I remember my first job...
-Goodnight. Hello. Jojo, for real. -Yeah.
-Something is... What the... -[laughing]
What was that?
The tiniest spider in the world.
Get it off of me!
Are we gonna get to do another Barndominium?
[Eddie] It's filled with all kinds of things
that you would not want inside a residential home.
-Baby, you're stepping on poo. -Gotta be quick.
-[Chip] What's happening? -I'm late.
Look how much I had to do all by myself.
[laughing]
I like everything about it.
-Okay. -[loud thump]
You're such a brat.
You've gotta be lucky to be an ex-bull rider.
Sometimes you're not lucky.
Check out my triceps.
We got this.
-Yes, we do. -Okay.
[rapping] ♪ We got this
[both] How 'bout you?
Let's check out your fixer-upper. Are you ready?
-We're ready. -[Chip] Come on, let's do it.
♪ Love me some home ♪
[Eddie] Oh, my God.
♪ Love me some home
♪ Oh, I love me some home
Oh, my goodness. Smell it.
-Smell it. -[sniffing]
-Oh. -[both laughing]
Girls, you know what these are?
You know why we need to cover this section?
-[girl] No. -These are the flowers.
Tonight, it's gonna be, like, 27 degrees,
so these would all freeze.
But see those snapdragons that are big, and then see all this kale,
this all built to be in really cold weather,
so we don't have to cover that.
It's just these little flowers.
Wait. And these are the dragonflies?
These are coneflowers... Snapdragons.
You thought I said dragonflies.
Okay, Ella, y'all grab these clamps.
Then put it over the rainbow.
And the last part, and we're done.
Okay, they won't freeze.
Okay, guys, I gotta get to work.
You guys, way to save some plants' lives.
Oh, babe, look how pretty.
Are we gonna get to do another Barndominium?
-I don't know if it's a Barndominium. -Did we coin it?
Like, Barndominium, that sounds like something I would have come up with.
Should we trademark that?
-No. -No?
Eddie and Lili are veterans,
and then, their son is now an ROTC,
-so he's gonna live there. -Oh.
So, I think it is a Barned Apartment, or, I don't know.
Barned Apartment.
-Let's coin out own, so that we can-- -Barned Apartment.
-It can be yours. -Hashtag-Barned Apartment.
-Barned Apartment. I like that. -Barned Apartment.
[Eddie] Thomas, you're gonna get sick, buddy.
-I'm Eddie. -And I'm Lili.
We're a husband and wife realtor team in Waco, Texas,
and we specialize in helping people find homes.
Look, he's wore out now. Are you wore out?
-No. -[Lili] No?
[Eddie] We have four kids,
Alex, Lucas, Thomas and Emma.
Alex went off to college this year,
with the plans of going in the Army
and becoming an Army officer.
And we wanted him to have a place
where he would be able to be a college student,
and have his privacy,
but, yet, still be close to home,
because the family loves him.
[Lili] And we have a horse barn on the property.
We currently don't have any horses,
so we thought that this would be a great place
to renovate and turn into a home for our son.
It needs a lot of work.
[Eddie] It's filled with chicken poop.
All kinds of things that you would not want inside a residential home.
Once we really, kind of, started looking at it, we realized
that we should probably hand this off to some professionals.
[Joanna] So, here it is.
Well, it's a great house, babe.
-They have longhorns. -Hmm.
[Joanna] What a pretty house.
[Chip] He's wearing my shirt.
Man, what a pretty drive out in the country.
You know, we live out on a farm,
but we're only about five minutes outside of town,
so it's not quite as therapeutic as this,
-so thanks for having us out. -[Eddie] Yeah, thank you.
-We appreciate you coming out. -[Joanna] How long have you guys been out here?
About five years.
Five years? Did you build this house?
-[Eddie] No. -No. So, you bought the house.
The barn came with it?
-It did. -[Joanna] Okay.
[Chip] And you mentioned that the barn
is about 1,600 square feet,
with two plywood rooms, right?
-[Lili] Yeah. -[Eddie] Very homey.
[Chip] And it's half concrete slab,
with an open-air space for the horses.
And you want to renovate it to make it a living space
for your oldest son, Alex.
But is it also for a little longer-term objective?
-Absolutely. -Like, as he goes and starts his military career,
he'll have, kind of, a home base. Is that the goal?
[Eddie] Absolutely. So, we're hoping
that he will be in here and be happy while he goes to college,
but we also hope that's short-term.
-Okay. -Yeah, yeah.
You know, we thought everything from consolidating family on this property...
[Joanna] Wow.
...to a veterans' organization that helps veterans enter into the ag world,
whether they want to farm or ranch.
So, a, kind of, bunkhouse thing for something like that.
-[Chip] Sure. -[Eddie] We may also try to use it as a home school.
-You know, we home school our little ones. -Okay, okay.
-Kind of every purpose you can think of... -[Chip] Sure.
...other than what it was built for.
-[all laughing] -I like that.
[Chip] Well, walk us through the barn
and give us the executive summary.
-Let's see if we can figure this thing out together. -Okay.
-So, we consider this the front right now... -[Chip] Okay.
-...because it faces our house. -Sure.
-We would like the front to face... -Ooh, that's pretty.
-...you know, the front of the property. -I see. Okay, got it.
So, you, basically, want this to almost feel like a private residence
next to your current house.
-[Eddie] Yes. -[Chip] Okay, great.
That makes sense.
We had wanted a front porch,
across the front, if possible.
And then, we envisioned a front door,
you know, maybe a double door,
and coming into a completely open space.
-So, you're good with all this being open? -Absolutely.
And then, I'm wondering, these could literally be your bedrooms.
Are these big enough or are these tiny?
-Okay, these are tiny, so... -[all laughing]
I was thinking college boys.
-I know. -I was thinking they're plenty big.
[Joanna] Okay. We just got to figure out what all fits,
but if we just, kind of, imagine,
the kitchen could go here,
-you could walk into a really pretty dining moment. -Yes.
And then, your living room, so it's all open.
And then we figure out how to fit the two bedrooms
and the full bathroom on this side.
-And then as many-- -Do you see it having, like, a loft like this?
[Joanna] I'd rather add a dramatic pitch to the roof,
which will allow us to include interesting architectural elements.
Yeah, I would love that.
And then, have a lot of views.
Like, I'm thinking a lot of windows.
Because everywhere you look, it's a view.
So, how do you capitalize on that?
We would really like to maximize that.
Being able to see in every direction.
-See the view. -That would be awesome,
-if that's possible. -[Joanna] Okay. What is your style?
This is a little weird of a mix,
but we love industrial and English cottage-y feel.
-[Joanna] Okay. -Very homey.
I don't know if I've ever done a mix like that,
English cottage and industrial, but that's exciting.
-Yeah. -Like, it's almost like
let the industrial, kind of, be the frame,
-but then, what warms it up will be the cabinets. -Yes.
[Joanna] Like, all the textures that really make it
that warm and inviting look that you like.
I just want to see. What are we looking at here?
Does this door lead to the backyard
-or is it another room? -[Eddie] It does.
-[Joanna] Okay. -[Eddie] It does.
[Chip] Did you see his dog tags?
I say "his," I guess they could be yours.
-But how cool is that? -[Joanna] That is so cool.
[Chip] Wow.
So, what is your vision on the exterior?
I'd be open to it being something totally different.
-[Joanna] Okay. -Um...
[Eddie] We're pretty open to pretty much, anything at this point.
You gotta be quick, you gotta be quick.
Baby, you're stepping on poo, so just move on up.
Barely, barely. You gotta be very quick, babe.
Do you hold your chickens like this?
-[Eddie] Mmm-hmm. -Okay. I don't hold them...
-He babies them quite a bit. -[Joanna] Okay.
I wouldn't mess with Eddie's chickens.
Okay. I do wanna look at the front elevation,
'cause this whole time I was thinking that was the front.
So, I just want to see what are we...
Like, what are we looking at out here.
[Chip] Oh, man.
-So, ideally, this is the front porch? -Babe, hold on one second.
The longhorns and the view.
-[Joanna] This is the right spot. -[Chip] And I will say,
I mean, I think this is great.
[Joanna] I love it. I can see it.
I love the idea of it just being wide open,
using as much space as we can,
and just making it super-efficient.
But also that warm, kind of, cottagey feel,
I think that's gonna be a fun design challenge for me.
-I love it. -Or, you know, a thought that I'm having is,
what if we make it look like an old country store?
-[Joanna] Like, a saloon? -[Chip] Yeah, I mean--
-She didn't put that in her descriptive, design, no... -All right.
I had voted for the Alamo.
-[Joanna] Alamo? -Like, the Alamo, but it got shot down.
[Chip] Yeah, I can see that,
-but I think the women are gonna win out here. -It's gonna be cute.
A lot of times, you get into these "Barndominiums,"
and you've got very little to work with.
There isn't a foundation, and it's dirt,
and there were horses in it prior.
[Chip] I would say it's pretty unique.
I mean, we've got our hands full,
but we're excited to dig in.
So, we're gonna get to the drawing board,
and then, we can get started on this thing.
Great. We're really excited about it.
-Thank you guys so much. -Yeah, thank you.
-Yes, ma'am. -All right.
-We'll see you all soon. -[Eddie] Yeah, thank you.
[Joanna] These chickens like you, Chip.
[Chip] They do. They stayed right by me.
-[Joanna] They sense you're a chicken man. -[Chip chuckles]
-[Shorty] Hello, hello, Chip. -Hey! It's about time.
Back when you were with me,
I could make sure you were on time. What's happening?
I'm late.
-Look how much I had to do all by myself. -[chuckles]
This man needs no introduction.
This is Shorty himself, the superstar.
Is it true, when you go back to Mexico, like, people go crazy?
Like, you're, like, John Travolta or something.
-Almost. -Almost John Travolta.
What have you been doing, buddy?
Nothing, just working.
-Like you. -All right.
Shorty, what's important about today?
Today is the demo day. Demo day.
-Yes, it is. In any language. -In any language.
[speaking Spanish]
Ah... [mumbling in broken Spanish]
Really?
Okay, Shorty. So, I got a few things
I need your help with on the inside,
then I'm gonna do a little work on the outside with the skid-steer.
But let me show you on the inside.
It's going to be a very light demo day,
in the sense that there's not a whole lot
going on on the inside of the project.
I mean, it's just an open barn.
But we've got some stairs, we've got some material walls,
and we've got some water damage
that we're gonna try to fix up.
-All right. -Okay, watch it.
Here we go. Nice. Okay.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
All right. You keep rocking with this interior wall,
-I'm gonna hit the skid-steer for a minute. -All right.
Here we go.
[laughing]
Shorty, I hope you're almost done.
This is easy.
Well, that was anti-climactic.
Oh, boy. Did I think that was gonna be a little more interesting.
Holy--
What happened? I broke something.
Shorty, I still see a lot of interior walls left to be demolished.
What's taking so long?
Because I'm working with my hands.
[both laughing]
Whew! I feel shot. I feel exhausted.
-Really? -Remember when we were young,
we could work like this, like, all day, like it was nothing.
-Yep. -And now, how old are you?
-37. -46.
I knew Shorty going on 15 years,
but a couple of years back, he came to me, and he said,
"Hey, Papa Chip," that's what he calls me,
and I said, "Yes. Yes, Shorty?"
And he says, "I'm thinking about starting my own business."
And it really was a very proud moment for me.
[chuckling] I think I twisted my ankle.
Oh, my gosh.
Now, we're just his biggest cheerleaders.
He's gone off and done his own thing.
-Hi. -Hey.
-How are y'all doing? -[Lili] Good.
How are you guys feeling about getting to see this?
-We're excited. -This is gonna be an interesting one.
You guys can take a seat. This is gonna be fun,
because you're gonna be right next door,
so we're gonna be, kind of, seeing you guys every day,
working on this barn/home.
But we're so excited to get started.
Yeah, we are, too, for sure.
Okay. I'm gonna have you look at this.
Oh, wow.
[Joanna] The front door is here,
and you've got your dining room,
your living room, and your kitchen.
But when you walk into the front door,
you're not right in the dining room.
-You've got this nice entry... -[Eddie] Oh, wow.
[Joanna] ...with exposed wood
-and concrete floor throughout. -[Lili] Mmm-hmm.
So, a little cottage, a little industrial.
And then, all the bedrooms and the bathrooms are on this side.
-Does that make sense? -Yes.
I like everything about it.
I like the entry, we're a big fan of the beams.
-[Joanna] Okay. -[loud thump]
-[Joanna] Oh, my gosh. -[Lili laughs]
[Joanna] You're such a brat.
I thought a bird hit the window, and I was like,
-"Maybe it was an ostrich." -Oh, my Lord.
[thuds]
Stop.
Okay, they got it.
Otherwise he's gonna do it again.
-Did you see him? -No.
[Joanna] How did you not see him, you guys?
-No. I was-- -Wow. Okay.
Well, that was fun. That'll wake you up.
-Can I turn this for a sec? -Yes. So, in the kitchen,
I wanted to do these slatted cabinets.
The vent hood, I was just gonna have a custom metal hood,
tied in to what was happening on the ceiling.
You've got these open shelves.
They have plenty of storage.
You've got pantry, you've got the island,
and then, all the storage along the back.
It's wonderful. Yes, I love that.
But the backsplash and the color of, like, the countertops,
this is, kind of, where I've started.
You've got a black honed countertop
and gray concrete floors.
These white oak cabinets, that make it feel warm,
and then, you've got this organic, kind of,
hand-made, backsplash tile.
-Is it in that shape? -Yes.
-Okay. I like that. -Okay.
-The mix of everything. -I like the shape of it as well.
I love that it really is organic.
-[Lili] I love it. -Like, it's not your typical
porcelain or ceramic tile.
It's got a little personality and movement.
And then, I think, with this
-it's gonna just be beautiful. -[Lili] Yes.
It complements...
-and gives it... But it's not too much. -Good.
And just... It's perfect.
[Joanna] Okay.
So, now, what we're looking at is right here.
-So, walk in to the left. -[Eddie] Okay.
[Joanna] You've got this wood-burning fireplace,
you've got wood storage underneath.
Two sofas, a chair.
Like, I feel like even though the space is small,
you could actually seat quite a few people,
and then, your dining room's right here.
So, if you're wanting to entertain,
it's a great space for entertaining.
-Absolutely. -Yeah, it's perfect.
That's exactly what we were hoping for.
-It's beautiful. -Large windows,
-and, kind of, the small, cozy fireplace. -[Joanna] Okay.
It really brings everything we were hoping for there.
It's perfect.
-I hate to overuse that word. -No, I'll--
Hey, I'll take it. I'll take it.
So, this is what I'm, kind of, calling the office right now.
It could be, obviously, the guest bedroom.
You've got these nice windows,
tongue and groove on the ceiling.
So it'll, sort of, warm this space up
since we're doing concrete on the floors.
And this room will have a closet,
so it'll be nice and versatile,
depending on what you guys need.
-Perfect. I love it. -Let's do it.
Maybe it could be your office.
[both chuckle]
[Joanna] And then, bedroom.
So, in here, it's very simple again.
More of that treatment on the ceiling,
to just make it have a little more personality,
concrete floors, and then, the black windows.
-I love it. Mmm-hmm. -Yeah.
We really like the black windows overall.
-Okay. -Yes. That is something we love.
Okay. Y'all made this too easy.
[all laughing]
We just loved everything, really.
I think it was almost like you brought everything that we had imagined
-in this place, so... -Okay.
If there's anything else, I'd say this week is, kind of, the final week,
and then, after that, I'm gonna start locking everything in,
-so we can get moving. -Okay.
-Well, thank you. We loved everything. -Thank you so much.
Okay. Well, we can't wait to get started.
Thank you.
I think our son is going to love living here.
And I think that Jo did an amazing job
incorporating everything that we had envisioned
for each one of the rooms.
What did you think? [chuckles]
I keep using the word perfect, and it was just perfect.
The layout was just so much better than we had thought about.
We really can't wait to see the home ourselves.
But I really think Alex is gonna be excited about it.
It's a perfect spot for him.
-I think he's gonna love it. -I think so.
[Chip] So, we're in full swing over here, restoring this barn,
and it's really starting to take shape.
We extended the concrete slab
to make room for all the new framing,
and now, it feels like an actual house.
The new roof is coming along nicely,
and the porch Eddie asked for really looks great.
But there's still a few decisions we need to make.
Are we calling this Barndominium 2.0?
-Are we-- -I don't know what we're calling it.
We've gotta have a nickname per project, Jo.
I thought it was, like, Barned Apartment.
So, it's taken a second to get this house re-framed.
But now that we have the two-by-fours up,
we can really see the space for what it's becoming.
You see the bedrooms, the bathroom, the living, kitchen, dining setup.
And it's looking really good.
It feels a lot bigger than it did originally,
when we walked this with Eddie and Lili.
So, we're just making sure that all the framing's right
so that we can keep moving forward.
-How do you feel? -I feel great.
This feels bigger than I could have imagined.
-I told you. -It feels right.
And now, there's rooms back there that aren't--
Any insecurities, that we should have gone with the loft
-that I was talking about? -No.
-No? -I like this.
-Okay. We got a problem. -What?
Notice anything interesting about the framework
where your pocket doors are gonna go?
Have we been together long enough for you to identify
what might be the problem?
I see it.
So, we ran into a bit of a pickle.
I took off one afternoon, thinking that the framing was completely clear,
and I came back only to find
two of the openings not be framed properly,
in order for there to be pocket doors.
How hard is it to frame them accurately?
-The problem is, it's a real cost. -[sighs]
So, what I'm hoping is that we can pretend that we wanted barn doors,
which, I would say,
a barn door is just an external pocket door.
-It could work. -Um...
-Let's say, we keep it like this for a second. -Yes!
I think they're gonna get barn doors.
-I think they wanted them to begin with. -Yes!
You know they want barn doors.
-Everybody wants a barn door. -They never said that.
I don't know if everyone wants a barn door.
-Want it to be-- -Everybody wants a barn door.
In a Barndominium, what else are you gonna put in here?
-A pocket door? -Really minimal and clean.
Baby, I can make it invisible.
No. If it's external, you can't.
We started with barn doors in the original plans,
but I think because it was a barn,
-I didn't want it to be so typical. -[Chip] Obvious.
-Typically obvious. -Typically obvious.
-I decided to move them as... -Obviously typical.
...pocket doors. So, I wasn't trying to make a huge design statement.
I just wanted them to go away and come out.
-Now, you're gonna get to make you a design statement. -But, now,
-Jojo's just doing more barn doors, y'all. -Yes!
It could be a win for this,
because the fact that they were custom doors...
-Oh, come on. -...it could be awesome
-that they're exposed. -We wanna show them off.
-Please! -I'm just saying it could be a way to go to, Chip.
-Please. -We screwed up,
-but it could be a good screw-up. -Okay.
-'Cause these doors are going to be beautiful. -Great.
We got lucky. Speak of lucky.
-Lonnie. -How are you?
-Hey, do you have my drawings? -Yes, ma'am.
-Okay, good. -You've gotta be lucky
to be an ex-bull rider. Is that fair to say?
-Sometimes you're not lucky. -[all laughing]
Lonnie's gonna have quite the to-do list on this project,
so he stopped by. I've got him doing some trusses,
some work with the fireplace,
and the wood box, and then a vent hood.
We love working with Lonnie. We go way back.
He does all the welding and the metalwork
at the silos and all of our houses.
We're gonna do trusses to, kind of, define each space.
But I wanna do the frame part in wood, like this.
So, a wood beam and then the accent beam,
this metal here that you're gonna do.
I figure we would all inch-and-a-half by three tubing.
Inch-and-a-half by three. Yes.
[Lonnie] So, my only issue...
-Oh, great. -...the doorway opening.
[Joanna] Okay, tell me what's going on?
We're either gonna have to be above the header or skip it.
Thank goodness for Lonnie, and especially his attention to detail,
because he realized that the truss bottom
-is going to protrude... -[Joanna] Overhang.
...by about 3 or 4 inches.
The easiest route is to figure out
how to make these things spaced out to where it leapfrogs it.
[Lonnie] It's either that or drop the header.
[Joanna] Well, shoot.
But no matter what, this, you can drop?
-That's not hard, right? -Yeah.
Drop this, and then, I'm gonna decide
whether we do one, two, three, four, or one, two, three,
or one, two.
-We'll figure that out. -I like the idea of one and then two.
I'm gonna play with it in 3D.
-But I'm gonna get you the numbers on these trusses. -[Lonnie] Okay.
I also need your help with the wood box.
So, we're gonna have this cool, wood-burning fireplace down the middle.
And then, to, kind of, anchor it,
I'm gonna have two bench seats
that I need you to make, that can also store wood.
-Okay. -And then, I need for my kitchen,
like, a cool metal vent hood.
-Just very clean... -[Lonnie] Okay.
...and polished and pretty.
So, as complicated as this day has been,
we've had some framing issues,
we've had some mistakes, that weren't mistakes at all.
There was some counseling done by Lonnie,
-who's a licensed welder. -[chuckles]
[Joanna] We agreed.
[Chip] Which, I would argue, It went pretty smoothly.
We agreed, and by agreed, I meant I said I didn't care.
[chuckles]
-Thank you, Lonnie. -No problem.
I will get you all the plans and the...
-Size of the fireplace. -Size of all of this...
-[Lonnie] Yeah. -...and the vent hood,
and then, I'm gonna give you the amount of these trusses.
-All right. -Okay.
-Thank you. -Thank you, Lonnie.
We got you, Lonnie. Thank you, buddy.
[Lonnie] Thank y'all.
[Joanna] Just grab as many as you want.
Now that they're in full bloom, gotta use them.
Actually, Mom saw the tulips that I brought home the other day,
-and she wanted these. -So take these to Mom.
Take them to the girls.
I invited Mikey over before I had to get to work today.
We had some coffee and we cut some fresh tulips.
We had that hard freeze.
Guy came out here and was like, "Everything is gone."
And then,
like a week and a half after that freeze, it's this.
-[Mikey] Oh. -Like, it's crazy
how resilient these things are.
Would've never known that that hard freeze came through Texas.
Now, it's just like the prettiest season. It's 70 degrees outside,
you've got these beautiful blooms,
and so today, it feels like a magical morning with my sister.
Mikey, I'm cutting you a bunch of these daffodils.
I actually grow these 'cause I think of you.
This is, like, my Mikey flower.
There's something about being in the garden that grounds me.
And the fact that I get to start my morning with my sister,
with flowers in the garden,
I feel like, it's just like "Hey, the rest of the day,
I got it. It's gonna be a good day."
Next time Juniper and Prue can come cut.
-[Mikey] Okay. -[Joanna] We've got all these.
[Chip] What was once just a horse barn,
is slowly starting to look like a place
Eddie and Lili's son, Alex, will actually love.
We've installed plumbing, electrical and the HVAC throughout.
We added the siding
and the tongue and groove on that front porch.
The beautiful cedar beams are finally in place,
as well as the new windows and doors.
The metal roof looks great.
And now, we're almost finished
with the tape and float on the dry wall.
And it's just about time
for Jo to have a little fun with the design.
Ooh. That's a pretty board. Okay.
So I would say...
Which one do you think I'm gonna pick?
-I don't know. -There's a clear and obvious winner.
As many years as we've been at this,
I have no idea.
-I wouldn't pick that one. -It's funny.
-But any other ones... -Yeah, that's kinda green.
I'd pick any of them.
So, look... But this is gonna go on the ceiling in the bedrooms,
the underbelly here in the foyer and then all the cabinets.
So what's like the warm one to you?
'Cause that's what I'm wanting.
-[Chip sighs] -[Joanna] You really don't see it?
I don't care about stain colors, and that's good
because it helps resolve issues quicker.
That's the thing, you can't care about everything.
-No. -You care about everything, you're screwed.
-I just wanted you to see it out here with the light. -Got it.
-I want it to match this beam. -Okay.
And right now, it's too orange and yellow.
So we can knock that out and get some brown in there,
it's be perfect.
I only care about 10% of the things.
But the 10% of the things, I care a whole lot about.
Yeah, that's true. And then, I just have to back off.
I guess golden oak, driftwood, natural.
-[Joanna] So natural. Just warm it up. -Okay.
-That's the one. -Okay. Got it.
-You feel good about it? -[Joanna] Yes.
I gotta show you one more thing with this fireplace.
[Joanna] Natural all the way.
I realize you've given me 90% of just kinda freedom.
-So it's like I can... -Do you...
Do you take that and you're like, "Hey, okay, that's fair enough."
Yeah, like, every time you bring home a dog,
I'm like, "Ugh! Number 11."
But I'm like, "You know what? That 90% you give me,
"you can bring home another dog all day long. It's fine."
-See how it works? -Okay. I'm gonna go get a dog.
-No. No more dogs, though. For real. -Oh.
Watch this, Jo.
You ever seen these power jacks in action?
[Joanna] I actually have not.
There we go.
Wow. So you pump and it goes up...
That's an amazing invention.
Tell me when I'm off the ground. Am I good?
-You're off the ground. -All right. Heads up.
[Joanna] That's awesome.
I'd just like it dead center.
Because this house is smaller,
I really want everything to tie in.
And there's a lot of white and then black accents
and this wood to kinda warm it up.
-Babe... -[handle thuds]
Whoa. Dadgummit.
[Joanna] No, it's okay. I can see it.
[Chip] I wanna get it just right.
[Joanna chuckles]
What do you think?
-What do you say? -I love it.
That's the centerpiece for sure.
[Chip exhales] It's funny. When I saw it, thought it was maybe a little bit too small.
No, I think it's fine.
But once you've got Lonnie's, like, bench here
-and then that flue... -Yeah.
...it's gonna feel like a lot.
We need to go get the stain now.
-[chuckles] -Let's go get some stain.
Okay, we're gonna go get some stain. Chip, this house is cute.
-Hey, how does my hair look? -It looks good.
-Does it? -I never know when you're joking.
-I feel nervous about it. -You should be.
[Chip] Okay, baby,
we have got to get some paint colors selected.
Except this time, I need you to pick the actual paint
-that you actually want to go in the project. -Yeah.
-Sorry I changed my mind. -Yeah.
So they just dropped these off
because we have to get these... Stop.
Babe, hurry up and just pick the paint colors.
Baby, I need to explain something.
Please, we need some paint colors. Please. Please.
[Joanna] Oh, my gosh. Give it to Drake.
Now, Drake, thank you for filming this.
Really quick. So I'm at home today with the kids,
so they had to drop off these paint samples.
But I have to pick colors within the next five minutes
'cause they're painting the interior of Eddie and Lili's house.
I originally picked all white interior paint,
but let me explain to you the issue.
The two bedrooms are small and they felt a little boring.
So we are adding a really rich color to the wall.
And so, I've got four options they just dropped off.
Chip, will you help me with this? Look at me.
-I would... -This is...
This... [chuckles] Look at me.
-These are wall colors. -[Chip] Okay.
-What... So there's this. -Okay.
This color, which I kinda like the idea of, a fun green.
-[Chip] Wait, what? -In this...
Not for his house, babe. I thought you meant for his jeep.
Chip, this is for his office. Green for the office.
Look at him laughing at himself.
His jeep. You get it?
Drake, if I were painting your room...
Because now this is his bedroom.
He's in college. You ready?
What color do you like out of these for his bedroom?
[Drake] They all look gray 'cause of Dad's light.
Get this for your office. It's kind of like a army green.
-Do you like that? -Oh, I think that's like...
[Drake] Take it out.
I can't tell the difference.
-Dad's flashlight is making my eyes hurt. -It's so dark.
[Drake] They all look like gray.
Yeah, they all look like dark gray,
This very helpful today.
Thank you for your assistance, men.
I love you.
So I think I'm gonna go with this and this.
-That they say is gray. -[Chip] Gray...
But it's really...
[Chip] Gray number 1 and gray number 2.
...like a charcoal and a green.
-[Chip] Oh. -[Joanna] Thanks, Drake, for the help.
[Joanna] Ed and Lili's project has really come along.
I feel like it's small, but mighty.
The siding is done and painted, the windows are all in
and we already have light fixtures going up.
The cabinets are already halfway finished.
These beams are coming in and the paint is finished.
-So... -[Chip] Homestretch.
[Joanna] We are so close on this project.
Babe, it's funny, when you were getting into that,
I could feel the rhythm of that.
-It's like a little beat. -It felt like a song.
-[scatting] -It felt like a rap.
Well...
[rapping] ♪ Mmm, we're so close ♪
♪ Don't you know it?
No, don't do that.
♪ We're so close
You're just gonna embarrass yourself.
♪ Let me show it
[laughs]
♪ We got this
♪ Yes, we do
Okay.
♪ We got this
[both] ♪ How 'bout you?
[Chip] Lonnie's carrying two-thirds of it,
-it feels like to me. -[Joanna] Whoa, watch that...
[Lonnie] You go in there kinda first.
-Keep that at an angle. -[Chip] Okay.
[Lonnie] Raise her up.
[objects clattering]
So Lonnie brought these trusses,
they're installing them today.
We decided that we still wanted
the trusses above the entryway.
So we ended up lowering the header
like Lonnie suggested.
I like how thin they are.
I didn't want a really heavy,
architectural thing going on 'cause this house is so small.
But once we put that wood
and kinda frame it in, and we paint it black,
it's gonna look a lot more substantial
once all of that comes together.
-[Lonnie] Pretty good right there. -[Chip] Yeah.
[Lonnie] Go ahead, Chip, put a screw in it.
Wow.
Are there holes on that side?
Is that how you know where to drill it?
Babe, when you've been doing this as long
as Lonnie and I have been doing this...
-[Joanna] Just forget it. -...you just instinctively know.
[Joanna] This could've been a teachable moment.
-[Chip] I don't wanna teach. -Are there holes on that side?
No. There's a mark that says "x."
-Which "x" marks the spot? -But I know, but what are you drilling...
What is the metal beam,
what are you putting in the metal beam
-to stick to the wall? -The screw.
There is a plate on the backside.
[Joanna] That's what I'm saying.
I don't see the plate on this side.
-So I thought you were just, like... -Thanks, Lonnie.
-[laughs] -Hey, if we could have you over
every Thursday for marital counselling,
-we'd really appreciate it. -Thank you.
-Lonnie gets it. -[Lonnie] I've been divorced twice.
I don't think I'm good at that.
[Chip] Oh!
Hey, the only downside is, babe, Lonnie said,
"Don't scratch the wall," and all I did
-was scratch the wall. -[Joanna] Yeah, and you scratched it.
You think about this, he measures this to such an extent
that he then takes that measurement far, far away to a faraway place,
called Lonnie's Welding Shop, and he has to get that so perfect,
that then, when we put these in...
[Joanna] It doesn't tear up the walls.
[Chip] 10 feet above sea level.
I mean... Anyway, long story short,
I scratched the walls.
But Lonnie did an amazing job at thinking ahead,
where, if it would've been the exact measurement,
they would've tore the walls up.
So we had to give a nice room for...
-[Chip] Little bit of air. -[Joanna] Air.
-And it's okay that you... -Little margin.
-...you went into that margin. -Dang.
Perfect. Well done.
Thank you.
Okay, so I am in Magnolia Home after hours.
It's kind of quiet in here.
And while we were at the shop, I wanted to run over here
and do a little shopping for Ed and Lili's house.
Okay, so this is what I'm thinking
for Ed and Lili's living room.
This sofa, these chairs,
and then these concrete tables.
I like this leather look with all that's going on.
And then, picking out some rugs for his office.
I'm liking this one and this one.
And last, but not least, I love these leather chairs.
I'm gonna get these in the barstool form
for their kitchen.
But this is kinda the color of the cabinets,
and so I liked the idea of these as barstools for their island.
And that's it.
♪ I've been hoping the rain will cease ♪
♪ I need the sunlight On my leaves ♪
♪ 'Cause they search for you
♪ To hold on to To hold on to ♪
♪ You got me feeling again
[vocalizing]
♪ Back to myself
♪ Myself
♪ Going back to myself
♪ Going back to my
♪ Oh, I'm going
♪ Going back to myself Going back to my ♪
-♪ Myself again -♪ Going back to myself
♪ Going back to my
-♪ Going back to my -♪ Again
-[Joanna] Hey, Chip. -Oh, well.
-Fancy seeing you here. -Beautiful!
These doors, I'm glad-- What are you doing?
-Check out my triceps. -Okay... Triceps?
-Or your biceps? -Bicep. Okay, feel it.
-Nice. -Now you do it.
-No. -Let's see what you got.
-You know I can't do that. -[blows raspberry]
Hey, but listen, this was the best call.
-You promise? -Because it's a more modern
-sliding door. -Yeah?
-[whispering] Check it out. -[Joanna whispers] I like them a lot.
Check it out. [exhales]
I love them.
A mistake my lovely husband accidentally made
led to the decision of an exposed barn door.
I was actually designing this house with interior pocket doors.
I'll tell you this, it's amazing,
they're gonna love it, it's practical.
We made a mistake,
but it worked out just the way it was supposed to.
And this should be a slam dunk.
And I don't wanna hear a bunch of whining
-and moaning. -It's gonna be a slam dunk.
I feel good about this one.
-And it's smooth. -I like that we hid all the sliding elements
-so it's really just the door. -Smooth as a whistle.
-You open them. -Okay, Chip,
I'mma start moving stuff in.
Hmm. Convenient.
Chip?
Can you put that in that corner to the right of that door.
-I like that kinda low. -[woman] Yeah.
[Joanna] Can you kinda hold this?
and maybe push it up, like, 6 inches?
[woman speaks indistinctly]
I think everything feels pretty seamless,
everything's fitting the way I assumed.
When Lili was kinda explaining what she loves,
she had mentioned industrial, modern, cottage.
So we put all that into one space.
You get, you know, a really unique look.
And so, hopefully, you sense a little bit of the modern,
you sense the industrial.
There's two of the same sofa, so if you can just...
I'm just gonna put them in this living room,
and they're just gonna face each other.
Based on what I showed them at our design meeting,
and what they're gonna see tomorrow,
I really think they're gonna love what they see.
So I'm feeling good about this,
everything's kinda fitting into place.
And now, it's just putting up the artwork, pillows, throws,
just adding the accessories to kinda warm it up
and then we're done.
And hopefully, it's gonna be a space they can enjoy for years to come.
Holy moly.
I've forgot
-what in the world we had to start with. -[Joanna] I haven't.
This literally was a barn.
But it was a clean barn.
-It was a clean barn. -You remember, it was pristine.
It was a great barn, but it was like a horse barn.
Alex, when I was your age,
if I would've had a sleeping bag and, like, a little camp fire,
I think I would've been okay just in this situation
But your generation,
-you're not tough like your dad and I were. -Oh.
I mean, this isn't gonna work for you, is it?
-I don't think so. -All right, well,
I think you're going to notice a slight transformation.
Let's do this.
Okay, y'all three stay put.
-We're gonna show you your house. -Okay.
All right.
Eddie, Lili and Alex,
let's check out your fixer upper. Are you ready?
-[all] We're ready. -[Chip] Come on, let's do it!
[Eddie] Oh, my God.
-[Lili] Oh, my gosh. -[Alex] Oh, wow.
That looks so good.
Oh, my gosh.
I don't even know what to say.
-[Joanna] It's kinda dramatic. -Dude!
-It's very dramatic. -[Chip] Oh, my gosh.
[Alex] I don't see any chicken poop anywhere.
-[Joanna] No chicken poop. -[Chip] There's no chickens at all.
[Joanna] When you pull up and you see it
against this green, beautiful grass,
and then the light wood accents,
it kinda feels tucked away,
-it doesn't feel so highlighted, but it... -[Eddie] Sure.
[Joanna] It's like it should've been here all along.
It's homey. I don't how, a better word, but it just feels...
-Homey. -Homey.
I like that.
-[Alex] Looks awesome. -[Joanna] The new metal roof,
-we wanted to tie that in to your farmhouse. -[Eddie] Yeah.
It still has the same style in that it feels kinda farm-ranch,
but that darker color makes it just kinda feel...
I don't know. What's the word?
It's like, when you pull up, it's like this house on a hill.
-It's like a little retreat tucked away. -[Joanna] Yes.
-It just feels like it just set here. -[Eddie] There's three doors?
-[Joanna] Three sets of French doors. -[Eddie] Good night!
Just in case you guys wanna party in the barn.
If we hear a party, we're right there.
[all laugh]
-Well, are you ready to check it out? -[Lili] Yes.
-Let's go look at the inside. -[Alex] Let's go.
-[Lili] Okay. -After y'all.
-Oh, wow. Big change. -[Lili gasps]
[Joanna] Welcome home, everyone.
[Lili] Oh, my goodness.
-Holy crap. -Good Lord.
[Lili] Oh, my goodness.
[Eddie] Oh, wow. Look at the beams.
-[Joanna] These beams are half wood... -[Eddie] Are those iron?
-[Joanna] ...half iron, yes. -[Eddie] Oh, my Lord.
Y'all can step in and go...
You wanna come into the kitchen first?
-[Chip] Nobody wants to touch anything. -[Lili] Yes.
[Joanna] This is yours.
-[Alex] Like, I'll do the first touch. -All right. Oh! All right.
-[Joanna] You can touch. -How did it feel, Alex? Did it feel real?
-[Alex] It feels real, all right. -[Chip] Is it a real place?
-[Joanna] It's real. -[Lili] Oh, my gosh.
[Joanna] So the beautiful black countertops, that are honed.
Liked the idea of just the lower windows.
No backsplash over here. This is kind of, like, your prep area.
-[Eddie] That's beautiful. -[Joanna] You've got all these custom cabinets
that are solid wood.
So you've got a ton of storage.
You've got this beautiful tile, no grout.
Wanted to keep everything in here kinda seamless
'cause I think the idea's the view.
-[Lili] Right. -Like, looking out and seeing all the beautiful spaces
-out on your land. -[Lili] You can see in every direction.
-[Eddie] Mmm-hmm. -[Joanna] Yes.
-[Lili] Yeah. -[Chip] So pretty.
[Eddie] I mean, seriously, this is exactly what we were thinking.
And you've got this vent hood.
So basically, our friend, Lonnie,
made the vent hood and the beams.
And then, that whole situation over there with the wood.
So we wanted those three elements to really tie in.
[Eddie] I can't get over the fireplace.
-[Joanna] I think... -[Chip] How cool is that?
[Eddie] And the firewood.
-After this winter, the firewood itself is... -[Joanna] Yes.
[Chip] Alex, what do you think, bro?
I got wood for weeks now.
-[laughing] -Wood for weeks.
[Chip] Cool project, y'all. What a transformation.
-We were standing right here. -Well, yeah.
And I think you would go up this ladder,
and there was this cool little loft area.
[Joanna] Chip wanted the loft.
[Chip] But it's hard to believe we're standing in the same spot.
[Joanna] It is hard to believe.
You know, one of the things that happened along the way,
we were gonna do internal pocket doors.
But we screwed up. We'd realized the headers...
-I didn't even notice that. -...they were placed in the wrong spot.
So we ended up doing these external sliders now.
-Do you guys... -Oh, wow.
-I like it a lot. -I love that.
-You like these doors like this? -[Lili] Yes.
-Okay. -I love it.
-[Eddie speaks indistinctly] -[Lili] And it ties in with the beams
and everything. I think they're beautiful.
And I don't like pocket doors.
-Oh, do you not? -Oh, okay.
-Oh, then we dodged a bullet. -But it's a win-win.
-She likes them. -[all speaking indistinctly]
Did you come here and tell the framer to do it the wrong way?
We had quite the debate.
-That's funny. -It was just like...
-Everything was set. -I don't hate them.
-Right. -It's just that sometimes they're kinda hard to get to.
-Yeah, they're always a bit... -In the bathroom,
-and you gotta get in there quick... -[Chip] Sure.
And there's a crowd. I don't wanna have to...
-[Alex] Yes. -[Lili laughs]
-[Eddie] That's good. -[Lili] Yeah.
So I love it. I think it's beautiful. Everything.
Yeah, it's amazing.
It's everywhere you look, there's something that we did not expect.
-[Joanna] Good. -[Eddie] It's incredible.
[Chip] Thank you, thank you.
-Another room. -[Joanna] Okay.
-Here's your study room. -[Alex] Oh, it's so cozy.
-[Eddie] Wow. -[Joanna] But also, it can be another bedroom.
Wow.
So, originally, like, with our design meeting,
these rooms were just gonna be white walls.
But these rooms are smaller, so we wanted them to at least have something
-that felt unique. -[Eddie] Sure.
[Joanna] So we added the white oak on the ceiling
and then I added some color.
I thought maybe, like, an army green would be fun in here.
-[Lili] Yes. -[Eddie] Looks really good.
[Joanna] Just to give it a little more depth.
-And just personality, you know? -Yeah.
Just really added personality to this little room.
And I think, when you're out there, you want it really light and airy,
but when you come in here to study,
it's kind of an intentional space.
And I think that darker color on the wall helps...
-[Alex] I like the color. -[Lili] I like it, too.
-Yeah, sure do. It looks really nice. -Okay.
-So... -Lots of studying.
[Joanna] Lots of studying, we hope.
-Let's go check out the bedroom. -[Lily] Great.
-And here is... -[Alex] Nice. Big old bed.
-[Joanna] Big old bed. -[Eddie] Oh, wow.
This is actually the same color that's on the exterior...
-[Eddie] Mmm-hmm. -...of the house.
So we kinda did a green over there,
a really pretty, kinda moody blue in here.
And I like all the play on texture.
We've got these concrete floors that are really organic.
You got this dark, kinda tone-on-tone
paint color and then the light wood on the top.
-[Eddie] Mmm-hmm. -[Joanna] Black doors.
Like, I think it's small, but we've layered it with color and texture.
So hopefully, it feels cozy in here.
-[Eddie] It doesn't seem small. -[Joanna] Okay, good.
Then all right, well, let's go back out front and wrap this up.
Well, Alex, how you feeling?
Feeling great. This house is awesome.
Beautiful looking. It's awesome.
-[Chip] Scale of 1 to 10... -[Alex] I give this an 11.
-[Joanna] Eleven? -What?
I never get an 11.
-Chip, way to go. -[Chip] Yes!
Babe, it's like impossible to please kids these days.
-Alex is a good kid. -He is a good kid.
You can tell. You can tell he's a keeper.
-This mom and daddy raised him right. -They sure did.
Well, y'all, thank you for letting us be a part of this project.
It was an honor.
And honestly, we hope you love it.
You know, we hope you live here happily ever after.
We hope you make good grades.
In the future, we hope you get married
-and go live somewhere else with those people... -[laughing]
...so that your mom and dad can really enjoy this place.
-That's when they get it. Yeah, exactly. -You know, Alex...
[Joanna] Oh, goodness.
Well, y'all, this was fun.
I hope we exceeded your expectations.
I hope you guys love it.
And thank you for letting us be a part of this project.
-Alex, welcome home. -[Lilly] Thank you so much.
-[Alex] Thank you. -[Chip] Of course.
♪ Oh
♪ On this open road
♪ This open road