[Jenny sighs]
-Ah, it's so nice and peaceful. -[Dave] I know.
You're sitting so far away.
I'm used to having a kid in between us.
-We've got a rare morning. -We do.
The big kids are at camp. Luke is with Nana and Papa.
We are enjoying
-a little peace and quiet. -[Dave mouthing] Peace and quiet.
[Jenny] Ooh, look at the bird.
-Shhh. -Ah, it is quiet when they're all gone.
Mmm.
I like the chaos.
I do love a nice quiet day in the house. It's very rare.
But when the kids are at camp,
I really do miss them.
It's one week. I love it.
All right. Let's go.
So, we're heading over to see Stacey and Karen and I feel like...
Stacey should have some coffee.
-Of course. I mean... -He's a barista.
[Jenny] We're heading over to our new clients Stacey and Karen McGhee.
Stacey is kind of a local legend.
He is a barista.
He's very involved in fundraising around town
and literally everyone knows and loves him.
-[phone ringing] -All right. You ask him.
-Me? -Yeah, you ask him.
-[phone ringing] -I want a cappuccino.
Hello. This is Stacey.
-Stacey! -Stacey, it's Dave and Jenny. How you doing?
[Stacey on phone] Good morning, guys. Wonderful. How you guys doing?
-Good. -Good. We are headed over to your place,
but we didn't know if there was perhaps some coffee at your house.
[Karen on phone] Absolutely.
-Yes! -Ah!
[Karen on phone] We are the coffee people.
Hey, we're turning onto your road
so we'll see you in just a minute, all right?
-[Stacey on phone] All right. Bye-bye. -Bye!
-We're excited to work with Stacey and Karen. -Yeah.
They do so much for our community.
Stacey does a ton for breast cancer research and awareness.
And so it feels a little bit...
There's a little bit of pressure
to do right by them because they give so much
and this is our chance to kind of spoil them.
This is them right here. It's a nice house.
Hello!
Hello and good morning. How you doing?
Oh, good morning.
-Got the socks and the coffee. -Yes.
I love it. Good to see you.
-You too. Thank you. -Aww. Hi!
-[Jenny and Karen] Hi! -I'll take that first.
-Yes, yes. -Thanks. Cheers, guys.
-Let's do this. -Cheers.
-Good morning. -Let's do this.
-[Jenny] All right. -[Stacey] This is home.
[Karen] This is home.
-Okay. -Okay. How long have you guys lived here?
[Karen] 17 years. We love it here.
-[Jenny] Oh! -It's just so peaceful to sit out back
and drink a cup of coffee and listen to the birds
This is my wife Karen McGhee.
I'm Stacey McGhee.
We live in Centerton, Arkansas.
[Karen] We got married 22 years ago.
We have two sons.
Jacob, who's 19, and our son Parker, who's 10.
We bought the house in 2004.
I'll never forget when we walked in they had apple pie.
They had an apple pie in the oven.
I'm, like, here it is. This is home right here.
[Karen] Our house is 1,500 square feet
with three bedrooms and two baths.
Built in 1999.
And it really has not been updated.
We have been wanting to do this for a very long time,
but circumstances in our life
just didn't allow us to do this.
Stacey's father was diagnosed with cancer.
And we had actually slated to do a remodel that year
and things changed obviously.
And so we took our money that we had slated for our remodel
and we remodeled their kitchen for them
so that it was more functional.
And we finally are at the point.
We're ready to bring our home
-up into the 21st century. -[Stacey] Yes.
I'm just gonna be real quick and honest. I'm ready for a change.
Okay. So, let's talk about what you guys wanna do.
First off, how much do you have to spend on this project?
We have $190,000.
-Okay. -Okay, okay.
Well, that's good We can do a lot with that.
Let's talk overall. What are you hoping to see out here?
-We definitely wanna see a refresh. -[Jenny] Okay.
[Karen] It's a little bit boring.
-[Jenny] Okay. -[Karen] Our landscaping,
-it's not our favorite. -[Dave and Jenny] Okay.
[Jenny] What about these shutters?
-[Stacey] It's time for a change. -[Karen] Definitely time
for those to go.
[Dave] I was going to tell you if you liked the shutters,
Jenny was going to take them off anyway. I'm sorry.
-[laughing] -[Jenny] But you could like shutters,
-just maybe not those. -Yes.
-Right. -Yeah, maybe some new shutters.
-[Karen] Definitely some new shutters. -[Jenny] Okay.
[Jenny] All right. So, here's the plan out here.
We're gonna do a brand-new front door.
We'll update the shutters, put in all-new landscaping, new lighting.
And I like the brick, so I don't think we need to paint it.
But I do wanna add some architectural interest and color to the front.
-Make it feel more interesting. -Okay.
-More you guys because... -We want it to be...
-this. -Fun!
-[Dave] Right there. -Yes!
[Jenny] And your shirt. You guys are just fun.
[Stacey] Hey, we enjoy life.
-[Jenny] All right. So, let's talk about it inside. -Yes.
[Dave] Thank you, sir.
-[Dave] This is it! -[Jenny] I love that color!
[Karen] Okay, this is it.
The fireplace is tragic.
-[Jenny laughing] It's tragic. -[Dave] Okay. It's tragic? It doesn't look tragic.
[Karen] Well, it doesn't look tragic,
but it doesn't also work as far as we know.
[Dave] So, do you want a fireplace?
-We would love a fireplace. -[Dave and Jenny] Okay.
-We can fix that. -All right. Okay, I gotta ask
about what's happening over here.
Well, those mugs are from my customers
from over the years I've been at the coffee shop.
They go travel the country.
[Jenny] They buy you mugs
-and bring them back when they travel. -[Stacey] Yes, ma'am.
-[Jenny] I mean... -His customers love him.
[Stacey] I love what I do.
I just gotta carry on conversation
just to motivate them, just let them know they're gonna be all right.
[Karen] They love Stacey and he wants to make sure
that everybody feels loved and supported
and truly has a great day.
You have people that just say, "Hey, dude. Just thank you
for helping me get through the day."
It means a lot to me.
-I love that. -I love that. Okay.
-All right. So, that's cool. -So, what do we wanna do in here?
-[Karen] We're open to color. -[Dave and Jenny] Okay.
-[Karen] But we do like a timeless, so... -[Jenny] Yes. Okay.
[Karen] This is probably our one shot at a remodel,
-so we need it to last another 20 years. -[Jenny] Yes.
-[Dave] Okay. -[Jenny] I hear you.
What about the flooring, too?
-[Karen] I'd love to see it much lighter. -[Dave and Jenny] Yeah.
All right. So, I am noticing, like, if this door is shut in here,
there are no windows. It is dark.
-It's very dark. -Very dark.
Okay. So, we need a door
-with some light and glass. Yeah. -[Karen] Yes.
[Jenny] So, living room plan.
New flooring. We're gonna paint.
We'll get a new fan.
We will figure out a way
to make this fireplace functional
and we'll update it
and really give this whole space
a cozy kind of curated
modern-meets-vintage feel.
-Okay. Excellent. -[Jenny] Does that sound good?
-Yes. -[Jenny] Okay. Okay.
-[Dave] What's next? -[Jenny] Let's talk kitchen.
-[Karen] Okay. -[Jenny] Most important...
-[Karen] Most important. -[Stacey] Yes.
-Can we set these here? -Thank you, guys.
-Yes, yes. -This coffee was delish.
Let's talk about this situation.
-Oh, my gosh. -What is happening?
They're too large,
-so we had to remove the door. -Okay.
-Is this the garage? -[Karen] That is the garage.
-Can I check it out? -Yes.
[Dave] Okay. That's a good-sized garage.
Look at this!
Oh, wow. What is this?
[Karen] This is an antique door
that I found on a trip up to my grandmother's
[Jenny] That's gorgeous.
So, we need to incorporate this into the house is what I'm assuming, yeah?
-Okay. -Yes.
We can do that. Very cool.
But I think we have some space in here
-that we can make something work. -Okay.
-Let's check... -Laundry room wise?
With the laundry room where it's not a prominent part
-of your kitchen. -Kitchen, yes.
-That would be great. -Yeah. Because if we can move that,
we can get rid of this...
-[Karen] Yes. -...and create this U-shaped kitchen in here
-with an island. -[Karen] Okay.
-Perfect. -All right. So, now over here, I see you have
-just this is your kind of breakfast nook eating area. -Nook.
-[Karen] This is our only eating area. -[Dave and Jenny] Okay.
-We do try and have dinner together as a family. -[Stacey] Yes.
-That's very important to us. -[Stacey] Yes. Very.
-And so we wanna make sure that we can have that. -[Jenny] Yeah.
[Jenny] Any thoughts on cabinetry, look, feel, colors?
-[Karen] I like blues. I like greens. -[Dave and Jenny] Okay.
[Jenny] All right. So, in the kitchen the plan is
we're gonna move this laundry room out of the kitchen...
-Thank you! -[Jenny and Stacey] Yes.
And steal that space back for the kitchen itself,
create a nice U-shaped kitchen, a nice island.
We'll reconfigure your dining space
and make it more functional for your family.
We're gonna keep the flooring consistent
-with the rest of the house. -[Karen] Okay.
-[Stacey] Awesome. -[Jenny] And new lighting.
[Dave and Jenny] What's next.
-Bedroom. -[Dave and Jenny] Okay.
[Dave] We're following you.
[Karen] So, the bedroom next.
-[Dave] Okay. -[Jenny] Oh, I'm sorry. I'm distracted.
[all laughing]
[Jenny] I can't even look at...
What is this? What is happening?
Well, for the month of October
I wear pink from my head to my toe
-for breast cancer awareness. -I love it.
-Oh, that's amazing. -[Stacey] This is my fifth year doing it.
[Stacey] Last year we raised $11,700.
Wow. And you just keep this in your room all the time?
No, this was to surprise you.
[all laughing]
Doesn't hurt? Thank you for doing that.
-You're more than welcome. -Yes, that's very cool.
Okay. So, now after noticing Stacey,
I'm now noticing this ceiling in here.
-Yes. -[Karen sighs] Oh.
-[Jenny] This is interesting. -[Karen] I don't even have an answer
-for what's happening. -[Stacey chuckling]
We are open to anything.
Just update it.
-Yeah, okay. -Yeah, I hate it.
-Oh, yes. Definitely. -Okay.
-[Dave] So, what else in here? -[Jenny] This is a nice-sized room.
[Karen] It's a decent-sized room.
What's really... is the closet.
If you notice we kind of, like, came in
and we have what we kind of consider
our little waiting room of our bedroom.
-Right. -Yeah.
And it cuts off of our closet.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -If we could bring that closet all the way to this wall,
it would double the size of your closet.
-Yeah, that would be great. -Mmm, that'd be great.
-Right. Yeah. For sure. -[Dave] Okay.
[Jenny] So, the plan in here is to square off this angled wall
to get you a bigger closet,
move the entrance to the bedroom,
carry those wood floors throughout
from the rest of the house.
We're gonna square off this ceiling,
get you some new lighting, paint
and just really create a nice serene peaceful retreat for the two of you.
-Perfect. -Sounds good.
-Excuse us, Stacey. -What do you wanna do...
-Yeah. Sorry, Stacey. I'll get out of your way here. -Oh, gosh. Careful, Dave.
-Careful. -[Dave] I'm just moving him.
All right. So, the bathroom here.
Do you want the same thing just...
[Karen] Just a good update.
Okay. So, the plan in the bathroom is
to reconfigure this space, get you new flooring, get you a new vanity,
double sinks, new shower
-and really modernize it and update it. -[Dave] Yeah. Cool.
[Jenny] Okay, what's next?
-[Dave] All right. What's next? -[Karen] Out back.
[Jenny] Out back. Okay.
[Dave] Oh, what is this?
You got, like, your own barn out here.
Yes, this is my little man cave she shed.
-[Jenny] I love it. You got a lot of space. -[Dave] I love it.
-[Karen] Yes. We grill all the time. -[Stacey] We grill a lot.
-[Jenny] Okay. -It's a good-sized patio though.
-Yep. -It's a good-sized patio
-and sometimes we even try and have dinner out here. -[Jenny] Yeah.
That's west though, so I bet it gets brutally hot out here, too.
[Karen and Stacey] It does.
[Jenny] So, for the plan out back,
we'll create a place where you can cook,
a place where you can eat
and give you something that can provide a little bit of shade
and make it feel more intimate back here.
All right. Well, we got our work cut out for us, Dave Marrs.
Yeah, we do. We do.
[Stacey] When I see Dave and Jenny in their element
with their family, their kids,
there's a lot of love in that house.
So, that's why I know they're bringing a lot of more love into my house.
-It's been wonderful. -[Dave] It has been wonderful.
-[Jenny] It has been. -I swear to you.
[Dave] I'm really excited. Like, this is an infectious happiness.
I mean, when you show up
and you're handed a cup of coffee,
-we're happy. -Keys to our heart.
[Dave] Look at that, Jenny Marrs. They're all here.
[Jenny] Nice.
Today we are at the McGhee house.
Got a little demo happening.
What's up?
-For once I got here before you guys. -Hi! I know.
Have you guys been in the house?
-Yes. -Well, we walked through it with...
Did you see it's...
-[Dave] What? -There's, like, graffiti everywhere in the house.
-What? -No, there's not.
No, serious.
-Did you guys do it? What? -Let's go look at it.
-Did you do it? -No.
-Seriously. -Why would we do that?
-[Jenny] Did you just get here? Was it already here? -[Dave] What!
[Jenny] Aww.
How cute!
Aww.
How cute. They left us messages.
They are so cute.
They just left us amazing messages all over the walls.
[Jenny] The McGhees are just so happy and always spreading joy
-and they did that today... -Yep.
...when it is not the most fun day for some of us.
[Jenny] Best crew ever. Aww.
What are we doing, Jenny Marrs?
Everything is going. This whole kitchen is being cleared out.
This actually is getting opened up
'cause it's gonna become part of the kitchen now.
This was their laundry room,
so it's gonna go into the garage.
[Dave] New flooring. Don't have to worry about the floor.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -[Dave] That's it.
So, the four of us will start in the kitchen.
Chase and Joe demo the cabinet around the fireplace
and take care of the flooring.
All right. I'm getting tools. Let's go.
Chop, chop, chop.
[Dave] All cabinets to the trailer.
They don't play around with saving things.
That is a lot of cutlery.
[straining] Ah.
We're done.
-[Jenny] Chase! -Ahh.
Keep on going!
[chuckling] I'm going.
Uh-oh. Chase!
We need you in here.
Okay, let's talk.
[Dave] Chase is always willing to take a challenge,
and I can tell.
-This hot sauce was not refrigerated. -Ugh.
You start talking numbers,
I'll combine this one and this one.
-But then there was fire sauce... -Yeah.
-...that was a little bit chunky. -It's not...
I'm not gonna lie. It was a little bit coagulated.
$45 I combine this and this and chug it.
You include the vinegar in it and you got a deal.
Oh, God. It's so thick.
-You're actually gonna drink that? -Oh, dude.
-It looks good. -Huh?
This is nothing. It's money is what this is.
What! No. No.
Chase, do not do it. What is in it?
-It's just hot sauce. -Yeah.
No! No... Oh.
No! You might have to go to the hospital
and have your stomach pumped. No! Chase!
-There's sludge. There's sludge in the bottom of that. -That is...
Are you joking right now? Was that a joke? Was that not really hot sauce?
[Dave laughing] No, it was.
That hurt.
[laughing] Ohh!
[Dave] I gotta give him a hundred bucks for that.
I don't know what it is about Chase.
I need some water.
[Dave] Maybe he swallowed it right away
and his mouth didn't realize how hot it was,
but all of this area for the next, like, three days
is gonna know how hot that was.
-[Dave chuckling] -Oh, it tastes like money.
[laughing]
Good job.
-I'm putting a new door in. -Perfect. Okay.
We are gonna double the size of their main bedroom closet.
Just taking out some angles, reorienting a door.
Perfect.
[Dave] We're not changing the footprint at all of the main bathroom,
but we're gonna redo it all so it's all nice and new and fresh.
[Jenny] And we also need to cut out
those weird detailed arches in the bedroom.
Look at that. It came right out.
Piece of cake.
You really like to make a mess, don't you?
-Hey. -Hey.
Question.
It's right at three feet. Do you...
Do you know if this door will fit?
Yeah, it'll fit.
-It's a three-foot door on the front. -[Jenny] Yeah.
-Isn't this cool? -This would be awesome. Where'd you find...
-Was this just out here? -So, Karen was actually visiting her grandma
and found this while she was up doing some antique shopping.
-Okay, I got it. -Ooh, it's tall. Okay.
Oh, so we might have to do a little modification.
Maybe a little tall.
I could have Dave take a little off the top
-and a little off the bottom. Dave? -[Dave] What's up?
[Jenny] Oh. Hey.
Do you think you can modify this door?
It's a little tall,
but I think we can just take a little off the bottom.
So, we need to put it in your truck.
-[Dave] Yeah. -We need something to wrap it in
like a big moving blanket or something.
-We're three minutes from our house. -Yeah, but on your truck
it's like... [imitating truck bouncing]
It doesn't make that noise but...
-Ohh! -Oh, God!
-[chuckling] -He has your tape, too.
You know, overall really good day.
-[Dave] We got a lot done. -[Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] We got everything taken out
without destroying it and...
Chase ate a whole bottle of hot sauce.
[Jenny] Win-win-win.
-Win-win. -Win.
[Jenny] Oh! Hello.
-Hey. -There you are. How's it going?
-Good. How are you? -Oh, I'm good.
[Jenny] I'm meeting with Karen McGhee
to chat about a surprise for Stacey.
This looks good. This little blueberry thing.
He's just such a generous fun-spirited person
that I really wanna do something special for him
to kind of take the renovation and make it, you know, the next notch up.
I know how much he does for breast cancer awareness.
He raises so much money.
So I thought it'd be fun
-to do something special for him. -Okay.
I know coffee... I mean, he's with it all day.
He's making coffee for other people all day.
Does he like to make it at home?
[exhales sharply] So, he drinks it,
but it's not his most favorite thing.
-Oh, really? -[Karen] Yeah.
-He loves ice cream and desserts. -Oh!
-Like apple pie and cakes, but ice cream, like... -Oh, ice cream.
I love ice cream, too. Who doesn't love ice cream?
[Jenny] Karen said he loves ice cream.
I wanna give him something he loves.
And I think it's gonna be just really sweet.
Pun intended.
-Don't tell him we met. This is a secret. -[Karen] Okay.
I never saw you. We don't know what's going on.
I love it. Okay.
-I know you have to get back to work. I do too. -Yes.
We gotta finish your house.
-Oh, yes! -[Jenny laughing]
-All right. Thanks for meeting me. -[Karen] Thank you.
-Okay, I'll see you soon. -Okay.
[Dave] Over at the McGhee house,
we're framing up the walls for the expanded closet in the main bedroom,
installing the electrical and relocating the washer and dryer
into where the door to the garage once was
to expand the footprint of the kitchen substantially
and we're cutting out the new opening for the garage door
that we're gonna hide in that new feature wall.
I have an idea for a raised panel wall that stretches
-the entire length of this living room. -[Dave] Mmm-hmm.
[Jenny] And it'll be a nice focal point,
but more importantly, it will also conceal the door
that is going to lead into the garage.
All the way in!
-All right. -I like.
You like it?
-I got this thing done. -Yep.
I could have done it quicker and better,
but y'all didn't do bad.
[laughing]
-All right. I'm using a tile sample... -Still. Be careful.
-...for a tray. -Wait. That one's Chase's.
Everybody's been working hard today,
so we're gonna bring the guys some ice cream.
-Hey, guys. -[Chase] Howdy.
-We come bearing gifts. -Thank you.
You're welcome.
[Jenny] Oh, wow. Look.
[Dave] I see the feature wall.
[Jenny] Why are there two?
Well, gotta have one to cover the seam of the plywood where they're joined,
and then I need another one to cover the door
if we're gonna hide the door, right?
-Someone does not love them. -It's just not even. It doesn't look right.
[Jenny] It's not balanced.
[Chase] You don't like the two right next to each other?
Having these two here feels really heavy and weird.
You gotta have a piece over this door where the seam is.
If you don't have a piece over there...
[Jenny] Why do you have to have the one above it?
Well, because there's a seam in the plywood.
This is an eight-foot sheet of plywood that ends right there.
[Jenny] I mean, this wall just doesn't look right.
The trim pieces are too close together. It's not even.
It's not balanced.
I just don't love it.
Just need to find a way to fix it.
I say we set the door, we get it all trimmed out
and before paint, if you don't like it,
-we'll figure out something else. -Mmm-hmm.
So, let's just set the door and see what it looks like.
[Jenny] Okay. We'll figure that out.
But I met Karen and she told me
that Stacey doesn't really like drinking coffee,
but he loves ice cream.
So, let's give him an ice cream bar.
They can use their coffee mugs to put their ice cream in and have an ice cream bar.
Who doesn't love ice cream?
I'll be visiting every day.
-[chuckling] -[Jenny] Right?
All right. So, the ice cream bar I'm thinking will go over here,
where they're coming in from outside, they make their ice cream.
-[Dave] That's a good idea. -[Jenny] Okay.
We're gonna work on a project for the coffee mugs.
-What else? Is that it? -[Jenny] That's it.
-That's today? -I think that's it. Yep.
[Chase] Okay.
The drywall guys are cranking.
They are getting all the mud down.
They should be texturing in the next day or two.
In the bedroom, they've squared off that trayed ceiling.
And for the kitchen, we have prefinished cabinets.
They are in the garage and they're ready to go.
So, we'll have to get all the paint, everything shot,
and then after that work,
Oh, here they are. Okay.
Monticello. Look at that.
Virginia. [calls] Hey, Dave!
-[Dave] Yeah? -Frankfurt.
Oh, look!
-We'll go see the queen on the London Bridge, darling. -[Dave] Oh!
Tea with the queen.
-So, remember, he works as a barista. -Why am I holding all these?
-'Cause we're gonna go inside real quick. -Okay.
-So... -Okay.
What if we create a nice focal point here. We already have the shelves.
But what if we frame this out and make an arch here
so it really, like, creates just kind of a focal point.
So I just knock all this trim off and do, like,
a one-sheet piece of plywood. Full-on arch.
Right now, his mugs are just, like, crammed on top of each other in boxes.
They can't be displayed the way they should be.
-No. -So we're changing that.
So bring the arch out all the way...
-Or maybe within, like, an inch or so, the edge. -Mmm-hmm.
So 10 inches.
Okay. I see what you're saying. Yeah, I can do that.
[machine whirring]
We're actually gonna do a three-dimensional arch
up and over that bookcase right next to the fireplace.
I'm gonna rip this down.
Say, "Goodbye" to an inch off of this.
Then we can start drawing our curves.
So drawing the arch- you can make whatever arch angle you want.
It just has to match.
All right. That will be the outside of Stacey's new cabinet.
With that cut off. We'll fill it in and make it go 10 inches back.
I just gotta cut a lot more pieces.
All right.
Today, we are over at the McGhee house.
In the back yard, we're putting up the privacy fence
in the new outdoor seating area to give it a cozy feel.
A new, highly-efficient air-conditioning unit just arrived
to make sure the house stays nice and cool.
For the living room feature, we figured out how to remove the middle piece of trim
so it won't look quite so busy.
-Yeah. -Right now, I think it looks more like a barn.
-Okay. -I thought you liked barns.
I do, but not inside the house.
Thank you, Tim. Man!
-32. -[Jenny] Oh, okay.
Good job. Good job, Tim. Save the day.
[Dave] We're getting the kitchen cabinets installed.
Making them twice first.
[Dave] They're already painted the grey-green color that Jenny wants for the room.
And the tile is going up in the main bathroom.
-It looks good. Hey! -Hey, guys. How are you?
[Jenny] So, the main bathroom have guys in there working.
We have the wall tile, the shower floor.
Oh, it looks really good. So, I'm gonna do this in the shower floor.
Just this flat hex.
And then, I got a really fun, like, black and white and grey terrazzo floor
for the main bathroom floor.
And then, we have a black vanity here.
It'll look nice. Black and white. Modern.
-All right. Thank you. -Thanks, man. Good to see you.
-Thank you. -Looks good.
[Chase] Nice. Turned out pretty good.
Well, I mean it's...
-[Chase] Dave Marrs, the builder. -...quick. It'll be painted.
Put some scribe around it. It'll fill up the barrel that Jenny was wanting.
And hopefully it'll fit.
-[Chase] It's going right over? -Yep.
-[Chase] Oh, you're going first? -You're okay,
Throw that dude in there.
-[Chase grunts] -[Dave] Oh, we're not up all the way.
[exhales]
I gotta get past the brick. That's the killer.
-Don't hit that brick. -[Chase] Okay.
[Jenny] Is it gonna go to the top?
[Dave] I might have made this thing a little too big.
[Dave] It's a little bit too tight.
I did not account for the brick.
I measured the opening at the back of the cabinet.
But I am going to get it in there.
-[grunting] -[Dave] Now...
[Chase] We're going. We're going.
[Dave] What you talking about?
[Chase] Perfection.
Success.
[Chase] Yeah, it looks great. We should be good to go.
-It looks really good. -Yeah. Great.
Gives the depth and, you know, changes up the cabinet
without having to rip out and replace a whole new cabinet.
-[Jenny] Mmm-hmm. -[Dave] I think Stacey's gonna love it.
Display those coffee cups from everywhere around the world.
[Jenny] All right. So we're gonna put the ice cream machine on.
-Let me get that. -[men grunt]
-Ooh! That's nice! It's really nice. -Ooh.
It's gonna be fun!
They're gonna love this.
Are we just gonna set it on the countertop?
Well, we're gonna have a cabinet going over it, right?
So, we're installing this little bar
where we're gonna put an ice cream maker.
I would want it hidden away, so I'm not constantly eating it.
-Would you just walk by and just take a drop? -100%.
[Dave] Just a spoon with you all the time,
-where you could just walk by. -In your pocket. Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] Spoonful. Little spoonful.
You know what? The kids are gonna do this.
They're just gonna put their mouth in there.
-Yeah. -Open it up.
-Love it. Moving on. -All right.
[Dave] I'm feeling really good about where we're at.
We've got brand new flooring going in throughout the house
that is a nice, warm, darker tone.
-[Joe] Dave? -[Dave] Yep.
I got the door unloaded!
[Dave] And we've trimmed out Karen's antique door, so it fits perfectly.
Look at the light it's gonna let in.
Yeah, it'll be way better than that other door.
-[Joe grunts] -[Dave] There you go.
Yeah.
[Jenny] Tim reinstalled the trim in the feature wall to fix the spacing.
And the gorgeous quartz countertop is coming in.
It has a marble look that will give the kitchen
a little bit of a modern yet traditional touch.
A night out by ourselves.
-I know. All the kids-- -I'm not yelling at the kids to hurry up.
"Come on, guys, we gotta go!"
It is a Friday night.
-Jenny Marrs and I have date night tonight. -Whoop-whoop!
Ah!
-Okay. Here's the rules. -Okay.
Rules of the evening.
No talking about kids. No talking about work.
-This is just, like, you know. -Well, that's fine.
20 years ago...
-Oh, that was fast. Wow! -Oh, that was quick. Awesome.
[Jenny] Thank you.
Oh, we got the door.
-That will be installed. -We're not talking about...
No, we're not talking about work.
Well, I'm just really happy with how the progress is coming on it.
-You're not? -Again.
Yeah, but I thought we we're talking about work or kids.
What shall we talk about?
Um...
[laughing] I don't know.
What do you think about the weather outside? It's crazy.
This is really hard for us because we work in the same job, so...
Yeah, I'm not supposed to tell you what's going on.
Remember when this was the only restaurant in town?
-Yeah. -When we lived downtown, we used to come here
with the boys in the double stroller.
And we'd sit in that corner right there with the boys in their little stroller.
-I literally think every parent can relate. -[exhales]
You do all you can to get your kids with a babysitter.
And then you go out and talk about your kids.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
-To date night. -Many more nights.
Many, many more.
Hey, guys.
Got a project. Ta-da!
-Don't break them. We only have so many. -What are they?
Okay. So these are gonna go in the new fireplace. Don't! No!
Gonna stack them.
-Oh, they're little lava stones. -Yeah.
That's cool.
This fireplace. We didn't touch the brick.
And of course, we added the arch in the built-in
next to the fireplace.
But otherwise, the fireplace really stayed the same. So I think...
-Yeah, it's nice. -...that adding this little feature
with the little fireballs adds a little modern touch to this traditional fireplace.
I needs something to contain them. Some sort of tray.
So I was thinking. Could you guys weld something up for me?
-Yeah. We could do just a-- -Just a little tray.
You wanna take that?
We do want it to look good. It's gonna be inside.
-[laughs] -So, the other thing I wanna talk about.
-Okay. So, this wood over here. -[Dave] Yeah. Isn't that cool?
Karen called me and told me her dad dropped this off.
It came from his farm.
-[Dave] I love that. -[Matt] I think it's white oak.
-[Jenny] It looks like it, huh? -[Dave] Yeah.
[Jenny] It's pretty. I was thinking.
Can we plane this down and do something with it? Ooh!
Maybe a cabinet, or I don't know. Something.
Babe, did you find that farm table island that you wanted?
Oh, the kitchen island? I have not found it yet.
-We just found it. -Well, could you build it and make it look old?
If you want it to look old, I could probably build it.
So now you're thinking you're a welder extraordinaire
-and master woodworker? -I am.
Are you trying to, like, go in my space?
To be clear, you're doing the welding and the island table.
-Yeah. -Really? Wow.
-I've got so many other irons in the fire. -Oh, if you will.
-Bu-dum. I will. -Oh.
[Dave] So if I can just pass the ball to Matt...
-Oh, the lava ball. -Right.
-Gosh. -...without him realizing...
So this is a competition now?
-I mean... -It's life.
...he'll have to do it a little bit next-level
-just to prove that it was... -Yeah.
...better than something I could have built.
-Just to be clear, it's gotta pass our standards. -It'll pass.
Jenny's gonna love it. Maybe.
-All right. I'll grab the truck. -I'll see.
-Yeah. -[both laugh]
Oh, my God.
[Stacey] Oh, my word.
[Karen] It's like a hotel.
-I can't help. I need to breathe. [inhales] -[laughter]
Today is a big day. Matt is working on the kitchen island
and the firebox that I challenged him to finish.
There it is.
-Let's put some black stain on there and... -[Joe] That's beautiful.
[Dave] We've got painters wrapping up.
We've got a new shower door being installed to show off that amazing tile.
And the exterior's new look is getting finalized.
Look at Matt. Getting some shutters installed.
It's coming along! Hello!
-[Matt] How are you doing? -I'm good. The shutters look good.
Can we just stain the shutters to match the door?
Karen loves the door,
so I don't really wanna mess with something that she really loves.
[Dave] Yeah, we can do that. I think just, like, a dark walnut,
and it'll look the same as that.
So we're gonna go ahead and just make the shutters stained to match the door.
-Yep. -And I think that'll be great.
-It looks good in here, though. -I love it.
The ceilings feel so tall now that everything's light.
Just feels brighter in here. I love it.
[Dave] And I think the feature wall... Everything turned out great.
-[Jenny] I know. -[Dave] Looks good.
-I got the tray. -Oh! Is this your box?
Yeah.
-Oh, I love it. -Look at you.
That looks really good.
Check out some of that.
It's classy. Good welding.
-I mean... -Yeah. He did a great job.
[clicks] Matt knocked it out of the park.
[Matt] So is there a certain way that I'm supposed to do this?
No, I think you're doing good. Just stack... There you go.
That's kind of fun. I love it.
[Dave] Love it. Looks good.
All right. Let's get this island in.
-[Matt] Okay. -Yeah. Watch your head. Watch your head.
-[Matt] Let's see-- -Oh, it looks so good!
...if we get the stamp of approval.
-You like? -Yeah, it looks amazing!
I love it!
You did the legs all by yourself, too, huh?
[Matt] This is truly a one of a kind.
-Probably for me to ever build one of these again. -[Jenny laughs]
All right. Let's go hang mirrors in the bathroom.
-[Dave] Okay. -[Jenny] Come on.
-[Dave] So, we're in a really, really good place. -[Jenny] We are.
[Dave] We got some piddly, little things just to wrap up the punch list.
We're getting close I feel like, don't you?
-Piddly, little... -Just piddly, piddly, little things.
Oh, my gosh. This thing's heavy.
[Matt] A commercial ice cream maker in their house.
[Dave] I know. It's gonna be so awesome.
Really, the last thing we're wrapping up is the outdoor kitchen.
-So we're in a really, really good place. -[Jenny] We are.
-And this house is looking incredible. -It is.
[Dave] It's never-ending,
-so you just have to tell me when to stop bringing mugs in. -Okay.
These are so cute.
-Aren't they fun? -I love them.
This is it! It's reveal day. Stacey and Karen are coming back very soon.
They'll be here any minute.
Jenny, you and I need to play chess more.
-So we gotta finish off all the little last-minute... -Yeah.
...details that really make this a home.
I'm so excited for them to come.
They've dreamt about this for 20 years.
But our entire community is better because of Stacey and Karen and their family.
They're just models in the community that do charitable work.
I mean, to the most basic of, "Here's your coffee. I hope your day is great."
-Right here, babe? -[Jenny] Sure.
To be able to give back to people that literally give every day of their life
-is... I... It's just... It's exciting. It's... -Yeah.
I'm really looking forward to it.
Here we go.
[Karen] I have been waiting for this moment for so long.
-20 years. -20 years.
Whoo!
-[laughs] -I'm telling you. I'm so excited.
Oh, shake it off. Gotta shake it off. Shake it off.
-Oh, my gosh. -Oh, my God.
Oh, you gotta...
[gasps and screams]
[Stacey] You gotta be kidding me. Oh, my God.
[sniffs]
[Stacey] Here we go.
-Oh, my gosh. -Oh, my God.
Oh, you gotta...
[Karen gasps and screams]
-Oh, my gosh. -[Stacey] Oh, wow.
[Dave] Hello!
-You look amazing. How are you? -My brother.
-[men laugh] -[women exchange pleasantries]
-[Karen] I don't know what... -[Dave] Come here. Come here.
[Karen] Look at the door!
-Oh, it's beautiful! -[Stacey] Oh, my God.
-Take your time, man. Take your time. -Take your time. You're good.
-Just take it in. -[Karen exhales]
-We have, like, real... -[Jenny] Yeah!
-[Karen] ...grown-up landscaping! -[Jenny] Yeah!
Aw, I'm so glad you like it.
[Karen] I... I love it.
-Oh, I'm so glad. -Man, I don't know what to say.
-It means the world to me. -This is, like, really ours.
Yes.
So, we kept your brick, but we added the board and batten
just to give it some contrast and just give it a little character
so it doesn't look like every other house on this street.
And then of course, the shutters matching your beautiful door
-that you had found. -Oh!
[Jenny] I know that's so special to you.
-[Karen] It's beautiful. -[Stacey] Just straight up beautiful.
Aw. I'm so glad. Oh, you guys.
-We haven't even gone in! -[Dave] I know.
-There's so much to see! -[Dave] All right, guys.
-You ready to go in? -We are ready.
-[Dave] We're following you. -To pass out.
Yeah, I'll grab you.
Oh, my...
Oh, my God.
Oh, my word.
[Karen] Oh, my God. This is beautiful!
I love the feature wall. I wanted something like that so bad.
-I'm so glad! -[Karen gasps]
-I... -I can't talk.
-[Jenny] Okay. [laughs] -I need to breathe.
-[Karen] And the fireplace! -[Jenny] The fireplace.
Kept the brick, gave you a new mantle.
And then Matt actually welded up the little firebox inside with these lava rocks.
-[laughs] -Those are beautiful, and the floors.
-[Stacey] I know. -[Karen] Gorgeous.
-Oh. -Did you see this little built-in here?
-[Stacey] Oh, wow. -Oh!
-[Jenny] Amazing mugs. -[Karen] Look at that.
-Look at them all! You know? -[laughter]
-All your mugs. -There you go.
This is beautiful.
We didn't move the entrance to your garage to this room...
-[Karen] Okay. -...but we used this feature wall
to hide the door. So you have a little button.
-Oh, wow! -[Dave] We wanted it to be hidden for you.
Wow. [chuckles]
[Karen] How cool is this?
[Dave] Clicks shut, and that's it.
Now shall we go see... What about your main suite next?
-Yes. Yes. -[Jenny] Okay. All right. Let's go.
-Follow you. -[Dave] Follow you.
-[whispers] Stacey. -Oh, my God.
-[Karen] It's like a hotel. -[Stacey] Yes. Yes.
Oh, my God. I love it!
-[Stacey] Wow. -[Karen] I love this. And our little
-corner round thing. -[Jenny] Yes!
[Jenny] Yes. And so now it feels like the room just grew.
[Stacey] This is just beautiful.
-Oh, wow. -Oh!
-Wow. -Wow.
[Stacey chuckles] Wow.
-[Karen] It's all mine. -[Stacey chuckles]
-[laughter] -This is your half over there, babe.
-Look, we got space. -[Karen] We have space.
-[Jenny] Yes. -[Dave] We gotta keep going!
Mmm-hmm. I'm, like, creeping 'cause I'm, like, so excited.
-[gasps] -Oh, wow.
-Wow. -[Karen] Oh, my gosh.
-[Stacey] Wow. -Look at that shower.
-Oh, and there's... Look. -[Jenny] And then you have a separate... Yes.
-Separate toilet. -Oh, yeah. There you go.
-[Stacey] Man! -[Karen] It is beautiful. I love the brassy gold shower.
Listen to him in the bathroom.
I got my own toilet room.
-[laughter] -[Stacey] Thank you.
Thank you, and thank you kindly.
-Thank you kindly. -[laughter]
-[Jenny] Let's go, let's go. -Okay.
[Jenny] All right. After you.
Yeah, we'll just go right here.
Before we go outside, don't look outside yet.
-Why? -One little quick stop.
-So you remember this space... -[Karen] Yes.
[Jenny] ...was just sort of wasted space?
So, Stacey, if you wanna open that cabinet.
-Oh, my. -[laughter]
-[laughing] -[Karen] It's ice cream!
-[Stacey] Baby, this is just... Thank you. -[Karen] All the sundaes!
You don't make a coffee bar
-for a guy that works coffee every day. -Yeah.
-Thank you! -[Jenny] Yes!
[Dave] Let's get the best ice cream maker we can find.
-[Stacey] I got an ice cream machine! -[laughter]
All right. So we're not done yet.
Stacey!
Look at this!
-Is this a real outdoor kitchen? -[Stacey] Yes.
-Slide the hob. Easy, now. -[inhales] Oh!
[Dave] And then you've got a cold beverage fridge.
[Stacey] Baby, this...
-Yeah. -[Stacey] Yeah.
That's the eyes we need. Yeah.
Beautiful. I know.
-Yeah. Speaking of food, one more space, you guys. -Okay.
-One more space. -[Dave] Let's go check it out.
Wow, dude.
-Oh, my gosh. -My lord.
This is beautiful.
Like, a real table.
Look at the lights.
And there's an island!
[Jenny] I know how much you love antiques.
And I wanted to find an old piece of furniture as your island,
but it was a really challenging find.
-So Matt actually built this one. -[Dave] Matt built this.
[Jenny] He did an amazing job.
-[Dave] All the way. It's art. -[Karen] Oh, my gosh.
-This is, like, a one of a kind. -[Jenny] One of a kind.
-Oh, wow. -[gasps]
A spice rack!
[laughter]
I don't have to, like, take everything out!
-Oh, my gosh. -I feel like if we would have just given Stacey...
-Ice cream. -...a bathroom with a door on it and you a spice rack,
-we could have stopped there. -And that would have, like... I just have a spice rack!
It's so beautiful.
[Jenny] So, we basically just reorientated the whole kitchen,
moved your washer and dryer over here, behind the door.
-And I love that you love green... -[Karen] Yes.
[Jenny] ...so I decided to go bold in here.
-This is beautiful and-- -I heard about the apple pie story.
So we had to have an apple pie here for you today
so that you can have ice cream and apple pie.
And just an ode to the fact that this house has been with you guys for so long.
And you knew it was your house,
but it didn't feel like your house.
-Right. Yeah. -And I hope that now it really feels like you guys.
[Karen] I love it.
[Jenny] We've had people hug kitchen islands before.
We've had, you know, people hug cabinets.
But I've never seen anyone almost hyperventilate over a spice drawer.
[laughter]
They're a joyful family, and we're just lucky to have been able
to work with them and to get to know them.
-Bye! -[Dave] Bye-bye.
It's so much fun renovating a house for such amazing people.
It really is.
-[Karen] Can you believe this is our house? -[Stacey] No, I cannot.
Like, you know where we... Where I came from...
-You okay? -No.
[cries]
-[sniffs] -Here, babe.
-[sniffs and cries] -It's really ours.
-We made it. -We made it.
I can't thank Dave and Jenny enough.
Oh!
-Yes, sir! -[laughter]
[laughter]
I'm happy for y'all, man.
What they have done for us, it's life-changing.
To know that we have such a beautiful home and a functional home.
Where I grew up, my mom was sharecropping.
And now I get to stand here with my best friend.
[all exclaim and laugh]
It's an ice cream maker.
Great, I know.
-[boy cries] -I know, baby. I know.
You go in this house right here that's been completely remodeled.
It means the world to you.
This is my forever, ever, ever home.