We have few extra minutes, which we never have.
-[Jenny] I know. -[Dave] So I feel like let's get a little coffee.
We're headed to get some coffee.
We're actually running a little bit early.
[Dave] I love being early.
[Jenny] Even dropped off my dry-cleaning this morning.
-Hi, good morning. -Hey, how's it going?
Can get a cappuccino?
Yeah, and for you?
Just black coffee.
-Can we get a scone, too? -Yeah.
-Oh, okay.
[Dave] I just love this little bit of time that we have together
in the morning, just the two of us.
Get a nice cup of coffee,
kinda get our heads right.
He said apricot cardigan?
Cardamom.
Oh, I thought it was like a cardigan.
Branching out, Dave Marrs, look at him.
His black coffee and a cardigan scone.
I liked it.
I know, it was really good, right?
-Is it good dipping? -Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
We're headed to go meet Kenna and Tim Lee.
They have a really old house
-that her grandparents built. -Yeah.
-And it's gonna be fun. -Yeah.
Now, we're all caffeined up and we're ready to go.
Let's go!
Bye.
-[Dave] It's amazing out here. -[Jenny] Wow, this is beautiful out here.
This is where she has all of her childhood memories,
visiting her grandparents.
You come to like Grandma and Grandpa's house
out in the country and just...
-Explore. -Ah, so cool.
So, are they wanting to completely redo it?
-I think it has never been updated. -Okay.
And she really wants it to
be brought to current time.
I got you.
-This it? -Oh, yeah.
I think that's it right there.
-[Jenny] Yeah, it's cute. -[Dave] Oh, it's so cool.
Look at that barn.
-I think they're up there. -Are they?
Hello?
-Oh, hey. -Hello.
-What are you guys doing? -How cool is this?
Welcome to the property.
Good to see you.
Let's check out your house.
[Jenny] This is a beautiful property, you guys.
It's so nice.
-And this is your grandparents'? -It's my grandparents'.
My great-grandfather owned all this land
back in the early 1900s.
My grandmother grew up right down the street
and then they built here in the 70s.
I had a kind of second home up here.
We had all our Christmases
and Thanksgivings up here.
And we just want to make sure that we are preserving their memory.
We're eager to have it for the rest of our lives
and for our children's lives.
The ultimate goal is to have a house where future memories can happen.
Okay so, let's talk about the project itself.
How much are you guys hoping to spend on this project?
We're helping to keep it around $190,000.
-[Dave] Okay. -Okay.
All right, well, that's good.
First of all when we start thinking about
the exterior of the house,
what are you hoping to change, to keep?
I think, in general, we just want to have
a better curb appeal.
So that the outside matches the memories that we have on the inside.
Every afternoon, Nanny and Granddad would come out here
as people drove by,
-honking and waving and... -Aw. I love it.
So, that was kind of a nightly activity of theirs.
-This is their spot out here? -Yes.
[Jenny] This is the entrance, it's kind of hidden.
Yeah, it's gotten overgrown.
Nanny always kept lots of rose beds.
Now we have a vine that we can't seem to keep at bay.
One thing about this house is that
-you're kind of locked in to what it is, right? -[Kenna] Mmm-hmm.
-[Jenny] Because it's a brick ranch. -[Kenna] Mmm-hmm.
[Jenny] So, I would like to break this up somehow.
We could do a trellis of roses.
I do not have the green thumb.
-So, maybe a trellis of plastic roses. -Okay.
-[Dave laughing] -[Jenny] Oh, gosh, no. That's horrible.
All right, now, what about the brick?
Do you like the color?
I'm a fan of both, the white farmhouse and the darker color.
-That's where y'all come in. -I kind of like to keep it a surprise.
-That good? Okay. -[Kenna] Absolutely.
[Jenny] So, the plan for outside is,
-paint, freshen up all the landscaping. -[Dave] Yep.
[Jenny] Some sort of trellis just to break up this brick.
New lighting,
new front door, and then maybe we can recreate
that outdoor living space that they had out front.
-Perfect. -Okay.
-Let's go in. -[Dave] Check it out.
[Jenny] Oh, look at this. Oh, my gosh, it's like a time capsule.
[Dave] This is amazing.
[Kenna] This was the Christmas tree room.
-So, this is where all the Christmases happened. -[Jenny] Aw.
-[Dave] Love all the pictures. -[Jenny] Me, too.
-This is... -[Kenna] It was Nanny and Grandad.
-[Jenny] Nanny and Granddad. -Yes.
And who's this?
That would be my aunt and my mother.
-[Jenny] Aw, those are beautiful. -[Dave] Aw.
[Jenny] I love all the furniture. Oh, my gosh, you guys, this I like...
[Kenna] I think this furniture may have actually come from
-my great-grandmother's house. -[Jenny] Seriously?
Yeah, she was given all the things.
-They do not make couches this comfortable anymore. -I know.
-Okay, so focusing-- -All right, so
what do you want to do in here?
-We're just looking for an overall lightening up. -Okay.
If the sun's not out,
-this house is really dark. -Right.
-Sure. -[Kenna] The popcorn ceilings...
-[Tim] Yeah, that's gotta go. -...probably need to go.
[Dave] This fireplace is so giant.
Yeah, I believe the mantles, I was told,
-actually came out out of an old barn as well. -[Jenny] Oh.
[Kenna] And there's a matching one on the other side.
[Jenny] Are you open to changing up the color?
-Sure. -[Jenny] Okay.
So, in here are the plan is,
replaced the carpeting.
Peel the popcorn ceilings but keep the cool beams.
Take off the paneling.
We're going to keep the fireplace,
we'll update it somehow
and really just brighten up the space still honoring what it was,
-but really making it up-to-date. -Absolutely.
-What's next?
[Kenna] Back around to the great room.
Can we talk about these chairs right here?
-I kind of love these. -Um...
This remind me so much of my grandma.
[Kenna] After every Thanksgiving meal...
-[Tim] That's where naps happen. -Aw.
And you unbutton your jeans and you let it out.
Oh, gosh, and then you pop up.
Okay, so, basically, the same thing over here?
-Correct so the more space that we have... -[Jenny] Yeah.
-...to spread out and gather the better. -[Jenny] Okay.
So, really just the same as the front room.
Updating flooring,
peeling off the popcorn, new lighting
and paint and just freshen everything up.
Okay, so then, the kitchen.
[Kenna] This is the time capsule.
Oh, my stars. Look at this, Dave.
My grandparents had the same floor.
Of course they did, this was the floor.
Okay, so this is where Grandma made a all the meals?
In that little bitty oven...
-Yes. -...if you can see in there,
-the downdraft kind of eliminated the size. -Oh, wow.
But yet, every turkey dinner
came out with all the sides and fixings warm every time.
-I know. How did they do it? -I have no idea.
[Jenny] Okay, so then this is dining.
Oh, and look at all these hutches, too.
[Dave] Nanny was obviously a collector.
Do you still want to have a collection of all these things?
-Maybe a slimmed down one. -Okay.
[Jenny] All right, so kitchen.
What are you hoping to see done in this space?
-We don't hate the layout, but... -[Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
...if y'all have bigger plans, we're open.
The one thing I like about this kitchen,
it actually has pretty good light that comes in that front window.
But you block all of it off with this big, long, giant wall.
So, do you guys want this opened up more?
-What do you-- -I always thought that would be a great option.
Okay, so I think the plan in here
is to update everything.
We can reconfigure this space by removing the wall
between the kitchen and the great room
which will give us an open floorplan.
Then the dining room and the great room will be combined.
Leaving lots of space for a big kitchen with plenty of cabinetry,
new appliances and a massive island,
perfect for entertaining family.
But also, I really want to have some little nods to what was.
This is a special place, it is the heart of the home
and I acknowledge that.
So, we're going to figure out a way to kind of merge those two things.
[Kenna] That sounds great.
Main bedroom, are we...
-Are we doing stuff in there as well? -Absolutely.
[Jenny] Oh, look how... This is a great, big room. Wow.
In here, I'm assuming
you want to also replace the carpet.
[Kenna] I think it would unify it.
-[Jenny] Yeah -Make it very nice.
I mean, look at this. I actually love this.
It's kinda cute.
We can figure out a way to incorporate the fun lamps.
Anything else you hope to see in here?
I think just a neutral background.
Something that will live on for years.
Okay, I wonder if we could move the door over there.
It's a small thing but it does give us more space in the kitchen.
-[Dave] Right. -[Kenna] Mmm-hmm.
You just want to take it down to the end of this wall, babe?
Yeah. This is prime... prime kitchen real estate.
This is prime real estate?
-This right here. -[Kenna laughing]
It is a prime rib, babe, of the real estate world.
All right, so the plan for the main bedroom is...
move this entrance
to the other side of the wall, so we can gain space in the kitchen.
New flooring, we're gonna scrape the popcorn ceilings,
get you new lighting,
paint.
Basically a complete refresh.
Oh, look at this.
This is also a time capsule.
[Kenna] I believe the shag carpeting originally ran through here.
[Jenny and Dave] Of course it did.
[Jenny] So, what would you like to see happen in here?
-You know, we have nice big counterspace. -Mmm-hmm.
-Just update that look. -Right.
Do you want a tub? Do you want a shower? Do you want both?
The combo is probably the best solution.
-[Jenny] Okay. -[Dave] Okay.
[Jenny] And you have a door here which kind of is weird, huh.
It was probably convenient back in the day
'cause they came in and out of the farm a lot, but...
[Jenny] Right.
-[Kenna] Not necessary today. -Yeah, not anymore.
And any preference on colors?
Just a neutral timeless theme.
-No shag carpeting. -You think when they put the border up,
they thought that was timeless?
[Kenna] I feel like it wasn't done professionally.
-[Dave laughing] -All right, so basically,
we're just updating everything, new flooring,
a new vanity countertops, double sinks,
-new lighting and a new tub and shower. -[Kenna] Perfect.
-[Dave] I think we got a plan. -We got a lot of work.
And you guys have a lot of work.
-Oh, you have more work. -There's a lot of packing to be done.
-Yes. -And as inconvenient as this door
is going to be for you in the future,
it's nice now because we just go out and leave.
Yeah, we'll use it one last time.
They really gave us
-very little direction. -Very little.
They really want to completely transform this house.
And that makes me nervous because I think they want that,
but then, it's also like this... [groans]
It's hard because I think they also
are really tied to the nostalgia of this house.
[Dave] We can do a lot to this house to make it
something that their family can continue to make memories in.
-We can do it. We got it. We got it. -Can we do it?
-I don't know. -Of course, we can do it.
-Of course, we can. -Just a little pressure.
[Dave] Hey, what's going on?
[Matt] How's it going?
Let me show you what we got.
Matt, what does this remind you of, this floor?
[Matt] Grandma?
-[Jenny] Yeah. -[Dave laughing] Yeah.
Me, too.
We have got a lot to do today.
Carpet's got to come out.
The mantles
-and mainly the kitchen. -[Jenny] Kitchen--
It's all got go.
You don't want to keep these mantles here anyway, do you?
No, I mean, I think we do something new.
[Dave] Really excited about the mantles.
They said if we remove the mantle,
either put it in the barn and keep it or...
or reuse it as a project.
Eleven-nine.
What are you thinking?
It's only 15 inches deep.
[Jenny] That's what I was going to say.
How are you going to make anything out of this?
It's not very deep.
So, we've got the matching one here.
I don't know yet.
I have an idea. The wheels are turning.
[grunts]
[Chase] That's gross.
Start rolling it up.
We got it.
Move on to the kitchen.
I think we start with this middle island.
Get it out of there, let's open this thing up.
Let the fun begin.
Oh, yeah. That's coming out.
-Wait, wait. [screams] -What? What?
We didn't take that hutch out, babe.
This can go flying.
We need to keep this, so...
[Dave] This is beautiful.
[Jenny] We gotta get this guy outta here.
Chase, what do you think?
Um, I think it's a nailed in
at the very top.
The nails that they used back in the 70s,
I don't know if the lumber was more wet
and then it shrunk around it and it dried
where you can't pull it out, but...
I don't know that we're going to be able to salvage the hutch.
[hammering]
Oh, my gosh. Be careful. Oh!
Don't scratch it, you guys.
[Dave] I'm afraid now.
Here we come my way.
[thuds]
Maybe we can roll it out. Think we can roll it out?
Don't scratch it, you guys.
Why you guys putting all the pressure on us?
I got a hunch that we're not going to ruin hutch.
We will get it taken care of.
Here we come my way.
-Or you can-- -There we are.
-Oh, my God. Be careful. Don't hurt yourselves either. -You ready?
Yep, we're going out to the garage with it.
-Down. -[Chase] There we go.
One, two, three...
-[Dave laughing] -[Chase] Nice.
Let's get the wall opened up.
Ah. Oh, I'll take it.
Look at the light.
Let the light.
We were a small group.
But we came and we saw,
-we conquered this Lee house. -We conquered.
[clapping]
We are ready to move on to the next phase.
Demo is done.
[Dave] So, we are here at the Lee house today.
Build back is happening.
-And feeling pretty good about it. -Yeah.
[Dave] We framed up the old door
from the kitchen to the bedroom
to make room for more kitchen cabinetry.
And most exciting, we are taking down
part of the wall between the kitchen and great room
so we can open things up.
This has given me a great idea for those original mantles.
[phone ringing]
Hey, babe.
Holy cow. I was literally just calling you.
-[gasps] -I knew it. I could feel it.
Have we gotten to that point in our relationship
where we just, "Tell Jenny to come out to the barn,"
-and then you just show up? -Yeah.
Just do that from now on.
Look how excited I am. This is awesome.
-Oh, these are the mantles. -These are the mantles.
So, if we put them together,
like so,
what do you think? Table?
It's going to be awesome.
[Dave] This is my concern.
It's only 30 inches wide.
-Kind of small. -Yeah, it seems a little small.
So, I called Joe to see if he had any more cherry.
-He does. -Oh.
He's got a 12-foot piece.
So, it's going to end up being about 11-feet long.
[Jenny] Hello.
Where'd you get this from?
I've had this thing for a while.
Really?
Trying to figure out what I was going to do with it since I only had one.
-[Jenny] Hmm. -It doesn't look exactly the same, but...
Man, it look pretty good,
this being in the middle.
This is like the Last Supper table of all Last Supper tables.
Joe very possibly could have been at that dinner.
And didn't have a seat because the table wasn't big enough.
-But... -That's the only reason
he's not in a painting.
[Dave] So, we're going back.
We are going to make
a huge table.
Should we try to run this one through the planer real quick?
-[Joe] Sure. -[machine whirring]
[Dave] That actually might work really good, Jenny.
[Jenny] Oh, yeah. That looks good.
This is a Thanksgiving table for a family.
That's what they wanted. They wanted to have everyone over for Thanksgiving.
-It's reusing what's important to them too. -[Jenny] Mm-hmm.
That's the cool part.
I've never made a almost 12-foot long table.
And I'm so excited.
That right there.
-It'll work. -That will be it.
I have no idea how I'm going to get it in the door.
-No. -But we will.
-Yes. -We will somehow.
Yes! Yes!
-Amen! -Amen!
[Jenny] Things are moving along at the Lee house.
Now that the wall is down between the kitchen and the great room,
new white oak flooring is going down to unify the spaces.
And I want to make sure we're adding some
special touches that will honor the history of this house.
Pictures, pictures.
When we first walked this house, one thing I noticed
-were these amazing portraits... -[Dave] Yeah.
[Jenny] ...and pictures on the wall.
Oh, I think that's her grandparents.
And so I want to create a really beautiful gallery wall.
-And so, I need Dave to make new frames. -Right.
[Jenny] We want them all to be consistent and coordinated.
[Dave] What do you want the frames made out of?
Um... Maybe we do them light
because they are so dark right now.
-Okay. -Just brighten them up.
-I think it'll be a really special wall that... -Yes.
[Jenny] ...the Lees will appreciate.
-Hey, guys. -Hello.
Okay. We have a lot to do today, babe.
[Dave] Framing has done.
And in-between the kitchen and the great room,
we put in a new support beam.
So, now, we can move on to the drywall stage.
It's in, but I want to make sure everything's good around it.
Oh, my gosh.
Guys!
[man] What's going on?
[Dave] Seriously, come here.
That's a good find.
[Jenny] Ew, gross. What is all that?
[man] That looks like some mud tunnels.
-Yeah -Yeah.
What does that mean?
It's all termites.
Look at the wood.
Look it.
That right there is what's holding up the house.
[Jenny] Oh, my gosh.
That is wood?
It was wood.
Look.
[Jenny] Is there still termites in here? Ew!
I don't see any live ones.
We have to remove all the sheetrock,
all the affected studs behind.
That one's got it, too.
The entire back of the house
is literally sitting on this wall.
It's gotta be fixed.
[Jenny] So what's all this?
Why is this like that?
-That's just termites making tunnels. -[Jenny gasps]
Oh, my Lord.
-Ugh. Oh, God! -[laughing]
Oh.
Okay, what do we need to do?
I think we go call the Lees
and see how they want to proceed.
But we've got to fix it.
[phone ringing]
[Dave] Ah, I need to make the homeowner call.
When I was in elementary school and I had to
call my parents, it's like that.
Like you don't want to do it, but you have to.
Hey, it's Dave Marrs. How are you doing?
[Kenna] I'm good. How are you?
I ran into a little bit of an issue
on the back wall where you go into that covered porch.
We've got some pretty significant termite damage.
[Kenna] Okay.
-I know it'd been treated there before, but... -Okay.
...I don't think they thought there was that much damage, so.
You're looking $4,000-$5,000
to replace everything.
[Kenna] Okay.
Like, is this something that it's okay with y'all
to go ahead and address and take care of?
[Kenna] Yeah, I'm just thinking have it taken care of.
I understand.
[sighs in relief] I love working with families like this.
Thanks, Kenna. Have a good day.
Perhaps she said "No, I need to take the budget,
we need to pull it from somewhere else,"
then I would have had to make another call to my wife,
which is even worse.
So, I have avoided
a really bad call for one that was pretty uncomfortable.
We're moving forward.
-Need me to spray more water? -Yeah.
[Jenny] Let's just really work it in there.
So, this fireplace is original to the house, of course.
We want to keep the fireplace intact structurally,
but I just think it needs to be freshened up
and brightened up a bit, so I'm going to try a lime wash on this.
So, what is it actually made out of?
-Dave thought it was made out of limes. -It's a mineral.
-It-- [laughing] -No?
[Ashley] It's made out of lime, the mineral.
-You can use it on the exterior of your home. -Mmm-hmm.
Or interior like this.
[Jenny] So I have Ashley here because I want it to be really well done.
And I'm not going to do my first lime wash
on the Lees family's generational home
that her grandparents built and mess it up.
So, then, will you kind of smear some off?
-Or you'll just leave it there? -Yeah.
We leave it for a few minutes at a time
to where it starts to kind of dry on to the brick.
And then can go in with our rag
and start to kind of wipe it.
Just like that.
One brick at a time.
And then also, we can grab this.
-[spraying] -Oh, wow. Okay.
And then, at that point you can kind of...
-blocks. -Kind of just, yeah.
But that's kind of the destressing method.
-Yeah. Look at that. I love it -You know, you can choose--
I'm going to let Ashley takeover.
I think Ashley can just do it quicker than I could.
-Not necessarily better, but quicker. -I agree.
And probably better.
[Jenny] Hey, buddy. Are you helping Daddy?
[Luke speaking]
You're making a birdhouse?
And then, you need to go and color this
and tell me which kind of birds are going to come into it.
Pink bird.
Pink bird?
-There you go. -There you go, Luke.
And then we'll screw it to the tree.
-Okay, real quick, what am I doing? -Hang on a second.
-We're going to reframe these portraits. -Okay.
-So, I just want a very clean, simple frame. -Okay.
We are going to create a really cool gallery wall
with kind of the history of their family
and of this house.
[Dave] Just going to do a popular, babe, like this.
Nice and clean. Okay.
-Good? -Mmm-hmm.
I'm literally building 15 of the same frame.
Just, you know, different sizes.
That'll work.
But it will give some consistency to this wall.
-And I think the Lees will love it. -Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] There he is.
What's up, my man?
[gasps] Do you have your--
You have your own tape measure?
Wanna see the frame I made?
-[Luke] Yeah. -She's pretty, isn't she?
I'll let this dry and then we'll sand it up.
I got a bunch more of these to make
and I can make them later on.
[Jenny] At the Lee house, the crew is finishing up all the new drywall.
Things are moving along nicely.
And we just have to start making some design decisions,
so the house can start coming to life.
All right, inside, what do we got?
-Uh-huh. -That lime wash looks awesome.
Well, the lime wash is done and I love it.
-It looks so good. -Yes.
Once you get the new mantles on there...
Yeah, so what are you thinking?
Just like a square box that slides over it?
Mmm-hmm. Just something lighter,
-I think, than what it was. -Yeah.
-[Dave] Sheetrock. Yeah. -Sheetrock's up. Looks good.
-And then that big dining table is gonna go here. -Looked pretty good.
After I cut everything down, it is 11 feet.
That's awesome.
I do not have any chairs or benches for it, so that's on you.
All right, kitchen.
[Jenny] Okay, cabinets are coming.
Remember they had all those hutches?
So, I do want to incorporate one back into the kitchen,
-kind of build it in. -Okay.
-I mean, everything in this house was so cool. -Yeah.
It was like shopping in a really amazing antique shop.
So, I want to make sure and reuse as much as we can,
-that was already in the house. -Yeah.
But maybe freshen it up.
-We got the floor all done. -I know. It looks good.
It's all covered everywhere, but it's good-looking. I like it.
All the new flooring is down in the bedrooms.
Actually, the whole house.
And the bathroom?
-100 percent improvement... -Mmm-hmm.
...that you can't just enter the bathroom from a random hallway.
So, I like that.
-[Jenny] Okay. -[Dave] We're getting close.
[Jenny] All right, I'm going to go work on paint.
All right, trim,
pretty, I love this color.
I like those two together.
So, we're painting the house here at the Lees.
They want the brick painted,
they want to get rid of all the brown.
So, I've got to find the perfect color.
Hey.
Oh, hey, Jenny.
[Jenny] So, my friend Bethany's here.
She's going to paint a watercolor painting of the house.
How are you?
[Bethany] I'm doing good. How are you doing?
Just finishing up picking out paint colors
because I know you need exterior paint colors.
-Yes. -So, I'm thinking
this kind of warm, like, taupey color on the brick.
-[Bethany] Yeah, that's beautiful. -And then this,
sort of smokey green for the trim in the front door.
[Bethany] Beautiful, I love those colors.
I would love to include this magnolia in the painting
-if we can. -Okay.
The Lees have all of these pictures of the house.
They have paintings of their family members through the years.
And so, I know that they like paintings.
And I know that they like photos of the house.
So, I feel like let's merge those two
and then give them an updated painting
of what the house looks like now.
Roses, magnolia blooms, just joy.
-Right. -This is the perfect.
It's gonna help me map it out when I do this final...
-Okay. Perfect. Good. -...painting.
[Jenny] It's just a sentimental piece
sort of acknowledging the history of the home,
acknowledging where it is now in the present.
I really do think they'll love it.
I love it. It's so pretty.
-I can't wait to get started. -Okay.
-[Dave] The Lee house is looking amazing. -[Jenny] Yeah.
-[Jenny] Oh. -[Tim] Wow.
Oh. It's a lot. It's a lot.
It is. There's so many memories in this place.
[Jenny] The Lee house is really kicking into high gear.
Cabinets are here.
It's my favorite day, when the cabinets go in,
I mean, it feels like the house is starting to come together.
And it really actually feels like a house again.
So the cabinets. [whoops]
We're also putting floor to ceiling cabinets
in the hallway of the kitchen to make a mud room area
with plenty of storage for the family.
The exterior of the house, however, still needs a lot of work.
18 feet.
-Jenny! -Yeah.
Hey, what do you want to do with these trellises?
Well, I want them to be...
in these big sections to break up the brick.
Kenna's grandmother loved roses.
She had a rose garden.
-So, we're bringing roses back to this house. -Bringing 'em back.
Dave's gonna build some planter boxes
with some modern trellis.
-Just horizontal steel, something kind of simple. -Okay.
And then we'll have the roses growing up the trellis. It'll be lovely.
-[in British accent] Lovely -[in British accent] Lovely, darling.
-You know how big these planters are going to be? -No.
Maybe... Usually, they are 12 to 16 inches.
So, I'll just start it maybe
20 inches off the ground.
And then I'll just go
maybe up to 24.
[Jenny] Yeah.
What do we have going on here?
[Jenny] Landscaping. This will all be freshened up.
-[Dave] Okay. -New door coming, lighting,
paint.
-So, pretty much everything's gonna be done here. -Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] The exterior is now painted
a clean shade of white.
And it looks completely different.
But there's a lot more work to be done to dress up that brick.
I've got to build some planter boxes for the Lee house.
Jenny wants to do a big statement
when you come up to their house.
Cedar, about 64 inches wide,
and then I'll do some metal trellis work above it.
It'll just be kind of a...
Just a accent to that brick.
There's just a lot of brick.
So, we need to soften it up a little bit.
I think this project
needs a Luke Marrs.
Luke!
Luke.
[Luke] Dad.
You got your tools?
[Luke] No!
Where are they at?
Will you come help me work.
[Luke] Yes!
[Dave] Oh, there they are.
Every man carries his own tools.
Come on.
Let's go in and get to work.
We need to put some safety glasses on first.
Oh, yeah.
Now you're ready for the job.
Squeeze a little glue on here.
There you go.
I absolutely love spending time with Luke.
We're gonna set this up here.
Just like we're building some blocks, okay?
I mean he is a distant number five.
There's a big gap between the four previous and Luke.
But it's perfect.
Now you don't want to put too many hammer marks on it.
I mean, while the other kids are away at school.
Luke, he's just like become my little woodworker.
Okay, pull the trigger.
Good job.
We hang out in the shop, we do projects together.
It's awesome.
-[drilling] -[chuckling]
You don't let go, do you?
You just go full throttle.
Good job.
I love having you as a helper, my man.
So, now, that we've got the planters built,
Luke can go inside with Jenny, have some lunch
and I can start working on that metal trellis
that we're going to use for the rose bushes.
We're going to actually put a modern steel trellis
on the front of the brick.
[crackling]
So, this will attach to one side of the wall.
I'll put the feet on this guy.
I will put crossbars every ten inches.
It's going to lay out about...
like so.
That's it.
[Dave] Back at the Lees' house,
we're getting down
to some really beautiful details.
Kenna's grandmother,
she had so many amazing antiques.
So, we're updating the dining room built in
to showcase some of her treasures.
Cabinetry is finishing up
and the new, lighter mantles are in.
Jenny had an idea to add a personalized plaque to the mantle.
So, today I'm headed over to Joel's house
to laser engrave something.
How cool does that sound?
Jenny's busy with the kids today.
And I'm out on my own.
[Joel] All right, come in out of the rain.
[whoops]
What a nice morning, huh?
[Joel] It's perfect, right?
So we have a family
that has lived in this house that we're redoing.
it was built by Grandma and Grandpa in the 60s.
[Joel] Okay.
But the land itself has been passed
through the family for...
several more generations.
-Oh, I love it. -[Dave clears throat]
Jenny wants to put the family name,
which is "Reed"
-on a piece of steel. -Okay.
So, here's what I can do.
We take the final piece,
put it into the laser.
And then, what the laser's going to do is actually
cut all that detail out of the tape.
Then I can peel that up and you have a perfect stencil.
[Dave] That's amazing.
-Yeah, it's going to be great. -[Dave] Okay.
So, I brought a piece of steel up,
we've got it cut and now I just need to figure out what font.
Jenny said, "I want something that's kind of italic
and kind of cursive."
I said, "Okay, I can take care of that."
Do you want me to photograph this
and send it to Jenny, make sure she's happy?
Or... Dude.
[Dave] Joel mentions that it might be smart to just
run it by Jenny.
So, easy enough.
Send her a picture.
-[phone chimes] -She responded.
[Joel] What did she think?
-"Oh, that's a little thick in the letters." -[laughing]
Okay.
What does that even mean?
[Joel laughing] I don't know.
All right.
This this is why we texted her. All right.
Let's try a couple more fonts.
[Dave] Option number two, I feel like is very feminine.
Really, really nice.
Really pretty.
You can't make this up.
[Joel laughing]
What?
Jenny says,
"Is there more of a script font?
That feels masculine."
Okay.
Option number three.
How about that one?
I like that one.
Think third time's the charm.
"Much better."
[exclaims] We did it!
Yes, okay.
[Dave] We found something that she likes.
Everyone's happy.
All we've gotta do is get everything keyed into the computer,
get it cut,
and we're off to the races.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, the magic happens.
[Dave] Is melting through it,
or actually cutting?
It is literally vaporizing the material.
[Dave] So cool.
I think it's amazing. I think they're going to love it.
The Lee house is looking amazing.
Big, beautiful white stone countertops are getting installed,
both, in the main bathroom
and the kitchen.
And we're doing the biggest island we've ever done.
And the subway tile backsplash is a simple,
but perfect complement.
[Jenny] Initially, I was a little concerned about how the outside was looking.
It just felt sort of blah
after we painted. I didn't like it.
So, we had to add the shutters...
Right up tight to that plywood.
[Jenny] And the cedar boxes and the rose bushes.
We needed all of those elements to come together
to really make this house feel complete.
[Dave] That looks great.
Yeah.
[Jenny] But with the outside shaping up,
there's still tons to do on the inside.
How do you even move this?
Well, we're moving it one time.
All right, this dining room table,
it is 11 feet of 3-inch thick cherry.
I think it's pushing 400 to 500 pounds.
-You ready? -[Jenny] Okay.
Looks good.
You've got to go back your way a little bit right there.
Wow.
That is a Thanksgiving table.
Dave, you did good.
Thank you.
[Jenny] We're also updating lighting throughout the house
including a more modern version
of the bedside pendants that were in the main bedroom.
It looks cute.
Jenny Marrs!
[Jenny] Yeah.
[Dave] Guess what's here?
-Oh, our furniture? -Our furniture, yeah.
Yay.
This furniture has been in his family for...
-at least two generations. -[Dave] Yeah.
But I needed it to be updated
-and it is coming back to us. -Yeah.
[Rachel] It's beautiful here.
-[Dave] it's hot. -Oh, it is so hot.
-[Jenny] Hi! Good to see you. -And warm. You too.
-All right. -I'm so excited.
Yes, I think you're gonna love it.
Dun-dun-dun.
[Jenny] Oh, so cute.
That turned out beautifully.
-I love it. -Yeah.
-So, do you want to grab one side there, Rach? -Yeah. I can get this.
Was it well-built?
-[Jeff] Yeah, yeah. -Super well-built.
-All solid hardwood, solid maple frames. -[Jenny] Wow.
-So cool. -[Jeff] Yeah.
We only get to save, like, old houses.
We don't usually get to save furniture.
[Jeff] And if you remember, the wood was like
a honey oak.
And so,
we really sanded them down
and used a white oak stain.
Wow, they look amazing.
We normally have to go out and go to antique stores
-all around town. -Mm-hmm.
This house, they had everything already.
I just had to bring it all back in.
-[panting] -That looks so
perfect there.
[Jenny] Our landscaper even found an old iron bell in the backyard.
Turns out it was Kenna's great-grandmother's schoolhouse bell.
[bell dinging]
-[Jenny] Oh, that's really loud. -[Dave] That's really loud.
It was made in 1886. That's amazing.
That is so cool.
We had to put this bell back in the ground,
so it could actually be used again.
It's a piece of history and a piece of their family's history.
It's really cool.
I love it, it looks so good.
This was their grandma's. All of this was.
The hard thing about this one is that
this house is so special.
There are so many memories in this place.
Perfect.
So for us to update it,
which is what they needed and what they wanted,
but also try to preserve
the character and integrity that was in the home before,
it's just, it's really a challenge.
-It's hard. -It is. It is.
-We're out of here. Let's go. -Okay.
It's not just any house.
It's a really important house to their family
and I hope we would have made her grandparents proud.
Yeah.
Oh, we're getting close.
Getting nervous?
[chuckles nervously]
Yes.
Oh, my God.
-Oh! -[Tim] Wow.
Are those roses?
-There's roses. -[Tim] There you go.
-[Kenna] The shutters look amazing. -[Tim] Yeah.
-That's a good touch. -[Kenna] It so needed it.
-Oh, my goodness. -There you go. Perfect.
-[Dave] Hello. -What's going on?
Hi! Hi.
-How are you? -Good.
We started talking just driving up the road
and I'm about to start crying already.
-Aw. -So, this is gonna be bad.
[both laughing]
-[Tim] The bell, I like it. -[Dave] You like that?
-[Tim] Absolutely. -[Kenna exclaiming]
[bell dinging]
That's a legit bell.
[Tim] 1886.
And right when you drive up here you have a story about your family.
-Mmm-hmm. -And that's what we tried to keep,
throughout the house, it's just that story alive,
-'cause it's a really special place, so. -Yeah.
You've got a little swing under the magnolia.
-[Tim] Oh, look at that. -[Kenna] It's so perfect.
Your grandparents used to sit out here
in their lawn chair out front.
And this really is such a sweet spot to sit.
-It's beautiful out here. -So beautiful.
[Tim] The front door in all this landscaping
-looks fantastic. -[Jenny] Yay.
-[Kenna] I love the front door. -[Dave] Aw, thank you.
-I love the color. -Yay.
[Jenny] And of course, we put back some roses
in the planters as a tribute to your grandma
who had all of her roses out here.
I think she would be proud.
All right, so, should we go check out inside?
-Absolutely. -Yes.
All right, after you.
-Oh... -Wow.
...my gosh.
[Jenny] All right, so, should we go check out inside?
-[Kenna] Absolutely. -[Tim] Yes.
Oh...
-Wow. -...my gosh.
It's a whole different space.
[Tim] Feels bigger.
Floors, the paint, so much brighter.
-[Dave] You remember the paneling on the walls? -[Kenna] Uh-huh.
[Dave] We sheet rocked everything.
So, it's all new, all fresh.
Do you recognize the furniture?
-[Kenna] This looks so good. -[Tim] Oh, my gosh. These are the same chairs.
[Kenna] I love that print.
Our furniture restorer said these are really
-amazing pieces. -[Tim] Same couch, too.
-What do you think? -Yeah.
-Sit on it. -Yeah.
-Oh. -[groans]
I absolutely love it.
Yay.
-[Tim] Popcorn's gone. -[Kenna] There's no popcorn.
-[Dave] No popcorn. -Yay.
[Kenna] And the new light floors are pretty.
[Jenny] Remember that other mantle that was here
was dark and heavy, and also narrow?
So Dave made this mantle.
[Kenna] I love it.
The mantle was such a big part of our Christmases
-with all the stockings across it... -[Jenny] Yeah.
-[Kenna] ...and everything. It still has that... -[Jenny] Yes.
-[Kenna] ...feel to it. -That's the goal.
We knew you needed a mantle.
It's good.
-[Jenny] And then we did a lime wash on the brick... -[Tim] Nice.
...just again, to make it feel lighter.
And it does feel, like, this whole space feels bigger now.
-[Tim] Yeah. -[Kenna] Yeah.
Okay, so I'm going to show you one little thing
real quick.
-[Kenna gasps] -[Tim] Oh, wow.
[Jenny] Had a friend do a watercolor of the house.
-[Kenna shrieks] -That's really cool.
I know you had so many photos
and paintings, so I thought this could be added
-to that collection. -[Kenna] That's so cool.
[Jenny] Okay, there's more to see.
Check it out.
[Kenna] Oh.
-[Tim] Oh. Look at that. -[Kenna] Oh...
[Kenna] ...my gosh.
It was always so dark.
Now it's just so bright and open.
Look how much bigger this room feels.
-[Dave] Isn't it amazing? -Yeah.
[Tim] All your pictures.
[Kenna] Oh, I love it.
-Look at all of them. -[Tim] Fantastic.
[Kenna] We have aunt Clyda and Mom.
We have the original house.
[Tim] Your grandparents.
Dave actually made all of these frames.
[Kenna] I was just gonna say, the frames are perfect.
And then we have this plaque made to honor
all of the history of this family
and this place and all the people that
-have lived here. -[Kenna] Love it.
[Dave] Okay, and we knew
you guys want to do Thanksgiving and Christmas
and you have a big family,
and I really wanted to repurpose the original mantles.
-So we made a table. -[Kenna] Oh, wow.
-[Tim] Okay, now we're talking. -[Dave] So...
these are the two pieces.
And actually, this is another piece of cherry that
we were able to get.
[Kenna] That is so great.
[Dave] Weighs about 500 lbs.
If you want to move it, don't call me.
[all laughing]
Absolutely fantastic.
Oh, if we could only have this back in the day
we wouldn't have been bumping elbows.
Now you can have lots of Thanksgiving dinners here.
-The farm house needs a big table. -[Dave] Yeah.
[Kenna] And all of the dishes, the silver, everything is your grandmother's.
-Polished and ready. -[Kenna] Oh, I love the built-in.
And this was from the original built-in.
-Y'all just redid it. -[Jenny] Yes. Yep.
[Kenna] Looks so good.
[Jenny] Your grandparents have so many amazing pieces
that I just wanted as many opportunities
-to display those as we could here. -Absolutely.
[Jenny] Okay and you guys have done an amazing job
not looking over at the kitchen.
-I'm very proud of your restraint. -It's been very hard.
But it's time.
-Are you guys ready to see the kitchen? -We're so ready.
[Kenna] Oh, my gosh.
It's so good. [laughing]
[Tim] That's a transformation.
[Kenna] I love the backsplash.
-It's the subway but it's not just classic subway. -[Jenny] Yes. Yeah.
[Kenna] It's got a little texture to it.
[Jenny] New sink, new closet, new countertops.
[Tim] New appliances?
[Dave] The oven, you can actually get a turkey in it now.
-[Jenny] Yay. -[Tim] I can just envision,
like, a bunch of people around the island,
a bunch of people at the table.
-[Kenna] Absolutely. -It's a good holiday house.
-Absolutely, it is. -Yes. Fire burning.
-Take a look. You're gonna flip out. -[Kenna] Oh, my goodness.
All the storage.
But yet it's pretty.
-Yeah. -[laughing]
-You look back into this room from here, it's just... -[Kenna] Oh.
-[Dave] It's what it needed to be. -[Kenna] It's all there, yeah.
-I love it. -[Tim] Absolutely fantastic.
And moving the door to the bedroom
really helped us to maximize this wall
and then the giant island as well.
[Kenna] That is so great.
Oh, my gosh.
-That's the one cabinet. -[Dave laughing]
-[Jenny] Yes. -[Tim] Oh, wow. It is.
-Holy cow. -[Kenna] Holy cow.
I like a little bit of the dark
-in with all the light. -[Jenny] Yeah. Adds some warmth.
[Kenna] It just kind of... yes.
Okay, we have another space.
-Let's see your bedroom. -Your bedroom.
-Come on. -Here we go.
-[Tim] Oh. -Oh, wow.
-[Tim] There you go. -[Kenna laughing]
Oh, it's so pretty.
[Jenny] This room is very soft and peaceful and calming
which is what a bedroom should be really.
[Kenna] I love the color.
[Tim] Do you like that?
-[Jenny] Yay. I'm so glad. -[Kenna] I do.
[Jenny] So, we wanted to do kind of a modern version
of those pendants on the bedside table.
And then all sorts of amazing things
that your grandparents had collected over the years.
Who's is the photo over there?
[Kenna] That's Nanny and Granddad.
[Jenny] I'm sorry.
-Oh, it's a lot. It's a lot. -[Kenna] It is.
[Jenny] There's so many memories in this place.
[crying] I don't like to cry.
Take your time.
[Kenna] My dad, he would be happy that it's...
it's got a new...
new life.
I think y'all have done a wonderful job.
I can't wait to see the bathroom.
-Yeah, do you wanna see the bathroom now? -Go.
On that note.
[Kenna] Go.
-Oh. -Oh, wow.
Oh, it's so good.
Feels bigger, right?
[Tim] Yeah. It's crazy how much this changed.
Door's gone.
[Kenna] I like the fixtures.
I love the tile.
[Jenny] I'm so glad you love it.
This is fantastic.
Oh, it's perfect.
I love it.
I just can't thank Dave and Jenny enough.
They kept the memory of our family
and just carried it forward into a new life.
They really did think about us
in every step and every choice that they made
and I'm just really grateful.
Guys, thank you so much for letting us
-be part of your family's story. -No. Thank you.
-Thank you for all of it. -I love that you trusted us.
We took something that was really special
-and changed it. -Yeah.
And so, that's a little nerve-wracking.
-It's a risk. -You never know.
To see, kind of, all of that emotion
flood Kenna and just to know
that she thinks that we did her family proud.
That's all that matters.
-Yeah. -That's what we wanted.
Oh, goodness.
Wow.
[Kenna] I'm excited to show my brother and his kids the house.
Matt, you think your mom will like it?
No doubt.
He has as many memories of this place, if not more, than I do.
You got enough room to
put an ottoman in, start
from there to there and dive into it. You remember?
[Kenna] We're honoring Nanny and Granddad
and honoring our family because family is first.
Always.