This house has a growth on it, and it's a trailer coming out
the side of it.
And the homeowners want it yanked out of their house.
You're gonna pull this trailer out of that house?
[Dave] It's all gonna be done by that dozer right there.
I'm just worried that the second this trailer
comes out successfully that, like...
everything else just collapses.
[Dave] We're moving. We're moving.
[Derek] Hey, go up just a little.
You're grinding in right here.
-[Dave] Yeah, give me a second. -Wait, wait, wait.
[Dave] Hey, are we OK?
-Slow down, stop, stop. -[Jenny] Stop!
All right, Jenny, three...
-two... -[all] Yeah.
[Dave] one, go!
[screaming]
[Dave] Perfect.
[Jenny] For me and Dave, every day is a lot of moving parts.
With five growing kids.
No! Do not go in the house!
[Dave] All right, put your brake on.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - I didn't --
[Jenny] A working farm full of our beloved animals.
Sometimes cows don't do what you want 'em to.
It's the strangest thing.
[Jenny] I think I have to go in and scoop some poop too.
-Whoo! -[Dave] Yeah!
[Jenny] A renovation business...
[Jenny gasps] Watch!
...and running two stores in our community
of Northwest Arkansas.
I think we did it.
We definitely did it.
[Jenny] We stay pretty busy...
-[yells] -[Dave laughs]
...and sometimes a little stressed.
God! Oh, my Lord, David!
But when your job is helping your neighbors
transform their lives...
Oh, my God.
...by transforming the place they call home...
Are you crying?
[woman #1] Oh, my God, it's so pretty.
...it's not really work at all.
Just another day in this crazy, beautiful life
we call "ours."
[woman #2] Oh, my God, how did you do that?
[woman #2 laughs]
[birds chirping]
I told you, it's a cool place, right?
Yeah, this is cool. It's very cabin in the woods.
[Dave] Can you believe that there's a trailer home
that this house was built around?
They just left a little piece of it sticking out,
just so you knew. -[Jenny] Oh, I see.
Interesting.
Why not just build a house and not put it around that?
I like all the wood siding.
I think we could just clean it up.
Yeah, I think so too. It's all cedar.
Re-seal it. It's really nice.
I love it.
-[Dave] Hello. -[Jeff] Hello.
Your door was open, so I just went for it.
-Hey. -[Emily] Hi.
-[Dave] How's it going? -[Jeff] Good.
-[Emily] You guys coming out? -[Jenny] Hi.
-Jenny. -Jeff.
-[Emily] Hi, Jenny. -[Jenny] Hi.
-[Jeff] Emily. -[Emily and Jenny] Nice to meet you.
-[Emily] Dave. -[Dave] Nice to meet you.
I didn't see you last time, but Jeff and I got to,
we already explored through your house, so.
[Emily] Oh.
[Jeff] The trailer home was here first,
and the house was literally built around it.
So I came last week to check it out and see how complicated
this project is really going to be.
-How long is this trailer? -60 foot.
[Dave] 60 [chuckles].
You don't wanna go under there.
So this is the trailer door?
This is the trailer door, and you can see there's a gap
in between the trailer and the exterior wall.
[Dave] OK. Crazy thing is,
yeah, it's completely preserved
because it's... -[Jeff] Inside.
Inside.
OK, let's talk about this. This is a very unique home.
[Emily] This cabin was built out of an old train station that was
taken apart from Neosho. -[Jenny] Oh, wow.
-[Jeff] Yeah. -[Jenny] Oh, OK.
[Jeff] So, like, these timbers are from the rail station.
-[Jenny] Wow. -You think about this house
with the trailer home,
the train station, the stories that
this house holds.
-Yes. -Yeah.
I'm Emily. This is my husband, Jeff,
and we are the Wolfes.
We were full-time born and raised in California.
We came in 2021 for the
USA Cycling Mountain Bike Nationals.
My son was racing, and we had time to look at
a couple properties. I just called up a realtor.
We came here, we fell in love with it, and then a couple
weeks later, we put an offer in.
I didn't really expect that our life would be moving out
here so rapidly.
Jenny and I do the exact same thing.
When we go to a place, we're like, "Oh, this is really nice.
Let's see how much real estate is here."
-Yeah. -Exactly.
But then as soon as we got into it and bought it,
Jeff just didn't wanna come back to California.
[all laugh]
-And what about you? -I'm still in California.
[all laugh]
[Emily] I love the vibes. I love the house.
I love the way it looks. I think it's like a postcard.
But when it comes to actually living, it's full-time camping
with the bugs inside, the wasps, the mice,
the ticks, the cold, all of it.
We really need help to turn this into someplace that I can
really do my work.
Our adult kids will wanna come and be with us where
they'll feel like it's really a retreat for them as well.
But as it is right now, it's not that.
This is a big job.
We're saving a relationship day.
-Just kidding. -[Dave] Yes.
-No, no, well -- I mean... -[Dave] Counselors, builders.
We'll be counselors, guys.
You're certainly elevating it a lot.
You know, we've already had conversations with Emily
and Jeff, and we had measurements, and we've gone
back and forth on how we wanna reorient this home
'cause Emily has been traveling back and forth from here to
California, but it's a whole 'nother thing to walk through
the space and feel it and see it and really get eyes on it.
So speaking of the property, let's talk about the cabin.
I know you love the natural cedar wood.
I love it. What about the roof?
[Jeff] I would like to see another metal roof.
It just seems fitting with the style of the cabin.
-[Dave and Jenny] Yeah. -Also the handrails.
-[Jenny] Yeah. -Uh...
We're not fans of these handrails.
OK -- essentially our goal outside is to keep
this kind of rustic, "cabin-in-the-woods" feel.
So we'll clean up the siding, get a new roof, new handrail,
move the entrance to better work with the flow of the home
inside, and clean up some of the landscaping.
-But really, just keep this... -[Dave] This aesthetic.
...a really cool cabin. I love it.
OK, so we have a budget of $350,000 right?
-For the whole project? -Right.
So keep that in mind.
I mean, we're not doing a ton out here, but I think it will
add up quickly. -There's a lot to be done.
-[Jenny] Yeah, there is. -Yeah.
It's a... Hear there's a lot inside, so,
OK, should we head in?
-[Emily] You sure? -[Jenny] This is so cool.
I love the beams.
OK, can we come back to this room?
'Cause I really wanna see this trailer.
-Yeah. -It's right there.
[Dave] Look at the time capsule, the carpeting.
-[Jenny] Oh my gosh, you guys. -[Dave] It's actually in
really good shape. -[Emily] Well.
[Jenny] So this is your kitchen?
-Like, this is -- -[Jeff] This is our kitchen.
It's working. It's a working...
So you were thinking of moving this,
now becoming your main suite? -[Emily] Right.
-Right? -Yeah.
There's no reason in keeping this the way it is
because it's all gonna go.
-Yes, yes. -This whole thing's gonna go like a hot dog out of a bun.
-We hope. -[all laugh]
-We hope. -Like a hot dog out of a bun.
OK, so we'll have basically this, where we're standing,
will be bedroom. -[Dave] Mm-hmm.
You'll walk into here, which will be
your bathroom, OK? -[Jeff] Yes.
And then out this way, we'll have a little sitting
room for you because you had said you wanted a little
sitting room. -[Emily] Yeah, well, well I do.
I tutor kids with dyslexia, and yeah, and, um,
and so I would love to have a designated space that I could
do online tutoring. -Oh, amazing, yeah.
In a place that, yeah, is a little kind of attractive
and, you know, peaceful. -Yes.
OK, once we remove this 60-foot trailer out of its shell,
we'll be left with a clean slate to rebuild
your new main bedroom, main bathroom,
and a new sunroom for you to work in.
All right, let's go back into the main part of the cabin where
we wanna put the front door over here.
-OK. -[Jeff] Yes.
[Jenny] Yeah, so this entry is going to be so nice,
'cause this will be all open. -[Dave] Yeah.
-[Emily] It will, yeah. -[Jenny] So this is basically gonna be here.
You're gonna have, like, a dining room
and then kitchen.
What we really would like to is for this ceiling
to be removed, -[Jenny] Oh.
[Emily] and to go upright here to allow the light
from the dormer to come in. -[Jenny] OK.
[Emily] Leaving the beams,
just taking... -[Dave] The flooring off.
-[Emily] The flooring out. -[Dave] Oh, I love that.
Ah, that's cool. So this will all be kitchen
back here. -[Emily] Right.
How do you want it to look and feel?
Colors?
-Just something -- -Fits with the house.
-Yeah.
OK, so the existing bedroom, bath, and closet will all be
transformed into your new kitchen and dining area.
In the dining room, we'll take out the ceiling,
but we'll leave the beams exposed so sunlight
from the upstairs dormer can spill in.
And the kitchen will feel just as open with warm wood
cabinets, beautiful stone countertops,
a light backsplash, and all new appliances.
All right, so let's go to that main living room because I wanna
talk about that room. OK.
So back in here, how do you want to use this space?
'Cause I see right now you're using it
as a dining room as well.
So you have dining and living, but now we're taking dining
and putting it over on that side of the house.
[Jeff] We sort of envision this as maintaining like the man cave
aspect of the cabin. -[Dave] Yeah.
There could have a game or a pool table over here.
Oh, yeah. Love that.
You have the fire going in the winter.
You have all the pretty view. I like that.
[Jenny] In here, we're leaning into that rugged cabin feel
and giving the whole space a fresh new look.
We'll close off this wall since the new bedroom will be on
the other side and then turn this room into a game space
with new windows, updated furniture,
and plenty of room to hang out and play.
-[Jeff] Yes. -[Jenny] OK.
-So all of this... -Right.
...everything is dependent on how this goes. -Yeah.
-Getting this guy out of here. -[Emily] Yeah.
[Jeff] Yeah.
[Dave] I just wanna be up front.
I feel like the design is at a good place, but it's OK
with you guys, I wanna come back with one of my buddies
and just do a little bit more investigation.
What are the chances that everything just kinda
crumbles as you take it out? -We've gotta be careful.
I mean, I feel like Emily said it best.
We've gotta slide that hot dog right out of the bun without,
I mean... -Not spilling any ketchup?
Yeah.
Well, you guys get packed up.
We'll come back and take a trailer out of
the house, you know? -Yeah.
-Like, you know. -[laughing]
[birds chirping]
[Dave] Dude, don't be mad at me.
I think you should look at it as a sign of trust that I trust
you to go under and check it out.
And it was just rock, paper, scissors.
Someone had to lose.
-I just am more skilled. -[Derek] I know.
What we want to get done is we wanna get this mobile home
away from the house, so then we can build the house back.
It looks like there's a good...
two to two and a half feet under there.
Give me a tug rope in case I get stuck.
Yeah.
Oh, wow! Definitely dirty
and nasty.
[Dave] So Derek is under the house right now.
He's gonna assess what we need to take out,
what we need to brace up with the house, what we need to
disconnect so it doesn't tear away from the house.
[Derek] But yeah, there's a, I don't know if it's a puddle
of poop water or, oh, it's definitely gray water.
Yeah, that's cool. There's sewage right there.
That's great.
That's [bleep] disgusting.
[Derek coughs]
[Derek] There's just a ton of plumbing and this insulation.
It's just disgusting.
Oh man,
that's a lot.
What are you seeing down there?
[Derek] There's gonna be some --
Definitely a lot of disconnection spots.
We're gonna have to make sure we hit before we pull
this thing out, but we get a couple of days of prep
and we can get this thing pulled out
I think pretty, pretty unsmoothly,
but it'll go [chuckles].
All right, man, get cleaned up.
I'll meet you outside.
Now I'm just gonna try to turn around.
[Derek groans]
There he is.
I'm gonna give you a slow clap for that one.
-Nasty and tight under there. -All right, well, we can do it.
-Yeah. -It's just gonna take a lot of work.
A lot of prep work.
And you stink, so let's go get you cleaned up, buddy.
[Derek chuckles] All right.
[Jenny] Tomorrow, we're planning on removing the trailer,
so we're all here doing a little more demo
and prep work to prepare.
OK, so you remember Jeff told us
that anything we found on this property we could use
in the house. -[Jenny] Mm-hmm.
What about that big, rusty tank, old diesel tank?
-What about it? -I don't know.
I just feel like it's cool.
Could we cut that apart and make something unique out
of it? -[Jenny] What in the world?
Why did we walk over here exactly?
I just like the patina on this.
I like the rust. I like the mold.
Kind of feel like it fits the house.
You want rust and mold inside of what we're making
a brand new house?
[Dave] What if I just cut, like, the bottom off it.
This was the round base,
made like a cool coffee table or something with it?
It's a stretch. You can try it.
[Dave] Perfect timing, friends!
[all groan]
[Dave] Oh, yeah, get it there.
I'll strap it against that wedge
so it doesn't move around. -All right.
Thanks, guys.
So just for the record, this is Dave's project.
This is Dave's idea.
- I'm not -- -And a great one it is.
Not quite sure about this one.
He has good ideas, so we'll see how it turns out.
But this one feels like a stretch, like he just found
some random junk that's gonna now end up at my house
in my yard. -Why do you think this is junk?
You described it as "Rusty and covered in mold."
You know what I like to call this now?
Rustic gold.
[mellow country music playing]
All right.
[Jenny] Oh.
-Derek. -Oh, morning.
[Dave] You're excited, aren't you?
Been thinking about this thing all night.
[Jenny laughs]
-Hey, how are you? -[Jeff] Good morning.
-[Dave] What's up, man? -[Jenny] Good morning.
-It's good to see you. -Good to see you.
[Jenny] You came to watch this, huh?
I came to participate.
-[Jenny] Oh, OK [laughs]. -I'm pulling this thing out.
He wants to be here if the house falls down.
So the guys are prepping the trailer the rest of the way
to make sure it's unattached from the house.
And then we have a bulldozer and some chains, and we're just
planning to pull it right out.
OK, here we go. Here we go.
[Dave] We got tension on it now, Derek.
[Derek] Yeah, I feel it.
[truck beeping]
-[Dave] We're moving. We're moving. -[Jenny] Oh gosh.
[Dave] Hey, are we OK? Slow down, stop, stop.
-[Jenny] Stop, wait, wait. -Give me a second.
-Hold on, hold on. -It's pushing this way.
I just wanna make sure we're still clear on that side.
Right there. Right there, Matt.
Yeah.
So here, if you can look right here...
we're literally starting to pull...
and rip the siding out.
[Jenny] What are we doing now? What's this?
I'm gonna chain the bucket and push the trailer.
[Dave] Right there. Right there.
Just hold right there, Jeff.
[Jeff] I got the parking brake on.
[Dave] What do you think? Are we OK?
-You good? -[Jeff] Yeah.
[truck beeping]
[revving]
[Dave] Hey, do we need a lift? Whoa!
-OK, stop, stop. -Whoa!
Um, got another issue now.
He's catching on something big inside or under the trailer.
I keep thinking this is better than taking this apart
piece by piece.
So we are still in the positive right now.
So you're going for this hump right here?
I think we need to go right here and see what's going on.
-Soon as he pulls the carpet back. -[Jeff] Oh, wow.
Yeah, we got something going on right there.
-[Derek] There's something... -[Dave] Holy cow,
that is binding this like crazy right here.
That's steel.
Maybe that piece of steel is catching.
That piece of steel is catching right here,
right on this -- on this stone. Look at that.
This is not good.
[Dave] Yeah, we're not moving that steel, Derek.
We gotta figure something else out.
That piece of steel is catching right here,
right on this -- on this stone.
-Look at that. -[Derek speaking]
[indistinct chatter]
-[Derek] There we go. -[Dave] There it is.
Good. Just came down a little bit.
[Derek] OK.
I think we try to fire it up and see what's going on.
See if that was our blind spot.
[Dave] Let's do it.
♪♪
[Dave] Yeah!
Keep going! Keep going!
Choo!
The conductor's leaving the station, I think.
[Jenny, Dave, and Derek cheer]
-That's free! -[Derek] Hell, yeah!
-[Jenny] Good job. -That was a team game.
-[Jeff] Yeah. -Team game.
That little chunk of concrete was what it was holding on to.
[Jeff] I can't believe that.
That took our demo down from three weeks to three hours.
-And look at this thing. -It's so much room.
Look how much bigger your house got.
So much potential, Jeff.
Hey, Jeff, we could not have done this without you
and that skid steer. So, thank you.
Jeff's an all-star today.
Let's go out the new doorway here.
[Derek] Out the new door.
[Jenny] It's gonna take weeks of demo and framing work at
the Wolfe cabin to put it back together.
And as we're waiting for that to happen, we'll focus on some
of the design elements, starting with Jeff's game area
of his man cave.
-Hey, guys. -Hey.
Got the muscle? You ready?
[Dave] Heard you guys needed some muscle.
[Jenny] Yes, we do.
Let's go shop for a pool table.
-Hello, how are you? -Hello.
Um, I feel like I saw that you guys
have used pool tables online, right?
-[Sam] We do. -[Jenny] OK.
We're looking for a used one that we can sort of...
-[Dave] We can do a little work, too. -[Jenny]...re-work.
[Sam] OK, let's see what we can do.
This one's an 8-foot -- I haven't fully put it together.
[Jenny] Oh, so it's good for home.
But once it goes together, everything is nice.
This is one of the best-playing tables in the whole store.
I've actually played on this table.
Oh, well, there you go.
-Sold. -[Sam] Yeah.
They just built them so well back in the old days, so.
I like this because it looks like
a lot of these panels are...
You could kinda remove these panels and, you know,
install a little bit more custom panel. -Absolutely.
-Correct. -Do you have felt options, too?
-Can we get this refelted? -[Sam] Oh, of course.
You can get any color you want on it.
-OK. -We have all different colors.
I like this one. Let's do it.
-Let's go with the felt. -Absolutely.
Well, that's pretty, the black, actually.
Well, I really like the black with the light wood.
-[Dave] Yeah, I do, too. -Do you guys like it?
[Dave] That was really quick. You don't even wanna look.
Do you like it? No.
You always tell me to go with my first choice.
That's what I'm... OK.
You guys roam around, I'll go pay.
So we're gonna do black felt on it?
Yes. So, we'll just call you
when it's ready, I guess,
and you'll come meet us out there and refelt. -Uh-huh.
How long does it take to refelt it?
Um, usually a couple hours.
The guys will be out there about two, three hours
doing the whole thing. -Oh, that's quick.
Amazing. Thank you.
[Sam] Thank you so much.
All right, so we are over at the Wolfe residence right now.
So, the old bedroom that will now be the new kitchen area,
Emily really wants to vault that.
The problem is -- you can see from the dormers,
there is a second floor, which is just unused loft space.
You guys about got this all shored up?
Love this first step. Watch it.
It's a doozy. Nope, I got it.
-[Derek] Let me hold your hand. -I got it.
All right, let's go.
It's really pretty up here.
-[Derek] It is. -[Dave] I like the wood.
I think we just start opening it up.
Dude, that's gonna be sweet.
[Derek] Yeah, it feels huge already.
Well, I guess we're gonna just keep going.
-Yeah. -There's no going back now.
-[Jenny] Dave? -[Dave] Yes, ma'am?
[Jenny] What are we doing here?
We're just getting rid of this whole floor?
[Dave] I guess. That's what, uh...
That was the direction, right? All vaulted?
We didn't just pull this down for no reason.
'Cause it's not really vaulted, technically.
-It's just -- -It'll be big and open.
Yeah, it'll be amazing.
I mean, I know they wanted it, but this feels weird.
Are you vaulting that side too?
So what we're struggling with here is the homeowners,
the Wolfes, they want a vault.
They wanted that grand living room.
I think the window and the angled ceiling
is what's making it tough for Jenny to visualize.
[Jenny] It's not really vaulted. It's just...
What do you mean? Look at it.
[Jenny] It's like a second floor being exposed.
I think she's just seeing the smaller opening right now
and not like when it's wide open and we have a new vault
built in there, so at some point, I just need Jenny to
say, "Babe, you know what, I'm not seeing it right now,
but I trust you and it's gonna look great."
But I mean, I do trust you, but not on this issue.
-[Dave] Wait. -I'm also having a snack.
Well, I think we have to lower that ceiling, it just
feels super weird right now, but if you actually vault it,
it could work.
But then you have to get rid of that window for sure.
That will help make it feel like it's not a second floor
and a downstairs.
-It'll make it feel like it's all connected. -[Dave] Agree.
Whoo!
We have decided that we're going to go up, and we are
going to close up the window
and make a new vault in the ceiling.
And now we're opening up the whole kitchen area.
Yeah, it's gonna be awesome. Just what the Wolfes want.
And I really think it's gonna be just what Jenny wants
once it's done.
-Hey, babe. -[Dave] Hey, how's it going?
Oh, it's good.
-What you doing? -Well...
[Jenny] Tearing it apart?
[Dave] I wanted to see kind of what you're thinking.
Do you -- you don't like...
Do you like the dark? It's kind of like...
No. I think we're gonna go light.
A modern, like a white oak, 'cause then we're doing
the black felt, remember? -OK.
So take it all to a modern white oak.
So we got this old pool table that is a really good quality.
We got a great deal on it.
So now we just need to take it apart, refurbish it,
and make it a little more modern to fit in with
the Wolfe Cabin.
-[Dave] Hey, Jenny Marrs. -[Jenny] What?
[Dave] I don't think they use plywood.
I think this is white oak.
I think I could pull it apart and run it
through the planer one pass. -Sand it down.
And maybe reuse some of this wood.
[Jenny] That'd be cool.
So, Dave's basically gonna sand down the sides.
They're already made from white oak, so he's gonna just take
off the finish now so that we have just
the natural white oak showing.
[Dave] And for the legs, I forged these beams to look
like a railroad track. -I think he would love that.
Ties in with the whole train station.
We'll have metal legs, and then he'll just refurbish
the other components.
We'll get it to the house, and then we'll have
the professionals come out and refelt the pool table.
OK, so you're good? It's a plan?
-I'm on it. -All right.
[Jenny] We've been busy at the Wolfe Cabin over the past
couple of weeks.
We've closed up the wall between the living room
and the new main suite,
installed drywall in the old trailer space for the bedroom,
bathroom, and work area, and with the ceiling removed
above the dining room, we've relocated the stairs
leading to the second floor.
I can't wait to see all the progress,
especially the vaulted ceiling, which I'm hoping turns out OK.
-Oh, the stairs! -[Dave] What's up?
-[Derek] What's up? -The stairs look great here.
I feel good about this.
We have questions on this, though.
What?
Well, what we're doing underneath here?
Yes, I think we should do a little nook under here.
We can have bookshelves around and then a little seat in here.
OK, so now that this is in place, this is really helping
me visualize this.
Do we not do a sofa? Do we do a couple, like...
-Club chairs? -Club chairs.
Because this is more of his man cave, right?
-I don't know. -I would be happy with
a man cave that's this large.
I like this room. I feel good.
-Let's go. -[Derek] You good?
I wanna go to the kitchen. OK, let's look at the ceiling.
Wait, let's just, like...
-Tell me I'm right [coughs]. -...tell me what you think
of the ceiling with those beams there.
-[Derek] Yeah. -[Dave] I'm just curious.
You did good. I liked it.
[Derek] Me, Damon, and Dave kinda crushed this whole thing.
I like it. I do like it.
-I really like it. -[Derek] The guys knocked it out.
[Jenny] Now let's go see the bedroom.
-[Dave] All right. -[Jenny] OK.
Can you believe this whole area was once a trailer?
Oh, it's cute in here.
[Dave] The ceiling looks so good.
-[Derek] Yeah. -[Dave] Turned out nice.
-Is it done? -[Dave] The ceiling?
-The beams are done? -Those are the existing ones.
Oh, OK. Yeah.
This is all original.
And it was just blocked by the trailer ceiling.
Fireplace is here. That's good.
It'll go right there. That'll be so pretty.
-She'll love this. -Yeah.
-OK, bathroom. -[Jenny] Oh, look at this bathroom.
It's huge.
This is so big. It's so nice.
That's where the tub will be right under the window.
The shower is amazing.
[Dave] And most importantly, her space.
[Jenny] Oh, the sunroom. Yes.
This is the room.
She's gonna be doing her phone calls
with her students.
So I think we should do some sort of background
'cause you don't want the background to be windows.
She's got to turn this way so the light's shining on her.
So that means this is the background.
So should we do a built-in on this wall where that's
the background for her?
Let's do something old, like the exterior of the house.
-OK. -Maybe some driftwood or something.
Like a tree growing out of the --
Yeah, that could be kinda cool.
All right, I'll let you run with that, Dave.
-OK -- break. -OK, I'm gonna go get --
-On it. -I'm gonna go pick out paint colors.
[Dave] OK.
[Jenny] Trying to find a paint color for this room.
I want it to feel really cozy.
I don't want it to -- I know she wanted it lighter,
but I don't think that white is the right color for this room
because it's so, the ceilings are so tall,
it will just feel, oof,
cavernous.
So I think a warm color would be really nice.
And it needs to go with the brick
and with the wood beams.
This is actually like a taupe color that I think
could be really pretty.
And then down in the bedroom, I'm thinking of using
a soothing shade of color.
Oh, this one's pretty. I love blue-gray.
This is the color I've used.
It's a really good bedroom color 'cause it's very
soft and soothing. Emily didn't love this house.
She wasn't wanting to live here.
Jeff wants her to move here.
And so we need her to love this house.
So we're trying to win Emily over.
-[Dave] Austin. -[Austin] Yeah?
All right, so Austin and I...
talked about this and we thought, what a little cool top
right over here.
What if we just embrace the top and make it a really cool
coffee table for the man cave?
[Dave] Let that dude down.
There's some funk in that thing.
-You're gonna grab that walnut? -Yeah.
[Dave] Along with this old barrel, we found some old walnut
planks in Jeff's property, which Austin has planed down.
And we've made it into an X that's going to be the feet
underneath this coffee table.
-What are you doing? -You want a drum roll?
Hey, Austin, I was looking for a really cool coffee table.
I found one.
Bam!
Did you see how he just played right into that?
We got -- we're gonna clear-coat this thing,
we got walnut from Jeff's property, it does fit
their design perfectly and got ourselves a coffee table.
-I don't even know what to say. -[Austin laughs]
[lively music playing]
[Jenny] A lot more progress is being made at the Wolfe Cabin.
Dave and the crew are moving the stairs
to the new front door.
[Dave groans] Oof.
[laughs] I didn't realize how much everyone was contributing.
[Jenny] And design finishes are being installed in
the new main suite.
Oh, the tile looks good.
We have glass,
tile within this little niche. We have a tub here, vanity.
It's gonna be pretty.
[Derek] It hurts my chest.
[Derek groans]
-Too much? -[Derek] No, I got it.
We are installing handrail back onto the porch now that
we have moved the steps to the new front entrance.
So we have some metal balusters, and then
we have just --
To save money, we're using just untreated lumber.
And Chris just arrived with the kitchen cabinets.
Yay! Chris is here!
-It's Jenny's favorite day. -[Dave] I know.
I feel like she would marry a cabinet guy if we ever parted
ways, 'cause she really gets abnormally excited
when cabinets come.
[Derek laughs]
Oh, hey, babe.
[Derek continues laughing]
-Wow. -Oh, wow.
Looks beautiful.
We've all been waiting for the answer to the big question.
-Is Emily gonna move? -[Dave] Is she gonna move?
From California to Arkansas in the woods.
Wow. Guys.
So did it work?
-It's my favorite day. -It's your favorite day.
Chris Latham. What's up, man?
-What up? -[Jenny] It's a lot of cabinets.
All right, ready?
[Dave] I feel like I got the heavy side here.
[Chris] Watch your step. There might be a little...
[man #1] OK.
Emily really wanted this place to feel lighter and have
a little bit of a feminine touch, but Jeff really still
wanted it to feel very rustic.
So I feel like these alder cabinets are kind of
the cross between.
And then, of course, the layout is all about balance.
We have a wall of cabinetry, sink, nice island,
and then we have stone backsplash.
And it really feels like it fits the rest of the house with
all of the logs and all of the natural elements
that are already here. Good job, Chris.
All right, we got a kitchen. This kitchen is massive.
-This kitchen's gonna be really beautiful. -[Dave] Yeah.
So pretty.
I think she might move here for this.
'Cause you know, she's living in California most of the time
and comes to visit 'cause she didn't like this house.
-So we're trying to get her here. -[chuckles]
-This kitchen might do it. -All right.
-Now let's start assembling everything. -[Jenny] OK.
[Derek] Doing the high-five out there. Missed.
So, you remember how I wanted you to build a wall --
a bookshelf for Emily? -Mm-hmm.
I picked up a bunch of driftwood.
I just need you to pick the wood.
[Jenny] What about this? What is this guy?
This needs to be a big piece that you can build off of.
[Dave] This is fun.
[Jenny] It'd be kinda cool.
And you could just put shelves off of this.
I don't know that I wanna support shelves with this,
but I can, yeah, I'll just build the shelves and make it
look like this is the support.
-All right, I'm going to work. -[Jenny] All right.
All right.
Yeah.
The guys are assembling this bookshelf now.
We picked a piece of driftwood, and Dave and Austin are putting
this thing together.
I want it to feel a little bit eclectic and fun,
a little whimsical. It really is.
It's the backdrop for Emily when she's teaching
kids online.
But I wanna keep it natural so it feels like natural,
you know, like a tree. That's cute.
What do you think, Lukey?
-Think it's cool? -[Jenny] Little tree bookshelf, huh?
All right, we're gonna add shelves every little bit.
We're gonna cap it.
We'll have some overhangs, and we'll just keep going.
-Yeah. -We've gotta get more maple, though.
And then this guy.
Yeah, and then that guy will end up --
-Yeah, it's cute. -[Austin imitates explosion]
I love it.
♪♪
Ready?
[groans]
Let it go.
Chris, did you see the stone for the backsplash on this one?
-[Chris] I haven't yet. -Dude, look at this.
-[Derek groans] -[Jenny] Hold it up there.
[Derek] This is like probably 25, 30 pounds.
[Chris] Yeah, he's like, "I had to screw it to the wall
and mud it."
It's gonna be pretty. OK.
Looks good.
[upbeat music playing]
[Jenny] OK, so this is gonna be Emily's sunroom.
She's gonna have all this natural light in here.
It's gonna be really beautiful.
And we're actually reusing this super unique
and fun yellow brick.
But this brick was in their bathroom originally,
so it was original to the house.
It is from the train station. It's a salvaged material.
So we very carefully and painstakingly removed it
from the old bathroom, cleaned them up,
and we're laying them in the sunroom.
And I think it's gonna be a really fun and unexpected
and happy little feature. -[Dave] Jenny Marrs.
Oh, yes. Hi.
-[Dave] Look who I found. -Oh, hey!
-Hey. -How are you?
-I'm great. -Good.
So we thought we would reuse this brick in here,
'cause I know you guys loved
the brick. -[Jeff] Yes.
And it was original to the house.
So what do you think? You think she's gonna like it?
[Jeff] I think she's gonna love it.
[Dave] I think this is the room where she says, "You know what?
I'm coming to Arkansas."
-Yep. -[Jenny] Is this gonna be enough?
-She's gonna be moving in. -Oh, yay.
OK. All right.
That's the goal.
It's really important for Jeff that Emily loves this cabin
so that she'll make the move here from California.
I'm really hoping this is the space that sells it for her.
I'm gonna make this light, bright, and airy for Emily.
Jenny, the billiard guys are here.
[Jenny] Meanwhile, in Jeff's man cave, the guys are bringing in
the pool table that Dave refurbished and then
they refelted for us.
Oh my gosh, you guys, this is, you guys are strong.
So it is ready to be placed in the new man cave.
We got it set perfect, guys, right where it goes.
[Jenny] We're approaching the home stretch and are ready
to put this house together for Jeff and Emily.
So we are at Wolfe just finishing up all the final
furniture and pieces that I built.
We got the bookcase in already.
It looks sharp. Now just the table.
-[Kim] Oh, that's cute. -Oh, how are we?
I know -- Oh, yeah, the table.
[Dave] Hey, Kim, will you come grab half of this?
[Kim] Yeah.
[Dave] Like, just like so.
-It actually looks good in here. -[Kim] Cute.
I mean, a little piece of yard art brought inside the house.
I love it. It looks really good.
[Jenny] You did good. I do like it.
I really like it.
Yes, looks good.
This looks so cute.
We had originally talked about having a desk in here,
but I feel like this is much more cozy.
I was thinking she has the little chair, so she could
always just pull that over and have her desk here.
Things are coming together. We're...
you know, we just have to hang some curtains
and all the last minute things that always
have to happen at the end.
But we're in a really good spot.
We will get all of this extra stuff out of here,
make sure everything's clean.
Just all the little things that still need to happen that take
a lot of time.
Oh, yeah. That --
All those little details are really important.
[Dave] Looks good.
Do we need anything else hung, or are we good?
-[Jenny] We're good. -[Dave] OK.
♪♪
[Dave] We are finishing up Jeff and Emily's home.
-Yes. -And I know we've all been
waiting for the answer to
the big question. -Is Emily gonna move?
Is she gonna move?
From California to Arkansas in the woods.
All I have to say is 1978 shag carpet trailer that is no
longer in this house. It is beautiful.
-[Jenny] Gone. -[Dave] It feels great in here.
It's comfortable.
It's a beautiful cabin out in the woods.
-[Jenny] I love the cabin. -[Dave] She's gonna love it.
-Yeah. -She's gonna love it.
-[Jeff] Here we go. -There's so much potential.
I'm super excited to see all their creativity.
And we do hope that they keep...
you know, a fair amount of that rustic charm.
Well...
a little of both, hopefully.
He's flying in here. He's ready.
He's excited. He's excited.
-Wow, it looks beautiful. -Oh, wow.
[Jenny] Hi! How are you?
-[Emily] How are you? -[Jenny] Welcome back.
-Oh, my God! -Good to see you.
[Emily] It's stunning. It looks fantastic.
-[Jeff] Yeah, it does. -Is this better?
Oh, are you kidding?
[bright music playing]
[Emily] Yeah.
Oh, I love the ferns, too, and the windows
and the rockers, everything. -[Jenny] It's so cozy now.
-It's a home. -[Jenny] Yay!
Oh, good, good. That's what we wanted.
-Yes. -[Jenny] And we moved
the front door, as you can see.
-Moved the stairs. -[Jeff] Oh, yes.
-[Emily] Yeah. -[Jenny] Got the new roof.
We have the cedar shake on the dormers.
[Dave] You know, and most importantly...
there's no trailer sticking out of your house.
[Emily] Yeah.
And we did, I will say with the house, we did, we tried to
salvage anything that wasn't rotten. -[Jenny] Yes, original -- yes.
[Dave] Really pulling as much of the original to the front
of the house. -Sure.
-Yeah. -[Jenny] Yeah.
'Cause we still wanna say like it was part
of the Neosho train station. -[Jenny] Yes.
We still wanna be able to tell its history to people
'cause that's something we are proud of.
Yeah. OK.
There's much more to see. Do you wanna go in?
-Yeah. -[Jenny] After you guys.
♪♪
Wow! Oh my gosh!
What?
[gentle music playing]
Wow. Oh, my gosh.
What?
What house is this?
-[all laugh] -[Emily] Oh, my gosh.
Wow. It is awesome, guys.
Thank you. I love it so much.
[Jenny] We left the brick exposed, left the amazing beams,
but raised the rest of the ceiling.
And I know, Emily, you wanted it to be a little
softer in here and a little more feminine.
So we painted everything so that it feels very cozy.
[Emily] It still feels like a cabin, but it also feels like a home.
-[Jenny] I hope. -[Emily] Yes.
-[Jeff] Yeah. -[Emily] Yes.
Oh, I love it. I love the fireplace.
I love the fireplace with the really modern vibe.
-Yes. -I love that.
[Jeff] I love the windows too, the floor-to-ceiling windows.
[Dave] Aren't the windows beautiful?
-[Jeff] Yeah. -[Dave] Well, forget about this.
-We gotta go check out the kitchen. -Yes, the kitchen.
We gotta go check out the kitchen.
[Jenny] So remember, this was your bedroom,
and then this was your bathroom.
[joyful music playing]
[Emily] Oh, wow.
This is just so... I love this stone.
[Dave] So that stone is actually... It's real stone.
It's just authentic.
[Jenny] You have a pantry, hidden pantry,
and then tons of storage.
We added an extra window here so that the view is the biggest
part of this, but... -[Emily] Sure, right.
[Jenny]...you also have tons of storage.
This is your space, Emily. We wanted it to be.
Oh, I love it. You guys did a great job.
We know you didn't like camping before.
No, it's stunning. It's absolutely beautiful.
I love it. I love it.
[Jenny] OK, good.
All right, let's go down the hall.
[Dave] Yeah.
♪♪
-Wow. -Oh, wow.
Oh, check that out.
This is a proper bedroom. This is not what we had before.
[Jenny] What you had before, yes.
And I know you really wanted a fireplace.
-[Emily] Mm-hmm, yes. -[Jeff] Yeah.
[Jenny] We kept the ceiling exposed because of the warmth.
[Emily] I do like that. Ceiling exposed, that's nice.
-[Jeff] Yeah. -[Jenny] We painted this a nice
soft color so that, again, this just feels peaceful.
You have a space for a little sitting area.
Yeah, I do like the way the sunlight hits that chair.
-That's nice. -[Jenny] So sweet.
OK. Should we go see the bathroom?
Oh, slide it open. Wow.
-[Jeff] OK, wow. -[Emily] Oh, my goodness.
-[Jeff] Now we're talking. -[all] Yeah.
[Jeff] Look at the shower, man. Look at how big.
-[Emily] It's fantastic. -[Jeff] Yeah, that is something else.
Wow. This is beautiful.
[Jenny] Wanted to make sure you have plenty of space for storage
and getting ready and the beautiful mirror
to get ready with.
And you can have your soaking tub right in front
of the window. -[Jeff] Check out the tile too.
-[Dave] Isn't the tile cool? -[Jenny] Isn't the tile fun?
[Jeff] Yeah, that is awesome.
And we have another surprise behind this door.
-[Jeff] Pocket door. -Whoa.
OK, awesome. Wow.
OK, this is definitely an Emily room.
[Jeff] Yeah, this is Emily's room.
[Jenny] Yes, that's what we called it.
-[Emily] You'll find me here. -Good, that's perfect.
Away, away from all that.
-In here. -And also check out that bookcase.
[Emily] I love it.
[Dave] We just wanted something, I mean, you do a of teaching
to kids, so we figured, you know, this would be a great
place with a lot of good light. -This would be a fantastic place.
[Jenny] And it leads out onto the deck outside, so you really just
kinda sneak away back here and hide out from the world.
I for sure will.
And I don't know if you recognize the floor.
[Jeff] The floor, yes, it's very recognizable.
-[Jenny] I love this flooring. -[Emily] And I love the green border.
That is fantastic.
-Oh, yeah, this room's the best. -[Jenny] OK.
OK, Emily, this was kind of a space for you.
We do have a space for you as well.
-All right. -We've gotta go there next.
We've gotta go back out to the living room.
-Oh, OK, yeah. -[Dave] All right.
-Let's go -- Yes. -All right.
-Go ahead? -Go for it.
-[Emily] Yeah, open the door. -All right, here we go.
-[Emily] OK. -[Jeff chuckling] OK.
Wow.
All right, yeah, this is definitely a man hang out.
Look at this nook under the stairs.
[Jenny] So there is a little nook for you, Emily, to stay away.
-[Jenny laughs] -[Jeff] Yeah.
[Jenny] This actually is something Dave made as well.
[Dave] I stole some of your walnut to make the legs underneath.
And then we cut, we used the plasma cutter,
cut the top of that barrel that was sitting out there.
And we were able to repurpose a little bit of it.
So it's just something from the property.
That's pretty cool. That is awesome.
-I love it. -'Cause I did ask for a metal table.
And then also over here, Dave refurbished
a pool table for you. -[Dave] Yeah.
So we found this vintage pool table that needed some work.
Actually, this was the original white oak that we were able
to sand down. -Sand down.
-[Dave] We welded up a frame underneath it to just kinda... -[Emily] Oh my gosh.
-...that whole railroad theme. -[Jeff] Oh wow.
[Jenny] But it feels really, it's so perfect in this space.
You need to, I mean, this is a man cave.
And I know, Emily, this is a big renovation
for you because this was getting you to actually stay here.
-Right. -Wait, so did it work?
We'll see.
I mean, definitely, definitely huge improvement.
Emily's, her work, her job, her life,
-Her kids. -her kids are in California.
So, yeah, hey, we got a "We'll see."
We didn't get a no.
And so you're telling me there's a chance.
OK, well, we -- With that, we'll leave you and let
you guys get your kids in here.
-[Emily] Thank you so much. -Thank you so much.
Appreciate all your hard work.
[Jeff] The facelift is very dramatic.
It has a modern feel to it now, which it didn't have at all,
but it's still definitely an Arkansas cabin.
-[Emily] Welcome. -[Jeff] Hey, guys.
Welcome to our new home. Totally different, right?
Looks like, how did this happen?
Somebody had a magic wand.
It's a home where you can invite people
and feel proud of your home.
[Jeff] That's the floor from upstairs, but it was never,
ever exposed because it was hidden by the trailer.
They definitely hit the mark with the amount of cheerfulness
and bright and sunlight.
[woman] Oh, this is great.
Now it's a home. It's a real home.