Oh, I have so many emails to go over.
God, Dave!
That guy pulled right out in front of me.
Gosh, why would you do that? It's not even funny.
I was trying to answer emails.
He pulled out in front of me. Wasn't my fault.
I feel like I'm the good driver in this situation.
- I was just being cautious. - Yeah.
Gonna give me whiplash.
I personally believe that I'm an excellent driver.
I think sometimes, you can just be a little aggressive when you're driving.
You just need to relax and enjoy the drive.
I will admit, the only thing that drives me a little bit crazy
is when someone drives below the speed limit in the fast lane.
You don't know what they're dealing with. They may be, you know, a first time driver,
they may have a new baby in the backseat and they're scared,
so they're driving slow.
If there's ever, ever a "baby on board" sign in the rearview mirror...
but no, I slow down.
Mike and Kelly, they're renovating a barn,
which is pretty cool.
It's an old gambrel barn too,
- which is-- I love those roof lines. - Yeah, it's like, pretty.
- Mike and Kelly want to save some history... - Mm-hm.
- ...that's been here a long time. - Yep.
I feel like barns are kind of my domain,
- a little bit more than yours. - You like to store stuff in the barns.
I love to take pictures of barns.
I love old barns. They're so pretty.
- Oh, my gosh. Look how beautiful this property is. - So cool.
Wow.
- Hey, guys. - Hey, how are you?
- Good. It's like a villa... - Hello!
...sitting up on top of a hill here.
- That's amazing. - I love it!
Brings a little bit of California over here with us.
So, the house is super cute.
But we're not doing the house, right?
- No. - Inspiration is the barn.
- Yeah. - The barn.
The house is nice, we love it.
Up on the terraces, but the barn was one of the selling points
of the entire property.
- I'm Mike. - I'm Kelly.
And we're the Burtons.
We have a six-year old names Brigs,
Crosby who's four,
Ailah is eight months.
And my step son, a previous marriage for him,
Miles, who's 11.
We were living in southern California
because I was in the Marine Corps for 12 years.
And after being medically retired,
we were looking for a new place to live.
We wanted a slower life and a lot more land to raise our family.
Northwest Arkansas kept popping up.
This property came online,
blind-bought a house,
but when we came here, we saw the 17 acres,
with the freshwater pond,
and the 125 year old barn.
I remember getting teary-eyed being like, "Oh my gosh! That is our place!"
We love where we are.
But we do feel disconnected from our friends and family that are spread out.
My family, predominantly in northeastern Kentucky,
Kelly's family, all throughout California.
We really wanna turn the barn into a livable space
to host our friends and family.
Just like a home away from home. Literally, just...
- next to our house. - Yeah.
So, having a spot gives the opportunity for everyone to come here,
feel comfortable,
have that character of the barn with the comfort of a home.
So, the family's spread out.
You wanna make this where everyone comes.
That's it.
We'd love to say, "No, stay with us."
- But everyone has, you know, large families on their own. - Kids. Yes.
So, to bring them all in our house is a lot.
Okay, so we want this barn to be kind of a guesthouse,
entertaining space that you guys can use
as just extra extended space from your home.
- Right? - Exactly.
I love that. Okay, so let's talk about how much do we have to spend
on this remodel?
275 to 280 is what we'd like to hold at.
- Yeah, okay. - Okay.
Their siding, it's old oak.
It's probably been on there for 100 plus years...
- Yeah. - ...and it probably needs to be replaced.
You can see cracks
and it's definitely not sealed well.
If you wanna make this a livable space,
- it needs to be replaced. - Yeah.
But you can do like, a wood grain,
- you know, board and batten cement siding... - Right.
- ...that will last another 150 years. - Yeah, I mean, yeah.
We want it to last.
But we might be able to repurpose it somehow.
- Yeah. - Which would be really cool.
- 'Cause it is so pretty. - We would love that.
Okay, so what would you guys like to see outside?
You think of that big, center entry where you can walk in.
- I would love to see some big windows. - Yeah.
But I want people to drive up and know it's a barn.
I love that. I mean, you guys have thought about this a lot.
And I'm sure you've stood in this space a ton.
That's exactly it.
Okay, so the plan for out here,
we're gonna have to replace all the siding.
And we're gonna add windows,
we're gonna create a nice central, large entry with a nice door.
And really just preserve the character of this barn.
We'll paint it and we'll reuse as much of the barn wood as we can.
Sounds exactly what we're looking for.
- All right, well, let's go inside. Let's check it out. - All right, yeah.
- Welcome. - Wow.
Wow! This is amazing.
This is a great space, you guys.
It's definitely a clean slate.
Yeah!
What do you guys wanna do?
I want you to imagine, you're walking in this big, beautiful entry,
and the first thing that you see are these massive ceilings.
- Yes. - So, ideally, I would like this second story
as far back as possible.
And having a loft on the far side.
So, we'll open this up, okay?
And then, under that area, kind of like a living space.
I think we're thinking maybe kitchen somewhere off to the side.
Come over here.
- Maybe the kitchen here. - Okay.
- But keeping this open though. - Yeah.
- Right. - 'Cause what we envision,
Kelly has a huge family.
I have a pretty big family.
Our goal will, eventually, be able to get both of those families
all under one roof.
So, as open as we possibly can.
- I love open. I love big. - Yeah.
And even with the door,
doing maybe one of those glass garage doors...
- Yeah. - ...we can pick it up.
Oh, it's so pretty!
That's probably one of our favorite parts of the entire property.
There's just this beautiful pasture.
And there's a creek that runs through.
Would it make more sense to have the living room here?
So, kind of where the tractor is,
you can have a lot of space.
- You can have a giant sofa and chairs and lounge area. - Yeah.
Fireplace, windows.
And then, over in this area,
we'd have a kitchen over here.
It gives you a stopping point for your cabinetry.
And then, from here, people can, you know, be coming in and out,
cooking and all of that.
- I like that idea. - Yeah, okay.
Floor, do you want to keep concrete?
Preserving that? I think that would be really neat.
Yeah. Okay, so let's go over here and talk about kitchen.
What are you hoping to see in your kitchen?
This isn't our home that we're living in,
- so it can be a little quirky and different... - Yeah.
- Yes. - ...where people walk in like,
"Wow, I would've never chosen that
- but it looks awesome." You know, so yeah." - Yeah, exactly.
We have space to do other things.
- Yeah. - So, we need a bathroom.
Do we need a bedroom?
Do you want those upstairs?
- Do we need game room? - Yeah.
- The bedrooms, I'd prefer to contain upstairs. - Okay.
The game room would be really fun for the kids.
Speaking of upstairs, how do you get up there?
- We have to go outside. - Yeah, we're gonna go out,
- to go back in. - Oh.
- So we need to add stairs. - Yeah.
So, the overall plan for this space,
number one, we gotta take out some of this upstairs area,
and you just can see up to the ceiling.
We're gonna create a nice central door where you can walk in.
We need to find a place for a staircase to go upstairs.
We need a living room with fireplace,
we need an exterior door with lots of glass,
we need a game room,
we need a kitchen and we need a bathroom.
- Yes. - That's it.
- All right. So, should we go upstairs? - Yeah.
- We'll take you up there. - All right, we'll follow you guys.
- Going up the steps. - Okay.
- All right. - Oh, wow. This is amazing.
- Yeah, this is it right here. Amazing. - This is it.
I love this ceiling.
That's about 25 feet up in the air.
I know. So, that's important, preserving that,
where you're looking up into the massive ceilings
and you're seeing those beams.
- So, I'm gonna be honest, like... - But I also don't love that.
Are you gonna say what I think you're gonna say?
- I don't love the insulation. - Right.
So, I mean, I think about the only way we preserve it,
is we go with like, a closed cell spray foam.
Like in a commercial building, you can still see,
you know, the joist.
Thinking like an industrial barn.
- Yeah, we would love that. - We like that.
Yeah, I think that would actually help even accentuate the beams more,
by painting that black.
- And now that, you know... - Yeah.
- ...with all barn wood. - Letting that come through.
So, what about bedrooms, bathroom up here?
Anything specific that we need to keep in mind?
Beautiful, airy and functional.
All right. So, up here, the plan is to create two bedrooms and a bathroom.
And we leave all of these beams exposed,
but still be able to get heating and air,, plumbing and all of that.
So, we're gonna go with an industrial look
and embrace it.
- Yeah. Amazing. - Excited.
We have one more spot though.
Oh, really?
By the creek, so...
- Okay. - ...it's a little hidden spot.
Yeah, I'm actually gonna lead the way, just in case there's any snakes over here.
- Oh, good. Good, good. - Yeah.
- Let's go check it out then. That sounds fun. - Yeah.
- This whole area is like... - Like a separate barn.
- Yeah. - It is, yeah.
- So, we'd love to make it an outdoor patio sitting area. - How cool.
- Screened in - I love that. Screened in is good.
So, we've not actually been in there.
Okay, poke in.
Oh, God!
- No, I'm just... - Honey, I'm already riled up...
- I don't have a good, like, run reflex. - I'm just kidding.
- I just stood there. - I'm just kidding.
All right, so, the plan for the space,
we're gonna open it up,
create an outdoor area
where you guys can have meals and just enjoy the creek.
But we will screen it in
to make sure you're protected from bugs and wildlife.
So, we've never made a house out of a barn before.
It's gonna be exciting and fun,
and different, which we love.
But it'll also be a little bit intense.
You know, we're essentially leaving the bones intact, of this old barn.
But we've got to do all new plumbing, all new electrical,
all new siding, all the rooms that we've gotta build up.
I mean, you name it. We've gotta do everything in this barn,
without allowing the barn to crumble around us.
I'm always excited for demo.
Always excited for demo.
This one though, not as exciting
because we're gonna pull the second floor up.
This is where the business happens in here.
Let's look at it.
I feel like it's going to be really hard to pull all this plywood up.
So, I went ahead and I brought in everyone.
Yeah. Literally, everyone's here.
We gotta divide and conquer.
We'll get this thing knocked out, get it done, go home.
I wanna take from the bottom side,
and I wanna knock all of this plywood up.
'Cause I'd really like to keep these joists.
The homeowners want us to salvage as much as we can
of this old wood and reuse it.
So, I think if we can get this floor back,
where we've got about 16 to 20 feet over there
for a couple of bedrooms and a bathroom,
we'll be in a good place.
- I'm gonna make some holes. - All right.
Just get it started, then we'll move on to another one.
That's it.
It's a 100 year old barn.
The outer walls of this old structure,
they're basically being held together
by the second floor holding them in place.
So, we have to be really careful.
What you got next?
I think if we can hit this corner right here,
just to get it up a little bit would be good.
- Here? - Yeah.
Whoa!
What was that?
Whoa! What was that?
I don't know.
- Oh. - Yo, are you okay?
I'm fine. It was just a whole bunch of lightbulbs.
Why are you bleeding?
Yeah, I'm bleeding a little bit but I'm fine.
Derek and Chase, 20 pound sledges,
slamming them up into the floor.
We're ripping stuff out.
It is messy. It's dusty, it's dirty.
- 100 years' worth of dust. - There's a tornado
going on inside.
And we got it done.
All right, guys. Last one.
What do you think? A barned barn.
Awesome.
I think I'm tired.
We're gonna have to do some, you know, creative bracing
and really get this thing right
because it is a 100 year old barn.
And I wanna make sure the foundation is secure.
So, we're gonna take some extra time on this one
and it'll be done correctly.
Man, we get these things out of here,
get the beams, I think because there is no glue,
we'll be able to salvage all of these.
- We can reuse on this project. - Yeah, love it.
Work is starting on the Burton barn.
The concrete path for the new front entrance has already been poured.
But unfortunately, on the inside,
the work is going really slow.
We're struggling with this barn floor.
It just seems like we cannot grind enough to get it smooth.
Every time we do, we expose a new crack,
we have to epoxy that crack,
and it's just taking a long time.
We will get there. We're just not there yet.
Unfortunately, until we get there,
I cannot do all of the framing downstairs.
Upstairs, looking great.
We've got both bedrooms and the bathroom already framed out.
And we are cutting the holes for the windows.
We're also repurposing the old entrance into the upstairs
as a balcony for one of the bedrooms.
All right. You ready? It's raining.
I'll be the knight in shining armor.
- Okay, thanks, Dave. Look at you. - You're welcome.
So, we're here at the barn. Whoop, whoop!
Mike and Kelly's barn.
Do you "whoop whoop" when you talk about a barn?
Well, I just thought it felt right.
We've been able to get the upstairs framing done.
- Yeah, looks good. - But this right here, like, every time we get
to a new layer, we find dirt,
we find like, a place that wasn't concrete,
that was added after the fact.
I mean, I've got cracks I've got filled that was still have to grind out.
It's like the never ending story.
So, Mike and Kelly told me that they have family coming to visit in six weeks
and they really wanna have the barn ready
so that the family can stay here instead of having to rent a hotel room.
We'll get all of it done. We'll get there.
Whoo, we got a lot of work to do in this joint.
I promise I'll get it right.
What does this remind you of?
- So... - We gotta be serious. Don't smile.
- Were you serious? Okay. - Anyway. Yeah, let's do this.
Okay, all of these crossbeams,
I'm holding on until we get everything stabilized.
I feel like it's holding this entire wall.
So, once I brace it, I can pull it out.
- But then we'll have this amazing open ceiling. - Yeah.
The coolest part is out here.
Remember this nasty side barn?
- Look at it now. - Oh, wow!
Holy moly!
This will be an amazing space. Like, we can make this like,
a little outdoor dining patio.
- Yeah. - What is all this?
Stuff that was in that building.
What are these?
Looks like an old cage.
What if we took than and made a coffee table or something out of it?
Yeah, that could be cool.
- It's a good find, Jenny. - Yeah!
You grab half of that one.
- All right, let's go. - There's 100 years' worth of chicken poop in this thing?
- Oh, yeah. - Ooh, yum.
The Burton barn has taken a lot of deconstruction
just to get it stabilized.
Going to put beams in to hold the walls together.
But now we're secure.
Downstairs, the concrete delayed us about a week.
But we're finally able to frame in the kitchen walls,
bathroom, the staircase.
We've gotta run electrical,
as well as install plumbing on the main floor
and for the new bathroom upstairs.
So, we have a long way to go in a short amount of time.
But that's oaky.
All the structure is there.
- Hey, Jen! - Yeah?
- Hey, I need your help. - Okay.
- Okay, so... - Oh, yeah. The little coop things.
I was thinking a coffee table, just 'cause it's cool.
It was in the barn originally.
If you put a new top, you can still see the bottom
and see that it's open.
What kind of a top do you want on it?
What do you have?
The world is your oyster.
- We could use oak. - So, that feels too light.
What about this?
See, I think it's too junkie looking.
I can do cedar.
Oh, yeah. That's pretty interesting.
But I don't want a ton of seams.
- I could go get some barn wood. - I think that's a good idea.
They wanted to preserve everything we possibly could
and we are preserving literally everything we possibly can.
Can't deny that.
Dave, did you hear that? There's a critter.
I thought it was funny. All right.
- Thanks! - See ya!
Bye.
We're gonna have to take this barn down to its skeleton.
I mean, I love walking in the barn and seeing
daylight coming through the cracks.
But that's not gonna work if you wanna have a comfortable space.
- Mm-hm. - So, if we'll salvage what wood we can,
put new plywood on the exterior so its sealed,
so we can start siding.
We're setting the front door.
It's looking a lot more like a house.
Look at that. That is an entryway.
That's a little too tall.
Oh, so right here. That's what its hitting on.
- It's 'cause of this concrete. - Yeah.
Look at that.
That's a little too tall.
I think it's 'cause of this concrete.
Yeah.
We measured for this door before we started the renovation.
And with old buildings, sometimes this just happens.
- Oh, it's right here. That's what it's hitting on. - Yeah.
It looks like the cement pad for the entry
is just a bit higher than the cement of the barn floor.
Gonna take the brick mold off.
Oh, we probably could.
So, we're gonna have to take off about an inch.
Brick molding is just the trim that came with the door.
We can remove that, no problem
because we'll add trim later.
That should allow us to get it past the height difference,
so we can get it set in.
There we go.
Oh, right there.
I love it.
It's money.
Whoa! It looks so good!
Got both doors. Look at this.
I can open it up.
I know. It looks really good. Are you guys done?
- Yeah. - Okay. I want to talk kitchen.
What I'm envisioning in the kitchen is an open-concept,
pretty, green cabinets that are just fun and inviting.
I wanna carry the salvaged barn wood that we're going to
put on the walls of the living room
and put it on the ceiling
to make the space extra warm.
Mike and Kelly want to be able to have large gatherings here.
So, we need plenty of space for them to congregate and cook with their guests.
Okay, so this little bathroom down here.
So, this is where the sink's gonna be.
I'm picturing doing, okay, we do this whole wall
in white tile.
I'd love for you to create a custom vanity that looks rustic.
I've got a cute light on order.
But then, over here, in the shower,
we wrap the walls.
So, imagine a row off this color
and then, a row of white,
and then a row of this color, a row of white.
Row of this color, row of white.
- And then, repeat. - Use every color?
- Cream, mint and brown, huh? - All of them work.
So, the tile that Jenny picked, uh...
it's bold. It really is.
I mean, you got different stripes, different colors.
And that'd be fun, huh? What do you think?
You know, though? They told us, "Make it something that is super unique."
And she delivered.
This is the fun house, so you might as well have fun with it.
- I like it. Yeah, it's good. - Okay, so another idea.
In here, with the stairs,
I was thinking, should we have some sort of slide coming down from upstairs?
It's a barn. It's fun.
This isn't Mike and Kelly's main house.
They wanna have some fun with it.
And that's what I wanna do in here,
is I want this to be a place where
they can come in and their guests can come in,
and say, "Oh, my gosh. This is so cool and different."
I mean, this is a unique project.
- So, let's just embrace that and run with it. - Yeah.
But you'd have to scooch the stairs out that way,
but maybe just a slide coming down.
So, you're thinking,
like maybe something 18-20 inches
- along here. - It's just a little kids' booty.
- I mean, I would wanna go down it too so an adult booty too. - You have a tiny booty.
- Well, any booty. - Brownie points.
You don't get brownie points when you say "brownie points".
- Sure you do. - It actually makes you into the negative.
No, I got the points with the "small butt" comment.
No, because you said it only to get the points.
He's like, at negative five now.
- I love that. - Anyway.
How wide would it have to be.
Dave, come here. You come sit here.
It's a different measurement I think, when you're sitting.
See, where you're standing, 16 is pretty good.
Once you sit, everything kind of smushes out.
Sit.
You fit, perfect. 16 it is.
It doesn't have to be a supersonic slide.
It just has to be a little fun thing.
Yes, it does.
I wanna get 15-20 miles an hour by the time you get to the bottom of that.
- It's gonna be fast and it's gonna be fun. - Okay.
I'm not a kid and I already love it.
- That's a good point. - See? Kid at heart.
All right, let's do it.
The staircase, we just have to shift it over.
Then, to create the slide,
we're gonna build it out of plywood,
angle it the same as the stairs,
and we'll eventually get some metal to cover it.
We've gotten all the windows in,
including a massive eight foot by six foot one,
and it's gonna let lots of light in.
The pad for the side patio is giant.
There's enough space for a screened porch, along with an outdoor section
where we can put a firepit.
And to preserve the look of the original siding,
the exterior is getting a wood grained, board and batten cement siding
that's gonna extend the life of the barn for another 100 plus years.
All right, who's climbing the highest?
Me.
Come on Char, not you.
Not Sylvie , or Charlotte or Luke.
Dave and I have been swamped on work projects.
Whoa!
This is one of the kids' favorite places to go.
What kid doesn't like to climb walls?
Good job, Sylv!
- Now, go to this one. Put your foot here. - No. No.
Okay, let go.
Whoa!
It's a great family night.
It's after school, where the kids still have some energy
and just have some fun together.
Go, Sylvie, go, go, go!
The Burtons want something fun for their kids in the barn.
- Yep. - So, we need to figure out how we can install
a rock climbing wall at the barn.
Moderate climbing wall.
Yeah.
All right, you ready?
Oh, my gosh. Luke, I'm starting to get freaked out.
I'm very afraid of heights.
- My palms are sweating. - Just get to the top.
Oh, gosh.
- Come on, mom. - You're doing great.
I can't breathe very good right now.
But I feel like, "Well, I have to finish now
because everybody's watching me."
Ah! Holy mackerel.
- You gotta get to the top pink one. - I'm freaking out now.
- You're almost there. - Whoo!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my gosh.
I'm just gonna sit here.
But I did it. 30 feet, baby. Yeah!
Never again. Done.
The Burton house is coming along
slower than I would like.
But it's giant.
This barn is almost 5,000 square feet
that we're transforming into livable space.
But we're moving where we can.
So, we're framing the gas fireplace.
- Hey, guys! - Hey!
Is the fireplace working yet?
It's so cold.
Can we go talk about the slide?
You know, when you go snow skiing and you're like,
"Oh, I can totally go on that black diamond."
Why does it always have to end in a story?
And you're like, "I'm gonna die."
It looks so steep.
- It's just straight down. - It's amazing.
Straight down to concrete pad.
No stopping point. Nothing. No.
All right. Catch me, okay?
Use your feet to help slow yourself.
Well, that ruins the whole point of the slide.
- Okay, you ready? - Go.
Whoo!
Oh, whoa, crap!
Ow.
I stopped you.
Whoo!
We've got to slow this slide down.
The Burtons want something fun for the kids, and entertaining.
So, I think the slide is gonna be a hit.
However, it's not so much that it's this, it's that it's this.
Straight down to concrete pad.
It's amazing.
Put your feet up.
- Oh. - I don't think that's that bad.
- Oh, really? - I actually kind of like it.
I've done it 14 times though,
so I'm skilled at it.
Okay, well, what are we gonna do?
- Two ideas. - Okay.
One, pullout pillow,
under the slide.
I like that.
- Still dangerous. - Two, we kind of try to sweep it out just a hair.
Yeah, I think that's what we need to do.
Wait, wait, wait. Where it lifts at the end?
- Just kind of, like a normal slide. - Yeah. Let's do that.
When I was a kid and my dog, Bowser,
he was a beagle. He'd go up the slide,
and then go back down.
Could've been in a circus.
But we couldn't find a circus to get him in.
But I mean, that's pretty cool.
Have you ever seen a dog do that?
You know, every now and then you hear a story where you're like,
"I just lost five minutes of my life."
That's one of those.
Never gonna get it back.
Tell me, have you ever seen a dog go up a slide and then go back down?
- No. No, I haven't. - Thank you.
We're finally ready to start sealing up the inside.
Mike and Kelly love the barn ceiling.
So, we didn't wanna just cover it with drywall.
We're spraying a foam insulation to make sure
the interior is sealed up tight.
And we'll later paint it black.
We're about four weeks out from having to turn this barn back over to the Burtons
because they have family coming to visit.
There's drywall going up, which makes the two bedrooms upstairs comfortable spaces
for their guests to relax in.
The old barn wood from outside has been salvaged
and we're trying to reuse as much as possible.
We'll be using it in the living room and the kitchen.
It looks so good.
So, so, so good.
It's just warm and cozy.
And I absolutely love it.
Today, I'm building a barn door.
We're just gonna build a really simple frame.
Screw it all together.
That we can attach our lumber to.
The Burton barn, we have this beautiful front door.
It keeps all the air out, keeps all the bugs out.
It's a nice front door that you would put on a house.
Well, Jenny doesn't want this barn to look like a house,
she wants it to look like a barn.
So, we are going to make barn doors
built out of the word from the Burton's barn
that covers the existing new front doors.
We can run a rail across the top,
and when they want it to look like a barn,
they get the doors closed,
when they're letting people in, they open them up.
This is 100 year old, or plus, oak.
You see these circle cut lines where the saw went through?
That was made by an old mill.
Big, giant blades run by belts or steam,
it's just really hard to recreate nowadays.
It's really cool to be able to repurpose something.
But to be able to repurpose wood that is this old,
back into the barn that it came from,
I think it's gonna be really special to the Burtons.
So, from here, build the X on the front.
And I got one door done.
One more to go.
The guesthouse is looking so good, honestly.
It is coming together.
In the back, we're replacing the old windowless garage door
with a gorgeous glass one.
Transformation from when we started,
where you could literally see daylight coming through half of the barn...
- Yeah. - ...to this point,
it's amazing.
We got cabinets going in.
The fireplace looks amazing.
The stone is beautiful.
The tri-toned striped tile looks neat and fun in that downstairs shower.
And I picked a white subway tile to complete the upstairs shower walls.
Shouldn't we do something with your barn, you think?
Like, make it a little nicer?
- No, it's perfect. - Clean it up.
My barn's clean!
- It'd be a good idea. - Let's build a new barn,
- and we can make one like the Burtons'. - No, nevermind.
Nevermind, I take it back. Okay, it's fine.
Your barn's fine.
Hand it up.
Let me get it set. Good?
In a little bit more.
- Dave, I have another idea. - What's going on?
All right, another idea.
We have the slide.
Derek put that little kick at the bottom.
- So, it kind of slows you down? - Getting there.
So, remember when we took the kids rock climbing the other day, how fun that was?
Yeah, it was fun.
What if we did like, a rock climbing wall here?
Hallways are boring.
Just, you know, a place to maybe hang up a picture. That's great.
- But now, this hallway. Next level. - Oh, yeah.
Let's take it across here and then, back down the wall there.
Oh, that's a good idea, actually.
They climb up, and then, there's the bars,
and then they climb back down this side.
This wall up a little ladder that they climb across.
I love it.
- All right, I'm going back to work. - All right.
Love you. Have fun.
- It's gonna be fun. - I think it'll be really cool.
- Oh, my... - Oh, my gosh!
This is for you guys.
There's so much to take in.
This is awesome.
We're under pressure.
Mike and Kelly have family coming to visit,
so, we got a lot of work to do but we will get this thing done.
In the kitchen, the countertops are in,
and we're installing appliances and a farmhouse sink.
The slide's looking great.
We have a new little angle to it, so it slows it down.
- Yeah. - Little more safe for the kids.
The modern steel railing is coming together.
And the lighting is going in,
including a fun light in the downstairs bathroom
that pairs well with the stripes in the shower.
- These are gonna go on either side of the range. - Okay.
We're just gonna do can lights in the rest of the space,
just 'cause the ceilings are so low,
and I love this barn wood,
so, I just want it to stay nice and clean.
Let's cut some steel.
Well, we got this rock climbing wall at the Burton's barn.
I'm going to make some monkey bars that connect the two spaces.
So, the grab bars have gotta be round steel.
I got something that's plenty thick enough
that the kids can hang from.
And then, I'll just use the square steel for the corners.
Essentially, I'm building a ladder that can hang from the ceiling.
But it's way cooler than a ladder.
All right. Got our jungle gym ladder.
Finish welding these.
We got ourselves monkey bars.
The exterior of the barn is being painted black.
We're giving this barn a new life,
so I wanted to modernize it and do something unique.
And with the custom barn doors that Dave made out of Burton barn's salvaged wood,
we're definitely preserving that barn look.
Oh!
Yeah!
I'm impressed. I'm impressed.
That door looks sharp.
We're just a few days away from the Burtons' family arriving.
So, we are definitely in a hurry to get this project wrapped up.
The climbing walls are being assembled.
The ceiling has been painted.
And to help circulate air,
we're installing a huge ceiling fan.
We're adding more barn wood onto the support beams to make them look finished.
And we're including a small strip of the original red painted wood
as an homage to the original red barn.
We also have the screened in porch going in.
Screened in patios are really popular here in Arkansas
because we have a lot of bugs in the summer.
It just helps the space to be usable for more of the year.
Derek is here installing the corrugated ceiling panels
for the new screened in porch.
Start on one end and work it under there, brother.
Looks so good!
Look at the screen and the ceiling.
It's like a big skylight.
It's gonna be really cool.
This used to be like, this real rickety, lean-to. It was really terrifying.
So, this is a total change.
They're gonna love this.
- It's time to give the Burtons back their barn today. - Yep.
So, we have to finish this place up.
We got a lot of little last minute details,
get all the furniture in, all the decor.
Get it ready for them to get in here and see this place.
How cute did this table turn out.
You did a great job. I love it.
Just like the walls.
This giant blank canvas that we started with,
has gone from almost falling down,
to a gorgeous home.
Okay, this might be my favorite back patio.
This barn is all about when family and friends come
and spend time with the Burtons.
They have a huge living room,
a huge kitchen,
a couple bedrooms,
and most importantly,
spaces that are fun.
- What do you think of that? - Perfect.
- I think we're ready. - I think we're ready.
- This place is ready for it. - I know we're ready.
It looks amazing.
Great. I love it. Okay.
Oh, man.
- You ready? - This is it. Yep.
I'm a lot more nervous than what I thought I was gonna be, honestly.
What color do you think it is?
I don't know. I just hope it's not red.
All right, we're turning in.
- Oh... - Oh, my God. It's black.
- Oh, my gosh! It looks awesome! - Oh, gosh. That looks so good.
Oh, look. There they are.
- All right. Let's go. - Okay.
- Oh, my God! This is awesome! - Oh, my gosh. It looks so good.
- It's gorgeous. - Oh, my gosh.
- That is so awesome! - Very, very cool.
Hey, guys!
- Hi! - Oh, my God.
Oh, my gosh.
I thought it was gonna be white.
- Oh! - But this is like, wow.
Do you like it?
- I love it. I love it. - Absolutely.
A little more modern.
Yeah, you guys took the risk and it was worth it.
Got the new lighting, new windows.
You actually have a front door where you know where to go.
- Yeah. Exactly. - Wow.
We knew we had to have new doors that were
- insulated and sealed. - Yeah.
But we wanted to have some of that original barn feel.
And that's something you'd see on an old barn.
- Big sliding doors like that. - I love that.
- Dave made 'em out of the original barn wood. - Oh, that is amazing.
And it's such a cool barn.
So we wanted to try to preserve the integrity of what it was.
But it still feels like an old barn that has the modern touches.
It's beautiful.
- Yes, definitely. - I don't think we could've even
- believed that it could look like this. - Yeah.
You guys did excellent.
- All right. Let's go inside. - You ready to go on?
- Yeah, yeah. I'm ready. - Okay!
Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, my... - Oh, my God!
- Oh, my... - Oh, my gosh. This is awesome.
It's like a cathedral style ceiling. It looks amazing.
- And then the beams with all the layers of wood too. - I love that.
We tried to take special attention, just like,
that one red spot.
- I love that. - That's the original.
I just saw that. I was like, "Wait, that's part of the red."
Oh, that's so neat.
I love this view from here.
You can take the whole space in.
- Ah, this is absolutely gorgeous. - Oh, my gosh.
- Look at all the walls, Kelly. - I know.
Really tried to put that original barn wood throughout.
It's beautiful.
- We have a fireplace. - Yes!
How'd I miss the fireplace?
- Go, check it out. - I'm lost...
- He's all about wood. - I'm lost in the wood.
I missed the fireplace.
- There's so much to take in right now. - I know.
- Oh, my gosh. I just wanna stand here for a minute. - I know.
So, this space, we wanted to be a space that you guys can use a lot
- for your family and friends. - Exactly.
Everyone can fit in here.
You have kind of individual seating areas.
So we kind of tried to break it up 'cause it's a big space.
So, here we have our little, like, gaming table.
I can see you guys coming and sitting at night, playing a game.
- Dave actually made this. - Oh, my gosh.
These are bird baskets. So, we have two of those that we found in the old shed
and Dave took old barn wood and put on top of that.
So, you have a table.
I love that. I love that.
And then, this space is your relax, sit in front of the new fireplace,
with natural stone to bring in kind of that rustic feel
to contrast with the wood.
And then, you have kind of the fun space over here, in front of the door.
We love this door.
Yeah, it's just, having this massive bay door.
This is awesome.
- So, Dave made this for you guys. - What?
- Are you serious? - This is for you guys.
- Oh! - Yes!
- We love shuffleboard. It's so much fun. - It is.
Like, you want like, the cousins, nephews,
like, you don't want them in there watching TV.
- You want them in here playing games. - No.
- That is really neat. - Just the detail.
- That is so cool. - Thought the kids would love that.
- Yes. - We're gonna love that.
And I imagine this garage door being open,
kids flowing in and out,
playing, sitting over here, hanging out
and having a lot of fun.
- I love it. - Like, that's just how we approached this project,
- in general. - Yeah, it's fun.
That it just needs to be a fun space.
- Because that's what it's for. - Yeah.
- I don't know. I love it. - I love this. Gosh.
- We're not done. - We gotta check out the kitchen.
Oh, I love the cabinetry.
It's such a perfect green.
And we did the barn wood on the ceiling.
You also have the barn wood wrapped on the hood, the shelves.
- Love that. The character that's still here. - Yes.
I mean, who has a barn with a dishwasher, come on.
We have to be setting some kind of precedent here.
And we know that you wanna have everyone here for meals...
- Yeah. - ...and lots of space for everyone to eat.
So, you have your dining table here.
- Oh, gosh. - Oh, my gosh.
I just love everything about it.
- Oh, my God. - I think we need to go upstairs.
What is...
- Oh! - It's exactly what you think it is.
All right. I'll let Kelly go.
Whoa!
All right, see? I'm good.
- Ah! - Oh, the kids are gonna love that.
That is cool!
That is super cool.
- All right, now go upstairs. - Oh, my gosh.
I love the view from up here,
just looking down over everything.
- It's like a house feeling. - Exactly.
Two little small rooms.
Oh, this is perfect!
It's not a big space, but we know you just wanna have a space for
- your family and friends to come and stay. - Exactly.
Got a little balcony because that's...
- I know you love that backyard. - Yes.
Oh, this is neat.
- Well, that's like a composite decking. - Oh, it's a composite?
You never have to touch it.
- Love that. - This is nice.
I think family staying in the main house
and then we'll come down here. This is beautiful.
Yes, this is an excuse for us to stay here.
- I mean... - I love it.
So, one more bedroom right around the corner.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, this is cool.
- This is really neat. I love this. - Oh, my gosh. This is so cute.
We just wanted a getaway.
Like kids and you know, getting family that comes here,
will have so many unique spaces
- that they can... go - Yeah. It's so much room.
They're gonna be like, "Can we do an Arkansas, stay in that barn again?"
- Yeah, exactly. - Yes!
No, this is beautiful.
- We're not done yet. - I know. So much more.
- Whoo! - Whoo!
Whoa!
We got it. We got it.
Oh, a rock wall.
We have two boys.
We thought the barn is a place where you like, ran off your energy.
So, they can literally climb up a wall,
- cross over and climb down the other wall. - This is awesome.
Getting there and
just like, go all the way across.
I mean, again, like, all back to like, family.
So, to take a hallway and to make it into something that
is an attraction,
- is so cool... - Because they're gonna wanna climb something anyway.
So, you might as well put it in the hallway
- to climb something. - Exactly.
I'm jealous of our kids, is that bad?
Because they can have this growing up.
- I love that. - And check out this little bathroom.
- Oh, my goodness. - Oh, wow!
I love this light.
This is gorgeous.
Again, just a fun space, a fun bathroom.
- Add in some color, but muted colors. - This is good.
So, it's not too crazy but a little unique.
You outdid yourself. I didn't think I could be so excited over a bathroom.
But I am.
We got one more space.
All right, let's go.
Dun-dun-dun.
Oh!
- Oh, my gosh. I love this. - Oh, my gosh.
Isn't it cool?
- Yeah, that is super cool. - Yes!
And of course, we've got the screened-in patio,
- so you can use this all year round. - Yes.
- And on a rainy day, this will be amazing. - Love it.
- And on a sunny day, it's gorgeous in here. - Yeah.
- This is amazing. - The light coming through.
We just, again, wanted another space for you guys to be able to use
for meals or to sit and have coffee,
and really, just take advantage of
- the incredible piece of property that you have. - I love this.
Yeah, this is gonna have a lot of use, that is for sure.
We grew the patio a little bit,
- just to kind of follow the contour of the creek. - Oh, yeah!
- Yeah, I love this. Just being able to have a fire outside. - Yes!
- This is amazing. - And this was just an unused, scary...
- Very scary. - ...beast storage situation.
And to now, I just love it out here.
- I can see the kids playing out there. - Yeah.
You guys sitting by the fire and just relaxing and enjoying.
- Beautiful. Very, very well done. - Oh, my God.
You gotta get your family.
- Thank you, very, very much. - Thank you, guys.
- Man, I feel like it's another hug. - Oh!
I think they're just envisioning this space full of family and friends.
And knowing that it is going to be a place where they make great memories...
- Yeah. - ...and have a lot of fun.
So, what do you think?
- And it's just a joyful, happy space. - It is.
And I love it and I'm so happy for them.
So, it makes me very happy.
Mommy! There's a slide.
Dave and Jenny, they were just reading our thoughts,
our hopes and our dreams.
We just love all the details,
and just all the love that they put into it.
What a difference, Kelly.
Wow, it's beautiful.
And keeping the history and the barn wood was so important.
Beautiful, man.
Inside, outside, I don't think we could've asked for anything more.
May be a ploy to get you guys here for longer periods of time.
And making this a fun place to come, stay, hang out,
and make more memories.
It's amazing.
I love it.