- Do you have it? - I have it.
You-- I'm sorry--
Well, I would say a lot of times on these renovations,
we have to--
a lot of times--
Uh-oh.
Oh-oh, oh-oh.
Wait, what?
You do have it or you don't?
[laughs]
[loud bangs]
What have you gotten me into?
So it was love at first sight?
Yeah.
Like our first date in your case, you know.
JOANNA GAINES: If this is all the space we're working with,
we'll have to get creative.
[joanna screams]
You want to beat your chest like a gorilla?
JOANNA GAINES: No. Do you know why we're here?
No, but I'm starting to feel a little uneasy.
Jo's got this thing where you thought you wanted something.
But then she does this thing, and next thing you know,
you don't want that.
I'm hoping that the Lord speaks to you
through this ray of light. - Stop.
CHIP GAINES: You ready to check out your fixer upper?
Ah!
[music playing]
WOMAN: [SINGING] Oh, I love me some home.
[birdsong]
[rooster crows]
OK.
We're at the farm.
The renovation is done.
We finally made it, and the room is done.
Hi, Crew!
He's having a rough morning.
There's Chip.
The kids are putting together a fun little puzzle.
Mom?
JOANNA GAINES: Yes.
Hi.
Momma.
JOANNA GAINES: Do you like the new room?
[children giggling]
Here is the new old bookcase that we built in.
The laundry room is now over there.
We've got our fire going, and I would
say this is our new favorite room
in the house with this fire.
Everyone loves to be in here so.
CHIP GAINES: This is our happy place.
JOANNA GAINES: This is our happy place.
I'd say it was worth it.
We love it.
[music playing]
I love this area.
Man, big beautiful mature trees.
JOANNA GAINES: And you taught me this.
CHIP GAINES: What did I teach you?
When you go down these streets and you
see all these pecan trees lined up,
it was at one point a pecan orchard, right?
Well, I mean, or I was a liar.
Huh, har-har-har.
[chuckles]
CHIP GAINES: So what have you got me into?
Today is going to be a fun day.
We're going to meet with Nicole and her parents.
They have gone in together.
She's buying her first house.
It's like a co-investment.
CHIP GAINES: I see, well, here's the million dollar question.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
Who's the client?
Like, who are we going to have to actually answer to?
I think it's Nicole.
CHIP GAINES: All right.
Because she's going to live there.
Mom and dad just along for the ride,
to kind of help her make sure she, uh--
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah, she was out of the country.
She's moving back to the States, starting nursing school.
She's got so many things going on.
Man, busy young lady.
Yes.
Excuse me.
Now we're all bumping into each other.
This is the real life stuff here.
This is true.
My name's Nicole, and my parents and I just
bought a house in Waco, Texas.
NICOLE [VOICEOVER]: For the past five years,
I was working overseas in ministry
to get services to the community,
and it was the best time of my life.
But I'm thankful to be back to put
some roots down in one place.
Soon I'll be able to host you guys in my house.
I chose Waco because I'm applying for a nursing program
here but also because I'm very close with my family,
so it just feels like home to me.
Something does smell good.
What is that?
JONI: It was hard on us and her brother Blake
when she was gone.
It took me probably a year to say
her name without crying so--
DAVID: We are thrilled that Nicole's back in Texas.
This is a big deal for me to buy a house,
and I'm so excited to move in.
I can't wait.
I don't know.
[truck horn honking]
Hi.
[truck doors closing]
CHIP GAINES: Goodness gracious, look at this house.
JOANNA GAINES: How are y'all doing?
NICOLE: Good. CHIP GAINES: OK, Nicole.
JOANNA GAINES: Nice to meet you.
CHIP GAINES: Pleasure to meet you.
NICOLE: This is my mom Joni, my dad, Dave.
JOANNA GAINES: Hi, Joni. CHIP GAINES: All right.
We're dying to know.
We've been debating the entire drive over.
JONI: Huh-uh.
Who is the boss in this situation?
Have y'all debated this yet?
Uh.
CHIP GAINES: You've come to a conclusion?
Probably me.
I think it's going to be Nicole, yeah.
Oh, Mom and Dad conceded.
I'm really proud of y'all for trusting
each other to-- to make a decision like this.
OK, Nicole, let's talk about your house for a bit.
It's a three bedroom, one and 1/2 bath, right?
NICOLE: Yes.
CHIP GAINES: And it's approximately 1,500
square feet, built in 1955.
NICOLE: Yeah.
CHIP GAINES: Cool thing about it to me
is it sits on just over a quarter
acre, which is one of the largest
lots on this entire block.
Other than those facts, is there anything else that really
made you say this is the one?
I love the blue door.
Yes.
I've always kind of dreamed of a house with a blue door.
So first glance, it was like love at first sight
over the door to some extent?
Yeah, this is actually the first house I looked at and--
And the only house?
The only house I looked at.
JOANNA GAINES: So it was love at first sight.
Yeah.
It was like our first date in your case, you know.
JOANNA GAINES: Right.
That's how he tells that story.
CHIP GAINES: Jo was right off the bat.
Oh, yeah.
She was smitten.
JOANNA GAINES: So I'm wondering, what is your style.
So this house was '50s.
It seems very authentic.
NICOLE: Yes.
I like kind of like a European cottage vibe.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
NICOLE: I love all the windows.
I love the natural light in it.
JOANNA GAINES: When you say cottage,
you know, that's definitely more inviting and cozy dimensions.
When I see the mid-century, it's kind of flat.
NICOLE: Uh-huh.
CHIP GAINES: It's funny that she said European because I've
got an interesting story.
When you go into the bathroom and you're
Russian but you come out of the bathroom and you're Finnish,
what were you when you were going to the bathroom?
[chuckling]
European.
You can't say the word European because it's a trigger.
CHIP GAINES: And you want to hear
something else interesting? - No.
Yes.
I've said that joke like 300 times
and never has it made a single episode.
NICOLE: Maybe this time it will.
Maybe it'll make it.
It has this mid-century vibe with the lines,
the windows, the door.
Even the door, yeah.
JOANNA GAINES: I love the windows.
But is mid-century anywhere in your like design wheelhouse?
I'm just wanting to know, like what is it that you love.
So I like mid-century.
I like the European cottage feel.
If you know how to put it together--
- Just combine it all. - Combine it.
I trust you guys. - Thank you.
Well--
She's given us the reins.
OK.
The only insecurity I've got is those windows,
especially when you get into the monthly bills
of a house like this.
They're original.
And them being older and obviously
not very energy efficient, it's somewhat
of a costly investment.
What do you think?
If we were to redo all the windows, how much?
I'd say $5,000 to $7,000.
CHIP GAINES: OK.
Now the great news is you get a huge return on your investment
from an energy standpoint.
I say, go for windows.
Even if it's somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000,
you feel like, OK, good.
Yeah.
So the exterior is so cute.
I want to see the inside.
NICOLE: OK. - After y'all.
Come on in.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
NICOLE: So this is the entrance.
Wow, look at this floor.
Uh-huh.
I really like terracotta tile.
JOANNA GAINES: Like saltillo tiles?
NICOLE: Uh-huh.
So this, I think, is really interesting.
Oh, I love this planter.
NICOLE: Yeah, I like it, too.
I've never seen anything like it.
[sheet metal rattles] Oh!
CHIP GAINES: Sorry.
NICOLE: Oh, what's under there?
CHIP GAINES: Wow!
You ever, you know, win the lottery, you could hide all--
That's true.
Your cash down in that.
NICOLE: That is the perfect hiding spot.
CHIP GAINES: Nobody would ever look there.
It's kind of a unique thing.
I love it.
Just so I know because I saw the plans,
on this side of the wall here, where does this lead?
So there is two bedrooms, and then there's
a full bath in the middle.
That needs just a little bit of an update.
CHIP GAINES: Sure.
Obviously, this is living.
That's dining.
I'm just wanting to hear from you, is there
anything about this set-up--
other than the flooring and paint and stuff--
that you'd like to change.
I'm not dead set on we have to keep this closet.
JOANNA GAINES: Got it.
NICOLE: Just to make it more open.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
Say this does go away but to create
some definition in here so it's not just like a long open box.
I really like the, like, arches.
OK.
If we could incorporate an arch, that's
kind of that European thing you're liking.
It's funny that she says European--
No, no.
No, no?
I'm never going to hear that the same.
- I think-- - Arch.
My point is, I think from this wall to that wall,
we have enough of a run to be able to do a soft arch,
which I think would be beautiful when you walk in.
I think the flooring will be all new throughout,
and then I'm thinking lighter and earthier.
NICOLE: Yeah.
JOANNA GAINES: So that when you step in, it just feels natural,
and it feels warm.
You take us into the kitchen.
JONI: We'll follow behind y'all.
JOANNA GAINES: I love these big windows here.
NICOLE: I know.
I love this, too.
CHIP GAINES: Wow, great backyard, kid.
OK.
So stepping into this kitchen.
CHIP GAINES: Holy smokes.
NICOLE: Yes, awesome, right?
This thing-- this thing might be original as well.
NICOLE: Look at the color, yellow and white.
Golly.
JOANNA GAINES: So, Nicole, what is your dream?
I think to open it up.
JOANNA GAINES: So open this up.
NICOLE: Open the kitchen up, yeah.
I like the window and like the natural light in the kitchen.
Yeah.
So open this up.
Do you want an island?
I do want an island.
OK.
And then cabinets, I would like a mixture
maybe of open and closed.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
Maybe more closed cabinets just to hide things more.
JOANNA GAINES: Yes.
Man, she really knows what she wants,
and she's a lot smarter than I was in my 30s.
[laughter]
Don't you worry sometimes about the current state
of the universe?
And then you find young ladies like this, and you're like--
We're all going to be OK.
I think we're going to be all right, you know?
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah. - Thanks.
So if we take this wall out, play with this window
and bring even more natural light in,
this is going to feel a lot bigger than it does right now.
NICOLE: Right.
JOANNA GAINES: Cabinets all along here
and then your island in the center.
Even making your island, round it a little
so we nod back to these original cabinets.
Your stove can stay there.
That leads to your back yard.
Mm-hmm. This--
JONI: Yeah.
Where is your laundry room?
So it's not attached to the house.
- So there's like a breezeway. - Attached to the garage.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
NICOLE: So I think like dream world would be to have--
JOANNA GAINES: To enclose that.
NICOLE: Yeah, like a mud room.
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah, so you're not walking outside.
NICOLE: Yeah. - OK.
I want to see the main bedroom and then bathroom.
CHIP GAINES: Let's go check it out.
NICOLE: So this is the half-bath.
JOANNA GAINES: Cute.
NICOLE: I would love, you know, obviously a shower.
And then this is--
JOANNA GAINES: This is the pantry.
We'll have to get creative if this
is all the space we're working with for the main bathroom
and closet. NICOLE: Right.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
NICOLE: So this would be the bedroom.
JOANNA GAINES: So let's talk about this really quick.
Yeah, you've got to think through this.
We need as much space as we can have for your bathroom.
Right.
What if your bedroom is on the other side of the house,
and this becomes an office?
This is something we can think about.
But I think the priority is to have
this dreamy bathroom where you've
got this great sized closet.
So I think I would love to try to make this work for you
first.
You've got the half-bath here that we
need to turn into a full bath.
NICOLE: Uh-huh.
JOANNA GAINES: And then we'll also
push back this wall to give you more space for your bedroom.
NICOLE: That's great.
Backyard and then--
CHIP GAINES: I've got to see this backyard.
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah.
I need a puppy in this backyard
by the time this is all said and done.
[screen door rattles]
CHIP GAINES: Gosh, this back yard.
NICOLE: I know.
JOANNA GAINES: I love that you have this covered back porch.
NICOLE: Uh-huh.
JOANNA GAINES: You could have great gatherings back here.
You've got such a nice space for that.
You've got the covered patio.
NICOLE: Right.
Well, I was thinking in the back there,
we can do some lights, and we could
do a couple of washer pits in the way
back with some big screen TVs.
JOANNA GAINES: She's probably--
Girls love that.
--really into those games.
CHIP GAINES: No?
NICOLE: I mean, maybe if you come over and hang out,
we could do that. - Y'all are the worst.
Jo's got this thing she does.
It's like a friggin' Ninja warrior.
And where you thought you wanted something,
but then she does this thing.
And next thing you know, you don't want that,
and Nicole, I could tell she was like trying to resist that.
I love the windows.
Nicole and her parents want new windows, so that didn't work.
And I didn't try to Jedi mind trick them.
Yeah, but you Jedi mind tricked her about that thing
in the entryway. - The planter?
We can roll back the footage, but Nicole mentioned it first.
And I said, oh, I love this.
OK.
So here's where the sort of reality
sets in on a project like this.
You bought a great house.
Have you wrestled with what your budget's going to be as far
as the renovation's concerned?
We've talked about it, just what we're all putting in.
And $75,000 to $100,000 was kind of our budget
for the renovation.
I think that's a great budget, and I think that's doable.
What we'll do is go back to the drawing board.
And we will start planning it out,
give you a couple of different options to choose from.
But I think this is when it's going to start getting fun.
You've picked a great house, great neighborhood.
We'll put some plans together, and we'll
see how it all shakes out.
NICOLE: Great.
JONI: Thank you.
We had a great walk-through with Nicole and her parents.
And they were great people, and they bought a great house.
Structurally, it seems like a really sound house.
That $75,000 to $100,000 budget, I
think it's going to be perfect.
JOANNA GAINES: Let's go.
We got to start working on this house.
All right.
Is that how you punch?
[quick breaths]
That could be your problem at JuCo.
That's why I lost all my fights.
[chuckles]
All my fist fights.
You know what I'm good at though?
Debate.
[music playing]
CHIP GAINES: Guys.
Hey, we're in here.
JOANNA GAINES: We're about to get this project started.
Chip's going to get in there and make a mess.
Start a project off right is the way I refer to it.
In my younger days, I'd call it "Demo Day."
But now I'm just, like, no, it's getting a project started
off correctly and accurately.
You're so mature these days.
I'm going to get a shirt that says hashtag
appropriately, accurately, and destructively,
or something like that.
Day.
Or you can just say "Demo Day."
[loud bangs and scrapes]
Woo!
I wish I had that kind of door at my house.
That would definitely keep the kids out.
Demo Day is one of these things to where
it's like it never gets old.
[loud bangs]
All right.
So this is appropriately installed.
We're calling this the Demo Day Camera.
[loud thuds]
I did that.
[loud crash]
Woo, erg!
JOANNA GAINES: What needs to go is basically
everything in the kitchen, the bathroom,
any built-ins that exist.
And then on the back porch, there's a wall to push down.
Listen, babe, you know how I'm always the one
doing all the hard stuff, and all you have to do
is like pick out paint colors.
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah, that's not hard at all.
Listen to me.
Get on the other side of this and push it
this way with all your muscles.
You know I don't have that kind of strength with my--
You ready?
Oh, I can't do this.
You got it. Come on.
I don't want you standing there.
Baby, I'm in perfect place.
Now, remember, smarter, not harder.
There you go.
JOANNA GAINES: Oh, yeah.
CHIP GAINES: Come on, Jo, be smart.
There you go, right there, right there.
[screams]
[loud thud]
CHIP GAINES: Dang.
[clapping]
Babe, well done, right?
JOANNA GAINES: I'm going to go back in the car now.
CHIP GAINES: But doesn't it feel good?
JOANNA GAINES: That felt good.
Do you want to beat your chest like a gorilla?
JOANNA GAINES: No. Bud, look what I did.
I knocked that down all by myself.
He's tearing up carpet.
OK.
[music playing]
[SINGING] You say you can get the things
you need when you're alone.
So please tell me what you need and I will bring it for you.
- Hi, Nicole. - Hi.
How are you? JOANNA GAINES: Good.
How are you? - Good.
Does this look fun to you?
- So fun. - OK.
I love all the colors already.
And you-- you are-- you match.
You match the palette of what we were going for with your house.
Perfect.
OK.
I think big picture today is showing you
the layout, the plans, and then kind
of getting into the fine details of some of the design.
Some of the words that you used, like the European, soft,
trying to take those keywords and then
creating a design for you.
OK.
I always like to start here, which is kind of a bird's eye
view, so you understand like the layout of your house, step in.
So we're going to add some architectural details,
some things that really make it feel a little more elevated.
OK.
So I like to start with just the renderings
so that you can see it.
You don't feel like we're stuck on a certain color.
- Oh, my gosh. - OK.
Living room.
Oh, my gosh.
Isn't this arch so fun?
Yes.
I can't believe this is that.
Chip would say I'm like the worst in that when there's
walls, I want to take them out.
When there's not walls, I want to put them in.
NICOLE: Just change it.
It's confusing.
I get that.
But for this space, your style, it needed more character.
Yeah.
JOANNA GAINES: So this is the main view
of the living and the dining, the couch
going along that long wall.
And then I was thinking for TV wall to be here.
If you don't want a TV, you just do a cool piece of furniture.
NICOLE: Cool.
JOANNA GAINES: Creamy walls, I'm adding trim up here because I
want it to feel just finished.
NICOLE: Yeah.
JOANNA GAINES: The flooring, I know you liked terracotta tile.
This is the tone I picked.
This is not the shape.
NICOLE: Cool, I like this color.
OK, great.
We're going to invest some of the budget
on this really beautiful flooring
that's going to carry all the way through to the kitchen.
Yes.
That was something that I really wanted so I think that I
feel real excited about that. JOANNA GAINES: Awesome.
Then moving into the kitchen.
Oh, my god.
JOANNA GAINES: These cabinets are just
going to be a neutral color with brass accents, marble
countertops, larger window.
And then I loved the curved cabinets that you had,
so the island will be a nod back to that.
NICOLE: That's really cool.
JOANNA GAINES: This door, I'm going to hopefully find
an antique door that feels like, you know,
that raw European wood.
NICOLE: Mm-hmm.
JOANNA GAINES: And then this as a backsplash.
It makes it all come together.
This is amazing.
It feels really unique.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
Moving into your bedroom, your bed's a little off-center,
but it creates this little nook.
We have this built-in arched bookshelf.
NICOLE: That's great.
JOANNA GAINES: This is going to be light oak
that ties into your floors.
NICOLE: Cool.
JOANNA GAINES: I don't know what you think about this.
We thought it would be really fun to put this on the ceiling.
Yes!
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
Yes!
JOANNA GAINES: You promise?
I love that.
You can say you hate it.
We can do it on the walls.
No, I love it.
But trying to tie in some of your story with,
you love the blue door.
But you also like that feminine kind of that softness.
And so to me this is the right color scheme, where it's
like the creams, the blues.
Potentially, this would be the color
that we put just on this backdrop
here and then everything else just
be a really pretty cream wall.
You see the blanched color.
NICOLE: This one?
Yeah.
JOANNA GAINES: And then this be on the ceiling,
so it just feels like there's a lot of visual interest
kind of everywhere you look.
But it is still subtle and simple.
Yeah, I love it.
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah!
OK.
Bathroom, got the round flooring.
I liked this color, marble countertops,
a light wood vanity.
This built-in here is light wood.
Stack this tile like this, so this
and this is kind of a this color,
which is like a tonal play.
NICOLE: I like that a lot.
JOANNA GAINES: Brass hardware.
Better than I could have dreamed.
Yeah.
OK, so overall, this is the look.
If you go home today and are thinking, oh, this tile
or this color and whatever, anything that you want
me to reconsider or give you other options for,
you're not going to hurt my feelings, I promise.
I highly doubt that I'll change anything.
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
So if I don't hear from you, we're
going to push go and start ordering all this
and start putting your house back together.
- Great. - OK.
Yes, please, move forward.
I love it.
Thank you, Nicole.
NICOLE: Thank you so much.
I think Jo really captured everything that I had wanted.
I love the primary bedroom, bathroom.
I feel like that it just expanded so much,
took out the empty space.
And I can't believe she was able to make
that bathroom work, too.
I mean, before, it was like a half-bath.
The whole vibe and feel of the house feels perfect.
It just feels so inviting and cozy and beautiful.
I'm a little nervous that I'll never want to leave the house.
[chuckles]
[music playing]
[construction noise]
CHIP GAINES: Now that the demo is done,
we're finally making some headway with the reframing
of the primary suite, rerouting the plumbing,
and building the arch between the living
room and the dining room.
But all this rain we've gotten recently
has uncovered an unexpected issue.
So here we've got an exterior planter.
There's no significant cracks in the exterior.
But the other day, as it was raining more torrentially
than it is today, this flower box literally
filled up with water, causing the water
to come inside of the house.
And basically the water, you can kind of
see just a little remnant right here,
how it not only has kind of fallen in a little,
but it's even-- you can see a little water damage.
And then it was basically coming underneath this bench seat.
And then here's another perfect example.
Look at this.
Everything generally speaking looks pretty solid
till you get over here.
And magically everything's a lot softer.
I hope we can get lucky and not have to tear it down
and rebuild it.
[music playing]
[hinged door closes]
Anybody seen my hat?
[music playing]
CHIP GAINES [VOICEOVER]: Things are really starting to pick
up over here at Nicole's house.
[saw whirring]
The concrete is poured and leveled.
The primary bath is framed and has all new plumbing.
And the new arch has finally been drywalled.
Ta-da.
JOANNA GAINES: It is perfect.
CHIP GAINES: How do you feel?
JOANNA GAINES: I love this, Chip.
Ooh, I want to show you one more arch I finished.
JOANNA GAINES: Yes, I wanted to see that.
That looks so good.
I love it.
CHIP GAINES: Now that we see it, no way that this
is the office or the study?
No, this bathroom, closet, it works out better
than it would have over there.
What do you have that copper there for?
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
So I have to ask you a question outside.
CHIP GAINES: So this is the planter.
We've got a leak.
JOANNA GAINES: But we can keep the planter.
CHIP GAINES: Yeah, I think we've--
we've dodged a bullet.
At first, I was bummed when Chip told me about the leak.
And I thought we were going to have
to remove that whole planter, which is a feature
that I wanted to keep.
It turned out that all we needed to do
was add gutters and water seal the interior of that box.
Then I got bummed out because I was thinking vinyl gutters
doesn't feel special.
And something that feels very special is copper.
I was thinking aluminum.
I was thinking--
Creamy white European house.
CHIP GAINES: An amazing vinyl product.
Vinyl is final.
You know me.
[laughter]
Vinyl's final.
But yet, no, she comes in with copper.
And, I mean, copper is a showstopper, a budget dropper,
I'll tell you that.
Oh, my Lord, you're so dorky.
[laughing]
Stop it. CHIP GAINES: What?
You're trying to blind me.
No, I'm trying to listen.
And I'm hoping that the Lord speaks to you
through this ray of light-- JOANNA GAINES: Stop!
- Coming into your eyeballs. - So let me see this.
I've got to make sure I like it. OK.
I'd rather you do aluminum.
When you're done, you don't have to worry--
You like copper more than I like copper.
I love copper.
But I will say this project has very limited available dollars.
To me, when I think about this cream exterior
with these antique shutters, a Frenchy blue door,
copper gutters is like perfect.
I don't see how we're going to find it in the budget.
Babe, I found it in the budget because the window
package came in less expensive, something I--
Do you promise?
I'm not going to make that stuff up.
It seems like something you would make up.
I would say in real life, Chip is the spender.
I'm the saver. - I'm the spender.
She's the saver.
That's-- it works well for us in this
business relationship because I love crunching the numbers.
I love working with budget.
Every now and then, I like to splurge a little bit.
But at the end of the day, he's going to give me what I need.
So you've crunched the numbers,
and we've got the money for copper?
I did this.
Doo-doo, doo, doo.
We've got it.
OK. Bye, Chip.
Bye, Jo.
Ooh, copper gutters, geez, almighty.
[music playing]
JOANNA GAINES: So today I'm meeting with Liz.
She works on the visual display team here at Magnolia,
and she's also an amazing artist and illustrator.
I'm going to ask if she can help me with a little surprise
for Nicole.
Hey.
How are you?
I'm good.
OK.
So I have a homeowner.
Her name is Nicole.
LIZ: OK, cool.
And she's coming back to Waco, calling it home,
but she's been all over the world.
So I just kind of casually said, hey, can you send me a couple
pictures of your travels.
And so that's what I've got.
I didn't want to just like frame her photos.
I wanted it to feel a little more artistic.
And so I'm just--
I'm going to leave you with these photos.
You don't have to sketch her in it.
It's more just about the architecture.
OK.
I brought some of the drawings that I've
done when I've traveled.
So this is more of a gestural sketch drawing.
This is more of an ink drawing.
Oh, great.
Now I don't know because I like all of them.
OK, so when you see this architecture, what would
you suggest on the renderings where there's like more detail?
I think the more architectural building style
lends itself better to something more like this, where either
I'm taking the graphite so I can get those fine lines,
and we can get more of that detail and variation.
And then the landscape, I actually
prefer more charcoal based.
So I could definitely marry these two to get more of that.
Because I think I like the sketchy kind
of effortless renderings.
I think you can play with this, and we'll
do charcoal for landscape, graphite for buildings,
and I'm done.
Perfect.
JOANNA GAINES: Thank you so much.
Thanks, Jo. JOANNA GAINES: Bye-bye.
Have a good day.
[music playing]
JOANNA GAINES: So I'm at Nicole's.
I wanted to stop by really quick.
Chip told me he had some paint samples up here.
We are painting this weekend, and he has put up three creams.
I'm going for a creamy vibe here, so let
me show you what we've got.
We've got three options, and it's very hard
to tell the difference.
But one is right, so I'm going to--
I'm going to FaceTime Chip really quick
and see if I can land on the perfect cream
for Nicole's house.
[phone ringing]
Hi.
CHIP GAINES: How do you-- how do you hold this thing?
JOANNA GAINES [ON PHONE]: I think like up, like look.
CHIP GAINES: What about the light?
Do my eyes look nice?
JOANNA GAINES [ON PHONE]: You look like an angel.
CHIP GAINES: Well, you look like a fox.
Are you at Nicole's place?
JOANNA GAINES [ON PHONE]: Yes.
I'm going to show you what paint color I like.
They're all really good cream options.
But this top left one, that's the one I want.
CHIP GAINES: Top left-hand corner, Baby, that's easy.
JOANNA GAINES [ON PHONE]: I know.
Thanks for getting these samples up.
CHIP GAINES: I'm on it, Girl.
We'll see you back at the house.
JOANNA GAINES [ON PHONE]: I love you.
Bye.
[truck door closes]
CHIP GAINES [VOICEOVER]: Everything's progressing
really nicely at Nicole's.
The drywall is done.
The windows are installed.
[saw whirring]
That primary suite is getting trimmed out,
and the painters have just finished the exterior.
Paint!
JOANNA GAINES: The paint looks awesome.
This was the perfect cream.
Is it? JOANNA GAINES: Yeah.
CHIP GAINES: It looks peachy.
JOANNA GAINES: Babe, will you stop?
[laughter]
Nicole's house is looking so good.
I think right when we walked up, that cream,
knowing we've got some antique shutters, a blue door.
[chip sneezes]
[joanna laughing]
Why do you sneeze like that?
That's like-- you could blow some stuff one way wrongly.
I accidentally-- I accidentally
pooped in my pants.
OK, sorry, folks.
Gosh, doggit.
[chuckles]
I got to change my undies.
So this is the flooring.
CHIP GAINES: OK.
So we're painting this brick.
So that with this paver is going to look incredible.
JOANNA GAINES: But I'm just going to show you the pattern.
CHIP GAINES: OK, like that?
I've already got the pattern worked out in my mind.
JOANNA GAINES: You got it?
CHIP GAINES: Babe, that's easy.
I got this.
JOANNA GAINES: We settled on the basket-weave pattern.
I think with the size of this terracotta,
brick is going to just be really pretty.
Great material, definitely is going
to give her a European feel.
And speaking of European, it's funny that we said this.
You did so good.
Well, I was biting my lip.
You know how I was telling you that this primary bedroom
was a bad idea because, A, it's right off the entry.
It doesn't have a great closet.
The natural light makes the room feel bigger.
This is the right spot.
Where else was it going to be?
So sweet, I like it.
Bottom line, I lost.
I'm man enough to say, when I lose a bet, I pay up.
This is my money clip.
Where is your money?
I used to have money in it, but I continue to lose
bet after bet after bet.
That's it.
What?
Just curious.
Our kids are not as tall as I expected them to be.
And there's somebody at fault, and I can't figure it out.
I think I'm taller for a girl than you are taller for a boy.
You're 5 foot, 6.
Right.
Is that what you thought you were?
Yeah.
Or 5 foot, 8 like you told me.
I've never been 5 foot, 8.
Babe, in your Tinder profile when we first started dating,
you said 5' 8".
JOANNA GAINES: No, I didn't.
OK, so I'm glad you like this room.
Yes. [claps]
All right, Babe, I'll see you later.
Adios.
So I'm going to leave you here.
I love you, Babe.
Don't forget lunch or some type of a snack
wouldn't kill anybody.
Bye.
[music playing]
Follow my lead.
Oh, what's over here?
No.
Babe, you're not going to believe this.
JOANNA GAINES: Today, you're just following me.
We're going to be efficient.
CHIP GAINES: I've got to hunt down some doors
for Nicole's project.
So today we're at the warehouse, what the Gaines family lovingly
refers to is where you go when you've done
something that's unforgivable.
No, it's the best place.
Oh, Babe, I remember this.
Remember these butcher blocks?
You can smell the meat.
JOANNA GAINES: I'm not smelling that.
It's-- gosh, that's crazy, Babe.
I want to do antique European shutters
that we're going to put on the exterior of her house--
CHIP GAINES: I got that, OK.
To give it that E-vibe.
Oh, oh, oh, that's funny you say that.
See, no, and then on the interior,
we have doors that are in her kitchen
that leads to her new mud room and laundry room.
And I want those same E-vibe doors there as well.
Let's start with the shutters.
CHIP GAINES: Let's use this.
Do you know that you have this?
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah, I know.
Let's not worry about that right now though.
CHIP GAINES: Let's just take this off,
and then we'll keep that cool decorative little hook.
JOANNA GAINES: I like that.
CHIP GAINES: But it's not worth it to keep this.
You don't think it's worth it. CHIP GAINES: It's up to you.
JOANNA GAINES: That little detail
will make it not look like we just chopped it off at the end.
CHIP GAINES: OK.
Yes, I would love to do that.
You're doing good.
The counseling's worked.
I'd like a counselor that tells me
that I'm right once in a while.
You know, that's the counselor I need.
So that is your--
that is what you've got going there.
We got four of these. CHIP GAINES: OK, got it.
JOANNA GAINES: But aren't they pretty?
CHIP GAINES: They're so pretty, Babe.
I was nervous that you were bringing
me on a wild goose chase, but this is amazing, and I love it.
Can you pull out one of these?
That's the side I want to show.
CHIP GAINES: Here, yeah, there you go.
And you this way, OK, OK.
What's happening here actually?
Is this door taller on one side or am I losing my mind?
CHIP GAINES: Sit down, there you go, so you can see it level.
If I bring this up, does this all match magically?
JOANNA GAINES: Yep.
Trim the bottom.
And you're saying that that now all of a sudden magically
works?
JOANNA GAINES: It does.
Even the height?
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah.
CHIP GAINES: OK, well, I got it, but I got some work to do.
So this isn't a no-brainer, and then you want me to work.
I mean, it's talking two hours per shutter
for a little thing that's like a little elbow.
It costs some time to give it a European vibe.
Funny you said European.
[music playing]
CHIP GAINES [VOICEOVER]: Construction at Nicole's house
is almost complete.
[crashes]
The old roof was removed, of course,
to make room for the new one.
The copper gutters are finished.
The bench has been updated.
Everything's been painted.
The tile's going up in that new shower.
The cabinets and backsplash are finally finished,
and the light fixtures have been installed.
JOANNA GAINES: Hey, Dustin, oh, the glass is going in today.
CHIP GAINES: Hey, long time, no see.
Doing good, dang.
JOANNA GAINES: Wow.
CHIP GAINES: Looks great.
I love it.
I do, too, man.
That's sharp.
I think any time we roll up and we see Dustin's truck,
we know, oh, we're almost there.
Because what he does is always the last-minute stuff.
I think once we put all the hardware
and the French doors up, we're really, really close.
Dustin, I've got some doors that I just found at the warehouse.
I need to replace the glass in those.
OK.
They're going here.
They're French doors, and I just want clear glass.
Just clear glass? OK.
Bring them by, and we'll get it ordered.
Good to see you, my friend.
You look great. - Thanks.
Life going OK?
Yeah, just raising kids.
That's the way to go, man. All right.
Good to see you.
See you, my man.
[music playing]
[truck horn honking]
Jo, notice anything about this particular payload?
JOANNA GAINES: Yes!
CHIP GAINES: You know what I'm talking about, the doors.
JOANNA GAINES: I need the doors.
That's the only thing left, and we're done, Chip.
It is move-in day.
Chip is almost finished.
Done.
Hello.
That's so pretty.
I love it.
Let's install them now.
When we found these doors at the warehouse,
they needed a little TLC.
Once I get these things hung--
This house is all mine.
Babe, I've got some bad news.
What?
You know how I never help you with setting
dishes in the cabinets?
You need me to help you with this?
I need you to help me.
What do I need to do to?
Get that drill, Babe.
I'm going to hold this bad boy up.
And you're going to start with the middle one here.
Mm-hmm.
CHIP GAINES: You ready?
Oh, my God.
There you go and don't-- don't overdo it.
OK, now go up, all the way up.
Pressure on the back.
I did not come to work for this.
I know but this is ridiculous, Babe.
Put the screw in the hole.
[jo laughs]
We've got very strict rules in our relationship.
I do certain things, and she does certain things.
Pressure on the back.
Well done, well done.
Yeah, right.
CHIP GAINES: No, really, I mean, that
could have gone a lot quicker and infinitely more efficient.
I'm here for dishes.
But I will take it.
And then when we work together, circumstances can
get very dicey very quickly.
You've got to hold it, though, hold it.
I know.
But sometimes when you're really good,
you don't need to hold it.
You just go right in like this.
I-- I'm finding that out the hard way.
Now go-- I actually needed an extra hand.
I mean, those doors are stout.
Beautiful, Babe.
So Jo came in handy, and I was very
thankful that she was here.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Hit me as hard as you can in the
stomach and see how hard it is.
You don't want me to hit you in the stomach.
No, I-- I really do. I really do.
I think I'm in the mood. [thud]
- There, there. - No, I mean as hard as you can.
- You don't want me to. - Blow it up.
Babe, I can punch.
You don't want a limp biscuit for a wrist
because you'll break it against this steel.
I don't want to hurt you.
You can't hurt steel, Babe.
Now practice.
Why would you want me to do this?
Boom.
Because I want to show you how strong I am.
OK.
I mean, really lay into it.
I don't want to.
I don't know how to punch.
What-- do you really not know?
I know how to upper cut.
I'll show you.
See, but that wouldn't work either, Babe.
I can kick like a donkey.
Well, kick me.
I can kick real hard and real fast.
That was actually legit.
Like I could kick your face.
What the freak?
Babe, you're a freak.
[laughing]
Good job, Chip.
CHIP GAINES: Bye, Jo.
Dang, that was impressive.
[music playing]
JOANNA GAINES: Chip has finished all of his projects.
It looks so good in there.
And now all the furniture is coming in, all the accessories.
I'm going to try the sofa along this wall.
I always love meeting the clients
and figuring out what it is that they're
wanting the space to become.
That neutral color rug goes in the bedroom.
This moment is always my favorite.
I ordered this stuff weeks ago, so now I'm seeing a lot of it
for the first time.
It's kind of like a guessing game
of, hey, will Nicole like this bed, the sofa, these pillows.
But as it's coming in, it's starting to feel complete.
So can we try the oval antique one instead?
With the dining table, I had a new option
and an antique option.
I really thought the new option was going to work,
but I just feel like it didn't fit the space.
And so I brought in a round top table,
and I feel like it really ties into the shutters and that door
in the kitchen.
And so now it just makes that full European statement.
I picked this subtle cream-colored velvet cushion.
I'm going to layer it with some really nice textural pillows,
but I just feel like it makes that little nook feel complete.
This is where I would sit and hang out.
I really love her house.
Each space just has its own unique little thing
that I think is fun to kind of decorate into.
So as we're setting the living room or the kitchen,
just playing off that style even more
with a lot of the accessories that we're
putting into the space, but it's coming together.
My hope is that it's a reflection of Nicole's style.
So when she steps in, it really feels like, ah, they got it.
This is exactly what I wanted.
[music playing]
Holy smokes, here we are again, back to square one.
JOANNA GAINES: Cutey little house.
NICOLE: The cutest.
Remind me what drew you to it.
I love the neighborhood.
I love the big trees.
Yes, ma'am.
It just feels homey and like a little perfect home.
CHIP GAINES: For your first home, this is a great purchase.
It's just got great bones.
Sometimes you screw up when you buy a first home.
But, Nicole, in this particular case, you killed it.
And hopefully we did all the right things
as far as the improvement.
And I'm so excited to show you your fixer upper.
You want to see it?
Yes.
CHIP GAINES: All right, stay put.
All right, Nicole, today is the day.
You ready to check out your fixer upper?
JOANNA GAINES: OK.
CHIP GAINES: Let's go.
Ah!
JOANNA GAINES: It's so different.
NICOLE: It is so different.
It's perfect!
CHIP GAINES: What?
How did you do this?
JOANNA GAINES: A little European cottage.
CHIP GAINES: Ta-da!
JOANNA GAINES: Look at your blue door.
NICOLE: Blue door, the trim, it's white.
JOANNA GAINES: Those are copper gutters, antique shutters.
CHIP GAINES: The landscape, obviously, we
freshened that up a bit.
JOANNA GAINES: Kept the planter box, did new windows.
I think it feels a little more cottagey.
Now it just feels right.
It feels like your home.
It is so dreamy.
JOANNA GAINES: If you like the outside this much,
I can't wait for you to see what's going on on the inside.
CHIP GAINES: Let's go see it.
Come on, after y'all.
NICOLE: Oh, my gosh.
JOANNA GAINES: Now you've got to look at these copper gutters
as we get a little closer.
Look how pretty they are.
NICOLE: Oh, my goodness.
And with the shutters, they look so good.
CHIP GAINES: Let us see!
[exclaiming]
That floor!
JOANNA GAINES: Come in.
Look at your floor.
Come in.
The art!
Remember the closet that was here?
So then we opened it out of the arch
to just make it feel a little more special.
NICOLE: No way!
JOANNA GAINES: Take it in.
This floor.
Breathe.
You've got your terracotta floors.
I'm going to pass out.
JOANNA GAINES: We liked the arch theme in your house
and like the rounded theme, so you'll see that throughout.
So nice.
JOANNA GAINES: I wanted you to look over
here and see if you noticed--
NICOLE: No way!
JOANNA GAINES: The scenery.
NICOLE: That's all London!
JOANNA GAINES: Yes.
CHIP GAINES: Now we were debating--
I took that picture!
JOANNA GAINES: I know.
We took some of your pictures from your travels.
That's so special.
I love it.
Well, what's the next stop?
Into the dining room.
CHIP GAINES: Dining room.
A-ha.
JOANNA GAINES: And your beautiful backyard.
Oh, my goodness.
JOANNA GAINES: The slider was original.
We just trimmed it out, did new crown molding in here,
just loved the view in your backyard
so we didn't want to mess with that.
NICOLE: Yeah.
CHIP GAINES: Gosh, so charming.
But I'd say my favorite room in the house is the kitchen.
CHIP GAINES: Come on. - Do I turn?
Do I turn? JOANNA GAINES: You can look!
[laughs joyously]
Look at your kitchen.
Why am I clapping at every room?
You need to stop.
- I am ridiculous. - What?
What?
This is not the same kitchen.
JOANNA GAINES: Isn't this crazy?
NICOLE: What?
JOANNA GAINES: I just remember standing
here with your parents, and it just felt so tight.
NICOLE: This is unreal.
JOANNA GAINES: All of us were in here,
shoved in this tiny little space.
[laughs joyously]
Look at your island.
It's round.
So many things.
JOANNA GAINES: Yeah.
There's more windows.
These are new.
NICOLE: Oh, my word.
CHIP GAINES: Sit at your island.
See what you think.
Does it feel like home?
Oh, my goodness, yes.
CHIP GAINES: Tell her a little bit about the cabinet.
JOANNA GAINES: I just wanted to do kind of this glass texture
there.
Like, I wanted it to feel kind of special
and then even the paneling on that side to tie in there.
Instead of can lights, we did these cute little flush mounts.
NICOLE: I love those.
JOANNA GAINES: And then custom-made brass brackets.
One of the things that I know was really important to you
was the idea of not walking outside
to go into your laundry room.
So once we walk through those doors,
I want to show you kind of how we brought it all inside
so now it's a part of your interior.
These doors are amazing.
JOANNA GAINES: Dare I say, European.
[gasps]
JOANNA GAINES: So you've got door to garage,
door to your backyard.
This was exterior.
Now it's interior.
Look at your pantry.
You've got so much storage space.
NICOLE: No way.
Now you have your indoor laundry room.
You've got a little folding table top.
NICOLE: I love that.
JOANNA GAINES: OK, Babe, let's show her her bedroom.
CHIP GAINES: Come on, Nicole. NICOLE: OK.
CHIP GAINES: Follow us.
You just wait, young lady.
[laughs joyously]
JOANNA GAINES: Look at your pretty little bedroom.
NICOLE: No way!
CHIP GAINES: What a doll.
NICOLE: The window.
CHIP GAINES: Look at this.
JOANNA GAINES: New windows.
Oh, my gosh.
JOANNA GAINES: I love the wallpaper on the ceiling.
I'm, like, when you wake up, you're like,
oh, it's a happy day.
NICOLE: Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.
This!
You guys, you took like everything
that I even thought I knew what I wanted and made
it five million times better.
You ready to see your bathroom?
NICOLE: Yeah.
CHIP GAINES: OK, come on.
Enjoy yourself.
[gasps]
Uh-huh.
What is this floor?
[laughing]
Oh, my goodness, and the shower.
JOANNA GAINES: The shower is huge.
Remember, right, where you're standing was the hallway.
NICOLE: Oh, my gosh.
JOANNA GAINES: So you've got tons of storage here.
You can do creative basket storage.
The floor's kind of a fun take on that terracotta look.
This whole situation now just feels a little more seamless.
CHIP GAINES: Who needs a day at the spa when you've got
this place all day every day?
NICOLE: Oh, I love it, all of it.
JOANNA GAINES: OK, Nicole.
We're going to wrap this up.
NICOLE: OK.
Take this all in under fresh eyes and a fresh--
Let's just go outside. CHIP GAINES: Let's just go--
forget all that.
OK, now that you saw it from the inside, how are you feeling?
What do you love?
What-- what could we have done better?
Nothing.
It's like better than I could have ever imagined,
all the little details, the pictures.
It's perfect.
I love it.
I want to move in right now.
- Yes, ma'am. - You're close.
We need to get you in.
Yes.
We think the house really represents you in so many ways.
We can imagine all the life that you'll bring to this property.
So, Nicole, you are a first-time home owner.
Congratulations.
NICOLE: Thank you.
Thanks for letting us be a part of it.
Thank you guys so much.
CHIP GAINES: Welcome home.
[music playing]