love it. 960 00:41:44,934 --> 00:41:46,166 [Ben] We had to get creative. 961 00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:48,600 There are a lot of little details you'll keep finding. 962 00:41:48,767 --> 00:41:50,200 I know. I know. 963 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,266 This is the best spot on the street. 964 00:41:53,433 --> 00:41:55,300 It is the best spot. Do you feel relieved? 965 00:41:55,467 --> 00:41:58,767 It's been such a long journey for me, and for it to end up 966 00:41:58,767 --> 00:42:01,767 this wonderful, it's gonna take some time to soak in. 967 00:42:01,934 --> 00:42:04,000 It's not about the house. 968 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:05,767 The house is perfect and beautiful, 969 00:42:05,934 --> 00:42:08,567 but this journey, the people I've met, 970 00:42:08,734 --> 00:42:11,867 are worth a million bucks, and I couldn't be happier to 971 00:42:11,867 --> 00:42:14,767 have this beautiful house, but it's not about the house. 972 00:42:14,934 --> 00:42:18,700 It's about the people, and I'm just overwhelmed. 973 00:42:21,166 --> 00:42:23,166 [Ben] You gave us $150,000. 974 00:42:23,166 --> 00:42:27,567 We did run into a few lingering problems from the previous 975 00:42:27,567 --> 00:42:30,600 contractor, but even with those problems, we were able to 976 00:42:30,767 --> 00:42:33,800 finish the house for $150,000. And all that's behind you. 977 00:42:33,967 --> 00:42:37,400 -And it looks like triple that. -I have something for you. 978 00:42:37,567 --> 00:42:40,767 -[Ben] She has carried that... -My wallpaper. 979 00:42:40,934 --> 00:42:43,166 [Erin] I took this little piece of paper everywhere I went. 980 00:42:43,166 --> 00:42:45,000 -[Rose] Thank you. -[Erin] You're so welcome. 981 00:42:45,166 --> 00:42:46,767 We are gonna get out of your hair. 982 00:42:46,767 --> 00:42:49,400 Here's a book you can read on your porch. 983 00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:52,266 Read a book, take a nap, whatever you want to do. 984 00:42:52,433 --> 00:42:54,467 -That's what I'm gonna do. -Watch the world go by. 985 00:42:54,634 --> 00:42:57,667 Every day from now on. Thank you all so much. 986 00:42:57,834 --> 00:42:59,767 -[Erin] You look at home. -Great, it's nap time.