Good morning, little ladies.
[Jenny] Hi, little friends.
-[clucks] -What does that noise mean?
Does that noise mean hello, or does that noise mean,
"I'm going to peck your eyes out?"
[Dave] Jenny and I are at the Welcome Inn.
Welcome Inn is a vacation rental
that we renovated top to bottom last year.
The house was built in the 1870s,
and we're back here all the time making sure
everything's in good working order.
[squeaking]
What's going on with that door?
I'm going to grab some oil real quick.
You know what? I love coming over here.
It's a beautiful home.
-Oh, yeah. -But this is not a new home.
This is a 120-year-old home,
so it requires constant maintenance.
-It's like me. -All right.
-Looks good. -Speaking of maintenance, what is happening right here?
-What is this? -Baby, that's a little love tuft.
-I've got to go meet Pepe and Denise. -I know. Let's roll.
[Dave] Downtown we go again.
This is one of my favorite parts of downtown.
It's really quiet, lots of big trees.
We are just going to get started on a new place
right in downtown Bentonville,
kind of the old stomping grounds
where Jenny and I used to live.
Denise and Pepe are moving into this house,
and so they want to just completely update it
because it is going to be their empty-nester house.
Is this it right up here?
Yep, that one right up there.
[Dave] Oh, that's a nice house.
It doesn't look like anyone's here.
[Jenny] They just texted me.
-They texted you yesterday, or was that today? -No, just like 10 minutes ago.
-We're back here. -Hey.
-Denise. -Come on.
Okay, okay. Whoo, we thought we were at the wrong house.
[Dave] I love your yard.
-This is a huge yard for right downtown. -Thank you.
-Yeah. -We like it a lot, yeah.
-I'm Denise. -And I'm Pepe, and we're the Estradas.
I grew up in Peru,
and then I came to the U.S. to go to grad school.
[Denise] Pepe sat in front of me in statistics class,
and the rest is history.
[Pepe] We've been married 30 years.
We have two children,
and we lived in Peru for almost five years.
[Denise] And then we came to Bentonville 18 years ago.
When we came here, we thought we were just
going to be here a few years, but we've fallen in love
with Bentonville.
[Pepe] Once the kids moved out, our plan is to downsize,
and that's where this house fits in.
[Denise] We love the location.
So close to the downtown,
but right now, how the house looks,
it's not very inviting.
We would love to make it a space
where we can receive friends, family. The forever home.
So how much are you guys wanting to spend on this renovation?
About $180,000.
-Okay. Well, since we're back here, -Okay.
we might as well talk about the backyard.
[Denise] We'd love to expand that porch out,
entertain family and our friends out here.
-Yeah. -It's almost like a courtyard-type environment.
-Ooh, I love that. -Growing up in Peru,
homes have just a nice space for family gatherings.
So we'll create a little courtyard out here.
-I love that. Okay. -Yeah.
[Jenny] So we'll have a Peruvian-style courtyard
big enough for dining and entertaining,
and we'll have lots of potted plants to make it feel lush,
and maybe we'll even add a water feature somewhere.
And then, maybe with that extra space out there,
-we'd love to add some chickens, perhaps. -Oh, yes.
-I love chickens. -[Jenny] I love chickens too.
-She does not. -I like chickens.
-No. -No, you don't.
I just don't like to touch them. I do like them.
-I like the little red eggs. -She says they have beady little eyes that stare at her,
-that stare into her soul. -They do.
When I was a girl, my mom was allergic
to, like, cats and dogs,
-and so the solution was... You had a chicken. -Aw.
-You had a chicken, -A chicken.
And our chickens would ride our bikes with us.
-Oh. -Yeah.
-[chuckles] -Okay, so when you first said
you taught your chicken how to ride a bike,
I thought you had a little mini bike,
and you taught the chicken how to ride.
That would have been a good story.
Not a bike-riding chicken.
A chicken that rode on a bike.
Don't tell me you did not picture
-a little bike with a little chicken. -No. No.
Could see the little chicken with its wings?
[clucks]
No one else in this group went there. You did.
-[all laughing] -I didn't really think it, but I pictured it.
This backyard is... It's gonna be amazing.
Let's talk about the front of the house.
-What are you guys thinking? -We'd like, maybe,
to have a different entryway, for sure.
[Jenny] Okay. I would love to also really lean into that...
-Beautiful. -...whole feel that you think of
when you think of Peru.
-Like, have the clay tile roof... -Oh, yeah.
...and the white house wood elements.
Really natural and organic.
-That would be amazing. -Great.
Your story is so tied to this other place,
-yet you live here. -Yes.
And we live here. This is home.
This is home. All right, so the plan outside is
a more welcoming entrance, create a front sitting area.
New lighting, a new front door, install a tile roof,
paint the brick white,
and install a lot of really beautiful landscaping
and flowers.
-All right, so ready to go in? -Yeah.
All right, let's go check it out.
-So... Okay. This is the living room? -Yes.
[Denise] This is a nice-sized living room,
but we'd like it to be open into the kitchen.
-[Dave] I like that idea. -[Jenny] I like that.
-[Denise] Yeah. -The ceiling, I wonder if we could lift it
or bolt it or...
-I don't know, we'd have to do some research. -We'd have to look at it.
-Yeah. Sometimes you can lift it up. -[Pepe] Well, that'd be great.
What about the flooring?
-[Denise] We definitely don't want carpet. -[Dave and Jenny] Okay.
-It's just the two of you, right? -It's the two of us,
but it'll also be a landing pad for our children.
They're in their 20s, and they're going in and out of
-different parts of their life. -Sure.
We're gonna be the home base and see where they go.
-Okay. -[Dave] I love that.
More space that we can make, the better.
The plan for the living room is to install new flooring,
to paint, get new lighting,
and if we can, to raise the ceiling.
And of course, we're gonna open up this wall
between the living room and the kitchen.
-Let's go to the kitchen and -All right.
talk about that.
-So this is the kitchen. -[Dave] Okay.
-It's a cute little spot. -Yeah.
-Cute. Yeah. -But if we're getting rid of this wall, it's just that.
-Yeah. Yeah. -It's a problem.
-Maybe an island. -Yeah. Okay.
[Pepe] And there's a room behind that wall
that, you know, maybe we can push that wall back.
Oh. So if we could push back that way,
it'd give us more space for kitchen and dining.
I like that. Okay.
What do you want this kitchen to look and feel like?
-More open space, -Yes.
and we can entertain and cook at the same time.
Okay. So the plan for the kitchen
is to open up this wall into the living room.
We'll see if we can open up this other wall
to expand this entire space.
We'll do new cabinets, new countertops, new flooring.
We'll give you an island, new appliances, new lighting.
Awesome.
So let's now check that other room
-that we're gonna be bumping out into -Yeah.
-because we want to see what we're working with. -Sure.
Okay. A little guy.
So this wall probably isn't even a load-bearing wall.
-We'll know more when we get into it, -Got it.
-Sure. -but it should be just fine.
Potentially what we'll do is take out this wall,
-scooch it over, make a bigger kitchen and dining. -Scooch it over.
And what about your bedroom and bathroom?
[Denise] Yeah.
Over here is the main bath.
We would love that it would become
part of the main bedroom.
-[Dave] Okay. -[Jenny] Wait, is there another bathroom room?
There's another bathroom right around the corner here.
-It's like a three-quarter bath. -Perfect. Okay.
-Uh-huh. Yes. -So you got a guest bathroom, so you want an en suite.
So this whole corner becomes the main suite.
-Right. -Okay.
And this is the bedroom. I mean, it's a pretty big room.
[Dave] What do you want to do in here?
[Denise] We'd like to have better closet space.
Maybe we just keep it going.
And if we have the bathroom attached here,
-Mm-hmm. -we can have a closet there.
I mean, it really can be a really nice main suite for you guys.
How would you like these spaces to feel?
Any colors you would like to see?
Some neutral colors in the main bedroom.
-Floor continued from, you know, from out there. -Perfect, yeah.
-What about the bathroom? -No tub.
-No tub, okay. -We would like a walk-in shower.
-Okay. -A double vanity.
-Anything else now? -No, I'm good.
-I love it. -That's a good husband.
-30 years. -No, whatever she says.
-Whatever she says. -Okay.
-So the plan for the main suite... -[Denise laughs]
We'll extend the closet the full length of this wall.
We'll add new flooring that'll be consistent
throughout the rest of the house.
And then new paint, just a nice calming neutral color.
New lighting.
And then in the bathroom, have a nice shower.
Double vanity.
And this could be a great spot to bring in some Peruvian design elements,
like a fun pattern tile.
-Awesome. -All I've been thinking about is the backyard
-this whole time. -The chicken.
-The chicken on the bike. -The chicken on the bike.
I'm really excited.
I can't wait to see what they do with it.
I've never done a Peruvian-inspired home,
so I'm excited about that.
But it is a smaller house.
They love to have people over.
So we have to figure out how to make the living room
-and the small kitchen and dining room really... -Bigger.
[Jenny] Bigger.
[Dave] Jenny Marrs, are you ready?
[Jenny] Oh, Chris is here. Hi.
-Well, we need some help. -We need some help.
[laughs]
[Jenny] Is it just the three of us?
I think it's just the three of us, Chris.
All right, let's go.
All right.
So the main objective is opening up the space
by taking out the wall between
the living room and the kitchen
and seeing if we can move this wall
to make the kitchen even bigger.
The other thing I wanted to see,
I want to know if we can raise the ceiling.
So you got to go in the attic, okay?
-I'm thinking this is all... -Oh, wait, look. Come here.
Aw, they left us bagels. How sweet.
I'm starving, too. I'm so happy right now.
Please enjoy a little breakfast.
OJ and cream cheese are in the fridge.
Love, Denise and Pepe.
-Oh, you want half? -Ooh, I want blueberry.
-Sure. -Wait, I want cream cheese.
Demo is my least favorite day,
and I'm pretty happy right now.
I'm not gonna lie.
You keep eating, and we'll get started.
Why don't you go in the attic, so I can finish my breakfast?
Yeah, that's what I'm doing right now.
Good news, good news, good news.
Jenny really wants to take the ceiling up in the living room
so we can get more height.
-Raise the roof. -So we're really wanting to raise the ceiling inside.
So, Chris,
right about there, is that the center wall?
[Chris] Yeah.
That's where all the support for the roof comes down
is on that center wall.
We're not going to get much space on the roof.
If we vaulted that ceiling, I bet we would only get maybe a foot.
It would be a lot of money for not a lot of result.
[Dave] I mean, it is what it is.
Jenny, I have good news and bad news.
It's a low roof, so you're not going to gain much
by vaulting that ceiling.
But we can take this wall completely out.
-Okay. -So we can take space
from the small bedroom on the other side
and add it to the kitchen and dining room.
Denise and Pepe, one thing they talked about
was feeding people.
They want their kids to come here.
They want eventual grandkids to come here.
They want friends to be here. And so we need space.
Once you open all this up, it's going to be amazing.
-Oh, Matt. You made it. -I'm here.
Good news, Matt.
We can open up this wall.
Bad news, we can't open the ceiling.
But the best news of all, they left us bagels and cream cheese.
Ooh, I love that.
We are ready to go.
I want to start right away knocking out the wall
between the old small bedroom and the kitchen.
There you go.
I think this will make a huge difference in the kitchen.
-Nice. -Man, that went fast.
All right.
Let's start pulling some cabinets.
Okay, okay. Here, you just hand it...
Okay.
Now that the cabinets are down,
we can start taking out the wall between the kitchen
and the living room
to give it that open floor plan.
This one's going to be a support wall,
so we're going to have to leave all these in
until we run a header along here.
But look how much bigger this is going to be.
-Yeah. -We're going to be able to open up
the kitchen to the living room with a beam.
We're going to be able to open up the kitchen to new room.
And the main bedroom and bathroom,
we just need to reorganize that and shift them around
where we can make them one main suite.
So I just did a Dave Marrs. Did you see that?
So first of all, we're going to move
-this door over here, right? -Yeah.
Now that the space has opened up,
I'm really glad that Chris is actually here today
'cause we can just go through the cabinet plan.
Say we did a double door here.
This is a dining space.
Yeah, because nine foot would put it all the way to here,
-and you'd have plenty of room for the table. -It's plenty,
and you want people to be able to move around the table.
We have this little closet.
I was thinking maybe we take these doors off
and do something here, like a little built-in where they can store dishes
or do a little bar. I don't know.
Okay. Are you thinking like a cabinet insert,
like try to open the whole thing up
-and make it all open to the room? -I think that'd be cool,
where it looks like a piece of furniture is what I'm thinking,
like an old hutch kind of thing.
-But it's built in. -I like it.
-Today was productive. -It was great.
We had a great breakfast.
You know I couldn't miss that.
And I was able to go through the most important part
of this house, which is the kitchen,
and really come up with a good plan.
And now Chris can go back to the shop,
build the cabinets,
and we can really just kind of keep moving forward on this house.
-Okay. -Come on, chop chop.
[Jenny] Chop chop.
We are at the Estrada house today, and we are rolling.
We're cutting new channels in the kitchen concrete,
so we can add plumbing to the island.
New HVAC ducts are going in the main bathroom and bedroom.
A new header is up between the kitchen and the living room
to give us the open concept we want.
And now that we've moved the door over in the kitchen,
we're ready to install a new slider.
I think we have enough room where we can slide it in
and set those right in the hole.
-Hey, how's it going? -New slider, huh?
New slider.
It's going to be so good.
You guys want to set it in place here?
Push it my way here. All right, there we go.
Get that multi-tool, cut this off,
and then we'll slide it in.
Do you see the rest of the house?
It's colder than I thought it would be today.
No, yeah, no, I haven't looked yet.
It looks good, though. This looks good.
Yeah, so we got all of this dug in for the sink,
-so we have the island out here. -Mm-hmm.
We were able to open all this up, get our header up top.
-[Jenny] Looks good. -I think it's going to look nice.
Let's look at the bathroom and bedroom.
So this is where it's a little messier.
Oh, wow, look at this bathroom.
-It's great. -Yeah, it's kind of a mess right now.
We had to run the heating and air through the floor,
so we had to dig up a lot more than I thought.
I got to get tile for in here.
We gotta talk about this outside, Jenny Marrs.
Watch that first step.
-It's a doozy. -Yeah, I actually do need you to give me some insight
on what we're doing here.
[Jenny] All right, so out here, Pepe and Denise
talked a lot about having these courtyards in Peru.
So I definitely want to have some pavers back here.
I'm going to get a really pretty fountain.
-Awesome. -Okay, and then what if along that wall,
we put a little chicken coop?
We have to have a chicken coop.
I think it would be cute right there.
You know what I think would be kind of cool, too?
So what if we do some raised garden beds
where the chickens can kind of roam and be free,
ride their bicycles, do their training?
Yeah, we could do like a chicken obstacle course.
-Like a motocross course. -Oh, yeah.
The chicken coop, I think, is going to be really cute.
I think it looks like a little Peruvian...
-Little chicken casita. -A chicken casita.
Casita de pollo. Oh, yes!
Okay, so we got raised garden beds.
We've got a chicken house, and then we've got
an amazing patio.
We're going to wait on the motocross track.
Well, we've got to see what kind of chickens we get.
-Yeah. -I don't want to set unreal expectations.
Oh, man, I've got to get to work.
I've got to find a non-run-of-the-mill chicken.
-It's going to be tough. -I also have to order tile and lights,
but I'm really focused on the chicken right now.
[laughs]
[Dave] We are at the Estrada house today.
Outside, we're breaking up that concrete pad
to make way for the new courtyard.
And on the inside, we are just wrapping up
all of the final interior framing,
so we can get sheetrock on the walls.
We got everything done in the kitchen.
We got everything done in the bedroom.
Got 6 and 3/8ths.
All we got to finish up is the shower.
Jenny designed a shower with an arched opening
to mimic the dome shape you see on houses in Peru.
We used dozens of 2x4s to get the curved walls
and the opening just right.
-Oh, my gosh! Yay. -Just in time.
[gasps] I love it.
-Isn't it cool? -It's really nice. I love it.
I got the floor tile for the shower.
[Dave] Fits in with the rounded theme.
Yeah, feels very natural.
And then I have just a really nice light tile for here
-that's nice and clean and simple because -Yeah.
this is so cool.
I don't want the tile distracting
from the shape of the shower.
But on the floor here, I have a nice, like, patterned tile
that's really fun and kind of feels Peruvian.
And then it's gonna go up the wall behind
the vanity also.
So you have that, and then you turn here,
and you have this amazing shower.
So I think it'll be really cool.
-It's gonna be awesome. -The dome shower is amazing.
It's so unique, and this bathroom is small,
but I wanted a lot of really cool elements in here
-so that it felt really different and unique. -Yeah.
Oh, it's gonna "dome-inate" that room.
[laughs]
-Yes! -[both laugh]
So we do have a little issue in the kitchen
that we'd like to show you.
-You want to look? -How little?
-About that big? -It's about a two-inch issue.
All right, so where the refrigerator is,
we've got a copper pipe that's sticking two inches out of the floor.
If you slide the refrigerator in now,
you're gonna hit the copper piping.
Okay.
How do we normally do it on concrete?
I don't understand why this is happening.
Well, normally we bring them up,
like, we bring them up right on the edge,
but we couldn't do this here because of the exterior wall.
[Jenny] Can it not be more flush?
You can't hide the fittings in the concrete
in case of a leak ever. For code.
Okay.
You okay? Breathing all right?
If you slide the refrigerator in now,
you're gonna hit the copper piping.
The pipe is sticking out of the floor two inches,
and I can't lower it because it's illegal
for me to put a connection in the concrete floor.
So what we have to do is basically just make the fridge
look like it's built in.
It'll just be elevated by probably four inches or so.
I think we're gonna just lift the fridge
about four, 4.5 inches, slide it in.
Hopefully that'll do the trick.
It'll give it that built-in look. It's going to be amazing.
It really is.
Yeah, as long as you have a toe kick underneath,
-it doesn't matter. -Yeah, so it'll be, what, just
-like a built-in cabinet, right? -Yeah.
All right, let's go talk about the roof.
I want it to look like real terracotta,
and I do think that one does,
but I also think this one...
See if I can get a ladder and just throw one on the roof
-and you can step back and look. -Oh, yes.
Here, I got it. We don't even need a ladder.
-[Jenny] Don't lose it, Dave. -There you go.
-[Chris] That's the sample. -Well, now I can't really see it.
That's the whole point. You gotta back up.
Oh, yeah, here, come on. Okay, put the other one up there.
The exterior of this house needs to feel like
it could be found in Peru,
-Yeah. -even though it's in Bentonville.
And typically, Peruvian homes have clay tile roofs.
So I have some clay tile samples.
They're actually not real clay
because clay tiles are actually very heavy,
and we'd have to re-engineer the whole roofing system
of the house.
So these are made out of a composite,
so that they're lighter.
I think I like the one that looks more like actual terracotta.
Yeah, I like this one.
[Dave] I'd like to rip these bushes out.
All the undergrowth is dead.
Conveniently, we still have a piece of heavy equipment here
that we can, I think, rip these bushes out
without a problem.
Get tight to the ground.
See if you can pick it up.
All right, now go back now that you got that
and dig in a little bit.
Keep going.
Now pick it up.
Look at that.
Now that we have these plants out,
the root balls are intact.
We can actually replant these, which I love,
so they will not be wasted.
We can get them replanted,
and they will go on to live a nice, happy plant life.
We got to do something cool on this entryway.
Like, this column, we've got to do something with it.
I almost think I could build something
to make it a really cool post.
-Yeah. -All right, I'll clean this up.
Appreciate you, man.
Hi.
It's Thursday, which means the big three kids
are at basketball practice,
and we're taking Char to horseback riding.
-Okay, Char, Whiskey is ready to be ridden. -I'm stuck.
Nice job.
Charlotte's been taking lessons for a couple months now.
She's been begging us for a horse for a long time,
and Dave Marrs says the best kind of horse ownership
is the kind where someone else owns the horse.
-That's right. -So we take her to go visit other people's horses
and ride them.
Good job. Put your heels down a little more.
Here they come.
You guys look good. I think they're finishing up.
Very good. Now get them on a walk.
This is definitely the kind of horse ownership
that I am all into.
We go enjoy them for an hour, and then we go home.
Mom, Mom, can you hold it flat in your hand? Like this?
No.
There, there you go. There.
Denise and Pepe's house, we want it to feel like
they are back in Peru, but here in Bentonville.
So we're painting the house a beautiful, soft white color.
We have the clay tile-looking shingles going on.
And back at our barn, we've got some cool projects
brewing for the backyard.
The Estrada house would not be complete
without the chicken coop.
-Hey, babe. What's this? -Hey.
I went to the feed store.
I was actually in there getting stuff for the sheep,
and I saw this, and I was like,
usually build the chicken houses,
but...
I thought I would buy it.
-You modify it? -Jenny's going to have me modify it
six ways to Sunday anyway.
So I bought the chicken coop,
and now I will make it what you want.
Okay, so we have to paint this.
You can't leave it this color.
It needs to be white like the house.
And we have to, have to, have to
find a chicken that rides a bicycle.
-Do you ever? -Every time she laughs.
All she's envisioning is the chicken pedaling the bike.
I know. I mean, I love this family.
I love this house project.
But, darn it if I don't love this chicken on the bike.
But we need to find a bike.
Charlotte has one up in her room for her dolls.
Oh, yeah.
Can you go grab a chicken? I'll go grab the bike,
and we'll test it out real quick.
-Yeah, I can do that. -Okay.
Oh, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck.
Oh, yeah.
All right, Chickaletta, time to ride this bike.
If you can do it, you're going to make a lot of dreams come true.
[Jenny] I got the bike.
-Okay. -You got the chicken. Okay.
There's no pressure, Chickaletta.
Okay, the only thing that could go wrong
is that there's no seat.
Otherwise, this is foolproof.
Okay, Chickaletta, are you ready?
Look, look, Dave, Dave, Dave. Dave, Dave, it's working.
It's working. It's working.
Look, she's so happy. She loves it.
I'm pretty sure if I let go of her,
she's going to take off, though.
-Chickaletta, good job. -[clucks]
I think we let the Estradas work on this.
We just provide the house and the chickens.
Can we focus on the fact that Chickaletta just rode a bike?
-Give her a kiss. -Good job.
-No, no, don't. -Give her a kiss.
-She'll poke my eyes out. Stop it, stop it. -One little kiss.
Good job, Chickaletta.
You're a hero.
[laughs]
[Dave] We're at the Estrada house,
and we're putting in beautiful floors
that'll really brighten and unify the space.
Hey, babe.
-Hey. -Floor's looking so good.
-It's looking good, right? We're getting there. -Yeah.
-How's the bathroom? -I'm finishing up in there.
-I'm not done yet. -Sheetrock's done.
Oh, look at the shower. It looks pretty.
-Yeah. -Okay.
[Dave] About ready to start tile.
All right, now the cabinets come tomorrow,
so I've got to come up with a paint color.
Here, hang on. Let me show you.
Okay, these are real stones.
-I love it. -Can you hold that up on the wall,
so that's going to be our backslash.
-Man, that stuff's heavy. -This is going to look amazing.
I just have to figure out what color.
That's real stone.
I know, for the couple uppers that I have.
-It's really heavy. -Here, just set it here.
I don't want to go white-white,
because I think it could be really too matchy.
It's a good Peruvian color.
Like the terracotta colors.
Right, but not on the cabinets.
With the wood.
The wood takes over the terracotta.
Okay, I have my paint deck in the car.
All right, what about terracotta color?
I don't know who just said that.
-But, okay, the wood... -It was this guy right here.
I feel like these cabinets need to be neutral.
They need to be something really soft.
Not stark white, but like a nice, soft, warm color.
Okay, go, it's a contest.
Who can find the color the quickest?
Done.
That one's too brown.
-What do you think, that one? -I think this one.
-But... -That's more like...
-That has too much red in it. -Is that too pink?
-Yep. -That one has too much brown.
-Brown is the new red. -Who says that?
[Dave] I'm going back to work. Love you.
Who says brown is the new red?
I don't even know what that means.
[Dave] Don't second guess, your first choice, ever.
You really done?
Okay.
[Jenny] At Denise and Pepe's house,
the new white oak cabinetry
is being installed in the kitchen.
We're going to leave the lower cabinets and island natural
and paint the upper cabinets in dining room built-ins.
But I really need to make some progress in the backyard.
-Hey. -Hey, how's it going?
-Got some samples for you. -Oh, good, okay.
So I'm here meeting with Tyler.
Tyler is our landscaper for this project,
and I want it to feel like a courtyard
that you would find in Peru.
I really just want this space to feel unique and welcoming.
I know they're going to use it all the time.
-So, yeah, let's see these. -Yeah.
I think they'll look pretty good.
-They're a three-piece paver. -Okay.
Tumbled, so they got that kind of
-old-world kind of look. -Yeah.
I think they would go pretty nice with the roof.
-The clay, yeah. -A little bit of red.
-A little orange. -Yeah, there's a little bit. It's not too much.
I like that. I do like the tumbled look.
-I love it. Perfect. -All right.
-Sounds good. -Perfect.
What do you think about maybe a couple of planters
on either side? You could do some climbing plants, maybe?
That would be nice. I think that would be really pretty, so it feels old.
-Yeah. I love that. -Okay.
The patio is going to be almost 400 square feet.
Pepe and Denise both said they want a space out back
where they can have meals, hang out with friends,
and just enjoy life.
So we got a lot of work to do back here,
but it's going to be awesome.
-Sounds good. -Okay.
-All right. We can handle it. All right. -Thanks, Tyler.
The inside of Pepe and Denise's house
is starting to take shape.
The dining room cabinets are being painted,
and we ended up going with a soft shade of gray.
A white quartz countertop is going in,
which will be perfect for all the cooking
the Estradas have planned.
In the bathroom, a marble hexagon tile
is being installed in the dome shower,
which is going to look amazing.
Now we need to freshen up this post on the front porch,
so we're going to see what we have available
back on the farm.
-Find a post. -Yes.
A nice solid wood post will help warm it up
and add some of the wood elements
that you'd find in a typical Peruvian house.
I know I've got a bunch, but I'm pretty sure they're buried.
This barn, that's where I dry all of the lumber
from the trees that are either blown down by a storm
that we have to remove when we're building a house.
I've got this giant pile here of old beams.
-Oh, those are pretty. -These are trees that we took down with that last storm.
-Those are big. What about that one? -There's some little...
-6x6s, 8x8s underneath there. -Can I get in here?
This one here is pretty good.
It's a decent size, eight inches.
So I do have this one from Angie and Rob's tree.
-Oh, that's pretty. -It's giant.
When we built Rob and Angie's, there was a mega tree,
this huge pin oak that we had to take down.
We took it out, milled it up over a year ago.
This is the remnants of the tree.
-Watch your fingers. -I know.
Put like that facing the street.
It's almost 10 inches wide and seven inches deep.
Is it tall enough?
I think so. I think that's like eight feet.
I'm sure this is, it's plenty.
Yeah, this is over 10.
So I wonder if we could take it down just a hair.
I think it's a little big.
It feels really big for that tiny, little porch.
Well, I've got the beam saw.
I mean, I can cut it down in size.
-You want me to make it seven by seven? -Yeah.
It'll take me a hot minute, but I'll get it all cut up.
-Cool. Love it. -Done. Love it, love it, love it.
-It's amazing. -Here they are.
[laughs]
Do you want to go inside?
-Let's do this. -Okay.
Wow.
-[Pepe] Oh, my word. -[Denise] I love it.
All right.
Start with this.
Today it's all about the garden beds for the Estrada house.
Can I just say I love the Estradas?
They're amazing. From Peru, they love chickens.
They love gardening.
So we are actually going to build them
a couple raised garden beds
and then a chicken coop.
I'm going to just set these guys in here
and then double it up.
I'll put some supports across so it's strong.
Super simple, straightforward to build.
I'm using cedar, so it'll last a long time.
It looks really good.
Start with our bottom.
Lots of glue, lots of nails.
Just trying to figure out exactly how I wanted to do this.
I do want to put a little gap.
I want water to be able to fall through the bottom.
Worst thing you can do to a plant is drown it in water.
I will build a steel frame once I get these boxes built
that they set right into, and it'll look really cool.
This last nail in.
So this is the basic box right here.
I'm going to build the corner bracing on the insides
to really keep it safe and secure,
and then a steel frame underneath.
Let's go get this stuff for number two.
At the Estrada house, we are in the homestretch,
and it's looking great.
Outside, the stone courtyard is coming to life.
Inside, all the cabinet doors are installed
and the hardware is on.
The bathroom floor tile's in, and it looks amazing.
And in the kitchen, that natural stone backsplash
is going in behind the range.
And we've got the electrician here
installing all the fans and lighting,
but we're on another very important mission.
Josh is hooking us up with four of the sweetest chicks.
Jenny and I, we have a connection
in, you know, the chicken trading industry.
I told him, I was like, hey, if there are any chickens
that look like they're wearing a helmet or boots,
they would be preferable. Oh, babe, there he is.
It's weird that we're meeting on a random side road
to make a chicken exchange.
This only happens in Arkansas.
-Hey! -Hey, hello.
-How are you? -What's up, man?
Josh, he literally raises the nicest chickens
-you've ever met. -Come here, baby.
-[clucking] -[Josh] Come here.
-Oh, babe. -Oh, look at those.
Oh, yeah.
-Yep, she's got feathered feet. -[Jenny] Oh, that's cool.
[Dave] What if I were a handlebar?
Oh, yeah, that could work.
Look, she just looked at me, like, I am going to kill you.
-No. -Okay.
All right, are we ready to take them to their permanent home?
-Yes, we are. -All right.
-Yes, we are. -Okay.
Say goodbye to Dad, ladies.
You're going to go to someone that will love you just as much.
[Jenny] Do you think chickens can be trained?
I've seen chickens do some things that I never thought
chickens would do, so it wouldn't surprise me.
They learned the sound of my truck.
So now when I pull up the road,
they all come running out because they know
Dad usually has treats.
-Ah. -So that's the thing.
-Treats. All right, we'll see you later. -Bye, ladies.
Ladies, get ready. We're about to start training.
[Dave] Did you see those ladies? They looked ready to learn.
Dave?
What's going on? Hey, buddy. How you doing?
He's not feeling so great. Well, I just talked to Pepe.
He shared some sad news.
-Denise's mom passed away. -Oh, no. That's awful.
I was asking Pepe about her,
and he said she loved to be outside.
She loved trees. So I was thinking, what if we plant
a tree in her honor in the backyard,
and then maybe you could build, like, a bench?
-Absolutely. -Of Denise's mom.
So I've got that beam.
Let me grab it. And this is the scrap that's left over.
-Oh, that's so pretty. -So it's kind of live edge
on one side.
Oh, that's so pretty. You can make a bench out of that.
Yeah, it's got just tung oil on it.
Maybe cut some stumps or something.
That'd be cool. Just real natural.
Well, I can call Tyler and get a tree.
-Okay. -If you work on the bench.
-Yeah, absolutely. -Okay, bye.
-Thanks. -Get feeling better, Lukey.
Today I am at Pepe and Denise Estrada's house.
Denise recently lost her mother.
So Jenny and I want to do something to honor her memory.
I love the tree.
Oh, it's pretty.
Do you have to do anything with the roots?
We just did it. We spent 30 minutes digging a hole.
[Jenny] Pepe said Denise's mom loved cherry trees.
It's so perfect.
-Hey, man, I appreciate it. -Thanks. Thanks a lot.
-Yeah, you're welcome. -Thank you.
All right, it's time. Final little touch ups here.
-Yep. -Final moments to get everything perfect
before Pepe and Denise arrive.
Backyard is coming together incredibly.
Hold on.
Quit getting all frumpy with me. I'm taking you home.
I'm taking you to your other friends.
The chicken coop.
I think it really works well with Denise and Pepe's house.
And this house is beautiful.
It's so warm. It's so welcoming.
Cute.
-It's really good. -And it's such a reflection of who Pepe and Denise are.
Cannot get over this stone backsplash.
I love it.
I really think they're going to love it.
Oh, my gosh, Pepe.
-Excited? -Yes, of course.
Ready?
I am ready. It looks amazing.
I don't think we'll recognize it.
We're almost there.
Oh, is that them?
-Oh, my gosh. -It's amazing.
-There they are. -Amazing.
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
-Are you excited? -Yes.
-Oh, my gosh. -It's amazing.
-There they are.
[Denise laughs] I love it.
-Hello. -Wow.
-Hi. -Are we at the same place?
Oh, my gosh. That looks great.
-Oh, God. -[Pepe] Oh, I love it, love it, love it.
Does it feel Peruvian?
-Yes. -Yes.
We were saying that in the car.
-[Jenny] We knew the color was going to change, -[Pepe] Oh, my word.
but I didn't realize how much different it could look.
-Yes. -Yeah, so bright now, right?
-Yes. -It is completely different.
-Yeah. -The house was always there.
We just had to get rid of some bushes.
We had to paint it this nice, bright color,
-and the roof set it free. -Oh, the roof is amazing.
[Dave and Jenny] That looks great.
-[Denise] And I like the shutters. -[Dave] Thank you.
-[Jenny] Oh, good. -And the door.
It's beautiful. Isn't that pretty with the wood?
Yes. Dave also replaced that post that was there.
-Yeah. -This is an old beam that we had in the barn
that we were able to reuse it here.
It adds so much character and warmth.
It's that welcoming spirit that you guys have
-and that you wanted for this home. -Love it, love it.
-Do you want to go inside? -Let's do it.
-Okay. -We can't wait.
Wow.
Oh.
-[Pepe] Oh, my word. -[Denise] I love it.
Look how beautiful those baskets are.
It's amazing. Oh, look at that llama.
[Denise laughs] I love it.
[Pepe] And look at the pillows. They look like Peruvian pillows.
-Oh, you made that happen. -Yeah.
[Pepe] It's amazing.
-[Jenny] We have the new flooring, which is beautiful. -Oh, yeah, look at that.
Light and very warm.
And it's just a very welcoming space now.
And then we have this beautiful bookshelf
that's your focal moment in this room.
-Lots of Peruvian-inspired fabrics -Look at that.
-and colors throughout -Yeah.
because I really wanted this to honor the history
that you two shared in your home country.
-I love it. -I love it.
And look at the... Let's go look. Yeah.
-Bagels. -Yes.
Best demo day surprise ever.
Look at this beautiful countertop.
Finally, our friends can sit with us while we cook.
-[Denise] Yeah. -[Pepe] I love it.
This kitchen was so tiny.
And now it looks huge.
-[Jenny] I know. -[Denise] It's so big.
-Yeah. -Tons of storage in here.
-It's all white oak. -[Denise] It's going to be so fun.
Like, we can just sit here and do our cooking
and talk with our guests.
[Jenny] We incorporated the stone backslash
to really bring in those organic elements.
-You have lots of woods and natural fibers -Mm-hmm.
and really want it to feel like
something you would potentially find in Peru.
It's very Arkansas and very Peruvian.
-Oh, I love it. -It is.
-I love it. [whoops] -I love it.
You still have a nice big dining room.
Beautiful.
[Dave] Taking out that other small bedroom
and then turning it into the dining space,
it allowed us to do so much.
And you have storage here.
So it's like a nice, big deep pantry,
so this is really nice for storing, you know,
-all your platters can go in here. -Right.
Oh, I love it, love it, love it.
Would you like to go see your bedroom now?
-Sure, yeah. -Oh, yeah.
-Absolutely. -After you.
Yeah.
Wow. Look at this.
-[Denise] Amazing. -[Pepe] Oh, my word.
[Pepe] I love it.
[Pepe] It seems like a much larger room.
-[Jenny] It does, doesn't it? -[Pepe] Yes.
-Yeah. -And you have the flooring
that's throughout the house. Just kept it very consistent
-and warm. -Oh, yeah.
And then just all light walls, light ceiling,
and then bringing in the texture
with the woven shades and the bedding.
-[Denise] So pretty. -[Jenny] Just so it feels really warm.
And all that extra closet space you asked for.
-I love it. -Oh, I love it.
Okay, if you love the bedroom...
Yeah, a room is a room is a room.
-You're gonna love the bathroom. -The bathroom's amazing.
-Oh, boy. -Okay, let's see, let's see.
Oh, wow. Look at this.
Look at the tiles.
-I'm speechless, Jen. -[Denise] Look at the shower, Pepe.
-[Pepe] This is really, really cool. -Beautiful.
-[Pepe] I love the stone floor. -I love it.
This tile talks to me.
-[laughs] -It really, really does.
[Jenny] Oh, I love that.
The tile is a little bit bold, but it's just this...
-[Pepe] It's perfect. -Peruvian feel, right?
-Yeah. -And then the dome-shaped shower
is very different and unique.
[Denise] Very pretty.
Okay, we have one more space to show you.
-Come on, we gotta go out back. -All right.
-Oh, my word, I can't wait to see that. -All right.
Oh, wow.
Amazing.
-[Pepe] Oh, my. -[Denise] What a difference.
It was a train wreck of a backyard.
Oh, it's so beautiful.
-I love it. -We know you like to eat,
-so we want to do some little raised garden beds. -We do like to eat.
-Look at this. This is perfect. -Yes.
-Rosemary and veggies. -Yes.
-Oh, my word. -[gasps]
Oh, my God.
[laughs]
They're chickens. Yay! I love it.
-[clucking] -There's four.
-Four chickens. -Yes.
-Amazing. -Four lovely ladies.
Oh, hi, girls.
How are you?
Now you need to train them.
-[clucking] -Yeah.
Get them on that bike.
[exclaiming]
That's what I'm saying! That's been my goal.
Oh, my gosh. That is so cool.
And we have this lovely courtyard
because you told us when we first walked through here
that you wanted that feel from Peru,
where you come out, you spend time as a family,
you eat meals.
You have the Peruvian-inspired fountain
with the mosaic tile.
Really just wanted this to be a space
that's warm and welcoming and an extension of your home
and where you're gonna be able to welcome family and friends.
-You nailed it. -Yeah, thank you so much.
We know, you know, about your mother,
-and we're so sorry. -Yeah.
We planted a tree in her memory.
-Oh, look at that. -I know you said she--
-We can go check it out. -Oh, yes.
-It's so pretty for her. -Oh, she's happy.
-She's happy as we speak. -Yeah.
[Jenny] And Dave built you a bench
where we just can imagine you sitting out here
-and remembering her. -Thank you.
-Thank you so much. -I'm so sorry.
Oh, yeah.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
It's really very hard for me
to pick any particular spot that's my favorite.
I think they're all my favorite.
Dave and Jenny, thank you.
Thank you so much for treating us so kindly.
-Do you like it? -Yeah, it's changed so much.
Yeah? Come on in. Hi, Laura.
-This is great. -Oh.
Our family is gonna be so excited to come
and stay with us and enjoy this beautiful home.
I love that backsplash. That stone is awesome.
Look at the sink.
-Great people. -Yes.
-Great people. - [Jenny] There's so many good things ahead
for Pepe and Denise in this home.
But most importantly...
[chickens clucking]
We're gonna have bike riding chickens, people.
Oh, wow.
I just still am, like, kind of in shock.
[Pepe laughs]