-[Jeff] How long did you live here? -[Christina] Five years.
Why?
-Were you living here with other families? -**** off.
[Jeff] At Christina's, I'm working on the kitchen and primary bath. However,
there's so much deferred maintenance.
We have to re-plaster the pool, the landscaping needs to be tweaked,
Christmas lights are still up. That house needs a lot of work.
How much longer is it gonna take to finish this house?
Another year.
[Jeff] Since we're wrapping up the few major projects that need my attention,
I'm gonna be spending more time on my house.
I'm gonna invite Tyler to go to Taylor Swift with us.
-That's nice. -I might invite Gus.
Oh, no, don't do that because today's his last day.
He has to learn the routine in this house.
-He's basically here now. -He lives here now.
Stu's matured and prioritized.
I didn't think this was ever gonna be a thing.
But we're pretty much living together now. He's there almost every single night.
I'm gonna be going through one more round of treatment.
I just found out it's gonna be a 46-hour chemo drip.
[Jeff] I'll do everything I can to help him.
He needs us right now.
[upbeat music]
[phone ringing]
[Megan] I'm warning you, I'm on Valium.
I've had a dental procedure.
What happened? They take out your fangs?
[Megan laughs] I'm drooling as I'm talking to you.
[laughs]
Now we finished Kate and Anthony.
We have nine projects done.
Some of these jobs initially seemed very overwhelming.
I think that we just took on what we could at the time,
which is really, at the most, I think it was four projects concurrently.
One dropped off, we had another, and another dropped...
Now, I need to focus on Christina's.
What is left at Christina's? We have to do countertops.
Then we have wallpaper to install.
-We have the drawer fronts, -[Megan] Yeah.
the door fronts, the cabinet hardware.
[Megan] Already ordered them. They're coming today.
I'm hoping some of that stuff will be done by the time we're doing inspections.
[Megan] Yeah.
[Jeff] Outside the kitchen and bathroom, Christina's house needs a lot of work.
It's not just a coat of paint and some new floors.
I mean, probably sixty thousand dollars in deferred maintenance.
If you're gonna market it as a done house, you've gotta finish it.
I like her. I want to see her get top dollar for that house.
So, we've been discussing different options.
Christina and I came to an agreement
where I can come in; I had the remodel, do all the repairs,
and finish the house. So you get this buyer who's gonna pay top dollar.
Then you sell it. Hopefully, at a profit.
[Megan] We're in good shape. I have a lot.
All right. Enjoy your Valium high. I will talk to you later.
-[Megan] Bye. -Bye.
[upbeat music]
♪♪
[grinding]
Well, you see wherever this hole is...
-Hey. -[Jamie] Hey, Jeff.
[Jeff] The slab's beautiful.
Wow, that's really pretty.
I mean, how much does that thing weigh? I hope those cabinets hold it.
I love the edge detail.
[Megan] It just sits there?
-Yes. -Wow.
-Who knew?
I mean, that's kind of easy.
-And then, um... -Simple.
[Jeff] Wow, this is beautiful.
Beautiful.
It's really nice, Meggie.
The slabs were exactly what I wanted. I love them, they're perfect.
It elevated the whole place.
The kitchen is feeling bigger and more spacious.
It actually turned out really nice.
Then, we can do the backsplash tile.
Then we can do the drawer fronts and the door fronts.
Then we can accessorize.
[Shane] That's nice.
It's really nice.
[Megan] This is prepped for wallpaper. So we're ready to go.
Great. Did we get everything? The sconces, the mirrors? Is that all coming in?
The mirror we have. Sconces are here.
This is really coming along.
[Shane] I like it.
Okay. It looks really good. Thank you, Luis.
Thanks, Luis.
We're going a bit bolder on the colored ceramic tiles in the shower.
I think it has more personality, more layered. It's more high design.
From a resale standpoint, I think it increases the value of the house.
It's a win-win for everybody.
This is pretty.
[Megan] Do you like this?
Oh, that's nice.
Do you think we need this size down here?
-[Jeff] Yes. Oh, that's nice. -You like that?
[Jeff] I think the gold is next level.
There's still a lot to do. So, I always inspect the property.
I do all the repairs. Inspect it again.
Then, I know I have a very clean, clean house
which will pass all inspections.
I think we need to have an awards ceremony when all this is over.
Me, too. I'm not gonna win.
You're not even nominated.
[laughs]
I'm not even in the running.
-You didn't get one vote, not one. -I'll return my gown.
[upbeat music]
She could wear that yellow dress on Sunday day.
That way she looks cute when Gage takes her someplace.
I just need Friday night to go out to dinner.
Monroe and I, have this thing in the morning, I have a baby monitor,
she's like, daddy, I'm up. Then, I go up and wake her up.
Now, she gets dressed and comes down on her own. I'm like, oh, God.
People say, you know, it goes by so fast. It really does.
That could be that Saturday day.
I was thinking Saturday night.
-With these. Isn't that cute? -Oh, okay.
Okay, so that's Saturday night.
That's Sunday day, that's Friday night.
-[Julie] Yeah. -Okay.
I love the rental we're living in, but it was always a temporary home.
It was not a family home.
I'm focusing right now on just stability for her.
I want her to have that. Especially, with the back and forth
between my house and my ex's house.
I really don't want the disruption for her
because she already has enough of it.
I'd rather not send her with anything... Like, that dress is fine.
Maybe a shoe that we have enough of.
[Julie] Totally, yeah.
I had the permanent family home before, and then circumstances with my ex changed.
The Valley Vista house I did love very much.
I built that house for my family and I spared no expense.
And even when Gage and I broke up, it was still the dream family house.
It was just so much space and it was perfect for Monroe.
We had nice memories there.
I love this bathing suit. It's so adorable.
[Jeff] And that's why I'm kinda pushing harder and faster for the new house.
It'll be nice to have one home, you know, that's finished and done.
And where Monroe and I can call that, this is our house, this is our home.
We're not moving. I'm not taking this from you.
This is your room, it's not gonna change. Yeah.
She hasn't done this either, for awhile, I feel like.
Okay. That's like cute around the house.
I don't need any other ones. We're good.
[upbeat music]
I need to call Nancy.
Nancy Cook. Calling.
[phone ringing]
[Jeff] I never thought I could replace Nancy. But when she left,
I realized how truly productive she is and how much she does in a day.
So, given the issues I've had with Gus, and there are a lot of them,
I had to let him go because he wasn't doing his job effectively.
[phone ringing]
-[Nancy] Hi, Jeff. -You miss me?
[Nancy] I do.
Do you miss working for Jeff Lewis Design?
[Nancy] I do. I really miss working for you, Jeff.
Do you remember, Nancy, when we kind of threw around the idea
of you coming up, like, one or two days a week?
[Nancy] It was one.
-All right. You know... -[Nancy] What's going on?
Would there be no more Gus? Is this what I'm hearing?
Yeah. And you know, it's frustrating, like, when you come home,
and you have, like, eight cubes of butter and five different bottles of oil.
And then, you don't have any bread, and you don't have any Goldfish...
[Nancy] Well, it's either get it or you don't. You know?
I'm realizing it's very hard to train people.
And you've worked for me for so many years.
You know exactly what I want and how I like things done...
[Nancy] Yes, I understand.
Let me discuss it with Emily.
When do you think you would get back to me on this?
[Nancy] Probably within the next couple days.
That'd be great. Time is of the essence.
[Nancy] I will. Have a great day.
Thank you, Nancy. You, too.
-[Nancy] All right, bye. -Bye.
[upbeat music]
Oh, thank you, sweetheart. Which one's mine?
Is there sweetener in this also?
I'll get two sugars. Or one?
I probably have some Truvia. I...
No, it's fine. I'm gonna do regular sugar, but...
[Shane] Sugar from her bag?
I'd rather not have sugar from your bag. I can get...
[Lea laughs] I have my own.
-You just travel with your own sweetener. -I do.
Lea is a good friend. She was on Real Housewives of Miami.
She's very real, she's very smart. She gives me very good advice.
And I do rely on her opinion. I do.
Monroe loves the new bag you sent her.
She does? Good for her.
It's fun because she always appreciated the jewelry,
but now she's starting to wear it.
And I'm letting her pick out her outfits, her jewelry, all of that.
Who knows what she's gonna be. She'll probably be an actress.
She wants to be a mom. I said, you can do... That's great...
You can do two things at once.
Us women are much better at multitasking than men are.
I mean, that's just a fact. They are.
Most guys just get married to a wife who lets them be who they are in the world,
then starts trying to train 'em.
I'm opposite. I wrote a training manual when I got married.
I go, here are the rules. If you can't live...
-[Jeff] A training manual? -Of course.
You think I'm gonna marry a guy and not have him follow the rules?
You need to start writing instructions. You need to be more specific...
Would you write a rules book, please, for Stu?
-[laughs] -[Jeff] I'm serious.
I'm not kidding.
I'll have him read it and sign it.
We're getting along well, Stu and I.
And what I've learned... I've had a lot of relationships,
like long-term monogamous relationships, it's the first couple years.
Like, getting into a groove.
I don't know what your dynamic is with Stu, but I always liked Stu.
I feel like I've learned a lot. I feel like I'm a better, um, partner.
Yeah. Well, you only learn from the bad times and mistakes.
Yeah.
What I like about Stu is that I'm here... I'm here to do things.
I'm here to build something. I'm always... And he was a little, like very much...
party, party all the time, social life, that...
It took awhile to kind of find the middle ground,
where I feel more secure, I feel safer, and I feel more trusting towards him.
You have to decide what you want.
I need the manual. Do you still have the manual?
Actually, you're gonna laugh. I did run across it the other day
in one of Roy Jr.'s scrapbooks.
How many pages was that manual and how many...
Probably a couple of pages, handwritten. It was like one through twenty.
[Jeff] Did he sign it or read it?
-No, I took his word for it. -How long you been married?
Since 1994. So, do the math.
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
-[Jeff] Aurora? -[Aurora] Hi!
[Jeff] Where are you?
[Aurora] I coming. You gonna teach me?
Yeah. So, this is coffee maker cleaner. It's called affresh. Okay?
You cut it like this.
Okay, so, what you do is you go like this...
and you push it and drop it in. Then you do this.
It cleans the machine. So, you run it through twice.
Twice in the week.
No.
Aurora drives me a little crazy, but she's kind of a sympathy situation,
because she took care of my grandmother for three years.
So, I feel very obligated and loyal to her.
So, she'll unfortunately, probably, work for me forever.
But she does drive me crazy.
We have to do that every time before make the coffee?
-That is a pain. That's a descale? -[laughs]
-That's like a descale? -Descale. Wow! Yes.
Ah, see? I know how to descale.
-You have to do this five times a day. -No.
-[Jeff] All right, four. -Four?
She drives me really, really insane.
To the point where sometimes, I don't want to be in my house.
But I owe her. Because my grandma was really, really difficult,
and I couldn't get anyone to help me with her.
-Shane? -[Shane] Yeah?
We need a schedule for the descaling of the cappuccino machine.
-How often? -Every day.
-Every day? -[Aurora] Every day?
-Yeah. -Hey, Maria.
No, not Maria. You're not delegating this.
[upbeat music]
I called Nancy and said, I need you back. I really need you back.
When Nancy left and we brought in Gus,
it wasn't the right fit. And it was obvious.
-Very nice. You got new chairs. -Aren't they nice?
-Very nice. -A lot's changed.
[Nancy] Has it?
We talked about trying out this one day a week.
I've worked with Nancy for many years, I know how efficient she is.
I know how organized she is.
So, I believe she can get it all done in one long day.
Oh, my God.
-[Nancy] I know. -She's back.
This is one of the happiest days of my life.
Monroe's birth, and today.
She's been with me forever and is like family.
And she knows this job so well.
-I don't do this, but I missed you. -Oh.
-Welcome back. -I missed you, too.
-Did you hug her? -[Nancy] No.
-Get up and hug her. -He helped with the groceries.
I have a lot of respect for Nancy's work ethic.
And her dedication, her no-nonsense attitude.
She does not subscribe to the drama.
She doesn't make anyone feel uncomfortable.
She really doesn't make any mistakes because she's 150% present.
What else did you get done today? I'm just so excited you're here.
[Nancy] I went to the grocery store and spent a lot of money.
-And it was almost two carts full. -That's how low we were on groceries?
We had nothing.
Usually, it's half an hour, but I was there for an hour.
One of the other reasons I want Nancy back is there's harmony and synchrony,
you know, in my household.
And I really want a peaceful environment.
Also, Monroe happens to really like Nancy.
Nancy's been around since she was a baby.
So, Monroe feels very safe and comfortable around Nancy.
I don't like bringing new people into the house.
Have you noticed a surplus of anything?
Uh, butter and olive oil.
[all laugh]
I thought, oh, there's something new happening here.
Nope. How many olive oils do we have?
-[Nancy] There were like five. -[laughs]
[upbeat music]
-[Mercedes] Hi! -[Shane] Oh, hey, girl!
-How are you? -Mwah! I'm good!
[Shane] Um, Jeff's out back. There's a lot of work out back.
Hey. How have you been?
Great. How are you?
-Good. -Mwah!
Mercedes is a real estate agent, she knows the neighborhood really well.
She's done the comps. I want to walk through and say what we're gonna do.
What can market the house at?
It's so much bigger than it looks.
-I know. -We have to work on curb appeal.
No, it looks great from the street.
[Mercedes laughs]
[Jeff] The kitchen's been redone. We white-washed the bricks.
It's new appliances, new cabinets, new plumbing fixtures.
There's three-and-a-half bathrooms.
I have two-and-a-half more to do. Right?
'Cause I did one.
It's a very nice house. The only problem is
that the look was a bit dated. And that usually happens with remodeling.
You think, I don't need these rooms done, but we need to focus on this room.
Then, when you finish that room, everything pales in comparison.
So, I want to be kind of consistent with her current kitchen
and bathroom, I mean, just from a resale standpoint.
I think it absolutely increases the value of the house.
Can I tell you how impressed I am with how amazing it is?
The backyard is incredible, how deep it goes back.
The pool... Everything about this is incredible.
The landscaping, lush, mature, private, quiet, serene, sunny.
[Jeff] You should've seen it before, and how much stuff she had.
We're still cleaning it out.
-I did all my inspections. -How'd it look?
What does it need?
Foundation, roof, uh, it needs a new water heater, there's some plumbing stuff.
Um, electrical paneling needs to be upgraded. Then, redo the pool.
Electrical is great, plumbing is great, but foundation...
You don't get the money back.
I think we're doing the right things at Christina's.
Now that we're helping her, we are going to spend a lot of money
on things you don't see, like foundation work and electrical and plumbing.
I've had that many times; clients that are writing check after check.
And a lot of money, hundreds of thousands of dollars and you're not seeing anything.
You know, my house looks exactly the same.
So, it's really more about is it adding value to the house?
So, what do you think it's worth?
If you wanted to sell it today, as it is...
one-four-ish.
With Jeff's touch and seasoned luck and all of our good karma combined,
by the time you get done doing everything you're gonna do...
north of two million.
[Jeff] That is fantastic news.
There is a large difference in what she could sell the house for now
and what she could sell the house for when it's finished.
You're probably talking about half a million dollars.
I think she'll be happy she put her trust in me.
I like her. I like hanging out with her.
I think we'll work well together.
I think it's a charming house. It just needs to be cleaned up.
Don't forget the front.
You're obsessed with the front. I got it.
I want you to acknowledge it so that I know...
[Jeff] I know it's awful.
[upbeat music]
[Jeff] So, my daughter is with her other dad.
-[Sparkles] Okay. -She gave me very strict instructions.
Well, I will write them down.
This is a very decisive, opinionated girl.
What I have to figure out here...
Is that where the bed is going?
Yes. I might need to get my measuring tape.
-I have one. -Oh, you do.
I come prepared.
I always try to keep Monroe's best interest in mind.
The room she has now is in a rental.
So, I wouldn't say that the color on the wall is very feminine.
There's no wallpaper.
I did Monroe's room twice when she was a baby.
I'm looking forward to doing this one.
I'm trying to make the room feel more like a little girl's room.
The way we're gonna do it is, she's gonna have her headboard here.
-Okay. -So, I think for you,
this is what you need to work around.
Okay, got it. Okay.
When we first got the house, we thought we were moving in right away.
Then it was, pump the brakes, now we're gonna be doing all this renovation.
Even Monroe's like, a little over it. When are we moving in? What's going on?
So, I'm trying to get her reinvested emotionally into the house.
And the mural's a way to do it.
She's very into Little Mermaid.
But she also is very committed to having butterflies.
So, we can't do a complete underwater scene.
What other things are on her bullet point list?
She wants the castle for sure. I would love to get a couple mermaids.
And can we throw in some diversity, please?
Can we get a black mermaid?
Sure!
I wouldn't say this is crazy elaborate, but it's not simple either.
Monroe's very excited about it.
But it's taking so long to do this house.
What if she's not into mermaids anymore?
Because a few months ago, she was into princesses. Mm-mm, not anymore.
So, I hope to God she still likes them nine months from now.
Or I'm gonna have to hire her again to redo the mural.
-Is there any room for me in there? -[laughs]
-You want to be a merman? -I don't think she wants me on her mural.
I'm kidding. I'm just kidding. That would be so creepy.
[upbeat music]
Um, I think what I want to do...
is I want to organize a dinner for all the project managers
-and designers. -Fun.
It's been a successful year. We're not quite at the end,
but I think it's been a very successful year.
To celebrate finishing all ten projects, I want to take the team to dinner.
'Cause I couldn't have done it without everybody.
Can you call Andrew, please?
[voice] Your call has been forwarded to voicemail.
The person you're trying to reach is not available.
I don't know how Andrew's health is going to be.
That's a big concern.
First and foremost, my concern is for him.
That's something that's weighing on me right now.
Hey, it's Jeff. No hurry, um, just when you get a chance,
can you give me an update? Thanks, bye.
So, we need to figure out a evening, and then, also, a restaurant.
Fun. Is it a dinner or is it just more of an appetizers...
I think, appetizers... heavy apps, maybe, and then, drinks.
We need food for Megan, otherwise, she gets drunk too fast.
Well, isn't a heavy app basically an entree?
-No. -A passable entree?
Not really.
[upbeat music]
Oh, my God, you have not been sitting here by yourself.
-I'm so sorry. -It's fine, I don't mind.
No, I mind. I totally read the wrong number.
It's no big deal. I can send you a car next time, if you'd like.
No. It's just, I literally took in the wrong thing when I was looking at it.
'Cause I was at a soccer game until 11:30.
Can I ask you something? In the future...
when is it acceptable to just get up and leave?
I think after 30 minutes.
-You do. -Yeah.
-Yeah, 100%. -All right, good to know.
[laughs]
So, first I'll update you. In regards to the kitchen and bathroom,
it looks really good. But the rest of the house now really looks like shit.
However, we'll get to it. I did our inspections.
-But... -What happened with the inspections?
I... you know, there's...
Is it a nightmare?
There's over $100,000 in repairs.
Stop.
We need a new roof, new gutters, foundation work, chimney work,
new water heater. But the rest is cosmetic.
Okay.
When I'm finished with the house, and it goes on the market,
I'm gonna list it at two million.
I mean, this is what I do for a living, so I wasn't panicked.
I think it'll be fun.
With Christina's house, it's a good location,
and a good school system. It's a good family house.
And it's going to be extremely charming.
So, I believe, for what we would list the house for,
it's pretty good value.
-It's good. It's like a win-win. -I'm excited. It sounds great.
We can meet there, we can go through things.
-We can shop for floors... -Yeah, I really want to.
I told you this was always my dream.
I've redone houses to live in them, but I've never redone from start to finish.
They were mostly done.
It was what I was born to do, not just raised to do.
Did you have... was it your grandmother who lived in Orange County
and you used to go fix her house up. That was your grandma... Pat? No.
-How do you know? -It was grandma Pat.
Me and my sister used to watch your show.
-Right. -She was a trip.
Then, she got older, she died at 93. So, I just, I ran her household.
I paid her bills, I renovated her house. I was there every single weekend
for I don't know how many years.
-That's nice. -We became close.
We were very, very close. She was more like my mom, really.
My mom died when I was 18. I was there every weekend.
I made sure the house was maintained, I made sure she had groceries every week.
And I really love what I do. So when you bring in the personal part,
where you have this big effect on their lives,
yeah, that's very, very rewarding.
And I do feel very fulfilled and satisfied
with what I do for a living.
But I loved her because she just did not give a ****.
Like the things that she would say, it was so shocking.
I would laugh. I thought it was funny, but nobody else did.
That can be hard to deal with.
Yeah. It's entertaining.
Especially when you're at a big family dinner table, when you know...
she's gonna, she's coming for somebody.
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
[Jeff] They're cleaning up their tennis court.
See, it's contagious when you start to do work. Look.
Is that a paddle... Is that a regulation...
Is that a regulation tennis court?
Regulation? A regular tennis court, you mean.
[Jeff] It's a regular...
[Stu] It's a full size tennis court.
I wonder if the HPOZ would let me buy a neighboring house and knock it down.
For more yard.
-[Stu] You'd do a big backyard? -Huge.
-I would do three tennis courts. -You can't run.
Regulation?
-[Stu] You can't run. -Yeah.
I can't run. But if I could run, I could pick from three tennis courts.
When are you getting the mural done for Monroe?
Have you seen the first revision?
[Stu] No. Oh, wow! That's really cool, isn't it?
Monroe wants... All the mermaids just have long hair.
Maybe we could get faux hair and stick it on the wall
where the mermaids, and she could braid it.
No. The worst idea I've ever heard.
I like it. I thought it was crafty.
Stu has a nice friendship with Monroe. He doesn't try to parent her.
I feel like, initially, he didn't have a lot of experience with kids.
So he was a little standoffish. But they have kind of found things
that they do together.
Right now, it's Legos.
They sit at the dining room table and do Legos.
They have things they do together. He's very thoughtful that way.
For the two times a year you cook, you have all the prep space right here.
How many times has he cooked?
He made chicken once, chicken sandwiches. Those were really good.
-I did two parties of 60 people. -I only remember the one.
I catered two massive parties at his house.
All right, so, we have a prep sink here. Range is over here.
I got the big 60-inch range. That's over here.
Main sink is behind me with two dishwashers
Nice. So, if I'm here like, prep, prep, chop, chop,
I wanted more space to prep. And then, you want the sink here.
Yes. I took your note and I moved the sink over here.
And the fridge is over here?
Over there is beverage fridge.
Wine fridge, refrigerator and freezer.
Great, that's perfect.
Then you have a triangle. It's a kitchen triangle.
There's been a lot of growing and changing and maturing on both our sides.
Then, I think to myself, okay, well, it's been almost two years,
you're becoming the person that I've always wanted and always looked for.
So, I guess it's the potential I've always seen in Stu.
And it's the potential I've always seen in this relationship and us.
This is all pantry here. Right?
Is that open or closed?
I think it's a little of both.
I think it'd be nice 'cause you can display nice pots.
Guarantee he puts his cookbooks there.
I have two cookbooks. They'll go right there.
I'm very hopeful. I do believe life is short. And I want to be happy.
When do you think we'll get to move in? In here?
I'm looking forward to it.
Well, I know I'm moving in. -I'm moving in too.
What are the chances that Stu would move in?
I mean... very low.
[Stu] I helped you design the kitchen.
-We'll see how that goes. -[Stu laughs]
[upbeat music]
[Jeff whistles]
I have Monroe this weekend, right?
On Friday and Saturday.
You do.
Great. And we have Monroe's new bedding.
That is going to be arriving within the next few days.
I just want to have it made, set up the bed and let her see it.
I get it. I'm over princesses, it's so last year.
I feel like mermaids have staying power.
I've outgrown princesses myself and I'm very into mermen right now.
-Merman? -Mer-men, right now.
Yeah.
It's kinda my new thing.
[upbeat music]
I mean, if it was anything less than 98 degrees outside, this would be lovely.
[Christina laughs] I don't have a key.
-[Jeff] It's unlocked. -[Christina] It was just me?
I'm so sorry.
You can't operate your own door.
It's been too long.
[Jeff] Hey, guys.
Oh, my God! It looks so fancy!
Look at how cool this is! It's so fun!
Do you like the fireplace?
[Christina] I do love the fire.
That was a hideous color brick.
[Megan] I like that it still has the brick feel, but it's not so in-your-face.
[Shane] So much cleaner.
Is that for your Instagram?
This is for my husband and child.
Freddy wanted to come today but I said it wouldn't be appropriate
given the off-color jokes. It looks really fancy.
Way nicer than, um, I expected.
I love how good the new window looks. The marble, with all the movement.
And I really like all the brass hardware. It looks really fancy
and really nice, and nothing like it used to.
I like how there are lights under the shelves!
That's so cool!
I know, I'm easily impressed.
It looks beautiful. Really beautiful.
I wish it had looked like this when I lived here.
-Did you see your countertops? -Yes, they're beautiful.
-And your backsplash tile? -It's really nice.
[Jamie] It really lightened up the kitchen without that green.
[Christina] It has a farmy kind of thing.
[Jeff] Yeah, bit of farmhouse.
I think the kitchen is very efficient.
I think it's well laid out.
It was dated. You had the fluorescent lights above you.
We made it as pretty as possible, as functional as possible.
We enlarged the island. Everything is brand new.
We got rid of the furniture in front of the fireplace.
It flows better.
It really looks so good.
-[Jeff] It looks really nice. -So nice.
It doesn't make the rest of the house look bad.
That's a really nice kitchen.
[Megan] Your bathroom's my favorite.
Remember when we only wanted to do one space and she insisted on two?
It really worked out.
Oh, wow! Oh, my gosh!
You guys, this is really pretty. It seems huge! This bathroom now.
It feels so much bigger! It's crazy!
So pretty.
That is a gorgeous room. Everything in it is nice and pretty.
And the marble is so beautiful, and the floor. And that tile is so nice.
These are different. But they're really pretty.
All the fixtures are so nice, and then, I really love the wallpaper.
-You have a lot more space in here. -It's huge!
[Jeff] Do you remember, the shower took up, all the way to here.
[Christina] Yeah, it was huge. And it was gross.
[Shane] Now, you can only shower by yourself.
I don't need a lot of help in the shower.
[laugh]
What are your favorite things about the bathroom?
I really love this tile. This color.
[Jeff] I love the tile.
[Shane] I love the fixtures she chose. The gold on the green.
Real fancy, guys. It looks great.
I love the wallpaper. I had wallpaper just like this in my old house.
Really into the floors. I wish I could have one more morning,
where I get to walk on this floor barefoot.
-That'd be really nice. -So pretty.
I think the bathroom is a bit more high design.
We did make some bolder choices.
I'm glad we did. I felt like Christina had fun with that bathroom.
It's one of my hobbies.
Is going around and fitting in small spaces.
-[Jeff] 'Til we close Escrow. -Yeah, I pop out.
Surprise! Welcome to your house!
[laughs]
It's funny, you go in that room, then walk outside,
you're like, oh, God, everything else needs to be redone.
See we've cleaned up the backyard?
It looks great back here.
[Jeff] Once we update it, and fix all the deferred maintenance,
it'll be a great house for a family. It's a decent-size house.
We agree, this whole bathroom needs to be gutted.
[Christina] Um, yeah.
-[Jeff] We need new floors everywhere. -[Christina] Yes.
Christina and I are becoming friends. I think there's a mutual respect.
I really want to help her.
Um, okay, cool. What are we supposed to say?
Okay, cool. Thanks for the remodel, guys.
She's very real, relatable. Easy to work with. Responsive.
I think we'll work well together.
Enjoy your new kitchen.
Thank you. This is so fun! I'm really excited about the rest of it!
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[Tyler] Someone told me it was Silver Lake. This doesn't look like...
[Jamie] They call it Los Feliz. It's the intersection of K-Town and Hollywood.
-We're at the crossroads. -Oh, yeah.
-[Megan] Hey, fools! -[Jamie] Hey, girl.
Hey, babe! What are you doin'?
-How are you? -Good. How are you?
Oh, God, this chair weighs 700 pounds!
I didn't move it, I just slithered in.
It's okay, I got my own chair. Nobody get up.
We you expecting us to do something?
-That's okay, I got it. -[laughs]
They want to shoot Anthony's backyard for Architectural Digest.
I heard that. That's awesome.
Wow, we got the private room.
-Hey, Jeff. -How are you?
-Good. How are you? -[Andrew] Good.
-How are we all doing tonight? -Good, thank you.
Can I get us some drinks to get started?
I don't make it a habit of going around every day complimenting, complimenting.
It's not that I don't, in my mind,
think they're doing a good job. I just don't always say it.
Once in awhile, if I quiet my mind, I will realize,
I should tell 'em they're doing a good job.
-Now that we have finished projects... -Yes.
Christina, she's really excited.
-It's beautiful. That tile is... -[Jeff] I know.
Really good. Cheers.
-Cheers. -[Megan] Cheers, everybody.
Cheers.
[Shane] Have you talked to Josh and Audra?
[Megan] I have talked to Josh and Audra.
-What's going on with them? -Is she like cute pregnant yet?
She's super cute pregnant.
Josh sent me a really sweet video saying that he was so happy
with what we did. And he was over the moon and thank you, thank you.
Then, I heard from Lilit Bush and Reggie Bush.
Said the kids are thrilled. They really have kept it up.
-I was happy to see that. -Who else? Gina's happy.
She was born happy.
She's having sex 24/7. Who wouldn't be happy?
She's got the "day after" glow everyday.
-She's got the "day of" glow. -[laughs]
She's got the "in the car on the way here" glow.
-She's got the "five minutes ago" glow. -[laughs]
Do you think Sara's closet's made up or it's a mess?
-No, it's a mess. -What?
You know that for a fact?
She posted a video of herself in front of one of the mirrors.
And I saw the background was like piles.
I will say, though, Jeff, she's very happy.
We did such a great job. A few bumps in the road.
-Other than that, it was perfect. -Smooth sailing.
[laughs]
I appreciate everyone's contribution.
We got a lot accomplished in a short amount of time.
Some of them were very, very big-scale projects.
Like Josh Duhamel.
-And I think everyone did really well. -Thank you.
Everyone excelled and I'm very, very grateful to all of you.
-[Megan] Cheers. -Cheers.
I do appreciate my team. You know, they really are dedicated
and driven, and will work their asses off.
My big thing is, I really do celebrate people who work hard.
The whole team did a really good job.
And, as a result, everything was a big success.
-Here's the thing about us. We do... -We fight hard and we make up hard.
-But we make up. -We always make up.
-We're so dysfunctional. -[Megan] We're so dysfunctional.
I think that's how we got all these projects done.
Obviously, because I've got a really strong, talented team here.
But we have to protect each other.
More importantly, Andrew, more importantly,
-You have to ******* beat this. -Yeah.
-[Megan] **** you, cancer. -Yeah.
[Shane] Yeah.
You're gonna get through it, Andrew.
I'm gonna.
-You know you're gonna beat this. -You'll be fine. I can feel it.
We're here for you, we're gonna support you. We'll help any way we can.
-But you have to beat this. -You got this.
-Cheers. -To Andrew's health and recovery.
Thanks, Jeff.
To you, Andrew.
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I might lose my hair.
They don't give you anything to prevent that?
Everybody's gonna react a little bit different.
I want it to clear everything else up, down here.
Like a laser.
Like that one or two hairs that grow on the shaft. Why? Why, God? Why?
-Okay. -You know it's true.
It happens to girls on their nipples.
Especially Megan's.
-And you're like, what the? -Why?
And they get real long.
-Curly. -Yeah, when you don't tend to it.
You gotta pluck it, girl.
It happens overnight.
[laugh]
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[upbeat music]
-Hi. -[Sparkles] Hi.
-How are you? -Good, good. How are you?
Good!
[funky music]
I love it. It really is amazing.
You have exceeded my expectations.
Thank you! And I got a lot of butterflies for her.
Look at all the little bedazzling that's happening.
[Sparkles] I added jewels and glitter and gems.
I made the treasure chest really gaudy.
-Look how big the castle is. -It's massive.
Even the castle there's a little bling.
Oh, my God, I'm now noticing. -All the fins... Yeah.
Oh, my God, look at all the shimmer. She's really gonna love it.
She's gonna love it.
It really did exceed my expectations. I think Monroe's gonna love it.
Especially with the jewel accents.
Sparkles did a really good job.
The shark is not scary but he's present.
You tell me if this was deliberate.
The shark has his eye on one of the dolphins.
[dolphin chatter]
But they're friends.
Oh, okay. I didn't know if it was prey, or...
Do sharks eat dolphins?
They may, but these ones are friends.
There's nothing dangerous going on here.
I don't know if that's a friendly look.
[Sparkles laughs]
-He looks hungry. -Large sharks prey on dolphins.
Oh, okay. All right. Well, I think actually, Monroe would like that.
Okay. [laughs]
What happens can be in the imagination.
It could be a horrible story or a very nice one.
It's up to Monroe, at this point.
[Jeff] I'm excited for her to see it. My goal is to make Monroe happy.
I do want to create... A place where she wants to be.
I love it. It's perfect.
Thank you so much for everything you've done and all the detail.
The thought you put in and the hard work and effort.
Having Monroe, it gave me a purpose
and it also gave me perspective and balance.
I'm enjoying my life a lot more because
I'm constantly searching for ways to enrich her life.
And by the way, it's not just Monroe that needs the stability,
it's me that needs the stability also.
I actually go to that house a lot
and just kind of visualize what it's going to be.
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The renovation is a much bigger scale than I ever anticipated
and more expensive than I ever anticipated.
But I don't have a single regret. It's a new beginning.
I feel lucky. And I feel like I have a lot of opportunity.
And I have a healthy, happy kid and I'm in a loving relationship.
I actually am happy with where I am in life. Yeah.
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