[Dave] Now that the apartment is done.
I mean, wait till you see the inside of the mercantile.
After we did all of the work upstairs.
I'm excited about the building.
But I'm nervous about creating a store.
Today, we are heading down
to our old bank in downtown Centerton
that we purchased a while ago.
We just finished a complete renovation
of the apartment upstairs.
We did it. [laughs]
-Cheers. -Cheers.
Beautiful space.
[Dave] And now, we are starting
on the downstairs,
which I'm super excited about.
'Cause it's gonna be our first store.
This is gonna add something to downtown Centerton, too.
'Cause there's a little main street,
there's really nothing there right now.
-And that's-- -[Dave] The bakery.
Oh, yeah. The bakery's there.
The bakery. But I mean, that's it.
And I think it's gonna really help
this entire community.
Something that we were really focused on doing at the mercantile is
highlighting local artisans
and really having their products in our store.
And so we want to make this a community-wide mercantile.
-Right. -We wanna...
have people that live here and work here
and their products in our store.
Marrs Mercantile.
Right across the front.
[Jenny] I love that.
But this is gonna be a lot of work.
[Dave] "Bank of Centerton, 1905."
[Jenny] Oh, it's cool.
[Dave] I have pictures of this building from 1905,
from when it was built,
of the way it looked.
There is beautiful, old brick building,
gorgeous, like, wood entryway.
I want to bring some of that old history back into this building.
So, Jenny and I bought this building
for 130,000 dollars.
We put 100,000 dollars into the upstairs apartment
and are looking to put another 100,000 dollars
into the mercantile.
So, you think if we sandblast this red off,
it's wood underneath?
-[Dave] Well, I noticed-- -Or we paint it?
I mean, like, I wonder what kind of wood.
I wonder how it would look.
Or do we just paint it
-and make it kinda fun. -We could paint it, too.
I like, I mean, I don't like the redness of it,
but I like the color, I think it's fun.
I almost think we put, like, glass panels back in up there.
-And just... -Oh, that'd be nice.
To have some light inside.
-Is that what that was? -[Dave] Yeah.
[Jenny] I love that.
Oh, wow.
She's a beaut.
Oh, my word.
So, this place is a mess.
It was a mess before,
but it's even a bigger mess now.
There's a lot to be done here.
It's a really cool building, I do love the building.
I really do.
[Dave] It's got incredible brick.
It's got an amazing entryway
that's got iron and wood...
It's just all been covered up over the years.
By plaster, by paint, by dust,
by... just grime.
You know, it's a 100-year-old building
with the potential for 100-year-old problems.
But I mean, it just needs to be brought back to its original state.
Here's what I wanna do.
Here's my vision.
We have, if you'll notice, see these?
These are all hand-hewn beams.
Which I can use to support two new windows
that I'll cut in the wall.
So, you see, that hand-hewn beam
would have been the top of the glass
in the original building.
And then you would come down six, seven feet.
You can see the outline right here.
And those windows will look outside to the patio.
I want the floor...
Like, the ceiling of this to be the floor of upstairs.
So, I wanna take down all of this tile.
[Jenny] We have to do something with the floor.
-We have to-- -The floor, I think we grind it.
We leave it, just concrete floor.
Okay, so we have a bathroom back here
for people who come.
I got a bathroom back here.
But I have to make this bathroom
where it's gotta be ADA compliant.
We'll just have to make it larger.
So, I could build this out
and you could do the register here.
We need to figure out, you know, just, layout.
Like, how are we gonna lay this place out,
because it really is just one empty shell.
-Yeah. -So, we need to create an actual store
that feels cozy and homey and...
We want people to come in
and feel like they're entering into a home,
and that it feels warm and welcoming.
So, give me the overall plan.
What do you envision this place being?
[Jenny] Well, I think we definitely need
plenty of wall storage for merchandise.
We'll have the new windows that we have cut in the wall
for natural light.
I want handmade tables around
to display all the products.
And I think we'll have a period-accurate
checkout counter in the back.
In the bathroom, we'll start by making it larger.
We'll add some picture frame molding on the walls,
and fun tile on the floor.
Then, we'll add handmade fixtures
and lights to make it feel historically accurate.
Outside, I think we do a pergola,
a seating area,
maybe even a playground.
And we'll have to think of some fun design
to give the building a little character.
I don't know, if we get a food truck or something,
and people could come with their kids...
-And grab a bite to eat. -...and sit outside and eat
and let their kids play.
We don't really have anywhere in this area
to do that, so I do think that could be cool.
You have a vision.
And I think once I get this cleared out,
and it's a nice, clean shell,
you're gonna be as excited as you are upstairs.
I'm gonna get it going for you
so it will be a perfect, beautiful, amazing shell.
So, from today,
the summary I heard
was that Dave promised
that I don't have to come back here
until it was all cleaned up.
-Right? -Pretty sure I didn't say that.
Yes, you did.
Could dip these doors, I do like the doors,
and the doorknob.
Straight-up dipping, yo.
[Jenny laughs] Oh, my gosh.
What's up, guys?
Where's Chase?
He's gotta get his kids.
[Dave] Oh, okay.
I gotta get my kids, too.
-Convenient. -I gotta go.
The little munchkins.
What do you guys think of this place?
You remember this used to be a bank?
Was it a bank when you were a kid?
Yeah. And actually,
supposedly, there's money hidden in the walls somewhere.
No! Serious?
I'll do the demo.
Oh!
-I'll do all the demo. -All right.
That's why Joe's here today.
I was wondering why you were so chipper about demo.
-Oh, yeah. -Let's go inside.
Outside, I'm gonna get all this stripped down,
but we're gonna keep the entryway the way it is.
There's really nothing to do outside right now.
Good.
Instead of repaint we're just chipping it off.
-Oh, we're getting that soon. -You can help me.
[Jenny] It's hardly a mess in here.
[Joe] Oh.
So, here's what we've got.
This is gonna be a pretty easy one.
So, really, today,
I think if we can get some of these tiles down,
cleaned up,
and get that spiral staircase
on the trailer that I brought,
that would be a win of a day.
Is anyone else coming to help?
[Dave] This is it.
I just remember when you told me
I don't have to come back in here
until it's a clean shell.
You can go.
Get out of here. We'll be fine.
All right, so, I'm gonna come back...
Don't worry about us.
I am elderly.
[laughing]
Don't worry, though, about us.
I think she's only worried about Joe.
-I am. I am. -[laughing]
Let's get rolling.
Scared about us.
[coughs]
Watch out.
[giggling]
Look at that ceiling.
Beautiful.
Let's get that staircase out of here.
-All right. -Should we try to roll this thing over?
-Yep. -See how heavy it's gonna be.
Oh, I took it out. I know it's heavy.
I'm really mostly worried about that staircase.
You can't lift this thing.
On three. One, two, three.
Ooh.
[Joe] Oh, that hurt.
Just by a hair,
we are able to get it out of this front door.
Careful.
I think Dave and I just come down there
-and we all... -Okay.
-[Joe] Pull. -Or I could force it up.
Ready?
[grunting]
Oh, yeah.
Okay, we're on.
Now, let's roll it.
[Joe] Oops, we're not on.
Well...
roll it the other way.
-Okay. -Well...
I mean, it's got a will of its own.
It... yeah.
All we gotta do is make the turn
so we can just push it
and roll it onto the trailer.
[scraping]
Unfortunately, though, we cannot make the turn.
-[scraping] -[Dave grunts]
[Joe] Now we're hung up on something...
[grunting]
I bent the pole.
[Dave] Hold on.
I just don't know if it's gonna be with the rail here.
They can replace it.
[laughing]
And... I don't know what we're gonna do.
One, two, three.
[Matt] I'll pull up if you guys wanna try it,
just slow and see... Let me get on this side.
Yeah, he's not going anywhere.
We're gonna have to lift it with the tractor, I think.
-Okay. -Okay.
Let me see if I can get up on this.
And if so, I'll go drive around
and could put the strap around it.
This staircase is literally wedged
between the handrail, the trailer,
and it's not going anywhere.
We need a savior.
We need the skid steer.
[Matt] So, I think you can just lift it up
and try to twist.
[Dave] Using the skid steer in that way,
in those tight confines...
You're good!
[Dave] We just gotta be super careful
because we're moving a staircase
that is rotating and twisting.
I'm six inches from the curb
and there is no room for error.
Whoa!
You're good!
Okay, Dave, when you tip that,
bring it down and then come down.
And then I just want you to slowly lift straight up.
Let me pull the truck up
and then as I do that.
[Dave] You know what?
Joe and Matt were calm and cool.
We got right up to the edge of the staircase...
Dave, just twist your bucket flat.
Oh, God. That's nice.
-[whooping] -[laughing]
That's nice.
These hands, man. They're...
they're made for running that thing.
Yeah!
[laughing]
We got it.
[both laughing]
That saved us so much time.
We should have done that to being with.
[Dave] What did you guys think of that?
-That was amazing. -Amazing.
-[Dave laughing] -Amazing.
Look at that turning radius right there.
We didn't even tear anything up.
Let's get some doors.
Let's get out of here.
Let's go.
[Dave] At the mercantile this morning,
the guys cut the new windows out,
and framed up the larger bathroom.
But Jenny and I are at our Berry Farm
for our fourth annual Berry Fest.
[Jenny] All right, we've sold out on tickets.
So, that means there are gonna be a ton of people here.
[Dave] 1,500 per day.
Nice to meet you.
Enjoy, have fun.
So, Berry Fest is our main fundraiser for the year
for our non-profit work in Zimbabwe.
We sell merchandise,
we have amazing bands,
food trucks, and lots and lots of berry picking.
-[man] Hey, guys! -You guys are here!
-[whooping] -Hey!
Oh, my gosh!
-What are you two... -What's up?
What are you doing here?
-[all exclaiming] -Hi!
-[Jenny] How are you? -[man] Oh, my gosh!
So, we came down for the Berry Fest.
Dave and Jenny have really become
pretty close friends of ours since Rock the Block.
And it's just been something that kinda sounded fun.
It's a little steamy,
but we needed a little bit of away time from Detroit.
-Oh, thank you! -Look, I got you guys berry baskets.
I'll pick some berries.
-Thank you! -Have you ever picked blueberries?
I've never done that, no.
I actually have not, no.
Let's go get blueberries.
-Okay. -All right.
-That sounds fun. -Sweet.
Okay, so you're here, we're gonna do this today.
-But tomorrow... -Yes, we have work to do.
-...we're putting you to work. -Yeah.
While we're down here,
they asked us to actually paint a mural
on their new mercantile building.
Or Keith will be painting the mural.
I'll be fanning him as he's painting.
All right, you guys go to the berry fields,
we'll go grab a couple baskets and we'll come help you.
-All right. Awesome. -[Jenny] Yeah.
-And you just pick the blue ones. -Okay.
-That's all the instructions you need. -Or whichever ones you want.
You know what? I'm gonna pick the weird ones.
[all laughing]
Bye, guys!
Ooh, this one looks super ripe.
Mmm, it's juicy.
There's a baby bird nest.
[Keith] What?
Oh, that's too cute.
[Dave] All right, we are going
to see Mr. Keith and Mr. Evan.
And Mr. Keith is an artist.
And he is here
to help us make a beautiful mural
on the wall of the new store that we're building,
so that everybody that comes will see this beautiful mural
and they'll be able to take pictures in front of it.
And it'll make 'em smile.
Yeah.
What should we put on the wall?
Should we put...
A horse? Okay.
Sylvie?
And a excavator.
We could do a horse driving an excavator.
[Dave] All right.
[Jenny] Are they here?
Oh! Come on, guys. Let's go see 'em.
You guys, welcome to the craziness
that is our project here.
-So... -We love crazy projects.
-I'll tell you that. -Yeah. Yes, exactly.
Keith has already been thinking
of how he's gonna lay it out.
Oh, good, good.
We think we have...
Well, I know we have brick and stucco there.
-So, we're gonna smooth-coat that. -Nice.
Then this was put, you know, on
late 80s, early 90s.
-Sure. -And so...
it just needs a mural.
-Yeah. -It needs you.
[Jenny] Yeah.
You know, we have a lot in common with Keith and Evan.
They're a renovation team, just like me and Dave.
They live in Detroit,
and they are all about renovating and revitalizing
worn-down places.
So, this will be a perfect project for them.
Because it's also invigorating not only a building,
but another town in our community.
-[Dave] They'll love that. -And they love art.
Keith is an artist
and he is absolutely incredible, and so talented.
Just loves to create art.
So, I think they'll be really down for doing this.
Y'all have, like, a ton of visibility here.
-Yes. -I feel like...
something kind of bold right there would be...
-[Jenny] 100 percent. I love that. -Very eye-popping.
You were thinking of doing a background
of, like, big stripes.
-Uh-huh, like, really fat stripes. -[Jenny] Ooh. Yes!
And then, like, floral on top of it.
I love it.
I really want it to feel like it's gonna pop off the wall.
-[Jenny] Yes. -So, gonna try to get
as much shading done in the time I have.
But the stripes, even, I want shaded a little bit,
so it feels very dimentional.
[Jenny] Ooh, I love it.
Like, you could reach out and touch it.
-[Jenny squeals] -I love it.
-Thank you for this work. -I cannot wait for him to do this.
I know!
[all laughing]
So, Jenny has asked me to make a round table.
Right when you go in the mercantile.
But she wants something a little bit different.
So, I'll build at even 45s,
and then I'll come back
and I'll cut the radius out of it.
And then I think, from the top,
we'll have a really kinda cool X-pattern
with these 45-degree angle dimensional lumber going out.
I think it'll look really cool.
You know, for the mercantile,
I'm going to be making as much shelving
and furniture as I possibly can.
Screw this to the table
once I get it all nice and square.
And then I don't have to worry about it moving.
And then I can literally just start placing
pieces in here.
So, I'm just gonna built out this table
one piece of wood at a time.
It's gonna take a little while,
but I actually think it's a really good idea.
Because I really do want that custom feel
with everything that we have in the store.
But also, I wanna keep the budget down,
and this will help out a ton.
All right, just gotta go get more materials now.
You know, it is a little challenging
to think of doing an entire mural this size
in a, technically, like, I have 12 hours to do this.
So, there is a little bit of pressure.
Normally, when we do murals on our houses,
there's no client, there's no buyer,
it's just Keith having fun.
Did you paint the mural all yourself?
[Keith] I did, yes.
In this case,
Jenny and Dave, they're our clients.
And we have to give them a mural
that fits their style, fits their building.
It's a little bit of a challenge, too,
because her aesthetic and my aesthetic
are very, very different.
-Oh! -Oh, my gosh!
[Keith] I'm not done yet.
What are you all doing here?
We're just checking in.
-It's amazing! -[Dave] It's so good!
-Holy cow, you guys! -[Jenny] Guys!
Look at this!
-[Evan] Hey! -[Jenny] You guys!
-It looks amazing! -[Keith] Thank you!
[Dave] I just can't wait, like...
I mean, with the hardware, the string lights,
the pictures, the playground.
It's gonna beautiful.
It's gonna be so great.
People are gonna be taking photos right here all the time.
-Selfie wall. -Selfie spot!
Very cool.
Here, let's take our first before it's done.
-Oh, I like that. -[Jenny] We didn't do that.
Here, Dave, you're the selfier.
Let me get...
-[Keith] Wow, that looks really good. -[Dave] One, two, three.
[all chuckling]
[Dave] You guys, thank you so much.
[Jenny] Yeah, yeah.
-[Dave] It's incredible. -Well, thank y'all for letting us do this.
-This was like, really fun. -Oh, my gosh, you guys are amazing.
I love that y'all stamp is here in Bentonville, Arkansas.
-I just love that. -[Jenny] I know!
[Keith] It's really, really cool.
-Thank you all very much for that. -[Jenny] Yay!
All right, we'll let you guys get to work.
-Well, glad you all like it. -Keep going.
-Keep working! -We'll see you in a bit.
-Get back to work! -Okay, yeah.
[Jenny] Say bye to Mr. Keith and Mr. Evan.
-[Evan] Bye! -Bye, guys!
-Bye! -Thank you!
[Jenny] Keith and Evan are putting
their finishing touches on the mural
before they head back to Detroit.
While inside,
the crew's drywalled the newly expanded bathroom.
[Jenny] Hey, babe.
Jenny Marrs!
Dave Marrs!
This looks so good.
Look at all the brick!
35 sweaty hours of me in here...
chipping.
Chipping. That looks good.
Ooh, what you doing up there?
So, that's our glass.
So, I wanted to bring that back to the original state.
Yes, I love it. Yeah.
All the brick is cleared.
The windows are in.
I got my Sheetrock done,
my bathroom is all Sheetrocked.
[Jenny] We gotta figure out...
shelving along here.
Maybe, I almost think that either you build it,
or we find old pieces.
But you might need to build it,
'cause it probably needs to be kinda tall.
This...
Isn't that cool? That was an old doorway.
It is cool. It was an old door, which is cool.
But I think we could, honestly, just embrace it
and just put shelves across this narrow depth.
And then we use this for...
-like, narrow... -Candles or...
Yeah, candles, postcards.
There's just a lot to be done.
A lot of decisions to be made as far as the renovation goes.
But even further than that,
this is something so new for us,
we've never done,
we've never had a store.
We've never done any of this. So...
Yeah, it's pretty high stakes.
Because there are hopefully going to be a lot of people
coming through the door on opening day,
and we really want everyone to love it.
-Yeah. -So, you gotta get it right.
-And you have to be good when you start. -Right.
Do you have any ideas for the floor?
I really wanna do a mosaic.
I just have to find the tile.
Yeah, because I was originally wanting to just...
finish the concrete,
but you can see,
it was almost like they added it back in sections.
And so, I could start griding on this,
but I think if we can do a mosaic,
it will look a lot cooler.
Yeah.
So, I'm picturing Parisian market.
Light, pretty colors,
flowers, fresh flowers all over,
old pieces of furniture
used to display product,
tiled floor...
So, I'm thinking... historic Centerton.
-Those two-- -Old bank building.
-We gotta merge those two. -Mmm-hmm.
So, this building is really cool.
We both really love the building.
I love the building, I love it!
And I wanna pay homage
to the fact that it was an old bank.
So, I have an idea to commission
a steel bank vault door to be built for the bathroom.
Tucked away behind the register,
but a fun nod to the history of the building.
-All right. -Okay.
Product and shelving.
I'm gonna finish scraping windows.
-I love you! -All right.
Love you.
Oh, no spillage.
We've got this really cool nook
at the mercantile
that actually was just a door.
Not having a ton of space,
we're gonna take that opening just build built-in shelves,
something that looks like it was always there.
You know, case it out, make it look pretty.
Make it look like it's a more elaborate
1905 built-in that would fit that old building.
I was gonna originally just fill it in with brick,
kinda make it look like the rest of the wall.
But Jenny was like, "No, let's do a built-in."
It's space that we can capture.
It's gonna be a cool little feature
where you can see the stone behind it.
And I think it'll just add to the character
of this 1905 building.
So, this is the outer frame.
I'm gonna take that and I'm gonna run
kind of a decorative trim piece
around the outside, top and bottom.
So, almost it looks like a built-in window casing would.
Should be pretty easy.
I feel like we're in a good place.
[Jenny] Yeah, looks really good.
-I got the pipe painted. -Okay.
Looks very iron-ish now.
[Jenny] Yeah, I like it. It's nice.
So, I know you talked to me
that you wanted wall cabinets built...
Not that close,
'cause this is gonna be a table, remember?
So, you have a table here.
Okay, where do you want me to start 'em?
So, the cabinetry probably needs to start about there.
-It could go... -We could start at the window.
A little bit more... Yeah, I think that could work.
'Cause then it gives you more breathing space here.
And then, over here,
I gotta figure out exactly how,
but I feel like we'll do, like, hats and shirts.
I just have to figure out how we're gonna display them.
And then you have the checkout stand here.
Right.
But wait, we gotta have power cut in the floor then for that, don't we?
Yes, there needs to be power on the floor for this.
And then I have to figure out what to do with this big wall
because it's just a big, blank wall.
So, I need to figure something fun.
-So... -Okay.
I have... an idea for you here.
Ellen, Ricky's daughter, has a system...
-Okay. -That is like a little robot
that picks the product for us.
[Ricky] And then, what it can do
is just, go get the product,
put it, bring it out,
you put it in the box and send it on its way.
[Jenny] Wow.
I wanna be able to get stuff out of the back room
so other people can come in and buy it.
So, well, more impor...
I mean, I don't think it's getting it out the back room,
but it's keeping it organized.
-So, like, we know if we need... -And keeping it secure.
-Yeah. -'Cause the last thing you wanna do
is some of these artisans is lose some of their product...
-Right, exactly. -...out the back door.
Right.
But then, we can alert them when we're running low.
-Yeah. -Or we need more.
You know, that's the thing. I think it does that.
It'll actually send them an email
saying, "I'm running low on your products."
Wow.
It's like me, but with robot arms.
Yeah.
[in robotic voice] I'm going to go get the steel.
And I will be back.
[Jenny] All right, this is it, babe.
Today's the day.
[Dave] We got a lot of people outside waiting to come in.
[Jenny] People that have lived here their whole lives
said they'd been watching this building sitting
and they'd been waiting for something to come
into the space.
And so, that's why we did it.
-[all cheering] -Come on in!
[Jenny] Oh, I'm starving.
You're always hungry.
I know, lunch time...
-It's the lunchies. -...is the best time.
I love lunch.
All right, this is what I wanted to show you, babe.
I love this.
-[Dave] I love it. -I love this.
It's, like, such a statement.
And it feels very historic, you know?
[Dave] Oh, it totally does. So cool, too.
So, I walked over this entryway
of this threshold many a time before
because I love queso and I love guacamole.
So, I'm not a stranger to this place.
However, today it's really standing out
because we're in the middle of working on the mercantile.
We really wanna play up the history.
I've always wanted to do
a really cool mosaic tile floor.
I love the flooring here also.
[Dave] So cool.
[Jenny] The Bentonville Taco & Tamale
-has a really cool... -It does.
...mosaic tile floor
right when you get to the front door.
I don't think it's original, either.
-I think it was just added. -No, it's not. Yeah.
But I think it feels...
old, you know?
I also like the idea of having something, like, a statement piece.
-Maybe, like, a border around the edge... -I love that.
And then something fun in a pattern...
Marrs Mercantile, established now.
Thank you very much.
-Oh, yum. -You have the guacamole.
-Oh, that's nice. -Ooh, that's fun.
[Jenny] Great day date.
And we have an idea
for a really cool aspect
of the mercantile renovation.
I'm gonna go call Emma
from the tile company,
and we're gonna get together, figure this out.
And our melting pot cheese dip.
-[both exclaiming] -That's more fun.
I love anything that says "melting pot."
-And cheese dip. -And cheese.
[Jenny] Back at the mercantile,
all the windows have new wood trim,
and crews have started work on the new wall shelves
with plenty of room for all the merchandise.
Outside, we got a brand-new aluminum pergola
going up in a light wood color
to really highlight the tones in Keith and Evan's mural.
And I'm stopping by an antique store
to find our checkout counter.
-Hi! -[woman] Hi!
-[Jenny] How are ya? -I'm good, how are you?
Oh, I'm good!
You on the hunt for something?
I am.
So, we are opening up a store in downtown Centerton.
But I'm looking for, I wanna find an old piece
that I can use as the checkout counter.
[woman] Okay.
Do you have anything that has some history
and is nice and big and cool?
Um... we do, we have some options.
-Okay. -So, I can show you.
-All right. -Let's see.
-Okay. -It's down this way.
Okay.
I figured you'd have something.
You always have cool stuff.
-[woman grunts] -Yeah.
[Jenny] Big pieces.
-This one... -Ooh, that's nice.
...um, is a great piece.
-Yes! -Doesn't have any drawers
-or anything for storage. -It doesn't.
Any storage, okay.
Pros and cons to this piece.
[Jenny] Okay... Do you have any other ones?
-This one. -Oh.
Now, this is a seed bin,
-but people use it... -Ooh.
...you know, they can use it for the same thing.
It's got great drawers back here.
-You know? -Oh, that's cool!
You can put all your supplies in there.
[Jenny] But it is... It's big. I don't know if this is...
too big for the space, I think.
-Okay. -All right.
So, here's the other one.
-This is... -Oooh.
This is a store counter.
Yeah!
This is cute.
And then you could have, like...
[woman] And this is the checkout area.
Yeah! This could be where you check out.
-And wrap gifts. -You betcha.
Drawers.
-So, this was a store counter? -Mmm-hmm. Yeah.
-What was... Do you know? -It was in...
It came from the famous hardware store in Springdale.
Oh!
It's original. So, it's a cool piece.
Oh, look at that. Perfect timing!
Well, perfect...
Hello, how are ya?
You like this one?
I do, I wanna know more about it.
How old is it, do you know?
Well, it's turn of this last century.
Like, 1900...
Oh, that's perfect, 'cause that's when the building...
it's about the timeframe of the building
-that we're renovating. -About the time, yeah.
Coming into these antique shops,
I never really know exactly what I'm looking for.
I don't have an idea of what I want.
But when I see it, I know.
And when I saw this counter,
I knew that was the piece we needed
for our mercantile.
So, I've gotta get it.
And I have to get out of here
without buying everything in the shop.
Okay, and then I'll drive around back
and we'll load her up.
-All right. -Okay. Thank you!
Sounds great.
Work has continued back at the mercantile.
The bathroom has beautiful taupe picture frame molding,
we've ran electricity to the new checkout area,
and we're fixing the floor
to prepare for the new mosaic tile.
-Here, we'll set up over here. -[woman] All right.
[Jenny] Oh, I'm so excited to see tile!
[woman] We're excited, we got some really cool renderings to show you.
-Hey, Dave! -[Dave] Yeah?
-You wanna come look at this? -Yeah.
-Nice to see you. -Sorry. I'm sweaty.
Good to see you, though.
[woman] I put together several options for the logo design.
[Dave] Ooh! I like the darker, a little bit darker.
[Jenny] Yeah, I think I like that one, too.
So, like, are you thinking this for the whole floor?
Right, and whichever color we were saying...
[woman] Yeah, with the backgrounds and the logo.
-I think that's just-- -[Jenny] Right, exactly.
So, this for the whole floor.
And then we just keep the fun pattern...
-So... -In the bathroom.
-[Jenny] I think so. -[woman] Yeah.
-It's gonna be wild. -Yeah.
-But fun in the bathroom. -Which will be fun in this space.
It's gonna be wild.
I wanna go wild in the bathroom.
You want a wild time, go in that bathroom.
Go in the bathroom! Wait.
[Jenny] Hello!
-It looks so good! -[Dave] Hey.
We're getting there.
Oh, it looks really pretty.
I love the color, I think it looks perfect.
We'll do the round tables up here, which you'll build.
Yep. I got one of them done.
Oh, you do?
-Yeah. -Oh. Okay, great.
And then a big, long, dining table.
And then checkout goes there.
-Yeah. -But I don't want it to be crowded.
So, we'll play around with it, but I think that should work.
-[phone beeps] -Ooh.
Hello, this is Dave.
[Craig] Hey, Dave, it's Craig, with BarnWorks.
I just got here with your door.
[Jenny gasps] Oh!
That makes me happy.
-Are you out back? -Yes, sir.
All right, we'll see you in a minute.
-Ooh, the door! -All right, thanks.
[Dave] Bye.
-[Jenny] Oh! -[Dave] What is going on?
-[Craig] What do you say, buddy? -[Jenny] Wow!
-How was the trip? -It was good.
-It was good? -Ready to see her?
-Yes, I am! -[Jenny] Oh, my gosh.
Yes, I'm so excited.
You know, this is an old bank.
Well, you know that, we talked about it.
-But... -[Jenny] Wow.
...that is so... cool.
Oh, look at the wheel! That's cool!
That's gonna be the entrance to the bathroom.
It's gonna be super cool. I love it!
[Craig] I'm glad you like it.
A nod to the old bank.
-[Craig] Yeah. -That's very cool.
Why just have a regular bathroom door
when you can have a bank vault door?
[Jenny] Does it weigh a metric ton?
[Craig] Uh, probably 450 pounds.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -Ooh.
Glad you're here, Matt.
Yeah, it's gonna be fun to move.
-[Jenny laughing] -Yeah...
-Make sure you got-- -Should we measure it, make sure it fits first?
-Uh, might not be a bad idea. -[Dave laughing]
I love the wheel.
I mean, it feels like a real bank vault door.
I love it!
37 and a quarter.
The thing I'm worried about is,
people are not gonna know where the bathroom is.
They're gonna be like, "Oh, I can't go in there.
That's the bank vault."
[sighing] All right.
-What did I say? -37 and a quarter.
It's only 36.
Didn't you give them the measurements?
-That was you. I sent them to you. -No!
You measured.
[Dave] Should we measure it
and make sure it fits first?
[Craig] It might not be a bad idea.
It's only 36.
I don't know if Craig measured wrong
or if Craig built it wrong...
Or if you measured it wrong.
But it could possibly have been me.
It's okay.
[Craig] Take the casing off.
Yeah, we'll take all the casing off.
So, yeah, we pull that up, and pull this trim out,
and we'll be fine.
And it'll slide right in.
You have to pull all the trim off?
Well, just on the inside.
We had to trim it on the inside
so we can finish the inside of the bathroom,
otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to finish it.
-Okay. Let's do it. -Okay.
So, if we go outside of trim to outside of trim...
-Yeah. -...we're 38.
So, we got a quarter inch to play with.
We're good.
All right. Everybody's back hurting?
Yeah. No.
Ready?
[panting] All right.
[Jenny] Oh, gosh. Care... Oh, gosh.
Careful, guys.
[panting]
Okay, you gotta get in there first, right?
Yeah.
Here, hold up.
I'm gonna lift up and go, all right?
[straining] Yep.
[grunting]
Okay. That is the real deal.
-All right. There. -All right!
Looks great. I love it, I love it, I love it.
Imagine somebody's like, "Oh, let's go rob the bank."
And then they're like, "Get into the vault!"
"Okay, we're going in the vault!"
-[Dave laughing] -And then, like, "Oh."
-This is the toilet. -It's not in a toilet.
And he's just sitting there.
-Hey, guys. -[all laughing]
[Jenny] I'm finally able to work on my favorite part of this project,
which is meeting with the incredibly talented artisans
whose products we'll have in our store.
You know, we get to give them an opportunity
to showcase their work to our community.
Hello!
How are you?
[Jenny] I'm good.
Let me wash my hands off,
-and we'll make 'em muddy... -Make some stuff?
-Yes. Always -Hi. Hi.
[Jenny] Oh...
I'm visiting my friend Rainy Bray.
She has a pottery studio,
and I'm going in to see
kind of what she has available for the mercantile.
I like the shape of this,
with the curve.
I like this a lot, actually.
How do you feel about the colors on this?
Yeah, maybe we do something a little more muted.
-Okay. -And where are you selling your stuff right now?
Is it just, like, one-off type things
-that people reach out? -Yeah. One-off.
The great thing about the mercantile
is we are able to provide a retail space
for the local artisans that we love.
-Gonna be amazing, yeah. -Yeah.
-It's awesome.
-That's why we're excited. -I don't do a ton of retail, so...
-Hello! -Hi!
How are you?
I'm excited!
-Let's talk about rugs! -Yes!
-So fun! -Okay, so, I have some stuff laid out for us.
[Jenny] Oh, good.
So, I'm at my friend Mere's house.
She has a small business called The Turkish Trunk
And each rug and each pillow
is literally one of a kind.
Which is what I'm so excited about.
They're all handmade artisan pieces
that have stood the test of time.
I think this will be so good to have these in the store
because I do think there's something different
about seeing it in person than online.
I totally agree.
-Yeah, I'm right. -This is going to be...
the first time that we have, like, everything,
you know, fully stocked in a store...
-Yes. -And I'm just...
I'm so excited, slash nervous.
-Thank you! -Thank you so much.
I'm so excited.
It just means so much to me,
honestly, like, as a small business owner.
You've just done so much for our business
and my confidence.
I'm just so happy to be a part of all of this.
[Dave] At the mercantile,
crews are putting together the automatic inventory system
in our back garage.
And I'm here to cross some things off my list.
'Sup, guys?
I'll be right back.
You see this thing?
Sweet, right?
[claps hands]
You made it!
[Sean chuckles] I made it.
Just the man I wanted to see.
Sean, how's it going?
Today, I gotta run by the mercantile
to meet the graphics and sign guy.
Oh, yeah.
That's gonna make it official right there.
You know, it's starting to feel real.
I'm starting to now really feel stressed
that, "Wow, we gotta fill this with product."
Because now that the graphics are on the front of the glass,
people are gonna start looking in the window.
So, we gotta get this thing done.
We have got to finish up.
It looks great, though.
So excited.
It's kinda cool to see your own name on a building.
All right, Evan.
Here's what we got here. So...
this is my straight edge
that goes along with the building.
So, this is gonna be...
the far corner of the playground.
Perfect.
Evan and I are trying to get this playground,
like, in the ground.
We gotta get some things going,
we gotta set some posts...
Throughout here,
I just wanna randomly place...
-[Evan] Those... -...those big trees.
-[Evan] Okay. -And then we'll make, like, bridges and stuff.
-Okay. For kids to climb on. -[Dave] It'll be...
It's just something fun,
something I wanna keep low to the ground
that's not dangerous,
that kids can just...
you know, just play on.
So, Jenny really wants to do
not your traditional playground.
She likes play areas that encourage imagination.
So, we're gonna set these posts
and we gotta put a fence around them.
I'll connect them with ropes,
and we'll make a really, like, interactive, imaginative area.
One more of those.
[Jenny] We're getting close to wrapping things up at the mercantile.
The plumber is installing
the handmade faucets in the bathroom.
Dave's installing some of the lights.
And the track lighting is in.
The automatic inventory system is up and running.
We've restored a fun little food truck for outside.
We're gonna have Italian ice in the summer,
hot cocoa in the winter.
And I'm here to finally check out the new mosaic tile.
Hey!
-Taylor, hi! -Good morning.
Good morning!
-How are you? -Oh, my gosh!
Okay, let's see.
Okay, so, let's start with, um...
this border design.
-Oh, that's pretty! -It turned out so great.
-I love the colors, too. -Yes.
Overall, the tile looks amazing.
We have the border that's gonna wrap around the room,
we have the big, round "Marrs Mercantile"
that's gonna greet everyone.
How fun, it's like a little puzzle.
And then, in the bathroom,
this is what I've been really excited about,
because this bathroom tile is really fun...
Oh, I love it!
...very funky and bold.
I went really light and neutral on the wall
because I knew this tile was coming,
and it looks so good, I love it.
Okay, perfect, thanks.
-Awesome. -I love it.
-Good. -I am so excited.
With the tile done,
we're ready to start moving in the furniture,
starting with this century-old checkout counter.
Dave's custom display tables
and the long dining table he built for the center of the store.
Oh, it looks good!
-[sighs deeply] -We're about there.
It's getting there. I can't believe it.
Not getting there, it is there.
Almost there, we're almost done.
We have a little bit of zhuzhing,
bringing some more stuff in.
We're getting so close, though.
And it's coming together.
We have breads coming,
a little cake in the jar.
But we need to string the lights.
Okay, we can do that.
I can do that, no problem.
[Jenny] After almost eight months
and working in between client homes,
we are so close to finishing.
How good does the floor look?
-Amazing. -It looks amazing.
[Jenny] All right, that's everything.
We gotta fill this with product.
You got your section here.
Honey...
[Dave] Flags, the tool belts.
[Jenny] The flag, your tool belt.
And then we have all of the kids stuff.
Isn't this kid stuff adorable?
Little construction vehicles...
Luke loves...
Here's one of his little cameras that he loves.
[Dave] We're really trying to bring the nostalgia back
to this main street, with this mercantile.
I mean, you think about, like, handcrafted items
from local artisans,
and you think about the bank vault door,
or you think about, like, the mosaic tile.
About sitting and relaxing
and spending time in your community
with your community.
People that have lived here their whole lives
that have said they've been watching this building sitting
and they've been waiting for something to come into the space.
And so, that means a lot.
-Yeah. -That's why we did it.
[Dave] Jenny, what size did you order?
I feel like I've been bulking up but...
Oh, it's all those muscles, babe.
A little sausagey.
All right, look. How does it look?
The jewelry?
-Is this... -Looks good.
...counter, this cabinet, not amazing?
Looks incredible.
All right, this is it, babe.
We're here.
We are about ready to open the doors.
[Jenny] It's opening day
and we're nervous but also really excited
to welcome our community into the space.
All right, babe, you think...
You wanna go look outside
-and see if anyone's here? -Yep, yep, yep.
Is anyone here?
[Dave] You got a lot of people outside waiting to come in.
You are going to have to part with some of your treasures.
Okay, get behind.
-Get behind. -I know, this is so exciting!
There's people here, Dave!
[Dave] Day one.
It is open, it is a mercantile.
It's gonna be an anchor of this little downtown
and I can't wait to show it.
[crowd cheering]
Come on in!
[Jenny] Okay, go. Open! Let's go!
[Dave] All right.
Come on in.
-[Jenny giggles] -[crowd cheering]
-How's it going? Good to see you. -Happy opening.
Happy opening.
-[all laughing] -[woman] It's a good day.
I like how full it is right now.
I told Jenny we needed more stuff to sell.
-Hello! -Hi!
-How are you? -Oh, you've come.
You look so good.
-All right. -Welcome back.
-[laughing] -Congratulations.
Yes, you gotta have a runner in your kitchen.
-Yes. -From Turkish Trunk.
[Dave] That's good bread right there.
[chuckling]
The community is coming back to this old building
that has been sitting here for 120 years.
This is gonna be a little spark
That's gonna get more development going on
in this whole downtown.
[indistinct conversation]
Right when you walk in the door,
there's a whole Joe section.
[laughing]
-So, what do you think? -Didn't it turn out good?
[Joe speaking]
-Yeah, right? -[Joe chuckles] Yeah.
[Jenny] A little different.
You wanna go see the bathroom?
That sounds weird to me to ask you that,
but you should go see the bathroom, it's really cute.
No, it's not weird. You spend a long time in there.
Go check it... Come look at it!
It's so cute, come here.
Look at this. It's a bank vault door.
So, you go into the bathroom now...
-Isn't it cute? -[Joe] Nice bathroom!
[Jenny] Thank you! Dave built that little piece.
-[Dave chuckles] -[Joe] Amazing.
[bell clanging]
-[crowd clapping] -[Jenny] Yay!
[boy] Can we have one of these?
-[Jenny] Yeah, you want a cake? -[boy] Yes.
All right. Your mom paid me already,
so you're good.
We have said it so many times.
Like, we really want this whole store
and, like, the property, to be an experience.
To be a place that families wanna come and spend time.
Little kids don't wanna come and shop in a mercantile.
But as soon as they're done with that,
they can go out, they can play on the little playground,
they can, you know, eat baked goods,
sit on the benches.
They can just run around,
have hot cocoa and...
stay a while, be with the community.
[Jenny] Oh, yeah, we got the tiny hands!
-So good. -I don't wanna take them off.
[Jenny] I know, they're so fun.
They're so fun.
You know, this building was built in 1905.
And the fact that we are able to bring it back
to now make it a functioning space again,
where it had been sitting empty for quite a while.
Okay. Oh, some bread.
-Can I have this bread? -This is so good!
It's delicious, you'll love it.
And now, it has life.
But it still has the historic charm...
[Dave] Yeah, I mean, it's a celebration
of all of the great things that this community creates.
And also highlighting the artistic work
of our talented friends.
[Rainy] I think it's really gonna provide, like, a space
for people to come and shop with local makers,
like, in such a beautifully staged way.
[Mere] It's gorgeous.
I'm so excited for them.
And definitely for the Centerton area.
It's gonna be a great place
for everyone to come as a family,
and you can shop, and your kids can play.
Good to see you! Have fun!
Dave. I think we did it.
We definitely did it.