[Jenny] I knew it. I knew it.
Last night when I was feeding her,
I was like, "She's gonna have a baby."
I'm so excited, oh my gosh! [squeals]
oh, my gosh.
Hi, babies.
Look how cute they are.
-Oh, my gosh. -[Dave] Salt and pepper.
Dave Marrs, look at the babies.
Oh, hi.
Mama, you did so good.
I know, mama.
Twin boys.
Okay. We need two boy names.
I'll ask the kids when they get home.
Congratulations, Baba.
Congratulations, mama.
Oh, so cute.
All right. We gotta get ready.
Donkey, you're gonna watch the babies?
He's gonna watch them. We have to go to work now.
-He can watch them. -Okay. I know. I gotta get dressed.
[acoustic music playing]
[Jenny] This is the house. It's cute.
We're going to meet Wittney Jones
-and her son, Drew. -Yup.
Wittney just moved back to town
and bought a house out at the lake.
She is moving back here from Oklahoma.
Her first grandson was born, so...
-Yes. -Grandma's gotta be in town
with the grandbaby.
Look at that view. It's amazing.
-Hi. -Hello.
[Wittney] Hi. How's it going?
Hi.
-[Dave] It is so perfect. -Hello.
-I know. -Congratulations.
-Thank you. -How old's the baby?
-So exciting. -[Drew] Seven weeks.
-[Dave] Hmm. -[Drew] Yeah.
[Jenny] Wow. First grandbaby, right?
First grandbaby.
I'm Wittney Jones and I live in Rogers, Arkansas.
I have three boys.
And ever since the boys' dad and I divorced,
I have always known that I wanted a place
where the family is gonna come.
It's where my kids will come.
It's where their kids are gonna come
and learn to grow and laugh together.
[Dave] So, tell us about the house.
-You just bought it. -It's got great bones
and there's so much more potential.
The backyard is totally unusable.
It's a steep mountain.
And inside,
there are a lot of do-it-yourself projects
-gone wrong. -Looks kind of rushed.
[Wittney] And after living in it a few months,
it became more and more apparent
that the house just wasn't designed
the way I would like it to be designed.
Well, I absolutely love my mom.
And when we walk in now, it just kind of feels dull
and gray and it's not my mom.
[Jenny] So, let's talk about out here.
What do you like and not like?
I love that little walkway.
-I love the natural rock. -[Jenny] It's pretty. Yeah.
But, um, there's lacking landscape.
So, landscaping, for sure.
-I agree. -[Wittney] Yes.
I don't mind the color of the house.
-[Jenny] Yeah, I don't-- -New siding would be okay.
I'm really open to that.
-Okay. -Okay.
As you can see, it was originally blue
-and somebody painted it green. -[Jenny] Oh, yeah.
I like the natural colors, so...
-Yeah. -Something natural.
-Yes. -How much do you have to spend
on this renovation?
About $210.
All right. We can do a lot with that.
Yeah. What about the roof?
Is the roof in good condition?
The roof is not in good condition.
It doesn't look...
It looks like there's some growth.
-[Wittney] There is. -[Drew] It's got a lot of growth.
[Wittney] A lot of growth on it.
Definitely have a ton of leaves,
have a lot of sticks that fall.
-[Jenny] Right. Yeah. -[Wittney] So, something that's really durable.
[Dave] And what about the deck?
I wonder if we should move the steps.
[Wittney] Whatever makes sense.
Whatever is functional.
[Jenny] So, I think first of all,
we're gonna update your front porch
and then, we'll either paint or replace the siding.
Get you a new roof and a new frontal.
We're gonna update all the landscaping,
make it more welcoming and warm.
[Wittney] Sounds like a great plan.
-Should we go inside? -Go inside.
-Let's go inside. -Do it.
[Wittney] Come on in.
-[Jenny] This is nice. -[Wittney] All right.
-Wide open. -[Jenny] Oh, it is open.
-[Dave] Wow. -[Wittney] Yeah.
[Jenny] Very nice.
Look at the lake out there.
-It's beautiful. -[Wittney] A gorgeous view.
[Jenny] This is a nice sized kitchen.
I mean, it looks nice from the surface.
-Right. -Yes, it is,
but you can't open drawers over there
because the fridge sticks out.
-Yeah. -Can't use that.
That's where you wanna hide the candy from the grandkids.
-Exactly. -Yeah.
Cabinets, you can see,
they've got nicks all over them.
-[Dave] Oh, they do. -And the pantry is really small.
-[Dave] Okay. -I like having the bar area.
-Mmm-hmm. -Maybe an island
would be better, so you could walk around both sides of it.
-Yeah. -Okay.
I'm not a fan of the countertop.
No, these... They tend to peel up.
-It needs to be updated. -Yeah. It does.
Do you like the sink
underneath the window over there?
I would rather look this way.
-Okay. -[Dave] Yeah.
Than at that house or the street.
Okay. Agreed. Yeah.
So this is a much prettier view
-when you're doing dishes and... -[Jenny] Right. Yes.
-You know. -Exactly.
-Yeah. -So if we have an island,
putting the sink in the island?
Or we could do both and have two sinks.
-Oh, that would be great. -[Jenny] Yeah. Okay.
-Do you like this floor? -[Wittney] I'm not tied to it.
-[Jenny] Mmm-hmm. -[Wittney] When I say I really am so very open,
-I really am. -[Jenny] Mmm-hmm. Yeah.
Of course, I love easy maintenance.
[Jenny] Okay. We'll give you some new flooring.
-[Wittney] Perfect. -[Jenny] Yeah.
-The neutral colors. -[Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
I always tend to say I tend to have more masculine taste
-than feminine taste. -Okay.
-So not the frilly stuff,
-but... -Okay.
-Okay. Yeah. -Just, you know,
-earth tones probably. -Okay. Yeah.
I think she's saying she wants me to design this house.
[laughter]
I didn't hear her say that actually at all.
Yeah. I don't know.
-Looking at you from this angle where I'm at... -[Wittney] Mmm-hmm.
I would never know we're at a lake house.
So, I think we should make it feel
like you are at the lake, you are surrounded by trees.
-Right. -[Dave] Right. It's gonna be awesome
-to be able to have Hank come over here and... -Yeah.
literally grow up on the lake.
-Yeah. -Eventually, we'll convince mom
-to get a boat, maybe. -[laughter]
[Jenny] So, the plan for the kitchen,
we will get you new cabinets,
new countertops, a bigger pantry,
an island with a sink in the island,
which will give you two sinks.
New lighting, and we'll include
some natural wood accents
and we'll also replace the flooring
throughout this entire main floor.
-Where should we go next? -Sun room.
[Dave] This is a really cool room.
[Wittney] It is a cool room. I love the stained glass.
Could be an opportunity to have a cool bar area
than kind of having that out of the way.
Now we're talking. Now we're talking.
[Jenny] I mean, what would you think about
maybe like a window seat?
[Wittney] I could see it as like,
you know, grabbing a book with the baby.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -And coming in here and reading.
We could put storage under there,
so yeah, when the grandkids are here, great.
And when you wanna break open the bar, great.
And I think that we could keep it open,
but maybe incorporate old doors
or something that could be closed
if you wanted them but really
just to give it some character.
-Perfect. Yeah. -[Jenny] Yeah. Okay.
[Wittney] Living room. Great space.
Didn't have a fireplace.
This is an electric fireplace.
It's fine.
But I would love, like, a nice fireplace
because I'm all about hanging stockings at Christmas.
[Dave] Love it.
Hank will have his little stocking here this year.
-Oh, yay. -[Jenny] Love it.
We'll make stockings.
But other than that, I mean, it's just space.
-Right. -[Jenny] I think it just needs some texture in here.
[Dave] Like wood and beams.
Just warming it up.
-Yup. -Right.
And just having some personality.
-It's a real open canvas right now. -Yeah.
So basically in here, we will paint.
We'll add a wood beam to the ceiling.
-[Wittney] Yes. -[Jenny] Create a new fireplace
and we'll reconfigure seating
so that it functions a little better.
[Wittney] That would be great.
-Main bedroom. -All right.
-Okay. We'll follow you out. -Okay.
Yeah.
All right.
[Jenny] Oh, I love your bedding.
[Wittney] Oh, thank you.
All right. So then you have closet, closet.
-I have two closets. -[Dave] The dualing closets.
Oh, this door is backwards.
It is backwards and you can see the trims are different.
That one's fancy and this one's plain.
Oh, it doesn't even go all the way through.
[Wittney] No, it doesn't.
-[Dave] Because this room is pretty deep. -[Wittney] It is pretty deep.
And this is all wasted space right here.
-It is wasted space. -Mmm-hmm.
And... I mean, I basically just sleep in here.
-So-- -Yeah.
-Storage is the key. -Yeah.
Storage is the key.
You do have a great view out to the lake, which is nice.
I do have a great view of the lake.
[Dave] And a nice deck right off your bedroom.
Although I don't know if that railing is up to code,
so we can take a look at that as well.
What about, um, flooring?
Do you want the same flooring
that we're having everywhere else
-or do you want carpet? -New flooring would be fine.
[Jenny] Okay. So, do you like having a fan?
-I do like having a fan. -[Jenny] Smaller fan?
[Wittney] Just a smaller fan.
I like to feel air moving in the... At night.
-[Jenny] Okay. Perfect. -Perfect.
[Jenny] Okay. So, the plan for the bedroom
is to replace the flooring.
We'll take out the carpet.
We'll replace the fan.
We'll paint and most importantly,
we'll figure out a solution for your closet.
[Wittney] Main bathroom. Okay.
-[Jenny] Over here? -[Wittney] Yes, it is.
-[Jenny] All right. -[Dave] Okay.
-[Jenny] Okay. -[Dave] Some cultured marble.
-Ooh. -[Wittney] Cultured. Yeah.
It looks like it has toothpaste on it.
I was just gonna ask, is this toothpaste
or is this the marble?
It's the marble.
And you can tell where they've patched
things there between the two mirrors.
-Uh-huh. -Right.
Well, and it's just a lack of finishes.
The tiled shower is nice,
but, like, they just didn't finish anything.
-They didn't. -[Jenny] Yeah.
My biggest dream has always just be, like,
take an indoor shower in an outdoor feel.
So, like, slate or rock.
Yeah, we want you to have your dream shower.
-[Drew] She deserves it. -Aw.
I love that.
-[Wittney] I like storage. -[Dave] Okay.
So, just maximize the space in here?
-[Wittney] Absolutely. -[Dave] Okay.
-And I'd love... -Okay.
-to have a water closet. -Okay.
So that the toilet isn't behind the door.
-Yeah. -Okay.
So the plan for the bathroom is to really just
make it more functional for you.
Update the flooring and the tiles
and the countertops, and create some sort
-of outdoor rock shower. -[Wittney] Yes.
-[Jenny] You won't even recognize the place. -[Wittney] I appreciate...
-That would be fabulous. -Okay. Good.
-Okay. -[Wittney] Backyard.
-[Drew] Backyard. -Steep back mountain terrain.
Okay. Okay. [laughs]
[Wittney] Watch your head on that.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -[Dave] Holy cow.
This is beautiful.
-[Jenny] Wow. -[Wittney] It's a perfect day.
[Dave] This is amazing.
So you have a beautiful view but it's steep.
-Super steep. -Yeah, stay up there.
You don't have the right shoes
-for traversing the mountain. -No, I don't.
Even tennis shoes are dangerous on that mountain.
[Dave] That's a big problem.
We gotta take care of that.
-[Jenny] This is steep. -[Wittney] It's super steep.
[Jenny] I mean, we're at a full angle.
[Wittney] It's super rocky.
I mean, with grandkids, we gotta figure out a way
to find some level area.
Some level area would be great.
-Yeah. Hank's pretty tough, but... -But--
I don't want him rolling down the hill.
Yeah. Because you're not stopping once you go.
I would love to have a fire pit area,
so my grownup children can sit and drink beer by the fire.
[Dave] There's a ton of potential here.
And we know you don't wanna move any time soon,
but adding usable space back here
will also increase the value of your home.
So, basically, we need to figure out a way
to make it not steep.
Maybe add some decking and most importantly
we need to have a beer drinking fire pit.
Gotta have a beer drinking fire pit.
-Beer drinking fire pit. -All right.
-We got our work cut out for us. -[Dave] Yeah.
At the end of the day,
the DIY wasn't done that well.
We need to fix the underlying problems.
[Jenny] The bigger challenge will be figuring out
how to give Wittney more usable space outside.
That's why she bought it.
It's on the lake. It's in the trees.
But she really can't enjoy the lake view
from her backyard because it's practically on a cliff.
[Dave] Wittney rented an apartment that she's gonna stay in
while we're doing this renovation
and we only have about 12 weeks
before her lease ends.
-And so-- -Yes. There's some pressure.
We gotta get this done so Wittney can bring
her family here and enjoy this space.
-[Wittney] Okay. -All right.
-Let's get out of here. -Come on, mama.
[Jenny] Off you go, mama.
[mellow music playing]
[Dave] Sawzall?
All right. I got the rest over here.
Just grab a hammer.
You're gonna... You're gonna love this one.
Oh, I'm excited, then.
Not a lot of wall movement going on here.
Good.
So, Jenny Marrs trusted us.
She said she's gonna be a little late.
We gotta gut this whole kitchen,
saving the appliances.
-Got it. -[Dave] And then,
once we get this rolling,
we'll go into the bedroom and do that stuff, so...
Let's do it.
[Dave] Ooh. Almost in one.
There you go.
So in her main bedroom...
really, Wittney likes the size of this room.
Yup.
[Dave] It's almost a little too big,
and she hates--
Double closet?
Double closet, but look how, like,
-it's not deep at all. -It's narrow.
So I think as long as we have four to five feet in there.
Is there a wall on that side, too?
Yeah. Well, that doesn't seem right.
[Matt] We got something in there.
-Do the honors? -[Dave] Let's see what's in there.
[Derek] Let's see what's in there.
Oh, guys.
[Matt] Is that a galvanized pipe?
[Dave] It's galvanized.
You can see the joints where it's put together.
There is a giant pipe
right in the middle of this dead space.
This could be really bad
because we may not be able to do
one big walk-in closet.
-Oh. -[Matt] Is that a galvanized pipe?
[Dave] It's galvanized.
I... Did you see anything on the roof?
[Matt] There's a vent out here.
Yeah, there is a pipe out here.
Hey, wiggle that pipe.
Oh, yeah. That's it.
This pipe goes to nowhere.
They must have removed the fireplace
before Wittney bought the house and then,
they just covered it over and left it.
What are you guys gonna do?
Wiggle the pipe some more?
We're gonna pull it out.
All right. We're gonna try to get it out of there.
I think I can pull it up.
[Matt] Well, he got the first two feet off.
-Four feet. -All right. It's out of my hands.
[Matt] There you go.
[Dave] I'm gonna take her over to the trash can
real quick.
[Matt] We got more room for the closet now, man.
I mean, you look at that, that's two feet
of space right back to the...
To the closet.
All right. Let's get all this stuff out of there.
We're rolling in here.
So now we're able to move on to the rest of demo.
We don't have a ton of demo left to do.
It's just basically removing all of the bad DYI work
so we can start adding back in more character.
But, we've got less than 12 weeks to get
all of this done before Wittney has to move
back in to the house.
So, the clock is ticking.
That dude is heavy.
One, two, three.
[Jenny] This is nice.
And then, you go to the steep hill of doom.
[Dave] A little dangerous.
[Jenny] We have got to figure out a way
to make this backyard accessible for Wittney.
This is obviously the best part
of this house is the view.
But, it is so steep back here that we have got
to figure out a way to make it actually functional.
So, I think that there's a couple things we have to do.
For one, we have to, like, make a tiered deck situation
so they can have a grill and have a sitting area.
So we'll redo the upper deck outside her bedroom
to bring the railing up to code
and make it a place where she can read a book
or enjoy her morning coffee.
But then, the one thing she really wanted
-was a fire pit area for her boys... -Yup.
so it's like, we're gonna have to terrace this somehow.
So what if the deck ends somewhere in here?
[Jenny] You step down from the screen and porch,
you go into a nice big deck,
a little outdoor kitchen where she can grill.
Yeah, that could work.
And maybe it's something that we could close
so it is not open to the elements all the time,
like she can close it up when they're not using it.
And then you'll step down onto a terrace flat area
where we'll have a fire pit,
a place where her boys can have their beer,
like just a nice space for her and her family
to relax and enjoy the view of the lake.
-Cool. -Get the crew on it and let's do it.
All right. I love it. Cool.
Now we gotta climb the mountain
to get out of here.
[upbeat music playing]
We are at Wittney Jones' house
and we are cruising through
on this project.
Outside, we are replacing the roof
because there was mildew and there was growth on it.
And we've upgraded the front door.
[machine whirring]
[Dave] And inside the house, we're bringing in the new kitchen island
and prepping the kitchen walls to make way for the rest of the cabinets.
We finished framing Wittney's bigger closet
and we're almost done framing her new, more functional main bathroom.
Okay. So, all right.
Out here, we need some pocket doors or some old doors here.
I feel like with the doors it makes it feel like more of a study.
Now we need to talk about the fireplace.
She really said she likes masculine design stuff.
So, I want this to be a stone fireplace
that feels like a cabin, cabin.
I don't know why I said it like this,
but it feels right.
It was very important to her to have a mantel
to hang stockings.
She has her new grandbaby, Hank.
So, we have got to make sure this fireplace
is extra special and really beautiful.
Oh wow, that's so fun.
Nice big mantel.
What are we doing on either side?
Well, I originally was thinking
those little benches, but now, kind of think
that the benches might take away from the stone.
Where's the TV going?
She has the TV here.
Can you put the equipment for the TV in her closet?
[Dave] No. Do you wanna make a drawer behind the mantel?
So it looks like a mantel,
acts like a mantel.
-You can hang stockings from it like a mantel. -Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] But then when you need to access,
like, your DVD player...
-[Jenny] Mmm-hmm. -[Dave] it's a drawer.
[Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
It's a mantel drawer.
I just blew your mind.
I like it.
[Dave] I really like Leroy.
-I think that's a solid name. -I like Sam.
-[Dave] You like Sam? -[girl] I like Sam.
No, it should be Charlie.
[sheep bleat]
We've been super busy working on Wittney Jones' house
and it's nice today we get to spend
a little time at home with the kids.
[girl] That's Charlie mom and that's Sam.
And today we're gonna pick out some names.
The kids always love to pick out sheep names.
So pretty.
Hey, what do you think of her names?
Charlie and Sam.
We went through a phase of seasons
-for our lambs' names. -Yeah, we had Sunny, Snowy.
Who else? Uh, Frosty.
Yeah, I think winter and fall.
-Princess. -But anyway...
[lamb bleats]
[Dave] Welcome to the Marrs family, Sam and Charlie.
Here you go. Find mama.
Ah...
[lamb bleating]
What are we doing in here?
[Dave] The drawer mantel system.
We bring the firebox to here,
with our top plate above it.
And then we have probably an 8-inch box...
-Mmm-hmm. -you know, drawer.
And then we'll build a 2 by 10 mantel around that.
It's a good size, right? It'll fit.
-Yeah. -You can just stone around it.
-I think it'll be cool. -Yeah.
I think it'll look really good.
[machine whirring]
Yeah. I think the hardest part of this deck
is going to be this right here.
We've started work on the back of Wittney's house.
We're demoing the old decking and unsafe railing
on the upper deck.
At least it's on a 37 degree tilt.
[man] Yeah.
Make sure I don't roll down the hill.
[machine whirring]
[Dave] And we started building a new deck on the ground level.
The backyard of this house
is unusable space.
-Yeah. -I mean, she can't have grandkids out here.
-You can't put a chair out there. -[Jenny] No.
[Dave] So, we have built a 12 by 24 deck on the back patio.
Actually, being able to enjoy the backyard a little bit
is super important.
It gives you a ton of usable space.
[man] That's a lot of space here.
[Dave] All right. Here goes.
We're using composite decking,
which costs about three times more than wood,
but she's not gonna have to worry about it at all.
That is one hot deck.
It will stand the test of time.
[machine whirring]
Key is for us to really set Wittney up
so that she can just enjoy this place
and not be managing the upkeep all the time.
[upbeat music playing]
So, Wittney needs a place to have stockings.
So basically what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna build,
just like I would build an old box frame mantel,
but we're gonna put a drawer behind it,
so, way cooler.
This will be the face and then I'll attach a drawer
to the backside of it that slides out.
All right. So, I gotta cut a bevel on this first.
[machine whirring]
Square it off here.
Super important when you're working on a house that's not that old
to infuse just some elements of history in it.
So, this lumber got off of a property.
It's old, it's been oxidized.
Adds that instant warmth and character
that I think Wittney's wanting.
That is a nice fit.
[machine whirring]
Now, we have a nice...
big mantel drawer.
We'll put the hinges,
everything on over at the Jones' house.
We'll stone around it so the drawer slides right out.
Golden.
[upbeat music playing]
[birds chirping]
[machine whirring]
So, I'm at the Jones' house,
getting started on this built-in bench seat
in this room that looks out over the lake.
A lot, a lot of lumber.
Wittney didn't really have storage.
So, this bench seat is just a creative fix for her.
[Jenny] That whole sunroom I love.
Before, it was sort of an afterthought for her
-and she wasn't really sure how to use it... -[Dave] Yup.
[Jenny] and now I think it really will be a perfect spot in the house...
-Yup. -to sit, have a cup of coffee, read a book.
For Wittney's bedroom,
we're gonna do some vertical nickel gap paneling
on the walls to give it a little bit of dimension,
give it some character.
[Dave] And Damon and Derek and I
finished framing out the fireplace.
-Are you good there? -[man] Yup.
-There it goes. -There we go.
Heck yeah.
That's awesome.
[upbeat music playing]
All right, so we're getting landscaping going here
at Wittney's house.
[gasps] Oh my gosh, cabinets. Yay!
Wittney, one thing she specifically said
is "I want doors and drawers."
I want tons of storage in here.
Check out our new corner drawer.
I know. Isn't that cool?
Because as it sits now, she just wasn't able to use
any of the storage that she had.
[upbeat music playing]
All right. I think that's it except for the one beast.
These cabinets were custom-built
for Wittney's kitchen,
so we have to be extra careful.
[Dave] I just can't see anything.
Tell me what I'm about to hit.
[man] All right, straighten out.
We do not have any time to reorder these.
If something goes wrong.
Be careful.
You wanna set it on top of that?
Here, let's just stand her up.
[pounds]
Oh. Oh. What was that?
[tense music playing]
-You wanna set it on top of that? -Here let's just stand her up.
[pounds]
Oh. Oh. What was that?
-Nothing. -Just cracking.
Just a nail pop.
Dave's not always the most careful.
Every now and then, a little nail will pop
and just, you know, break that little glue joint
right where the nail is.
Nothing to worry about, it's glued
all the way along the cabinet.
We're good.
That's a lot of boxes.
I felt like we were making a lot of progress
and look around the room.
[Jenny] Woo. I'm very excited though.
-Let's get going. Come on. -Yeah, let's go.
This new kitchen is functional.
She's got tons of storage and she has a new island
and that's what she really wanted.
She wanted an island where everyone can run around.
Her little grandson as he grows up, she...
You know, I could just see him toddling around that island.
Toddler or just toddling.
I know.
-There's a lot of cabinets in this house... -A lot of cabinets.
and not only in the kitchen,
but you have some in the bathroom
and it's gonna be custom for her.
She's gonna have all the storage she needs.
Oh, man.
We've got about a month left and I couldn't be happier
with how things are turning out.
[dramatic music playing]
I'm headed to go out to Sondra Puorro's house.
We renovated her house last year.
We're gonna check out all of her old doors
to see if she has anything that could possibly work
as the opening into the sunroom
at Wittney's house.
[Sondra] Good morning.
[Jenny] Thanks for letting me come shop in your barn.
[laughs] Yeah, absolutely.
So Sondra collects old doors.
All your treasures.
She said she thinks she has a couple options for me,
so I'm gonna go check 'em out.
Oh my gosh, so pretty.
I mean, where did these doors come from this height?
-This is amazing. -Some came from France.
-Okay. -And some came from,
-I believe, Turkiye. -Oh my goodness.
How cool.
-Um, and here-- -Cool.
-Yeah. -This one.
-There's some more with color. -Oh, those are beautiful.
But yeah, they don't have glass.
Oh, those are gorgeous.
-And here's some... -[Jenny] Oh, glass.
that have glass in them.
[Jenny] Ooh, these are so pretty.
I love these.
These came from the University of Arkansas.
Oh.
And they were the old chemistry lab doors,
I believe from 1930.
Oh, my gosh, that's amazing.
I love incorporating old pieces into homes.
It adds character, but it also creates a story.
Yay!
Because Wittney works in higher education,
the story of these doors,
it's like a full circle moment.
And they're gonna be perfect for the space.
[upbeat music playing]
Aren't those sweet?
So she's not gonna lose any of the light.
[Jenny] Oh, it's beautiful.
-Yeah, I love it. -[Dave] All right.
[Jenny] Oh, there you go.
The glass, it looks so good.
[Dave] Let's cut this guy right here.
Today I'm in the barn working on a project
for Wittney Jones's house.
[machine whirring]
[Dave] On the back deck.
I want to make her a grill garage,
a place that she can open up and grill out when her family is here.
But she wants to go somewhere,
closes it, locks it, it's protected, safe.
I'm gonna build the sides of this garage
and then we'll take it to the house
and we will build the rest at the house
on the back deck.
This is gonna be neat.
We're actually just gonna wrap
this whole grill area in cedar.
You know what? This is actually a good size.
Matt and I can both stand here
and we would still have room to grill.
So I think all in all, it's gonna cost
about 1,500 in total
and it'll give her a secure place
for her grill and beer fridge.
Because you know where everyone is
when you're having a barbecue.
Guys stand and watch the grill.
[Dave] You're right.
[Jenny] Everything is really moving fast now.
We've got the composite decking
going on the upper deck to match the deck below.
Luxury vinyl plank flooring is going in.
This is going to be really durable for Wittney
and she won't have to worry about wet feet
from the lake walking on it.
[hammer banging]
We really want Wittney's house
to be something that when we're done,
she doesn't have to mess with it.
There she is.
[Jenny] So instead of painting outside,
we're using a composite shake siding.
It gives the look of shake, but it will last forever.
-Do you like it? -Yeah, it's gonna be pretty.
If you're on a lake, you want shake.
You see what I did there?
On a lake and you wanna do a little shake?
[Jenny] It's gonna look so good.
Okay, let's go look inside.
-The door looks so good. -Really pretty.
[Jenny] All right, look at this view, babe,
from her bedroom.
Wow. Oh, it's so pretty.
And this will all be glass handrail,
so it'll just be a beautiful view.
Yeah, this deck was not safe before.
So this is really important.
You know, Wittney has a young grandson.
She wants this to be beautiful.
-[Dave] Mmm-hmm. -But it's also gonna be safe.
[machine whirring]
Did you find those gaskets?
[man] There's a box, I think.
[Dave] Yeah, we can't put the glass in
unless we have the gaskets.
Let me go see if I can look and find them.
I don't know.
Sometimes it's under a lot of this stuff.
Maybe it's... Maybe it's under there.
[Dave] No.
What's in that box?
These are handrails that go downstairs.
Until we find those, unfortunately,
we can't install any of this glass.
It looks like door weather stripping.
I just saw them this morning.
[man] I'm looking for 'em.
Nothing down here.
I don't know where they're at.
It's gotta be here somewhere.
You think someone accidentally threw them away?
They are pretty small.
Things happen.
We had the gaskets, but they've been misplaced.
Well, we're gonna have to call and get 'em,
'cause if we don't have 'em, we can't finish the glass.
The upper deck is putting us out of commission
for a little while.
[upbeat music playing]
[boat engine revving]
Woo-hoo!
[Jenny] Brick by brick or stone by stone,
everything is coming together.
The custom fireplace is almost complete
and it really adds the warmth and character
to this living room that Wittney wanted.
Things are moving forward.
I think this is gonna be a really amazing house.
It's gonna have a lot of character, a lot of charm.
It's gonna be cozy.
One detail that I really love that made a huge impact...
Okay, now you got to lift it up a little bit.
[Jenny] is the new natural wood beam
that runs the length of the ceiling.
Kitchen island is getting
the honed granite countertops installed.
We have lighting and appliances in place.
In the main bedroom, we painted the walls
a deep forest green to lean into the tree house feel
since her bedroom is surrounded by trees.
And the custom built-in shelving
in her walk-in closet is finished.
And the main bathroom, we updated the vanity
giving Wittney more storage
and we made her dream come true
by bringing the outside in
with a new stone shower.
-Inside is turned over. -Inside is coming along.
The outside is...
Outside, we've got some work to do.
We've got to really finish up the backyard.
We've graded the area where we're going to put
Wittney's beer, drinking fire pit.
Oh, my gosh. Like, look at this.
But for the upper deck,
we were actually missing a few parts.
[Jenny] We never did find the gaskets for the deck railing
and we had to reorder them.
-[Dave] You good? -[man] Yup.
They just got in, nick of time.
So we're gonna get all of that wrapped up.
It's gonna be a few late evenings here.
Yeah, there's a lot to be done.
There is.
[Jenny] And Wittney comes home in two weeks.
So excited. I can't wait to see it.
I thought I'd pack a few things
and this apartment's been great,
this rental for the last few weeks.
But I'm ready to get home.
[Dave] We've got all of this structure in place,
but you know, we got to get the rock in,
we've got to get the fire pit,
we got to finish the hand rail.
Hey, do you feel safe enough
to come out on this deck?
-Almost? -No, not where you're standing.
Oh, my gosh. There's so much to do.
Quit worrying.
-It'll be done. -Okay.
[Wittney] Okay.
Deep breath.
Oh, my gosh.
Are you kidding me?
[boat engine revving]
[Dave] We're really coming down to the wire
on the Jones house.
Her lease is up very, very quickly,
which gives us about 10 days left
until we have to complete this renovation.
I've been a little bit worried about this one, but I could...
I just want everything to be perfect for Wittney.
But thankfully, everything is coming together.
Especially now that we have that deck railing up.
[Dave] On the lower deck.
The grill garage is complete.
We actually used the same stone
from the facade of the fireplace
to cover the front of the grill
and around the beer fridge and upstairs
all of the glass railing is in.
Wittney is going to be able to get up in the morning,
open her doors,
and she has this beautiful view
out to the lake.
We put about $30,000 into making this backyard usable space for Wittney
and it was well worth it.
We've just finished the siding.
We've got to paint the soffit and fascia.
[Jenny] We're wrapping the front stairs
to make the entrance more inviting.
We're not done yet, but we are so close.
We're gonna head home.
We need to check on the animals
and of course the new baby sheep.
And in the morning we'll be back at it.
[Jenny] It's so cute.
[upbeat music playing]
It is all hands on deck right now
to wrap up Wittney's renovation
before she moves back in.
Look at that. Let her go.
Because it's basically like moving in a whole house.
How many Marrs does it take to hang one curtain?
It's just a process that takes a while,
but yeah, that's the fun of it.
[mellow music playing]
These chairs are heavy.
-Today's the day, Wittney... -It's the day.
is headed back home.
Getting all the last minute little pieces together,
making sure everything is just right.
It's all set for the first family dinner.
It's gonna be the perfect place for her
to bring all her family over.
-Looks good. -Like a little Hank stocking.
She has baby Hank, new grandbaby
who's gonna grow up here on the lake
visiting her and making memories here.
The biggest change really here
has just been giving the house some character.
Before, it didn't really have any personality
and now, it's really adorable.
It looks like a lake house.
She is gonna feel like she's on vacation every day
when she's at home.
Okay.
Closet door's closed?
[Jenny] Yes, please.
Okay.
Looks good.
-[Drew] Here we go. -[Wittney] Here we go.
I have no idea what to expect.
Should I slow down a little bit?
-No. -[laughs]
Deep breath.
Oh, my gosh.
Are you kidding me?
Oh, my gosh.
Are you kidding me?
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my God.
Hi.
-How are you? -Hi.
-Good to see you. -Good to see you here.
[Wittney] Oh, I love it.
It wasn't anything I expected.
[Jenny] We wanted the shake siding here.
I really wanted it to feel like a cozy lake cottage.
[Wittney] Yes.
Then you have the white trim
just to make it really clean and make it pop.
We also brought the stairs around
so you can kind of approach either way.
And also a new front door,
the wood door and added some landscaping,
but kept it super and easy to maintain.
-Yes. -Yes.
And that's what I love, easy to maintain.
-Brand new roof. Thirty years, you don't have to touch it. -[Jenny] Right.
-[Wittney] Oh, yeah. -The composite siding.
You never have to touch it.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -You just come here
-and you enjoy your family. -[Wittney] Enjoy.
It's perfect. Yay.
-All right. -Let's head in.
-All right. -We'll follow you.
[upbeat music playing]
-Oh, my. -Oh, my.
[chuckles]
[Drew] Can you believe that?
No.
Oh, my gosh. It's gorgeous.
You do... You can go in.
I got no words.
Oh, two sinks.
Oh, yay.
[Drew laughs]
I don't understand how this happened.
[Jenny] So in this kitchen, you know,
you had non-functioning drawers and doors, and it just...
It didn't flow well.
You had the peninsula.
So I mean, this island is massive.
There's tons of storage.
And the black counters...
-[Wittney] I love it. -this honed granite,
because I know you like
kind of that neutral, masculine design.
-I do. -Right?
And then the wood, you know, just that...
-[Drew] Yeah. -natural feeling.
And you're up here in the trees.
You want some of that in your kitchen.
-See that little place? -I love that.
Go pull that corner drawer up.
[Drew] Whoa.
[Dave] Isn't that cool?
That is awesome.
-[Drew] Like that. -[Wittney] That makes so much use of space.
[Jenny] And then you have your dining space.
[Wittney] I absolutely love it.
And I don't know if you noticed the beam up here too.
-You know you have... -[Wittney] I love the beam.
-[Drew] Yeah. -[Jenny] the peak in the ceiling.
We wanted to accent it,
really wanted this whole house
to just feel a little bit more cabin-y.
-And new flooring. -Yeah.
New flooring.
Super durable.
I mean, this is perfect for the lake,
coming in wet.
[Wittney] It will hide dirt...
-Yes, yes. Yes. -as well as white things.
So one of our favorite rooms
-is your sun, lake room. -Sun room.
-[Wittney] Okay. -So, yeah, go check that out.
-We loved it. -All right.
[upbeat music playing]
-It's got doors. -Oh, wow.
[Drew] Oh, and they put a bar in.
[Wittney] I love it.
-Oh, my gosh. -And bench seating.
I felt like this window needed a window seat.
There's storage in it.
You can lift it up and have it.
-[Drew] What? -[Jenny] Cushioning made for it so you can take it off
and store all your things in there...
-Okay. -and have coffee and look at the lake.
-[Wittney] Yes. -[Drew] That is awesome.
[Wittney] I love it. Yes.
This isn't a terribly old house...
-Yes. -but we found some old stuff
from the University of Arkansas Chemistry Department.
-No, you do not. -Yeah, we know you're into higher education.
-So we got like old doors that you can then close. -[Drew] No way.
You know, we've had five generations straight
that have either worked
or gone to the University of Arkansas.
-Oh, my God. -Oh, I didn't know that.
I don't know that either.
No, that is amazing.
[Jenny] So cool.
I could sit here all day.
-Okay. -But, Drew, you got to get up though
because we have more house to see.
-There's more? -Yes, more house.
Let's go to the living room.
-All right. -Go to the living room.
[upbeat music playing]
Oh, my gosh. Look.
It's a fireplace.
With a mantel for stockings.
Look, it's a stocking.
Oh, it's Hank stocking.
Oh, don't make me cry.
[Wittney] Oh, I love it.
It is perfect.
Yeah, like, something else.
I didn't even see that.
[Jenny] I know you love stone.
I really wanted a stone fireplace in here.
-I love it. -It just makes it feel really cozy.
Like I can see you guys all here in the wintertime
and a stone fireplace just feels like the lake to me.
-[Wittney] Yes. -[Drew] Yes.
I love this.
This is beautiful.
That's white oak from our farm.
[Jenny] You'll have your stockings all here.
We've got Hank's up.
-[Wittney] Yes. -But you also have a place
to store your stockings
because this mantle can just roll out.
[Wittney] That is the coolest thing ever.
[Jenny] And you can store games, books, controllers.
That's such a surprise.
-[Jenny] All the surprises. -To store all my valuables in there.
-[Drew] There you go. -[Jenny] Yes.
Should we move to your bedroom?
-Okay. Yeah. -[Jenny] All right. After you.
-[Dave] Let's go. -[Wittney] I love these doors.
These are amazing.
-Oh, my gosh. -[Drew] Oh.
Look at the panels on the wall.
What a perfect color.
-Love this. -[Drew] This is beautiful.
Yes. So we have the wood again.
We have the vertical nickel gap trim.
Just to give some texture in here...
-I love it. -and to make it feel really cozy.
It's like... It's like a little tree house.
It is. It is.
So then you've got the doors going out with like...
-[Wittney] Yes. -[Dave] we went with the glass handrails
with the black metal.
So you can just see right out to the lake,
a new composite decking
that you never have to mess with.
[Wittney] You are my favorite people in the whole world.
-Okay. So now... -Do you wanna check out behind here?
-I do. -See what's back. Yeah.
We did pocket doors to save space in the room
-and in the closet. -[Wittney] Yes.
Oh, my God.
[Wittney] Closet heaven.
[laughs]
[Dave] You actually have room for all your clothes.
I have room for my sweaters and my shoes.
[Dave] And you don't have to go to two separate closets to get it.
[Wittney] I don't.
I love it.
-[Jenny] One more space. -[Dave] Bathroom.
-Bathroom. -One more door.
Another pocket door.
Okay.
Get out.
[upbeat music playing]
Oh, my gosh.
Dream shower.
[Drew] Oh, my.
You got your stone.
[Wittney] Yeah, I do.
Pull that cabinet out.
Even more storage.
-Oh, my gosh. -[Drew] Oh.
[Jenny] Yes.
[Wittney] Way to maximize its storage space.
[Jenny] I know you wanted a stone shower,
-not a problem. -I love this.
It'll be like taking a shower under a waterfall.
Kept the color consistent with the bedroom.
-[Wittney] Yes. -And these two spaces just tie really nicely together.
And whenever the door's open,
it just feels like an extension of this space as well.
I love it.
-We gotta go outside. We gotta get downstairs and go outside. -[Drew] Yeah.
-All right. All right. -Let's go.
-After you guys. -All right.
Oh, my gosh.
[Drew] Whoa.
[Wittney] This is awesome.
I'll be spending all of my time right here.
Yes, you will.
[Jenny] Now, you can actually use it.
-[Wittney] Yes. -[Jenny] Because you couldn't before.
-No. What is this? -Let's see what we got here.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, my gosh.
[Drew] Yeah.
[Dave] You never have to leave.
-You really never have to leave. -Oh, man.
How many cold beers we can fit in there?
[laughter]
It gives you a little privacy, too, from the neighbors.
-It does, yeah. -When you're down here you feel
a little more tucked away.
You can grill, have your stuff.
Come have your meal here.
[Wittney] And then--
-And then go start a fire. -Walk down and sit at your fire pit.
I know you said your boys sit around the fire pit.
-They do. -I know this was important.
So we terraced this out.
So this space, I can just envision you guys
sitting out here, looking out at the lake.
[Wittney] Look, it's amazing.
[Jenny] And there's shade with all the trees.
-Yeah. -You have the new deck.
So again, there's different levels,
different spots where you can all be hanging out.
When everybody's here, there's plenty of room for us to all to be together.
Now baby Hank can play out here...
-[Jenny] Yes. -[Wittney] a nd he won't roll down the mountainside.
[Jenny] Yes.
He can roast his first marshmallows out here.
-Yes. -I'm gonna cry.
-[Wittney] Well. -[Drew] Congrats, mama.
[Wittney] Thank you.
This is awesome.
It is awesome.
We were so thankful we got to meet you and know you...
-Yes. -and get to know your family.
Appreciate it, man.
[Dave] This house was for Wittney,
but it's also for her kids, her grandkids.
-Hi. -Hi.
Welcome to the new house.
And so now that it's done,
you can see that she can see herself
building a life here with her family
and it's awesome.
Hi, baby.
Welcome to Jojo's.
-Oh, that's nice. -Oh, my gosh...
-Isn't it great? -this is amazing
[Wittney] It took my breath away.
I didn't look like the same house.
It doesn't look like the same house.
Look Hank, it's your stocking.
[Wittney] The baby Hank stocking on the mantel,
it just touched my heart.
You're gonna cry now thinking about it.
I look forward to making all the memories here
with all of you.
I'm so glad you're my family.
-Get in here and give mama a hug. -We love you.
Let's give her a hug.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
-[man] Toast. -[Wittney] Toast.