[Jenny] Are we ready to go fish?
[Dave] I bet you Sylvie catches the biggest fish.
Our kids love fishing with my parents at the lake house.
Come here, Charlotte, we'll put a worm on there for you.
Look at all these.
[baby babbles]
-Look at those. -[Charlotte] They're so precious.
Dave's mom fishes pretty much every day.
She's been teaching the kids all to fish.
It's one of her favorite things to do with the kids.
Sylvie, I'm going to show you where to go when you go over there
'cause, boy, they were biting.
-Hi, Dr. Williams. -Dr. Williams.
You named all the worms?
Oh, he's cute.
Tell your mom we're gonna catch a great big fish, Luke.
I think they're gone. I think you caught all the fish.
Yeah, Donna caught all the fish.
I got it.
-[Jenny] Oh, did you get one? -Yeah.
[Dave] Okay, reel it in, Char.
-Is he still there? -Yeah.
[all exclaiming]
-Good job, Charlotte. -He's cute.
-Way to go, Char. -Hi, cute pea.
-Your name will be P. -That's a nice one.
-Thanks for watching the kiddos. -Oh, sure.
We gotta just run up and check out a job here real quick.
-Gotta log house up in Bella Vista. -Log house, right here.
Right on the lake on Loch Lomond.
-Bye, guys, have fun, okay? -See you in a minute.
See you in a minute.
Wendy and Jim Robinson are moving to Arkansas.
And they found an amazing piece of property
that is very cool, but dated.
I'm excited about this one. It's a log cabin in Bella Vista.
I know. You don't see a lot of that.
It's on the lake.
They're gonna, like... people have, like,
they're on vacation every day.
-Oh, wow. Look at this. -It's beautiful.
Look at the fountain.
-Come on, Romeo. -Hi.
-Hello, you guys. -Hello.
-Welcome. -This is beautiful. Good to see you.
This is like a resort. This is amazing.
It's a resort that needs a little of your love.
-Yeah. -Just a little.
I'm Jim Robinson and this is my wife, Wendy Robinson.
Jim and I have four boys from age 30,
all the way down to age 21.
We live in Spring, Texas. We've lived there for the last 25 years.
But it was really time to move on.
Wendy said, "Let's find something that's so cool
that our children want to go there, our grandchildren."
And I kept going back to Bella Vista.
I loved the mountain bike trails, I liked the hiking trails.
I liked the lake. I liked the nature.
And when we came here, I remember sitting on the patio
and Wendy saw fireflies for the first time that night,
-and she was just captivated. Yeah. -It was magical.
I loved it.
We love the house exterior and we love the view.
But the inside was built in the '80s
and done by somebody who had '70s tastes,
so a lot of ornate light fixtures
and brass.
The spiral staircases were a little weird
with shag carpeting.
And I'm looking for it to being welcoming,
a place where kids and dogs can show up
and just have a great family time.
So we sold our house in Spring.
So we're living in a 900 square foot apartment
down from our almost 6000 square foot home.
We're a little cramped. Along with us and our two dogs.
So we're really looking forward to moving out
of our little apartment and just spreading out in this beautiful log cabin.
First things first, how much do you have to spend
on this project?
-$250,000 -All right, we can do a lot with that.
So let's talk about outside.
What do you guys like. What do you want to change?
-Well, we like the cabin look. -I love that.
There's things we don't like. There's lots of 80's here.
-Yeah. -Okay.
-The globes for instance. -We can change that.
-That's easy to change out. -And the rocks,
It looks very messy.
Tell me about the fountain.
Okay, well, this is not truly a fountain.
This is actually the drain for the heating and air conditioning.
-Oh. -It's geothermal.
-Geothermal, I love that. Super efficient. -Wow.
Then it drains goes underneath the house and goes down
a waterfall on the backside.
What are your thoughts on how it looks?
We don't love the lady.
-Okay. -It can go.
She can go.
You know, obviously the trim and the house needs
-a little sprucing up. -Okay, I think we need to update the garage door.
Make it a little more natural.
I think the plan really is to update the landscaping.
Update the fountain, make it a little more modern,
get some new lighting, a new garage door
and we want to preserve the log cabin look.
-Sounds good. -Agreed.
Should we go inside? I want to see the rest of this place.
Wow, look at this door. Oh, my goodness.
The original owner was a doctor who would go down to Mexico
-and do medical missions. -Okay.
And he rescued this from a church that was being demolished.
Wow. That's amazing.
And I'm a nurse for a nonprofit and I work with pregnant women,
so this meant so much to me to see Mary and Elizabeth
-on this door to pregnant women. -Wow.
-Amazing. -That is amazing.
So here we are. Look at this.
-This is something. This is something. -This is from the '80s.
Yeah, it's '80s.
Ooh, and that light. That is something else.
There's two of those, Jenny, there's one over there too.
-Identical. -It's a lot to take in.
Yes. Let's focus on one thing because
-Okay. -I'm very distracted easily.
So, fireplace, how do you feel?
-We like it. -We like the rock.
[Jenny] I was gonna say I think the stone is gorgeous.
And it ties in with the exterior stone.
-So, keep the fireplace. -Yes, please.
What about the floor? We have carpet.
-[Wendy] We don't need carpet. -What would you like to see?
A wood look? Luxury vinyl tile?
-Yeah, okay. -That will hold up to water.
Yeah, on the lake, something low maintenance.
There's a lot of wood in here.
What are your thoughts on the wood?
You want to paint it? Do you want it whitewashed?
-Lightening it up would be wonderful. -Yeah.
Okay, so in here, we'll add new flooring,
whitewash some of this wood and paint the trim,
then we'll update the lighting to really modernize this whole space.
What's happening here?
-A little catwalk or something. -It's a loft.
This spiral staircase is not ideal.
No, it's a little scary.
Ah, this is actually pretty big up here.
-This is nice. -Okay.
These don't feel safe, though.
I would never let a kid up here.
-No. -That's definitely not code.
-Yeah. -No. Okay.
No, it's not.
So what are you guys hoping to do with this space?
It's a good office space.
And then since we like to do ballroom dancing,
we may use it to practice some dance maneuvers.
Wait, you like to ballroom dance?
-When our oldest son got married. -Okay.
Wendy bought a, you know, a discount coupon
for dance lessons. You know, we got done with a wedding
and after a while I said, "I kind of like this."
-So we've been doing it for over three years. -[Jenny] I love it.
Dave and I did do lessons for our wedding.
And he tried to dip me on our wedding day
and my dress fell down.
-So... -I dipped her though.
-That was our first dance. -What are you doing?
Oh, well, we were like this and, whoo.
Yeah, that was all we got.
Okay, give me a move.
Okay, we're doing the Roomba. You just go.
Oh, oh, oh, wow.
Whoo!
We may have to take up dancing again.
La, la, la, la.
-La, la, la, la. -That's amazing.
Wow, you don't even need lessons, Dave.
I feel like the other thing you need are railings that
you wouldn't be afraid of falling over
-That's a very good idea. -when you're dancing.
-Yeah. -Okay.
So the plan up here is to create a half wall
on one side of the loft and then add a new railing
on the other side.
We'll also figure out how to add a safe staircase.
Give you the nice wood floor, get some new lighting
and create an office/ballroom dancing space.
-I love it. -All right. Let's go to the kitchen.
Now this is a big kitchen you guys.
-Yes, it is. -Wow.
-Oh, this is where the view is right here. -Oh, look.
-That's beautiful. -This is where I fell in love with this place.
[Wendy] Oh. Yeah, I would guess so.
So what would you like to see in the kitchen?
Light, bright, airy would be nice.
We cook a lot. Our tradition is breakfast burritos.
-So cool. -You're speaking my love language there.
Yeah, we have, like, a burrito bar.
-A burrito bar. -We need space.
Got to have a big island for the burritos.
But what about the layout of this kitchen itself?
I think if it could be opened up somehow,
I don't know if that wall over there makes sense,
but something that made it feel more open and light
-in here would be great. -Yeah.
[Dave] Oh, this is beautiful too.
-Wow. -Have to love this view as well.
Oh, my word. This is amazing.
So if we can open this wall up and connect these two spaces better,
I think that would really help because this is the best
view in the house.
And then we have, what is this, just a pantry.
-Pantry. -Pantry.
Okay, so this is the pantry. So it does need to be...
these spaces need to be connected.
But then this is weird.
Because you have French doors leading into the main bedroom.
This is a bedroom and I can't tell you how many times
I've walked from the kitchen to go to the pantry
-and walked into our bedroom. -Yeah.
I think this needs to be gone.
This needs to be walled.
And we need to figure out another way to get
-to your bedroom. -Yeah.
So, overall, I think the plan for the kitchen is
we're going to adjust the layout a little bit,
get rid of the peninsula,
open up the wall leading into the breakfast nook.
New cabinets, new countertop, get you new lighting
and get you the flooring that you have throughout
the rest of the house, so it's consistent.
And most of all, make sure we have enough space
for our breakfast burrito bar.
-I love it. -Great.
And then in the breakfast nook area,
we'll have new flooring in here,
we'll have a new coffee bar and a nice, big dining table
with new lighting as well.
-Nice. -Sounds great.
Let's now figure out how in the world
we're gonna get into your bedroom 'cause
we just took away the door.
Wow, this is a huge room.
What do we want to do in this bedroom?
Just restful, peaceful.
We're not crazy about carpet anywhere.
-Okay. -Really to have it just flow all the way through
-would be great. -The same surface.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Are you fan people in the bedroom. -I do like a fan.
So fan. Nice, serene bedroom.
All right, so the plan for your main bedroom is
we're gonna start with new flooring.
We'll keep the flooring consistent throughout the house.
We're going to square off this entry wall,
so that you have a nice space for your bed, get you a new fan,
will paint and make this just a really serene space.
[Wendy] I love it.
So now we still have to figure out how we're going to enter this room.
It's gonna have to go through there.
-It's gonna have to go through the bathroom? -Right into the living room.
-Oh, wow. -That's the biggest toilet room I've ever seen.
There's a lot of doors, what is happening?
I mean, I think living room over here.
-Mm-hmm. -You got to come of right over the top of this toilet
and get right into the bathroom.
We could move the toilet and we could create, like,
a hallway where one side maybe it's closet,
one side's bathroom and then you go in,
so it doesn't feel like you're walking right into a bathroom or a bedroom.
Exactly.
So what would you guys like to see?
What are you thinking?
-No tub. -No tub.
-We're not tub people. -Walk in shower.
-Yeah. -At least two sinks.
-Okay. -Still a separate, little WC.
Yeah, for sure.
And then what kind of colors or anything that you like
-in a bathroom. -Something that would flow right through
from the rest of the house.
All right, so the plan for the new bathroom
is we're going to move the water closet
and we're going to actually create a new entry place
and your bathroom is going to have a nice, big walk in shower.
You're gonna have double vanities, new lighting,
new flooring, and we're just gonna keep everything light, bright,
timeless, really muted, beautiful colors.
That's fantastic.
-I love that idea. -Great.
-Perfect. Okay. -We got a plan.
We have a lot of work to do.
-But luckily, you haven't move in yet -We have a plan.
and so you don't have to move out.
So that's nice for you.
I'm really looking forward to see what they do
because it's not very usable right now.
But I think when it's done, it's going to be awesome.
-Well, thank you so much for having us. -Thank you, Jenny.
-Appreciate it, Jim. -We're so excited about this.
-It's gonna be awesome. -Thanks, Jenny.
There is so much potential for this house.
They want to get here, they want to be here,
so we just need to, you know, bring it to that next level.
-Bye, guys. -Bye.
All right, babe. Running in.
Today, we are at Wendy and Jim Robinson's house.
We have a lot to do and we don't have a lot of people.
What's up, guys?
Hey, what's going on?
All right, so this is the wrecking crew today.
-This is it. -You got more guys coming, right?
-Okay. -Yep I do. Yep.
[Jenny] So, carpet goes.
-Okay. -Fireplace stays.
This spiral staircase, it's going,
but do we want to keep it for now?
Let's all start upstairs, getting the railing,
getting the carpet, getting all that out of there.
And when the guys get here,
maybe we can unbolt it and roll that out
-and get it out of the way. -Okay.
Let's go to it.
I'll try to get it pried up here.
I really want to see this floor.
Matt, I didn't know you were coming.
You're gonna be excited. I just know it.
-[electricity buzzes] -[all] Whoa.
Are you excited yet?
-[all laughing] -Sparks are flying.
Can we turn off the power?
-We just did. -We just did.
Oh.
Jenny Marrs, look at that.
-Two by six pine floor. -It's pretty.
Timber.
Now we got to get that staircase out.
First, we've got to get rid of the handrails.
Then we can loosen up the bottom of the staircase.
Luckily, Joe's got a grinder so it'll be pretty easy.
-Are we good, Joe? -I think so.
We twist it now?
There it goes.
There we go.
-Watch that window. -Oh, yeah.
-Okay, let's come down now. -All right.
Let her down. We can roll it.
Whoo-hoo!
It already looks better in here.
Joe, do you want to take this home for your cats?
Uh, no.
[all laughing]
We gotta get this island out.
-In the kitchen, everything's coming out. -Yes.
Cabinets, countertops, island.
We are cruising.
[Jenny] And we're closing off the current double doors
right off the new breakfast nook.
And creating a new hallway to enter the main bedroom.
Hello.
-Hey. -What's shaking?
-Sorry, Rob. -Sorry, Rob.
You need a hard helmet around this place.
Allright I'm coming around. I want to see where this is.
Okay, that's perfect. It's actually kind of centered up under
-this beam almost. -And you got electrical too.
I hate having a door right in the living room.
Yeah, but you won't. This will just be a really pretty
cased opening and the door is back there.
[Jenny] The door's set back, okay.
And the hallway where one side maybe is closet,
one side, it's bathroom.
-That will be nice. -And then you could put like a little table
or you could put something in there in that nook.
Is this Davie's design service?
You're already staging it?
Put a little table.
None of you guys know I came in here a little early
and then came up with this plan.
-Hey, we got it. -Yeah, looks good.
This is a big project.
But I feel like we got a lot done today
that really sets us up for everything that needs to happen now.
-Yep. -The entry to the main suite.
We got rid of the staircase.
Now that the cabinets are coming out, I'm able to start figuring out
this configuration for the kitchen.
-It's a good day. -Good day.
I'm loving being at the Robinson's house.
It's going really well.
All the carpet's out, all the kitchen is out.
We took out that strange bedroom door in the kitchen
and we're closing it in.
We're also moving ahead with the electrical and plumbing.
We are down to a shell.
And now we're framing that.
So we're in a good place.
-All right, looking good. -Next tread
and it'll go up right up here.
We had one spiral staircase here
and then we had one over here.
So we closed in the staircase that goes down to the basement,
shifted that opening right underneath the new staircase
coming off of the balcony, and it works perfectly.
We're gonna have a nice four foot wide staircase.
They can waltz right up and down this staircase if they wanted.
Right, I love it.
So when they're doing ballroom dancing, they can walk down,
-like, throughout a ball. -They can saunter
right down the steps.
-Yes. -When you go to balls,
-they always have large staircases, in the movies, -Yeah.
-in the cartoon movies. -They do, they do.
These beams, I thought those were hollow beams.
-No. -Those are legit.
They are giant. I actually don't even know
-why they cover them with the plywood. -Ugly plywood.
-Doesn't make any sense to me. -No.
-That's what I wonder can we take them off? -They would have been so cool.
Take the plywood off?
Think they put two pieces of plywood.
I was gonna say it looks exactly the same.
Jenny Marrs, look at that.
Jerry Marrs, look at that.
-Is that pine? -It's all pine.
What do you think?
I think it's cool as can be.
-I think that's way better. -I agree.
'Cause we're whitewashing this to get rid of all of this orange color.
I mean, It'd be nice to get rid of it there too.
-Love it. -Good find.
[Jenny] I might decide to paint them, but it's good to have options.
-I made more work for myself. -I know,
-but It'll be, it'll be worth it. -It'll be worth it.
-Hey, guys, what's going on? -Hey, how are you doing, Dave?
Good.
We have a really exciting project for the exterior
of this house. I mean, it's really taking me back
to my childhood, because I grew up in a log cabin
in Colorado.
-Good to see you, man. -Good to see you too.
-How's the trip out? -It was great, man.
-It's good. -Log homes like this,
they just really aren't that common here in Arkansas.
So I brought a log restoration company all the way
-from Colorado. -We want to preserve
the integrity of the logs.
-Sure. -We want to make it look new again. It's flaking.
It looks like it's failing.
I mean, like the caulking and the...
-it just doesn't look right. -No, it's not right.
This is, it's really heavy caulk.
You know, there's a whole process of doing this
-where it comes out really smooth. -Right,
so what we'll be doing today is we're going to hit it with
a media blaster with corncob media.
-Okay. -And then we'll just take this down to, like,
furniture quality, bright wood, and we'll be able to stain
-on brand new wood. -Man, I love this.
I love that you're here. Thank you.
And if I can get involved at all, just let me know.
Oh, man, we want you to be involved.
Okay.
I appreciate you letting me help out for a minute.
Oh, you're gonna have a blast.
That's the real deal.
I feel like I'm going to walk on the moon.
So this is the blast hose.
Start top, trace down.
You're just basically decoloring the log.
Okay.
This is basically like a dry power washing
that is taking off decades of grime.
It's a fast relatively affordable way to revamp
the exterior of a log cabin.
-That is amazing. -Yeah, that's not too bad.
I just can't believe how quick it works.
Oh, yeah.
It's only going to take a few days to get this all finished up.
I'll get your guys back in the suit, so they can do it
-the right way, but... -Hey, that sounds good.
I mean, that's awesome.
I think once we add the landscaping,
it's gonna really make the front of this house pop
and the Robinsons are gonna love it.
-Hey, babe. -Hey.
-What you doing? -Just opening this doorway...
-up the rest of the way. -It wasn't open?
It was... Might have had a...
a little brain fart.
Filled it right back in.
It says door right here.
[Dave] So, framing wise, we are done here.
And this kitchen is going to be amazing.
-It's giant, right? -How big is this island...
If you have it centered over this fridge.
That's 10 right there and that looks small in here.
-I think a 12 foot island's nice. -Of course it is,
but you're gonna find a big piece of granite.
You're not gonna get one 12 feet.
-Then, let's do quartz. -If you do quartz, you can.
Yeah. And then we could do... so, we could do a big 12 foot Island.
-Three pendant lights here. -Mm-hmm.
Beautiful view. It's gonna be good.
[Dave] The only other question I have is front door.
Oh, that door, yeah. We gotta talk about the door.
It is in bad shape. Look at this.
If you look at the side, it's bowed.
Look, it's already cracking the glass right here.
Yeah, well, what has to happen is we need
-some vertical bars -Restore it.
because it's got these horizontals are fine,
but it needs a vertical bar in there to hold it.
Well then my other question is, can we strip this stain
and also the paint on the other side?
Just bring it natural?
'Cause this is... this has to go.
Yeah, we can strip it down.
-That would really cool. -Yeah.
If you can get the glass taken care of,
I'll take care of the door.
-Okay. -I'll give Adrian a call.
Be careful, don't touch it.
All right.
-Get back to work. Back to work. -I haven't broken it yet.
Going to meet up with Adrian. Adrian is an expert
at stained glass restoration,
old doors.
He has taken the door off of the Robinson's house
and taking it back to his shop.
-Hey. -Hey, Jenny.
-How's it going? -Good, how are you?
-Nice to see you too. -How's it going? You too.
I feel like Adrian is the perfect person
to try to fix this.
So this door is really special to the homeowners.
They didn't buy the door,
but when they bought the house, this door was already there.
They saw this was Mary and Elizabeth.
-Right. -And Wendy works with pregnant women.
-Oh, wow. -And so, she really felt that connection like that
and kind of cemented the deal that this is the house for them.
So they definitely want to keep this door,
but I want to restore it, I want to get rid of the green.
The solder joints have broken off on this bar,
which allowed it to get pushed in.
What we'll do is I'll put it out in the sun.
-Okay. -Let the sun heat up the lead.
-Oh. -And that'll soften it up a bit.
And then we'll gently apply even pressure over this
to get it down flat again.
Any of these broken solder seams here like
you can see here. We'll recement it and it should be good.
Okay.
Meanwhile, I'll take it out.
-So Dave can get the door back to strip and finish. -Yeah.
You just let me know when you're ready and I'll send Dave
-to come get the door. -Sounds good.
-Yeah, and we'll get it done for you. -Okay.
-Alright, thanks, Adrian. -Good to see you.
-Okay. -We'll see you soon.
-Bye. -Bye, Jenny.
-Hey. -Hey, what you doing?
Moving this flooring into the bedroom.
We got it all done in here.
-The flooring's done? -Yeah.
-It's down? -It's all covered, look.
Oh, it's pretty.
We're at Jim and Wendy's and we have a ways to go,
but we're making progress.
-Oh, it looks good. -Looks good, right?
-Yeah, that looks really nice. -I mean with all of this opened up now,
we were able to open this up more.
-And this is... -So you can kind of see the bar.
-That's so cute. -And everything's wide open.
I love it.
Really now it's starting to decide those finishes.
What we're doing for handrail, what we're doing for the stairs.
-These stairs. -Okay.
So here's what I was thinking.
Is this ballroom dancing or no?
I think so.
We are dancing our way to the finish line.
Slowly, slow... we are slow dancing our way to the finish line Dave Marrs.
-We are, we are. -I can't even help it.
Hang on, excuse me...
So here's what I'm thinking, the upstairs floor is pine.
It's that two by six pine.
What if on, on these treads?
What if I left these treads, pull these risers off
and then we just tried to stain this to match the floor?
I feel like this would then tie together
with all of this because it's the exact same material.
Let's try that and then hand rail. Think steel would be nice.
But remember you're gonna have a wall over here.
So I feel like... can you just do a really clean
horizontal handrail?
Okay, I think it's gonna make it feel very open
when you walk in the front door
and very cozy on the other side, right?
-Would be nice. -Yeah.
Let's dance down the stairs, ready?
How about you twirl down the stairs?
Oh, that seems dangerous.
-This is really heavy. -That seems really dangerous.
-Oh, my gosh. -Oh, that is really nice.
Dave, stop, you're going too fast.
Oh, this is working.
Oh, gosh, I'm really dizzy.
Those are nails, be careful.
[Dave] Today we are at the Robinson house
and the front of this house looks amazing with the logs cleaned
and pressure washed.
The custom cabinets for the kitchen are here
and getting set in place.
The tile guys are going to town in the main bath.
Putting up the handmade tile Jenny picked up
that really complements the natural look of the house.
It's coming along amazingly well.
But Matt and I have an even more serious business
to take care of at my house.
What are you guys doing? What are you doing?
Today, Matt and I are executing a plan.
We found this amazing fountain over at the Robinson's house
that they did not want. They wanted us to get rid of.
-Remember that fountain from the Rob's got? -Oh...
-Oh, wow. This is gonna work. -Look at her.
We knew it had to find a new home
at Rob's house.
Whoa!
Our brother in law Rob has been working really hard lately.
And he deserves this gift in his front yard.
Dave, it's very weird the way you're...
-Am slapping her on the butt? -Holding this...
Yeah, you are and you're kind of caressing her
a little bit too much.
[chuckles]
[Dave] It actually fits perfect.
When are you going to bring this over?
I got the stealth suits, so we can all go do it.
-You got the... I'm sorry, what? -Oh, boy, stealth suits.
[Jenny] What does that mean?
I got suits that like cover us all head to toe.
So no one can see us.
You bought these?
-Jenny, it's for your brother in law. -For a prank.
Oh, my gosh.
Where are we going to put though?
Right next to his front door, I think.
Do you have to plug it in now, we have to have access to power.
Yeah, and he has that right at the front porch.
Growing up, we definitely did plenty of these things
to each other and it's time that Rob gets drug into
the mess.
He's part of the family.
Countdown, should we do it in Italian?
-Uno, due, tre. -Due?
-Due. -Due.
-Go and get ready. -Uno, due, tre.
Oh, there, look, a little squirt.
Maybe it's clogged up.
[Jenny] This was anticlimactic.
-There was a little squirt. -It was like, it...
Well, there she... well...
[Jenny] I think it's the pump.
I told you to get the nicest pump you could.
You told me the nicest pump for $10.
We may have to upgrade the pump a little bit.
Here, unhook that and just blow on it and see if it works.
-Wow. -That's what we need.
We can just leave Dave sitting there.
All right, I'll be in charge of getting them out
of the house. You're in charge of getting a new pump.
-Matt, you're just the manpower. Manpower. -I'll help you carry it.
All right, let's go.
Today we are at the Robinson house and there is a ton going on.
We've got a crew that is bringing in stone for this house.
We got kitchen cabinets being installed,
sanding the floors up in the loft
and the banisters are all going in.
-This would be a piece of cake. -Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
The handrail is going in for the upstairs.
And the space, it really feels open and light now,
but more importantly, it's safe.
And this place is just really starting to look like
a home.
[Jenny] That looks so good in here.
It's crazy that we didn't change the footprint,
but it got that much bigger.
We're opening this wall and now this bar,
I love, it looks so good.
I want to talk to you about the hood.
I was thinking maybe we do slats all along the hood
like little teeny slats.
Luke, did you get a donut?
You don't want your donut anymore?
-Give it to daddy. -Mmm, not now.
You've, you've eaten all the good chocolate goo off of it.
-You don't want that? -I'm gonna let you have it.
'Cause I gotta get to work. Hey, can I have a kiss?
That's chocolate-y kiss. Give me that kiss.
-All right, love you. -All right, we're gonna go...
Oh, you wanna see outside? There's a lake.
I feel like I got half of that donut right there.
All right, I gotta go.
We strip ourselves a door.
So this is for the Robinsons.
Adrian has got the glass.
I said I would get it all stripped down back
to the original wood because Jenny really likes the door.
She just didn't like the color of it.
Probably if I have to, I could sand this one.
I don't really want to though, I would rather scrape it off
and bring it back to hopefully its original luster.
There's not a ton of paint on it.
So we'll get below just a couple layers.
Let it work its magic here.
This will take about, I don't know, about two hours or so
and we should have ourselves a door that's completely stripped down.
We'll put a nice, soft clear coat on it.
Grab a little bit more stripper, a few more rags,
we're going to be in business.
-Oh, wow. -This is beautiful.
That is fabulous.
This is just so beautiful.
Today we are at the Robinson house and we are right there.
I'm finishing up all the trim work.
And I'm adding the woods strips to the hood vent
to create that slatted look that Jenny wants.
The bright stone countertops are going in,
that go with all of the natural elements in the rest of the house.
And Joe's prepping the cabinets for stain.
Jenny Marrs, Joe.
-Hey. -[Dave] Hey, check this out.
So today, I'm working outside with the guys trying to get
the fountain all set up, make it a lot prettier
than it was.
Whoa, what's happening?
We've got the base layer of the new fountain in here.
How big are the pumps?
They're 10,000 gallons per hour.
This thing will shoot you up to the top of that tree if you need it to.
So basically we'll come out of the pump into that six inch 90
and then it will go through to the...
-what's the... -Sugar kettle.
-It's a big cast iron sugar kettle.
That's gonna go right in the middle.
-Yeah. -And that will funnel water from all around her.
360 degrees, you'll have a sheet of water all the way around.
It's awesome.
And it was this little lady, she was a little stone lady.
Joe, go stay in the middle.
I just want to show you what it used to look like.
Okay, yep, that's about right.
That's it. That's how it was. Yep.
I think Joe missed his calling.
He could have been like a model for statues.
Imagine Joe as a fountain. You guys, this could be
-a whole new industry. -My dream come true.
I've always wanted to be a water fountain model.
We just need to find a sculptor,
give him the next million dollar idea.
Do it again, do it like this.
-No, you gotta... -I can't, I'll fall.
Well, don't fall.
The water has to come out of something,
not out of your hands.
You could either go like this
or you do it, I know what you're thinking.
You're gonna peeing, like that.
There it is. There it is.
[all laughing]
They're gonna love it. The homeowners are gonna love this.
It's gonna be so good. I'm excited to see it.
[Jenny] We're at Jim and Wendy's house,
this place is coming together.
We're framing out the big, new window we added to create
an outside view in the loft.
In the main bedroom, it feels cozy and homey
with a mint green paint.
The crew was wrapping up, painting the walls
a warm, creamy white that really complements
all the natural wood and we painted the beams
to brighten them up.
The fixtures and the shower door had been installed
in the main bathroom.
We have our pendants being installed... down, right there.
-A half inch above the top of the mirror. -Yeah.
I love these. Aren't these fun, these bulbs?
Yeah, they're really cool
The electrician's here, finishing up, getting lights hung.
And the appliances are going in.
Perfect.
Outside we're applying a clear coat finish
that will keep the logs looking clean for decades.
It looks so good. It looks so much cleaner and fresher.
-It does. -It looks like a real log cabin.
-I love it. -Yeah.
[Dave] We've got the new fountain up and running
and we're refreshing all of the landscape.
These final touches are really bringing this whole design together.
I cannot wait to give it back to the Robinsons.
You're, you were supposed to be... Whoa!
[Dave] We are at Rob's house.
-Angie and Rob could show up literally any minute. -Any minute.
I got this. You guys get the statue.
But tonight is the night we're carrying out
our stealth mission to set up the fountain in the front
of Rob and Angie's house.
Careful.
-Okay. -Shh.
Here, let me go plug it in.
-We're plugged in. We're hot. -[Jenny] Oh, it works!
We've deposited the fountain.
We know the neighbors out of town across the street.
We talked to them, they said they're fine
-if we hide in their tree. -Okay.
Go, go, go.
I want to get in this tree right here.
-Get up, get up. -I can't.
Oh, my. Stop.
Okay, you just hide here.
Are you guys in place?
Oh, get in the bushes. That's even better...
There they are. There they are. There they are.
[Jenny] Oh, they noticed! They noticed!
-[all chuckling] -Shh.
Someone did a lot of work to put that in.
-Hi, Rob. -Surprise!
[all laughing]
We knew your house was missing something
and we're like it's missing a fountain.
What is that?
Someone did a lot of work...
[Jenny] From the Robinson house.
It's the fountain.
-We were not expecting this. -We had no idea.
Man, they got me.
So after tonight, you know, I feel like I'm gonna have to be
a part of the Marrs pranksters.
We definitely have to figure out a way
-to get them. -Definitely.
We could decorate it for all the holidays.
Yes, it's adorable.
-Enjoy it. -Love it.
-We gotta go. -Thank you.
-Bye. -I'll see you in the morning
to help me put it out back.
[all laughing]
-Right here? -Yeah, perfect.
Today Jim and Wendy Robinson,
they're getting back their house.
[Jenny] We're getting everything ready.
All the last minute details.
-Looks good. -Yeah.
-It's pretty. -It's nice.
I love it.
-Super excited about this one. -This is gonna be a dance floor.
I love this house.
I know Jim and Wendy really want a place
where all of their kids can gather
and I cannot think of a better house for that.
This is the house where everybody's going to want
to come, stay the weekend,
lounge around in pajamas and drink coffee and eat all day.
Taco bar.
Taco bar and pears.
-What, I do want to eat... -There's a lot of dreams that are being spoken here.
I want to stay in pajamas and eat all day.
So soothing, calming, and it looks beautiful.
It's like a resort now.
-It is. -And I would want to stay here on vacation
And they get to live here.
Can't wait for them to get here and see it.
-Okay, homestretch. -I am so excited
Exactly. Driving up to it is gonna be amazing.
Oh, we're getting closer.
-There they are, babe. -Oh, my gosh.
-Oh, my goodness. -Oh, that is awesome.
-Oh, my goodness. Oh. -It's beautiful.
-That is awesome. -Oh, my goodness.
-Look at the fountain. -Oh, my goodness.
-Oh. -It's beautiful.
I love this. I love it, love it, love it.
Hello.
Welcome home.
It's amazing.
Get in here, get in here.
Oh, there's so much to take in.
[Dave] The fountain is probably my favorite part
of the outside.
[Wendy] Beautiful.
It was just so awkward before.
The lady's gone. The lady, she actually ended up at my sister
and brother in law's house.
-Dave pulled a little prank. -That was a little prank.
Yeah, you guys have upgraded and I just love this fountain.
It's so beautiful and peaceful and it...
This really fits with the surroundings out here
'cause this whole place is so beautiful and peaceful.
Thank you for getting rid of the balls.
-Yes. -Those carriage lights look spectacular.
And do you notice that the logs are cleaned up,
they have a fresh stain, a fresh seal on there.
I love the log color. It's just really pretty.
-Yes. -Brings back the natural log.
And now the stone is so gorgeous against that natural wood.
Well, thank you. It's just gorgeous.
You guys ready to go inside?
Yes, please. We can hardly wait.
-I'm beyond ready. -I know.
-Oh, that is beautiful. -Look at the door.
It's been redone and I love it.
I know how much it meant to you
-Yes. -and we wanted to keep the original glass,
so we actually pulled the glass out,
we had all the glass fixed and then all the trim work
around here was just like old pine
-that kind of had fallen apart. -Right.
I used a pecan tree and made new trim for it.
-[Wendy] You did that? -Yeah.
I absolutely love it and the light coming through this place.
That looks so pretty.
-After you. -Oh, boy.
Can I go first?
-Oh, wow. -This is beautiful.
That is fabulous.
Oh, look, this is just so beautiful.
-Look at that fireplace. -I like that mantel.
-I love the... -Love it, love it, love it.
These boards had that yellow tint, so considered
white washing 'em, but decided to just paint it all white
and left the logs above, so you really have some warmth
and then you have this beautiful fireplace.
It feels homey and cozy and, like, this is just where I want to hang.
So you have a little sitting area here in front
of your fireplace, tried to break it up
and create kind of zones for you.
This is where the spiral staircase was.
[Jim] Yes. That is unbelievable.
You guys really did an awesome job.
It looks like it always should have been this way.
Before the spiral staircase was over there,
you couldn't really enjoy those windows.
-Exactly. -Now, you can stand at those windows.
-Should we go check that out? -I think we should.
-Okay. -All right.
[Wendy] And the flooring. I love the flooring.
-Yes, it's good. -Perfect.
It's nice and light and it's also indestructible.
You put a new window in here.
-Yes. -I know and now you can...
-Oh... -Beautiful view.
So this space, I love.
We actually kept the original pine floors.
I just thought they were too cool to cover up with another floor.
-This is awesome. -We love it.
This is really good.
I decided in here to close one side in a little bit
and then we have the handrail on this side.
So gives you space for a desk and before, it just felt like
this weird catwalk, but now it feels like a room.
-It's perfect. -And this we, we thought would be a perfect space
-for dancing. -You wanna try?
-Okay, okay. -So we're gonna follow you.
Quick, quick, slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, slow.
Quick, quick, slow, slow.
-Okay. -[all laughing]
Well, we know we can have two couples dancing on the floor.
-That's right. -Yes.
We did it.
We can take lessons up here.
Oh, my gosh, you guys could start a whole new business.
There you go.
Okay, should we go check out your bedroom?
You guys gotta get down, you're dancing down the stairs moves later.
So we actually don't have a door right here.
We just gave you a nice little hallway here.
-Look at this light. -That's a great light.
Wait, I don't recognize this place at all.
This doesn't look like our bedroom. This is beautiful.
Oh, it's so pretty.
I can't even believe this is the same place.
Do you remember the door was over here,
but now, I have a nice little sitting area
and it looks right out to the front and you can see your fountain.
It's beautiful. Oh, you nailed it.
But, of course, we added this whole hallway here
that wasn't here before.
-Yeah. -So let's go check out
-this... -Let's go right.
First door on the right.
Look at this.
Wow, this is our bathroom. This is our bathroom.
Look at the size of the shower.
Countertop. It's beautiful.
-Beautiful. -Everything, I love everything about it.
This bathroom is really just that clean, kind of Nordic inspired, very modern.
Crispy. Got the warmth of the wood on the cabinetry.
I just love this. It's very clean and pretty.
[Jim] This is spectacular. It's so nice.
Okay, so now we've saved the best for last,
-the kitchen. Let's go check it out. -Let's go check it out.
Wow.
-Get out of here. -This is so big and beautiful.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, I love these counters.
Look at the size of the center island.
That is fantastic.
We're ready for breakfast burritos.
-Exactly. -Yes.
Oh, this is unbelievable.
And we can cook for a crowd. There's six burners.
Nice, big oven.
-Beautiful range. -Isn't that beautiful?
-Gave me that. -Oh, an open shelving.
We have the countertop cabinets here
and then that open shelving just really frame out
this beautiful view.
Is this where we used to have this
-weird pantry thing going on here? -Yes.
-[Dave] And that weird door going into the bedroom?
Yes. You are going to spend a lot of time here.
This is really great.
We didn't even tell you how much we love coffee.
And I love the green on these cabinets,
really ties in with the outside.
And I wanted this whole space to feel very natural
and organic.
And these are the best windows and the best view
in the entire house and they were in that one weird room.
-Yes. -That felt like a hallway.
Yes. So now it's a beautiful dining space.
This is absolutely amazing what you've done.
It's unbelievable. It's so nice.
Just to see you having lots of family here.
I'm so excited for all of the laughter
and the joy that's going to happen around this giant island.
I'm just really grateful for Jenny and Dave
because it is far beyond anything we could have ever expected
or done on our own.
This is the place we envisioned as the hub
of our family where memories will be built.
We're looking forward to spending so many more years here.
-Well, thank you so much. -Oh, my God.
-It's beautiful. -[overlapping chatter]
All in all, really cool log house.
Now that Jim and Wendy and their kids
and their grandkids are going to spend time
in each one of these spaces.
-Oh, my goodness. -How you doing?
There's gonna be a lot more stories in this house.
-Oh, my gosh. -And it becomes the house of so many great memories.
So, you're invited for Thanksgiving and Christmas
and every holiday thereafter.
[all chuckle]
-[Wendy] I love it, love it, love it. -[Jim] Oh.