[upbeat music playing]
[crowing]
[Jenny] Oh, hi, Bill, Rhonda.
Daddy Donk, what's up, pal?
Hi, buddy.
-So Charlotte wants a horse. -Some kids, yeah.
[Dave] Hey, Char, if he's wanting to stand there,
let's put the saddle on.
Our farm is full right now.
We cannot take on a horse.
But we have a miniature horse that's actually not a horse.
It's a donkey.
But don't tell Charlotte that she can't train a donkey to be ridden.
[Jenny] There.
-That's a good boy. -[laughs]
This is amazing, Charlotte.
All right, Daddy Donk, come on.
Oh, there he goes. Look at that, Char.
You doing it?
[Dave] Oh, you taught that thing to ride.
He doesn't even like people.
[Charlotte] He likes me.
She's an animal whisperer.
She just connects with animals.
And her and Daddy Donk have a special connection.
[Dave] Look at Charlotte.
This is a miracle.
Hey, Charlotte, we're going to see a house today,
the Coughenour family.
They are moving up from Texas,
and they want a bunch of horses.
Maybe you can go over and help them to ride.
[Charlotte] Yeah, sure.
I'll try to talk Daddy into a horse.
-Yeah, do it. -All right.
Are you going to stay out here and feed him, babe?
Yeah.
Okay, well, you make sure the gate's closed, okay?
[Charlotte] Sure.
-Love you, Charmar. -We'll see you in a bit.
Bye.
[Jenny] That's the Coughenour house.
-It's beautiful. -[Dave] Yeah, it really is.
But there's no front porch.
No, it needs a front porch for sure.
[Dave] The Coughenours, they didn't buy a house.
-No, they bought this. -They bought a ranch.
-Horse ranch. -Yeah.
[Jenny] There aren't horses there now, but there will be.
[Dave] Yeah.
-I'm excited about this. -I am too.
This isn't something we get to do every day.
-Hello. -Hey, man.
Hey, nice to meet you.
-How's it going? -You too, you too.
-Sorry, got you-- -Hello.
Nice to meet you in person.
-Thank you. -Thank you guys for coming.
-This is amazing out here. -It really is.
It's a great location.
-[Dave] Yeah. -Yeah.
Have you guys moved in yet?
[Mark] No, we haven't moved in yet.
-But if there's any way that we could finish... -Yeah.
this project before the end of summer,
-we'd really like to get the kids in and focus on -Okay.
-starting school and not a renovation. -Sure.
-Four kids, right? -Yeah, four kids.
-Yeah. -Yeah, and that's tough.
It is.
We're hoping they get, you know, settled in.
Yes.
-I'm Cheree Coughenour. -I'm Mark Coughenour.
[Mark] We currently live in Austin, Texas,
but we were looking for a cooler climate.
So we're happy to be in Bentonville.
I am worried about uprooting our family and moving to
an area where we know no one.
So there's going to be some growing pains,
but we get to live on a farm.
[Jenny] Okay, let's start with the outside.
I would love a big front porch.
Oh, I love that you said that.
-Right when we were pulling up. -Yes.
We were like, this house needs a front porch.
-Yeah. -[Jenny] It does.
All right, so what kind of color are you thinking?
[Cheree] I love a white farmhouse with black shutters.
[Jenny] Yeah. Okay.
Very Southern, classic, quintessential.
Yeah, I love that.
And it fits here perfectly.
What about the siding? Like, do we need new siding?
[Mark] We wouldn't mind giving it a facelift.
[Jenny] Okay.
So the plan for the exterior is to replace the siding,
get you a big front porch, a new front door,
and paint, get you the white farmhouse, the black shutters,
that quintessential southern farmhouse.
-Yeah? -[Mark] Perfect.
Should we go inside?
-Yeah. -[Mark] Sounds good.
[Dave] We'll follow you guys.
We bought this house because we really like having a barn.
There's five stalls in there, and we're going to get
some animals.
We're going to start with chickens,
get a couple of horses eventually.
But honestly, this is not my dream home.
There aren't enough bedrooms for the kids.
Everything's kind of sectioned off,
and it's not the kitchen that we really want.
So everything needs to be updated.
All right, so this.
-Wow. -That's a big fireplace.
-Right away. -Yeah.
-It's large for the room. -[Jenny] Yeah.
What about the stone?
I mean, if you wanted to lighten it, I really love light,
but I'm fine with the stone.
Do you guys want a stove, or do you want an open fireplace?
Either way.
We definitely want to keep it wood-burning.
[Dave] Yes.
-Yeah, the older stove looks cool. -This feels-- Yeah.
It'll help heat the house.
[Cheree] We're fine with that.
-Maybe just a little updated. -Yeah, for sure.
Okay, what about the flooring?
[Dave] We can probably keep it and save some money.
-And it's, why not, if we can? -Okay. Yeah.
[Jenny] Okay, what else about this room?
-If you can open it up as much as possible. -Yeah.
-Okay. -It feels very closed in.
Well, yeah, 'cause this entryway, look how tight this is.
-I mean, you have this staircase. -[Cheree] Yeah.
So we can get rid of this so you walk in
-As much as you can. -and you actually see this.
Right.
And then the same here.
-Yes. -Yeah.
-Into the kitchen area. -So open this as well.
Yeah, this is like a traffic jam right here.
[Jenny] Okay.
What colors?
Anything that you guys want to see?
I love muted, like, just more, like, soft.
-Yeah. -Soft, yeah, for sure.
Okay, perfect.
So the plan for the living room is, most importantly,
open up as many of these walls as we can.
We're going to sand and refinish the floors.
We're going to keep the fireplace and just update
the whole thing, get you a wood-burning stove,
and then paint.
-[Mark] That would be great. -[Cheree] Yeah.
Once we do that, it gets us into the kitchen.
Yeah.
It's a fine kitchen, but it's just, it's not my style.
Okay. What would you like to see?
-I do need my cabinet space. -Yeah.
-So cabinets to the ceiling. -[Jenny] For sure, yes.
She loves a white kitchen.
I like a white kitchen. I do.
-So we'd really like white cabinets. -Yes.
And then a big island.
I like to make the kids lunches in the morning
-while they're eating breakfast -Yes.
right in front of me.
-[Jenny] Yes. -We can talk about how the day's going to go.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -Yeah.
Okay.
-You've got all of this unused space. -What's this room?
[Mark] Yes.
What's behind this wall?
-That's the garage. -[Mark] That's just garage.
We were thinking we could steal the garage space
and put the main bedroom in there.
One of our kids does not have a bedroom,
-so if we could add a bedroom. -Yes, okay.
[Jenny] Well, maybe we could steal that for your bedroom.
And then this wall gets opened up.
-Into the garage. -This becomes part of your bedroom.
Oh, that would be amazing.
-So then this here... -Would be your bed, your kitchen.
Becomes the kitchen.
-So you could do a giant island in here. -Have a island here.
-[Mark] That would work. -[Cheree] Yeah.
But then what about over here?
You have what used to be the formal dining room,
-I'm assuming. -[Cheree] Yeah.
So do you want to keep that separate and maybe
make it like an office?
We don't need it to be separate.
In fact, I would really like it to be more open.
Yeah. You're in a horse ranch.
Who needs a formal dining room?
-Yeah, right. -Exactly.
Okay, so the plan in these spaces will be we'll create
a kitchen where the current breakfast nook is.
And we'll give you a white kitchen with durable countertops,
new lighting, of course, new appliances,
and a nice big island.
-[Cheree] Okay. -[Mark] That would work.
And then we'll have a informal dining room area
in this space, which is currently the kitchen.
We'll take this wall down, and then we'll have all of
the consistent flooring throughout.
-[Cheree] Okay. -[Mark] That would be amazing.
How do you get to the garage?
Through the laundry room. Make a right.
Okay.
[Jenny] So this is the laundry room.
-Is that the door to the outside? -It is.
-Okay. -We were thinking we could turn this into a mud room
and then put all the kids' stuff when they come in.
-Oh, perfect. -You know, sneakers and backpacks.
Okay.
And then garage.
So we have all of this.
-And then we also can take that room behind us. -Right.
And we just, we need to create a bedroom,
a closet, and a bathroom. Feels like a lot of space.
-So that's bedroom. -Yeah.
This becomes bath.
What do you need in your bath?
I think we'd like shower and a separate tub.
[Cheree] I really like a big soaker tub.
Yeah, I take showers, so.
Well, okay, so your laundry room,
do we want to move it into here?
If we make this mudroom over here,
and then the kids can go right in and throw all their junk
into a laundry room here.
But then they have to enter their bedroom
through the laundry room?
I'm okay with that.
-Does that work for you guys? -It works for us.
-Okay. -More space away from the kids is totally fine.
-Two doors. -Hey guys, if you're going to come to our room,
you better do your laundry on the way.
-Yeah. -That's good. Smart.
I like it. Okay. So, all right.
The plan for your current garage is to create
a main suite,
so bedroom, bathroom, closet, and laundry room.
And then in your bedroom, we're actually going to remove
this wall, capture all this space,
and create a nice, serene, beautiful bedroom for you two.
[Cheree] Okay.
[Jenny] And then in the bathroom, we'll give you a spa-like bathroom
with two vanities, a tub, a shower.
And then we'll take the current laundry room
and create a mud zone, drop zone for the kids' shoes
and backpacks.
-[Cheree] Perfect. -[Mark] That sounds great.
I'm very excited about this project,
'cause I love just, like, that classic horse ranch style.
But I want to hear more about these animals.
-So what's the plan? -We're going to learn as we go.
-We know nothing about horses. -Yes. Yes.
-But-- -We are winging it. I think we're going
to start with chickens, see how that goes.
Perfect.
That seems like a logical jump from chickens to horses.
-Chickens to horses. -Yeah.
Our daughter Charlotte is a horse expert,
-so she can come help. She doesn't have horses. -Okay. Perfect.
She is a self-proclaimed eight-year-old horse expert.
-We could use some advice. -[all laughing]
We just need to get everything out of here
and then literally start over.
It's going to be a big project.
And with $240,000 in the budget,
there won't be any leftover.
They are relocating four kids to Northwest Arkansas,
and that's a big deal.
So we've got to get them in here within four months
so they can get adjusted before they start school.
-We have a lot of work to do with not a lot of time. -Yes.
[soft music playing]
-[Matt] So this is it. -This is it.
So this fireplace, I think.
There's a few things we've got to figure out.
[Jenny] Hello.
How's it going?
Is that Joe? I can recognize that hiney.
[all laughing]
I always see Joe's butt right when we walk in.
-I know it's a good one. -What's up, Joe?
[Joe] I got a leak.
-Oh, gosh. -I don't mean my pants here.
-[all laughing] -What's this?
Oh, my gosh, how cute.
-Oh, wow. -Snacks.
They know the way to my heart.
-Texas food. -Honey chocolates.
-Aw. -Okay. If you guys do a lot of work today,
we're going to crack into this.
Right now, I want to get the entire kitchen.
This wall is going to close off.
We're going to shift the kitchen to here,
lose all of the cabinets.
And then the biggest thing is we want this entire wall
here gone.
-Okay. -Hang on. Wait.
This is it, Joe. That's it. Yes!
-Okay, that is pretty cool. -Good job, Joe.
[upbeat music playing]
Okay, I want to talk to you about some stuff.
-What? Where are we going? -Living room.
Okay.
This is what I'm really concerned about.
I mean, I really want this to be, like...
-Pretty? -...pretty.
They both like the idea of a wood stove,
-because all of the things that you sold them on. -Yeah.
So now we have to make it happen.
[Dave] Okay.
[Jenny] It'd be nice if we could have a stone opening,
take out the hearth, and have the stone on the floor.
[Dave] Just on the floor?
[Jenny] And have a stove sitting on it.
Okay. All right. So we got the trim.
Can we bend this on back?
Hey, Jenny, I don't know if this is going to work.
Why?
It looks like it's just a metal insert box inside.
-Wow. -So you're not going to have stone.
This doesn't look good.
Let's get it all out of here, and then we'll just see what we're working with.
[Jenny] Okay, we're not gonna have...
Here it goes. Ready? On three. One, two...
Okay.
This right here,
that's a steel insert.
It's not like the natural stone look that Jenny wants.
Can we remove the steel insert?
My concern here is that if we remove the insert,
the grout that is holding the stone will start to fail.
Let's call the fireplace company,
see if they can come in, remove the steel,
and see if we can have them come put fire brick inside.
[Jenny] All right, so you think we can do it?
I think so.
A job like this is going to cost around $3,500.
It's not something we had in the original budget,
but we'll make it work.
Let's start opening up this wall.
You've got it. There you go.
[Matt] There we go.
I mean, just opening up that four feet, look what that does.
[upbeat music playing]
We're getting things knocked out,
and the demo is looking really good.
[Jenny] I'm feeling so good about this house and this project.
Things are moving along.
Even with our tight schedule, it's so far so good.
[cow mooing]
[Dave] Last one, man.
[Chris] About to knock them out.
-Wall's done. -We're in business.
I think so.
What's up?
Hey, what do you think?
[Jenny] It looks really good. It's so much more open now.
Yeah, with this closet out, I don't feel like
it really took much away from here either.
[Jenny] Yeah, I love it.
Well, I got some bad news for you.
[Jenny] Do we have to start the day with bad news?
I have to throw a wrench in the day.
I'm ruining the day.
Because this morning, one of our subcontractors
uncovered a pretty big problem.
Oh, what is that?
That is the structure of the house.
-Oh, my gosh. -A lot of termites.
What?
Right in the corner of the garage that is now
going to become the main suite,
we have found a lot of termite damage.
Is it also up here?
Yeah, I think they crawled a little bit up there.
Oh.
So do we have to check the whole house?
-Like, this could be everywhere else, too. -[Dave] So...
Well, that's the good news.
It's not active damage.
-So they're dead? -They're dead.
-Okay, so it's just this section. -[Dave] Yeah.
So here's the problem.
-We've got to take this whole corner out and go back... -Hmm-hmm.
...on the whole side of the wall until we get it fixed.
Okay, my bigger question is, how much longer
is this going to add to the timeline?
Because they want to get in this house soon.
I don't know.
But I've got lumber coming.
And I'll just try to get it done as quickly as I possibly can.
Okay.
We're going to have to do it, but we've got to get the Coughenours in the house.
-Yeah, we don't have a lot of time. -It's, it's...
But what do you think of all the furniture?
I mean, this looks amazing.
Yeah, so I've got bathroom, closet, laundry.
[Jenny] Laundry, yeah.
-All along here, I've got-- -And this is bedroom.
Bedroom.
This whole wall will come out.
We just haven't gotten to it yet.
-So this is going to be great. -Yeah.
I love this for the main bedroom.
It's going to be beautiful to wake up to in the morning.
We've been able to remove all of the walls we wanted to.
The floor is going to be saved.
We got rid of the random closet next to the staircase
and really opened up the space.
So this is the dining room.
And you have this window.
And then right next to it, they wanted this wall open.
So we have a sitting room.
But these windows next to this window feels really weird.
So I was thinking you could build a hutch underneath.
and then we could just do a countertop cabinet on either side.
I do want it to be natural wood because I think
that'll help tie in with this kind of horse ranch feel.
I was picturing in these sections, this section
and that section, we just do like a countertop cabinet, right?
And then you just do, you know, a couple doors.
I was thinking maybe like a walnut wood.
It would be nice to have some hardwood.
This is 14 feet long, and 14 feet of walnut
is really expensive, probably $5,000.
What if we do, like, a painted cabinet or something,
and then we do a walnut, like, live edge top?
[Jenny] We don't want it really modern.
You want it to feel a little bit rustic.
-But if it's too expensive, we can't afford it. -What if we did like a--
...maybe a knotty pine, probably $1,600.
Chris is really good at knowing which type of wood
to use on different cabinets.
So are you, but, you know, I like to have a second opinion.
Chris agrees with her.
-Yeah, mostly. -All the time.
All right, what about something like this?
I mean, that's oak, which is, what, half the price of walnut?
-[Chris] Hmm-hmm. -Okay, so there we go.
-As long as we get an oak that has some nice variations -I can do that.
and make it look a little bit more rustic.
Okay.
[Jenny] All right, so let's talk kitchen.
So actually, what I'm thinking on this wall,
right, this is where the range is.
I think it'd be cool to have some sort of, like, rustic beam fishery.
We want an all-white kitchen, and we need
some natural elements from outside.
So either we do a couple beams and create,
like, a little enclosure, or we just do one beam
across the top of the hood, because it would be nice
-to have some wood warmth. -You know what I think we do?
Ricky, across the street, he has milled up
almost as much lumber as I have.
Oh, yeah.
And I know he has a bunch of beams in the back garage.
I say we go shopping in Ricky's barn.
Let the beam decide what we're going to do.
-Let the beam decide. -Let the beam decide.
Okay, perfect.
All right, I'm going to call Ricky
and see if he's free tomorrow.
Sounds good.
Next, next.
Hey, Chris, we're moving on.
[Chris] Oh, hold on, hold on.
The guys just told me we've got some problems.
You want to go look at it?
See how far you want to investigate into this?
-I want nothing. I want no bad news. -[laughing]
-That's what I want. -We got this.
My initial thought is termite, but I'm hoping
it might just be some water damage.
[Dave] Oh, gosh.
Yeah, it doesn't look like termites to me.
There's no trails. I think it is just rot.
Yeah, that's not termites, look.
-But it is rot. -Yeah.
So I think what we do, let's knock it out
from the inside, see how far up the rot goes.
And then we'll just run flashing up underneath the deck.
They just didn't flash it properly.
And there's probably a lot of water that comes down right here.
Yeah.
-This is a little bump out. -We can get that.
We can get that from the inside.
And then, you know, I mean, all this here we're replacing anyway.
-So nothing's happening with it. -Hmm-hmm. Yeah.
That wasn't so bad.
-I can take those. I can take those. -[laughs]
[upbeat music playing]
All right, nice piece of red oak here
at the Coughenour house.
Once we took the wall out of the kitchen,
you've got kitchen windows, which were, you know, kitchen counter height.
And then you've got sitting room windows
that went down 14 inches above the floor.
So it didn't make sense if we don't put something back
in the place of where those kitchen cabinets were.
So this will become the Coughenour's dining room.
So we thought, you know, let's do a dining hutch.
[upbeat music playing]
We're going to use red oak, which has a lot of grain
and kind of gives just a little different look from white oak.
You know, when we did our original walkthrough
with the Coughenours, we didn't plan for a hutch.
But now that everything's opened up,
I think it's going to be a really good change
that they're going to love.
[blues music playing]
Before we continue work in the new main bedroom,
we need to rip out and replace all of the termite damage
in that corner of the wall.
So we've come in on the weekend to get it done
and stay on schedule.
I got in and looked at it, and it turns out the damage
doesn't go all the way across the wall,
but it's only about half.
So thankfully, I think it'll only take around
a couple days to fix it, and we'll be back in business.
[upbeat music playing]
[car honks]
[Jenny] All right, let's go see Ricky.
We're heading right across the street from Mark and Cheree's house.
Our friend Ricky lives there,
and he has barns full of stuff.
Ricky has treasures. That's what I know.
There he is.
-Where is he? -Working on his tractor.
[Jenny] What I'm looking for is some old beams.
I want old wood for the kitchen
so that it has just some warmth.
-Ricky. -[Ricky] Hey, bud.
-What's up, man? -Hey.
-How's it going? -Good to see you, Jenny.
Sorry, I got grease on me again today.
-Oh, it's fine. -Okay, so I need help.
-The neighbors were walking across the street. -Yeah.
-Yes. -So Jenny needs some lumber.
-Well, I want some lumber beams, yeah. -Yeah.
-For the range hood, I'm going to do like a surround. -Huh-huh.
-And I'm wanting an old beam that -Cool.
we build the surround out of.
-We got a lot of... -So...
Different beams that we've cut up,
what you're seeing here is stuff that's windfall damage.
If I get a tree that I don't like, I will go through
and cut the center of it out, and the center is the beam.
The cutoffs go in the back.
-Yeah, I want the trash. -Yeah, you want the trash.
[Ricky] It goes here to burn.
Now, this is a good sawmill piece.
-Oh, that's cool. -See, it's still got the rustic on the outside.
Let me just dig through and look and see what I can find.
Oh, my gosh.
-I mean-- -The hands never go away, Jenny Marrs.
-Little hands. -Dave, look.
How about this?
Jenny used to always carry these around with her.
And I thought we'd seen the last of the tiny hands,
but we have not.
And luckily, now Ricky gets to experience
-the horror of the tiny hands. -[laughing]
Those things scare me. It's kind of like clowns, you know?
Ricky, come on. It's okay. It's okay.
-I'll give you a pat on the back. -Oh.
[Dave] Yeah, right here.
That is cool.
[Jenny] Yeah, that's pretty.
[Ricky] It's got a little termite damage on it,
but it's got some character to it.
-[Jenny] Yeah, it does. -Just have to work it a little bit.
-Yeah. -I mean, I think that's plenty to do what we need.
-[Jenny] It's perfect. -There you go.
You can have that.
[Jenny] So we'll load these up.
Random question for you, since you have all sorts of stuff.
[Ricky] Yep.
-Do you, by any chance, have any horseshoes? -I have a metal pile.
-[Jenny] Oh. -You're going to need to go through it.
-Oh. Yeah. -Where's that?
-I'll go through it. -It's back in the barn.
Okay.
Mark and Cheree are going to need a place to hang
their work boots once this farm's up and running.
So I thought we could make a rack where they can hang
their muddy boots up on the wall,
but make it out of horseshoes.
So maybe Ricky has some horseshoes that are from
this property adjacent to the Coughenours' property.
-Oh, look, there's horseshoes. Look, there's ones. -Yeah.
-This is-- -Oh, my gosh, you have a ton.
So these were just in your field.
Yeah.
We think back during the Civil War,
this was all worked by folks that were using horses
and stuff.
So Jenny, what are you thinking about?
How do you want to use them?
-This could be how they hang their boots when they come in. -Their boots.
All right, Ricky, this is going to be real weird.
Can I borrow your boot real quick?
I can get down, but you got to help me get back up.
-So Jenny, so what if it's something -All right.
-where we do it like that? -It's gotta be really sturdy.
That's kind of cool, right?
-It's really cool. -It's cute.
Kind of fun.
I guess they have four kids, so there's six.
-So you need eight of these. -So we need 12. Eight.
Grab one extra just in case one of them screwed up.
So that's 13 right there.
-Thanks, buddy. -That's what they're here for, Dave.
And you'll save me a trip to recycling.
Yeah, there you go.
This is perfect. Wow. Thank you.
-All right. -It was good seeing you.
[Dave] The beams that Ricky gave us will save at least $500.
Very successful trip.
See ya. Bye.
Double high five.
There you go.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] We've got a month and a half until Mark and Cheree
are moving back in, and the kids are starting school.
And we still have a lot to finish.
The exterior is getting a horse ranch look
with board and batten siding.
On the interior, drywall is up,
and mud is on throughout the house.
Hardwood floors are being installed
in the main suite, so they'll have consistent flooring throughout
their whole living space.
Not only is this main suite going to be beautiful,
but it's also going to give the kids an extra bedroom.
The whole house is really turning out well,
but we still have a lot to get done before the Coughenours' move in.
The bathroom is going to be amazing.
-Do we need to turn that off? -It'll go off in a second.
Okay.
Okay, so this bedroom.
Main bedroom. What do you got?
It looks great, too.
-This is a big bedroom. -Yeah.
So I was thinking, for the walls, some sort of trim work.
-I think it needs to be. -For the whole room?
-Yeah. -Okay.
I think we just do, like, a board and batten with a line.
How can I describe that?
Well, let's grab some boards.
So you want, you're thinking.
Yeah, like.
Like every 16, 18 inches of board?
Right.
And then a little, maybe like a little chair rail,
either at the top or the bottom.
Really cool.
-Just to give some texture. -I mean, I think when
we're all done, it will make the space seem,
you know, just a little bit elevated
-than just painted walls. -Hmm-hmm.
[Dave] Beautiful.
It's like dimension.
I don't know why I said it like that, but dimension.
-Okay. -Awesome.
[Jenny] Thanks.
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-[Jenny] Hi. -[Dave] Hello.
-Hello. Good. -How's it going?
-Good to see you. -[Mark] Good to see you.
-Welcome to our farm. -Yes!
Thank you.
[Dave] Mark and Cheree are in town to get their kids
enrolled in school, so we invited them
to stop by today just to introduce them to some of
the different animals that we have.
[Jenny] It does take a lot. It takes your whole family
pitching in and being on the same page
about having a farm and having animals, but it is worth it.
This is a baby.
Aw.
You want to pet the baby? She's getting big.
[Mark] So if you shave them, then do you keep the wool,
-or do you just have to keep the wool? -We don't.
We use the wool in our garden.
-It's actually good compost. -Okay.
-Here you go.
-Do you want to pet her? -Here you go, baby.
Oh, there she goes. She's like, Mom!
Mom!
There's something about having an animal's life that is
in your hands, that you're taking care of,
like for kids growing up, that I think is just
-Teach us a lot. -fundamental to making them good humans.
[Mark] The dog is cute.
[Cheree] Yeah, so we just added to the list.
[Mark] Yeah. Donkey, chicken, mini cow, sheep.
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[Jenny] Let's do it.
Big day. Kitchen cabinets are here.
My favorite day, because we get to see
the kitchen come together.
But what I'm most excited about is the custom hutch that Dave built.
It's pretty.
This is awesome.
[Dave] Wait till you see the uppers.
Now, as long as I don't break the glass.
-Yeah, be careful. -Don't break the glass.
Do you need help?
You got it?
-So it'll be like this, babe. -I like it.
And then this will just be sealed,
so it'll be this nice, natural wood, which will contrast
really nicely with the white in the kitchen.
And then now the windows look fine.
-[Dave] They look like they're supposed to be here. -Yeah.
Awesome.
Teamwork.
Oh, we totally... That was terrible.
-Good job. Teamwork makes the dream work. -Dream work.
-All right, let's go grab screwdrivers. -Okay.
[Jenny] Bravo.
As move-in day approaches at the Coughenours,
there's still a lot to do.
A slate floor is being installed in the main bathroom.
Updated trim is going up around all the windows
and doors.
And the new woodwork in the walls of the main suite
is adding character to the large space.
Just leave that square for me, if you will.
[Dave] On the outside of the house, we are knocking out
front porch across the whole front of this house.
We've got all of the roof joists up.
It's coming along really well. I love it.
Man, this porch is going to be the game changer.
-Hey. -It's coming. Hey.
-So nice. -Look at this.
-Shade. -I know.
It's awesome.
So, David, we got to talk about the fireplace.
-Why'd you say David like that? -Because you're in trouble.
Dave is, you know, Dave.
-This is Dave. -Dave, how you doing?
Hey, Dave.
David.
"David, what did your children do?
-David, get over here. -I don't do that with my nose.
David, come inside right now."
David, how you doing? Keep going.
I wanna talk about the fireplace.
This fireplace, we have got a big problem.
It's like so much bigger of a problem than
I ever thought it would be.
This fireplace, we first started, it was this big.
And I thought it was just a steel insert.
But the fireplace company says it's not.
It supports everything above it.
We never in a million years thought it would be
this surrounded by the block.
And then this block comes down that supports all this,
that goes up the whole fireplace.
So we can't put a brick lining in the opening
and do a stove like we wanted.
[Jenny] All right, we've got to figure this out.
The Coughenours will be here in just over a month.
-Oh, my goodness. -[Mark] Wow.
That's what we were going for.
Oh, my gosh.
So pretty.
We tore this whole fireplace out, and you're saying
we can't do anything now. What am I gonna do?
We didn't know that until we tore the fireplace out.
You start ripping down, stone by stone,
a chimney that goes up through two floors and the roof.
It's just, it's a ton of time.
So now what can we do?
I know we can put another insert in there and do a wood-burning style.
And then are we able to put the stone back?
I mean, we did break a few of them,
-so... -No, we need more stone then.
Well, what if we do an insert,
and then I think that if we did a lighter stone
and a lighter mortar, she would like it more.
[Dave] Okay.
It'll be what they wanted.
It just won't be the original plan
that I was really excited for.
But the upside is that an insert is going to save us
about $3,500 over a stove.
So that'll really help with the $6,000
we have to spend for the termite damage.
And we also have some stone left from another job.
So that's going to help.
All right, guys. Let's keep going.
[Cheree] Are y'all excited to move to Arkansas?
Yeah.
[Cheree] What are you most excited about?
-Probably getting animals. -Yeah, me too.
[Jenny] We're coming down to the wire at the Coughenour house.
And with just three weeks left,
there's still a lot of work to finish.
In the main bathroom, tile is going up
on the shower walls, while a light-colored stone
is being used to repair and brighten up the fireplace.
The beam on the range hood is looking fantastic.
-It's pretty. -Who came up with that idea?
I like that.
Well, we found a cool beam, and we had to figure out
how to put it on there.
This beam has so many imperfections
and so much character.
It looks really good.
And the quartz countertops that are going into the kitchen
and bathroom are going to give Mark and Cheree
beauty and durability.
Cheree's kitchen cabinets are getting a classic coat
of white paint.
And Dave is making a boot rack for their mudroom.
That's a welly rack.
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I'm following you, muscle man.
How are you carrying that so well?
All right, let's take it into the shop.
We've got to build a project.
Jenny had the great idea for the Coughenour kids,
we want to make just some toy stalls
that will have horses in them and kind of get them into
the groove of having horses.
-Okay, you guys want to do the beds? -Yeah.
-Setting this one here. -Okay.
-Let me see one more. -Okay.
-Hey, hear that? -Be careful.
Is that good? Does that look good?
-Oh, yeah. -Okay.
-So let's set this up. -Make the sides on this, because there has to be sides.
Yeah, there has to be sides on the top bunk.
But not too much sides, because there has
-to be slides and stairs. -Okay.
I'll start working on the barn.
-Do they fit? -[exclaims]
-It's perfect. -They both really fit.
Dave, that was quick. That looks so cute.
I got to cut these last two pieces,
and then we will have the roof.
I can do hinges, and I can do stalls.
Nice.
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We're working right up to the last minute at Mark and Cheree's.
We're using a marble tile and a brick pattern
on the kitchen backsplash that will add a traditional look
to match the beams on the hood.
New ceiling fans and LED lighting fixtures
will keep these large open spaces bright.
The Coughenours' new front porch is being poured,
and it will give their family plenty of
well-shaded space to hang out
and enjoy those long summer days on the ranch.
[Dave] The floors are being prepared to be sealed,
which will keep them looking great for years to come.
Flip it over.
-We got to hurry, because school is upon us. -Yes.
-And these kids have got to be settled -Couple more weeks.
and in their house before they start school.
So we just got to get it done.
[Jenny] Super cute.
Take your boot off. Let's try it.
-Looks good. -[Jenny] Love it.
[Dave] And the landscapers are busy transforming the front yard
with colorful new trees and shrubs.
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-A few more pieces of firewood. -Yes, thank you.
The fireplace turned out really nice.
We started with a plan, then it changed.
But I love it. I think it turned out super classic.
It's perfect for this room.
-I love it. -I wish it wasn't hot out.
We could start a fire.
This house, it's beautiful.
It works on the inside and the outside.
We've incorporated so many rustic elements into this home
that really emphasize the horse ranch feeling.
I love this piece. It turned out so nice.
I know. Can you believe there is a kitchen here?
-I love it. -That looks really good.
All right, babe, let's get the last rocker.
Yep.
[Dave] This porch just elevates the entire front of the house.
Cheree is going to love it.
[Jenny] And they just made a long drive in from Texas today,
so they might want to relax out here later.
Done.
-Perfect. -Let's go inside.
Let them see the house first.
I'm excited. It has turned out incredibly well.
[Jenny] Yeah, it's beautiful.
[Mark] All right, here we go. A couple more turns.
Are you nervous?
-I'm not nervous. I'm excited. -Hopefully, there's a porch.
I hope there's a big front porch.
-Oh, my God. -Awesome.
Totally different.
-So cool. -Holy cow.
-Oh, my gosh. -Oh, there it is.
That's awesome.
[Mark] Whoa, look how big it is.
-That's so cool. -[Cheree] Holy cow.
[Mark] That looks totally different.
Oh, I love it.
-There's Dave and Jenny. -Hey.
-Hello. -Hi.
-Oh, my gosh, y'all. -Wow.
Yeah, welcome home.
I really didn't think that I would cry.
-I'm too surprised. -[Mark] What a difference.
Thank you. Good to see you.
Come over here so you can see it.
Oh, my goodness.
-We got our farmhouse! -[Mark] I love the front porch.
-That is so cool. -[Cheree] Yes.
-Landscaping looks amazing. -Oh, thank you.
-[Cheree] Yes. -[Mark] This is so cool.
Really wanted to just do that classic farmhouse,
-you know, home. -Oh, I love it.
The black trim, the black roof, the black shutters.
It looks so much bigger, too.
-Like, before, it was garage and small house, -Yes. Yes.
and now it's just house.
-[Mark] You know? -[Jenny] Yes, yes.
Oh, I love the cedar beams.
I love everything.
-[Dave] You ready to go inside? -[Mark] I'm ready.
[Jenny] All right, after you.
-Oh, my goodness. -Wow.
[Mark] This is amazing.
[Cheree] Oh, my gosh.
-You remember, this was all closed. -Yes.
-Yeah. -And just really crammed.
And then the wall came out about halfway into the couch.
-Right. Yes. -So we opened all this up.
-[Cheree] I love it. -Okay, so your living room.
-This is so cool. -Oh, my gosh.
-Look at our fireplace. -That's so cool.
-That's so pretty. -Oh, that is so pretty.
-[Mark] I love that fireplace. -[Cheree] Yeah!
[Jenny] There were lots of twists and turns with the fireplace.
But it just feels like it fits with this house now.
-Yeah. -I think it's really beautiful.
You remember, it used to have that dark Arkansas tone.
[Cheree] Yeah.
We went with a lighter stone so that it, again,
goes with everything else.
You have now so the black and the white.
And all the natural light coming in helps as well.
It just feels bigger.
-It's just so clean and modern, -Yes.
but still warm and homey.
-[Mark] It's great. -This is my spot in the winter.
-Yes. -Right there with a book.
-Yes. -I'll be sitting right there.
Yes. Perfect.
[Dave] So what was the kitchen? You got to go check that out now.
[Jenny] Yeah, it used to be the kitchen.
-Okay. -But on the hall, the old hallway.
-After you. -I'll follow you guys.
-Thank you. -I really love these floors.
-Oh, I'm so glad. -I can't get over the floors.
[Mark] Wow.
[Cheree] Oh my gosh.
The kids are going to flip over this.
[Dave] Charlotte has one.
Our kids play with it all the time.
-Yes. -And we thought, you know what?
-This is a good intro into this ranching, farming life. -Farm life.
-They're going to loves it. -So Dave made that for the kids.
-That's perfect. -[Cheree] Oh, thank you.
[Mark] Yeah.
-And then you have your dining room. -Wow.
-This used to be the kitchen. -Oh, my goodness.
[Mark] That's right. This is so cool.
-Oh, I love this. -Look at this.
[Mark] Exactly what we were looking for.
This used to be a wall.
-Yes. -Yep.
It's so open.
-I love it. -Yay.
-Oh, my gosh. -It feels so much bigger.
-Look at this. -Not chopped up.
It's like a built-in farmhouse hut.
-Yeah, it's amazing. -That's what we were going for.
-Exactly. -That's what we were going for.
[Cheree] So pretty.
[Dave] The glass, it's all old glass, antique glass.
So it's got the waviness in it.
It's from windows out of our own farmhouse
when we changed them.
-[Mark] Oh, really? -Yeah, cool.
[Mark] That's neat.
I love that it has some character, you know?
-Yes, yes. -[Dave] That's part of it.
[Mark] Absolutely.
So now the most important space, right?
-The kitchen. -Let's do it.
Oh, my goodness.
So pretty.
-Amazing. -Oh, look at these countertops.
-[Mark] Wow. -[Cheree] I love it.
-Oh, look at this. -Oh, my God.
That's so cool. Isn't that cool?
-This has to have-- -That's definitely, like, farmhouse, you know, feel.
-Does this have a story? -It does have a story.
[Cheree] What's the story?
Your neighbor, Ricky, he had some old beams,
and these were all hand-hewn beams, too, so they had the...
-all the imperfections. -[Cheree] No, I love it.
I have chills.
-I love this so much. -Yay.
I can't believe you got so much storage in this space.
You nailed it.
And I love that this all connects.
You know, like, that's the biggest thing.
It used to be really chopped up, and now it all flows.
-[Dave] Yeah, exactly. -Exactly, yes.
-But we're not done yet. -Yes, there's more.
All right, so this mudroom used to be the laundry room,
but we revamped it a little.
-[Cheree] Oh, how pretty. -[Mark] So nice.
We know you didn't want to get all horsey.
I was going to say, you brought in the horsey.
-Yeah. -You brought it in just a little.
-But you did it in a classy way. -A little.
-Yes. -Dave actually made this.
-Go ahead and tell him. -Perfect.
So these are horseshoes that we also found
-on Ricky's property -Yes.
-that he's just dug up over the years... -Wow.
-Perfect. Right. -...from the last 100 years.
-[Mark] Very cool. -[Cheree] Yeah.
[Jenny] I did slate on the floor so that it stays clean, easy to clean.
Yes.
And also, it feels very classic as well.
-It feels like a classic farmhouse. -Yes, I love it.
All right, so you know now this was the garage next to us.
-That's changed a little bit. -Can we go in?
-You want to go check it out? -Yes.
-Go for it. -Let's do it after you.
Okay.
Holy cow, this is a huge laundry room.
You got storage, more storage below, the sink, laundry.
This is great.
-I love it. -All right.
All right. [gasps]
-Oh my goodness. -Oh, wow.
You brought the board and batten in.
-Yes. -I love it.
[Jenny] So this room, when we framed it out it was huge.
So this trim on the wall kind of helps this big space
feel a little more cozy.
It doesn't feel overly large.
-Right. -And you now have a sitting room.
-This is my favorite part, with these windows. -Yes.
And you can see the kids in the back and the barn.
[Cheree] I love this color, too.
-Awesome. -[Jenny] Okay.
But you have to have a bathroom. You have to go check that out.
All right. After you.
-Oh, my goodness. -Oh, I love that.
-Holy cow, this is huge. -[Mark] This is perfect.
Don't know what to say.
[Jenny] We have a nice vanity here.
Natural wood.
-Lots of storage for you guys. -I love this.
[Jenny] And we did the white oak here as well.
Again, just basically white, black, and wood throughout.
-[Cheree] I love it. -[Mark] It's perfect.
-Look at that shower. -[Mark] This is amazing.
[Jenny] Again, I want everything in this house to just feel organic.
You're coming in off the farm, so you have natural stone.
We did the river rock, which feels nice on your feet.
[Mark] It's perfect. Yeah.
-And you got the tub over here. -The tub that you wanted.
[Jenny] Oh, yes.
-Nice and deep. -[Cheree] Yes.
This is a good soaking tub.
-I love it. -[Jenny] Yes.
[Dave] Everything else is just kind of wide open.
It does not feel like a garage.
-No. -No.
-That's good. -That was the whole point.
-Yeah. -Okay.
So there's one more space, your closet.
-You got to go check that out. -Yes.
Okay.
-Wow. It's huge. -Whoa.
[Cheree] This is so nice.
We've never shared a closet before,
-but I think we can make this work. -Yay.
Okay, now let's call the kids.
-Seriously. -And bring them over.
-What do you think? -Okay.
-Yeah, so they can't wait. -Yes, they're super excited.
-All right, let's go out front and meet them. -Yes.
All right.
It is a big deal to move your whole family, kids
that are in school, starting a brand new school year. It's a lot.
Hi.
What do y'all think?
-I like it. -I love it.
I think they are set up here in Northwest Arkansas
to really have a great life doing all sorts of new things
-together as a family in this home. -Yeah.
-I'm really excited for them. -It's going to be a lot of memories here.
It's going to be good.
You guys can go inside and see everything,
but we have one more thing out here that we want you guys to see.
Okay.
You guys are wanting to start a little farm.
So we went out on a limb, hoping, hoping, hoping
-that you guys would go for that at your new farm. -Whoa.
-[all cheering] -That's awesome.
[Mark] That is so cool.
-Oh, my goodness. -Hey, baby.
-You're so cute. -Hey.
[Dave] I have a feeling you guys are going to train him
-just like Charlotte has done. -[Mark] Yeah.
[Mark] Who wants to try to ride him?
[Dave laughing]
We went like 10 steps up over a new puppy.
We got them a baby miniature donkey.
Enjoy your house, and thank you
-for letting us be a part of it. -Thank you so much.
[Matt] Honestly, I'm super excited we get to start the farm life
with an actual farm animal.
And with a baby that we can grow with and learn with.
[kids] Wow.
[Cheree] Since we're done with the renovation,
it gives us a home base so that we can go out
and explore Bentonville and make new friends.
Yeah, spend more time getting settled into the community.
This is glass from their old farmhouse.
So it's antique glass.
The little touches of history placed throughout the house
really helps us to tell the story of our home now.
Yeah, almost every room kind of like blows your mind.
[girl] That used to be the garage?
Whoa.
[Cheree] It's a modern farmhouse.
It's more than I could have imagined.
It's really great.
-That horse is so cute. -That's so cool.
[Mark] It says Coughenour.
Isn't that cool?
[Cheree] This is beautiful.
[Mark] So much better.
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