[Joe] Caroline!
Hello, look who it is!
Hey, guys.
[Jenny] Today, we're at Joe' because I had long ago promised Charlotte
that we would go to Mr. Joe' and Miss Pat's
to ride their horse.
It's her birthday coming up.
Charlotte is obsessed with all things horses.
And all she wants to do is actually get a horse,
but we're not getting a horse, so she's going to ride a horse.
[Pat] This one is Opie.
[Charlotte] Hi, Opie.
[Pat] That's a girl.
[Jenny] Good job, Char.
-[Charlotte] He's so big. -[Pat] He is so big.
[Charlotte] And handsome.
Hold on, buddy.
You guys are doing great.
[Jenny] I'm not as brave as Charlotte and Luke.
'Cause when I was a kid, I rode a horse one time and I fell off.
You're more than welcome to give Opie a try.
[Charlotte] Yeah, Mom. I think you'd be good.
-Should I try it? -Yeah.
After I'm done.
All right, all right.
All right, let's go.
-You're sure he's not gonna buck me off? -No.
Okay. Oh, gosh, Joe.
-Oh, gosh. This was a terrible idea. -Okay.
Joe, you're supposed to be helping.
Joe, I don't know what I'm doing.
Joe?
Joe? Joe? Joe?
-Joe? -Pull him back, say "Whoa."
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where are we going, buddy?
Whoa, he's not listening, Joe.
He's not listening.
-All right. -[Joe] Okay.
-Oh. -That's how you slide off.
-Whoo! -[Joe laughing]
[Jenny] You know,
Opie's a pretty nice horse.
I would rather be on the ground, though.
I like to pet him.
I just don't necessarily like to ride him.
[Pat] So, now how is this, Jenny?
This is much more my speed.
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Hey! Oh, oh, oh ♪
-I'm excited to go see Mike and Jennifer. -I know.
I am, too.
We are driving up to Jennifer and Mike's house.
I actually met Jennifer a few years ago
when she started this busine
where she comes and sets up birthday parties for kids all over town.
She has done so much for our family, for our kids.
Created these amazing experiences,
so we need to make a great experience for her.
-For their family. -Yup.
Feels like she's always the one coming to help us out.
-So... -I know.
You know, her husband's from Australia.
He was an Olympian, too, right?
Oh, my gosh, yes.
He was an Olympic track runner.
[Dave] It's a cool little neighborhood.
[Jenny] It's beautiful.
-[Dave] Hey, guys. -[Jenny] Hey.
Look at you guys, you match your house.
-You're color-coordinated. -[Jennifer laughing]
I don't know if that's a good thing.
-Hello. Good to see you. -Hey.
-So this is it. -This is it.
This is our lovely house.
I'm Jennifer, this is my husband, Mike.
Uh, we've been married for about 15 years
and we live in Bentonville, Arkansas.
[Mike] I'm from Melbourne, Australia
and I'd come over here to the University of Arkansas in 1996.
We were both athletes at the University of Arkansas.
[Jennifer] I played volleyball.
[Mike] I ran the 5,000 meter
Lucky enough to be a nine-time all-American
and went back to Australia and represented my country in the Sydney Olympics.
We've got three kids. Lachlan is 12,
Bronwyn is almost nine
and Eliza is six.
We moved in in 2016.
We love, like, the kind of open floorplan where we can see the kids.
But with the kids growing up, they kinda need their own space.
[Jennifer] We're kinda switching gears.
We don't have, like, the bab toddler stage anymore.
We're going into, like, the tween stage
and I feel like the house just isn't, kind of, accommodating anymore.
All three bedrooms are on on side of the house right now
As they're getting older, we would definitely like to kinda separate,
you know, Mom and Dad on one side of the house, keep the kids on the other side.
Let's start with the boring part.
How much money do we have to spend on this project?
Our budget is $180,000.
-Okay. All right. -Okay.
That's healthy.
What do we need to do outside?
[Jennifer] Definitely needs paint job done.
Brighter or darker color, I don't really think that we care either way.
It just needs to be a different color than this one.
-[Dave] Yeah. -[Jenny] Okay.
We've got some water that comes down
when it rains heavily and it just hammers that front section of the house.
[Jenny] Oh, my gosh. Yeah, this obviously has been damaged.
[Dave] Oh, my gosh.
-[Jennifer] Not really attached. -[Jenny] Oh, my gosh.
[Dave] That's a problem.
It'd be nice to have this come out some to give you better coverage.
Okay, so the plan outside he then is extend this porch.
Then, we'll paint.
Get you new lighting and update the landscaping.
I think that would really he kind of give it some life.
[Jennifer] That'd be amazing
-[Jenny] All right, let's go inside. -[Jennifer] Okay.
-Here it is. -[Dave] Yeah, yeah.
Oh, this is so pretty.
[Jenny] I just love the mode simplicity, that, like, just hint of minimalism.
And just light colors, is that what you want in here?
-Yeah, we definitely feel that way. -Okay.
-[Jennifer] That sounds amazing.
So, let's just start with the living room.
[Jennifer] We have this behemoth of a fireplace.
Yes, you do.
And it's just so heavy.
-[Jenny] It is. -And this sticks out so far.
-But you like the idea of having a fireplace. -Yeah.
Just maybe not wood-burning, like gas or electric.
-Exactly. -Gas or electric.
And maybe make it a little bit more modern.
[Dave] What about the floors?
[Jennifer] Outdated and dark We would love to see them updated.
So, that's in the living room. What about, here we have is dining.
See you've got crafts, I love that.
-Painting, Play-Doh. -Oh, yeah. I love that.
Do you guys like having the kids' stuff here?
No, we would probably like to have it
-closed up. Yes. -Make this a dining space.
-[Dave] So this is all just kind of a refresh in here. -Yes.
[Jenny] So the plan for the living and dining room is ju to keep this simple
and natural modern style.
We'll replace the flooring throughout.
Modernize this fireplace.
Not exactly sure how yet, but we'll think of something
And then, we'll make the dining area its own separat space for eating.
And move the kids' crafts somewhere else.
Let's look at the kitchen.
Wow, this is a really big space, you guys.
[Jennifer] Yeah.
So, we've got this lovely piece up here.
I feel like if all of this was gone,
you could take this kitchen and go
-out further with it. -A little further.
Yeah, we would love that.
What would you like to see in here?
[Jennifer] Definitely more counter space, like maybe an island.
It is a bit dark in here, we feel.
And so a lighter color
would bring out a little bit of that kinda natural light
-that we do get from our windows. -I agree, yeah.
Anything else that you feel like you need in your kitchen?
We drink a lot of tea.
Is that an Aussie thing?
My parents are English.
-So they're kind of sticking with their kettle. -Oh!
Stop it. All of my accents are gonna merge.
It's just all the worlds colliding. I love this.
Do you know what you call a cup of tea?
-No. -A cuppa.
-A cuppa. I love that.
If we had like a little tea station, that'd be really fun.
Do you use different teas?
Or you use just one kind of tea?
So, I love a good, strong English tea.
We feel like we eat a little bit healthier
and we may go some herbal tea, as well.
-Life's all about balance. -Yeah, balance like
-coffee and wine. -[Jennifer laughing]
So, you're a lot healthier than I am.
But also you're an Olympic athlete and I'm not.
So, the plan for the kitche is really just updating everything.
We'll remove the soffits and bump out the kitchen
to give you a lot more usable space in here.
New cabinets, new countertops.
New lighting, new appliances
-An island. - [Jennifer whispers] Ye
And some sort of tea statio for your cuppa.
Oh, ho. Put the kettle on.
All right, so.
I really wanna go see this, 'cause I see kids' stuff.
And I also see some tape and cardboard and I'm very intrigued.
Yeah, so this goes into the sunroom.
This is the girls' area.
It doesn't have heat and air
So we have to, like, bring in space heaters during the winter.
And so it's just not really a year-round...
Well, I feel like this space heater...
So, that's ventilation.
We're gonna embrace this room as a part of the house.
We need to replace all these.
-That would be great, too. Yeah. -Yeah.
I would love to have more flow into this area.
[Dave] So, I mean, this was original exterior of the house, right
-Exactly. -So I think we could
set the beam up on top of the old roof.
It comes out here at the same level as in the house.
Try to extend the wood out through here.
The other thing is, you mentioned the kids and crafts over in the dining room,
If we open this up,
you're at the island, you can see the kids here.
That becomes a dining room and this becomes, you know, the kids' still playroom,
but then, as they get older it's more their space.
That would definitely be an awesome idea to grow into the space for them.
[Jenny] So, the plan here is to potentially open this wall up
as much as we can to create a nice flow from the house into this room.
Replace all the windows.
Get some wood flooring.
And then figure out a way to kind of make this a multi-functional space
that will grow with the kids
[Jennifer] Love it.
-Look at that, that is so cool. -This is, uh...
This is my uniform that I wore at the Sydney Olympics.
-[Jenny] Amazing. -[Mike] And representing
-Australia and-- - [Jennifer] Not sure if it would still fit.
Definitely wouldn't fit now.
I was gonna say, those look like some short shorts.
A little bit too Daisy Duke for me.
My butt cheeks would be hanging out.
I don't think you have butt cheeks hanging out when you're an Olympian.
I think they're... fit.
You should not have done it that way.
So does this room then become like a memorabilia room?
No, uh, currently this is a space that our son,
and sometimes the girls, play video games.
But we would like to kick them out of the area
and claim it back for Mom and Dad.
We would like to have this space
and this little storage room behind us
-turned into our main suite. -[Dave] Okay.
[Jennifer] So, this is my small business room.
But we're ready to move that into, like, a storage unit
and turn this into our main bedroom.
We were hoping that you guys might be able to take some of the space from the garage.
-Yeah. -Okay.
Tell us more about what you guys are envisioning.
So we would love a walk-in closet, our own bathroom,
and, um, walk-in shower.
Can we go check out the garage real quick so I can see where we're at there?
-All right, yeah, that is a big garage. -Yeah.
[Dave] We could probably take eight or nine feet of this,
which would give you about 20 feet in the main bedroom, too.
[Jenny] So, really the plan is to steal some space from this sunroom
and take some of your garage
And create a main bedroom,
walk-in closet and bathroom
with vanity and walk-in shower.
We got some figuring to do here.
And you guys, you guys have some moving to do.
-[Jennifer] We do, just a little. -[Mike] Yeah.
I would offer to help, but
-we have to... -But we're gonna walk right out the garage.
We're out of here.
His parents are British, Dave.
He lived in Australia.
You are gonna get so many annoying accents this renovation.
Wait, how do you say goodbye in Australian?
-See ya, mate. -See ya, mate. There you go.
See ya, mate.
We're going to be hanging out with our mates.
It's gonna be so annoying.
It already is.
[Jenny] VIP parking I guess, that was nice.
-[Matt] After you guys. -Thanks, guys. Wow.
We're here at Jennifer and Mike's, ready to get started.
Day one. There's a lot to do.
There is a lot to do.
[Jenny in Australian accent] Welcome to the Power house, mate.
We're going to cook up some shrimp on the barbie.
[normally] Why are we talking this way?
[normally] Because, Mike Power is from Australia.
Was that Australian?
-Sounded like British. -[in accent] That was Australian, mate.
Inside, mates. Let's mosey on in.
-All right. -All right.
So, the fireplace.
I'm gonna be covering this stone up, and, or removing it.
I think we're gonna have to just break these pieces off.
-On the bottom? -Remove the hearth.
And then modernize it.
So I think grab some tools and then we'll get that fireplace out of here.
Now, I don't know what we're gonna be able to save with this stuff.
What, what's... All right, we're just doing it.
[Jenny] The plan is evolvin on the fireplace.
We need to remove the hearth.
[Dave groans]
Get rid of the extra stone.
And then, we're either gonna cover it with some sort of stucco
or a plaster,
or maybe some vertical-slatted wood treatments.
I'm not sure, it could go either way.
There could be 3 or 4 more "or"s before we're done with that.
We really have a lot more question marks with the fireplace
than we do answers.
-[man] See this? -Electrical?
[man] Yeah.
-Jenny? -Yeah?
Got a problem here.
All the electrical for these fans is running through this hearth.
We can't have the fans or we're gonna have to redo all this.
[Dave] All the electrical for these fans is running through this hearth.
We can't have the fans or we're gonna have to redo all this.
I don't know, do we need the fans?
[Dave] It's nice. It pushes air out into the room.
We're gonna have a gas fireplace.
Do you need a fan for a gas fireplace?
Are you sure, we're not gonna need them at all?
[Jenny] No, we're getting rid of the fans.
Crisis averted.
All right, carry on.
[man] It ain't as bad as what he thought.
It was so cool. Arkansas natural stone.
Why didn't we just leave it that way?
'Cause they don't like it. They asked us to get rid of it.
Maybe it's one of those situations where they don't know what they don't know.
Right, maybe they don't realize how much they like it.
Maybe we just need to leave it and say, "Here's the deal."
-We know you hated this. -We know you hated it.
But how about now?
Kitchen, everything goes.
Whole lot of demo going on.
There it goes.
[Jenny] I mean, it just is complete chaos.
I feel like I just gotta get out of the way.
I'll come in when they're done and I can clean up.
I'm just gonna let the guys go to town, work out their aggression with sledgehammers.
Get it, Chase!
Get it out!
[Dave] There, it's coming off.
That's the way to take it out.
Pretty easy kitchen we found here.
-Done. -Done.
-Do you wanna talk about in this room here? -Sure.
So I wanna go as far as we can without stealing too much from the kitchen.
-Okay. -I mean,
keep in mind, we're gonna have an island
and I would love for her to be able to look out here.
Okay.
Because this whole room is going to be the kids' new space.
Replace all these windows.
And I'm thinking, you know, we have kitchen, you have a kitchen island.
Maybe we create a little island here with seating
for the girls' crafts, so we have, like, craft storage within that little island.
Where they, you know, put their beads and their craft stuff.
-Let's not talk about beads. -[Matt] Yeah.
That's still a very sore subject.
After the 20,000 beads he bought for Kennedy.
Uh, I'm sorry, that you bought for our girls.
-No, he bought it first. -You did it first.
We did it first. We bought him a bead kit and it rolled all around Karey's car.
Oh, yeah, it fell open in the car.
Our niece was probably like four at the time.
[Dave] So, after that one incident, one mistake.
Every year, our kids get 50,000 beads.
Get 40,000 bracelets.
Whatever Matt can find that is sold in the thousands.
[both] And very small.
He does. And they are all over my house.
Every year we'll do that.
All right, so out here we've got all this opening up.
Bedroom in the center.
We're gonna have closet on this end.
I think we open up this wall, get rid of all that shelving in the [accented] garage.
Nice Aussie speak.
We'll open it up, see what we got.
So the sunroom I'm really excited about
because we're making a cool kids space.
It's gonna be opened up to the kitchen.
We can just gut the other ha of the sunroom that's going to now become a main bedroom
bathroom suite.
There it is.
[Jenny] Another day, another kitchen.
Looks like it's opened up, ready to go.
[Jenny] So, this kitchen, it is a good size. We're working with some space here
And I love how excited Mike got about telling us about tea.
We've done coffee bars, we've done wine storage.
We've done all these little different things in kitchens
but we've never done a tea station.
-Which makes your little heart so happy. -I know, it does.
I'm thinking over here, we take this piece out
and we actually redo this and create a little tea station.
Now, he loves tea, he's from Australia, mate.
-Okay. -And his parents are British.
So they love a cup of tea.
We could have maybe shelving above
or even have closed cabinetry and then have this open space.
But then we have something that, like, hides the kettle
and then there's maybe drawers that he could put his teabags.
-So like a hidden door in the back of it style. -Yeah.
I also thought about do we do some sort of, you know, those automatic faucets
-that have steaming water? -Mmm-hmm.
So I'm gonna look into that, but I think...
-something here for tea. -Okay.
-All right, thanks, Chris. Okay, bye. -Thank you, ma'am.
I really think the Power family is just gonna love
the progress we're making at their house.
The framing is going up.
We divided the sunroom in half to create a craft ar for the kids.
And took a piece of the gara for Mom and Dad's new main bedroom.
In the front, we're pouring new concrete
to give the Powers a bigger and more stable front porch.
So, we really need to figure out how to extend the roofline.
What are we gonna do about this?
I don't know, because my plan, I thought we could do some sort of porch that comes out.
So we got it level, we've got it secure and we've got it safe.
Can you just, like, bring that roofline out to tie into here?
I can, but I just don't think it's gonna give you the look that you want.
It's kinda challenging becau
the pitch of the roof is not that great.
So you can't really put a very dramatic dormer on there.
-Right. -Or a gable on the front
because it would go over the roof line,
so we have to get creative
-with how we build that front porch. -Yeah.
Yeah, I was picturing it coming out and like being at an angle on the roof.
I don't want to put a porch on there and make it look like an afterthought,
which is what I'm worried that we're doing.
This is the front of the house.
-I know. -This is a rough one.
[Dave] I'm struggling with this one.
I don't want to put a porch on there and make it look like an afterthought.
This is a rough one.
This front porch has given Jenny and I fits.
Joe, come outside with me.
We have not figured out the right way to create an entry for the Powers.
So, Dave was shooting down all my ideas of bringing out a front porch.
-Yeah. -Do you have any ideas, Joe?
[Joe] What if we just ran some two by sixes from the top,
and bring them down on top the roof.
And then it just comes out. It would work, right?
-I think it will. -[Jenny] I'm gonna let you propose it to Dave.
I'll bet you he'll say, "Joe, that's a great idea."
What are we betting?
I'll buy you a beer.
[laughs]
-Let me go talk to Dave first. -Okay. Tell him to come here.
Dave!
[Joe] Dave!
[Jenny] Come out here.
-What's up? -Joe wants to talk to you about something.
Joe had an idea he thought he wanted to run by you.
Metal posts, metal beam,
two by sixes on top, and run 'em down, just straight down.
So then we bring steel beam across here.
If we do steel, we can do just one post then.
Well, I'm also thinking of painting the house dark now,
so that it could tie in with the metal and feel more modern.
-Do you like it? -[Dave] I think it'll work.
[Jenny] Okay, you guys get to work.
I'm gonna run, I gotta get something I owe Joe.
-[Dave] Okay. -I'll be right back.
[Dave] We got a plan.
We can extend that entire porch.
By simply cutting back the existing porch,
and then we'll put new rafters
over the top of the roof,
and make it something that's a lot more inviting
and really just a lot more functional.
[Joe] Oh, good for her.
She's pulling in.
-He won a bet. -[Joe laughs]
It's the end of the day for Joe.
You're driving home, Chase.
[Chase laughs]
[exhales]
-What's your plan here? -We're gonna pull this thing off.
-Oh, yeah. -[Jenny] Oh, there you go.
You ready? One, two, three!
[laughs]
Just now that we've opened it up, it feels kind
-of nice out in the sun. -I know.
[Dave] We've got the fireplace in here.
[Jenny] Okay, Dave, I finally figured out what to do with this fireplace.
We're going to make this fireplace more modern.
I really want to incorporate some really natural elements.
Not get rid of the stone entirely, but we're gonna
cover it with some mortar
so that kind of looks like a concrete finish,
but it has that really natural texture to it,
and then leave the stone exposed,
around the firebox.
White wash that much of it, so you see the stone,
-but then the rest of it is clean. -[indistinct] right there.
We're making decisions.
Moving on.
-Oh, I forgot to show you this. -I know, I was gonna say.
-I cut an opening. -Yeah.
I cut an opening over here.
-The game room. -[Jenny] Their son's little gaming room.
We took away Jennifer and Mike's son's gaming area
in order to give them a main suite.
And we were always in the back of our mind thinking,
we've got to find a spot
for his gaming area.
So, when we saw this extra closet off of the living room,
we knew this was a chance for us to create a fun space for their son,
and there's nothing more fun for a kid than a hidden space.
So now he can come in here.
We'll set it up so there's a TV, maybe we do some cool colors on the wall.
Bean bag chair.
-I love it. I love it. -[Jenny] I think it'll be great.
-And then here-- -So now I need you to build a cabinet.
Okay.
That is actually a door.
So that creates a secret room.
Draw it out.
Well, so, it's one big wall, right?
You have your TV here.
-Okay. -So this is the lower cabinet.
It looks like, when you're looking at it,
you have the same thing over here.
So I want the two cabinets at the end to have symmetry,
so they look just like tall storage cabinets,
-and they look alike... -Yeah.
...and then one of them just happens to be a super cool hidden space.
Little knob here, little knob here.
And this whole thing comes open.
Getting us into here.
[Jenny] Getting you into there.
I think it's cute.
Our boys would love this.
They would love to just sit in a closet and play video games.
-I think you're right. -It's true. I mean, it's weird, but it's true.
Okay.
-[Dave] All right. -[Jenny] No, this is great.
Looking good, looking good.
We are moving really fast in the Power home.
All the drywall is up in the new main suite,
and the rest of the house.
New light oak flooring is going down,
and those kitchen cabinets are going in.
The Powers are personal friends of ours.
So the pressure is on to make this renovation amazing.
Come on, come help us.
-What? -I'm waiting for you, okay, thank you.
Where are my helpers at?
[Charlotte] Right here.
Right here.
We're building a craft island for the Power kids,
and we figured who better than our own little crafters
to design it, so we're bringing in the experts.
Here's the deal.
We're making a craft table for some kids.
And what we need from you, Charlotte, is what is the ideal craft table?
What would you want on your craft table
A horse.
You want a horse drawn on the table?
Or a horse beside the table.
A real horse I would like more, but...
[Jenny] A real horse beside the table.
What do you think, Luke? What would you like in your craft table?
-Excavator. -[Dave and Jenny] An excavator.
We need an excavator.
So would you rather have doors that open up,
-or drawers? -Drawers.
I can see from this we need a washable surface.
We need wheels.
We need a heat lamp on top of there, so they can have baby chickens
and eggs that will hatch.
-No, they're doing crafts, not hatching chickens. -No.
[Dave] Okay, I think I have a really good plan here, Charlotte Marrs.
Thank you for your help.
-You're welcome. -It's been so great.
[Jenny] Let's go, Char. Luke's on the loose.
Hey, do you want to take that to draw the horse?
-No, I'm good. -No, you need that for all your notes.
-You don't want it? -Char, come on, we gotta go.
-Luke, wait. -[Charlotte] I'll be good.
I'll come back and draw it later.
Or maybe I should draw a pig.
No, horses are better, no, I should draw a pony.
Basically the same.
Feel like I need a nap.
At the Power house, we are totally transforming the look of the front porch.
The metal beam is going in and the roof is going up.
Inside, I installed the cabinets that Jenny wanted in the craft room.
The secret door is in.
And the tea cabinet is in place.
[rain pattering]
That's good.
We just have to hurry before it starts raining again.
Before it starts raining or before it rains harder?
[Matt] That.
Jennifer and Mike have told us that their girls love to do arts and crafts.
They love to sit at the dining table, color.
So Dave created this awesome island,
The girls can sit at it, they can store all of their craft supplies,
it rolls, it can be spun, it just does it all.
Yeah, so I think, you know, we're kind of creating the space for their boy,
in the secret room,
and the girls each have their own little prep area.
And that, my friends, is it.
[Matt] Jenny Marrs!
She's hiding in the play room.
Oh, I love it! I love the feet.
We did have to alter Charlotte and Luke's design a tiny bit,
but it's pretty cool.
I think we should cut a piece of this stuff.
Make it stronger, then if the kids are like you and I when we were little
-and they're jumping on top of it. -Climbing on it.
-So it doesn't break. -Well, they're just two little girls.
-I mean, they're not... -It's got three-quarter inch subfloor
that's what we would put down for a house.
-He's just trying to find fault with your design here. -I know.
I fixed everything growing up and Dave broke it all.
I think we ought to call up Dad and see who tore up what.
-I'll call. -[Dave] I already know what the answer's gonna be.
[line ringing]
[David on phone] Hi, Jenny.
Hey, David, how are you?
[David on phone] Good.
Good, I have a question for you.
This is a very important question.
When Dave and Matt were little,
who broke more stuff in the house?
[line ringing]
-Hi, Jenny. - [Jenny] Hey, David.
When Dave and Matt were little,
who broke more stuff in the house?
[David on phone] Probably Davie.
-Oh! -[others laughs]
Now outside of the house, I probably broke more.
Okay, what about outside of the house?
[David on phone] It probabl was Matt outside the house.
[all laugh]
I may have been a little rambunctious like my boys now.
All right, that was great, thank you.
Thanks for nothing, Dad.
You solved, you solved the bet.
[Jenny] Whenever you get ma at them for doing something your mom always says,
[imitates mother] "Davie! That's what you used to do."
I'm really gonna love when she hears you rendition of her voice.
-[imitates mother] "Davie!" -[both laugh]
[Matt] Pretty centered up here.
There's a lot going on at the Power house.
We installed the new front door, and we painted the exterior grey,
which is a nice softer alternative to black.
Inside, we painted the cabinets including the special tea cabinet
a soft shade of blue grey.
And Matt's helping the team install the quartz countertops.
Good?
In the main suite, we have fixtures being installed in the main bath.
And the walk-in closet is getting a custom shelving unit.
[Dave] We have got a front porch at the Power house
that is like three times the size that it used to be.
We've got the roof on, got the shingles on.
Get her done. Small grooves up.
All we gotta do is the car siding underneath.
Or down, small grooves down.
Oh, man, that's perfect.
Tim and I are gonna get started on it.
Matt'll be along soon, we'll get this thing finished up.
[Tim] So, we staining this, painting it?
[Dave] Um, no, we're staining it.
It'll look good, it'll bring a little warmth to this covered porch.
But your brother there, he's always got a meeting when there's work to be done.
Matt does mysteriously disappear quite often.
Unless it's playtime.
-Or dinner time. -[Tim] Yeah, he don't miss meals.
[Dave] All right, go ahead.
[Tim] Dave Marrs, that looks good.
-I'll take that all day long. -I like it.
-You can see the posts. -Yeah.
Were they were before. I wouldn't even call that a porch.
This is a porch.
Hey.
-Look who pulled up. -[Tim] You see who shows up when the last board went on.
You are kidding me, how did we call that?
[Tim] It's like he's got eyes in the sky watching what we get done.
-I timed it perfect. -See? That's your brother.
Last board went up and here he is.
[Matt] It looks amazing though.
I wished I could've helped you guys.
Yeah, I bet you do.
I'm not kidding, we put that last nail in and you pulled in.
[all laugh]
[Jenny] I'm gonna water this big one up here.
Luke, okay, come over and help me.
Oh, Miss Jennifer's here.
Since it's Charlotte's birthday, I've asked Jennife
to come set up one of her famous parties.
And she's also bringing along a box of the memorabilia
that her and Mike have collected over the year
from all of their athletic pursuits.
Brought you some of the memorabilia.
-From Mike and our athletic days. -Oh, yes, perfect!
-Yes. -Thank you.
Now that we're changing the spaces where the memorabilia was hung,
we need to find a way to incorporate it back into the house.
-And you brought the tent party. -Oh, yeah.
-You brought memorabilia and tents, I love it. -Thank you.
-All right. I'm gonna set this inside... -Yes.
-...and we'll start unloading. -All right, perfect.
These are little tents where Charlotte and her friends
are gonna sleep tonight.
-And me? -Yeah, maybe, if they let you sleep with them.
[Luke] I think they would let me sleep.
You do? You think the girls will let you sleep there too?
Here, it goes on like a pillowcase.
-Oh, oh, that's nice. -Yeah.
All right, so what is the plan for the memorabilia?
-Are you able to-- -Well, I can't tell you.
It's a surprise.
Obviously, I need to do something.
That's pretty cool that Mike was in the Olympics.
-[Jennifer] I know, it was awesome. -[Jenny] That's really cool.
[Jennifer] All right, so these are up.
-Okay. -And I'm gonna run out to the car
and grab a couple more things.
-And then we'll keep going. -Okay.
-Keep going. Okay. -[Jennifer] All right.
Look, it's gonna be so cute.
Charlotte's gonna love it, huh?
[girls giggling]
-Dad! -Oh, my God.
You guys woke me up.
At the Power house, a lot of our fixtures have arrive
and are being installed.
We're using a sleek chrome faucet at the kitchen sink,
and we're doing something really cool with the tea cabinet.
We are putting in an instant hot water faucet,
so anything they want to mak tea, it's right on tap.
-Hi, Jenny. Nice to meet you. I'm Sarah. -Hi! Nice to meet you.
Today I'm headed to meet with a local sign company.
I want to get a neon sign made
for the Power son's new gaming room.
So I know I sent you a photo, kind of an idea of what I was thinking,
but basically one of our home owners has a son
who loves to play video games.
I thought it'd be fun to put on the wall a neon like gaming controller.
Yeah, yeah, I actually have the pattern, let me pull it up.
Oh, good, okay. Cool.
All right.
[Jenny] Okay.
-[Sarah] So I'm thinking some classic blues. -[Jenny] Yeah.
-Yes. -Some green.
-[Jenny] Yes. -Orange.
Oh, I love this.
This is so fun.
[Sarah] True neon
is 100% made by a person.
There's no machine that can replicate it.
Just literally heat it up, blow air in as it's heating,
and then you start bending it?
-Mmm-hmm. -Okay.
[Sarah] Once it starts to get good and hot,
I'll take it over to the pattern.
Okay.
And kind of adjust it to fit.
[Jenny] So now you have that one, so now you just keep going?
We'll just keep going on down the line.
I cannot wait to see how this controller turns out.
-Oh. -And then that comes down.
[Sarah] You just bent your first piece of neon.
My boys would love this little gaming room
and this neon sign in particular.
-Thank you so much, it was so nice meeting you. -Yeah, of course.
I know their son, Lachlan, is going to love this.
I think this is gonna be a hit.
-Oh, my gosh! -[Mike] It's unbelievable.
-Oh, my gosh! -Wow!
What?
How did you do that?
[Jenny] Over at the Power house, crews are skim coating the fire place
to hide that bulky outdated stone.
In the kitchen, we have our pendants being installed
The backsplash tiles going u
We have a really beautiful tile going in in the main bathroom
in the new standalone shower.
And we're beginning work on a cool design focal point for the main bedroom.
Dave said he's ten minutes away.
Let's just get this thing started.
My original plan was to have these slats lining the wall.
And then to go up the wall on the ceiling,
but this ceiling is very low.
It's low if I can touch it.
So it's going to make it feel tighter.
The Power bedroom used to be half of the garage,
storage room, and their son's video gaming area.
So now it is a bedroom, but it doesn't really have any character.
[Matt] Okay, we'll cut three or four.
Like top to bottom.
Yeah, vertical will help make it look a little taller.
-Thought it was thinning with you did it. -It is, and taller.
So I was giving Chase some pro-tips.
From here on out, I'll be wearing stripes.
-I should be wearing stripes. -Yeah, pinstripes all day.
-Everybody, we should all just be wearing stripes. -[others laugh]
-I think it looks good. -Really good. I love it.
It's great. Good job, boys, good job. [claps]
We're down to the wire here at the Power house.
We have our low maintenance landscaping installed.
We have a nice relaxing fountain in
that gives a nice natural sound for the Powers to listen to.
And I'm super excited because the neon sign is finished
for the boy's hidden game room,
and I just can't wait for the Power family to see it.
I love neon art, [giggles] it's so cool.
-[Dave] Right here? -Sure, that's good.
-Okay. -Okay, look at this. Look at what I had made.
It's like a little coffee table book.
So we have all their sports photos...
-That's so cool. -...newspaper clippings.
I love that. That's awesome.
Numbers, isn't that cool?
-It's gonna go underneath here. -[Dave] Under there?
[Jenny] Just, you know, discretely showing off their coolness.
I think this house is a perfect family house.
Anytime you can remodel a house for a family
and add a lot to, just right to the bottom line, it means a lot.
[Jenny] You know, the Power family is all about family.
They're all about making memories together.
They have a done a lot for our family
And so we wanted to make this one really special.
I really think the Power family is going t love, love, love this house
Oh, it's Jennifer.
Hello?
-[Jennifer] Hey! -Hey! How's it going?
-[Jennifer] Really good. -Good.
[Jennifer] We're running a bit early, is that okay?
-[Jenny] Oh. Early, that never happens. -Like how early?
[Jennifer] Like, a couple minutes.
-Oh, gosh. Okay. -Oh.
[Jenny] Okay, we're, we'll come outside.
Okay, we'll see you in a minute. Okay, bye.
-[Jennifer] Bye. -[Jenny] Ahhh!
Okay. Okay, okay, they're early, Dave.
-[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh. -It's gonna be so crazy.
We haven't driven down this way in so long.
I'm so nervous.
I'm already tearing up!
-Okay, you can't start... You can't start crying. -[Jennifer] Okay.
[nervously] Okay, all right, okay, hurry, hurry.
Last chair.
-[Mike] Okay, here we go. -[Jennifer] Okay, okay.
Wow!
Oh, my gosh! That's like... [laughing]
-Wow. -[excitedly] What?
-[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh. -It's gonna be so crazy.
We haven't driven down this way in so long.
-[Mike] Okay, here we go. -[Jennifer] Okay, okay.
Oh, my gosh. They're here!
Wow!
Oh, my gosh. What?
[Mike] Wow!
Oh, my goodness.
-[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh. -Crikey, that is amazing.
[Jennifer] You got your little porch.
Oh, my gosh! There's like a water feature.
I need a Kleenex already!
[screaming excitedly]
-[Mike] It's brilliant! -[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh.
[Mike] Wow, you've done a lot. You've done a lot.
[Dave] We've done a lot. Come over here.
-[Mike] Love the porch. Now I can sit out there. -[women] Yeah. Yes.
And the little water feature.
-[Dave] Do you like that? -[Jennifer] I love it.
[Mike] Yeah, this is beautiful.
We really wanted to go modern out here.
I mean, the style of your house just really lends to that
and so that's why we went with the dark color
that I think really goes well with the stone.
Definitely.
[Jenny] And then, of course, you have your new front porch.
-Remember you had those little steps? -[Jennifer] Oh yeah.
We actually went with steel, we went with all solid wood car siding underneath here.
It's safe, it's supported, it's covered.
The color is so perfect.
-[Mike] There's something about that door that I like. -[Jennifer] Yes.
-[Jenny] Yeah, nice and modern. -Yeah, I love it.
-Yeah, it's gonna bring some light into that hallway. -[Jenny] Yeah, exactly. Yes.
-Let's go in. -Yeah, let's go on, yeah.
-[Mike] You go in first. -[Dave] We're following y'all.
Oh, my gosh, look at the floor.
Oh, my gosh!
-[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh. -[Mike] Wow.
And it's, like, built-ins, I can't... [laughing]
[Jenny] We have all these built-ins, you can see.
-So you have all this storage. -[Jennifer] All storage.
Go check out the fireplace though, it's so cool.
-[Mike] You've done wonders with this. -[Jennifer stammering]
[Jennifer] I had no idea what you were going to do with this
-and this is not anything on my radar at all. -[Mike] Wow.
It kind of looks, like, old world,
like you could find it in an old house somewhere
in like, Europe, but then you could also find it in Australia.
In the outback, maybe.
-It does! It feels outback-esque. -[Jennifer] Yeah.
That new flooring to lighten and brighten.
-Everything feels lighter, doesn't it? -[Mike] Yeah.
-[Mike] It's unbelievable, unbelievable. -[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh.
I know how you were a college athlete
and you were in the Olympics. I mean, no big deal.
So, I went ahead and a little memento,
just something pretty that you can keep out all the time,
that you can brag about how cool your guys are.
-[Jennifer] Oh, this is awesome, thank you. -[Mike] Oh, look at that.
[Jenny] And the short shorts.
-[Jennifer] The short shorts. -[Mike] Oh, yeah, the short shorts.
This is awesome.
Thank you so much, this means a lot.
-You're welcome. -There's more of the house to see.
Go check out your kitchen!
-[Mike] Wow. -Oh, my gosh. I might wanna cook in here!
-Little more than chicken nuggets. -Wow.
-[Jenny] Yay! -[Jennifer] The color is perfect.
I didn't want anything too crazy for the backsplash or the countertop,
just kinda wanted it to be clean and subtle
and then your cabinets are what pops.
[Jenny in Australian accent] Crikey, we need a cuppa!
Come over here and you can open that up.
[Mike] Oh, wow. Jennifer, look at this.
[Jenny] So you got your little tea cabinet.
-[Jennifer] Aw! -[Mike] Look at how brilliant that is.
Oh, my gosh, there's a hot water...
-[Jenny] It comes out-- -[Mike] It's just straight hot water.
-[Jenny] Steaming hot. -[Jennifer] What?
-Beautiful. -We're so fancy.
-We are fancy. -[Jenny] Yeah, you are.
-And then when you don't need it you just-- -You close it away.
Yup.
-Put it away. -[Jennifer] Love it.
[Dave] We didn't forget about the kids.
Remember the girls used to do all their crafts in the dining table?
[Jennifer] Yes.
-[Jenny] They needed a proper craft room. -[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh.
[Jennifer] It's so charming in here. Like, look how cute!
[Mike] What a great use of space for these kids.
[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh. I know.
[Dave] Just in case the girls are working wherever.
Like, they can take this and you can just move it wherever you wanna go.
[excitedly] Stop!
It's like, if you have a party or something, it is totally moveable.
They can move it, it's not gonna mess up the floors.
-[Jennifer] That's ingenious, love it. -[Mike] Yes, yes, it is.
[Jennifer] Gosh and so much storage so, like, yes.
-[Jenny] Yes. -Everything can have a place.
[Mike] Oh, yeah.
The Aussie flag, front and center in this room.
-It is. Right when you walk in the front door-- -[Mike] Yeah.
-[Jenny] That's the first thing you notice. -[Mike] Yeah.
[Dave] Okay, but there is more of the house to see.
Past your kitchen.
[Jenny] And remember, this would have been the exit to your garage.
[Mike] Check it out!
-Oh, my gosh! -[Mike] Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah, let's go!
-Oh, my gosh. What? -Wow.
-[Jennifer] This is insane. -[Mike] How did this happen?
[Jennifer laughing] How did you do this?
[all laughing]
-Gosh, I love that-- -Beautiful wood, lighting.
[Dave] We left just, like, a natural cedar
so you'll always have, like, that nice smell.
It just adds a little feature.
[Jenny] I feel like it makes the room feel really serene.
We know storage is premium, so we got you a nice closet.
-Oh, my gosh. What? -Wow.
[Dave] Did you hear the echo?
-[Mike] That is-- -That's how big your closet is.
-This is-- -There's an echo in our closet!
Wow.
[Dave] Now we have to fill it.
-And the closet's amazing-- -But--
-The closet is amazing. -The bathroom's better.
[Jenny] You guys can go check that out.
-[Jennifer] Okay. -[Mike] Let's check.
-Oh, my gosh. -[Mike] Oh, a real shower.
[Jennifer] It's a real shower!
We haven't had a real shower in forever.
-Seriously? -We have the whole, like, bathtub shower combo--
-[Mike] A real shower. -[Jennifer] With the shower curtain.
-[Jennifer] Look at the floors! -Beautiful floor.
-[Jenny] Yes! -[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh.
-[Dave] Isn't it pretty? -[Jennifer] It's gorgeous.
Light fixture, what?
-[Dave] Isn't it cool? -[Jennifer squeals] This is amazing!
-One other thing. -Okay, how is there more?
-[Jenny] We have the girls, you know, they love to craft. -[Jennifer] Yes.
-And you remember, we took your son's gaming space away. -[Jennifer] Yes.
-[Jenny] So we had to give him a space, obviously. -Okay.
Oh, my gosh.
So, if you wanna just open this little door.
-[Mike] Wow! -[Jennifer] Whoa, stop it!
How did you do that?
-[Jennifer] What? -[Mike] Oh, yeah, he's gonna go nuts.
Oh, my gosh! How do you think of these things?
We channeled our 11-year-olds and we were like,
"They would like to hide in the closet
and play video games and eat Cheetos," so there you go.
Pressure's off. They have done a lot for our family,
so we wanted to make this one really special for them.
-I think they love it. -I think they love it.
-[Jennifer] Oh, my gosh. -[girls giggling]
What they've given to us, like, for years to come is unbelievable.
Like, how do you repay that?
Whoa.
[Jennifer] Are you ever gonna come out of that room?
-No. -[Jennifer laughing] No.
They've given us this home. that, like, our kids are gonna be able to grow into.
-It's amazing, isn't it? -[all] Yeah.
Isn't that special?
So we are so appreciative.