1 00:00:01,462 --> 00:00:04,393 It's been four years since we did his third floor. 2 00:00:04,566 --> 00:00:05,497 [Ben] Just happened. 3 00:00:05,669 --> 00:00:06,807 [Erin] Doesn't that feel crazy to you? 4 00:00:06,980 --> 00:00:07,876 - Go, Zeus! - Oh, here we go. 5 00:00:08,014 --> 00:00:08,876 Let's go, boy. 6 00:00:09,014 --> 00:00:10,220 [Ben] Ready? 7 00:00:10,221 --> 00:00:11,462 [Erin] Our friend Michael McKinnon is an architect. 8 00:00:11,635 --> 00:00:13,047 He lives in downtown Laurel. 9 00:00:13,048 --> 00:00:15,911 He invited us to help him renovate the top floor of his loft. 10 00:00:16,048 --> 00:00:17,530 This is how you do a bedroom. 11 00:00:17,531 --> 00:00:19,876 [Erin] And he's asked us to come back and finish the second floor 12 00:00:20,014 --> 00:00:22,255 of his building, but we are coming back 13 00:00:22,428 --> 00:00:24,669 under very different circumstances. 14 00:00:26,807 --> 00:00:28,255 What happened next was probably the worst thing 15 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:30,669 I could have, you know, fathomed. 16 00:00:30,842 --> 00:00:32,014 [barking] 17 00:00:33,980 --> 00:00:38,359 We were seeing pictures of this building up in smoke. 18 00:00:38,531 --> 00:00:41,048 I mean, it was billowing out of this area 19 00:00:41,221 --> 00:00:43,048 that we had just finished. 20 00:00:46,255 --> 00:00:47,600 Good morning. 21 00:00:47,773 --> 00:00:49,980 [Ben] Just another day of making our favorite small town better. 22 00:00:50,152 --> 00:00:51,393 Erin, we gotta go, babe. 23 00:00:51,566 --> 00:00:52,773 Love ya, girls, y'all have fun! 24 00:00:52,945 --> 00:00:54,254 Ben, let's go. 25 00:00:54,255 --> 00:00:56,255 [Ben] Can you believe we fixed up over 100 houses in Laurel? 26 00:00:56,428 --> 00:00:58,083 I don't know what's gonna go wrong today. 27 00:00:58,255 --> 00:00:59,599 I'm sure something. 28 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,911 Any time we start a new house, we don't know how it's gonna go. 29 00:01:02,048 --> 00:01:03,566 [Ben] Oh, a bat just flew through here. 30 00:01:03,738 --> 00:01:06,980 - [Erin] That's not good. - [Ben] No way. 31 00:01:07,152 --> 00:01:08,566 They're about to see the house for the first time. 32 00:01:08,738 --> 00:01:11,704 - This is the best part. - Oh, my gosh! 33 00:01:11,876 --> 00:01:13,186 [homeowner] Are you serious right now? 34 00:01:13,359 --> 00:01:14,668 This is perfect. 35 00:01:14,669 --> 00:01:17,048 [Ben] Every day is different when you're renovating houses 36 00:01:17,221 --> 00:01:18,635 in Laurel, Mississippi. 37 00:01:21,048 --> 00:01:24,152 ♪ I watched it happen Like a daydream ♪ 38 00:01:28,290 --> 00:01:31,048 [Ben] Look how big Zeus is. He was already big. 39 00:01:31,221 --> 00:01:32,393 - He's still big. - Hey, buddy. 40 00:01:32,566 --> 00:01:34,152 - We've done this before. - Yeah, I'm not-- 41 00:01:34,324 --> 00:01:36,876 - [Erin] This top floor turned out beautifully. - [Ben] Awesome. 42 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:39,083 [Erin] Michael lives on the third floor, 43 00:01:39,255 --> 00:01:40,669 but he works on the first floor, 44 00:01:40,842 --> 00:01:42,876 and he's a commercial architect in town. 45 00:01:43,014 --> 00:01:44,980 Actually, he's done some of our projects here in Laurel. 46 00:01:45,152 --> 00:01:47,980 He did the Scent Library and the Visitor Center, 47 00:01:48,117 --> 00:01:49,669 and he's asked us to come back and finish 48 00:01:49,842 --> 00:01:51,359 the second floor of his building. 49 00:01:51,531 --> 00:01:53,773 [Michael] I need to call this building complete so I can really keep 50 00:01:53,945 --> 00:01:55,773 focusing on everybody else's projects. 51 00:01:55,945 --> 00:01:57,980 The building is 4,000 square feet. 52 00:01:58,152 --> 00:02:01,186 You've got your office space here on the first floor. 53 00:02:01,359 --> 00:02:05,497 Top floor, that's your area, primary bathroom. 54 00:02:05,669 --> 00:02:08,600 And then middle floor, you've got another bathroom, 55 00:02:08,773 --> 00:02:12,152 your kitchen, another bathroom. - [Erin] But it's very dated. 56 00:02:12,324 --> 00:02:14,152 The top floor is so well identified. 57 00:02:14,324 --> 00:02:15,773 The first floor makes sense. 58 00:02:15,945 --> 00:02:18,048 That second floor is just like, "Who am I as a person?" 59 00:02:18,221 --> 00:02:19,290 It's a nothing sandwich. 60 00:02:19,462 --> 00:02:20,600 It's a nothing burger right there, 61 00:02:20,773 --> 00:02:22,048 right there in the middle. 62 00:02:22,221 --> 00:02:24,600 And I was thinking $60,000 for the project. 63 00:02:24,773 --> 00:02:26,911 So is there fire damage here? 64 00:02:27,048 --> 00:02:30,393 Well, the fire pretty much got balcony and then apartment, 65 00:02:30,566 --> 00:02:32,186 the space y'all renovated. 66 00:02:32,359 --> 00:02:35,186 And then about 30 guys with hoses came 67 00:02:35,359 --> 00:02:36,290 and just flooded the whole building. 68 00:02:36,462 --> 00:02:37,462 - Yeah. - Thankfully, they did. 69 00:02:37,635 --> 00:02:39,807 But, you know, soaked the second floor. 70 00:02:39,980 --> 00:02:42,462 We just got it finished last week. 71 00:02:43,566 --> 00:02:45,669 The project wrapped up last week as far as remediation 72 00:02:45,842 --> 00:02:47,359 and repairs from the fire. 73 00:02:47,531 --> 00:02:49,462 As you can tell, on this top floor, what Ben and Erin did, 74 00:02:49,635 --> 00:02:52,255 it's-- it's pretty much the same way that we left it. 75 00:02:52,428 --> 00:02:55,669 If we can just close out, complete, and walk away 76 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,359 from the second floor like we did this, I mean, 77 00:02:57,531 --> 00:02:59,566 it's-- it would be a dream. 78 00:02:59,738 --> 00:03:00,876 So we're gonna do the second floor? 79 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,254 [Michael] Yes. 80 00:03:02,255 --> 00:03:03,980 [Ben] Is it set up back the way it was since the fire? 81 00:03:04,152 --> 00:03:06,600 - Like, does it look the same? - [Michael] It looks exactly the same. 82 00:03:06,773 --> 00:03:08,083 You know, it was just water damage, 83 00:03:08,255 --> 00:03:09,807 the ceiling, and a little bit of paint. 84 00:03:09,980 --> 00:03:12,566 [Ben] So all that's repaired, and we're ready to renovate. 85 00:03:12,738 --> 00:03:13,669 [Michael] Yes. 86 00:03:13,842 --> 00:03:15,462 [Ben] So where did the fire start? 87 00:03:15,635 --> 00:03:18,669 It's been pinpointed to the ceiling in the kitchen. 88 00:03:18,842 --> 00:03:20,048 OK. 89 00:03:20,221 --> 00:03:22,669 There was actually a not so funny joke going around town 90 00:03:22,842 --> 00:03:25,566 that it was my TV thing started the fire. 91 00:03:25,738 --> 00:03:27,704 - We didn't start the fire. - No. 92 00:03:27,876 --> 00:03:30,290 Apparently, there was light, insulation, can lights, 93 00:03:30,462 --> 00:03:31,806 something going on up there. 94 00:03:31,807 --> 00:03:34,290 You know, burned up through the ceiling, up on the balcony, 95 00:03:34,462 --> 00:03:35,773 up the balcony wall, into the apartment. 96 00:03:35,945 --> 00:03:37,186 [Erin] Didn't that scare you to death? 97 00:03:37,359 --> 00:03:38,255 - Oh, I was sleeping. - [Ben] Dang. 98 00:03:38,428 --> 00:03:40,083 But this dude was not. 99 00:03:40,255 --> 00:03:43,669 Uh, I was awakened by Zeus, like, hovering over me 100 00:03:43,842 --> 00:03:45,911 on the couch, just barking at my face. 101 00:03:46,048 --> 00:03:47,255 Ears pinned back. 102 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:48,566 And he'd never done that before. 103 00:03:48,738 --> 00:03:49,910 Kind of got me up, started walking around, 104 00:03:49,911 --> 00:03:51,152 then started hearing a lot of popping and realized 105 00:03:51,324 --> 00:03:52,980 it was daylight outside. 106 00:03:53,152 --> 00:03:55,773 And then realized it was not daylight, it's just all fire. 107 00:03:55,945 --> 00:03:58,773 Thankfully, two to three fire departments showed up, 108 00:03:58,945 --> 00:04:01,980 and I had 30 strapping guys running through here 109 00:04:02,152 --> 00:04:03,980 with hoses, just flooding everything, 110 00:04:04,152 --> 00:04:06,186 putting the fire out. And I'm so thankful for that. 111 00:04:07,186 --> 00:04:09,255 I just like to think pretty much because of him, 112 00:04:09,428 --> 00:04:11,255 the block is still here, it didn't burn up. - [Ben] Yeah. 113 00:04:11,428 --> 00:04:13,359 - Neighbor's fine. - Good job, Zeus. 114 00:04:13,531 --> 00:04:16,704 - [Ben] Good job, Zeus. - [Erin] He's the goodest boy. 115 00:04:16,876 --> 00:04:19,980 Yeah, he's my guy. I mean, um... 116 00:04:20,152 --> 00:04:21,152 yeah, he's the dude. 117 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:23,462 Um... 118 00:04:25,152 --> 00:04:26,807 Let's go look. 119 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:28,152 [Michael] Remind me, have y'all been in here before? 120 00:04:28,324 --> 00:04:29,255 - Yeah. - OK. 121 00:04:29,428 --> 00:04:30,704 - A few times. - [Ben] One time. 122 00:04:30,876 --> 00:04:32,876 [Michael] Our episode was the first episode 123 00:04:33,014 --> 00:04:34,255 where the kitchen was not reworked. 124 00:04:34,428 --> 00:04:36,773 This is more than adequate for my needs, you know? 125 00:04:36,945 --> 00:04:38,462 It's got cereal storage and a milk cooler, 126 00:04:38,635 --> 00:04:40,152 so I'm just... - [Erin] Like, the way it is. 127 00:04:40,324 --> 00:04:41,358 [Michael] The way it is. 128 00:04:41,359 --> 00:04:43,876 And Ben and Erin said I would regret that. 129 00:04:44,014 --> 00:04:45,669 And they were right. 130 00:04:45,842 --> 00:04:47,393 - All right. - It's a time warp. 131 00:04:47,566 --> 00:04:49,359 - Remember this space? - [Erin and Ben] Oh, yeah. 132 00:04:49,531 --> 00:04:50,738 [Michael] It all needs to be reworked. 133 00:04:50,911 --> 00:04:53,462 You want it to be so cool that you can't help but cook. 134 00:04:53,635 --> 00:04:54,634 Right. 135 00:04:54,635 --> 00:04:56,669 Y'all remember, Michael only eats cereal. 136 00:04:56,842 --> 00:04:58,980 [Erin] And pizza. But he's ready. 137 00:04:59,152 --> 00:05:01,980 He's ready to have a real kitchen and be a grown up 138 00:05:02,152 --> 00:05:03,083 who cooks food. 139 00:05:03,255 --> 00:05:04,773 Do you like the exposed brick? 140 00:05:04,945 --> 00:05:06,047 - I love the exposed brick. - OK. 141 00:05:06,048 --> 00:05:08,393 OK. See, to me, that doesn't feel Michael, but... 142 00:05:08,566 --> 00:05:09,634 As an architect, 143 00:05:09,635 --> 00:05:11,462 it's just nice to see building construction. 144 00:05:11,635 --> 00:05:13,082 - [Erin] It's cool, yeah. - [Michael] The layers of it. 145 00:05:13,083 --> 00:05:14,911 - [Ben] Lighting's big for you. - [Michael] Lighting's big for me. 146 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:18,083 [Erin] Do you want your cabinetry to speak that same vernacular 147 00:05:18,255 --> 00:05:19,566 that we did upstairs? - I do. 148 00:05:19,738 --> 00:05:23,359 [Erin] Honestly, Michael's taste is totally not my taste. 149 00:05:23,531 --> 00:05:26,876 And that means I get to flex creative muscles 150 00:05:27,014 --> 00:05:28,773 that are very weak for me. 151 00:05:28,945 --> 00:05:31,359 And I need to do that. We all need to do that. 152 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:34,359 We can't just do English country houses every day. 153 00:05:34,531 --> 00:05:36,980 - It needs to be more "Mad Men." - I love the "Mad Men." 154 00:05:37,117 --> 00:05:38,773 Right now, this is not inspiring. 155 00:05:38,945 --> 00:05:39,980 [Erin] Understand. 156 00:05:40,152 --> 00:05:41,600 The fridge is recessed into the wall. 157 00:05:41,773 --> 00:05:42,945 This is a pantry. 158 00:05:43,083 --> 00:05:47,255 It would be very cool if we could tear out all of this, 159 00:05:47,428 --> 00:05:49,773 and this would be the face of your cabinetry. 160 00:05:49,945 --> 00:05:54,359 Keep things where they are and completely change the look, 161 00:05:54,531 --> 00:05:55,980 and you continue it this direction. 162 00:05:56,117 --> 00:05:58,980 - [Ben] OK. - [Erin] Stained is the vibe upstairs. 163 00:05:59,152 --> 00:06:00,186 - [Michael] Mm-hmm. - [Erin] And we could just 164 00:06:00,359 --> 00:06:01,876 pull more of that down here. 165 00:06:02,014 --> 00:06:04,393 I think a beautiful stone countertop is key, 166 00:06:04,566 --> 00:06:06,359 and you continue it for the backsplash. 167 00:06:06,531 --> 00:06:08,359 And then we'll have floating shelves, 168 00:06:08,531 --> 00:06:11,290 beautiful track lighting or something gimbaled. 169 00:06:11,462 --> 00:06:13,048 [Michael] Task lighting, hidden lighting. 170 00:06:13,221 --> 00:06:16,083 [Erin] Yeah. And then the range stays here. 171 00:06:16,255 --> 00:06:19,980 The vent hood above is usually a feature. 172 00:06:20,117 --> 00:06:22,911 Something simple and faceted, maybe. 173 00:06:23,048 --> 00:06:24,669 - Faceted really helps me. - Yeah. 174 00:06:24,842 --> 00:06:26,290 The way diamonds are cut. 175 00:06:26,462 --> 00:06:28,704 I want to make it kind of like the thing in here. 176 00:06:28,876 --> 00:06:29,980 Cool. OK. 177 00:06:30,117 --> 00:06:30,980 You're gonna have to cook for real. 178 00:06:31,117 --> 00:06:32,048 I know. I know. 179 00:06:32,221 --> 00:06:33,186 - And I want to. - If you do this. 180 00:06:33,359 --> 00:06:34,669 - I want that for myself. - OK. 181 00:06:34,842 --> 00:06:36,082 Cereal's always good. 182 00:06:36,083 --> 00:06:39,186 But I do know that you should have more than just fiber 183 00:06:39,359 --> 00:06:42,255 in your life, apparently. - It's not a big kitchen. 184 00:06:42,428 --> 00:06:43,669 In order to pull off 185 00:06:44,669 --> 00:06:48,290 the Michael McKinnon big city modern, you have to use 186 00:06:48,462 --> 00:06:51,290 luxury materials. $50,000? 187 00:06:51,462 --> 00:06:52,876 If you're gonna have a "Mad Men" kitchen, 188 00:06:53,014 --> 00:06:54,462 you got to spend some Don Draper paper. 189 00:06:54,635 --> 00:06:56,048 That's right. Dang! 190 00:06:56,980 --> 00:06:59,048 ♪ Ba-da, ba, ba-da-da ♪ 191 00:06:59,221 --> 00:07:02,152 Look, I love these bookcases, but you got to get curtains 192 00:07:02,324 --> 00:07:04,566 that go all the way to the floor, Michael. 193 00:07:04,738 --> 00:07:06,566 I know. I did one thing in here, 194 00:07:06,738 --> 00:07:08,359 and I didn't do it right. 195 00:07:08,531 --> 00:07:09,876 This room seems nice now, but at night, 196 00:07:10,014 --> 00:07:11,152 it gets extremely dark. 197 00:07:11,324 --> 00:07:12,359 [Erin] So you need better lighting in there. 198 00:07:12,531 --> 00:07:13,565 [Michael] I need better lighting in here. 199 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:15,359 Did I make this up, or did you used to have, 200 00:07:15,531 --> 00:07:18,152 like, a poker game you would play with friends? 201 00:07:18,324 --> 00:07:19,497 The best poker game you can imagine. 202 00:07:19,669 --> 00:07:21,255 But then come Saturday, when it's football time, 203 00:07:21,428 --> 00:07:22,980 this whole room turns into the football room. 204 00:07:23,117 --> 00:07:25,255 You know, part of me hopes it goes back to what it was. 205 00:07:25,428 --> 00:07:26,876 You know, I would say there's been some paralysis 206 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:29,255 over the last year and a half trying to get through this. 207 00:07:31,152 --> 00:07:34,669 And it's just been so long since the, uh, since the fire. 208 00:07:34,842 --> 00:07:36,048 Like, I miss entertaining. 209 00:07:36,221 --> 00:07:38,048 And we're trying to bring play back. 210 00:07:38,221 --> 00:07:39,566 We're trying to bring people back. 211 00:07:39,738 --> 00:07:41,152 And so, when you have overnight guests, 212 00:07:41,324 --> 00:07:42,635 this is their room. 213 00:07:42,807 --> 00:07:45,255 It'd be great to have a place for overnight guests to stay. 214 00:07:45,428 --> 00:07:47,083 - This is it. - Perfectly fine. 215 00:07:47,255 --> 00:07:49,669 - Yep. - You just need some paint and a new light. 216 00:07:49,842 --> 00:07:52,255 - But the bathroom... - [Michael] Yeah, the, uh-- 217 00:07:52,428 --> 00:07:54,566 Periwinkle really screams Michael McKinnon. 218 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,359 This is a cute bathroom for anybody else. 219 00:07:57,531 --> 00:07:59,290 But you don't want to spend a lot of money in here. 220 00:07:59,462 --> 00:08:01,669 I don't think it's necessary. I don't think I'll be in here a lot. 221 00:08:01,842 --> 00:08:04,980 - [Erin] Light update, new vanity, new lighting, new paint. - [Michael] Mm-hmm. 222 00:08:05,152 --> 00:08:06,600 You said you wanted to spend $60,000. 223 00:08:06,773 --> 00:08:09,669 - Now, I know we ate a big chunk of that in the kitchen. - Yeah. 224 00:08:09,842 --> 00:08:13,980 I think, uh, with $10,000, we can do the living room, 225 00:08:14,152 --> 00:08:15,186 bedroom, bathroom. 226 00:08:15,359 --> 00:08:16,393 [Michael] Some refinishing, some touch ups. 227 00:08:16,566 --> 00:08:17,773 [Erin] It's just paint. It's a lot of paint. 228 00:08:17,945 --> 00:08:18,980 - Yeah. - A lot of paint. 229 00:08:19,152 --> 00:08:20,083 - Yeah. - OK. 230 00:08:20,255 --> 00:08:21,497 - [Erin] Mm-hmm. - I think we can do that. 231 00:08:21,669 --> 00:08:23,359 Now, where are you gonna stay? 232 00:08:23,531 --> 00:08:24,980 - Where are you gonna stay? - All right. 233 00:08:25,152 --> 00:08:26,773 You can't be walking through this while we're trying 234 00:08:26,945 --> 00:08:28,980 to work. - I plan to work downstairs. 235 00:08:29,152 --> 00:08:31,497 - I fi-- just got my apartment back upstairs. - Mm-hmm. 236 00:08:31,669 --> 00:08:34,255 I still want to sleep up there. I mean, it's awesome. 237 00:08:34,428 --> 00:08:35,980 I promise, I have no interest 238 00:08:36,152 --> 00:08:37,496 in ruining any surprises or anything. 239 00:08:37,497 --> 00:08:40,359 So we would just need to build some sort of like temp tunnel. 240 00:08:40,531 --> 00:08:41,497 That's it. 241 00:08:41,669 --> 00:08:43,152 - Don't be looking. - I wanna be surprised. 242 00:08:43,324 --> 00:08:45,048 Don't let Zeus speak either. 243 00:08:45,221 --> 00:08:47,083 And everybody knows he can't keep a secret. 244 00:08:47,255 --> 00:08:49,290 Everybody knows I have zero control over my dog. 245 00:08:49,462 --> 00:08:50,807 - [Ben] Yeah, that's true. - [Erin snorts] 246 00:08:50,980 --> 00:08:53,359 ♪ 247 00:08:58,566 --> 00:09:01,773 Troy, how about this? Demo. 248 00:09:01,945 --> 00:09:03,255 - Yeah, finally. - [Erin] It's an easy one. 249 00:09:03,428 --> 00:09:04,599 We're easing you into it. 250 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,462 Troy's been on the crew for a while, but he hasn't 251 00:09:06,635 --> 00:09:08,980 done demo before. He's been mostly a runner. 252 00:09:09,152 --> 00:09:10,566 That's right. Because if we need 253 00:09:10,738 --> 00:09:12,669 a sheet of plywood, Troy's your man. 254 00:09:12,842 --> 00:09:15,186 We have to take out this kitchen and this wall, 255 00:09:15,359 --> 00:09:16,807 and then a vanity from the bathroom. 256 00:09:16,980 --> 00:09:19,911 So it's pretty quick and pretty easy if we, like, get on it. 257 00:09:20,048 --> 00:09:21,980 Troy's also getting married. 258 00:09:22,117 --> 00:09:23,152 [Erin] In three months. 259 00:09:23,324 --> 00:09:24,807 [Ben] In three months. 260 00:09:24,980 --> 00:09:27,566 They met in sixth grade three years ago. 261 00:09:27,738 --> 00:09:30,980 Hush! He's not in ninth grade. 262 00:09:31,152 --> 00:09:33,152 - How old are you, Troy? - 23. 263 00:09:33,324 --> 00:09:34,323 23. 264 00:09:34,324 --> 00:09:35,876 That's how old I was when I got married. 265 00:09:36,911 --> 00:09:38,600 Quit. 266 00:09:38,773 --> 00:09:40,393 [Ben groaning] There we go. 267 00:09:40,566 --> 00:09:41,497 They're coming out pretty easily. 268 00:09:41,669 --> 00:09:44,152 - They are. - I picked it up a while ago. 269 00:09:45,566 --> 00:09:47,911 - I'm not-- - Mine is still stuck. 270 00:09:48,048 --> 00:09:50,048 - Good job. - Good gosh! 271 00:09:50,221 --> 00:09:51,462 That is very heavy. 272 00:09:51,635 --> 00:09:54,566 It's good for TV to see Ben pick up really heavy things. 273 00:09:54,738 --> 00:09:56,497 [Troy] I love it. It makes me watch. 274 00:09:56,669 --> 00:09:59,566 - [wheezing] - [laughing] 275 00:09:59,738 --> 00:10:00,600 [Ben] Three, two, one. 276 00:10:02,255 --> 00:10:03,531 Nate, open that door. 277 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:07,152 Ah, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. 278 00:10:07,324 --> 00:10:09,152 Easy one, right? What do the others look like? 279 00:10:11,566 --> 00:10:13,462 [Ben] It's honestly a very simple demo, 280 00:10:13,635 --> 00:10:15,980 but the stairs complicate it. 281 00:10:17,359 --> 00:10:18,980 Oh, Lord, we ain't gonna make it. 282 00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:20,945 Set it down. 283 00:10:23,393 --> 00:10:26,704 Think about what downtown needs more than ever. 284 00:10:26,876 --> 00:10:28,773 For 20 years, we've been looking to do a hotel. 285 00:10:28,945 --> 00:10:31,462 Right now, two of the most iconic buildings 286 00:10:31,635 --> 00:10:32,911 are available downtown. 287 00:10:33,048 --> 00:10:36,048 It's gonna be the biggest project we've ever done. 288 00:10:36,221 --> 00:10:37,876 - Can I be honest? - Well, yeah. 289 00:10:38,014 --> 00:10:39,773 I feel a little overextended. 290 00:10:44,566 --> 00:10:45,497 Let's come back in. 291 00:10:45,669 --> 00:10:46,669 We taking these apart, Ben? 292 00:10:52,083 --> 00:10:54,980 [Ben] Literally, the only hard part about the demo was the stairs. 293 00:10:55,152 --> 00:10:58,773 It's like a 45-minute demo, but I have to get to ballet 294 00:10:58,945 --> 00:11:00,980 rehearsal right now. - Now. 295 00:11:03,393 --> 00:11:07,462 ♪ Yeah, I can't believe We're flying ♪ 296 00:11:07,635 --> 00:11:09,773 ♪ Get away Got to get away ♪ 297 00:11:09,945 --> 00:11:12,704 ♪ Yeah ♪ 298 00:11:15,152 --> 00:11:17,393 - You're a hero. - I don't know about all that. 299 00:11:17,566 --> 00:11:18,668 You are. 300 00:11:18,669 --> 00:11:22,393 Travis Runyan is a firefighter, and he is one 301 00:11:22,566 --> 00:11:25,600 of the firefighters who came and saved Michael's apartment. 302 00:11:25,773 --> 00:11:29,152 So I wanna have Travis help me build something for him. 303 00:11:29,324 --> 00:11:32,152 I met Michael many, many years ago when we first moved here. 304 00:11:32,324 --> 00:11:33,876 In fact, now we even play poker. 305 00:11:34,014 --> 00:11:35,876 - You're in the poker club? - Yeah, I am, yep. 306 00:11:36,014 --> 00:11:38,566 But on that particular night, call came in, and I knew 307 00:11:38,738 --> 00:11:40,738 exactly where it was and who it was. 308 00:11:40,911 --> 00:11:42,047 My heart dropped. 309 00:11:42,048 --> 00:11:44,600 That's when you're like, this is now close to home. 310 00:11:44,773 --> 00:11:46,669 Is that the first one you've done where you knew the person? 311 00:11:46,842 --> 00:11:48,048 - Yeah. - Dang. 312 00:11:48,221 --> 00:11:50,290 Once we got there and I was able to assess that he was 313 00:11:50,462 --> 00:11:53,290 outside and Zeus was outside, I-- weight off the shoulders, 314 00:11:53,462 --> 00:11:55,255 now let's get to work. - You really are a hero. 315 00:11:55,428 --> 00:11:57,152 One, you saved Michael's apartment. 316 00:11:57,324 --> 00:11:58,496 That's great, thank you. 317 00:11:58,497 --> 00:12:01,393 But you saved the piece of furniture that I built. 318 00:12:01,566 --> 00:12:03,359 This is the first time we've ever done this. 319 00:12:03,531 --> 00:12:04,461 Y'all built that? 320 00:12:04,462 --> 00:12:05,738 Yeah, yeah, we built this in the-- 321 00:12:05,911 --> 00:12:06,980 [Michael] That is-- that is gorgeous. 322 00:12:07,152 --> 00:12:08,393 So it has little burn marks on it, 323 00:12:08,566 --> 00:12:10,462 which makes me like it even more. - [Travis] Right. 324 00:12:10,635 --> 00:12:13,048 Because it-- now it tells more of a story. 325 00:12:13,221 --> 00:12:14,461 [Travis] Right, absolutely. 326 00:12:14,462 --> 00:12:18,152 Well, speaking of important items, so this is genuine 327 00:12:18,324 --> 00:12:20,980 mahogany that we're gonna use to build a six-foot-tall 328 00:12:21,117 --> 00:12:23,083 floor lamp inspired by one 329 00:12:23,255 --> 00:12:24,911 that Frank Lloyd Wright had in his home. 330 00:12:25,048 --> 00:12:26,980 Frank Lloyd Wright, probably the most famous 331 00:12:27,117 --> 00:12:28,876 architect in American history. 332 00:12:29,014 --> 00:12:31,842 Michael refers to himself as Frank Lloyd Wrong. 333 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:33,152 [laughs] Wrong-- I like it. 334 00:12:33,324 --> 00:12:35,566 He better recognize it when he walks in. 335 00:12:35,738 --> 00:12:38,669 - And then I'll say, "Travis the fireman... - [laughs] Oh! 336 00:12:38,842 --> 00:12:40,497 - ...helped me build it." - How exciting. 337 00:12:40,669 --> 00:12:42,980 - Mr. January? - No, no, no. 338 00:12:43,152 --> 00:12:45,083 - I am not doing a calendar. - What? 339 00:12:45,255 --> 00:12:46,980 No way! Maybe for my wife. 340 00:12:47,152 --> 00:12:48,220 Maybe for your wife. 341 00:12:48,221 --> 00:12:49,600 - You'll be every month then. - [Travis] Yeah. 342 00:12:49,773 --> 00:12:51,566 All right, let's go run this through the planer. 343 00:12:51,738 --> 00:12:55,186 ♪ He wants to drink And he don't wait in the line ♪ 344 00:12:56,842 --> 00:13:00,083 [Ben] It's a very Michael McKinnon lamp because Michael likes 345 00:13:00,255 --> 00:13:04,566 the way light plays on structural elements. 346 00:13:04,738 --> 00:13:07,083 That's what I like about this lamp, is the way the light 347 00:13:07,255 --> 00:13:09,393 plays with the mahogany in the build. 348 00:13:09,566 --> 00:13:12,359 It's just-- it's a very Michael lamp. 349 00:13:12,531 --> 00:13:16,462 I've got LED bulbs, low-heat, since this is 350 00:13:16,635 --> 00:13:18,497 a wooden lamp. - Probably a good thing. 351 00:13:18,669 --> 00:13:21,048 Do we think Frank Lloyd Wrong will like it? 352 00:13:21,221 --> 00:13:23,290 [Travis] I do. It looks good. 353 00:13:23,462 --> 00:13:25,669 ♪ 354 00:13:31,083 --> 00:13:32,773 - Good morning. - Hey. 355 00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:34,220 [Erin] This is so different. 356 00:13:34,221 --> 00:13:37,359 This wall has been taken out and the goal is to make it all 357 00:13:37,531 --> 00:13:40,048 feel just like smooth paneling, basically. 358 00:13:40,221 --> 00:13:42,359 And so this will be paint-grade, and then we'll 359 00:13:42,531 --> 00:13:45,359 have pretty stained wood. - That's right. 360 00:13:45,531 --> 00:13:47,186 Where will the robot live? 361 00:13:47,359 --> 00:13:49,876 Yes, he wants a robot vacuum cleaner. 362 00:13:50,014 --> 00:13:51,152 [Greg] This is his house right here. 363 00:13:51,324 --> 00:13:52,462 He'll just go right in there and-- 364 00:13:52,635 --> 00:13:53,980 Disappear into the cabinet. 365 00:13:54,117 --> 00:13:55,323 Yeah, and go to his charger. 366 00:13:55,324 --> 00:13:57,255 - Oh, these robots are wicked smart. - [Erin] Hmm. 367 00:13:57,428 --> 00:14:00,048 This may be the beginning of them, when you start building 368 00:14:00,221 --> 00:14:03,393 houses, rooms for your robots in your house, 369 00:14:03,566 --> 00:14:07,152 and then they just take over. - But he's a small robot. 370 00:14:07,324 --> 00:14:08,980 Yeah, he's just a little one for now. 371 00:14:09,152 --> 00:14:10,462 [Erin] I'm OK with these robots. 372 00:14:10,635 --> 00:14:12,980 Yeah, I hope that you don't have any animals in the house 373 00:14:13,117 --> 00:14:15,497 that are having any accidents. - Yeah. 374 00:14:15,669 --> 00:14:17,048 - Ask me how I know. - Na-- 375 00:14:17,221 --> 00:14:19,566 It happened to a friend of ours. 376 00:14:19,738 --> 00:14:21,669 I'm nervous about this duct up here. 377 00:14:21,842 --> 00:14:23,152 How do we make this look beautiful? 378 00:14:23,324 --> 00:14:25,669 The way we handled it upstairs, 379 00:14:25,842 --> 00:14:28,255 it's like louvered cuts in the wood. 380 00:14:28,428 --> 00:14:29,876 - I like that. - [Erin] Yeah. 381 00:14:30,014 --> 00:14:31,393 Yeah, I think it'd look good, too. 382 00:14:31,566 --> 00:14:34,980 So in this kitchen, we'll have a pantry, very sleek. 383 00:14:35,152 --> 00:14:37,255 We will have way more cabinets. 384 00:14:37,428 --> 00:14:38,669 [Erin] But the kitchen's all about the hood vent 385 00:14:38,842 --> 00:14:40,013 that doesn't exist yet. 386 00:14:40,014 --> 00:14:41,566 We're just designing a whole room around something 387 00:14:41,738 --> 00:14:44,497 that doesn't exist, which feels uncomfortable. 388 00:14:44,669 --> 00:14:48,738 Michael wants the focus to be this piece of art that is 389 00:14:48,911 --> 00:14:50,116 actually a hood vent. - [Ben] Architectural. 390 00:14:50,117 --> 00:14:53,152 [Erin] It needs to be unusual, architectural, faceted. 391 00:14:53,324 --> 00:14:54,911 And then we'll have floating shelves, 392 00:14:55,048 --> 00:14:56,048 because Michael's the kind of person 393 00:14:56,221 --> 00:14:57,738 who can actually live that way. 394 00:14:57,911 --> 00:14:59,462 Do you have someone? 395 00:14:59,635 --> 00:15:02,290 Found a guy named Ryan Durrett in Atlanta. 396 00:15:02,462 --> 00:15:04,255 And he's like a metal fabricator, sculptor, 397 00:15:04,428 --> 00:15:08,566 artist, woodworker and he says he can do it. 398 00:15:08,738 --> 00:15:09,737 OK. 399 00:15:09,738 --> 00:15:11,462 [Erin] We need to do the bathroom vanity. 400 00:15:11,635 --> 00:15:13,980 Troy's here now. Do y'all want to do the tunnel? 401 00:15:14,117 --> 00:15:15,255 Yeah, we can do that, and y'all can work 402 00:15:15,428 --> 00:15:16,911 on the vanity. - [Greg] OK. 403 00:15:17,048 --> 00:15:18,359 [Troy] You wanna climb out, or do you want me 404 00:15:18,531 --> 00:15:19,772 to wall you up? 405 00:15:19,773 --> 00:15:22,186 [Ben] I really do think that this is-- this'll work. 406 00:15:22,359 --> 00:15:24,600 We're at the point now with Michael's apartment that 407 00:15:24,773 --> 00:15:28,669 we're starting to build it the way that it will be for him. 408 00:15:28,842 --> 00:15:33,048 So we now have to seal off his passages because he's still 409 00:15:33,221 --> 00:15:35,359 living upstairs, and he's working downstairs. 410 00:15:35,531 --> 00:15:36,669 Inside voices. 411 00:15:38,738 --> 00:15:40,116 I want him to be surprised. 412 00:15:40,117 --> 00:15:42,152 It's hard to surprise someone when they're living and working 413 00:15:42,324 --> 00:15:43,462 in the space you're trying to renovate. 414 00:15:44,669 --> 00:15:45,773 He's not gonna know anything. 415 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,980 No, he'll have no idea. It's gonna be a secret. 416 00:15:49,152 --> 00:15:50,738 [Ben] We don't work on as many commercial buildings 417 00:15:50,911 --> 00:15:52,600 as Michael McKinnon does. - [Erin] Right. 418 00:15:52,773 --> 00:15:54,289 [Ben] That's his specialty. 419 00:15:54,290 --> 00:15:58,083 [Erin] But we have worked with him on several of our own businesses, 420 00:15:58,255 --> 00:16:00,393 and we own four of them here in Laurel 421 00:16:00,566 --> 00:16:02,980 with our business partners who are also our best friends. 422 00:16:03,152 --> 00:16:08,255 Jim is also my first cousin, which makes our group Framily. 423 00:16:08,428 --> 00:16:10,255 [Ben] One of our goals is revitalizing downtown Laurel, 424 00:16:10,428 --> 00:16:12,738 which we've been working on ever since we all moved back 425 00:16:12,911 --> 00:16:15,152 here from college 16 years ago. 426 00:16:15,324 --> 00:16:16,738 [Erin] You know, they wanna get breakfast this morning. 427 00:16:16,911 --> 00:16:17,807 We usually do that. 428 00:16:17,980 --> 00:16:19,911 We have company meetings all the time. 429 00:16:20,048 --> 00:16:23,566 - [Mallorie] All right, guys. - [Josh] It looks good. 430 00:16:23,738 --> 00:16:25,290 [Ben] Usually over food. 431 00:16:25,462 --> 00:16:27,255 This has to do with real estate. 432 00:16:27,428 --> 00:16:28,566 This is something different. 433 00:16:28,738 --> 00:16:32,462 Think about the last time you had family come in. 434 00:16:32,635 --> 00:16:35,083 - This weekend. - Do you find it easy? 435 00:16:35,255 --> 00:16:36,911 Finding them a place for them to stay? 436 00:16:37,048 --> 00:16:38,290 - Nope. - [Jim] That's the point. 437 00:16:38,462 --> 00:16:39,565 Yeah. 438 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:42,083 Think about what downtown needs more than ever. 439 00:16:42,255 --> 00:16:44,255 For 20 years, we've been looking to do a hotel. 440 00:16:44,428 --> 00:16:46,600 [Erin] There is no hotel downtown, and downtown 441 00:16:46,773 --> 00:16:48,393 is where most people are coming. 442 00:16:48,566 --> 00:16:51,876 And more than that, right now, two of, I would say, 443 00:16:52,014 --> 00:16:55,083 of the most iconic buildings are available downtown. 444 00:16:55,255 --> 00:16:57,462 A hotel helps revitalize Laurel. 445 00:16:57,635 --> 00:17:00,669 Saving one of those buildings helps it equally. 446 00:17:00,842 --> 00:17:03,600 I feel like we're in a position where 447 00:17:03,773 --> 00:17:05,186 we can make this work. 448 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,083 It's gonna be the biggest project we've ever done. 449 00:17:08,255 --> 00:17:09,393 - Collectively. - Collectively. 450 00:17:09,566 --> 00:17:11,255 - [Ben] Can I be honest? - Well, yeah. 451 00:17:11,428 --> 00:17:15,186 - I feel a little overextended. - I'm pretty maxed out. 452 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,359 - We're doing like five houses at a time at all times. - Yeah. 453 00:17:18,531 --> 00:17:20,980 [Ben] The idea of owning and operating a hotel 454 00:17:22,048 --> 00:17:24,359 is too much for us to swallow. 455 00:17:24,531 --> 00:17:27,876 [Erin] This is millions of dollars. 456 00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:29,773 The thought of it overwhelms me so much 457 00:17:29,945 --> 00:17:31,566 that I can't even talk about it. - I agree. 458 00:17:31,738 --> 00:17:33,842 The way our lives are, I have everything 459 00:17:33,980 --> 00:17:36,186 on my plate that I can eat. - [Ben] Yeah. 460 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,773 [Erin] But our friends feel like they could eat more. 461 00:17:38,945 --> 00:17:41,738 I don't think that I can own a hotel downtown. 462 00:17:43,255 --> 00:17:44,773 But I can help y'all own one. 463 00:17:45,876 --> 00:17:47,186 We're gonna need all the help we can get. 464 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:48,980 [Ben] So we're not gonna be touring the buildings with them. 465 00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:50,669 We're gonna let them make this decision. 466 00:17:50,842 --> 00:17:53,359 Once they decide which building it's gonna be, 467 00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:55,738 then we will help all that we can. 468 00:17:55,911 --> 00:17:57,497 However we can. 469 00:17:57,669 --> 00:18:00,152 ♪ Call in ♪ 470 00:18:00,324 --> 00:18:02,462 ♪ Never gonna getcha ♪ 471 00:18:02,635 --> 00:18:04,980 ♪ Fall in ♪ 472 00:18:05,152 --> 00:18:06,428 ♪ Never gonna getcha ♪ 473 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,186 Michael's apartment has been painted, and it feels so rich. 474 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:11,669 [Ben] Very transformative. 475 00:18:11,842 --> 00:18:14,842 [Erin] The whole apartment, we've got these really deep, 476 00:18:14,980 --> 00:18:19,152 warm brown-grays and stone. 477 00:18:19,324 --> 00:18:21,152 [Ben] The guys are delivering countertops today. 478 00:18:21,324 --> 00:18:23,669 [whispering] I was a little late getting here 479 00:18:23,842 --> 00:18:25,290 "accidentally." 480 00:18:25,462 --> 00:18:27,566 There was one left when I got here. 481 00:18:27,738 --> 00:18:28,876 Wanted to save a little for you. 482 00:18:29,014 --> 00:18:30,254 Mm-hmm. 483 00:18:30,255 --> 00:18:31,462 Careful going around this corner right here, because if 484 00:18:31,635 --> 00:18:33,911 we hit that piece here, it's gonna break. 485 00:18:34,048 --> 00:18:35,980 - Erin, you want to carry this? - Yeah, maybe. 486 00:18:36,152 --> 00:18:40,083 Um, I really don't understand how you're gonna do this. 487 00:18:40,255 --> 00:18:41,531 [Scott] Just try it. 488 00:18:43,980 --> 00:18:46,566 Oh, my gosh. This is stupid. 489 00:18:46,738 --> 00:18:48,497 [Erin] Just think, Ben. 490 00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:49,980 [Ben] Can't think right now. 491 00:18:50,117 --> 00:18:52,186 I'm trying to not break a slab of stone 492 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:53,669 on Michael's house. - You all right? 493 00:18:57,462 --> 00:18:58,531 - Hang on. - All right. 494 00:18:58,704 --> 00:18:59,773 Yep. 495 00:18:59,945 --> 00:19:01,048 - Thank God. - Whoo! 496 00:19:01,221 --> 00:19:02,773 - [Erin gasps] - It's so sharp. 497 00:19:02,945 --> 00:19:03,980 - You did it! - [Scott] Wow! 498 00:19:04,152 --> 00:19:05,221 Phew! 499 00:19:05,393 --> 00:19:06,945 Man, that looks good, though. 500 00:19:07,083 --> 00:19:08,945 I felt like it was very Michael. 501 00:19:09,083 --> 00:19:11,635 It's bold. It has a lot of depth. 502 00:19:15,738 --> 00:19:17,876 [Ben] The unique thing is that they're waterfalled. 503 00:19:18,014 --> 00:19:22,945 We took a stone, cut a 45 here and a 45 there, and then just 504 00:19:23,083 --> 00:19:24,324 folded it. - [Erin gasps] 505 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:25,773 - That looks awesome. - [Scott] The lines look good? 506 00:19:25,945 --> 00:19:26,945 - [Erin] Mm-hmm. - [Ben] Yeah. 507 00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:28,669 It's so cool. Michael will freak out. 508 00:19:28,842 --> 00:19:29,773 [Scott] All right. 509 00:19:34,428 --> 00:19:35,980 You don't need any help. It looks... 510 00:19:36,152 --> 00:19:37,255 - Oh, I got this one. - OK. 511 00:19:37,428 --> 00:19:38,876 This one's a little lighter here. 512 00:19:39,014 --> 00:19:40,980 - OK. - It looks so good. 513 00:19:41,152 --> 00:19:43,980 The brown in it is my favorite thing. 514 00:19:44,152 --> 00:19:45,773 It looks expensive. 515 00:19:45,945 --> 00:19:47,324 - Probably because it is. - It is. 516 00:19:47,497 --> 00:19:49,428 Unless you get a tiny little scrap of it. 517 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,152 And it's a perfect water bowl for Zeus, the Great Dane. 518 00:19:53,324 --> 00:19:54,566 - [Scott] Really? - You thought it was a vanity, 519 00:19:54,738 --> 00:19:56,255 but it's really a dog bowl. 520 00:19:56,428 --> 00:19:57,359 - Huh. - [Erin] Yep. 521 00:19:58,566 --> 00:20:02,083 ♪ Ooh Ooh ♪ 522 00:20:02,255 --> 00:20:04,635 ♪ Ooh Ooh ♪ 523 00:20:04,807 --> 00:20:07,842 It is hard to walk past this building and not look at it. 524 00:20:07,980 --> 00:20:10,773 [Erin] Jim and Mallorie and Josh are officially going on a tour 525 00:20:10,945 --> 00:20:12,842 of two of the buildings that are available downtown 526 00:20:12,980 --> 00:20:14,048 that could become hotels. 527 00:20:14,221 --> 00:20:16,048 - [Josh] What an iconic building! - [Mallorie] Yeah. 528 00:20:16,221 --> 00:20:17,738 - [Josh] You know. - [Jim] The arches, the columns. 529 00:20:17,911 --> 00:20:18,980 - It's so-- - It's so grand. 530 00:20:19,117 --> 00:20:20,462 - The windows. - It is so big. 531 00:20:20,635 --> 00:20:22,945 - It screams luxury. - [Jim] It does. 532 00:20:23,083 --> 00:20:25,359 [Josh] From the 1960s, right, Jim? What year was it? 533 00:20:25,531 --> 00:20:27,773 [Jim] Uh, 1969, it finished. 534 00:20:27,945 --> 00:20:29,462 So it's been vacant for two years. 535 00:20:29,635 --> 00:20:30,635 Two years. I'm curious what 536 00:20:30,807 --> 00:20:32,117 it looks like on the inside. - I wanna see it. 537 00:20:32,290 --> 00:20:34,773 [Ben] The Trustmark building, it's a landmark building. 538 00:20:34,945 --> 00:20:37,152 It doesn't look historic 539 00:20:37,324 --> 00:20:39,669 in a turn of the century kind of way. 540 00:20:39,842 --> 00:20:40,876 - [Mallorie] Oh, wow! - [Josh] Dang! 541 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,083 [Mallorie] Yeah, this is a big space. 542 00:20:44,255 --> 00:20:46,117 A lot bigger than I even remembered. 543 00:20:46,290 --> 00:20:47,980 - [Josh] Such good memories. - [Jim] Oh, I know. 544 00:20:48,152 --> 00:20:49,635 Remember these stairs? 545 00:20:49,807 --> 00:20:50,980 - Absolutely. - Did you guys-- 546 00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:52,152 Stairs I could never go up. 547 00:20:52,324 --> 00:20:53,566 Yeah. Your mama said you couldn't? 548 00:20:53,738 --> 00:20:54,875 - Yeah. - Yeah, mine too. 549 00:20:54,876 --> 00:20:57,876 Can't go up there. I love this, like, '60s style. 550 00:20:58,014 --> 00:21:00,221 [Mallorie] It would be fun to design around. 551 00:21:00,393 --> 00:21:04,980 My mom also worked at Trustmark Bank in the '70s 552 00:21:05,152 --> 00:21:06,359 when she was a newlywed. - I didn't know that. 553 00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:07,566 Yeah. 554 00:21:07,738 --> 00:21:09,669 Imagine walking into this lobby. 555 00:21:09,842 --> 00:21:11,116 Dang, look at this thing! 556 00:21:11,117 --> 00:21:14,255 But this, imagine this being your continental breakfast. 557 00:21:14,428 --> 00:21:16,428 You have, like, all your utensils here, 558 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,359 where the banknotes used to be. - [Jim] Pretty cool. 559 00:21:18,531 --> 00:21:20,842 [Mallorie] Got a big urn of, like, fancy coffee 560 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:22,359 and pastries and... 561 00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:24,255 [Jim] Well, you could make the check-in counter 562 00:21:24,428 --> 00:21:25,980 between these two columns, 563 00:21:26,152 --> 00:21:29,221 that's enough for a proper check-in counter. 564 00:21:29,393 --> 00:21:32,083 [Mallorie] Sitting area over here with a nice club chair. 565 00:21:32,255 --> 00:21:35,221 Clean lines, wood paneling, leather. 566 00:21:35,393 --> 00:21:37,876 [Jim] You've got all this space here, and I think we could add 567 00:21:38,014 --> 00:21:40,462 some walls, maybe create some more revenue somehow. 568 00:21:40,635 --> 00:21:43,152 [Josh] Or space for retail, event space, or space 569 00:21:43,324 --> 00:21:44,945 for wedding, or conference space, too. 570 00:21:45,083 --> 00:21:46,358 [Mallorie] Mm-hmm. 571 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,255 These stairs, like, I remember as a little boy coming in, 572 00:21:49,428 --> 00:21:51,566 well, I want to go upstairs. I've never been upstairs. 573 00:21:53,566 --> 00:21:54,980 [Josh] Wow, this is unbelievable! 574 00:21:55,117 --> 00:21:56,014 - [Mallorie] Whoa! - Look at this! 575 00:21:57,152 --> 00:21:59,083 - Oh, the arches. - What a view! 576 00:21:59,255 --> 00:22:02,324 Oh, and man, can you imagine a hotel room and having coffee, 577 00:22:02,497 --> 00:22:04,669 looking out this window? Top of the world. 578 00:22:04,842 --> 00:22:07,117 I love this bank building because it's mainly 579 00:22:07,290 --> 00:22:08,566 concrete and steel. 580 00:22:08,738 --> 00:22:09,945 You know it's not going anywhere. 581 00:22:10,083 --> 00:22:11,980 This is a sturdy building. 582 00:22:12,152 --> 00:22:13,566 [Mallorie] Jim likes it because of the style. 583 00:22:13,738 --> 00:22:17,462 I love the style. It's got that '60s vibe, man. 584 00:22:17,635 --> 00:22:19,152 I like it. It's groovy. 585 00:22:20,945 --> 00:22:22,876 - Groovy. - Yeah. 586 00:22:23,014 --> 00:22:25,462 The view doesn't match the hall. 587 00:22:25,635 --> 00:22:26,772 [Josh] Right. The view is amazing. 588 00:22:26,773 --> 00:22:29,221 The hall, ah, it's boring, but we could fix that. 589 00:22:29,393 --> 00:22:30,773 [Mallorie] Original curtains, still. 590 00:22:33,876 --> 00:22:34,876 Look at this! 591 00:22:35,014 --> 00:22:36,669 Man, you could get like 60 rooms. 592 00:22:36,842 --> 00:22:38,117 - This would be unbelievable. - Yeah. 593 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,669 Like, so much cash flow from the rooms. 594 00:22:40,842 --> 00:22:43,773 It's a lot of cash flow coming out, possibly, but that's a lot 595 00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:45,635 of cash flow going in, too. - Yeah. 596 00:22:45,807 --> 00:22:46,669 That's true. 597 00:22:46,842 --> 00:22:49,635 ♪ Take me brother hand baby ♪ 598 00:22:49,807 --> 00:22:53,324 [Erin] This stone backsplash has a lot of movement. 599 00:22:53,497 --> 00:22:56,324 And that's good because I think the kitchen is so dark. 600 00:22:56,497 --> 00:22:59,152 There's so much darkness that I think we need the movement 601 00:22:59,324 --> 00:23:02,876 to break up visually what we're seeing. 602 00:23:03,014 --> 00:23:05,462 I'm also excited about what that hood vent's gonna do 603 00:23:05,635 --> 00:23:08,152 visually paired with all of this. 604 00:23:09,255 --> 00:23:11,152 - Ready? - This is the coolest hood vent! 605 00:23:11,324 --> 00:23:12,945 - There it is. - This is-- yep. 606 00:23:13,083 --> 00:23:14,152 Oh, my goodness! 607 00:23:14,324 --> 00:23:17,152 [Ben] Ryan Durrett is a metal worker. 608 00:23:17,324 --> 00:23:18,565 [Erin] Sculptor. 609 00:23:18,566 --> 00:23:21,359 [Ben] Artist, sculptor, one day country music singer. 610 00:23:21,531 --> 00:23:22,462 [laughs] You wish. 611 00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:24,152 I mean, with a name like Ryan Durrett. 612 00:23:24,324 --> 00:23:25,876 - Yeah. - Yeah, I like doing hood vents. 613 00:23:26,014 --> 00:23:26,980 I've done quite a few. 614 00:23:27,152 --> 00:23:28,358 - Really? OK. - [Ben] Seriously? 615 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,324 - Yeah, there's a real big market for them... - Yeah. 616 00:23:31,497 --> 00:23:32,842 ...in any, like, high end kitchen. 617 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:34,255 [Erin] This is definitely statement making. 618 00:23:34,428 --> 00:23:35,427 [Ryan] Oh, yeah. 619 00:23:35,428 --> 00:23:37,014 I would call it brutalist design element. 620 00:23:37,186 --> 00:23:38,083 Yeah, definitely. 621 00:23:38,255 --> 00:23:39,220 [Erin] This is very Michael, though. 622 00:23:39,221 --> 00:23:40,876 He's an architect. He's super inspired 623 00:23:41,014 --> 00:23:44,531 by buildings that are faceted. - [Ryan] Yes. 624 00:23:44,704 --> 00:23:47,117 [Erin] Like the Shard in London and also 625 00:23:47,290 --> 00:23:49,359 the Leadenhall building. - [Ryan] That's right. 626 00:23:49,531 --> 00:23:50,359 [Erin] I think that's what it's called. 627 00:23:50,531 --> 00:23:52,876 He's going to freak out. 628 00:23:53,014 --> 00:23:55,255 I can't wait to get this welded and ground and 629 00:23:55,428 --> 00:23:57,255 get to the next. - Can you teach me to TIG? 630 00:23:57,428 --> 00:23:58,945 I would love to teach you to TIG. 631 00:24:00,635 --> 00:24:01,738 Fire in the hole! 632 00:24:03,462 --> 00:24:04,462 [Ben] It's so quiet. 633 00:24:06,152 --> 00:24:09,980 I have MIG welded, and I have stick welded. 634 00:24:10,117 --> 00:24:11,842 This is something different. 635 00:24:11,980 --> 00:24:14,324 It's just the difference in material? 636 00:24:14,497 --> 00:24:17,048 Yep, and style and positioning. 637 00:24:17,221 --> 00:24:19,255 Ooh, that's a good looking weld. 638 00:24:19,428 --> 00:24:23,669 - I would say that TIG welding is the most complicated. - [Ryan] Yeah. 639 00:24:23,842 --> 00:24:25,359 I'm looking to Ryan right now. 640 00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:26,462 - Yeah. - All right, can I try one? 641 00:24:26,635 --> 00:24:28,152 You can. Be mindful. 642 00:24:28,324 --> 00:24:31,152 If you touch this tungsten to this metal, it is gonna arc. 643 00:24:31,324 --> 00:24:33,152 Where should I start? Can I do over here, so it's-- 644 00:24:33,324 --> 00:24:34,669 Um, you're tall. We'll start here. 645 00:24:34,842 --> 00:24:35,773 OK. 646 00:24:37,462 --> 00:24:38,462 [Ryan] So just try that again. 647 00:24:40,566 --> 00:24:44,152 Boy, I'm trying! Dadgummit! 648 00:24:44,324 --> 00:24:46,152 I'm not very good at TIG welding. 649 00:24:47,773 --> 00:24:49,152 [Ryan] What's that Patrick Swayze movie? 650 00:24:49,324 --> 00:24:50,255 Let me "Ghost" it. 651 00:24:50,428 --> 00:24:52,117 [Ben laughs] 652 00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:54,911 Oh, this is-- isn't this magical? 653 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:58,773 [Ryan] I'm gonna help you in the beginning again. 654 00:24:58,945 --> 00:25:01,117 ♪ What's a man to do ♪ 655 00:25:01,290 --> 00:25:03,462 - I was trying to-- - Are you Patrick or Demi? 656 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:05,462 - I'm Demi. - [laughs] 657 00:25:05,635 --> 00:25:07,980 [Ryan] So dab on the right when I move to the left. 658 00:25:08,152 --> 00:25:09,566 - So dab. - [Ben] Gotcha. 659 00:25:09,738 --> 00:25:11,117 - [Ryan] Dab. - [Ben] Oh! 660 00:25:11,290 --> 00:25:12,531 [Ryan] Dab. 661 00:25:12,704 --> 00:25:16,462 [Ben] He was strong, firm, but tender. 662 00:25:16,635 --> 00:25:17,773 I felt as light as a feather. 663 00:25:19,255 --> 00:25:21,876 Like a-- like a dove in his hands. 664 00:25:22,014 --> 00:25:23,876 [laughs] 665 00:25:24,014 --> 00:25:27,566 These legitimately look good. Pretty-- pretty great. 666 00:25:30,014 --> 00:25:32,669 - I mean, it's a big building. - It's a huge building. 667 00:25:32,842 --> 00:25:34,117 [Josh] So this building, though... 668 00:25:34,290 --> 00:25:36,428 - [Mallorie] Mm-hmm. - ...product of the 1920s. 669 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,117 [Mallorie] I've always loved this building. 670 00:25:38,290 --> 00:25:39,945 [Josh] This is a great building. 671 00:25:40,083 --> 00:25:42,014 [Jim] It's truly an icon of the city. 672 00:25:42,186 --> 00:25:43,980 [Erin] When I see the great old photographs of Laurel 673 00:25:44,152 --> 00:25:47,842 at its peak, its heyday in the 1920s, the Kress Building 674 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:49,255 is always there in the background. 675 00:25:49,428 --> 00:25:51,773 Tons of traffic coming and going, which is so 676 00:25:51,945 --> 00:25:55,324 different from what it's been in my lifetime. 677 00:25:55,497 --> 00:25:57,255 - [Jim] All right, be careful. - [Josh] Yeah. 678 00:25:58,462 --> 00:26:00,635 - Wow! - Whoa! 679 00:26:00,807 --> 00:26:01,842 Look at the ceiling height. 680 00:26:06,876 --> 00:26:09,048 It's even taller over there. Wow. 681 00:26:09,221 --> 00:26:11,876 - [Mallorie] They really demoed. - [Jim] I mean, they took it out. 682 00:26:12,014 --> 00:26:13,566 [Josh] They demoed everything. 683 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:18,083 You're talking about top-to-bottom remodel, 684 00:26:18,255 --> 00:26:20,738 and that's gonna be an extensive budget. 685 00:26:20,911 --> 00:26:23,876 OK, so this was the department store, right? 686 00:26:24,014 --> 00:26:26,255 - [Jim] This was one building, and then next door... - [Mallorie] Mm-hmm. 687 00:26:26,428 --> 00:26:28,324 - [Josh] Oh! - ...that was the theater... 688 00:26:28,497 --> 00:26:29,737 - ...and you see the change. - [Mallorie] It jumps up. 689 00:26:29,738 --> 00:26:31,773 [Jim] But what's really cool is you can see the stairs 690 00:26:31,945 --> 00:26:33,116 going up to the mezzanine. 691 00:26:33,117 --> 00:26:34,531 [Josh] I wonder if that went to the projector booth. 692 00:26:34,704 --> 00:26:36,255 - That's cool. - [Jim] Isn't that awesome? 693 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:39,462 Imagine walking in to this grand lobby. 694 00:26:39,635 --> 00:26:41,842 [Josh] Man, it could be a grand lobby. 695 00:26:41,980 --> 00:26:43,635 And I love this has like really good street 696 00:26:43,807 --> 00:26:44,945 store frontage upfront. - [Mallorie] Yeah. 697 00:26:45,083 --> 00:26:46,599 - [Jim] Uh-huh - [Josh] Pretty good. 698 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,462 [Mallorie] We could take advantage of that and put some retail space 699 00:26:48,635 --> 00:26:51,324 in here and bring back the lobby to how it used to be 700 00:26:51,497 --> 00:26:52,738 in the 1920s. 701 00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:56,152 Tons of wood, molding, leather in the sitting areas. 702 00:26:56,324 --> 00:26:58,359 Grand, but still cozy feeling. 703 00:26:58,531 --> 00:27:02,152 [Jim] It's not as big of a lobby as the building up the street, 704 00:27:02,324 --> 00:27:03,876 but I still like it. - [Mallorie] Yeah. 705 00:27:04,014 --> 00:27:05,566 Still getting that big feel, you know? 706 00:27:05,738 --> 00:27:07,462 I wanna see upstairs. To see how many rooms 707 00:27:07,635 --> 00:27:08,600 that we could possibly get. 708 00:27:09,635 --> 00:27:11,462 - [Jim] Man, these windows. - [Mallorie] Ooh. 709 00:27:11,635 --> 00:27:12,669 [Jim] Wow. 710 00:27:12,842 --> 00:27:14,255 - Check this out. - Dang, look how bright it is. 711 00:27:14,428 --> 00:27:15,359 What's the holes? We got holes. 712 00:27:15,531 --> 00:27:16,842 - Oh, yeah. - Whoo! 713 00:27:16,980 --> 00:27:18,359 - How far down is that? 714 00:27:19,635 --> 00:27:21,048 [light thud] 715 00:27:21,221 --> 00:27:22,152 Wanna to go to the third floor? 716 00:27:22,324 --> 00:27:23,290 - Yeah. - Yeah, I do. 717 00:27:23,462 --> 00:27:24,773 [Josh] I wonder if it's the same layout. 718 00:27:24,945 --> 00:27:27,152 - [Mallorie] I would think. - Wide open. 719 00:27:27,324 --> 00:27:29,117 [Ben] Between the Trustmark building and the Kress building, 720 00:27:29,290 --> 00:27:31,566 you have a very distinct style 721 00:27:31,738 --> 00:27:33,773 that you would have to live with. 722 00:27:33,945 --> 00:27:36,359 You have a building that the historic charm has been 723 00:27:36,531 --> 00:27:39,531 erased, so you would have to try to recreate that. 724 00:27:39,704 --> 00:27:41,255 - Ugh. - I don't know how you decide. 725 00:27:49,048 --> 00:27:50,117 Look at his hood ornament. 726 00:27:51,324 --> 00:27:52,566 That's good. 727 00:27:52,738 --> 00:27:53,980 I didn't want you to pull up too far. 728 00:27:54,117 --> 00:27:55,014 Sure. 729 00:27:55,186 --> 00:27:56,566 And him see your truck and all. 730 00:27:56,738 --> 00:27:58,531 - Is it finished? - It is finished. 731 00:27:58,704 --> 00:28:00,462 - It's done. - It's done. 732 00:28:00,635 --> 00:28:03,152 [Erin] Ryan is delivering the finished range hood. 733 00:28:03,324 --> 00:28:05,152 We don't want Michael to see it. 734 00:28:05,324 --> 00:28:06,221 It's a big day. 735 00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:07,635 Michael lives on the third floor. 736 00:28:07,807 --> 00:28:09,152 He works on the first floor. 737 00:28:09,324 --> 00:28:10,773 We're trying to renovate the second floor 738 00:28:10,945 --> 00:28:11,773 without him seeing it. 739 00:28:11,945 --> 00:28:12,876 - [Ryan] Right. - It's tricky. 740 00:28:13,014 --> 00:28:14,428 So we need to be slick about this. 741 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,359 - All right, sneaky. - Yeah. 742 00:28:16,531 --> 00:28:19,083 - Just be quick. I will go talk to him. - Yeah. 743 00:28:19,255 --> 00:28:20,255 [Ben] Let's do this. 744 00:28:21,255 --> 00:28:23,014 - [Erin] Hey. - [Michael] Hey. 745 00:28:23,186 --> 00:28:25,324 - Where's Zeus? - Ah, spa day. 746 00:28:25,497 --> 00:28:26,462 - Ah. - You know. 747 00:28:26,635 --> 00:28:28,152 Of course. This is cool. 748 00:28:28,324 --> 00:28:29,669 What-- what you working on? 749 00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:31,738 [Michael] Um, I'm actually sitting here trying to compare 750 00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:34,566 the, uh, Trustmark Bank and the Kress Building. 751 00:28:34,738 --> 00:28:36,462 - Um, doing room counts. - For the hotel. 752 00:28:36,635 --> 00:28:38,876 Yeah, yeah, looking at room counts. 753 00:28:39,014 --> 00:28:41,566 [Erin] How many rooms can you get in the Trustmark? 754 00:28:42,773 --> 00:28:44,566 - 50, easily. - 50? 755 00:28:44,738 --> 00:28:46,669 - Yeah. - That's a big hotel. 756 00:28:46,842 --> 00:28:49,945 It has the potential to be a phenomenal, huge hotel, 757 00:28:50,083 --> 00:28:51,359 but it's going to be a big project. 758 00:28:51,531 --> 00:28:52,842 What about Kress? 759 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:56,048 Right now, I've got it at about 26, 27. 760 00:28:56,221 --> 00:28:59,359 - That seems more manageable. - Absolutely. 761 00:28:59,531 --> 00:29:00,945 - Glad things are good. - Good talk. 762 00:29:01,083 --> 00:29:03,462 Yeah, have they been, are they leaning one way 763 00:29:03,635 --> 00:29:04,980 or the other on the hotel? 764 00:29:05,152 --> 00:29:06,669 Uh, I was told they're leaning one way. 765 00:29:06,842 --> 00:29:08,566 - Yeah? - [Ben] Wow. 766 00:29:08,738 --> 00:29:10,876 - Dude. - It turned out so awesome! 767 00:29:11,014 --> 00:29:15,428 The way this multifaceted hood vent has to be installed. 768 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,462 - There's Michael. - Michael's right there. 769 00:29:18,876 --> 00:29:20,462 - What are you doing? - What are you doing? 770 00:29:20,635 --> 00:29:22,359 [Michael] Checking mail. 771 00:29:22,531 --> 00:29:24,083 - Just checking mail. - [Ben] Huh? 772 00:29:24,255 --> 00:29:25,669 Don't be going-- don't be sneaking up. 773 00:29:27,221 --> 00:29:29,152 - [Erin] He's checking the mail. - [Ben] Yeah, checking the mail. 774 00:29:30,324 --> 00:29:32,117 Yeah, checking the mail. 775 00:29:32,290 --> 00:29:34,531 ♪ Can you ever get enough Get enough ♪ 776 00:29:36,876 --> 00:29:39,635 ♪ Were you wanting something else, something else ♪ 777 00:29:39,807 --> 00:29:41,152 ♪ Uh-oh-oh ♪ 778 00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:45,876 - Guess what's here? - Fridge looks good. 779 00:29:46,014 --> 00:29:48,221 This thing's crazy. It's got a touchscreen. 780 00:29:48,393 --> 00:29:49,773 - I always get counter depth. - Yeah. 781 00:29:49,945 --> 00:29:51,876 But here, we could build however we wanted. 782 00:29:52,014 --> 00:29:54,083 - Got a whole room. - For that pantry space. 783 00:29:54,255 --> 00:29:56,152 And so I went full depth. 784 00:29:56,324 --> 00:29:58,876 I'm now realizing that it might not actually fit through 785 00:29:59,014 --> 00:30:00,669 the upstairs door, the kitchen door. 786 00:30:00,842 --> 00:30:02,773 That was tight to get the countertop out of. 787 00:30:02,945 --> 00:30:05,255 29 and a half without the doors. 788 00:30:05,428 --> 00:30:06,635 [Erin] I don't know, y'all. 789 00:30:08,359 --> 00:30:11,221 When I'm out there ordering appliances, the last thing 790 00:30:11,393 --> 00:30:15,428 I'm thinking about is the doorway of the kitchen. 791 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,842 [Ben] You don't think about a door not being standard size. 792 00:30:17,980 --> 00:30:20,014 - 29. - Because why would you? 793 00:30:20,186 --> 00:30:22,773 Why would a door be smaller than, say, 32 inches? 794 00:30:22,945 --> 00:30:24,773 We have a problem. It's 29 inches. 795 00:30:28,531 --> 00:30:30,014 Any world where it can squeeze? 796 00:30:30,186 --> 00:30:31,876 I mean, there's water lines and stuff on the back. 797 00:30:32,014 --> 00:30:35,014 - We really need 30. - Kind of worried about this. 798 00:30:35,186 --> 00:30:36,531 Hang on, let me make a phone call. 799 00:30:36,704 --> 00:30:37,773 I have an idea. 800 00:30:38,773 --> 00:30:39,980 What are you doing right now? 801 00:30:46,738 --> 00:30:48,635 [Ben] Beautiful. 802 00:30:48,807 --> 00:30:50,566 - You're a hero today. - Am I? 803 00:30:50,738 --> 00:30:51,876 Yeah. 804 00:30:52,014 --> 00:30:53,152 Our buddy Jack Andrews just happened to be working 805 00:30:53,324 --> 00:30:54,669 on a project down the street, 806 00:30:54,842 --> 00:30:59,083 and he is a jack-of-most-trades, including driving a lift. 807 00:30:59,255 --> 00:31:02,117 I asked for a favor, and he delivered. 808 00:31:02,290 --> 00:31:06,359 ♪ She's so beautiful Never seen another ♪ 809 00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:08,428 Oh, didn't see you there. 810 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,221 Do we feel super solid about this plan? 811 00:31:11,393 --> 00:31:13,117 Nope, and that's what makes it a good one. 812 00:31:15,048 --> 00:31:17,428 [Erin] I understand it's gonna fit, but it could get dropped, 813 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,359 scratched, bent, dented. 814 00:31:20,738 --> 00:31:23,462 - I don't love any of that. - Watch your hand, man. 815 00:31:23,635 --> 00:31:25,635 It is like the exact size of that hole. 816 00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:28,635 One, two, one. 817 00:31:30,876 --> 00:31:32,980 - [Erin] There it is. - Down, down. 818 00:31:35,221 --> 00:31:37,359 You did it. Did it get scratched? 819 00:31:37,531 --> 00:31:38,945 No scratches. High-five. 820 00:31:45,428 --> 00:31:47,945 - Dang. - Look how high that is. 821 00:31:48,083 --> 00:31:49,566 - That is really remarkable. - [Ben] Isn't that impressive? 822 00:31:49,738 --> 00:31:52,255 It is impressive, but what is it? 823 00:31:52,428 --> 00:31:54,428 Michael McKinnon's the single guy. 824 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,738 Got to have a TV, a big one. 825 00:31:56,911 --> 00:32:00,566 So big, in fact, that he uses a projector, and we don't want 826 00:32:00,738 --> 00:32:02,359 to hang it from the ceiling. 827 00:32:02,531 --> 00:32:07,462 So I thought, let's hide it in a spy table. 828 00:32:07,635 --> 00:32:08,876 Ah. A spy table? 829 00:32:09,014 --> 00:32:10,945 Because it's gonna come up out of it. 830 00:32:11,083 --> 00:32:14,083 Imagine just like a traditional sofa table. 831 00:32:14,255 --> 00:32:15,531 Do curved ends 832 00:32:16,669 --> 00:32:19,980 with a reeded front all the way around, and then white oak 833 00:32:20,117 --> 00:32:22,221 on top-- Pop, comes up. 834 00:32:23,428 --> 00:32:25,876 - Projectors inside that. - Hidden. 835 00:32:26,014 --> 00:32:27,323 [Ben] Hidden. 836 00:32:27,324 --> 00:32:31,945 When we did his primary suite, he wanted a wall of cabinets 837 00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:33,738 that just looked like paneling. 838 00:32:33,911 --> 00:32:36,152 This will be another hidden feature. 839 00:32:36,324 --> 00:32:38,083 That's really cool. 840 00:32:40,566 --> 00:32:42,980 [Ben] TVs and radios used to be designed to be 841 00:32:43,117 --> 00:32:44,392 beautiful pieces of furniture. 842 00:32:44,393 --> 00:32:48,428 Now they're this gaudy black square hanging on the wall. 843 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,876 It'll be a beautiful piece of furniture, but it'll be a very 844 00:32:51,014 --> 00:32:52,359 Michael piece of furniture. 845 00:32:52,531 --> 00:32:54,462 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 846 00:32:54,635 --> 00:32:55,462 - Hey! - Michael! 847 00:32:55,635 --> 00:32:57,428 Hey, buddy! What's up, guys? 848 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:58,531 What are y'all doing? 849 00:32:58,704 --> 00:32:59,635 - Man, just working. - Nothing. 850 00:33:01,083 --> 00:33:02,151 - What's up, dude? - All right. 851 00:33:02,152 --> 00:33:04,669 - What you got? - Little information dump here. 852 00:33:04,842 --> 00:33:07,324 This is both Trustmark and Kress Building. 853 00:33:07,497 --> 00:33:08,669 Dang. 854 00:33:08,842 --> 00:33:12,324 So Michael is working with Josh and Jim and Mallorie 855 00:33:12,497 --> 00:33:15,531 on this hotel project. Josh wasn't expecting him. 856 00:33:15,704 --> 00:33:16,945 I wasn't expecting him. 857 00:33:17,083 --> 00:33:18,842 But we're building something for him. 858 00:33:18,980 --> 00:33:19,980 - Y'all enjoy. - This is great. 859 00:33:20,152 --> 00:33:21,324 - Thank you so much. - Appreciate it, man. 860 00:33:21,497 --> 00:33:22,980 Have a good day. 861 00:33:23,117 --> 00:33:25,462 - Well, it was close. - Phew! We almost got busted. 862 00:33:25,635 --> 00:33:27,048 - Bye, Bud. - See you later. 863 00:33:27,221 --> 00:33:28,635 I can't wait to show this to Mallorie and Jim 864 00:33:28,807 --> 00:33:29,842 and get their opinions. 865 00:33:29,980 --> 00:33:32,255 ♪ Round and round she runs ♪ 866 00:33:33,566 --> 00:33:36,117 ♪ Trying to catch the light ♪ 867 00:33:40,566 --> 00:33:42,773 - Ooh, good morning. - Good morning. 868 00:33:42,945 --> 00:33:45,014 - [Ben] Ooh. - What's going on? 869 00:33:45,186 --> 00:33:46,358 Thing's like Sputnik. 870 00:33:46,359 --> 00:33:49,324 So the whole lighting situation in here is really 871 00:33:49,497 --> 00:33:52,083 next level. - Yes, I agree with you there. 872 00:33:52,255 --> 00:33:55,531 Today's a big day for Colton. We got him bowed up. 873 00:33:55,704 --> 00:33:58,048 It's a lot of lighting in one tiny little kitchen. 874 00:33:58,221 --> 00:34:00,255 We have chandelier over dinner table. 875 00:34:00,428 --> 00:34:03,014 We have toe kick. So that'll go... 876 00:34:03,186 --> 00:34:05,980 - That'll be a first. - ...underneath on both sides. 877 00:34:06,117 --> 00:34:08,773 It's ribbon lighting. It's remote-controlled. 878 00:34:08,945 --> 00:34:10,255 - What's going here? - These are going away. 879 00:34:10,428 --> 00:34:12,359 - OK. - We've got track lighting. 880 00:34:12,531 --> 00:34:14,566 - Cool. - Here and there. 881 00:34:14,738 --> 00:34:16,152 - All right. - It's under-cabinet. 882 00:34:16,324 --> 00:34:18,876 Michael is all about light, where the light's coming from, 883 00:34:19,014 --> 00:34:19,945 the way it moves around. 884 00:34:20,083 --> 00:34:22,635 Slatted wood, that's always his thing. 885 00:34:22,807 --> 00:34:24,462 Those are the things he cares about. 886 00:34:24,635 --> 00:34:28,221 He cares more about lighting than most anything. 887 00:34:28,393 --> 00:34:30,842 ♪ Oh ♪ 888 00:34:35,980 --> 00:34:38,428 - [Erin] How are the buildings? - [Josh] They both have potential. 889 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,876 Both of them need a lot of work to be a hotel. 890 00:34:41,014 --> 00:34:43,117 Jim really loves the bank building just because 891 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:44,980 of the style. He loves that mid mod. 892 00:34:45,152 --> 00:34:46,358 [Jim] I love that. 893 00:34:46,359 --> 00:34:47,980 [Erin] I'd be deeply intimidated by the bank building. 894 00:34:48,980 --> 00:34:51,635 That's a huge, huge hotel. 895 00:34:51,807 --> 00:34:54,462 The Kress Building, it's very similar to every 896 00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:58,014 other project we've done thus far, where it's 1930s, 897 00:34:58,186 --> 00:35:01,566 all of the historic, nostalgic. 898 00:35:01,738 --> 00:35:04,842 [Ben] A lot of the historic charm of the building was erased 899 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:06,773 40 years ago, 50 years ago. 900 00:35:06,945 --> 00:35:10,428 Yeah, the cost to build that out, that's huge. 901 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,255 How many rooms do you think he could get in? 902 00:35:12,428 --> 00:35:14,566 So we just got back from Michael's, 903 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:17,842 and the minimum number of rooms that we need to do this is 25. 904 00:35:17,980 --> 00:35:21,152 [Erin] If they can hit 25 rooms, then they cash flow it, 905 00:35:21,324 --> 00:35:22,566 and it makes a profit. 906 00:35:22,738 --> 00:35:24,324 How many rooms could you put in the bank? 907 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:26,359 Between, like, 50 and 60. 908 00:35:26,531 --> 00:35:29,669 [Jim] There's a nervousness factor on 60 rooms. 909 00:35:29,842 --> 00:35:31,842 That's gonna be more staff to keep it up. 910 00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:35,221 That's gonna be 60 beds, 60 air conditioners. 911 00:35:35,393 --> 00:35:36,980 60 toilets to stop up. 912 00:35:37,152 --> 00:35:38,669 [child] Make up your mind! 913 00:35:38,842 --> 00:35:41,980 Make up your mind! Make up your mind. 914 00:35:42,152 --> 00:35:43,738 OK. All in favor of the bank. 915 00:35:45,255 --> 00:35:46,255 Really? 916 00:35:47,359 --> 00:35:48,566 All in favor of Kress. 917 00:35:48,738 --> 00:35:50,428 - Raise your hand. - Really? 918 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:51,842 I love it. I love it. 919 00:35:51,980 --> 00:35:53,462 I'm sorry. I love it, too. 920 00:35:53,635 --> 00:35:54,773 - You want both? - I want both of them. 921 00:35:54,945 --> 00:35:56,152 They both need something to happen to. 922 00:35:56,324 --> 00:35:58,221 Start with one. So you're doing it. 923 00:35:58,393 --> 00:36:00,428 Y'all are going to buy the dang Kress building. 924 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,047 - That's the one. - Finally. 925 00:36:02,048 --> 00:36:04,255 - Y'all. - Somebody's going to do something with that building. 926 00:36:04,428 --> 00:36:05,324 We're gonna spend some money? 927 00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:06,428 Just a little money? 928 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,359 We're gonna spend some money. 929 00:36:08,531 --> 00:36:11,255 [Erin] I'm excited to see the Kress be something. 930 00:36:11,428 --> 00:36:13,255 My whole life, I wondered what it looked like when that 931 00:36:13,428 --> 00:36:15,669 was alive. And I'll find out. 932 00:36:17,773 --> 00:36:21,669 ♪ You and me together Live forever ♪ 933 00:36:21,842 --> 00:36:23,773 ♪ Always be the same ♪ 934 00:36:25,083 --> 00:36:26,152 Hello. 935 00:36:26,324 --> 00:36:29,773 Oh, my goodness. I love it. 936 00:36:29,945 --> 00:36:31,152 - It's Michael. - It's so Michael. 937 00:36:31,324 --> 00:36:32,980 Do you think Michael's gonna learn how to cook? 938 00:36:33,152 --> 00:36:34,186 [Mallorie] No. 939 00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:36,462 He's going to be busy building a hotel with us. 940 00:36:37,842 --> 00:36:38,773 This looks great. 941 00:36:38,945 --> 00:36:41,945 For the second time with Michael. 942 00:36:42,083 --> 00:36:45,773 I have worked way outside my comfort zone. 943 00:36:45,945 --> 00:36:48,876 He has unusual taste, and you can't always know for 944 00:36:49,014 --> 00:36:51,635 sure that you got it right. I hope that we did. 945 00:36:58,635 --> 00:36:59,669 - Michael. - Yes, sir. 946 00:36:59,842 --> 00:37:01,359 - Are you ready? - It is time. 947 00:37:01,531 --> 00:37:03,669 - Oh, thank God! - Come on. 948 00:37:03,842 --> 00:37:05,635 - Let's do this! - Oh, what a greeting! 949 00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:06,773 - Yeah. - Uh-huh. 950 00:37:06,945 --> 00:37:07,876 You like the runner? 951 00:37:08,014 --> 00:37:09,014 - Oh, yeah. - It's different. 952 00:37:10,738 --> 00:37:12,255 [bleep] y'all. 953 00:37:19,255 --> 00:37:20,255 Bro. 954 00:37:24,290 --> 00:37:25,773 Y'all, this is awesome. 955 00:37:25,945 --> 00:37:28,048 ♪ Get on up now ♪ 956 00:37:28,221 --> 00:37:30,842 ♪ Feel good times ♪ 957 00:37:33,186 --> 00:37:36,669 - Who did the hood? - [Erin] His name is Ryan Durrett. 958 00:37:36,842 --> 00:37:39,462 - [Ben] Yep. - Who is a metal fabricator 959 00:37:39,635 --> 00:37:40,738 and an artist. 960 00:37:40,911 --> 00:37:44,359 It's silver in the areas where it's stainless. 961 00:37:44,531 --> 00:37:46,980 And then this is steel with a black patina. 962 00:37:47,117 --> 00:37:50,186 If there was a sexy hood, this is it. 963 00:37:50,359 --> 00:37:52,669 - [Erin] It has abs. - [Ben] It's chiseled. 964 00:37:52,842 --> 00:37:54,773 - Man, there's toe lighting. - [Erin] Yes. 965 00:37:58,497 --> 00:37:59,669 Lighting is your thing. 966 00:37:59,842 --> 00:38:01,083 This is a sick lighting package. 967 00:38:01,255 --> 00:38:04,842 You've got toe kick, under cabinet, the very special 968 00:38:04,980 --> 00:38:07,290 Sputnik chandelier. It's everywhere. 969 00:38:07,462 --> 00:38:08,497 - Look at this. - [Michael] Mm-hmm. 970 00:38:08,669 --> 00:38:09,566 Waterfall. 971 00:38:09,738 --> 00:38:11,290 I try to get it in every project. 972 00:38:11,462 --> 00:38:14,255 I've been chasing waterfalls for a long time, y'all. 973 00:38:14,428 --> 00:38:16,393 - Longer than TLC. - Longer than TLC. 974 00:38:16,566 --> 00:38:18,048 And we finally got one in a project. 975 00:38:22,290 --> 00:38:23,428 - Oh. - Ooh. 976 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:24,772 - Cereal. - Y'all. 977 00:38:24,773 --> 00:38:28,531 That is the bougiest cereal holder I've ever seen. 978 00:38:28,704 --> 00:38:31,669 And then we carved just like upstairs above your closet. 979 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:34,152 - So that's your AC vent. - Mm-hmm. 980 00:38:34,324 --> 00:38:35,773 OK, let me tell you about this fridge. 981 00:38:35,945 --> 00:38:36,945 - Let's talk about this fridge. - Because it's crazy. 982 00:38:37,083 --> 00:38:38,014 All right. 983 00:38:38,186 --> 00:38:39,462 [Erin] This is the most techie fridge. 984 00:38:39,635 --> 00:38:41,876 Like, if you're at the grocery store and you can't remember 985 00:38:42,014 --> 00:38:45,669 how much milk you have for your cereal, you can just pull up 986 00:38:45,842 --> 00:38:48,980 the app on your phone and see inside your fridge, 987 00:38:49,117 --> 00:38:50,393 see what you have. - That's awesome. 988 00:38:50,566 --> 00:38:51,497 Isn't that crazy? 989 00:38:51,669 --> 00:38:54,497 And under here, your robot vacuum has 990 00:38:54,669 --> 00:38:56,117 a special hideaway in there. 991 00:38:56,290 --> 00:38:58,014 Oh, Elon Dust has got his own place. 992 00:38:58,186 --> 00:38:59,117 [Ben] Elon Dust. 993 00:39:00,462 --> 00:39:02,876 - Sour worms, too. - I mean, the details. 994 00:39:03,014 --> 00:39:04,359 All you eat is cereal and candy. 995 00:39:04,531 --> 00:39:05,635 I know, I know. But it's like, 996 00:39:05,807 --> 00:39:07,152 Let me just see one of those. 997 00:39:07,324 --> 00:39:09,566 - Like, this is awesome, y'all. - You like it? 998 00:39:09,738 --> 00:39:12,014 Because this is not my style, Michael. 999 00:39:12,186 --> 00:39:13,428 I think we both know. 1000 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,945 I may have forced this on y'all a little bit. 1001 00:39:15,083 --> 00:39:19,669 This is a reach for me, and I hope that it's correct. 1002 00:39:19,842 --> 00:39:21,255 This is-- this is phenomenal. 1003 00:39:26,014 --> 00:39:28,359 - [bleep], y'all, this is home. - Yeah. 1004 00:39:28,531 --> 00:39:31,048 - Again. - This is home, y'all. 1005 00:39:33,393 --> 00:39:37,186 It's just like your apartment before was an outfit that 1006 00:39:37,359 --> 00:39:38,980 you would never wear. 1007 00:39:39,117 --> 00:39:41,048 - It's a nice one. - Yeah, well-- 1008 00:39:41,221 --> 00:39:43,842 [Erin] But we're trying to make it an outfit that you would wear. 1009 00:39:43,980 --> 00:39:45,566 This is like what it's supposed to be. 1010 00:39:45,738 --> 00:39:48,531 - Good, perfect. - It's very loungy. 1011 00:39:48,704 --> 00:39:49,980 What's this? 1012 00:39:50,773 --> 00:39:53,359 - [Ben] It mimics the thing up top. - [Michael] Yeah, it does. 1013 00:39:53,531 --> 00:39:54,669 At first I was like, they brought that down 1014 00:39:54,842 --> 00:39:55,980 from upstairs, what am I gonna do up there? 1015 00:39:56,152 --> 00:39:57,738 [Ben] What about that in the corner? 1016 00:39:57,911 --> 00:39:58,876 [Michael] That's beautiful. 1017 00:39:59,014 --> 00:40:01,980 This is a lamp inspired by a lamp 1018 00:40:02,152 --> 00:40:04,186 that's in Frank Lloyd Wright's house. 1019 00:40:04,359 --> 00:40:06,393 Travis Runyan helped me build this. 1020 00:40:06,566 --> 00:40:08,255 - Really? - Do you know who Travis is? 1021 00:40:08,428 --> 00:40:09,634 Firefighter. 1022 00:40:09,635 --> 00:40:12,014 I got Travis to come and help me because he was one of 1023 00:40:12,186 --> 00:40:14,531 the firefighters that arrived on the scene that night. 1024 00:40:14,704 --> 00:40:15,635 Absolutely. 1025 00:40:17,186 --> 00:40:18,565 Yeah. 1026 00:40:18,566 --> 00:40:22,152 I, uh, you know, that night I had about 20 firefighters here, 1027 00:40:22,324 --> 00:40:25,669 and it was just because of them, we were able to do this 1028 00:40:25,842 --> 00:40:27,117 project still. - Yeah. 1029 00:40:27,290 --> 00:40:30,531 So, like, I just owe it all to the Laurel Fire Departments. 1030 00:40:30,704 --> 00:40:32,462 - They're so awesome. - Yeah. 1031 00:40:32,635 --> 00:40:34,255 That's pretty cool y'all got him involved, too, 1032 00:40:34,428 --> 00:40:36,186 because he played poker here the night before. 1033 00:40:36,359 --> 00:40:37,566 And then, like, the next night. 1034 00:40:37,738 --> 00:40:38,980 You know, he's putting it out, so. 1035 00:40:39,152 --> 00:40:41,945 Well, we got you a new poker table, a proper one. 1036 00:40:42,083 --> 00:40:44,428 Our antes just went up with this table. 1037 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:45,876 Have a seat on the sofa. 1038 00:40:47,221 --> 00:40:49,324 Now, let's say that you're hanging out with your buddies, 1039 00:40:49,497 --> 00:40:51,186 but it's not a poker night. It's a movie night. 1040 00:40:54,462 --> 00:40:55,462 Bro. 1041 00:40:57,393 --> 00:40:58,428 Get out of here. 1042 00:41:02,083 --> 00:41:03,083 Oh. 1043 00:41:03,255 --> 00:41:05,566 It's like, that is ridiculous, dude. 1044 00:41:06,773 --> 00:41:09,842 - This is phenomenal. - It's the Zeus show. 1045 00:41:09,980 --> 00:41:11,876 So he loves going to your Scent Library 1046 00:41:12,014 --> 00:41:13,289 and playing with your globe. 1047 00:41:13,290 --> 00:41:15,980 Seeing him drink water out of the sink reminds me we need 1048 00:41:16,117 --> 00:41:18,255 to show you a bathroom. You're not done yet. 1049 00:41:18,428 --> 00:41:21,462 Before we go, let's close all this up, you know, 1050 00:41:21,635 --> 00:41:24,048 because we're sophisticated. - [Erin] Because we can. 1051 00:41:24,221 --> 00:41:26,014 You can feel the room transitioning. 1052 00:41:26,186 --> 00:41:28,221 - That's very satisfying. - You've peaked, sir. 1053 00:41:28,393 --> 00:41:29,668 That's it. I've leveled up. 1054 00:41:29,669 --> 00:41:31,290 [Michael] I don't know how you're ever going to do that. 1055 00:41:33,773 --> 00:41:34,773 You have a guest room. 1056 00:41:36,393 --> 00:41:37,428 [Michael] It feels comfortable. 1057 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,980 Like it's actually lived in, too. 1058 00:41:39,152 --> 00:41:41,255 We hardly did anything at all, and it feels so different. 1059 00:41:41,428 --> 00:41:42,773 I may have only been in this room twice, too. 1060 00:41:42,945 --> 00:41:44,842 Like, I didn't-- I never had a plan for this room. 1061 00:41:44,980 --> 00:41:46,255 - You gotta see the bathroom. - OK. 1062 00:41:47,669 --> 00:41:49,359 - Oh! - [Erin] Different! 1063 00:41:49,531 --> 00:41:51,497 [Michael] This is a very legit space. 1064 00:41:53,980 --> 00:41:55,566 - [Erin] More of... - Oh, this. 1065 00:41:55,738 --> 00:41:57,738 ...that reeded look. 1066 00:41:57,911 --> 00:42:00,393 I just wanted to make the whole thing feel 1067 00:42:01,393 --> 00:42:03,669 like it's singing the same song as the rest of the apartment, 1068 00:42:03,842 --> 00:42:05,773 but we did it on, like, a shoestring budget. 1069 00:42:05,945 --> 00:42:07,116 There was nothing. 1070 00:42:07,117 --> 00:42:08,773 - We just paint. - [Ben] I mean, painting a vanity. 1071 00:42:08,945 --> 00:42:10,669 The brass does magic. 1072 00:42:10,842 --> 00:42:12,842 And Zeus can drink out of this sink. 1073 00:42:12,980 --> 00:42:14,221 - Y'all, this sink bowl. - I know. 1074 00:42:14,393 --> 00:42:15,876 - Isn't that cool? - Yeah. 1075 00:42:17,428 --> 00:42:19,876 - What do you think? - I think this is a real pear. 1076 00:42:20,014 --> 00:42:21,393 - It is a real pear. - It sure is. 1077 00:42:21,566 --> 00:42:22,599 I like to use the real deal. 1078 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,359 - The details, y'all. - It's not just for TV. 1079 00:42:24,531 --> 00:42:26,117 I fully assumed I was going to grab a fake pear 1080 00:42:26,290 --> 00:42:27,773 and start talking. - Unh-unh. 1081 00:42:27,945 --> 00:42:33,014 Well, you gave us $60,000 to do this, and I love it. 1082 00:42:33,186 --> 00:42:34,083 Yeah. 1083 00:42:34,255 --> 00:42:36,876 I doubt you'll ever be over the fire. 1084 00:42:37,014 --> 00:42:40,393 - But maybe this is... - This is gonna help. 1085 00:42:40,566 --> 00:42:42,842 You can't be upset in a space like this. 1086 00:42:42,980 --> 00:42:44,393 Mallorie brought up a good point. 1087 00:42:44,566 --> 00:42:48,980 She's glad that we were able to take this off your plate 1088 00:42:49,152 --> 00:42:52,669 so you could focus on a whole hotel. 1089 00:42:52,842 --> 00:42:56,186 I'm excited for Michael that he has a finished apartment. 1090 00:42:57,186 --> 00:42:59,083 I'm excited for our friends. 1091 00:42:59,255 --> 00:43:02,980 And we will absolutely do everything in our power to help 1092 00:43:03,152 --> 00:43:05,462 them build it out. Like, I want... 1093 00:43:06,462 --> 00:43:08,221 a huge success for this. - All the success for this.