[Jenny] Dave, come look at this thing.
Holy cow. It's a snapping turtle.
[Jenny] Dave, look at this thing!
-Holy macaroni. -Nate, you should come pick it up.
[Jenny] Nate, do not pick it up. It's a snapping turtle. Nathan!
Oh, my! What--
-[Nate speaking] -[both] You got clawed?
[Jenny] Nate, careful. Get him in the pasture.
It's safe so you can get to the pond. Don't drop him.
[Dave] We save every animal. Even the snapping turtles
that eat my fish out of the pond.
[Jenny] There he goes.
[Dave] You know what? Just take 'em back to nature.
That's what we do. So...
Hey babe, we gotta get to work.
Okay. I know. Say, "Bye turtle."
[upbeat music playing]
-Oh, beautiful out here. They're really out here. -[Dave] Isn't it amazing?
I think this is it, right here.
[Jenny] Oh, wow. It is gigantic.
[Dave] Oh, my gosh. Does it have a, like,
a drive through, like,
-where you drop people off a at ballroom? -Oh.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jenny] Look at the tiled roof. That's pretty.
-[Dave] Oh, it's really pretty. -[Jenny] Yeah.
Today we are going to meet
with Dayshawn and Laurie Powell.
They moved here a few years ago from California
and they bought a house right out by the lake in Rogers, Arkansas.
-[Jenny] Great. -[Dave] This is an entryway.
-[Jenny] Yeah, it is. -[Dave] Gosh.
[Jenny] This home doesn't look like something we typically see.
So it gives us a chance to be creative.
[Dave] It's a new challenge.
It's something that Jenny and I haven't done
and yeah, looking forward to it.
-Hello. -[all] Hi.
-How are you? -Good to see you.
-Good to see you too. -Hi.
-Hey. -How are you?
-Love the bowtie. -Yes.
You guys are ready to go.
That's his favorite look.
All right, so how long have you guys been here?
-Almost two years. -[Jenny] Two years.
-We love the size of the home. -[Dave] Right.
-[Dayshawn] But being by the lake... -[Laurie] Yeah, we love it.
-[Jenny] Beautiful. -[Laurie] So peaceful out here.
[Laurie] So we bought the house in 2021.
We were in Los Angeles at the time, during COVID
and we wanted to be closer to family.
We moved here for the purpose
of putting down roots and staying forever.
Like, this is our forever home.
So this is, kind of like,
the next evolution in our journey
where this renovation will sort of be the next stage of our lives.
-Okay, let's talk about the renovation... -Okay.
Well, I think it just needs
-to be freshened up a little bit more. -[Dave] Right.
-Uh-huh. -Make it more us.
[Laurie] It's a big project
and I feel like I don't know
how to make all those decisions
and now we're kinda stuck.
What about these? Do you like these?
-Um... -This is, like, the stucco set up.
-The stucco... -The stucco's, yeah, it's kinda...
This house was built, what, mid 90s?
-[Laurie] Yeah. -Yeah, so kinda dates it a little bit.
Where maybe if we filled some of that in...
[Laurie] Make it clean.
-[Dave] Just clean it up a little bit. -[both] Yeah.
I mean, we gotta do something in here.
Maybe, like, skim the ceiling with wood
just so that this feels like a warm welcome.
I love that.
-I think that would look amazing. -[Jenny] Okay.
And then, what about the front door?
Yeah. I think even if something that maybe could let some more light in...
-[Jenny] Okay. -It might be cool.
[Jenny] I love that too. Okay, perfect.
Plan out here is to freshen everything up.
We'll update the landscaping, we'll update the front door,
potentially skim the ceiling of the portico with wood
and if we can we'd love to fill in the holes in the stucco on the columns.
-[Dayshawn] Yeah. -[Jenny] Okay.
Thanks.
-Oh, wow. -[Dave] Yeah, wow.
-[Jenny] Very ornate. -[Laurie] Yeah.
Yes. This is our grand entrance.
[Dayshawn] This is our grand entrance.
-[Jenny] Oh. -[Laurie laughs]
-Yeah, we love the arches and just... -Wow.
One of the things we told our realtor
was that we didn't want a cookie-cutter house.
[Dayshawn] When I walked in and I seen that space,
I was just really blown away
by just the magnitude of it.
[Dayshawn] So, this is our, our dancing room.
-So what kind of dancing? -All dancing.
-[both] All dancing. -[Jenny] Wow.
[Laurie] Anything with a beat.
-Yeah. -[all laughing]
-Okay. -I love that.
[Dayshawn] Well, when we met in Nashville,
I was a ballroom instructor at the time
and she came into the studio.
We started talking, thing were moving good
and we started dating.
Opps. [laughs heartily]
All right. So what would you like to see in here?
-Like a big round table... -[Jenny] Oh, yeah.
-With, like, a you know, something like... -Flowers.
-Flower vase or flowers. -Yeah.
I like what you see at a hotel
-when you walk in. -Yeah.
-Yeah. Yeah. -Um, what about the flooring?
-[Dave] Yeah. -So it gets scuffy
so I would like to, like, get it upgraded.
-Maybe a little bit... -[Laurie] More durable.
-[Dayshawn] ...stronger, more durable. -[Jenny] Mm-hmm.
-There's also a lot of orange in the floor color. So... -Yeah.
[Dave] Oh, yeah. You can see it all the way across.
We love to be able to entertain
and so when we moved here,
we knew we wanted
a lot of room to host gatherings
and, you know, invite family to come stay...
-It's very unique. -I've honestly never seen a house like this
-in our consult. -No.
-[laughs] -Never.
[Jenny] For the project overall what are you guys planning to spend?
[Laurie] So we're thinking about 185.
-Yeah. -[Jenny] Okay. Okay.
-Yeah. -[Jenny] Since Dayshawn is
a financial adviser, they have definitely mapped out
exactly what they want to spend.
Everything is just bigger here.
So we're gonna have to really prioritize
so that we can really figure out how to make
the budget work for this home.
All right. So the plan for the entry,
we're gonna make this, you know, the space where
you can welcome people
where it'll feel kinda like a hotel
with the big round table in the middle,
we'll update the flooring,
we'll add new lighting, we'll paint but really just
-keep this as a nice big entry-dancing space. -Yeah.
-Nice. -Sounds like perfect.
-I like it. -Okay.
All right. So, where to next?
-Let's go to the... -Go see the primary?
-...to the primary suite. -[both] Okay.
-[Jenny] Perfect. -[Dayshawn] We don't have too far to walk.
[Jenny] Nice.
-It's massive! -[Dave] This room is giant!
[Dayshawn] Yeah.
[Laurie] We love the fireplace.
-[Jenny] Okay. -[Laurie] I mean, we don't love the way it looks.
[Jenny] Okay. So keep the fireplace but refresh it.
-So... -What about flooring in here?
Yeah. Carpet.
Um, the carpets drives me crazy.
[Jenny] Okay, so we're gonna update the flooring,
same flooring with the rest of the house. I love that.
-[Laurie] Yeah, yeah. -[Jenny] Okay.
It would be great to have some sort of feature on the wall or...
-[Dave] Yeah, right here. -[Jenny] This wall.
[Laurie] ...something that's just, like, a little bit more...
-[Jenny] Something. -[Laurie] Yeah.
-Okay. Great. -[Laurie] Okay.
-[Dayshawn] Awesome. -[Jenny] All right. So the plan for the bedroom
is take out the carpet and really keep the flooring
consistent with the rest of the house,
we'll paint, maybe create a feature wall behind the bed
and then of course, refresh the fireplace,
to create something a little more modern.
-[Dave] All right. -[Jenny] Okay.
-Where are we going? -What's next?
-Go to the bathroom. -Let's go to the bathroom.
-All right. -Okay.
[Jenny] Oh, there's another arch. I love it.
-[Jenny] Oh, my... -[Laurie] Welcome to our bathroom.
-[Jenny] Wow! -[Dave] Holy cow, it's giant!
-[Laurie laughs] -[Jenny] It's humungous.
-It's huge! -[Laurie] Yeah.
[Jenny] Big tub. Wow.
I mean this, I feel like this space
screams for, like, a stand-alone tub...
-Yes. -...that just feels like a relaxing spa feeling.
[Jenny] What is this? What is happening here?
-[Dayshawn] This... -[Laurie] Oh...
-[Dayshawn] Yes, the size is fantastic. -Oh, my word.
I don't know. Dave, this is like--
You guys, this is like a locker room.
[Laurie] I feel like somebody's gonna have a lot of fun demoing this glass wall.
-[Dave] Yes. -[Dayshawn] Yes.
[Dave] But you like having
the big shower with the two shower heads.
-[Dayshawn] Correct. -[Laurie] Yes.
-[Jenny] Okay. -[Dayshawn] Yes. Yes.
[Dave] The bathroom is bigger than our bedroom,
bathroom and closets combined in our house.
[Jenny] A 100% yeah.
[Dave] So we just have to be
careful and get really creative.
What would you like to see?
How do you want this space to feel?
-Do you want color? -Yeah. I want some pop in here...
-[Jenny] Okay. -...maybe some color.
[Laurie] Just making sure that whatever we have is elegant.
Okay, so basically, in the bathroom the plan
is to keep the layout,
pick out this big tub and replace it with a stand-alone tub,
and then we'll also remove all of the glass block
and create a nice big double shower
that feels modern,
we'll update the vanities, the lighting, the mirrors
and also add some pops of color,
and sort of just feel bigger
and more open and more spa like and very luxurious.
That's what we're going for.
-Yes. -Right.
-Okay? -Great. Thank you.
All right. Now, where to?
Let's go to the kitchen.
-Okay. Follow y'all. -Ooh, okay. I'm excited to see this.
[Laurie] So this is kind of the heart of our home
because we love to entertain.
-[Jenny] It's huge, isn't it? -[Dave] It is.
-[Laurie] Yeah. -[Jenny] Yeah!
So, do you like the way that
there's the two levels of the island?
It functions well because
we'll do sometimes, like, a buffet
-when we have people over. -Sure.
[Laurie] But yeah. We just love the fact that there's
-so much unobstructed space to work. -[Jenny] Yeah.
-[Dave] Sure. -[Jenny] And I also feel like there's a huge opportunity
-missed with all of this empty space above the cabinets... -Yeah.
-100%. -...where we can have more storage.
-100%. -Yeah.
[Jenny] What would you like to see? More colors? What style?
[Dayshawn] So we like gold, we like black...
-Yeah. -...where they have that luxury feel that stand out.
-Okay, perfect. -Okay.
[Jenny] So basically, the plan for the kitchen is
to make this a little bit more luxurious
and elegant, update all the cabinetry,
the countertops, the appliances,
we'll keep the layout of the island,
create a nice focal point with the range hood,
elevating the whole space.
-I think it's gonna totally change... -[Jenny] Yeah.
-...like, the whole feel of the house. -[Jenny] Oh, my gosh. Yes.
Should we check out the living room?
-Yeah. -All right.
That fireplace in the living room...
My goodness.
-[Laurie] It's... -[Dayshawn] It's something, isn't it?
[Laurie] Yeah. Screaming for some love and attention.
We feel like it's a missed opportunity right now
'cause it could be such a wow factor.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -[Laurie] But right now it just kind of blends in.
-Yeah. It's a lot of stucco. -[all laughing]
[Jenny] Okay. So the plan for the living room, first of all,
update the flooring, it's gonna be consistent with the rest of the house,
we'll update this fireplace,
modernize it, make it the focal point of the space.
-[Laurie] Yeah. -[Jenny] And we'll paint,
update lighting and really just refresh the space.
-Yeah. -I'm so excited.
-I'm super excited. -Yeah.
-It's gonna be great.
When we moved here, we didn't have much.
We had moved cross country
so we'd gotten rid of a lot of stuff
and I was afraid to make, like, any choices...
-Yes. -...because I was afraid that if I bought anything,
it would automatically, like, dictate the rest of the house.
So, our house is a blank canvas.
It's got all kind of potential.
All right. Well, you guys get packed up.
-We'll be back in a couple days to get started. -Yep.
-Great. -All right?
-Good. -Okay.
-Thank you! -[indistinct conversation]
Dayshawn and Laurie's budget of 185,000 is a healthy budget
but it really shrinks a lot
of what you can do because of the, just the size of the house.
-It's just so much house! -Yeah.
[Jenny] We think it'll take around four months.
-[Dave] Yeah. -[Jenny] So we gotta figure out what is
the most cost efficient and time efficient.
This is gonna be a unique challenge.
We are ready to take on this massive Powell house.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jenny] Hello, everyone.
-Joe? -[Dave] Joe, Joe, Joe.
-Joe... -[Jenny] Are you hiding back there?
-[Dave] ...are you hiding back there? -Yeah.
[Dave] All right. So inside we've got-- Main spots are the kitchen
and the main bathroom.
-[Jenny] This house is gigantic. -Can you believe
-all this stucco in this house? -[Joe] No.
Everything's so big.
-I'm not kidding. -[Jenny] It's so big.
-I've never seen it. -Every, everywhere.
[Jenny] Look at this bathroom!
-It's got every fireplace. -Wow.
So usually, we start right in the kitchen
but I want to go to that main bathroom.
[Jenny] This is the shower back here.
-That glass black wall... -Well--
has been just haunting my dreams.
This thing is giant.
I think we just, we gotta loosen this edge here
and then all of us get on the wall
push it all over.
Well, it's gonna be-- [screams] Dave!
[all laughing]
All right, let's go.
[glass breaking]
Okay.
Yeah. Just keep going.
[glass shattering]
[Matt] Okay. Okay.
You ready?
-One... -[Jenny] Back up, back up.
...two, three.
[glass shattering]
-One... -[Jenny] Back up, back up.
...two, three.
[glass shattering]
[Matt laughs]
-[Jenny] Oh, my word. -That was a lot bigger than I ever thought.
That was awesome.
Did anyone ring doorbell?
-No we did not. -All right. Let's go to the kitchen.
-Not getting any of this. -[all laughing]
Oh, all right.
Let's get the countertops off, all the surround.
-We are keeping these cabinets. -Yes.
-They're going to be reused in the basement. -Yep.
[Dave] So, appliances, all that gets kept.
[Matt] Okay.
[Dave] All right.
Okay, you got it, Chris?
-Good job. -Yeah, I got it.
[Dave] Okay. All right, good.
Let's slow down.
[song playing]
[exclaims]
[song continuous]
All right.
[song continuous]
Three more we've got.
[song continuous]
[song ends]
[Dave] All right. The island is staying the same, right?
[Jenny] Um...
How much do you say--
Is it saving by the time we do all this?
Is it still saving money?
-I mean, not really. -I know.
[Jenny] Dayshawn and Laurie have a lot
that needs to be done in this house.
The one thing that they said they liked in the kitchen
-was the island. -Yeah.
So, I'd considered, okay, maybe we keep it
so that can save us some money.
We just paint it.
But there's all this elements happening on the island,
it feels disjointed to me.
I actually think we need to redo the island.
Okay guys. I feel like we got a lot done.
We're all tired. Let's go.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] Hey, what's up?
-How are you? -[Jenny] Hi.
Okay, so I was laying out the Powell kitchen.
I just feel like one big island will make a big statement.
It won't feel cramped,
it'll give them everything they were wanting.
They want storage,
they want space around the island for people.
Well, I think in the budget we had kinda thought about
just refacing and leaving the island.
I don't-- I just-- It's not right.
We shouldn't keep it.
Is it gonna cost more
or do you think we can talk to Chris
and get it done for the same price?
Well, I don't know that we can get it done for the same price
but I think we can save money in other places.
[phone ringing]
[Laurie] Hello.
Hey, Laurie, it's Jenny and Dave. How are you?
Good morning.
[Laurie] How are you guys?
-We're good. -We are good.
So, we've been working on the kitchen layout
but I really feel like we can get you a better island.
We can play around with the budget
and move things in different buckets
and so it is not gonna cost any more.
[Laurie] Yeah. I mean,
I'm so glad you're thinking about this
because this is something that is super important to us
and so I know I've talked with Dayshawn
and we wanna maintain good flow,
we wanna be able to, like, entertain...
-Yeah, perfect. -[Laurie] I think as long as you've
got that in mind, we are on board.
[Jenny] Okay. Awesome.
-Got it. -We'll get it done.
-All right. Bye. -[Laurie] Bye.
-Bye. -I'm gonna send Chris that layout then
and we're good to go.
-[Dave] Get it done. -All right.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Jenny] Hello... -Hi.
-What's up, man? -How's it going?
Another day in paradise. How you guys doing?
Another day in paradise.
[Jenny] Still a lot of work to be done here at the Powells'.
-But we have a plan. -Yeah.
Ooh. You all okay?
-That's a little heavier than I thought it was. -Heave!
Okay, wait...
-That looks good. -[Jenny] Got it?
Careful, Dave.
-[Dave] Oh, I broke it on my side. -I didn't break mine.
The demo is done,
uh, and we now have to figure out
what, literally, what we're gonna put in these giant spaces.
So this is the entry-foyer-
dance room-ballroom...
Laurie and Dayshawn told us
they really like art deco style.
We're gonna do a lot of amazing art deco moments.
There's symmetry, there's a lot of layers.
-So... -Very detailed.
Very decadent. -Yes.
Art decadent if you will.
I was thinking of having Buddy create a huge piece of art.
Something big?
[Jenny] My friend, Buddy, is a local artist.
He's amazing and this is gonna be the space that
is the first place everyone sees.
So we want it to make an impact.
Something like this?
-Hold on. -Please don't hurt yourself.
-What? -Like this?
Oh, that's, that's it.
[Chris laughs]
[Jenny] That's perfect. that's really good.
The other thing is, actually,
kinda right where this... box says the Rangers...
You know when you go into a big, like, a hotel
and then in the middle they have the table with flowers?
-You know? -Yeah, yeah.
[Jenny] And we're trying to save money.
So I was thinking you could build something here.
-Little bit of-- -Something modern.
Art deco.
This room has some symmetry with all of the arches.
So it does really lean into that style
but now we need to go
add the bold flair, if you will.
We're gonna kick some flair into 'em
with buttons all over those things.
[Jenny] So you'll do that at the shop
but out here, babe...
-Yeah, that'll be cool. -...I would love to get
-this mirror started. -[Dave] Okay.
Like, what if you added a trim
and made it look like, a, kind of, cool, unique mirror?
[Dave] We'll cut some strips and then you can tell us
how you want it.
-Okay. -We've got some materials so we'll start doing it.
[Jenny] The living room currently is just, eh.
So I really wanna bring that art deco style into this room.
It's inexpensive and it's just
like another little visual element
to make it look more intentional
and like a piece of art.
We can lay these however you want on the inside.
Mm-hmm.
And we can put dividers in between 'em.
-It's not terribly expensive to do. -No.
It's a well-defined space.
-[Jenny] All right. Okay. -[Dave] Good?
[Chris] Yeah.
[squeaking]
Okay, it's really cool. It looks really good.
[Jenny] This mirror
was a bit of an eyesore before.
I wanted to take out the mirror
but that really wasn't an option with our budget.
So we had to work with it
and now, I actually love it.
That's your own piece of art deco-ration.
Nobody?
-Seriously? -[Dave speaking indistinctly]
-It's good. -I heard you. I heard you.
-It's good, right? -[Dave] I'm on you.
[upbeat music playing]
This bedroom's so big.
Uh-oh, it's giant.
Okay. So all of these boxes that you see...
Okay...
...are gonna go on this wall.
Let's do it.
All right. Let's create art.
[Chris laughs]
[Matt] Here's our first one.
This is the most important one.
[Dave] A trim art piece doesn't cost a lot of money
and it makes a big impact.
So this just another way
that we could kinda elevate that main bedroom.
Give me this real quick now.
Nail it up.
[Dave] All right. Last one.
[Matt] It looks good, doesn't it, Joe?
Yep. Looks done. Best part.
[soft music playing]
It's the last day of school, everybody. Over here.
[Jenny] No matter how busy we are, we always
find time for annual traditions
and we have a lot of end of year traditions in our family.
-[Dave] Last day of school. -[Jenny] Last day of school.
So now home to have our annual end of the year
shaving cream fight.
Luke has graduated from his first year of pre-school.
We started this tradition when I was a kid.
My mom, I don't know why my mom came up with it,
but we did it every year. Is that normal?
-No. -Maybe not.
It's a little weird but whatever.
What could go wrong?
Okay, go!
Go!
[Dave laughing]
No! I said not me!
I've got my phone!
[screams]
[Dave] What could've gone wrong, says Jenny Marrs.
Oh, sorry. You moved!
[kid] Come on. Come on!
You moved!
-Let's go! -Do not go in the house!
[upbeat music playing]
We're at the Powell house today and we have flooring
that is ready to go down in this house.
It's super durable and within budget.
-[Dave] Yeah. -[Jenny] So that they can have dance lessons in the foyer.
[hammering]
It's comin' together, eh?
Yeah, it looks really good.
[Dave] Everyone's coming in so we can get these cabinets installed quickly.
[whirring]
[Dave] We gave them so much more storage than what they ever had.
I really think this is a solution that they're gonna love.
[whirring]
[pleasant music playing]
[cow mooing]
At the Powell house...
[whirring]
...they have a giant entryway
and it needs an amazing table.
So, I've glued up all of these walnut boards,
stuff that I took off our property here.
A six foot circle.
[saw whirring]
[Jenny] Dayshawn and Laurie said they really just want this room
as a like, entry place.
[saw whirring]
[Jenny] It's just such a big house,
so we're creating an inexpensive focal point for their guests.
[saw whirring]
[upbeat music playing]
-[Jenny] Dave. -[Dave] Hey!
-[Jenny] We have a surprise. We have a surprise. -What's up my man?
-So, let me bring these over here. -[Jenny] Holy cow.
[Dave] These here are going to be the table legs.
-So, these are gonna sit like so. -Whoa! Huge.
[boy] Another day.
-Let's see what it looks like. -[Jenny] Okay. So pretty.
So, if this is the tabletop from the top,
what if they want, like...
-So, it kinda looks like -[Jenny] You know what I--
-[Dave] it's like free-floating a little bit. -[Jenny] Yeah.
In this house, there's a lot of arches, a lot of curves.
And so, we're trying to incorporate that.
[Dave] Whatever we can, let's tailor it towards the client.
I think what you're missing here.
[scribbling]
It's a vase with flowers.
-Using like a vase on there. -[Dave] Okay, I like that.
[Jenny] Huh.
-You like it? That's good. -Yeah, I love it. I love it. It's so pretty.
[rock 'n' roll music playing]
-All right, here's the last bit of the lumber. -All right, thanks.
So, we're actually finishing up the framing in the bathroom.
Okay, so what we're thinking here, babe. A niche wall.
-Niche. -Niche.
-Nich-ay. -Nich-ay.
-Nich-ay. [laughs] -[laughs]
[Dave] In the bathroom, we are bringing a few wing walls in
to just kinda close in the shower a little bit.
So, now it should be ready to start putting up
the cement board so we can get tile in
and get this bathroom wrapped up.
[Jenny] Great job, guys.
-All right. -Okay.
Oh, babe. Can we talk about the fireplace too?
-So, just really don't like how this has so many levels. -What's up?
It just feels really dated.
It would be nice to get rid of this.
-[Dave] No. Not a new frame, no. -[Jenny] We can't do that?
But if we just do something flat
and then have a wood beam on top, I think it would just
feel more modern
and match your beautiful feature wall a little bit better.
-[Dave] I can. It's just more work. -[Jenny] Right.
Okay. That's why I'm asking you.
[Dave] The problem with this fireplace is it's giant.
-So, yeah, look... -[Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
We had in the budget, just to fix the green.
Right now, this fireplace feels very dated.
I want to make it look a little cleaner and a little more modern.
[Jenny sighs]
[music playing]
Maybe we just frame it out and drywall it,
-versus building a whole surround. -Yeah. Yeah.
The thing about this house is just so much space,
-Yeah. -so we don't have a lot of money
to spend on things like the fireplace.
As long as we keep the same dimensions,
-I think it'll be fine. -Mmm-hmm. Okay.
-Sheetrock beam across the top. -Yeah.
-We'll get it done. -Okay.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Matt] Swing it around. -[Dave] Will you turn it around back there.
[Matt] Yeah.
We got room.
The main bathroom here at the Powell house has completely transformed.
Everything looks good. Now we're just bringing in the vanities.
I feel like this bathroom is really close.
[Dave] Whoo-hoo!
A lot of cabinet here.
-The shower's tiled, the floor tile's in. -[Dave] Yeah, it looks good.
[Jenny] Everything looks good.
Is this not gorgeous?
It's very luxurious. She's gonna love it.
We're in business with this.
-Yeah. -I mean, it's all great.
Everything is on order that we need.
[whispers] We're almost there.
[in normal voice] Almost there.
-Looks good. -Yeah.
Put some sheetrock up here and...
Get 'er done.
[upbeat music playing]
Man, walk planks.
Here I thought I was gonna be movin' ladders like a sucker.
I mean, this house, it's giant.
It's kinda like you're pulling up to, you know, a resort.
So, I think if we can make the underside of this portico
a little warmer with some wood,
it will just really update this space and make it look a lot better.
All right, first one's the worst one.
[Jenny] This is just such a big house.
We just need to make some changes
wherever we can make the biggest impact.
So, today, we're really trying to focus our time and our money
on the entrance of the house.
-[Dave] Yeah. -[Jenny] So, we'll finish the portico
and fill in the stucco.
-Hey, Brandon. What's up man? -Hey, how are you, sir?
-[Dave] Good. How are you? -Good.
Jenny Marrs!
-[Jenny] Yeah? -Brandon's here.
-[Jenny] Hi. How are you? -Good.
Rather doing this.
Okay, so, you know, I told you about these holes.
-[Brandon] Obviously we wanna address this gap, right? -Yes.
So, we wanna prep this material
-to where we can in-fill it. -Uh-huh.
[Brandon] Make these level and surface it.
-[Jenny] Okay. -Essentially, it's cake.
We're gonna re-ice the cake.
Okay. [chuckles]
-That's gonna be great. I appreciate it. -Sounds great.
-It's gonna be awesome. Thank you so much. -You're welcome.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jenny] All of these small changes on the outside
are gonna help the curb appeal of this house so much.
[upbeat music continues]
I'm headed over to Gunn Granite to pick out
some countertop material for the Powell's kitchen,
the fireplace in the living room and in the main bedroom.
I wanna get rid of that green.
There's so much material needed.
So, we really need to do something that's budget-friendly.
Quartz is cheaper than marble,
but, you don't often find quartz that looks like a natural stone, a marble.
And Jeremy says he has a few, so, we're gonna check those out.
-[Jeremy] Hey, Jenny. -Ohhh.
Hey! How are you?
-Good to see you. -[Jenny] You too.
How's it going?
[Jenny] Okay, so, we're working on a house where everything is massive,
so I need to be cognizant of price.
-Yes. -But I want art deco.
-So, I kinda wanna do a little more funky. -[Jeremy] Got you. Yeah.
-I think I've got the thing that may work. -You know, like--
-Okay. -I'll show you a couple of slabs I have out here.
[Jenny] I love looking at slabs.
-[Jeremy] Yeah. -[Jenny] It's always fun.
-I need a showstopper. -[Jeremy] No wow factor with this one?
[Jenny] No.
Now this one right here is what I was thinking
-because it does have-- And I don't know if this -Ohhh.
-is kind of inner color palette or color scheme, -That's kinda--
-but I really like-- -Yeah.
It's more dramatic than the other one.
Oh, this is so cool. Yeah, this is beautiful.
This house is anything but subtle.
So, I think that the slab of stone is one chance
to really go with a more bold pattern.
So, let's have fun with it.
Let's get something that has a little bit of color and movement
and is a little more funky than what I would normally use.
-You know, it's got a lot of movement to it. -I love it.
[Jenny] It's perfect.
Most importantly, Dayshawn and Laurie, I know, are going to love it.
-I'll put it down. -This is the one.
-Yay! -Sweet.
-Oh, oh, my gosh. -Oh.
[Dayshawn chuckles]
-[Laurie] You guys, just like, nailed it. -[Dayshawn] It's so good.
[upbeat music playing]
[whirring]
All right, let's set this on and then we'll build the beam for it.
Sure.
Can we just talk about how much better it looks just having that big,
chunky, stucco thing off?
-[Matt laughs] -[Dave] Yeah.
-Looks better already. -It does.
The fireplace in the main bedroom at the Powell house
was an outdated eyesore.
So, the stucco was all removed.
Yeah, so we've just got a surround that goes around here
that's square instead of the original round.
The granite will go in here.
And it'll just give the Powells a lot cleaner look to their fireplace.
Okay.
-[whirring] -[bang]
Right there, hold it.
Hold it right there.
[bangs]
All right.
We'll let that beam just cover a seam there.
We're good to go.
The fireplace will be the last touch in here.
We have the accent wall.
Once that gets painted, it's going to be amazing.
And then, in that main bathroom
we're gonna go a high gloss on the cabinetry.
Like, a guy who wears a bowtie,
needs high gloss paint. You know what I mean?
[hammering]
Paint and I think cabinet hardware,
both go a long way for really little expense.
-So, you can make your dollar stretch a long way. -[Dave] Yeah.
All right, Matt, you ready?
Yeah, let's see if it fits in there.
[Dave] The last finishing piece that we need for the exterior of this house
is this eight foot double door.
Like a glove.
-Yeah, it looks good, Chris. -[Chris] Great.
[Dave] There, okay, that one's in.
There you go, there you go.
-[whispers] All right. -[Dave] Jenny Marrs!
It looks so good.
[Dave] Getting this eight foot double door,
it's what the front of this house needed.
It's complete. I know the Powells
-are just gonna love it. -[Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] We didn't do a ton with landscape.
We just, you know, kinda cleaned it up.
And the Powells come back in less than two weeks,
so really straight forward to finish.
[Jenny] Everything looks good.
Now, we're just bringing in the new fireplace in the living room.
Before, it was just a really large blank slate
-[Dave] Yeah. - [Jenny] and now, with this trim on the mirror
it actually looks intentional, it works with this house
and it looks really, really good.
Here we go.
[Jenny] I love this kitchen.
I mean, painting that kitchen all black
just is so bold and sophisticated in there.
And I found the perfect light fixture so that it looks more modern.
The island was tough because they loved their old island.
-So, I hope they love this island. I'm nervous. -Yeah.
[Dave] I mean, this island, it's beautiful,
- it's super functional -[Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] And it's got some of the look of their original island.
Appliances are here.
[Jenny] It's all about glamour, sophistication, drama.
Dayshawn and Laurie are gonna walk into that kitchen and be like... Bam!
[music playing]
[motor whirring]
-[Jenny] Dave! -Yeah?
Look!
How amazing is this?
-So... -For the Powells entry.
And you know they love to dance.
-Oh, that's super cool. -Look.
[Dave] That's amazing.
-Well, thank you. -[Jenny] Is this not incredible?
I knew Buddy was the guy.
So, I sent him a photo of Laurie and Dayshawn dancing
to create the perfect piece of art
for the entryway at Dayshawn and Laurie's house.
So, we brought it here because you need to make the frame.
[Dave] Well, I did the table out of walnut.
-[Jenny] Right. -[Dave] That's in the entryway.
-[Jenny] I like that. -[Dave] I think that's pretty cool.
-All right? -[Dave] Either way--I kinda liked it the other way.
The way you had it. That was pretty cool.
-[Jenny] Yeah, I like the way you had it. -[Dave] Build a reverse frame.
[Buddy] It's pretty simple, it's just a L-piece, just like you have.
-[Jenny] Back, yeah. -Tack it on the back and it's done.
-I like that. -I love that.
[Jenny] All right, it's amazing, Buddy.
-[Buddy] Thank you. -[Jenny laughs] Amazing!
-[Dave] Thanks, man. It looks great. -Thanks.
[Jenny laughs]
Gotta build it backwards here.
Yeah, I got it. I got it. I got it.
[whirring]
[upbeat music playing]
[whirring continues]
All right, so typically, I would build a frame like this
but, we're gonna flip this one around
where the canvas folds all the way over
and we have a really tight, nice profile.
I just gotta build three more sticks and cut some 45's.
[music playing]
[whirring]
[Jenny] We're here at Dayshawn and Laurie's house.
This is, uh, the final day.
- They're gonna be here any minute. -[Dave] Yup.
So, we have to get all of the last minute details out.
Get the house perfect for them to come and see it for the first time.
[Jenny] I'm nervous about the kitchen,
- I'm nervous about the island. -[Dave] No way. It's awesome.
-I think we put the money in the most important places - [Jenny] Mmm-hmm.
[Dave] that really...
-... un-date this house. - [Jenny] Made the biggest impact.
-Right? Like, the kitchens, the bathroom-- -Update not un-date.
-Un-date. Take away the date that it was made, -Update.
-to update it to the new date that it is.
-Un-date it. -Un-date.
-It's so much more open now. -It's so much better.
It looks so good.
[upbeat music playing]
[Laurie] I'm nervous.
[Dayshawn laughs] I think it's gonna be great.
-Yeah, I know. It's just like the unknown. -Well done.
-Oh! Feel like my heart's racing now. -It's gonna be good.
A little bit of a reach up there, babe. [Dave grunts]
-Looks good. -Yeah.
-Everything looks great. -[Jenny] I mean, this house turned out really beautifully.
[Laurie] The anticipation's killing me.
[laughing]
-[Dayshawn] Pretty cool. -[Laurie] Looks so good.
-[Dave] Hello. -[Jenny] How are you?
[Laurie] I'm so nervous.
-[Jenny] Aw, hi. You look beautiful. -[Laurie laughing]
-How are you guys? -How you doing?
Doin' good. How are y'all?
-Good. -Oh, my gosh.
-I don't even know where to look. -Is this our house?
-[all laughing] -Wow.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Laurie] Gosh, look at the landscaping. -[Dayshawn] I know. Wow.
-[Dayshawn] Hmm. Wow. -[Laurie] Oh, wow.
-Oh, yeah. You got your flag bowtie. -See?
-Yeah. -[Dave] Oh, I like that.
-That's amazing. -[all laughing]
Okay, so, this house, first of all,
-it's huge, right. We all know that. -[Dayshawn laughs]
[Jenny] So, we wanted to make sure
we were looking at, you know, the whole budget
for the whole project, how do we make the biggest impact.
And when it comes to the exterior, it was right here.
-[Laurie] Oh, wow. Looks so good. -[Dayshawn] Wow.
[Jenny] So, we actually squared off these columns.
-There's no grooves. -[Laurie] It looks so good.
[Jenny] Gives it just cleaner, more modern.
We added the skim coat to the ceiling in here
-of wood to add that little bit of warmth. -[Dave] Yeah.
And of course, the biggest change is the new front door.
I love that front door.
-[Dave] Isn't it amazing? -That's amazing.
-Oh, it's so elegant -It's wonderful.
-and so beautiful. -[Jenny] Yes.
-It felt a little bit dated so we really wanted -[Laurie] For sure.
-[Jenny] everything to be modern. -[Laurie] I love it.
-[Jenny] Okay, we got a lot to see inside. -[Dayshawn] Yes.
[Jenny] You ready? Okay.
-All right. Let's go. -[Laurie] Yes, for sure.
-Come on. -We'll follow you.
-Let's go. -[Laurie chuckles]
[whispers] Oh, my gosh. This floor.
Oh, wow.
[uplifting music playing]
-[Dayshawn] Hmm. -[Laurie] Oh, wow.
-[Dayshawn] Oh, my goodness. -[Laurie] Oh, my gosh.
-I don't even know where we are. -[Dayshawn laughs]
-[Jenny laughs] -[Dave laughs]
-[Laurie] Oh, I love that. Oh, wow. -[Dayshawn] That is...
[Jenny] Isn't that beautiful? You notice what it is?
[Laurie laughs] I see the dancing, yes.
[Dayshawn laughs] I see the dancing, yes.
[Jenny] Perfect.
Isn't it beautiful?
-I mean, we have our own piece of artwork. -I know.
-The two of you. It's the two of you. -[all laughing]
[Jenny] I love this.
We wanted everything in here to feel like a really luxurious hotel.
And we wanted this to be a place where you feel very pampered
-'cause that's what you need when you come home. -[Dayshawn] That's right.
And then Dave built this table for you.
-So, this is out of walnut, this table. -[Dave] Yeah, so...
-[Dayshawn] Wow. -[Laurie] Perfect.
[Dave] Something unique and different.
-[Jenny] The curves. -[Laurie] Totally.
-[Laurie] Okay. -[Jenny] Should we go see y'alls room?
-Yes. -Yes.
[Jenny] Okay, after you.
-[Dave] We'll follow you guys. -[Jenny] Okay.
Go ahead. [chuckles]
-Oh, my God. [laughs] Wow. -Oh, my gosh.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Laurie] Oh, my gosh. -[Dayshawn laughs]
-[Laurie] You guys, just like, nailed it. -[Dayshawn] So good.
[Dave] You like it?
-[Laurie] Oh. -[Dayshawn] Yes, we love it.
-[Laurie] Yes. Like...Yes. -[Dayshawn] We love it. Love it.
-[Dayshawn] It's wonderful. -[Laurie] It's so grown and sexy.
-Yeah. -[indistinct] That was the point.
-Yes, it is. -Yes.
[Jenny] And so Dave and the guys built this feature wall,
uh, kind of leaning into that art deco feel.
-And this is a big room, -[Laurie] Yes.
-so we wanted something -[Dayshawn] Mmm-hmm.
-that kind of calls your eye, -[Dayshawn] Yeah.
-gives it some texture. -[Laurie] Yeah.
[Jenny] A little bit funky.
-Yes. -And, of course, the biggest change
was the fireplace.
-That fireplace was so dated. -[Laurie] Love that. Yeah.
[Jenny] This is a nice beautiful focal point
-for you guys. -[Laurie] Yeah
[Jenny] So, we wanted to update it.
We took off that big stucco surround.
-[Dayshawn] Mmm-hmm. -[Dave] Yeah.
-[Jenny] Modernized it so it's nice, clean lines. -[Dayshawn] I love it.
-It looks like it belongs here now. -[Jenny and Dave] Yes.
-[Dayshawn chuckles] It's so good. -[Laurie] Yeah.
[Dave] This room, I mean, it didn't need a ton.
The real change, I think, happened in the bathroom, so.
-Yes. -Yes.
-Go check it out. -You got to go check that out.
-I can't wait. -[all laughing]
Here we go.
-[Dayshawn laughs] -Oh!
-Oh, my gosh. -O.M.G.
[Dave chuckles]
Ohhh!
[Dayshawn chuckles]
[upbeat music playing]
[Laurie] What?
-[Dayshawn] This is amazing. -[Laurie] Wow.
-[Laurie] Look at that shower. -[Dayshawn laughs]
-It's gigantic. [laughs] -It's gigantic.
It's awesome. [laughs]
[Dave] We actually brought out
-just a couple feet of the wing walls, -[Jenny] Uh-huh.
[Dave] so you could have a place for storage.
-[Laurie] I love this tile. -[Jenny] Isn't it beautiful?
[Laurie] Oh, wow!
-It's-- -Very luxurious.
And it's not a glass block.
-[Jenny] Yay! -Yeah, it's...
-Oh, wow. -It's really good.
I did not expect this and I am blown away
-with what that looks like. -[Dayshawn laughs]
[Laurie] I can definitely see some really relaxing evenings
-in my future with that bathtub. -[Dayshawn] Yes.
[Dayshawn] You can eat in that tub.
-Look at that. -[Laurie laughing]
[Dayshawn] They got the little thing there.
[Jenny] And I went with a high-gloss finish
because, it again, feels very high-end
-and very luxurious. -[Dayshawn] Mmm-hmm.
-[Laurie] I love that it's dark too. -[Dayshawn] Yeah. Love it.
-[Dave] Okay. -[Dayshawn] It's so great.
We're not done yet.
-I know, the most important space, -I mean, we have
-the kitchen. -the most important space left.
-Mmm. -Ohhh!
-Okay. All right. -[Dayshawn chuckles]
[Jenny laughs] Why was I nervous?
[upbeat music playing]
-[Laurie] Amazing. -[Jenny] Oh, good. Yay!
Oh, okay. I was really nervous about this, so good. Okay. [laughs]
-Oh, gosh. -No, this is great.
[Laurie] Wow. I mean, it feels so much bigger in here.
-[Jenny] Doesn't it? -[Dayshawn] Yeah.
[upbeat music continues]
[Dayshawn] It does feel really nice.
[Jenny] Cabinets all the way to the ceiling.
And we went all black.
[Dayshawn] It's beautiful.
-[Laurie] Love black. -[Jenny] Yes.
-[Laurie] And I love the reeding. -[Dayshawn] Oh, wow.
[Jenny] Yes.
So, you guys were...
-Like, there was this little pinch point right here. -[Laurie] Yes, there was.
-[Dayshawn] Wow. -[Jenny] That now is not there.
-So, this is just like a very sophisticated, -[Dayshawn chuckles]
-[Laurie gasps and whispers] Look at that. -[Jenny] gorgeous kitchen.
-[Dayshawn] It's amazing. -[Laurie sighs]
-Oh, gosh. -It really is great.
-[Jenny] I'm so glad you guys love it. -I love it. I love it.
[Jenny] So, I know you guys love to host and entertain.
-[Dayshawn and Laurie] Yeah. -So, I picture you know, setting up a buffet,
cooking in here,
-people dancing in the dance room. -[laughing]
[jazz music playing]
[Jenny] This is now the perfect house for entertaining.
[Laurie] Wow.
[Jenny] The space is here, we just had to freshen everything up.
-[Laurie] Yeah. -[Dayshawn] Yeah.
[Dave] Made it y'alls personality.
-You did more than freshen it up. -[Jenny laughs]
[Jenny] We had to put a bowtie on it.
-Thank you. -[Jenny] That's okay now.
Okay. Perfect.
-I love it. -[Jenny] So, we redid this entire surround
so that it has those clean lines again.
-And this frame, it has that art deco feel to it, -[Laurie] Yeah.
[Jenny] which I love the really beautiful focal point
and before it kinda felt like a little bit of an eyesore.
I just love the view from here.
Looking back through this whole space.
-You can have so many people in here. -[Dayshawn] Yeah.
-We'll test it out -Yeah.
-and let you know. -There you go. There you go.
Laurie and Dayshawn liked the opportunity that the house held.
-[Dave] Yeah. -[Jenny] They felt like it had good potential and bones.
- But it didn't feel like that, it was just a blank slate. -[Dave] Yeah.
[Jenny] And now, it has so much personality
and I think they're ready to just get in this place
- open up the doors, invite all their friends over -[Dave] Yup.
-and enjoy it. -Yup.
It feels like our home now.
-Oh, wow. We are excited for your guys. -[Dayshawn] It does.
-Let us know when the first party is. -Yes. Yes.
-We'll be here. -Please do.
-We will. Definitely. -[laughing]
-Enjoy your new home. -Thank you so much.
[Laurie] I was so afraid to like, really dive into, like, the design
-because I'm obviously not a professional at that. - [Dayshawn] Yeah.
So, to now see it all come together
I don't think in my wildest dreams
I would expect to have a house that looks
-as beautiful as that. - [Dayshawn] Like that, yeah.
It's really amazing.
-[Laurie] The custom painting was just spot on. - [Dayshawn] Yeah.
[Laurie] Perfection.
-Hey guys. -Good to see you.
Whoo! Ohhh-hoo!
Completely different.
-Oh this... -[man] Guys, I love it. This is so perfect.
-This isn't the same house. -[Dayshawn] Yeah.
-Cheers! -Congratulations.
-So excited for you both. -Yeah.
-[Dayshawn] Thank you. -[Laurie] To the house.