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This was actually an old trim in our house.
See the white?
Ben, this old lumber,
it's got like oils and stuff already in it.
Now you can actually do it over here.
The boys grew up in the shop with Dave,
and now Ben has really been interested in taking...
-[Dave] Yeah. -[Jenny] over the reins
from his old man.
That's true.
Do your thing, brother.
-Your designs... -I don't--
-seem to be the most popular. -I don't know.
[Jenny] He's trying to earn a little extra money.
We were like, "You know what?
We need cutting boards at the Mercantile
-when the Mercantile opened." -Yeah.
And he's like, "I'll make 'em."
Hi. I grabbed some of these
so you can have templates.
-Most popular ones. -[Ben] That makes sense.
[Jenny] Yeah.
Nana wanted to put an order in
for some of your cutting boards too, so.
Anytime my kids wanna come out
and spend time with me, it's great.
My kids are up there with me.
We're getting stuff done.
[Jenny] I gotta go check on your brother,
I don't know what he's doing.
You're the one who's gonna be shopping in the summer,
taking the ladies out for dinner.
Hey ladies, how you doing?
Hey. I got my own money. I made some cutting boards.
-Sure. -My name's Ben.
I could probably make you one if you wanna...
-You wanna go make a charcuterie? -see my skills.
-[Jenny] He's just ignoring us. -Yeah.
-[laughter] -Pretty much.
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[Dave] Can you believe that Bob and Jill are moving here?
I love them. They're so fun.
This is one of my favorite streets too
in Bella Vista, it's so beautiful.
Today, we get to go meet up
with Dave's Uncle Bob and Aunt Jill.
-Who I love. They are-- -I love as well.
-I-- -We love.
-We love them. -I would say, "We love."
[Dave] They're from Minnesota
and they are buying a house
literally two doors away from my parents.
They're gonna be basically next door neighbors.
-There's mom and dad. -Yeah.
[Dave] I know. I mean, it's literally
-two houses away. -Oh, yeah.
It's a lot of roof.
It's not a very good-looking roof either.
[Jenny] No, I don't like the roof.
Look at the lot though.
Look at the lake right there. It's gorgeous.
[Dave] Yeah, you're buying here for the land.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -[Dave] For sure.
-[Jenny] Hello. -[Jill] Oh, hello.
[Dave] Hello.
-So much fun. -Hey guys, this is so exciting.
-Hey, Bob. -Hi, Dave.
-Welcome to Arkansas. -Good to see you.
Good to see you.
[Jenny] This is amazing. This is the best...
-[Jill] Yes. -[Jenny] neighborhood in Bella Vista.
So what are you guys planning to spend on the renovation?
We'd like to keep it $250,000 or less.
-[Jenny] Okay. -Possibly.
And also you're a Marrs,
so it's gotta be little less.
-True and true. -Yeah, less.
Trick budget.
[Jenny] Okay. Overall, is there anything
that you really love about the house
that we wanna keep?
I love the pine trees in the front.
[Jenny] Oh, I do too.
[Jill] They remind me of Northern Minnesota.
-[Jenny] Yes. -It just--
Okay. She just said, "Is there anything
about the house you like to keep?"
And you said, "I love the pine trees."
I'm really attached to the trees.
[laughter]
-This is not a good start. -And we really love the lake.
-Oh, yeah. -It's this middle part.
It's the middle... [laughs]
We are from Minnesota relocating to Arkansas.
[Bob] Jill and I lived on the water in Minnesota
and well, the home came up for sale.
We jumped right on it because we knew it wouldn't last long
and being so close to my brother,
it was just ideal.
[Jill] We have two girls
and we thought Arkansas
gets us to Emily and her husband Adam,
they're expecting, and gets us 600 miles
closer to Susie and Charleston
pregnant with their first child.
The home right now just needs modern touches.
A fresh look.
[Jenny] The first thing I have to say,
when we drove up, all I noticed is the roof.
Lot of brown.
[Dave] When it was built, brown was in style.
-[Jill] Yeah. -[Dave] And that's okay.
[Jenny] Yeah. Maybe we did a metal roof.
[Dave] The other thing is, I didn't think
there was a defined front door.
-Right. -[Jenny] Yes.
[Dave] And I thought
this is just a lotta wall.
And I was wondering, why is... Why is there no windows?
-Right. -[Dave] So I feel like
the entryway and front door, roof, and windows,
we could really change the whole look of...
-That would help. -That would help.
-[Dave] the front of the house. -Yeah.
Do you like the stone itself?
I like the texture of it.
-Okay. -I don't like the stone.
-Okay. [laughs] -That's the truth.
-I don't like the stone. -Yeah.
Unless you can zhuzh it up a little.
Yeah. Yeah, hmm.
Like I wonder if we did the siding in a charcoal
that would help the stone.
[Jill] Love that.
[Dave] Are we doing new windows?
That would be great.
And then new lighting, of course.
-New lighting of course. -Yes. Okay. Paint.
-[Dave] The garage door is not bad. -[Jill] It doesn't match.
[Bob] No, it's just the color.
-[Jenny] We'll paint it. For sure. -Right.
[Jenny] Okay. So basically the plan for the outside
is to create a new entryway,
get a new front door, replace the roof,
replace the windows, paint, new lighting,
and update the landscaping out front.
-[Bob] Nice. -[Jill] Perfect.
-[Dave] Okay. -Let's go check out the inside.
Okay.
So this is a really long hallway.
[Dave] Very interesting entryway.
-Well, Jenny... -[Jenny] There is your view.
you kinda missed the best part.
-Oh, I did? -[Dave] The laundry room?
-Right off your entryway. -Right.
I don't wanna do the laundry in the hallway.
-No, it's a cramped. -[Dave] No.
[Jenny] Okay. We gotta find a spot for the laundry.
Okay. Great.
[Jenny] But this is the wall that I'm weirded out by.
-This is a closet. -That's a closet.
-Could we-- -Gone.
-And this is a bathroom? -Yeah.
-It's tight. Yeah. -Right. Right. Right.
-[Jenny] I agree. Okay. -It's too tight.
Do you know if this is trusses
or rafters up here?
I think it's trusses.
Okay. Well, if it's trusses,
we can open up any walls we want.
[Jenny] Yeah, 'cause then in here
you have just a pretty good-sized bedroom,
but it's the angle.
Like if you took this chunk out,
when you walk in, you at least...
-[Jill] Right. -would have a view to the back of the house.
-[Bob] Yeah. -[Dave] But that's a big question mark.
[Bob] That'd be really nice.
That's a bedroom right there?
-That's the main bedroom. Yup. -Okay.
-All right. Following you. -Following you.
Okay. Right this way.
-[Jenny] Okay. -[Jill] It's big enough.
-[Jenny] Oh, it's really big. -[Jill] It is.
I don't know how much
of this bedroom needs to be bedroom.
I think I'd rather have closet.
Okay. So we've got closet, closet, closet.
And then we've got bathroom, which the bathroom is rough.
[Jill] Oh, yeah.
What would you rather have,
a bigger bathroom or a bigger closet?
-Or both? -I think I want both.
[Jenny] Yeah, a smaller bedroom.
How do you want it to feel? What colors?
-I love blues and greens. -[Jenny] Okay.
-Creams, calming. -[Jenny] Yes.
And a walk-in shower or...
She's has grand babies coming.
She has to have a bathtub.
-I have to have a bathtub. -That's nice.
Has to have a bathtub.
-Congratulations right over there. -Thank you again.
Emily's here in Rogers, Arkansas.
[Bob] One of the big draws
to even be in northwest Arkansas
was to be close to the kids and grandkids.
-I mean, it's just-- -Kind of a miracle.
-It is. -Kind of just meant to be.
And then obviously new flooring.
Do you guys want carpet or you want
just wood flooring throughout everywhere?
-Same throughout. -[Dave] We like--
Wood or wood-like.
-I like that too. Yeah. -Yup.
The plan for the main suite
is to steal space from the laundry room
and create a giant bathroom
with a walk-in shower, potentially a tub.
We'll create a really big closet here
by stealing some space from this bedroom.
And then we'll replace the carpet,
have wood flooring throughout the whole house.
And then scrape the popcorn ceilings.
Replace the lighting and paint.
[Bob] Beautiful.
-Should we talk about the living room? -Okay.
[Jill] Should we talk about the elephant in the room?
[laughter]
Dude, it's huge.
It's huge and it steals the show.
And the lake is the show.
[Jenny] Can you get rid of this though?
[Dave] Well, I don't... If we're redoing the roof,
we could potentially redo it around...
I just don't know if this stone
goes all the way downstairs.
I don't know where it stops.
If there's any way to camo it or blend it...
-[Jenny] Right. -or just take it down.
The other thing we have to do is this wall.
I feel like we just make this a whole wall.
And then you have spot for furniture.
[Dave] Where you're actually looking at the show.
You're looking out at the lake.
-This needs to be... -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Yes, yes. -all open
all the way across here
where you can see the light.
[Jill] Can you do that?
We're already doing new windows,
why don't we open this
and make this part of the house?
[Jill] Oh, this is why we're here.
-[Jenny] Yes. -[Jill] This is the best...
-[Bob] That would be awesome. -[Jill] part of the house.
[Jenny] 100%.
We insulate the floor systems,
insulate the walls.
Love that.
[Jenny] Okay. The plan then is to open this up
and connect the two spaces,
have consistent flooring throughout,
change out the lighting, scrape the popcorn ceiling,
close in the wall that goes down the stairs,
and then most importantly,
do something with the fireplace.
-[Jill] The beast. -[Jenny] Yeah,
-to soften up the fireplace. -[Jill] Yes.
-[Bob] I like that idea. -Okay.
-Okay. So now... -Trust you.
-let's go in the kitchen. -Trusting you.
[Jenny] This is a step back in time, isn't it?
-[Bob] It is. -[Dave] Wow.
You literally have to do this
to talk to anyone.
-[Jill] I know. -[Bob] As you know,
I do all the cooking.
I love an island.
But I don't think you can do that in here.
[Jenny] You could do like a little movable island in the middle.
Can that be a game day decision?
Because it seems like it might get tidy here.
[Jenny] I think so too.
I think you need to at least double the windows.
Again, it's the view.
-[Jill] That's the view. Right. -[Bob] Yeah. Yeah.
I was looking at this 'cause you could go out further,
but you really can't 'cause you don't wanna...
[Dave] No, I think you have to, Jenny.
You're gonna steal from the sunroom?
I think you almost go from this line over,
you sacrifice 2 or 3 feet of the sunroom with wall,
so you can bring the kitchen over.
If we're gonna make this an amazing kitchen...
-[Jill] Right. -we gotta... We have to get more space.
-[Jill] Yeah. -[Jenny] We'll figure out the layout.
But what are you thinking in terms of the feel
of the kitchen, the look?
-I'm not afraid of color. -[Jenny] Okay.
Something that allows you to come in here
and make a mess and cook.
-Leave it for me. -[laughter]
[Dave] Yeah.
[Jenny] You really are gonna have to figure it out.
But we do know, we want to have the hardwood floors
carry in here, more windows, new cabinets,
new countertops, new appliances, new lighting,
and we try our best to get an island.
-Yup. -Sounds good.
Do we wanna go out here for the laundry maybe?
-[Dave] I mean, this-- -I mean, this is a big garage.
It really is.
We could just take some space right here.
[Dave] 25, 26 feet.
[Jenny] You've got a lot of fishing gear, I know.
A little storage area.
Yeah, little somethin'.
Look. Yeah, this goes out to the lake.
So what if this becomes sort of a mudroom from the lake?
-Oh, great. -Instead of going through your new sunroom.
-Good idea. Good idea. -[Jill] Yes.
Yes, that's a great idea.
[Jenny] The plan then is to create fishing rooms,
storage gear, add another door
where you would enter into a laundry and mudroom.
We'll also have storage for your fishing gear.
-[Jill] I love that. -[Bob] Love it.
Okay. So now we have to figure out this deck though,
and a really small... Very small.
-[Jill] There's not much deck. -No.
I mean, not much. It's tiny.
[Jill] On my dream list would be a fire pit.
[Dave] Some of my best memories
are around a fire pit.
I think we bring the deck out
essentially to the end of the new covered space.
-Mmm-hmm. -Mmm-hmm.
It's gonna have to go
at least halfway out.
-[Jill] Oh, that's gonna be-- -[Dave] So we might as well
at that point just go to the end
and have a big deck.
[Jill] That would be a giant deck.
[Jenny] Okay. So the plan for the outside then
is to create a much bigger deck
with steps going up.
And then also create a fire pit area.
Have a taste of Minnesota...
-Yes. -here in Arkansas.
[Dave] Guys, this is gonna be amazing.
-[Jill] I'm so excited. -Woo-hoo! Woo!
[Bob] It's a beautiful home,
but it'll be a lot better when Dave and Jenny
get done with the renovation.
[Jenny] Bob is a true Marrs through and through,
so the problem is going to be he's a Marrs, you know?
[Dave] Cost is a big one. Bob.
He's gonna want everything for free, I think, or...
-I don't know. -[laughs]
As long as we can stay within a budget,
it'll be fine.
With first grandbaby coming in the fall,
and Minnesota gets ridiculously cold
in the winter, they wanna be moved out
and down here before the winter hits.
Yeah.
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[Dave] Hey, hey, hey!
Matt carpooling, I like to see that.
-Hey. -Not so much from you.
-[Joe] They wouldn't let me. -[Dave] All right, guys.
We got a lot we're doing.
-[Jenny] Joe. -Hey Joe,
-you know who this is for? -No.
[Dave] My uncle and aunt from Minnesota.
We are going to wreak havoc in this house today.
This is gonna be blown out.
We're gonna close all that in, capture it as heated space.
But wait, before we go over there,
we are gonna have to figure out
what's gonna happen here.
We got two big questions.
Can we remove the stone
and do we have trusses or rafters upstairs?
[Tim] Where's the attic access?
Garage.
[Jenny] Let's go look at that.
We can't do any refiguring,
any moving of walls until we verify
it was built with trusses.
[Tim] You know what? That's trusses.
Well, it's trusses here.
Is it trusses all the way across?
If it is, that'd be good.
Woo-hoo-hoo! It's hot up here.
-[Jenny] Oh, that-- -Oh, it cracked little
-when I got on there. -[Jenny] Lot of crack. Woo!
[Dave] Watch your step in the middle of that, dude.
-[Tim] Yeah. Matt just-- -[Dave] That about took me.
[Jenny] Oh, gosh.
Dave, are you okay?
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[Jenny] You okay?
[Dave] Yeah, I'm fine.
There was just a board that snapped.
It is all trusses.
Oh, that's good.
[Dave] I think we can open up any wall we want to.
Trusses are basically your whole roof system
where you have a support on exterior walls of the house.
-So everything inside... -Mmm-hmm.
walls can be shifted around and opened up and moved.
I cannot see back to the stone for the fireplace.
So we're gonna actually have to pop a hole in the wall.
This house is not a square.
There's no squares anywhere.
All these different weird angles.
We need to figure out how to maximize
the space we have.
We want better visibility to the lake
from every aspect of the house.
There's pressure really with Bob and Jill
because this one--
For family, we wanna make it perfect.
Or we'll hear about it for many, many years.
I really wanna get rid of this chunk right here.
-No. -No?
I think in the... In the order of kitchen--
He doesn't even... He doesn't even listen.
-The kitchen's not big enough. -[Matt] Mmm-hmm.
I almost think we need to take this bathroom
back 3 feet where it's even with the other.
Bobby said nothing else
other than he wanted an island.
-[Jenny] Oh, it's this end? -Lose this whole hallway,
it all shifts into this room
and we make the doorway into the bedroom over there.
[Jenny] But we could still get rid of this because...
-So we... So-- -What's that gonna do for you?
So we have to just figure out
how to take all of this
and make a normal house.
The biggest thing we have to spend the money on
is getting the layout correct.
And we'll have to save in other places.
All these angles just go all different directions.
Most people would say,
"You wanna get it wider this way." No, no, no.
Jenny goes the other way
and starts wrapping it around...
-Yeah. I mean-- -It's real strange.
Let's open this all up and let's do
like we talked about at first.
You gotta make this bathroom bigger.
-Make this part of... -This bathroom.
-that bedroom's closet. -This bathroom.
Bring this house down to a shell.
We can snap out some new lines
and we can frame this thing back
-how they want it to be. -[Jenny] Great.
Dave just wants to snap it out.
Are we talking about the same thing?
No, I said the same thing and then you said right.
You said the opposite as me.
Okay. Just leave her in there.
Yeah. All right.
Jenny, Jenny, we'll be right back.
Wrong way.
[grunts]
Let's get this out to the garage.
[chuckles]
We need to find a new spot for the bathroom.
And I don't think we need a full bathroom,
I just think we need a half bath.
But Dave just disagrees.
You know what? It's for Bob and Jill.
And we're gonna figure it out.
Tim, Joe, you guys wanna start tearing this part?
[Tim] So how much of this does go?
-All of it. -Everything.
Every bit of it.
The top part and everything?
-Yes. -Every bit of it.
I think we're gonna bring the kitchen out
to about where Joe and I are.
-I think that's-- -I just wanna know one thing.
-What's that? -Why did they elect
the senior citizens
to do the hardest part?
[Joe] I don't know.
[laughter]
-Uh-uh. -All right.
See how fast you can demo the kitchen.
Go!
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[Dave] Efficiency at its finest, Tim.
Oh [indistinct] oh, charley horse.
[Dave] All right. Kitchen's going good.
[machinery whirring]
See, this kitchen looks way better.
Babe, okay.
What are you doing?
I guess I could have just lifted the bar...
-Bob and Jill-- -but this was more fun.
Bob and Jill wanted those.
No, they didn't.
So I think that becomes part of this.
And then this becomes the other bedroom.
Are you trying to be like the professor with your glasses
and your little chalkboard stick?
It actually looks pretty good.
-It looks really sexy. -[laughs] [indistinct]
I just went to a weird place right there...
-Whoa! -but I like it.
-I like it. -I feel uncomfortable.
[laughter]
There's no secret.
Okay. But for real, we could take the front room.
We could... I don't know.
I just think we need to get some measurements
and draw it out.
-There's a lot of-- -We gotta stop talking about it.
Let's just get a shell.
I'll get exterior measurements
and we'll draw what we want.
Now we're just gonna start getting stuff outta here.
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[indistinct chatter]
[birds chirping]
[Dave] All right, babe.
I got a little bit more from the garden.
We gotta go through that plan.
[Dave] With Bob and Jill's house,
we need to have a big kitchen.
We need to have a big main suite.
We can shift this entire wall back 3 feet.
Bob loves to cook.
Uncle Bob wants his island.
[Dave] We're gonna take 3 feet
and[indistinct] into the bedroom.
We're gonna turn the whole bathroom 90 degrees.
We're gonna make this all cabinetry,
then two of them will walk into a walk-in pantry
and we can keep the sink where it was.
We got range.
-[Jenny] Oh. -[Dave] Island is here.
-Yeah. -Bobby gets his island.
Jill gets her view and her bigger kitchen.
-Mmm-hmm. -Everyone wins.
No, I love it.
[Dave] For the main suite, we were thinking
we have still a little private entry
to the main bedroom.
-[Jenny] Mmm-hmm. -[Dave] We can open up
all this mega closet
and mega bathroom.
Overall, I think that the floor plan will work.
-It doesn't change-- -So the entry's not gonna change.
Kitchen is the bigger priority.
So the front door stays,
but we still have to figure out the fireplace too.
Nothing to figure out.
It's not coming out.
We can't take the stone off?
I punched the hole in the wall to check,
stone goes all the way through the basement,
all the way up through the roof.
We're gonna have to fill it, fill it with gravel.
Yeah, I think we just cover it.
Which would shave off $10,000.
-Yeah. -We need that and more
for Bob's budget anyway.
Okay. I like it.
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For my Uncle Bob and Aunt Jill's place,
we are framing new walls in the kitchen
and the main suite.
We are moving plumbing.
[Jenny] And to capture those views,
we're replacing all of the windows in the house,
in the back and in the front.
Welcome to Bob and Jill's house.
-[Chris] Awesome. -[Jenny] Isn't this amazing?
-Look at that view. -Wow.
Okay. So this is the kitchen.
I'm meeting with Chris today
to go over the cabinet layout for the kitchen.
Here we have a little beverage fridge.
-Okay. -So I think we just do
a countertop here, a cabinet,
and do open shelving above.
And then we'll have pantry storage here.
-Okay. -Then we'll have a range here.
-Okay. -And then this will wrap sink.
And then the kitchen will go all the way
to the end of the wall.
Are we gonna take that island
and these cabinets I guess all the way to the same...
I think so.
I mean that seems...
really big, but we do.
You can never have too big of an island, I guess.
-Yeah. -[Chris] All 11-foot on it
-and that'll be a really-- -Eleven is huge.
The island is going to be gigantic.
Bob's going to absolutely love it.
This space is night and day different
from what it was.
Well, I'll get it measured up.
All right. Thanks.
-Thanks. -Okay.
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-[Jenny] Okay. -[Dave] What's up?
I have an idea.
-I love ideas. -Puzzles.
Think puzzles.
Bob loves puzzles.
Jill is like me and just wants a clear tabletop,
not a puzzle top.
So build a table
that has a hidden compartment underneath
where you can do a puzzle.
I don't know what, that's a puzzle.
And then when it's time for dinner,
you put the table back and it...
It's just a table.
That was a great drawing. I don't know why I did that.
-So like 4 by 8. -Yeah.
A normal table in that dining room,
we have all that space.
Puzzles is the Marrs thing.
Well, the Marrs have a lot of things.
They collect a lot of stuff in barns.
They buy random things and they do puzzles.
Anything that enhances our incredibly smart brains...
-Oh. -we're all for.
Puzzles are one of those things.
All right. So...
I'd like to do some kind of a leaf
where you could pull it out
and then have the table underneath.
-[Jenny] So we need an-- -I'm not one of those,
"35 puzzle maker dudes."
I'm a 5,000 puzzle piece.
What if...
I cut a channel in the skirt board?
But then when you open it up,
-you build the puzzle there. -Mmm-hmm.
-Yeah. -That you build it there.
That's a good idea.
I can see David coming over, him and Bob
working on a puzzle, piddling around.
Our family, we just want them here.
-[Dave] Yeah, we want them here. -[Jenny] Yeah.
[Dave] We want them here for all the holidays
-that are coming up for. -[Jenny] Yeah.
[Dave] You know, that special time
to spend together as a family.
It's gonna be great.
And then when it's time for dinner,
cover up the puzzle.
You can have two different puzzles working,
but to be simultaneously working on two puzzles...
That's the next level.
You're not quite there.
No offense.
Are you challenging me?
No, I'm not.
-I'll do it. I'll do it. -No. The table.
-Do the table. -Don't worry about it. I got it.
Are you talking about the table
or the puzzles?
Both.
Focus on the table.
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At Bob and Jill's house,
all in all, it's looking really good.
[Jenny] We cleaned up the landscape
and now the view is better.
[Dave] We've gotten all the windows in.
[Jenny] There's drywall going up.
[Dave] The new header is in that allows us
to completely open up
the living room and sun porch.
[Jenny] Crews are finishing the light white oak flooring
to really brighten up the entire house.
We're moving in the right direction.
[upbeat music playing]
Okay.
There's a bunch of old stuff up here.
All right. I got some VHS tapes.
Let's see.
I had some photos of Dave
and his dad, and brother, and Uncle Bob.
They went on a fishing trip.
For Bob and Jill's house, Dave's building a puzzle table
because Bob loves to do puzzles.
It's a Marrs thing.
So we are needing to make some puzzles.
Oh, look. This is our wedding invitation.
Oh, cute. Oh, here's Dave.
Oh, look at that. Looks just like Luke actually.
It's hilarious. What else is in here?
I wanna find photos I can make into a puzzle.
Oh, yeah. Perfect. Okay. Here they are.
I guess I could just make a few different puzzles.
Oh, there's David,
Bob and David.
Okay. Perfect.
All right. I'm gonna make these into puzzles
for the puzzle table,
then with the fish theme.
Perfect. Got it. It's right here.
Jenny has been giving me all these crazy things
that she wants, like this right here,
which is a fish that she wants cut into a cabinet door.
For my Uncle Bob and Aunt Jill's place,
we are building a fishing lodge inspired mudroom.
And I mean what better
than to throw some trout on the door?
We'll CNC out the design here.
And then I can router it out in any doors that she wants.
There we go.
This'll take about 10 minutes to cut.
Look at that.
I'll pop these out and I have a perfect template.
Put some fish on some cabinets.
Go grab a chisel and get this done.
[upbeat music playing]
For my Uncle Bob and Aunt Jill's place,
we are cruising to make sure we're finished in time
for when their grandbaby arrives.
We're priming the exterior of the house.
We're framing out a new roof line
to give them a defined entrance.
And today, we are building a really cool mudroom.
Tim, we are going to make a fishing wall.
-A fishing wall? -[Dave] Yeah.
How much of that stuff do you need?
[Dave] Well, I don't know. It depends on my lovely wife.
Oh. Huh.
[Jenny] What do you mean?
[Dave] Well, I don't know how much we're doing.
I don't know if we're gonna do a whole room.
-Whole room. -[sighs]
Well, I need more than I have.
[Tim] Yeah.
[Jenny] Sorry.
[Dave] I thought...
No, you knew the answer.
I thought we were just doing this back wall
like an accent wall.
So I'm just really concerned about this whole room.
And I know Bob wants to stick to...
It's not at or under.
He wants to be under
what he's giving us to spend.
Yeah. But it's right off the kitchen,
so I do want it to be really beautiful.
No, we're doing the whole room.
-Whole room. -[Tim] When you say whole room,
you mean around this window and everything?
[Jenny] Yes.
Seriously? Seriously?
Guys, it's not a very big room.
What is happening?
[Dave] This is three times the amount of material
I budgeted for this room.
And the budget is tight.
It's gonna be really nice.
So I think we need to put some paneling up on the wall.
So what's going on this?
We're gonna hang his fishing rods here.
I made this cool little rod holder.
We're gonna mount one here,
one here
'cause they're 9-foot rods.
Sweet.
-[Jenny laughs] -He'll love it.
[Jenny] I never know if Tim's joking,
or he's being sarcastic. Are you being serious?
-I'm bein' serious. -Okay. All right.
-And they're cute-- -I wanna... I wanna make Bob happy.
I know.
I still don't know if he's serious.
I don't either.
[laughs] All right.
Uncle Bob loves to fish.
-Loves it. -He's an avid fisherman.
He taught Dave how to do that.
So he'll come in off the water,
hang up his Fly fishing rods.
-[Dave] So cool. -Put his...
I don't know what he's gonna do, but he's gonna enjoy it.
It's gonna be a lot of it done in this room.
Yeah. Mmm-hmm.
Fifty-seven and a half.
[Dave] You cut and I'll nail
as fast as you can cut those boards, Tim.
[Tim] Huh.
[Dave laughs]
[machineries whirring]
I thought you're gonna put that up
faster than I can cut it.
[Dave] Oh, I gotta get the nails set up first.
We're running out of boards.
[Tim] Go get some more lumber.
How's it coming? Oh, it's looking good already.
-[Dave] Right? -I love it.
-Very cabin. -It's--
Let's go fishing.
Are you gonna paint it or are you gonna...
Yeah, this is really gonna be nice.
-I love it. I love it. -[Dave] Okay.
Looks good.
This is gonna be next level.
It's gonna be really cool.
And I know Bob is gonna love it.
Eight-three quarters.
I'm gonna grab some more lumber.
As long as we can stay within a budget,
which you know, I mean that's what's important to Bob...
the budget.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] We are over at Bob and Jill's house.
Get this one.
It's a big house.
There's a lot of work to do.
Almost the entire $250,000 budget
is earmarked already.
So we are looking for a couple of areas
where we can be more efficient
with our materials cost.
[Jenny] We have a lot of tile going in...
-[Dave] Yup. -[Jenny] to this bathroom.
I'm using two different colors,
kind of has that modern feel.
-[Dave] Yeah. -[Jenny] But not overly modern
for Bob and Jill.
Right here, Tim.
And we are installing
all the kitchen cabinets.
Oh, nice.
All right. Here's a couple doors.
This looks amazing.
-[Dave] It's good, right? -Yes.
That's a big island.
-Yeah. -It's huge.
Bob's gonna love this island.
What are we doing here?
[Jenny] Well, you know, I had thought about
doing the lime wash but I think that
with so much cabinetry, I don't know.
This isn't anything out of the ordinary.
I think I'm just gonna paint it
the same color as everything else.
So we have backsplashes to clean,
backsplash tile,
and soldier stack that's kinda modern.
And what are we putting over there, shelves?
[Jenny] Maybe we just do one shelf.
A little higher than that,
split the difference like right there.
-Yeah. -[Dave] One shelf?
You heard it here first.
[Tim] I heard it.
Clean, modern, warm, beautiful kitchen.
-That is giant. -[Jenny] Giant.
[Dave] We've literally more than doubled the size
of this kitchen.
That's what's important to most people.
We need to a live edge shelf.
What is it with you guys and your live edges?
-[Dave] We like live edge. -[Tim] It's a fishing cabin.
[Dave] This is a cabin.
-It's a fishing cabin. -[Jenny] No. No.
This is a house.
That is a fishing storage room.
There's no door that separates the two.
[Jenny] I know. We're just gonna do a nice shelf.
-Okay. -[Jenny] Clean edges.
Dead edges.
[Dave] Dead edge? Is that what you just said?
It's gonna be a new design trend.
Hi, I would love a dead edge, please, on that.
[chuckles]
7-foot dead edge.
All right. Love it.
-Dead edge. -[Dave] Dead edge.
She ain't giving up, is she?
-Nope. -No.
[soft upbeat music playing]
[laughter]
[Dave] Dude, look at that, how they cut that stuff,
those knives coming down here.
[laughter]
They're gonna quit.
At Bob and Jill's house,
we are getting a new roof.
Not just any roof,
a really nice black metal roof
that is going to go with the black windows.
It's going to go with the whole color scheme
that we have going on the outside of this house.
We thought we had a good roof when we opened it up there.
-How many leaks? -About 12.
About 12 leaks. So it was time.
[man] This should be like the last roof you'll need
'cause it's like taking a solid piece of metal
and melting it over the top.
Jill doesn't like the stone in the front of the house
but we're gonna paint that rest of the exterior
really dark to tie in with the stone
and I think the stone is really gonna work
at that point.
So the black metal roof helps
to tie in with that dark color scheme.
This is a huge help because it means we don't
have to redo the stone at all.
This and saving on the fireplace
were the big wins we needed
in order to stay within our budget.
Man, this is gonna make a huge difference on this house.
I envision game nights over here
with big family gatherings,
being able to bounce from yard to yard.
My dad and mom are two doors away.
It's gonna be amazing.
[soft upbeat music playing]
[Dave] You gotta get these little pieces together.
Luke, what's your favorite puzzle?
[Luke] This puzzle.
You work on that. I think that goes over here.
-This goes over here? -Let's give Uncle Bob a call.
[Charlotte] [indistinct] but it goes like here.
[Luke] Are you gonna make this in my room?
[Bob] Hi, Dave.
[Jill] How are you guys doing?
[Dave] We are great. How's Minnesota?
[Jill] All good.
I was calling to tell Bob, you're not gonna believe this,
but we are on time, on budget,
and everything is just cruisin' right along.
[Bob] That's good news.
[Dave] It's about two and a half, three weeks left.
[Jill] Any surprises?
[Dave] We found a few more leaks
than we were hoping to find
but other than that, it's been...
It's been pretty good.
[Jill] That's exactly what I wanted to hear, Dave.
[Bob] We have complete faith in you.
[Jill] We're so excited.
Oh. We are too, we are too.
Well, we are gonna finish up this puzzle. We love you.
-[Jill] Love you, guys. -Say goodbye, guys.
-Say goodbye. -Bye-bye.
-[Bob] Bye. -[Jill] Bye.
-Bye. -I have one piece
but I don't know where this goes.
-[Dave] Put it in there, see if that'll fit. -[Charlotte] No.
-Or it's that one. -Oh, yeah, that.
[Dave] You crushed it.
-[Jill] You ready? -[Bob] I'm ready.
[Jill] Gosh, the cabinets are fantastic.
-We got your eye-- -I can't believe it.
Oh.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jenny] We're at Bob and Jill's.
We are sanding down the floors
and light fixtures are going up all over the house.
[Dave] The kitchen cabinets are already painted
the color that Jenny wants for the room.
Bob and Jill love blue, so it's nice deep rich blue
and the fishing room is deep green.
So I am a little nervous about these two spaces
because you can see 'em both. There's not a door.
It's just cased opening but I think
that they're gonna tie really nicely together.
They're both really rich colors.
I think they'll work.
-It's gonna be great. -It's gonna be great.
[upbeat music playing]
So today, we are at
my Uncle Bob and my Aunt Jill's house
wrapping everything up.
This house, it's looking incredible.
I got the boys with me.
We are moving in a table that I built for puzzles.
Those details that really make it personal.
All right. Set it right there.
We are setting the rod holders.
So you got that upside down.
-That would not be good. -[chuckles]
[Dave] We've got furniture coming in.
The awesome granite countertops are going in.
[rock music playing]
[Dave] We've got a new shower door being installed
to show off that amazing tile.
We're coming into that holiday season
and I'm so excited,
my parents are so excited
just to have Uncle Bob and my Aunt Jill close.
My dad is the middle of three boys
and Bob is the youngest, so they've always been close.
-Good left to right? -Yeah.
That's why I've got the boys helping me.
This is a family affair.
Let's roll.
Love it. Thank you, guys.
-[Nathan] Yeah. -[Ben] Mmm-hmm.
[upbeat music playing]
Just gonna move it. Okay.
This fireplace turned out nice, right?
Yup. White oak is amazing.
I love the white. It's perfect.
We are at my Uncle Bob and Aunt Jill's house
wrapping this house up.
They are on their way from Minnesota.
And they're getting their house back.
[gentle music playing]
Look how pretty this duck is, babe.
Taking space out of that garage for a mudroom,
it's very functional
-but it's really pretty. -Pretty.
I love the little trout.
The main bedroom, we took a little bit of space away
for the closet.
But it's still a big bedroom.
Well, not only a giant closet
but an amazing bathroom
that's got a huge shower, a great soaking tub,
-double vanities. -Double vanity.
It's got everything that they need.
[Jenny] And the glass.
Remember how we had to figure out this glass?
Yeah, it looks good.
Yeah, babe. This closet.
I know. Remember it used to just be two little closets,
now they have a huge closet,
turn on the lights and the fan might too.
[Dave] Jenny, I love this little coffee bar.
[Jenny] I know. I love this little pantry.
Giant island. Look how big this is.
[Dave] It looks so good.
Everything in this kitchen is meant to serve Bob
because he loves to cook
but then also Jill loves to entertain.
[Dave] I gotta finish the puzzle.
From the table to the little bar
to just the quick access out on to the back patio,
we literally built this area for entertaining.
This part of this puzzle is crushing me.
-Babe. We gotta go. -[Dave] Yup.
-Let me know when you're ready. -[Jenny] All right.
[Dave] We've got about 600 square feet of back deck.
Which it's...
-Incredible. -It's another whole room.
-Hey, babe. They're gonna be here. -[Dave] Yeah.
I'm so excited...
-So excited. -for Bob and Jill.
They have actually DIY-renovated
-a lot of houses together. -A lot of homes.
But it's always just the two of them.
And this was a huge project
that was too much for just the two of them to do.
It was as big thing for them to turn it over to us.
Well, honey, are you ready for this?
I can't believe it's happening.
It's been a long time.
Four months.
I'm so nervous, in a good way.
Here we go.
-That's them. -Yeah.
-Oh, Bob. Oh, Bob. -[Bob] Oh, metal roof?
-[Jill] Bob. -[Bob] Isn't that cool?
-Yay. -[Jill] And the colors.
-Gosh. -Shut up.
[laughter]
-[Jill] Oh. -[Dave] Look at them,
pulling in like they own the place.
I love it.
Stop it!
The roof.
-[Bob] I love the roof. -[Jenny] Do you?
Oh, my gosh.
[Jill] The roof.
[Bob] I can't get over the roof.
[Dave] That's what you're seeing all the way
-down the driveway. -[Bob] Right.
-[Jenny] Yes. -[Bob] I'm glad you kept
the stone the way it was.
[Jenny] We added this little eave up here.
-[Jill] Yeah. -And we added new black windows.
Everything feels modern.
And before, the stone was just so ugly,
but now it works.
[Jill] Look at the door. It's my favorite.
[Jenny] Yay!
And you have some windows here
to break up all the siding.
-[Bob] This is awesome. -[Jill] I love it.
-You love it? See the inside. -Love it.
-Wait till you see inside. -Yeah.
-Can't hardly wait. -Can't wait.
-[Jill] Let's go. -[Jenny] Following you.
-You ready? -[Bob] I'm ready.
Oh, my gosh. The floor is...
Bob, look at the entry.
-The floor, I love the floor. -Oh, Jenny Marrs.
[Jenny laughs]
-[Bob] I don't even recognize the place. -[Jill] Bob.
-Gosh. -Gosh.
The cabinets are fantastic.
-We got your eye... Oh. -I can't believe it.
-[Bob] Love it. -[Jenny] Let's check the island over there.
[Jill] I'm speechless.
[Bob] Oh, my gosh.
Oh, it's delicious.
[laughter]
-I love it! -[Jenny] Yay!
[Jill] I don't get it. None of this was here.
[Bob] Oh, look at this.
[Jenny] Giant fridge.
[Jill] We're gonna need more food.
-[Bob] Holy moly! -[laughter]
-[Jenny] You've got a little pantry right there. -For sure.
Oh, Jill, look at this.
-[Jill] Oh, you go in there? -[Bob] This is so cool.
[Jenny] We reoriented a lot of space.
[Jill] Oh, my golly.
It is spectacular.
Is it? Yay!
[Dave] We were able to double the windows
looking out to the lake.
[Bob] I love the colors.
[Jenny] Do you love the colors? Good.
-I love it. -I do.
Very deep, kind of moody and rich.
[Jill] I can't find the old house.
-[Bob] Yeah. -[Jenny] Well, we based every decision off
of was how do we get an island in the kitchen
-because it was so tight. -Yeah, I love an island.
We were able to bump in
to where the hall bath was and the closet.
[Dave] We shifted this kitchen that way.
-[Jill] Okay. -Yes.
All the way across.
Complete redo of everything.
And we were able to take
that last 8 feet of the garage
and shift a lot of stuff there.
-Gosh. -So you gotta go check that.
Bob, you gotta go first through here.
Ooh. Oh, my gosh.
This is so cool.
[Jill] Oh, look. Look.
[Bob] Nice.
[Jill] Stop it with the pole.
Bob.
-Look at the insert. -[Bob] Fish.
The little trout.
-[Bob] Wow. -[Jill] Uh-huh.
[Dave] That my... And my dad,
like, our best memories are growing up,
you teaching us how to fish.
We thought, like, we gotta have a Fly rod area in here
and Jenny just wanted this, like, to feel like a cabin.
-Yeah. Yeah. -[Jill] Yeah.
Oh, you got the vibe.
And then you have washer and dryer
-behind this room. -[Jill] Okay.
[Jenny] People coming off the deck.
-[Jill] Yeah. -[Jenny] Come into the kitchen.
-[Bob] Yeah. -[Jill] Yeah, yeah.
[Jenny] And this is the whole moment.
Oh, I love it.
-Should we see the living room? -[Bob] Really cool.
-Yeah, let's do it. -[Jill] Can't wait.
-Keep going? All right. -[Jill] Yes, yes, yes.
After you.
[Bob] Oh, my gosh.
[Jill] Jenny. The fireplace.
-[Jenny] Yes! -[Jill] You did it.
[Bob] I like the fireplace a lot.
[Jill] You did it... No, it's perfect.
-It's there but it goes away. -Yes.
[Bob] Did you, like, plaster it first
-a little bit or something? -[Jenny] No.
It's just a mortar wash.
[Dave] It's a mortar wash.
-[Jill] Oh, it's beautiful. -[Jenny] Yes.
The staircase isn't open anymore.
Yes. The staircase isn't open anymore.
-Wow. What a good one. -I forgot about all that.
[Jenny] It feels like a room now.
[Jill] It's really good.
-[Bob] Looks giant now. -[Jenny] It does.
-[Jill] It does. -After... It's like...
It doesn't matter where you're at,
you can see everything.
-I love it. -Okay.
So, you remember you had the screened-in porch.
We made that into a dining room,
so go check that out.
-[Bob] Cool. -Let's do it.
Oh, man.
-[Bob] Look at this. -[Jill] Look at it.
[Jenny] I know. So good.
[Jill] I can't.
Gosh. The view is spectacular.
-[Jill] It's so elegant. -It is elegant.
-[Jill] But it feels like home. -[Jenny] Yeah.
[Jill] Like it's cozy and warm.
I like... I love this.
-[Dave] All built in. -[Jenny] Yup. White oak.
[Bob] So nice.
I wanted to build you guys a table for the space.
[Bob] Dave, this is so nice.
I know we love puzzles and all that, so this table.
As a family, the Marrs men.
You can actually put the puzzles away.
[Jill] Oh, stop it.
[Dave] So I've got all of us fishing in here,
-so we have a lot of puzzles. -Oh, my gosh.
-[Bob] Oh, that's so cool. -[Dave] That we have to put together.
Both sides do that.
[Jenny] You can still use the table.
That's awesome, Dave. Thanks.
[Jenny] Now in this hallway...
-Yes. -in order to get the space
in the kitchen, we took a little space
from the front bedroom, so we got rid of the hallway.
So take a peek in there.
[Jill laughs]
Bob, get in here.
It's a little more than a powder room.
-Yeah. -We figured out a way
to make it a full bath
because we need a space for your guests.
-Oh, my gosh. -Oh, you picked up
that green from the kitchen.
-I love it. -[Jill] Oh, Jenny.
Okay. So then you had a door here to your bedroom
but we moved it.
-I know. It's very... -It all changed,
-so it's confusing. -[Jill] It all changed.
[Jenny] It all changed.
Oh.
-Bob, look. -[Bob] Wow, this is awesome.
These colors are awesome.
[Jenny] We took a little space
to create a main suite
but it's still a really big bedroom.
-Just love it. -It's cozy but roomy enough.
[Jenny] And then you have two doors.
-Where do you wanna go first? -Go ahead.
-[Dave] That one. -[Jenny] Okay. All right.
-Oh, a lot of pocket doors. -[Jill] Oh, Bob.
-Look. -[Bob] Holy moly.
[laughter]
-[Bob] God! -[Jill] Holy smoke!
We're gonna need more clothes.
[laughter]
[Bob] I can't believe this!
-[Jenny] This window is new. -[Dave] Yes.
Because we love... I love a window in a closet.
-Perfect. Well... -[Dave] Okay.
So now you have to go in door number two.
-Okay. -Okay. Another door.
Okay. After you.
[Jill] Oh, wow.
Oh, my gosh.
[Bob] Oh, gosh.
[Jill] Bob.
-[Bob] I gotta get in there. -[laughter]
[Jill] I'm going with you.
-[laughter] -This is awesome.
Gosh, I love the tile colors.
[Jill] I love how this tile
communicates with all the other tiles
-in the house. -[Jenny] Yes.
Oh, I'm so glad.
[Bob] Jill takes a bath every day, so.
[Jenny] The most important space in the house
we haven't yet seen, the back porch.
-Okay. -Okay. Go on.
-We'll follow you. -Okay. We'll follow you guys.
[Jill] It's just the views.
[Dave laughs]
Look at this, just spectacular.
[laughs] Oh, Bob.
-[Bob] Holy moly. -[Jill] Holy moly is right.
[Bob] I don't remember what this deck...
-Was it just a little deck here? -[Jill] It was skinny.
And there's the fire pit.
-[Jenny] Yes. -[Bob] Yes.
-I love it. -I like that a lot.
[Jill] Look at that view. It's amazing.
-And you captured it. -[Jenny] Yes.
-[Jill] In and out. -[Bob] You cleaned all this up a lot.
[Jill] Spectacular.
-Yay. -Yay.
[laughs] That's it.
That's it. That's what we got.
This is where they're gonna spend so much time
and I think it's hitting them that this is their new life,
-you know, being on the lake. -So cool.
-Oh, my gosh. -[woman] How are you?
[man] I'm doing great. How are you?
[Jill] And open.
[man] Oh, I love the countertops.
[woman] Beautiful.
Oh, my gosh.
As soon as I saw the kitchen,
I mean, I guess I was so emotional
because I... That's where I spent so much time
and it really exceeded my expectations.
[Jill] So pretty.
This fireplace is gas or wood.
The fireplace was one of my biggest concerns
now that the lake is the shining star.
-[Bob] Look at this. -[Jill] Oh, we can--
Oh, with the puzzles underneath.
[Bob] That's so awesome that Dave...
In addition to the fact that it's so functional,
it was built by Dave which means a lot to me.
Well, it's nice to finally live in Arkansas.
[woman] Yes. I'm so happy to have you guys.
I'm telling you, we're so excited.
Just in time for the new baby.
Now we can accommodate all of the family.
-[man] Whoa! -[Dave] There we go.
-To family. -[Jill] To family.
[woman] To family.
[Dave] I love you guys.