1 00:00:01,442 --> 00:00:04,373 It's been four years since we did his third floor. 2 00:00:04,546 --> 00:00:05,477 Just happened. 3 00:00:05,649 --> 00:00:06,787 Doesn't that feel crazy to you? 4 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:07,856 - Go, Zeus! - Oh, here we go. 5 00:00:07,994 --> 00:00:08,856 Let's go, boy. 6 00:00:08,994 --> 00:00:10,200 Ready? 7 00:00:10,201 --> 00:00:11,442 Our friend Michael McKinnon is an architect. 8 00:00:11,615 --> 00:00:13,027 He lives in downtown Laurel. 9 00:00:13,028 --> 00:00:15,891 He invited us to help him renovate the top floor of his loft. 10 00:00:16,028 --> 00:00:17,510 This is how you do a bedroom. 11 00:00:17,511 --> 00:00:19,856 And he's asked us to come back and finish the second floor 12 00:00:19,994 --> 00:00:22,235 of his building, but we are coming back 13 00:00:22,408 --> 00:00:24,649 under very different circumstances. 14 00:00:26,787 --> 00:00:28,235 What happened next was probably the worst thing 15 00:00:28,408 --> 00:00:30,649 I could have, you know, fathomed. 16 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,339 We were seeing pictures of this building up in smoke. 17 00:00:38,511 --> 00:00:41,028 I mean, it was billowing out of this area 18 00:00:41,201 --> 00:00:43,028 that we had just finished. 19 00:00:46,235 --> 00:00:47,580 Good morning. 20 00:00:47,753 --> 00:00:49,960 Just another day of making our favorite small town better. 21 00:00:50,132 --> 00:00:51,373 Erin, we gotta go, babe. 22 00:00:51,546 --> 00:00:52,753 Love ya, girls, y'all have fun! 23 00:00:52,925 --> 00:00:54,234 Ben, let's go. 24 00:00:54,235 --> 00:00:56,235 Can you believe we fixed up over 100 houses in Laurel? 25 00:00:56,408 --> 00:00:58,063 I don't know what's gonna go wrong today. 26 00:00:58,235 --> 00:00:59,579 I'm sure something. 27 00:00:59,580 --> 00:01:01,891 Any time we start a new house, we don't know how it's gonna go. 28 00:01:02,028 --> 00:01:03,546 Oh, a bat just flew through here. 29 00:01:03,718 --> 00:01:06,960 - That's not good. - No way. 30 00:01:07,132 --> 00:01:08,546 They're about to see the house for the first time. 31 00:01:08,718 --> 00:01:11,684 - This is the best part. - Oh, my gosh! 32 00:01:11,856 --> 00:01:13,166 Are you serious right now? 33 00:01:13,339 --> 00:01:14,648 This is perfect. 34 00:01:14,649 --> 00:01:17,028 Every day is different when you're renovating houses 35 00:01:17,201 --> 00:01:18,615 in Laurel, Mississippi. 36 00:01:21,028 --> 00:01:24,132 ♪ I watched it happen Like a daydream ♪ 37 00:01:28,270 --> 00:01:31,028 Look how big Zeus is. He was already big. 38 00:01:31,201 --> 00:01:32,373 - He's still big. - Hey, buddy. 39 00:01:32,546 --> 00:01:34,132 - We've done this before. - Yeah, I'm not-- 40 00:01:34,304 --> 00:01:36,856 - This top floor turned out beautifully. - Awesome. 41 00:01:36,994 --> 00:01:39,063 Michael lives on the third floor, 42 00:01:39,235 --> 00:01:40,649 but he works on the first floor, 43 00:01:40,822 --> 00:01:42,856 and he's a commercial architect in town. 44 00:01:42,994 --> 00:01:44,960 Actually, he's done some of our projects here in Laurel. 45 00:01:45,132 --> 00:01:47,960 He did the Scent Library and the Visitor Center, 46 00:01:48,097 --> 00:01:49,649 and he's asked us to come back and finish 47 00:01:49,822 --> 00:01:51,339 the second floor of his building. 48 00:01:51,511 --> 00:01:53,753 I need to call this building complete so I can really keep 49 00:01:53,925 --> 00:01:55,753 focusing on everybody else's projects. 50 00:01:55,925 --> 00:01:57,960 The building is 4,000 square feet. 51 00:01:58,132 --> 00:02:01,166 You've got your office space here on the first floor. 52 00:02:01,339 --> 00:02:05,477 Top floor, that's your area, primary bathroom. 53 00:02:05,649 --> 00:02:08,580 And then middle floor, you've got another bathroom, 54 00:02:08,753 --> 00:02:12,132 your kitchen, another bathroom. - But it's very dated. 55 00:02:12,304 --> 00:02:14,132 The top floor is so well identified. 56 00:02:14,304 --> 00:02:15,753 The first floor makes sense. 57 00:02:15,925 --> 00:02:18,028 That second floor is just like, "Who am I as a person?" 58 00:02:18,201 --> 00:02:19,270 It's a nothing sandwich. 59 00:02:19,442 --> 00:02:20,580 It's a nothing burger right there, 60 00:02:20,753 --> 00:02:22,028 right there in the middle. 61 00:02:22,201 --> 00:02:24,580 And I was thinking $60,000 for the project. 62 00:02:24,753 --> 00:02:26,891 So is there fire damage here? 63 00:02:27,028 --> 00:02:30,373 Well, the fire pretty much got balcony and then apartment, 64 00:02:30,546 --> 00:02:32,166 the space y'all renovated. 65 00:02:32,339 --> 00:02:35,166 And then about 30 guys with hoses came 66 00:02:35,339 --> 00:02:36,270 and just flooded the whole building. 67 00:02:36,442 --> 00:02:37,442 - Yeah. - Thankfully, they did. 68 00:02:37,615 --> 00:02:39,787 But, you know, soaked the second floor. 69 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,442 We just got it finished last week. 70 00:02:43,546 --> 00:02:45,649 The project wrapped up last week as far as remediation 71 00:02:45,822 --> 00:02:47,339 and repairs from the fire. 72 00:02:47,511 --> 00:02:49,442 As you can tell, on this top floor, what Ben and Erin did, 73 00:02:49,615 --> 00:02:52,235 it's-- it's pretty much the same way that we left it. 74 00:02:52,408 --> 00:02:55,649 If we can just close out, complete, and walk away 75 00:02:55,822 --> 00:02:57,339 from the second floor like we did this, I mean, 76 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:59,546 it's-- it would be a dream. 77 00:02:59,718 --> 00:03:00,856 So we're gonna do the second floor? 78 00:03:00,994 --> 00:03:02,234 Yes. 79 00:03:02,235 --> 00:03:03,960 Is it set up back the way it was since the fire? 80 00:03:04,132 --> 00:03:06,580 - Like, does it look the same? - It looks exactly the same. 81 00:03:06,753 --> 00:03:08,063 You know, it was just water damage, 82 00:03:08,235 --> 00:03:09,787 the ceiling, and a little bit of paint. 83 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,546 So all that's repaired, and we're ready to renovate. 84 00:03:12,718 --> 00:03:13,649 Yes. 85 00:03:13,822 --> 00:03:15,442 So where did the fire start? 86 00:03:15,615 --> 00:03:18,649 It's been pinpointed to the ceiling in the kitchen. 87 00:03:18,822 --> 00:03:20,028 OK. 88 00:03:20,201 --> 00:03:22,649 There was actually a not so funny joke going around town 89 00:03:22,822 --> 00:03:25,546 that it was my TV thing started the fire. 90 00:03:25,718 --> 00:03:27,684 - We didn't start the fire. - No. 91 00:03:27,856 --> 00:03:30,270 Apparently, there was light, insulation, can lights, 92 00:03:30,442 --> 00:03:31,786 something going on up there. 93 00:03:31,787 --> 00:03:34,270 You know, burned up through the ceiling, up on the balcony, 94 00:03:34,442 --> 00:03:35,753 up the balcony wall, into the apartment. 95 00:03:35,925 --> 00:03:37,166 Didn't that scare you to death? 96 00:03:37,339 --> 00:03:38,235 - Oh, I was sleeping. - Dang. 97 00:03:38,408 --> 00:03:40,063 But this dude was not. 98 00:03:40,235 --> 00:03:43,649 Uh, I was awakened by Zeus, like, hovering over me 99 00:03:43,822 --> 00:03:45,891 on the couch, just barking at my face. 100 00:03:46,028 --> 00:03:47,235 Ears pinned back. 101 00:03:47,408 --> 00:03:48,546 And he'd never done that before. 102 00:03:48,718 --> 00:03:49,890 Kind of got me up, started walking around, 103 00:03:49,891 --> 00:03:51,132 then started hearing a lot of popping and realized 104 00:03:51,304 --> 00:03:52,960 it was daylight outside. 105 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:55,753 And then realized it was not daylight, it's just all fire. 106 00:03:55,925 --> 00:03:58,753 Thankfully, two to three fire departments showed up, 107 00:03:58,925 --> 00:04:01,960 and I had 30 strapping guys running through here 108 00:04:02,132 --> 00:04:03,960 with hoses, just flooding everything, 109 00:04:04,132 --> 00:04:06,166 putting the fire out. And I'm so thankful for that. 110 00:04:07,166 --> 00:04:09,235 I just like to think pretty much because of him, 111 00:04:09,408 --> 00:04:11,235 the block is still here, it didn't burn up. - Yeah. 112 00:04:11,408 --> 00:04:13,339 - Neighbor's fine. - Good job, Zeus. 113 00:04:13,511 --> 00:04:16,684 - Good job, Zeus. - He's the goodest boy. 114 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:19,960 Yeah, he's my guy. I mean, um... 115 00:04:20,132 --> 00:04:21,132 yeah, he's the dude. 116 00:04:22,442 --> 00:04:23,442 Um... 117 00:04:25,132 --> 00:04:26,787 Let's go look. 118 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,132 Remind me, have y'all been in here before? 119 00:04:28,304 --> 00:04:29,235 - Yeah. - OK. 120 00:04:29,408 --> 00:04:30,684 - A few times. - One time. 121 00:04:30,856 --> 00:04:32,856 Our episode was the first episode 122 00:04:32,994 --> 00:04:34,235 where the kitchen was not reworked. 123 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:36,753 This is more than adequate for my needs, you know? 124 00:04:36,925 --> 00:04:38,442 It's got cereal storage and a milk cooler, 125 00:04:38,615 --> 00:04:40,132 so I'm just... - Like, the way it is. 126 00:04:40,304 --> 00:04:41,338 The way it is. 127 00:04:41,339 --> 00:04:43,856 And Ben and Erin said I would regret that. 128 00:04:43,994 --> 00:04:45,649 And they were right. 129 00:04:45,822 --> 00:04:47,373 - All right. - It's a time warp. 130 00:04:47,546 --> 00:04:49,339 - Remember this space? - Oh, yeah. 131 00:04:49,511 --> 00:04:50,718 It all needs to be reworked. 132 00:04:50,891 --> 00:04:53,442 You want it to be so cool that you can't help but cook. 133 00:04:53,615 --> 00:04:54,614 Right. 134 00:04:54,615 --> 00:04:56,649 Y'all remember, Michael only eats cereal. 135 00:04:56,822 --> 00:04:58,960 And pizza. But he's ready. 136 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:01,960 He's ready to have a real kitchen and be a grown up 137 00:05:02,132 --> 00:05:03,063 who cooks food. 138 00:05:03,235 --> 00:05:04,753 Do you like the exposed brick? 139 00:05:04,925 --> 00:05:06,027 - I love the exposed brick. - OK. 140 00:05:06,028 --> 00:05:08,373 OK. See, to me, that doesn't feel Michael, but... 141 00:05:08,546 --> 00:05:09,614 As an architect, 142 00:05:09,615 --> 00:05:11,442 it's just nice to see building construction. 143 00:05:11,615 --> 00:05:13,062 - It's cool, yeah. - The layers of it. 144 00:05:13,063 --> 00:05:14,891 - Lighting's big for you. - Lighting's big for me. 145 00:05:15,028 --> 00:05:18,063 Do you want your cabinetry to speak that same vernacular 146 00:05:18,235 --> 00:05:19,546 that we did upstairs? - I do. 147 00:05:19,718 --> 00:05:23,339 Honestly, Michael's taste is totally not my taste. 148 00:05:23,511 --> 00:05:26,856 And that means I get to flex creative muscles 149 00:05:26,994 --> 00:05:28,753 that are very weak for me. 150 00:05:28,925 --> 00:05:31,339 And I need to do that. We all need to do that. 151 00:05:31,511 --> 00:05:34,339 We can't just do English country houses every day. 152 00:05:34,511 --> 00:05:36,960 - It needs to be more "Mad Men." - I love the "Mad Men." 153 00:05:37,097 --> 00:05:38,753 Right now, this is not inspiring. 154 00:05:38,925 --> 00:05:39,960 Understand. 155 00:05:40,132 --> 00:05:41,580 The fridge is recessed into the wall. 156 00:05:41,753 --> 00:05:42,925 This is a pantry. 157 00:05:43,063 --> 00:05:47,235 It would be very cool if we could tear out all of this, 158 00:05:47,408 --> 00:05:49,753 and this would be the face of your cabinetry. 159 00:05:49,925 --> 00:05:54,339 Keep things where they are and completely change the look, 160 00:05:54,511 --> 00:05:55,960 and you continue it this direction. 161 00:05:56,097 --> 00:05:58,960 - OK. - Stained is the vibe upstairs. 162 00:05:59,132 --> 00:06:00,166 - Mm-hmm. - And we could just 163 00:06:00,339 --> 00:06:01,856 pull more of that down here. 164 00:06:01,994 --> 00:06:04,373 I think a beautiful stone countertop is key, 165 00:06:04,546 --> 00:06:06,339 and you continue it for the backsplash. 166 00:06:06,511 --> 00:06:08,339 And then we'll have floating shelves, 167 00:06:08,511 --> 00:06:11,270 beautiful track lighting or something gimbaled. 168 00:06:11,442 --> 00:06:13,028 Task lighting, hidden lighting. 169 00:06:13,201 --> 00:06:16,063 Yeah. And then the range stays here. 170 00:06:16,235 --> 00:06:19,960 The vent hood above is usually a feature. 171 00:06:20,097 --> 00:06:22,891 Something simple and faceted, maybe. 172 00:06:23,028 --> 00:06:24,649 - Faceted really helps me. - Yeah. 173 00:06:24,822 --> 00:06:26,270 The way diamonds are cut. 174 00:06:26,442 --> 00:06:28,684 I want to make it kind of like the thing in here. 175 00:06:28,856 --> 00:06:29,960 Cool. OK. 176 00:06:30,097 --> 00:06:30,960 You're gonna have to cook for real. 177 00:06:31,097 --> 00:06:32,028 I know. I know. 178 00:06:32,201 --> 00:06:33,166 - And I want to. - If you do this. 179 00:06:33,339 --> 00:06:34,649 - I want that for myself. - OK. 180 00:06:34,822 --> 00:06:36,062 Cereal's always good. 181 00:06:36,063 --> 00:06:39,166 But I do know that you should have more than just fiber 182 00:06:39,339 --> 00:06:42,235 in your life, apparently. - It's not a big kitchen. 183 00:06:42,408 --> 00:06:43,649 In order to pull off 184 00:06:44,649 --> 00:06:48,270 the Michael McKinnon big city modern, you have to use 185 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:51,270 luxury materials. $50,000? 186 00:06:51,442 --> 00:06:52,856 If you're gonna have a "Mad Men" kitchen, 187 00:06:52,994 --> 00:06:54,442 you got to spend some Don Draper paper. 188 00:06:54,615 --> 00:06:56,028 That's right. Dang! 189 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,028 ♪ Ba-da, ba, ba-da-da ♪ 190 00:06:59,201 --> 00:07:02,132 Look, I love these bookcases, but you got to get curtains 191 00:07:02,304 --> 00:07:04,546 that go all the way to the floor, Michael. 192 00:07:04,718 --> 00:07:06,546 I know. I did one thing in here, 193 00:07:06,718 --> 00:07:08,339 and I didn't do it right. 194 00:07:08,511 --> 00:07:09,856 This room seems nice now, but at night, 195 00:07:09,994 --> 00:07:11,132 it gets extremely dark. 196 00:07:11,304 --> 00:07:12,339 So you need better lighting in there. 197 00:07:12,511 --> 00:07:13,545 I need better lighting in here. 198 00:07:13,546 --> 00:07:15,339 Did I make this up, or did you used to have, 199 00:07:15,511 --> 00:07:18,132 like, a poker game you would play with friends? 200 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:19,477 The best poker game you can imagine. 201 00:07:19,649 --> 00:07:21,235 But then come Saturday, when it's football time, 202 00:07:21,408 --> 00:07:22,960 this whole room turns into the football room. 203 00:07:23,097 --> 00:07:25,235 You know, part of me hopes it goes back to what it was. 204 00:07:25,408 --> 00:07:26,856 You know, I would say there's been some paralysis 205 00:07:26,994 --> 00:07:29,235 over the last year and a half trying to get through this. 206 00:07:31,132 --> 00:07:34,649 And it's just been so long since the, uh, since the fire. 207 00:07:34,822 --> 00:07:36,028 Like, I miss entertaining. 208 00:07:36,201 --> 00:07:38,028 And we're trying to bring play back. 209 00:07:38,201 --> 00:07:39,546 We're trying to bring people back. 210 00:07:39,718 --> 00:07:41,132 And so, when you have overnight guests, 211 00:07:41,304 --> 00:07:42,615 this is their room. 212 00:07:42,787 --> 00:07:45,235 It'd be great to have a place for overnight guests to stay. 213 00:07:45,408 --> 00:07:47,063 - This is it. - Perfectly fine. 214 00:07:47,235 --> 00:07:49,649 - Yep. - You just need some paint and a new light. 215 00:07:49,822 --> 00:07:52,235 - But the bathroom... - Yeah, the, uh-- 216 00:07:52,408 --> 00:07:54,546 Periwinkle really screams Michael McKinnon. 217 00:07:55,580 --> 00:07:57,339 This is a cute bathroom for anybody else. 218 00:07:57,511 --> 00:07:59,270 But you don't want to spend a lot of money in here. 219 00:07:59,442 --> 00:08:01,649 I don't think it's necessary. I don't think I'll be in here a lot. 220 00:08:01,822 --> 00:08:04,960 - Light update, new vanity, new lighting, new paint. - Mm-hmm. 221 00:08:05,132 --> 00:08:06,580 You said you wanted to spend $60,000. 222 00:08:06,753 --> 00:08:09,649 - Now, I know we ate a big chunk of that in the kitchen. - Yeah. 223 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:13,960 I think, uh, with $10,000, we can do the living room, 224 00:08:14,132 --> 00:08:15,166 bedroom, bathroom. 225 00:08:15,339 --> 00:08:16,373 Some refinishing, some touch ups. 226 00:08:16,546 --> 00:08:17,753 It's just paint. It's a lot of paint. 227 00:08:17,925 --> 00:08:18,960 - Yeah. - A lot of paint. 228 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:20,063 - Yeah. - OK. 229 00:08:20,235 --> 00:08:21,477 - Mm-hmm. - I think we can do that. 230 00:08:21,649 --> 00:08:23,339 Now, where are you gonna stay? 231 00:08:23,511 --> 00:08:24,960 - Where are you gonna stay? - All right. 232 00:08:25,132 --> 00:08:26,753 You can't be walking through this while we're trying 233 00:08:26,925 --> 00:08:28,960 to work. - I plan to work downstairs. 234 00:08:29,132 --> 00:08:31,477 - I fi-- just got my apartment back upstairs. - Mm-hmm. 235 00:08:31,649 --> 00:08:34,235 I still want to sleep up there. I mean, it's awesome. 236 00:08:34,408 --> 00:08:35,960 I promise, I have no interest 237 00:08:36,132 --> 00:08:37,476 in ruining any surprises or anything. 238 00:08:37,477 --> 00:08:40,339 So we would just need to build some sort of like temp tunnel. 239 00:08:40,511 --> 00:08:41,477 That's it. 240 00:08:41,649 --> 00:08:43,132 - Don't be looking. - I wanna be surprised. 241 00:08:43,304 --> 00:08:45,028 Don't let Zeus speak either. 242 00:08:45,201 --> 00:08:47,063 And everybody knows he can't keep a secret. 243 00:08:47,235 --> 00:08:49,270 Everybody knows I have zero control over my dog. 244 00:08:49,442 --> 00:08:50,787 Yeah, that's true. 245 00:08:58,546 --> 00:09:01,753 Troy, how about this? Demo. 246 00:09:01,925 --> 00:09:03,235 - Yeah, finally. - It's an easy one. 247 00:09:03,408 --> 00:09:04,579 We're easing you into it. 248 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:06,442 Troy's been on the crew for a while, but he hasn't 249 00:09:06,615 --> 00:09:08,960 done demo before. He's been mostly a runner. 250 00:09:09,132 --> 00:09:10,546 That's right. Because if we need 251 00:09:10,718 --> 00:09:12,649 a sheet of plywood, Troy's your man. 252 00:09:12,822 --> 00:09:15,166 We have to take out this kitchen and this wall, 253 00:09:15,339 --> 00:09:16,787 and then a vanity from the bathroom. 254 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,891 So it's pretty quick and pretty easy if we, like, get on it. 255 00:09:20,028 --> 00:09:21,960 Troy's also getting married. 256 00:09:22,097 --> 00:09:23,132 In three months. 257 00:09:23,304 --> 00:09:24,787 In three months. 258 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,546 They met in sixth grade three years ago. 259 00:09:27,718 --> 00:09:30,960 Hush! He's not in ninth grade. 260 00:09:31,132 --> 00:09:33,132 - How old are you, Troy? - 23. 261 00:09:33,304 --> 00:09:34,303 23. 262 00:09:34,304 --> 00:09:35,856 That's how old I was when I got married. 263 00:09:36,891 --> 00:09:38,580 Quit. 264 00:09:38,753 --> 00:09:40,373 There we go. 265 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:41,477 They're coming out pretty easily. 266 00:09:41,649 --> 00:09:44,132 - They are. - I picked it up a while ago. 267 00:09:45,546 --> 00:09:47,891 - I'm not-- - Mine is still stuck. 268 00:09:48,028 --> 00:09:50,028 - Good job. - Good gosh! 269 00:09:50,201 --> 00:09:51,442 That is very heavy. 270 00:09:51,615 --> 00:09:54,546 It's good for TV to see Ben pick up really heavy things. 271 00:09:54,718 --> 00:09:56,477 I love it. It makes me watch. 272 00:09:59,718 --> 00:10:00,580 Three, two, one. 273 00:10:02,235 --> 00:10:03,511 Nate, open that door. 274 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,132 Ah, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. 275 00:10:07,304 --> 00:10:09,132 Easy one, right? What do the others look like? 276 00:10:11,546 --> 00:10:13,442 It's honestly a very simple demo, 277 00:10:13,615 --> 00:10:15,960 but the stairs complicate it. 278 00:10:17,339 --> 00:10:18,960 Oh, Lord, we ain't gonna make it. 279 00:10:19,132 --> 00:10:20,925 Set it down. 280 00:10:23,373 --> 00:10:26,684 Think about what downtown needs more than ever. 281 00:10:26,856 --> 00:10:28,753 For 20 years, we've been looking to do a hotel. 282 00:10:28,925 --> 00:10:31,442 Right now, two of the most iconic buildings 283 00:10:31,615 --> 00:10:32,891 are available downtown. 284 00:10:33,028 --> 00:10:36,028 It's gonna be the biggest project we've ever done. 285 00:10:36,201 --> 00:10:37,856 - Can I be honest? - Well, yeah. 286 00:10:37,994 --> 00:10:39,753 I feel a little overextended. 287 00:10:44,546 --> 00:10:45,477 Let's come back in. 288 00:10:45,649 --> 00:10:46,649 We taking these apart, Ben? 289 00:10:52,063 --> 00:10:54,960 Literally, the only hard part about the demo was the stairs. 290 00:10:55,132 --> 00:10:58,753 It's like a 45-minute demo, but I have to get to ballet 291 00:10:58,925 --> 00:11:00,960 rehearsal right now. - Now. 292 00:11:03,373 --> 00:11:07,442 ♪ Yeah, I can't believe We're flying ♪ 293 00:11:07,615 --> 00:11:09,753 ♪ Get away Got to get away ♪ 294 00:11:09,925 --> 00:11:12,684 ♪ Yeah ♪ 295 00:11:15,132 --> 00:11:17,373 - You're a hero. - I don't know about all that. 296 00:11:17,546 --> 00:11:18,648 You are. 297 00:11:18,649 --> 00:11:22,373 Travis Runyan is a firefighter, and he is one 298 00:11:22,546 --> 00:11:25,580 of the firefighters who came and saved Michael's apartment. 299 00:11:25,753 --> 00:11:29,132 So I wanna have Travis help me build something for him. 300 00:11:29,304 --> 00:11:32,132 I met Michael many, many years ago when we first moved here. 301 00:11:32,304 --> 00:11:33,856 In fact, now we even play poker. 302 00:11:33,994 --> 00:11:35,856 - You're in the poker club? - Yeah, I am, yep. 303 00:11:35,994 --> 00:11:38,546 But on that particular night, call came in, and I knew 304 00:11:38,718 --> 00:11:40,718 exactly where it was and who it was. 305 00:11:40,891 --> 00:11:42,027 My heart dropped. 306 00:11:42,028 --> 00:11:44,580 That's when you're like, this is now close to home. 307 00:11:44,753 --> 00:11:46,649 Is that the first one you've done where you knew the person? 308 00:11:46,822 --> 00:11:48,028 - Yeah. - Dang. 309 00:11:48,201 --> 00:11:50,270 Once we got there and I was able to assess that he was 310 00:11:50,442 --> 00:11:53,270 outside and Zeus was outside, I-- weight off the shoulders, 311 00:11:53,442 --> 00:11:55,235 now let's get to work. - You really are a hero. 312 00:11:55,408 --> 00:11:57,132 One, you saved Michael's apartment. 313 00:11:57,304 --> 00:11:58,476 That's great, thank you. 314 00:11:58,477 --> 00:12:01,373 But you saved the piece of furniture that I built. 315 00:12:01,546 --> 00:12:03,339 This is the first time we've ever done this. 316 00:12:03,511 --> 00:12:04,441 Y'all built that? 317 00:12:04,442 --> 00:12:05,718 Yeah, yeah, we built this in the-- 318 00:12:05,891 --> 00:12:06,960 That is-- that is gorgeous. 319 00:12:07,132 --> 00:12:08,373 So it has little burn marks on it, 320 00:12:08,546 --> 00:12:10,442 which makes me like it even more. - Right. 321 00:12:10,615 --> 00:12:13,028 Because it-- now it tells more of a story. 322 00:12:13,201 --> 00:12:14,441 Right, absolutely. 323 00:12:14,442 --> 00:12:18,132 Well, speaking of important items, so this is genuine 324 00:12:18,304 --> 00:12:20,960 mahogany that we're gonna use to build a six-foot-tall 325 00:12:21,097 --> 00:12:23,063 floor lamp inspired by one 326 00:12:23,235 --> 00:12:24,891 that Frank Lloyd Wright had in his home. 327 00:12:25,028 --> 00:12:26,960 Frank Lloyd Wright, probably the most famous 328 00:12:27,097 --> 00:12:28,856 architect in American history. 329 00:12:28,994 --> 00:12:31,822 Michael refers to himself as Frank Lloyd Wrong. 330 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,132 Wrong-- I like it. 331 00:12:33,304 --> 00:12:35,546 He better recognize it when he walks in. 332 00:12:35,718 --> 00:12:38,649 - And then I'll say, "Travis the fireman... - Oh! 333 00:12:38,822 --> 00:12:40,477 - ...helped me build it." - How exciting. 334 00:12:40,649 --> 00:12:42,960 - Mr. January? - No, no, no. 335 00:12:43,132 --> 00:12:45,063 - I am not doing a calendar. - What? 336 00:12:45,235 --> 00:12:46,960 No way! Maybe for my wife. 337 00:12:47,132 --> 00:12:48,200 Maybe for your wife. 338 00:12:48,201 --> 00:12:49,580 - You'll be every month then. - Yeah. 339 00:12:49,753 --> 00:12:51,546 All right, let's go run this through the planer. 340 00:12:51,718 --> 00:12:55,166 ♪ He wants to drink And he don't wait in the line ♪ 341 00:12:56,822 --> 00:13:00,063 It's a very Michael McKinnon lamp because Michael likes 342 00:13:00,235 --> 00:13:04,546 the way light plays on structural elements. 343 00:13:04,718 --> 00:13:07,063 That's what I like about this lamp, is the way the light 344 00:13:07,235 --> 00:13:09,373 plays with the mahogany in the build. 345 00:13:09,546 --> 00:13:12,339 It's just-- it's a very Michael lamp. 346 00:13:12,511 --> 00:13:16,442 I've got LED bulbs, low-heat, since this is 347 00:13:16,615 --> 00:13:18,477 a wooden lamp. - Probably a good thing. 348 00:13:18,649 --> 00:13:21,028 Do we think Frank Lloyd Wrong will like it? 349 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:23,270 I do. It looks good. 350 00:13:31,063 --> 00:13:32,753 - Good morning. - Hey. 351 00:13:32,925 --> 00:13:34,200 This is so different. 352 00:13:34,201 --> 00:13:37,339 This wall has been taken out and the goal is to make it all 353 00:13:37,511 --> 00:13:40,028 feel just like smooth paneling, basically. 354 00:13:40,201 --> 00:13:42,339 And so this will be paint-grade, and then we'll 355 00:13:42,511 --> 00:13:45,339 have pretty stained wood. - That's right. 356 00:13:45,511 --> 00:13:47,166 Where will the robot live? 357 00:13:47,339 --> 00:13:49,856 Yes, he wants a robot vacuum cleaner. 358 00:13:49,994 --> 00:13:51,132 This is his house right here. 359 00:13:51,304 --> 00:13:52,442 He'll just go right in there and-- 360 00:13:52,615 --> 00:13:53,960 Disappear into the cabinet. 361 00:13:54,097 --> 00:13:55,303 Yeah, and go to his charger. 362 00:13:55,304 --> 00:13:57,235 - Oh, these robots are wicked smart. - Hmm. 363 00:13:57,408 --> 00:14:00,028 This may be the beginning of them, when you start building 364 00:14:00,201 --> 00:14:03,373 houses, rooms for your robots in your house, 365 00:14:03,546 --> 00:14:07,132 and then they just take over. - But he's a small robot. 366 00:14:07,304 --> 00:14:08,960 Yeah, he's just a little one for now. 367 00:14:09,132 --> 00:14:10,442 I'm OK with these robots. 368 00:14:10,615 --> 00:14:12,960 Yeah, I hope that you don't have any animals in the house 369 00:14:13,097 --> 00:14:15,477 that are having any accidents. - Yeah. 370 00:14:15,649 --> 00:14:17,028 - Ask me how I know. - Na-- 371 00:14:17,201 --> 00:14:19,546 It happened to a friend of ours. 372 00:14:19,718 --> 00:14:21,649 I'm nervous about this duct up here. 373 00:14:21,822 --> 00:14:23,132 How do we make this look beautiful? 374 00:14:23,304 --> 00:14:25,649 The way we handled it upstairs, 375 00:14:25,822 --> 00:14:28,235 it's like louvered cuts in the wood. 376 00:14:28,408 --> 00:14:29,856 - I like that. - Yeah. 377 00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:31,373 Yeah, I think it'd look good, too. 378 00:14:31,546 --> 00:14:34,960 So in this kitchen, we'll have a pantry, very sleek. 379 00:14:35,132 --> 00:14:37,235 We will have way more cabinets. 380 00:14:37,408 --> 00:14:38,649 But the kitchen's all about the hood vent 381 00:14:38,822 --> 00:14:39,993 that doesn't exist yet. 382 00:14:39,994 --> 00:14:41,546 We're just designing a whole room around something 383 00:14:41,718 --> 00:14:44,477 that doesn't exist, which feels uncomfortable. 384 00:14:44,649 --> 00:14:48,718 Michael wants the focus to be this piece of art that is 385 00:14:48,891 --> 00:14:50,096 actually a hood vent. - Architectural. 386 00:14:50,097 --> 00:14:53,132 It needs to be unusual, architectural, faceted. 387 00:14:53,304 --> 00:14:54,891 And then we'll have floating shelves, 388 00:14:55,028 --> 00:14:56,028 because Michael's the kind of person 389 00:14:56,201 --> 00:14:57,718 who can actually live that way. 390 00:14:57,891 --> 00:14:59,442 Do you have someone? 391 00:14:59,615 --> 00:15:02,270 Found a guy named Ryan Durrett in Atlanta. 392 00:15:02,442 --> 00:15:04,235 And he's like a metal fabricator, sculptor, 393 00:15:04,408 --> 00:15:08,546 artist, woodworker and he says he can do it. 394 00:15:08,718 --> 00:15:09,717 OK. 395 00:15:09,718 --> 00:15:11,442 We need to do the bathroom vanity. 396 00:15:11,615 --> 00:15:13,960 Troy's here now. Do y'all want to do the tunnel? 397 00:15:14,097 --> 00:15:15,235 Yeah, we can do that, and y'all can work 398 00:15:15,408 --> 00:15:16,891 on the vanity. - OK. 399 00:15:17,028 --> 00:15:18,339 You wanna climb out, or do you want me 400 00:15:18,511 --> 00:15:19,752 to wall you up? 401 00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:22,166 I really do think that this is-- this'll work. 402 00:15:22,339 --> 00:15:24,580 We're at the point now with Michael's apartment that 403 00:15:24,753 --> 00:15:28,649 we're starting to build it the way that it will be for him. 404 00:15:28,822 --> 00:15:33,028 So we now have to seal off his passages because he's still 405 00:15:33,201 --> 00:15:35,339 living upstairs, and he's working downstairs. 406 00:15:35,511 --> 00:15:36,649 Inside voices. 407 00:15:38,718 --> 00:15:40,096 I want him to be surprised. 408 00:15:40,097 --> 00:15:42,132 It's hard to surprise someone when they're living and working 409 00:15:42,304 --> 00:15:43,442 in the space you're trying to renovate. 410 00:15:44,649 --> 00:15:45,753 He's not gonna know anything. 411 00:15:45,925 --> 00:15:48,960 No, he'll have no idea. It's gonna be a secret. 412 00:15:49,132 --> 00:15:50,718 We don't work on as many commercial buildings 413 00:15:50,891 --> 00:15:52,580 as Michael McKinnon does. - Right. 414 00:15:52,753 --> 00:15:54,269 That's his specialty. 415 00:15:54,270 --> 00:15:58,063 But we have worked with him on several of our own businesses, 416 00:15:58,235 --> 00:16:00,373 and we own four of them here in Laurel 417 00:16:00,546 --> 00:16:02,960 with our business partners who are also our best friends. 418 00:16:03,132 --> 00:16:08,235 Jim is also my first cousin, which makes our group Framily. 419 00:16:08,408 --> 00:16:10,235 One of our goals is revitalizing downtown Laurel, 420 00:16:10,408 --> 00:16:12,718 which we've been working on ever since we all moved back 421 00:16:12,891 --> 00:16:15,132 here from college 16 years ago. 422 00:16:15,304 --> 00:16:16,718 You know, they wanna get breakfast this morning. 423 00:16:16,891 --> 00:16:17,787 We usually do that. 424 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,891 We have company meetings all the time. 425 00:16:20,028 --> 00:16:23,546 - All right, guys. - It looks good. 426 00:16:23,718 --> 00:16:25,270 Usually over food. 427 00:16:25,442 --> 00:16:27,235 This has to do with real estate. 428 00:16:27,408 --> 00:16:28,546 This is something different. 429 00:16:28,718 --> 00:16:32,442 Think about the last time you had family come in. 430 00:16:32,615 --> 00:16:35,063 - This weekend. - Do you find it easy? 431 00:16:35,235 --> 00:16:36,891 Finding them a place for them to stay? 432 00:16:37,028 --> 00:16:38,270 - Nope. - That's the point. 433 00:16:38,442 --> 00:16:39,545 Yeah. 434 00:16:39,546 --> 00:16:42,063 Think about what downtown needs more than ever. 435 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:44,235 For 20 years, we've been looking to do a hotel. 436 00:16:44,408 --> 00:16:46,580 There is no hotel downtown, and downtown 437 00:16:46,753 --> 00:16:48,373 is where most people are coming. 438 00:16:48,546 --> 00:16:51,856 And more than that, right now, two of, I would say, 439 00:16:51,994 --> 00:16:55,063 of the most iconic buildings are available downtown. 440 00:16:55,235 --> 00:16:57,442 A hotel helps revitalize Laurel. 441 00:16:57,615 --> 00:17:00,649 Saving one of those buildings helps it equally. 442 00:17:00,822 --> 00:17:03,580 I feel like we're in a position where 443 00:17:03,753 --> 00:17:05,166 we can make this work. 444 00:17:05,339 --> 00:17:08,063 It's gonna be the biggest project we've ever done. 445 00:17:08,235 --> 00:17:09,373 - Collectively. - Collectively. 446 00:17:09,546 --> 00:17:11,235 - Can I be honest? - Well, yeah. 447 00:17:11,408 --> 00:17:15,166 - I feel a little overextended. - I'm pretty maxed out. 448 00:17:15,339 --> 00:17:18,339 - We're doing like five houses at a time at all times. - Yeah. 449 00:17:18,511 --> 00:17:20,960 The idea of owning and operating a hotel 450 00:17:22,028 --> 00:17:24,339 is too much for us to swallow. 451 00:17:24,511 --> 00:17:27,856 This is millions of dollars. 452 00:17:27,994 --> 00:17:29,753 The thought of it overwhelms me so much 453 00:17:29,925 --> 00:17:31,546 that I can't even talk about it. - I agree. 454 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,822 The way our lives are, I have everything 455 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,166 on my plate that I can eat. - Yeah. 456 00:17:36,339 --> 00:17:38,753 But our friends feel like they could eat more. 457 00:17:38,925 --> 00:17:41,718 I don't think that I can own a hotel downtown. 458 00:17:43,235 --> 00:17:44,753 But I can help y'all own one. 459 00:17:45,856 --> 00:17:47,166 We're gonna need all the help we can get. 460 00:17:47,339 --> 00:17:48,960 So we're not gonna be touring the buildings with them. 461 00:17:49,132 --> 00:17:50,649 We're gonna let them make this decision. 462 00:17:50,822 --> 00:17:53,339 Once they decide which building it's gonna be, 463 00:17:53,511 --> 00:17:55,718 then we will help all that we can. 464 00:17:55,891 --> 00:17:57,477 However we can. 465 00:17:57,649 --> 00:18:00,132 ♪ Call in ♪ 466 00:18:00,304 --> 00:18:02,442 ♪ Never gonna getcha ♪ 467 00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:04,960 ♪ Fall in ♪ 468 00:18:05,132 --> 00:18:06,408 ♪ Never gonna getcha ♪ 469 00:18:06,580 --> 00:18:10,166 Michael's apartment has been painted, and it feels so rich. 470 00:18:10,339 --> 00:18:11,649 Very transformative. 471 00:18:11,822 --> 00:18:14,822 The whole apartment, we've got these really deep, 472 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,132 warm brown-grays and stone. 473 00:18:19,304 --> 00:18:21,132 The guys are delivering countertops today. 474 00:18:21,304 --> 00:18:23,649 I was a little late getting here 475 00:18:23,822 --> 00:18:25,270 "accidentally." 476 00:18:25,442 --> 00:18:27,546 There was one left when I got here. 477 00:18:27,718 --> 00:18:28,856 Wanted to save a little for you. 478 00:18:28,994 --> 00:18:30,234 Mm-hmm. 479 00:18:30,235 --> 00:18:31,442 Careful going around this corner right here, because if 480 00:18:31,615 --> 00:18:33,891 we hit that piece here, it's gonna break. 481 00:18:34,028 --> 00:18:35,960 - Erin, you want to carry this? - Yeah, maybe. 482 00:18:36,132 --> 00:18:40,063 Um, I really don't understand how you're gonna do this. 483 00:18:40,235 --> 00:18:41,511 Just try it. 484 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,546 Oh, my gosh. This is stupid. 485 00:18:46,718 --> 00:18:48,477 Just think, Ben. 486 00:18:48,649 --> 00:18:49,960 Can't think right now. 487 00:18:50,097 --> 00:18:52,166 I'm trying to not break a slab of stone 488 00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:53,649 on Michael's house. - You all right? 489 00:18:57,442 --> 00:18:58,511 - Hang on. - All right. 490 00:18:58,684 --> 00:18:59,753 Yep. 491 00:18:59,925 --> 00:19:01,028 - Thank God. - Whoo! 492 00:19:01,201 --> 00:19:02,753 It's so sharp. 493 00:19:02,925 --> 00:19:03,960 - You did it! - Wow! 494 00:19:04,132 --> 00:19:05,201 Phew! 495 00:19:05,373 --> 00:19:06,925 Man, that looks good, though. 496 00:19:07,063 --> 00:19:08,925 I felt like it was very Michael. 497 00:19:09,063 --> 00:19:11,615 It's bold. It has a lot of depth. 498 00:19:15,718 --> 00:19:17,856 The unique thing is that they're waterfalled. 499 00:19:17,994 --> 00:19:22,925 We took a stone, cut a 45 here and a 45 there, and then just 500 00:19:23,063 --> 00:19:24,304 folded it. 501 00:19:24,477 --> 00:19:25,753 - That looks awesome. - The lines look good? 502 00:19:25,925 --> 00:19:26,925 - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. 503 00:19:27,063 --> 00:19:28,649 It's so cool. Michael will freak out. 504 00:19:28,822 --> 00:19:29,753 All right. 505 00:19:34,408 --> 00:19:35,960 You don't need any help. It looks... 506 00:19:36,132 --> 00:19:37,235 - Oh, I got this one. - OK. 507 00:19:37,408 --> 00:19:38,856 This one's a little lighter here. 508 00:19:38,994 --> 00:19:40,960 - OK. - It looks so good. 509 00:19:41,132 --> 00:19:43,960 The brown in it is my favorite thing. 510 00:19:44,132 --> 00:19:45,753 It looks expensive. 511 00:19:45,925 --> 00:19:47,304 - Probably because it is. - It is. 512 00:19:47,477 --> 00:19:49,408 Unless you get a tiny little scrap of it. 513 00:19:49,580 --> 00:19:53,132 And it's a perfect water bowl for Zeus, the Great Dane. 514 00:19:53,304 --> 00:19:54,546 - Really? - You thought it was a vanity, 515 00:19:54,718 --> 00:19:56,235 but it's really a dog bowl. 516 00:19:56,408 --> 00:19:57,339 - Huh. - Yep. 517 00:19:58,546 --> 00:20:02,063 ♪ Ooh Ooh ♪ 518 00:20:02,235 --> 00:20:04,615 ♪ Ooh Ooh ♪ 519 00:20:04,787 --> 00:20:07,822 It is hard to walk past this building and not look at it. 520 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,753 Jim and Mallorie and Josh are officially going on a tour 521 00:20:10,925 --> 00:20:12,822 of two of the buildings that are available downtown 522 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:14,028 that could become hotels. 523 00:20:14,201 --> 00:20:16,028 - What an iconic building! - Yeah. 524 00:20:16,201 --> 00:20:17,718 - You know. - The arches, the columns. 525 00:20:17,891 --> 00:20:18,960 - It's so-- - It's so grand. 526 00:20:19,097 --> 00:20:20,442 - The windows. - It is so big. 527 00:20:20,615 --> 00:20:22,925 - It screams luxury. - It does. 528 00:20:23,063 --> 00:20:25,339 From the 1960s, right, Jim? What year was it? 529 00:20:25,511 --> 00:20:27,753 Uh, 1969, it finished. 530 00:20:27,925 --> 00:20:29,442 So it's been vacant for two years. 531 00:20:29,615 --> 00:20:30,615 Two years. I'm curious what 532 00:20:30,787 --> 00:20:32,097 it looks like on the inside. - I wanna see it. 533 00:20:32,270 --> 00:20:34,753 The Trustmark building, it's a landmark building. 534 00:20:34,925 --> 00:20:37,132 It doesn't look historic 535 00:20:37,304 --> 00:20:39,649 in a turn of the century kind of way. 536 00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:40,856 - Oh, wow! - Dang! 537 00:20:42,339 --> 00:20:44,063 Yeah, this is a big space. 538 00:20:44,235 --> 00:20:46,097 A lot bigger than I even remembered. 539 00:20:46,270 --> 00:20:47,960 - Such good memories. - Oh, I know. 540 00:20:48,132 --> 00:20:49,615 Remember these stairs? 541 00:20:49,787 --> 00:20:50,960 - Absolutely. - Did you guys-- 542 00:20:51,097 --> 00:20:52,132 Stairs I could never go up. 543 00:20:52,304 --> 00:20:53,546 Yeah. Your mama said you couldn't? 544 00:20:53,718 --> 00:20:54,855 - Yeah. - Yeah, mine too. 545 00:20:54,856 --> 00:20:57,856 Can't go up there. I love this, like, '60s style. 546 00:20:57,994 --> 00:21:00,201 It would be fun to design around. 547 00:21:00,373 --> 00:21:04,960 My mom also worked at Trustmark Bank in the '70s 548 00:21:05,132 --> 00:21:06,339 when she was a newlywed. - I didn't know that. 549 00:21:06,511 --> 00:21:07,546 Yeah. 550 00:21:07,718 --> 00:21:09,649 Imagine walking into this lobby. 551 00:21:09,822 --> 00:21:11,096 Dang, look at this thing! 552 00:21:11,097 --> 00:21:14,235 But this, imagine this being your continental breakfast. 553 00:21:14,408 --> 00:21:16,408 You have, like, all your utensils here, 554 00:21:16,580 --> 00:21:18,339 where the banknotes used to be. - Pretty cool. 555 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:20,822 Got a big urn of, like, fancy coffee 556 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,339 and pastries and... 557 00:21:22,511 --> 00:21:24,235 Well, you could make the check-in counter 558 00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:25,960 between these two columns, 559 00:21:26,132 --> 00:21:29,201 that's enough for a proper check-in counter. 560 00:21:29,373 --> 00:21:32,063 Sitting area over here with a nice club chair. 561 00:21:32,235 --> 00:21:35,201 Clean lines, wood paneling, leather. 562 00:21:35,373 --> 00:21:37,856 You've got all this space here, and I think we could add 563 00:21:37,994 --> 00:21:40,442 some walls, maybe create some more revenue somehow. 564 00:21:40,615 --> 00:21:43,132 Or space for retail, event space, or space 565 00:21:43,304 --> 00:21:44,925 for wedding, or conference space, too. 566 00:21:45,063 --> 00:21:46,338 Mm-hmm. 567 00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:49,235 These stairs, like, I remember as a little boy coming in, 568 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:51,546 well, I want to go upstairs. I've never been upstairs. 569 00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:54,960 Wow, this is unbelievable! 570 00:21:55,097 --> 00:21:55,994 - Whoa! - Look at this! 571 00:21:57,132 --> 00:21:59,063 - Oh, the arches. - What a view! 572 00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:02,304 Oh, and man, can you imagine a hotel room and having coffee, 573 00:22:02,477 --> 00:22:04,649 looking out this window? Top of the world. 574 00:22:04,822 --> 00:22:07,097 I love this bank building because it's mainly 575 00:22:07,270 --> 00:22:08,546 concrete and steel. 576 00:22:08,718 --> 00:22:09,925 You know it's not going anywhere. 577 00:22:10,063 --> 00:22:11,960 This is a sturdy building. 578 00:22:12,132 --> 00:22:13,546 Jim likes it because of the style. 579 00:22:13,718 --> 00:22:17,442 I love the style. It's got that '60s vibe, man. 580 00:22:17,615 --> 00:22:19,132 I like it. It's groovy. 581 00:22:20,925 --> 00:22:22,856 - Groovy. - Yeah. 582 00:22:22,994 --> 00:22:25,442 The view doesn't match the hall. 583 00:22:25,615 --> 00:22:26,752 Right. The view is amazing. 584 00:22:26,753 --> 00:22:29,201 The hall, ah, it's boring, but we could fix that. 585 00:22:29,373 --> 00:22:30,753 Original curtains, still. 586 00:22:33,856 --> 00:22:34,856 Look at this! 587 00:22:34,994 --> 00:22:36,649 Man, you could get like 60 rooms. 588 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:38,097 - This would be unbelievable. - Yeah. 589 00:22:38,270 --> 00:22:40,649 Like, so much cash flow from the rooms. 590 00:22:40,822 --> 00:22:43,753 It's a lot of cash flow coming out, possibly, but that's a lot 591 00:22:43,925 --> 00:22:45,615 of cash flow going in, too. - Yeah. 592 00:22:45,787 --> 00:22:46,649 That's true. 593 00:22:46,822 --> 00:22:49,615 ♪ Take me brother hand baby ♪ 594 00:22:49,787 --> 00:22:53,304 This stone backsplash has a lot of movement. 595 00:22:53,477 --> 00:22:56,304 And that's good because I think the kitchen is so dark. 596 00:22:56,477 --> 00:22:59,132 There's so much darkness that I think we need the movement 597 00:22:59,304 --> 00:23:02,856 to break up visually what we're seeing. 598 00:23:02,994 --> 00:23:05,442 I'm also excited about what that hood vent's gonna do 599 00:23:05,615 --> 00:23:08,132 visually paired with all of this. 600 00:23:09,235 --> 00:23:11,132 - Ready? - This is the coolest hood vent! 601 00:23:11,304 --> 00:23:12,925 - There it is. - This is-- yep. 602 00:23:13,063 --> 00:23:14,132 Oh, my goodness! 603 00:23:14,304 --> 00:23:17,132 Ryan Durrett is a metal worker. 604 00:23:17,304 --> 00:23:18,545 Sculptor. 605 00:23:18,546 --> 00:23:21,339 Artist, sculptor, one day country music singer. 606 00:23:21,511 --> 00:23:22,442 You wish. 607 00:23:22,615 --> 00:23:24,132 I mean, with a name like Ryan Durrett. 608 00:23:24,304 --> 00:23:25,856 - Yeah. - Yeah, I like doing hood vents. 609 00:23:25,994 --> 00:23:26,960 I've done quite a few. 610 00:23:27,132 --> 00:23:28,338 - Really? OK. - Seriously? 611 00:23:28,339 --> 00:23:31,304 - Yeah, there's a real big market for them... - Yeah. 612 00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:32,822 ...in any, like, high end kitchen. 613 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,235 This is definitely statement making. 614 00:23:34,408 --> 00:23:35,407 Oh, yeah. 615 00:23:35,408 --> 00:23:36,994 I would call it brutalist design element. 616 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:38,063 Yeah, definitely. 617 00:23:38,235 --> 00:23:39,200 This is very Michael, though. 618 00:23:39,201 --> 00:23:40,856 He's an architect. He's super inspired 619 00:23:40,994 --> 00:23:44,511 by buildings that are faceted. - Yes. 620 00:23:44,684 --> 00:23:47,097 Like the Shard in London and also 621 00:23:47,270 --> 00:23:49,339 the Leadenhall building. - That's right. 622 00:23:49,511 --> 00:23:50,339 I think that's what it's called. 623 00:23:50,511 --> 00:23:52,856 He's going to freak out. 624 00:23:52,994 --> 00:23:55,235 I can't wait to get this welded and ground and 625 00:23:55,408 --> 00:23:57,235 get to the next. - Can you teach me to TIG? 626 00:23:57,408 --> 00:23:58,925 I would love to teach you to TIG. 627 00:24:00,615 --> 00:24:01,718 Fire in the hole! 628 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:04,442 It's so quiet. 629 00:24:06,132 --> 00:24:09,960 I have MIG welded, and I have stick welded. 630 00:24:10,097 --> 00:24:11,822 This is something different. 631 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,304 It's just the difference in material? 632 00:24:14,477 --> 00:24:17,028 Yep, and style and positioning. 633 00:24:17,201 --> 00:24:19,235 Ooh, that's a good looking weld. 634 00:24:19,408 --> 00:24:23,649 - I would say that TIG welding is the most complicated. - Yeah. 635 00:24:23,822 --> 00:24:25,339 I'm looking to Ryan right now. 636 00:24:25,511 --> 00:24:26,442 - Yeah. - All right, can I try one? 637 00:24:26,615 --> 00:24:28,132 You can. Be mindful. 638 00:24:28,304 --> 00:24:31,132 If you touch this tungsten to this metal, it is gonna arc. 639 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:33,132 Where should I start? Can I do over here, so it's-- 640 00:24:33,304 --> 00:24:34,649 Um, you're tall. We'll start here. 641 00:24:34,822 --> 00:24:35,753 OK. 642 00:24:37,442 --> 00:24:38,442 So just try that again. 643 00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:44,132 Boy, I'm trying! Dadgummit! 644 00:24:44,304 --> 00:24:46,132 I'm not very good at TIG welding. 645 00:24:47,753 --> 00:24:49,132 What's that Patrick Swayze movie? 646 00:24:49,304 --> 00:24:50,235 Let me "Ghost" it. 647 00:24:52,270 --> 00:24:54,891 Oh, this is-- isn't this magical? 648 00:24:57,339 --> 00:24:58,753 I'm gonna help you in the beginning again. 649 00:24:58,925 --> 00:25:01,097 ♪ What's a man to do ♪ 650 00:25:01,270 --> 00:25:03,442 - I was trying to-- - Are you Patrick or Demi? 651 00:25:03,615 --> 00:25:05,442 I'm Demi. 652 00:25:05,615 --> 00:25:07,960 So dab on the right when I move to the left. 653 00:25:08,132 --> 00:25:09,546 - So dab. - Gotcha. 654 00:25:09,718 --> 00:25:11,097 - Dab. - Oh! 655 00:25:11,270 --> 00:25:12,511 Dab. 656 00:25:12,684 --> 00:25:16,442 He was strong, firm, but tender. 657 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:17,753 I felt as light as a feather. 658 00:25:19,235 --> 00:25:21,856 Like a-- like a dove in his hands. 659 00:25:23,994 --> 00:25:27,546 These legitimately look good. Pretty-- pretty great. 660 00:25:29,994 --> 00:25:32,649 - I mean, it's a big building. - It's a huge building. 661 00:25:32,822 --> 00:25:34,097 So this building, though... 662 00:25:34,270 --> 00:25:36,408 - Mm-hmm. - ...product of the 1920s. 663 00:25:36,580 --> 00:25:38,097 I've always loved this building. 664 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:39,925 This is a great building. 665 00:25:40,063 --> 00:25:41,994 It's truly an icon of the city. 666 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,960 When I see the great old photographs of Laurel 667 00:25:44,132 --> 00:25:47,822 at its peak, its heyday in the 1920s, the Kress Building 668 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,235 is always there in the background. 669 00:25:49,408 --> 00:25:51,753 Tons of traffic coming and going, which is so 670 00:25:51,925 --> 00:25:55,304 different from what it's been in my lifetime. 671 00:25:55,477 --> 00:25:57,235 - All right, be careful. - Yeah. 672 00:25:58,442 --> 00:26:00,615 - Wow! - Whoa! 673 00:26:00,787 --> 00:26:01,822 Look at the ceiling height. 674 00:26:06,856 --> 00:26:09,028 It's even taller over there. Wow. 675 00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:11,856 - They really demoed. - I mean, they took it out. 676 00:26:11,994 --> 00:26:13,546 They demoed everything. 677 00:26:13,718 --> 00:26:18,063 You're talking about top-to-bottom remodel, 678 00:26:18,235 --> 00:26:20,718 and that's gonna be an extensive budget. 679 00:26:20,891 --> 00:26:23,856 OK, so this was the department store, right? 680 00:26:23,994 --> 00:26:26,235 - This was one building, and then next door... - Mm-hmm. 681 00:26:26,408 --> 00:26:28,304 - Oh! - ...that was the theater... 682 00:26:28,477 --> 00:26:29,717 - ...and you see the change. - It jumps up. 683 00:26:29,718 --> 00:26:31,753 But what's really cool is you can see the stairs 684 00:26:31,925 --> 00:26:33,096 going up to the mezzanine. 685 00:26:33,097 --> 00:26:34,511 I wonder if that went to the projector booth. 686 00:26:34,684 --> 00:26:36,235 - That's cool. - Isn't that awesome? 687 00:26:36,408 --> 00:26:39,442 Imagine walking in to this grand lobby. 688 00:26:39,615 --> 00:26:41,822 Man, it could be a grand lobby. 689 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,615 And I love this has like really good street 690 00:26:43,787 --> 00:26:44,925 store frontage upfront. - Yeah. 691 00:26:45,063 --> 00:26:46,579 - Uh-huh - Pretty good. 692 00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:48,442 We could take advantage of that and put some retail space 693 00:26:48,615 --> 00:26:51,304 in here and bring back the lobby to how it used to be 694 00:26:51,477 --> 00:26:52,718 in the 1920s. 695 00:26:52,891 --> 00:26:56,132 Tons of wood, molding, leather in the sitting areas. 696 00:26:56,304 --> 00:26:58,339 Grand, but still cozy feeling. 697 00:26:58,511 --> 00:27:02,132 It's not as big of a lobby as the building up the street, 698 00:27:02,304 --> 00:27:03,856 but I still like it. - Yeah. 699 00:27:03,994 --> 00:27:05,546 Still getting that big feel, you know? 700 00:27:05,718 --> 00:27:07,442 I wanna see upstairs. To see how many rooms 701 00:27:07,615 --> 00:27:08,580 that we could possibly get. 702 00:27:09,615 --> 00:27:11,442 - Man, these windows. - Ooh. 703 00:27:11,615 --> 00:27:12,649 Wow. 704 00:27:12,822 --> 00:27:14,235 - Check this out. - Dang, look how bright it is. 705 00:27:14,408 --> 00:27:15,339 What's the holes? We got holes. 706 00:27:15,511 --> 00:27:16,822 - Oh, yeah. - Whoo! 707 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,339 How far down is that? 708 00:27:21,201 --> 00:27:22,132 Wanna to go to the third floor? 709 00:27:22,304 --> 00:27:23,270 - Yeah. - Yeah, I do. 710 00:27:23,442 --> 00:27:24,753 I wonder if it's the same layout. 711 00:27:24,925 --> 00:27:27,132 - I would think. - Wide open. 712 00:27:27,304 --> 00:27:29,097 Between the Trustmark building and the Kress building, 713 00:27:29,270 --> 00:27:31,546 you have a very distinct style 714 00:27:31,718 --> 00:27:33,753 that you would have to live with. 715 00:27:33,925 --> 00:27:36,339 You have a building that the historic charm has been 716 00:27:36,511 --> 00:27:39,511 erased, so you would have to try to recreate that. 717 00:27:39,684 --> 00:27:41,235 - Ugh. - I don't know how you decide. 718 00:27:49,028 --> 00:27:50,097 Look at his hood ornament. 719 00:27:51,304 --> 00:27:52,546 That's good. 720 00:27:52,718 --> 00:27:53,960 I didn't want you to pull up too far. 721 00:27:54,097 --> 00:27:54,994 Sure. 722 00:27:55,166 --> 00:27:56,546 And him see your truck and all. 723 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:58,511 - Is it finished? - It is finished. 724 00:27:58,684 --> 00:28:00,442 - It's done. - It's done. 725 00:28:00,615 --> 00:28:03,132 Ryan is delivering the finished range hood. 726 00:28:03,304 --> 00:28:05,132 We don't want Michael to see it. 727 00:28:05,304 --> 00:28:06,201 It's a big day. 728 00:28:06,373 --> 00:28:07,615 Michael lives on the third floor. 729 00:28:07,787 --> 00:28:09,132 He works on the first floor. 730 00:28:09,304 --> 00:28:10,753 We're trying to renovate the second floor 731 00:28:10,925 --> 00:28:11,753 without him seeing it. 732 00:28:11,925 --> 00:28:12,856 - Right. - It's tricky. 733 00:28:12,994 --> 00:28:14,408 So we need to be slick about this. 734 00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:16,339 - All right, sneaky. - Yeah. 735 00:28:16,511 --> 00:28:19,063 - Just be quick. I will go talk to him. - Yeah. 736 00:28:19,235 --> 00:28:20,235 Let's do this. 737 00:28:21,235 --> 00:28:22,994 - Hey. - Hey. 738 00:28:23,166 --> 00:28:25,304 - Where's Zeus? - Ah, spa day. 739 00:28:25,477 --> 00:28:26,442 - Ah. - You know. 740 00:28:26,615 --> 00:28:28,132 Of course. This is cool. 741 00:28:28,304 --> 00:28:29,649 What-- what you working on? 742 00:28:29,822 --> 00:28:31,718 Um, I'm actually sitting here trying to compare 743 00:28:31,891 --> 00:28:34,546 the, uh, Trustmark Bank and the Kress Building. 744 00:28:34,718 --> 00:28:36,442 - Um, doing room counts. - For the hotel. 745 00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:38,856 Yeah, yeah, looking at room counts. 746 00:28:38,994 --> 00:28:41,546 How many rooms can you get in the Trustmark? 747 00:28:42,753 --> 00:28:44,546 - 50, easily. - 50? 748 00:28:44,718 --> 00:28:46,649 - Yeah. - That's a big hotel. 749 00:28:46,822 --> 00:28:49,925 It has the potential to be a phenomenal, huge hotel, 750 00:28:50,063 --> 00:28:51,339 but it's going to be a big project. 751 00:28:51,511 --> 00:28:52,822 What about Kress? 752 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,028 Right now, I've got it at about 26, 27. 753 00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:59,339 - That seems more manageable. - Absolutely. 754 00:28:59,511 --> 00:29:00,925 - Glad things are good. - Good talk. 755 00:29:01,063 --> 00:29:03,442 Yeah, have they been, are they leaning one way 756 00:29:03,615 --> 00:29:04,960 or the other on the hotel? 757 00:29:05,132 --> 00:29:06,649 Uh, I was told they're leaning one way. 758 00:29:06,822 --> 00:29:08,546 - Yeah? - Wow. 759 00:29:08,718 --> 00:29:10,856 - Dude. - It turned out so awesome! 760 00:29:10,994 --> 00:29:15,408 The way this multifaceted hood vent has to be installed. 761 00:29:15,580 --> 00:29:17,442 - There's Michael. - Michael's right there. 762 00:29:18,856 --> 00:29:20,442 - What are you doing? - What are you doing? 763 00:29:20,615 --> 00:29:22,339 Checking mail. 764 00:29:22,511 --> 00:29:24,063 - Just checking mail. - Huh? 765 00:29:24,235 --> 00:29:25,649 Don't be going-- don't be sneaking up. 766 00:29:27,201 --> 00:29:29,132 - He's checking the mail. - Yeah, checking the mail. 767 00:29:30,304 --> 00:29:32,097 Yeah, checking the mail. 768 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:34,511 ♪ Can you ever get enough Get enough ♪ 769 00:29:36,856 --> 00:29:39,615 ♪ Were you wanting something else, something else ♪ 770 00:29:39,787 --> 00:29:41,132 ♪ Uh-oh-oh ♪ 771 00:29:43,511 --> 00:29:45,856 - Guess what's here? - Fridge looks good. 772 00:29:45,994 --> 00:29:48,201 This thing's crazy. It's got a touchscreen. 773 00:29:48,373 --> 00:29:49,753 - I always get counter depth. - Yeah. 774 00:29:49,925 --> 00:29:51,856 But here, we could build however we wanted. 775 00:29:51,994 --> 00:29:54,063 - Got a whole room. - For that pantry space. 776 00:29:54,235 --> 00:29:56,132 And so I went full depth. 777 00:29:56,304 --> 00:29:58,856 I'm now realizing that it might not actually fit through 778 00:29:58,994 --> 00:30:00,649 the upstairs door, the kitchen door. 779 00:30:00,822 --> 00:30:02,753 That was tight to get the countertop out of. 780 00:30:02,925 --> 00:30:05,235 29 and a half without the doors. 781 00:30:05,408 --> 00:30:06,615 I don't know, y'all. 782 00:30:08,339 --> 00:30:11,201 When I'm out there ordering appliances, the last thing 783 00:30:11,373 --> 00:30:15,408 I'm thinking about is the doorway of the kitchen. 784 00:30:15,580 --> 00:30:17,822 You don't think about a door not being standard size. 785 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:19,994 - 29. - Because why would you? 786 00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:22,753 Why would a door be smaller than, say, 32 inches? 787 00:30:22,925 --> 00:30:24,753 We have a problem. It's 29 inches. 788 00:30:28,511 --> 00:30:29,994 Any world where it can squeeze? 789 00:30:30,166 --> 00:30:31,856 I mean, there's water lines and stuff on the back. 790 00:30:31,994 --> 00:30:34,994 - We really need 30. - Kind of worried about this. 791 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:36,511 Hang on, let me make a phone call. 792 00:30:36,684 --> 00:30:37,753 I have an idea. 793 00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:39,960 What are you doing right now? 794 00:30:46,718 --> 00:30:48,615 Beautiful. 795 00:30:48,787 --> 00:30:50,546 - You're a hero today. - Am I? 796 00:30:50,718 --> 00:30:51,856 Yeah. 797 00:30:51,994 --> 00:30:53,132 Our buddy Jack Andrews just happened to be working 798 00:30:53,304 --> 00:30:54,649 on a project down the street, 799 00:30:54,822 --> 00:30:59,063 and he is a jack-of-most-trades, including driving a lift. 800 00:30:59,235 --> 00:31:02,097 I asked for a favor, and he delivered. 801 00:31:02,270 --> 00:31:06,339 ♪ She's so beautiful Never seen another ♪ 802 00:31:06,511 --> 00:31:08,408 Oh, didn't see you there. 803 00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:11,201 Do we feel super solid about this plan? 804 00:31:11,373 --> 00:31:13,097 Nope, and that's what makes it a good one. 805 00:31:15,028 --> 00:31:17,408 I understand it's gonna fit, but it could get dropped, 806 00:31:17,580 --> 00:31:19,339 scratched, bent, dented. 807 00:31:20,718 --> 00:31:23,442 - I don't love any of that. - Watch your hand, man. 808 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,615 It is like the exact size of that hole. 809 00:31:27,132 --> 00:31:28,615 One, two, one. 810 00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:32,960 - There it is. - Down, down. 811 00:31:35,201 --> 00:31:37,339 You did it. Did it get scratched? 812 00:31:37,511 --> 00:31:38,925 No scratches. High-five. 813 00:31:45,408 --> 00:31:47,925 - Dang. - Look how high that is. 814 00:31:48,063 --> 00:31:49,546 - That is really remarkable. - Isn't that impressive? 815 00:31:49,718 --> 00:31:52,235 It is impressive, but what is it? 816 00:31:52,408 --> 00:31:54,408 Michael McKinnon's the single guy. 817 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:56,718 Got to have a TV, a big one. 818 00:31:56,891 --> 00:32:00,546 So big, in fact, that he uses a projector, and we don't want 819 00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:02,339 to hang it from the ceiling. 820 00:32:02,511 --> 00:32:07,442 So I thought, let's hide it in a spy table. 821 00:32:07,615 --> 00:32:08,856 Ah. A spy table? 822 00:32:08,994 --> 00:32:10,925 Because it's gonna come up out of it. 823 00:32:11,063 --> 00:32:14,063 Imagine just like a traditional sofa table. 824 00:32:14,235 --> 00:32:15,511 Do curved ends 825 00:32:16,649 --> 00:32:19,960 with a reeded front all the way around, and then white oak 826 00:32:20,097 --> 00:32:22,201 on top-- Pop, comes up. 827 00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:25,856 - Projectors inside that. - Hidden. 828 00:32:25,994 --> 00:32:27,303 Hidden. 829 00:32:27,304 --> 00:32:31,925 When we did his primary suite, he wanted a wall of cabinets 830 00:32:32,063 --> 00:32:33,718 that just looked like paneling. 831 00:32:33,891 --> 00:32:36,132 This will be another hidden feature. 832 00:32:36,304 --> 00:32:38,063 That's really cool. 833 00:32:40,546 --> 00:32:42,960 TVs and radios used to be designed to be 834 00:32:43,097 --> 00:32:44,372 beautiful pieces of furniture. 835 00:32:44,373 --> 00:32:48,408 Now they're this gaudy black square hanging on the wall. 836 00:32:48,580 --> 00:32:50,856 It'll be a beautiful piece of furniture, but it'll be a very 837 00:32:50,994 --> 00:32:52,339 Michael piece of furniture. 838 00:32:52,511 --> 00:32:54,442 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 839 00:32:54,615 --> 00:32:55,442 - Hey! - Michael! 840 00:32:55,615 --> 00:32:57,408 Hey, buddy! What's up, guys? 841 00:32:57,580 --> 00:32:58,511 What are y'all doing? 842 00:32:58,684 --> 00:32:59,615 - Man, just working. - Nothing. 843 00:33:01,063 --> 00:33:02,131 - What's up, dude? - All right. 844 00:33:02,132 --> 00:33:04,649 - What you got? - Little information dump here. 845 00:33:04,822 --> 00:33:07,304 This is both Trustmark and Kress Building. 846 00:33:07,477 --> 00:33:08,649 Dang. 847 00:33:08,822 --> 00:33:12,304 So Michael is working with Josh and Jim and Mallorie 848 00:33:12,477 --> 00:33:15,511 on this hotel project. Josh wasn't expecting him. 849 00:33:15,684 --> 00:33:16,925 I wasn't expecting him. 850 00:33:17,063 --> 00:33:18,822 But we're building something for him. 851 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:19,960 - Y'all enjoy. - This is great. 852 00:33:20,132 --> 00:33:21,304 - Thank you so much. - Appreciate it, man. 853 00:33:21,477 --> 00:33:22,960 Have a good day. 854 00:33:23,097 --> 00:33:25,442 - Well, it was close. - Phew! We almost got busted. 855 00:33:25,615 --> 00:33:27,028 - Bye, Bud. - See you later. 856 00:33:27,201 --> 00:33:28,615 I can't wait to show this to Mallorie and Jim 857 00:33:28,787 --> 00:33:29,822 and get their opinions. 858 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,235 ♪ Round and round she runs ♪ 859 00:33:33,546 --> 00:33:36,097 ♪ Trying to catch the light ♪ 860 00:33:40,546 --> 00:33:42,753 - Ooh, good morning. - Good morning. 861 00:33:42,925 --> 00:33:44,994 - Ooh. - What's going on? 862 00:33:45,166 --> 00:33:46,338 Thing's like Sputnik. 863 00:33:46,339 --> 00:33:49,304 So the whole lighting situation in here is really 864 00:33:49,477 --> 00:33:52,063 next level. - Yes, I agree with you there. 865 00:33:52,235 --> 00:33:55,511 Today's a big day for Colton. We got him bowed up. 866 00:33:55,684 --> 00:33:58,028 It's a lot of lighting in one tiny little kitchen. 867 00:33:58,201 --> 00:34:00,235 We have chandelier over dinner table. 868 00:34:00,408 --> 00:34:02,994 We have toe kick. So that'll go... 869 00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:05,960 - That'll be a first. - ...underneath on both sides. 870 00:34:06,097 --> 00:34:08,753 It's ribbon lighting. It's remote-controlled. 871 00:34:08,925 --> 00:34:10,235 - What's going here? - These are going away. 872 00:34:10,408 --> 00:34:12,339 - OK. - We've got track lighting. 873 00:34:12,511 --> 00:34:14,546 - Cool. - Here and there. 874 00:34:14,718 --> 00:34:16,132 - All right. - It's under-cabinet. 875 00:34:16,304 --> 00:34:18,856 Michael is all about light, where the light's coming from, 876 00:34:18,994 --> 00:34:19,925 the way it moves around. 877 00:34:20,063 --> 00:34:22,615 Slatted wood, that's always his thing. 878 00:34:22,787 --> 00:34:24,442 Those are the things he cares about. 879 00:34:24,615 --> 00:34:28,201 He cares more about lighting than most anything. 880 00:34:28,373 --> 00:34:30,822 ♪ Oh ♪ 881 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,408 - How are the buildings? - They both have potential. 882 00:34:38,580 --> 00:34:40,856 Both of them need a lot of work to be a hotel. 883 00:34:40,994 --> 00:34:43,097 Jim really loves the bank building just because 884 00:34:43,270 --> 00:34:44,960 of the style. He loves that mid mod. 885 00:34:45,132 --> 00:34:46,338 I love that. 886 00:34:46,339 --> 00:34:47,960 I'd be deeply intimidated by the bank building. 887 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,615 That's a huge, huge hotel. 888 00:34:51,787 --> 00:34:54,442 The Kress Building, it's very similar to every 889 00:34:54,615 --> 00:34:57,994 other project we've done thus far, where it's 1930s, 890 00:34:58,166 --> 00:35:01,546 all of the historic, nostalgic. 891 00:35:01,718 --> 00:35:04,822 A lot of the historic charm of the building was erased 892 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:06,753 40 years ago, 50 years ago. 893 00:35:06,925 --> 00:35:10,408 Yeah, the cost to build that out, that's huge. 894 00:35:10,580 --> 00:35:12,235 How many rooms do you think he could get in? 895 00:35:12,408 --> 00:35:14,546 So we just got back from Michael's, 896 00:35:14,718 --> 00:35:17,822 and the minimum number of rooms that we need to do this is 25. 897 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,132 If they can hit 25 rooms, then they cash flow it, 898 00:35:21,304 --> 00:35:22,546 and it makes a profit. 899 00:35:22,718 --> 00:35:24,304 How many rooms could you put in the bank? 900 00:35:24,477 --> 00:35:26,339 Between, like, 50 and 60. 901 00:35:26,511 --> 00:35:29,649 There's a nervousness factor on 60 rooms. 902 00:35:29,822 --> 00:35:31,822 That's gonna be more staff to keep it up. 903 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,201 That's gonna be 60 beds, 60 air conditioners. 904 00:35:35,373 --> 00:35:36,960 60 toilets to stop up. 905 00:35:37,132 --> 00:35:38,649 Make up your mind! 906 00:35:38,822 --> 00:35:41,960 Make up your mind! Make up your mind. 907 00:35:42,132 --> 00:35:43,718 OK. All in favor of the bank. 908 00:35:45,235 --> 00:35:46,235 Really? 909 00:35:47,339 --> 00:35:48,546 All in favor of Kress. 910 00:35:48,718 --> 00:35:50,408 - Raise your hand. - Really? 911 00:35:50,580 --> 00:35:51,822 I love it. I love it. 912 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,442 I'm sorry. I love it, too. 913 00:35:53,615 --> 00:35:54,753 - You want both? - I want both of them. 914 00:35:54,925 --> 00:35:56,132 They both need something to happen to. 915 00:35:56,304 --> 00:35:58,201 Start with one. So you're doing it. 916 00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,408 Y'all are going to buy the dang Kress building. 917 00:36:00,580 --> 00:36:02,027 - That's the one. - Finally. 918 00:36:02,028 --> 00:36:04,235 - Y'all. - Somebody's going to do something with that building. 919 00:36:04,408 --> 00:36:05,304 We're gonna spend some money? 920 00:36:05,477 --> 00:36:06,408 Just a little money? 921 00:36:06,580 --> 00:36:08,339 We're gonna spend some money. 922 00:36:08,511 --> 00:36:11,235 I'm excited to see the Kress be something. 923 00:36:11,408 --> 00:36:13,235 My whole life, I wondered what it looked like when that 924 00:36:13,408 --> 00:36:15,649 was alive. And I'll find out. 925 00:36:17,753 --> 00:36:21,649 ♪ You and me together Live forever ♪ 926 00:36:21,822 --> 00:36:23,753 ♪ Always be the same ♪ 927 00:36:25,063 --> 00:36:26,132 Hello. 928 00:36:26,304 --> 00:36:29,753 Oh, my goodness. I love it. 929 00:36:29,925 --> 00:36:31,132 - It's Michael. - It's so Michael. 930 00:36:31,304 --> 00:36:32,960 Do you think Michael's gonna learn how to cook? 931 00:36:33,132 --> 00:36:34,166 No. 932 00:36:34,339 --> 00:36:36,442 He's going to be busy building a hotel with us. 933 00:36:37,822 --> 00:36:38,753 This looks great. 934 00:36:38,925 --> 00:36:41,925 For the second time with Michael. 935 00:36:42,063 --> 00:36:45,753 I have worked way outside my comfort zone. 936 00:36:45,925 --> 00:36:48,856 He has unusual taste, and you can't always know for 937 00:36:48,994 --> 00:36:51,615 sure that you got it right. I hope that we did. 938 00:36:58,615 --> 00:36:59,649 - Michael. - Yes, sir. 939 00:36:59,822 --> 00:37:01,339 - Are you ready? - It is time. 940 00:37:01,511 --> 00:37:03,649 - Oh, thank God! - Come on. 941 00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:05,615 - Let's do this! - Oh, what a greeting! 942 00:37:05,787 --> 00:37:06,753 - Yeah. - Uh-huh. 943 00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:07,856 You like the runner? 944 00:37:07,994 --> 00:37:08,994 - Oh, yeah. - It's different. 945 00:37:10,718 --> 00:37:12,235 [bleep] y'all. 946 00:37:19,235 --> 00:37:20,235 Bro. 947 00:37:24,270 --> 00:37:25,753 Y'all, this is awesome. 948 00:37:25,925 --> 00:37:28,028 ♪ Get on up now ♪ 949 00:37:28,201 --> 00:37:30,822 ♪ Feel good times ♪ 950 00:37:33,166 --> 00:37:36,649 - Who did the hood? - His name is Ryan Durrett. 951 00:37:36,822 --> 00:37:39,442 - Yep. - Who is a metal fabricator 952 00:37:39,615 --> 00:37:40,718 and an artist. 953 00:37:40,891 --> 00:37:44,339 It's silver in the areas where it's stainless. 954 00:37:44,511 --> 00:37:46,960 And then this is steel with a black patina. 955 00:37:47,097 --> 00:37:50,166 If there was a sexy hood, this is it. 956 00:37:50,339 --> 00:37:52,649 - It has abs. - It's chiseled. 957 00:37:52,822 --> 00:37:54,753 - Man, there's toe lighting. - Yes. 958 00:37:58,477 --> 00:37:59,649 Lighting is your thing. 959 00:37:59,822 --> 00:38:01,063 This is a sick lighting package. 960 00:38:01,235 --> 00:38:04,822 You've got toe kick, under cabinet, the very special 961 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,270 Sputnik chandelier. It's everywhere. 962 00:38:07,442 --> 00:38:08,477 - Look at this. - Mm-hmm. 963 00:38:08,649 --> 00:38:09,546 Waterfall. 964 00:38:09,718 --> 00:38:11,270 I try to get it in every project. 965 00:38:11,442 --> 00:38:14,235 I've been chasing waterfalls for a long time, y'all. 966 00:38:14,408 --> 00:38:16,373 - Longer than TLC. - Longer than TLC. 967 00:38:16,546 --> 00:38:18,028 And we finally got one in a project. 968 00:38:22,270 --> 00:38:23,408 - Oh. - Ooh. 969 00:38:23,580 --> 00:38:24,752 - Cereal. - Y'all. 970 00:38:24,753 --> 00:38:28,511 That is the bougiest cereal holder I've ever seen. 971 00:38:28,684 --> 00:38:31,649 And then we carved just like upstairs above your closet. 972 00:38:31,822 --> 00:38:34,132 - So that's your AC vent. - Mm-hmm. 973 00:38:34,304 --> 00:38:35,753 OK, let me tell you about this fridge. 974 00:38:35,925 --> 00:38:36,925 - Let's talk about this fridge. - Because it's crazy. 975 00:38:37,063 --> 00:38:37,994 All right. 976 00:38:38,166 --> 00:38:39,442 This is the most techie fridge. 977 00:38:39,615 --> 00:38:41,856 Like, if you're at the grocery store and you can't remember 978 00:38:41,994 --> 00:38:45,649 how much milk you have for your cereal, you can just pull up 979 00:38:45,822 --> 00:38:48,960 the app on your phone and see inside your fridge, 980 00:38:49,097 --> 00:38:50,373 see what you have. - That's awesome. 981 00:38:50,546 --> 00:38:51,477 Isn't that crazy? 982 00:38:51,649 --> 00:38:54,477 And under here, your robot vacuum has 983 00:38:54,649 --> 00:38:56,097 a special hideaway in there. 984 00:38:56,270 --> 00:38:57,994 Oh, Elon Dust has got his own place. 985 00:38:58,166 --> 00:38:59,097 Elon Dust. 986 00:39:00,442 --> 00:39:02,856 - Sour worms, too. - I mean, the details. 987 00:39:02,994 --> 00:39:04,339 All you eat is cereal and candy. 988 00:39:04,511 --> 00:39:05,615 I know, I know. But it's like, 989 00:39:05,787 --> 00:39:07,132 Let me just see one of those. 990 00:39:07,304 --> 00:39:09,546 - Like, this is awesome, y'all. - You like it? 991 00:39:09,718 --> 00:39:11,994 Because this is not my style, Michael. 992 00:39:12,166 --> 00:39:13,408 I think we both know. 993 00:39:13,580 --> 00:39:14,925 I may have forced this on y'all a little bit. 994 00:39:15,063 --> 00:39:19,649 This is a reach for me, and I hope that it's correct. 995 00:39:19,822 --> 00:39:21,235 This is-- this is phenomenal. 996 00:39:25,994 --> 00:39:28,339 - [bleep], y'all, this is home. - Yeah. 997 00:39:28,511 --> 00:39:31,028 - Again. - This is home, y'all. 998 00:39:33,373 --> 00:39:37,166 It's just like your apartment before was an outfit that 999 00:39:37,339 --> 00:39:38,960 you would never wear. 1000 00:39:39,097 --> 00:39:41,028 - It's a nice one. - Yeah, well-- 1001 00:39:41,201 --> 00:39:43,822 But we're trying to make it an outfit that you would wear. 1002 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,546 This is like what it's supposed to be. 1003 00:39:45,718 --> 00:39:48,511 - Good, perfect. - It's very loungy. 1004 00:39:48,684 --> 00:39:49,960 What's this? 1005 00:39:50,753 --> 00:39:53,339 - It mimics the thing up top. - Yeah, it does. 1006 00:39:53,511 --> 00:39:54,649 At first I was like, they brought that down 1007 00:39:54,822 --> 00:39:55,960 from upstairs, what am I gonna do up there? 1008 00:39:56,132 --> 00:39:57,718 What about that in the corner? 1009 00:39:57,891 --> 00:39:58,856 That's beautiful. 1010 00:39:58,994 --> 00:40:01,960 This is a lamp inspired by a lamp 1011 00:40:02,132 --> 00:40:04,166 that's in Frank Lloyd Wright's house. 1012 00:40:04,339 --> 00:40:06,373 Travis Runyan helped me build this. 1013 00:40:06,546 --> 00:40:08,235 - Really? - Do you know who Travis is? 1014 00:40:08,408 --> 00:40:09,614 Firefighter. 1015 00:40:09,615 --> 00:40:11,994 I got Travis to come and help me because he was one of 1016 00:40:12,166 --> 00:40:14,511 the firefighters that arrived on the scene that night. 1017 00:40:14,684 --> 00:40:15,615 Absolutely. 1018 00:40:17,166 --> 00:40:18,545 Yeah. 1019 00:40:18,546 --> 00:40:22,132 I, uh, you know, that night I had about 20 firefighters here, 1020 00:40:22,304 --> 00:40:25,649 and it was just because of them, we were able to do this 1021 00:40:25,822 --> 00:40:27,097 project still. - Yeah. 1022 00:40:27,270 --> 00:40:30,511 So, like, I just owe it all to the Laurel Fire Departments. 1023 00:40:30,684 --> 00:40:32,442 - They're so awesome. - Yeah. 1024 00:40:32,615 --> 00:40:34,235 That's pretty cool y'all got him involved, too, 1025 00:40:34,408 --> 00:40:36,166 because he played poker here the night before. 1026 00:40:36,339 --> 00:40:37,546 And then, like, the next night. 1027 00:40:37,718 --> 00:40:38,960 You know, he's putting it out, so. 1028 00:40:39,132 --> 00:40:41,925 Well, we got you a new poker table, a proper one. 1029 00:40:42,063 --> 00:40:44,408 Our antes just went up with this table. 1030 00:40:44,580 --> 00:40:45,856 Have a seat on the sofa. 1031 00:40:47,201 --> 00:40:49,304 Now, let's say that you're hanging out with your buddies, 1032 00:40:49,477 --> 00:40:51,166 but it's not a poker night. It's a movie night. 1033 00:40:54,442 --> 00:40:55,442 Bro. 1034 00:40:57,373 --> 00:40:58,408 Get out of here. 1035 00:41:02,063 --> 00:41:03,063 Oh. 1036 00:41:03,235 --> 00:41:05,546 It's like, that is ridiculous, dude. 1037 00:41:06,753 --> 00:41:09,822 - This is phenomenal. - It's the Zeus show. 1038 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,856 So he loves going to your Scent Library 1039 00:41:11,994 --> 00:41:13,269 and playing with your globe. 1040 00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:15,960 Seeing him drink water out of the sink reminds me we need 1041 00:41:16,097 --> 00:41:18,235 to show you a bathroom. You're not done yet. 1042 00:41:18,408 --> 00:41:21,442 Before we go, let's close all this up, you know, 1043 00:41:21,615 --> 00:41:24,028 because we're sophisticated. - Because we can. 1044 00:41:24,201 --> 00:41:25,994 You can feel the room transitioning. 1045 00:41:26,166 --> 00:41:28,201 - That's very satisfying. - You've peaked, sir. 1046 00:41:28,373 --> 00:41:29,648 That's it. I've leveled up. 1047 00:41:29,649 --> 00:41:31,270 I don't know how you're ever going to do that. 1048 00:41:33,753 --> 00:41:34,753 You have a guest room. 1049 00:41:36,373 --> 00:41:37,408 It feels comfortable. 1050 00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:38,960 Like it's actually lived in, too. 1051 00:41:39,132 --> 00:41:41,235 We hardly did anything at all, and it feels so different. 1052 00:41:41,408 --> 00:41:42,753 I may have only been in this room twice, too. 1053 00:41:42,925 --> 00:41:44,822 Like, I didn't-- I never had a plan for this room. 1054 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:46,235 - You gotta see the bathroom. - OK. 1055 00:41:47,649 --> 00:41:49,339 - Oh! - Different! 1056 00:41:49,511 --> 00:41:51,477 This is a very legit space. 1057 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,546 - More of... - Oh, this. 1058 00:41:55,718 --> 00:41:57,718 ...that reeded look. 1059 00:41:57,891 --> 00:42:00,373 I just wanted to make the whole thing feel 1060 00:42:01,373 --> 00:42:03,649 like it's singing the same song as the rest of the apartment, 1061 00:42:03,822 --> 00:42:05,753 but we did it on, like, a shoestring budget. 1062 00:42:05,925 --> 00:42:07,096 There was nothing. 1063 00:42:07,097 --> 00:42:08,753 - We just paint. - I mean, painting a vanity. 1064 00:42:08,925 --> 00:42:10,649 The brass does magic. 1065 00:42:10,822 --> 00:42:12,822 And Zeus can drink out of this sink. 1066 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,201 - Y'all, this sink bowl. - I know. 1067 00:42:14,373 --> 00:42:15,856 - Isn't that cool? - Yeah. 1068 00:42:17,408 --> 00:42:19,856 - What do you think? - I think this is a real pear. 1069 00:42:19,994 --> 00:42:21,373 - It is a real pear. - It sure is. 1070 00:42:21,546 --> 00:42:22,579 I like to use the real deal. 1071 00:42:22,580 --> 00:42:24,339 - The details, y'all. - It's not just for TV. 1072 00:42:24,511 --> 00:42:26,097 I fully assumed I was going to grab a fake pear 1073 00:42:26,270 --> 00:42:27,753 and start talking. - Unh-unh. 1074 00:42:27,925 --> 00:42:32,994 Well, you gave us $60,000 to do this, and I love it. 1075 00:42:33,166 --> 00:42:34,063 Yeah. 1076 00:42:34,235 --> 00:42:36,856 I doubt you'll ever be over the fire. 1077 00:42:36,994 --> 00:42:40,373 - But maybe this is... - This is gonna help. 1078 00:42:40,546 --> 00:42:42,822 You can't be upset in a space like this. 1079 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,373 Mallorie brought up a good point. 1080 00:42:44,546 --> 00:42:48,960 She's glad that we were able to take this off your plate 1081 00:42:49,132 --> 00:42:52,649 so you could focus on a whole hotel. 1082 00:42:52,822 --> 00:42:56,166 I'm excited for Michael that he has a finished apartment. 1083 00:42:57,166 --> 00:42:59,063 I'm excited for our friends. 1084 00:42:59,235 --> 00:43:02,960 And we will absolutely do everything in our power to help 1085 00:43:03,132 --> 00:43:05,442 them build it out. Like, I want... 1086 00:43:06,442 --> 00:43:08,201 a huge success for this. - All the success for this.