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[upbeat music]

- I'm Luke Macfarlane.

I'm an actor, design enthusiast, and a woodworker.

When I'm not on set - Ifilming movies,ane.

I'm pursuing a lifelong passion for carpentry

and home renovation,

a skill that's been passed down through my family.

Together with my friend, interior designer

Olivia Westbrooks, we will meet all kinds of families...

both: Hi!

Oli- And breathe new lifel meinto their favorite spaces.

that have lost their way.

- We did good. - It looks great.

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Our designs will honor family history...

Wow.

While making room for the present and the future.

- Look at that.

While making room for the - This is fantastic.re.

- We're here to restore what matters most.

Because I believe memories should be built to last.

- We're here to restore And home is where the heart is.

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[birds chirping]

- This one's cool.

- I'm excited about this because it is near the water.

- Oh, and you know I love the water.

- I love the water too.

- Being an Aquarius, it's my thing.

- Oh. - How about that?

- Shall we? - Yes, please.

[knocking] - How about that?

- Hi. - Hi.

Hello. - Hello.

- Nice to meet you. - I give hugs.

- Me too. - Hi.

- N- I'm Nancy.you. -- I'm Lauren.

- I'm Honey.

And I'm the matriarch of this family

with three generations here.

- Why do you say three generations?

- One, two, three.

- Oh, OK, because we have more than that existing.

- Why are you correcting me?

- You can say three generations right here.

- Are y'all taping this?

[laughter]

- Wow, look at that lake.

So I imagine that view is a major reason why

you decided to build this house.

- Yes.

We built this house, like, 50 years ago.

We started out in Atlanta.

And my husband told me we were going to the lake

and we were going to build a house.

The city life was closing in on us,

and we were going so he wanted to get away.

- Our family is big.

We have many generations that come here to celebrate

holidays and special events.

But right here, we're three generations of women.

And our family is all girls.

We have some boys sprinkled in, but mostly all girls here.

- We don't have any little boys.

- We don't have boys.

-We don't knowe what to do with boys.

- You don't make boys. - Nope.

- I have two girls myself, so...

- Do you? - Yes.

- I have one girl and two sisters and four nieces.

- And we have nine Deaf people in our family.

When we do gather, we have a lot

of people that are Deaf that read lips,

so we need an open space facing each other

where they can read lips and see what we're saying.

- And it looks like you have a few different zones here.

wheHow does that workips andfor you as a family?ng.

- And - We're kind ofou have a feseparated sometimes.re.

But a lot of times, the Deaf kids end up at the table

or somewhere over there sitting together because they sign.

- We do separate. And this one's talking.

That one's talking. And everybody laughs.

You know, they're like, what's so funny?

- Right. - It makes it hard.

Y- What does the house, whmean for you,?

having now three generations?

Y- What does the house, Celebrated many events here.

Many memories were made here.

- Well, it means everything because my family

comes here to celebrate.

I get them here.

So we just get together here for holidays and everything.

Big Christmas tree over there.

This is the family home.

This is the family gathering place.

- This has always been where holidays have been,

showers have been, any kind of celebration.

- You know, you know,n wwhen you're coming here,

you are going to be surrounded by people that love you

and care for you and celebrate you.

So I can't imagine a time where you didn't want to come here.

- I hope, when I'm gone, which I won't be here forever,

that they will keep the house so they'll all

have a place to get together.

- Well, it definitely has a very specific vibe.

- It looks like it stayed hathe same this entire time..

- Oh, it has.

Yeah, this room has stayed the same

except for furniture and...

- Yeah. - Carpet and--

- Carpet. You have these tall ceilings.

You have this wood paneling.

- Cedar was the in thing in the '70s, late '70s.

- This house is definitely Honey's style.

Vintage is a good word.

- This house is definitely It's just out of date.

It's stuck in the '70s, and we just need to get out.

- - So I would imaginetely that the three of you.

have very different opinions about what you would

like to see in this space.

Is there anything that you would like to change?

like t- Everything. space.

[laughter]

All of it.

My mom is very set in her ways

and very strong-willed,

so it takes a lot Myto convince her of things.ys

- Honey is very set in her ways and her routine.

As you can tell, nothing has really changed in here.

- Some people come in and think it's--

including my children-- [laughter]

Thinks it's old stuff.

including my children-- But to me, it's peaceful.

- Who's in this picture?

Who's that fancy lady?

- Who's[laughter]icture?

- Some young gal. [laughter]

That was an anniversary we were celebrating.

- Well, it looks like this is Christmas.

- It looks like Christmas in the '90s.

- Oh, yeah. - Yes.

- This is Cathy, Cthe oldest daughter..

- OK. - And Shirley, the middle.

And then there's Nancy. - There's Nancy.

- And there's Big Jay and you. - Honey, yes.

- I almost feel like the other character

in every single one of these pictures is that fireplace.

- Yeah. - It's just--

- Almost everything. - Everything. That's amazing.

Well, at least we understand where you guys gather.

- Yeah, it was a good place to sit and take pictures.

- Yeah, absolutely.

I couldn't help but notice this slot machine.

- Yeah, that came from my mother.

- OK. Does this work? - It works.

- Growing up, we would always play it, all the kids.

- You get a nickel.k? You put it in.

You know, it's supposed to pay out if you win.

And it never did. - Ah!

- And so we think that Honey has rigged the machine.

- Honey... - Honey has never...

- You're being accused of something.

- Never, never rigged the machine.

- Well, can I try it and see-- - Sure.

- See if it works maybe for me?

- Well- See if it works. see-- -- OK..

- It's going to get your money too.

- OK.

I'm going put it in. - Oh, I can't wait to see this.

- Pull the handle.

- Oh, that is hefty.

- Oh.

- She got your nickel too.

- She got my nickel. - I told you.

- It's not permitting--

Let's see if I have luck -on my side..

- Push it back. - Push it all the way up.

- Yeah.

That's a winner.

[all cheering]

- I got money.

- It works. - You fixed it for them.

- Great. Wow.

- Oh, I'm so glad it paid. [laughter]

- Making it rain.

- What's behind those doors?

- When we were building the house, they came to me,

and they said, would you like a coat closet or a bar?

And I said, let them put their coats on my bed.

[laughter] I want a bar.

So we have a bar.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- Look at that. - And that opens up.

- And then this opens up.

- Yeah. - OK.

- So we can start serving.

- And there's the bartender.

- Wow. All right.

How often do you have these doors open?

Or is it usually kind of closed up like this?

- It's closed like that... - OK.

- Unless I have a party or something.

And then I open it up, and they say, oh.

What do you have there?

[laughter] - OK.

- That's so much fun. - That is so much character.

My eye is drawn to--

- That dining room. - Yeah.

- This is where the Thanksgiving action happens.

- Well, I see you're keeping the 1970s kind of theme

- This is where the Thankgoing inside here.pens.

How much time do you spend at this dining room table?

- Not an awful lot. - Not an awful lot.

- No. - Well, it doesn't look like

you have adequate seating

for the amount of family members that you have.

- Well, we do have two more chairs.

- Uh-huh. - OK.

I was just going to ask you, are you the kind of family

that all finds their way around one table,

Ior do you often take youru, plates and find spaces around?

- We do that, but we also put a table here and extend it.

I mean, we've had it extended out to here.

- And then maybe the kids' table is way over there.

- And then another table over there.

- We talked about hosting events a lot in this house.

Is there any upcoming events that you have?

- I recently got engaged.

- What?

It's beautiful. - Thank you.

- Congratulations. - Congratulations.

- So I would love to have a bridal shower here,

especially in a new space that's not '70s themed.

- So - That's right. have It'll be a brand-new space.

- Maybe there will be a baby shower after that.

- Oh, you sound like everybody's mother.

- Exactly.

One step at a time.

- You guys have a lot of fun together.

- We do. - Always going at it.

- We pick at one another.

- Do you all play certain roles in that sort of relationship?

- We're all the boss. - - You're all the boss..

[laughter] - That's for sure.

- W- That's whereoss. - - the problem lies.ss..

- Yeah.

-- I was going to ask - -who's the spiciest,s..

but I think I already know.

- Definitely. - The lady in red?

- Mm-hmm. - No.

- Definitely. - You don't think so?

- I don't think so. - I don't know.

I see some disagreement behind.

- She's spicy.

- I mean, we butt heads all the time.

- We butt heads. - You are too.

- I mean, we butt heads - And we butt heads.

- So there's a lot of butting heads here.

- I mean, we butt heads - A- Yeah, we do.ds.

- So there's a lot of buWe go at it.here.

- Well, so that's going to be our challenge.

is trying to get a sense of what it is that everybody needs

and how everybody's needs are all kind of different.

- What's been your biggest challenge

with changing the décor as the decades have moved on?

- Oh, I don't know.

It was just overwhelming.

My style in my house is sort of monochromatic.

But it is peaceful and soft to me.

I like the layout in the house.

We need Luke and Olivia's help here because I'm not

a design person.

We neeAnd I'm stuckivia's hein the '70s, I think.ot

And so we need someone else's opinion

We neeAnd I'm stuckivia's hbesides mine and theirs.

- We probably also need a referee for the three of us

because we're not going to agree, so...

[laughter]

- My biggest fear of the house being renovated

is someone else is coming in

and putting a lot of their ideas.

How am I going to accept that

and how that's going to change the feelings

I have for a house which I dearly love?

- I was the one that wanted to reach out to Luke and Olivia

I have for a house whfor their help.ve?

And I feel a lot of pressure because if Honey

doesn't like it, then I don't think she's

going to like me very much.

- I'd come after you. - I'm a little nervous.

- This is the moment when we kick you out of your own house.

- Yes. - Yes. Yes. Yes.

- Thi- I'll help you out. we kick you out - OK.ur own house.

- Yes. - Yes. ♪ ♪. Yes.

- This renovation means a lot to all of us, especially me,

because I've been here - for so longes.

and it's been the same thing for so long.

- Oh, yeah.

- I was really excited to see how excited they were

to even look at our family pictures.

- Let's put it over there.

- They are putting themselves into our family

to be able to have the vision that we have,

which is to bring everybody together

and let us continue to make memories.

- I'm just a little concerned that some

of the original charm and personal touches

that my mom and dad put in this house will be erased,

so we kind of want to hold on to some of that.

- I think I'm more excited to see the changes.

so we kind of want to hold on t- There you go.

- Excited and... - Nervous.

- Nervous, for sure.

I'm most concerned of losing control.

[laughter]

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- Olivia, I was so excited to come to this house

because it is the first time we've worked

on a project where the house is sitting on a lake.

- I know. It's beautiful.

- It literally has this incredible view.

But when I went into the house for the first time,

it didn't really have a conversation with the lake.

It kind of felt like a house in the '70s.

- It is a house from the '70s...

- It is a house from the '70s.

- That hasn't been touched since.

- Yeah, so we have three different generation of women.

They've all kind of grown up here,

along with their extra large extended family,

some of whom are Deaf.

So right now, Honey's home extis a bit out of date,ily,

so we need to create a fresh, cohesive space for everyone

so that they'll all want to come back in the years to come.

So we're going to focus on the family room

and the dining room.

So w- I don't know hows on I'm going to be able to make

all of them happy.

- Yeah. - So we're in the family room.

- There's two very 1970s things that

are happening in this space.

It's that cedar planking.

- How does painting the cedar walls make you feel?

- You know what? It actually makes me feel OK.

- Ho- Does it?nting the ce- It really does.u feel?

I think a paint would actually really go a long way

to change the space.

- It would really transform that room.

- Mm-hmm.

The other really 1970s feature in that room is

that stone or faux stone hearth.

- It's not just the hearth. It's the entire wall.

- And we saw all those pictures of them

sitting in front of that over all the years,

so it's definitely a focal point.

- My objective is to lighten up that fireplace.

- Gotcha. - It's so visually heavy.

- Yeah, it doesn't feel tolike it gets the sunlight,.

doesn't get the brightness it deserves.

With that in mind, I want to use the opening

in the stone wall to display

some of Honey's amazing knickknacks.

And instead of hiding the bar in the cupboard,

I want to show it off, brighten up the space.

- It is very clear this family needs so much more seating,

I so we'll add a lotf, brof new furniture,ce.

- Itpulling all the bluesamily needs soand greens seating,

and earth tones from that gorgeous lake.

- And the layout of this furniture,

it needs to be open and inclusive

so everyone can see each other and communicate better.

- Plus, I'd really love to put a bench near the fireplace

sowith some special seatingher for all the kids and grandkids.

- That all sounds great.

I have one last thing for the family room.

We had so much fun with that slot machine.

- I love the slot machine.

- No matter what we do, we got to give it

a place of prominence somewhere in this room.

- For sure, Honey has to keep stealing money

from the grandkids.

- That's right. She's got her racket.

- It can't go anywhere. from t- Yeah.dkids.

Do you want to talk about the dining room?

- I think we need to treat this space

very similarly because you can see the two together.

- Mm-hmm.

- The original hardwood floors can stay, very similarly because you can see the two together.

but everything else is dated, and it has to go. - Mm-hmm.

I'm thinking of a bigger dining table with much more seating very similarly because you can see the two together.

so the whole family can sit together comfortably.

And we can add a fun rug for a pop of color.

And I would love to replace that light fixture

with something more modern.

And the walls definitely need a fresh coat of paint.

- Part of what makes design fun for us

is doing things that connect exactly to their feelings

and who they are.

So whatever we put up on the walls,

it's got to have meaning for them.

- I agree.

That gives you a lot of opportunity

to do some sort of woodworking project, perhaps.

That gives you a lot o- Hmm.rtunity

OK, bringing the lake inside will make it

a little fresher, a little bit more connected to the outdoors.

OKBut I really wantke to talk to the ladies,

get a little bit more information

about what they're into, to what they like,ies,

and what their tastes are.

- I don't think Honey is going to have any problem

telling us what she wants.

I definitely need to hear more from them.

I have an idea about what I want,

but what they want, that's a whole nother story.

- That's always the balance, right?

- That's right.

- This house is our toughest project yet.

Nancy and Lauren want to see some much-needed

updates to the house.

But this is still Honey's home,

and she is really reluctant to change.

We only have a few days to get this renovation done.

But Olivia and I have to get the three generations

together again.

We can see there's still disagreement between them,

and we are desperate to find common ground.

It's time to put pen to paper.

It is the only way we are going to get this design just right.

All right, well, thank you It'so much for coming back.er.

It is Olivia and I wanted going to to meet up with you againt.

because we want to get more information about this design.

We care a lot about making all three of you happy,

because we want to get more infeven though you all havegn.

We cdifferent opinionsking allabout everything.py,

We have to find things that you all can agree on.

And the more we understand about each of you--

your memories, your hopes, your dreams--

Athe more it will inspired abwhat ultimately--

we're going to do to the space to make it feel

like somewhere you want to continue

to spend the next 50 years of your life.

- Oh, I don't think I have 50 more.

[laughter]

- I set you up for that.

- Oh, Lord.

- Each of you will get a notebook.

One for Lauren. One for Nancy.

- Each of you will get You look apprehensive.

She's like, what's happening here?

One for Honey. - Thank you.

- And we are going to ask you a few questions.

- OK.

- We want you to write your answer in the notebook.

- OK.

- You cannot show each other your answer.

You have to keep it secret.

- Oh. Lots of secrets.

- That's right.

Now we want you to write down your honest thoughts,

and this is a no judgment zone.

And this is going to help us with our design plans.

- OK.

- I would love to know each of your favorite color

that you would like to see come back into the house.

[upbeat music]

What adjectives would you use to describe

how you want the space to feel?

- In this decade. - In this decade.

- Maybe. how- In this--write it down.el?

What is one thing you would like to see in the new space?

- That could be anything.

What is one thing you would like - Write it all down.ace?

There's never too much information.

What is one thing you would like - Wr- Let's see.own.ace?

- I can't wait to read these.

[laughter]

- We all have slightly different tastes

and slightly different ideas of what we hope it looks like.

But I think Luke and Olivia coming in with their expertise

and their skills, they will kind of

incorporate all of our ideas comingand make a changepertise

and their skills, that'll be good for all of us.

in- All right, students,deas comhand in your notebooks.tise

And thank you very much for taking the time to do this.

- Thank you.

- So good to see you again, for taking tladies. to do this.

- Thank you so much.

- It'll be a different house when you come back.

- Bye, Olivia. Bye, Luke. - T- Bye, Honey.uch.

- Bye-bye.

Our meeting with Honey, Nancy, and Lauren

was definitely time well spent.

The honest answers they wrote down for us in their notebooks

have given Olivia and I was a much clearer directionnt.

on how to move forward with their design.

Well, that was really interesting.

And that was very informative.

- I'm excited for them and what this means

for their future generations to come.

- Absolutely, because I think this house is probably going

to be around for a long time.

- I have that feeling too.

- And now we got to get to work.

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- The notebooks reveal that all three ladies want

a more modern feel to the house,

so we've decided to paint the cedar paneling

and walls a really pretty soft blue.

so we've decided to paint Now, listen, it's a big risk,

but it'll give them the fresh, bold change

that they all asked for.

I also have a lot to think about with this fireplace.

I mean, it's in desperate need of a makeover.

I really want to preserve an organic feel

since we're right by the lake.

But I'm concerned that between the new blue paint on the walls

and the more modern fireplace,

Buthat it'll just be too muchn tof a drastic change for Honey.

and the more ♪ ♪rn fireplace,

- While the house is getting painted,

I can start andmy woodworking project.ace,

After meeting at the lake, Nancy told me

about an old cedar chest

that had been gathering dust in the garage for decades.

I love an opportunity to repurpose something old

and build something new with it.

♪ ♪

It's a beautiful piece. I don't know, maybe 1930s.

An old cedar closet.

She said that we could do what we want with it.

So I was thinking about the bar. An old cedar closet.

We know how important that bar was to Honey. She said that we could do what we want with it.

She had to choose whether or not she was going

to have a closet or a bar,

and she definitely wanted a bar.

So we can maybe use some of this cedar

to kind of dress it up a bit and call back

to the cedar that used to be on all

the walls in the main space. - Yeah, I like it.

- Now, we're just going to have to be careful taking this apart

because cedar is soft.

- Now, we'r- It is.oing to have - And this wood is old and dry.

I think we can just pop this top piece right off

and try our best to not damage the soft wood.

It's always bittersweet

and ttaking apartto not somebody else's work,

but the truth was, this was just gathering dust,

and I believe that the wood

still has a whole new life in it.

See, even that, we can bang out those nails.

There's something there we could do with that.

I'm not sure yet.

Other question is whether or not--

it looks like the outside was finished.

The inside's kind of this beautiful unfinished.

it looks like the outs- Mm-hmm.inished.

- Sometimes my creative process is a bit of a mystery.

And just taking something apart

might be exactly the thing you need to do

and wait for inspiration And just tato strike.hing apart

So, you know, right off the bat, if you take a look,

we might be able to just use these panels as they are

to sort of panel the back of the bar,

kind of give it that old, warm kind of feeling.

- Yeah, I like that.

- So we'll fit these panels

to mount on the back of Honey's bar.

Not sure whether I prefer the inside

or the finished just yet.

But either way, I'm excited to add

warmth and texture to the bar.

And with the leftover wood,

I'm gonna give it a fun, personal touch:

a custom bar sign.

So I think, most importantly, we just

try to preserve these panels as intact as much as possible.

- OK.

- Look at that.

And then we just got to decide how we're going to finish this.

Look at the other side.

- Is that more appealing?

- I mean, it helps us with the straight edge.

The only thing I don't love about that is the nail holes.

- Mm-hmm.

- And it looks like they picked the nicer boards for the front.

We got some knots here, definitely more rustic.

- Mm-hmm. - My impression of Honey is

We she kind of likesre, things kind of neat and tidy.

- Yeah. I think so too. - My impre- Yeah.f Honey is

Hmm. All right. Stuff to think about.

- Great. - OK.

♪ ♪

You like it?

I know you were nervous about it.

- I was 'cause it's blue.

- It doesn't actually feel like as much blue

as I thought it was going to be.

- It doesn't. And you know why?

This floor really grounds it. It was the right choice.

I love that we went darker and didn't try to match this floor.

This floor really grounds it. It was the- Yup. choice.

I love that we went darker and dDo you think they'll love it?.

- Do you think they'll love it?

- It's that Honey I'm worried about.

She's sweet, but she got - Da little sting to her too.t?

- Yes, she does. - [laughs]

I love it. - Oh, I'm so happy you do.

- And I love that the texture of the wood shines through too.

- Yes. - I like that.

This is pretty. - Mm-hmm.

- It looks like a different blue, though.

Is it the same blue? Is that just--

- I think it's just the way the light is reacting to it.

As we know-- - Isn't that crazy?

- Yeah, also, the texture on this

kind of gives it a different feel too.

- Yeah, it looks a little bit different.

It looks a little bit a dimore purple. too.

- Yeah, I'm sad to see

the ceiling was painted blue as well.

- And I'm not sure how Honey's going to react to that.

- I know.

- A- I think we should talky's gointo the paintershat.

about possibly taking it back white.

- Can I also point something else out?

about possibly taking - What? white.

- Your jumper kind of blends in with the wall.

- Oh, do I?

Can you see me?

- You just disappeared.

Can[laughter]e?

[upbeat music]

As the inside of the house takes shape,

I want to honor the family's legacy here by the lake,

as well as in the state of Georgia,

so I've come up with a simple idea

to add a bit of character to the dining room walls.

- Hey, hey. - Hey, Olivia.

- What are you doing?

- Well, can you tell what I've made here?

- It looks like a jigsaw puzzle.

- It looks like a jigsaw puzzle,

specifically a puzzle piece of the great state of Georgia.

- Yeah. That's it.

- Well, this was the idea of a guest book and an art piece.

We put this up on the wall somewhere,

and people can sign their name on it somewhere.

- I like that idea. - Yeah.

It's like carving your name into a tree trunk

kind of thing. - Yeah.

- I mean, I would love to see this

filled with a bunch of names.

- I think it will be, given all the generations

that they have now and more to come.

- All the gatherings they've ghad here over the years.

- Yeah, now, are you thinking about

cutting the whole thing out,

or is this the whole piece itself?

- We could hang it on the wall sort of like that.

- I mean, we want people to know what it is

when they come in, right?

- Right.

- And we're not writing whe"Georgia" anywhereght?

or carving "Georgia" anywhere on this piece, right?

- I don't think I want to put "Georgia" on it.

Makes it a little literal.

But I thought it might be kind of cute

if we put--approximately where the lake is, make it a heart.

- Aww, a heart. - Yeah, a heart.

iThat's where the family is,re the laright in this... heart.

- That's sweet. - Little corner of Georgia.

- I like that.

Now, we need to figure out

if it's going to be cut out

or on the board, right? - Mm-hmm.

- My first thought is cut it out.

- Me too. - I think it's cool.

How are you going to install it?

- I'm going to use, like, a French cleat so it's

easy to take off the wall but it's also

- I'sturdy enough thatke, a Frif you bump it,t's

it's not going to sort of slip around.

- So that'll give it some dimension too, then, right?

It won't be flat on the wall?

- Yeah, probably off the wall dimmaybe 3/4 of an inch.ht?

- All right.

- Yeah, probably off the wall - Another thing to think about

is I want to paint it.

- Yeah, - In my mind,the wall - AI was envisioning stain.out

- Uh-huh. - But it could be nice

to bring back some of that cedar finish

that we took away in the living room, family room, den.

- Well, we can always do a little sample

and see what it looks like.

- OK. - I got a couple stains here.

And I'll use it on some scrap wood.

- Perfect. I'll come back in a little bit.

- All right. I'm going to cut this out.

- Perfect. I'll come - Thank you.ttle bit.

♪ ♪

- I'm using my jigsaw to cut out the rough outline

and then a router to clean up the edges.

It'll get sanded and stained.

I just hope thisr becomes the centerpiece

of gatherings on the lake It'llfor years to come.ained.

[blows sharply]

♪ ♪

Back at the house, we still have to figure out

what to do with this fireplace.

Kind of want to keep this opening.

- Uh-huh. - So the idea is

we create some sort of a useful space here,

but I don't really know what that space is.

- I mean, what could we possibly need it for?

- Any ideas?

- It's sort of small for a bookshelf.

- Yes.

- Like, the location of it, the size of it is weird.

- And very, very deep.

- I have a thought. - Yes?

- What if we showcase the slot machine right there?

- Oh.

- I think that'd be great.

I think it's a perfect place to highlight it.

- Yeah.

- What if we encased it?

Could we make that space a little less deep?

- Yeah, absolutely.

I think the slot machine was something like 18 inches,

so that's definitely good on width.

- Oh, that's perfect.

- Yeah, almost as if it was created for it.

- I was going to say the same thing.

It's like it's built for it.

That'll be a nice surprise for them.

- Yeah, totally. I like it. - Except for Lauren.

I don't think Lauren will appreciate it.

- I think she will.

I mean, how much fun was it to just pull that handle down?

- It was fun for us but not for her.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

[mallet tapping]

- Construction continues on the refresh of the fireplace.

[mallet tapping]

We only have a couple days left before giving the house

back to Honey and her family.

- Well, hey.

- Hey.

- What are you doing?

Wait a minute. - Mm-hmm.

- As I'm leaning into the bar, I'm realizing there's no doors.

- Well, we took the doors off mainly just

to kind of get the process going.

But now I'm kind of thinking I want to keep them off.

- Oh.

B- And it makes me nervousng I wanbecause Honeym off.

likes things a certain way.

And this has always been closed.

So I hope that she's open to the idea

that the bar is kind of going to be open to the room.

- I don't know. That might be a tough sell.

- I know.

- We're giving her a lot of change.

- I hope she's open to that change.

- I'm pushing her with this paint color

all over the ceilings and the walls.

And you're pushing her with taking off her doors.

[upbeat music]

- I'm pushing her with this paint color

all over the ceilings and the walls.

And you're pushing her with taking off her doors.

- Well, here's the thing. We'll keep the doors.

If she doesn't like it, she can put them back up..

-- Well, that's true too. We'll k- Yeah. doors.

- And then paint them blue. - And then paint them blue.

- [laughs] - Yeah.

Well, I'm glad you're here because maybe you

can talk it through with me. - OK.

- Here's the thinking.

can talk it through with me. We painted over the cedar.

And I know the cedar was a big part

of the character of this place.

ASo Nancy had thatar old cedar closet.

And we carefully disassembled it.

And I think there's a way to add some cedar back...

- Ah! - Into the bar.

- That fits perfectly.

- Yeah, we got really lucky with that.

- That's amazing.

It adds such character back here too.

I love it. - I think so, yeah.

It also kind of has, like, an old-world sort of vibe to it.

Where I really need your help,

I think we can do better than this paper.

- Yeah. That's so '80s.

I can definitely help with sourcing something different.

But we have other things in here that need to change too.

What about that linoleum on the floor?

- Well, we have enough flooring from the den, living room,

What about that lfamily room combo...?

- Well, - There we go. flooring f- To use here in the bar.

- That's great because then it ties the two rooms together.

- Well, - The- Yep.go. flooring f- It's a nice clean floor.

- All right. - It feels like a lake house.

Like a lake bar. - Like a lake bar.

- Honey's Lake Bar. - Honey's Bar.

- Ah! - Oh.

Honey's. - Honey's.

- Ah! - Honey's.

Hmm, maybe I can do something about that.

- I think we should. - Yeah.

- Since this now is a feature,

- we're making itld. a focal point of the space.

- We're saying your bar doesn't need to be a closet anymore.

It can be a full-on bar. a focal- I like that.space.

♪ ♪

- Operation Modernize Honey's Lake House

is coming together in a big way.

We're filling in the open spaces in the fireplace

with some new stone.

WeAnd Olivia has finallyn spacmade a decisionlace

on how to freshen up the family focal point.

Oh, Olivia, it's happening.

We're lightening the wall.

- We are lightening the stone...

- OK.

-- That all of them wanted to change.

- There was a lot of opinions, a lot of feelings about this,

so-- - There was.

- TheThey wrote about itnions, a lot oin their book.ut this,

- Uh-huh. - And so here's the change.

- And we're changing it. - Yeah.

I thought I would give - Athis technique a try.ge.

- OK. - It's a little less messy.

It's a paint dry-brush technique

to get a textured, distressed look.

- I see. - I don't want it to look

like somebody just came and lathered it with paint.

- Exactly, we're not trying to cover up

the fact that it's stone. - Right.

- We still want to give it character.

So this is just a little test square that he's marked out?

- - It's justnt a little test square.

- OK. - We want to see how it

works out there before we commit to the whole wall.

- Gotcha.

- I feel such pressure we coto get this right wall.

because this is the focal point of all

of their family portraits. - Yeah.

- And so if we mess it up... - Yeah.

- All of their family portraits are going to have that

in the background. - That's so true.

- All - This room is goingraits arto look completely--

- It's going to be -very different..

- They won't know where they are.

- I know. - All right.

Well, I think it's going to take him a while.

- Yeah. All right.

We'll get out of your hair. Thank you, Rolando.

- Yeah. - We won't stare at you.

- OK.

I know what it's like having people watch you work.

[laughs]

While the stone gets a glow-up,

Olivia wants my thoughts on another unique project

for the family.

So tell us what the idea is with these, Olivia.

- Well, remember when we were down at the lake

and we did that exercise with Honey, Nancy, and Lauren?

All three of them said they love

that this home is on the lake.

So we wanted to give them some sort of art installation

to honor the family and honor their love

for living on the lake.

And I have these paddles here with this really cool design

with all of our colors and thought it would be

fun to put their names on it.

witSo there'll be ones for Honey, one for Nancy

and her sisters, and the grandkids.

As Luke is rowing his boat.

[laughs] - I'm paddling my canoe.

I think that's As Luwhat's happening.boat.

- We don't have the names on them yet because

we want to decide the placement.

- Do you think it would be kind of like

one, two and then one, two?

- Do we flip them this way...

- Oh, that's a nice idea, yeah. - As well just to mix it up?

Because otherwise, you'll have a bunch of tall sticks

going in one direction. - I agree.

Do you want to see what they look up higher on the wall?

- Sure.

♪ ♪

I actually like that.

- Yeah, that's a nice idea, actually.

I actuWe got it.that.

- Just going to row myself on out.

- ♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪ - Let's go find some string.

- ♪ Gently down the stream ♪

- ♪ R♪ Merrily, merrily,oat ♪ - Letmerrily, merrily ♪ring.

- ♪ Life is but a dream ♪m ♪

- ♪ R♪ Merrily, merrily,oat ♪ - Letmerrily, ♪ ♪rily ♪ring.

It's hard to get work done here

with that beautiful view of the lake, right?

- I know. Get some fresh air too.

- We got stuff to do. - Uh-huh.

- So I just want to go over this list real quick.

- OK.

- Those light fixtures are big. - They are.

- And we still have to get them installed up on the ceiling.

I really want your opinion on how high they should be.

- OK. - How are you feeling

about the furniture layout?

- We had a lot of pieces that we had to play around with,

but I think we have a layout that'll make everybody happy.

- We had a lot of pieces that we had to- Perfect.nd with,

We got to finish that bar build.

There's a lot of little details we to get done in there.th,

See, now, those small little spaces are tricky.

- Let's just do two shelves. - All right.

- It'll be worthy of Honey's Bar.

- That reminds me, we got to get that sign up.

- It'll be worthy The ceiling in the dining room.

- That got painted. we got to - Ooh!at sign up.

- Yes. It was way too blue before.

Remember everything was blue--the walls,

the trim, everything?

So the ceiling got a new fresh coat of paint on it.

- Great. - And it looks much better.

- The slot machine in its sort of special little nook.

We still have some final touches on that.

Nope.

Fireplace looks fantastic. - Fireplace looks great.

That's quite the transformation.

- Really, really a transformation.

- Yeah, it'll be the perfect new backdrop

for all their Christmas photos now.

- Y- Totally. be the per- I hope.backdrop

[laughs] We still don't know.

- We still don't know.

What we do know is Honey is not going

to hold back her opinions.

- She will not. - Mm-hmm.

- And so I'm bracing myself

and excited all at the same time.

- Me too. - I'm a ball of nerves.

What can I say? - Me too.

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♪ ♪

- The thing I'm most excited about

is to see my mother's reaction to all of this.

At the same time, I'm very nervous about that.

is - Welcome home.r's reaction - Hi.l of this.

- OK, we're going to try and get you to cover your eyes

until the very last moment.

- We have to cover our eyes?

I have no earthly idea what to expect in my home.

- Definitely nervous about Honey's reaction.

I just wonder if she's going to still be happy.

I hope so.

- That's the biggest worry.

[laughter]

- OK, a little bit-- a little bit closer.

And I think we're good.

- OK, a little bit-- You guys can open your eyes.

- [screams] - [gasps]

Oh! - Oh, my gosh.

- Oh, my gosh! - - Oh!s]

♪ ♪

- Look at that.

Oh, look over here.

- This is amazing.

- Wow!

But it's so different and so pretty and fantastic.

- I never would have pictured blue.

This is great. - I love it.

- I love the color.e - That looks so good.

This is great!

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. - Wow!

This is amazing.

- You have plenty of seating now.

Remember you told us you lacked enough seating?

-- And everybodyy can see everybody.

- The most important thing we wanted to give you

was a much more inclusive seating arrangement.

So now when your family's all together,

they can see each other's faces

when they're in the same space together.

- The blinds. th- Vertical blinds are gone.es

Whoo! - Yay!

[laughter] - But you can still--

you wanted something that you could still see the lake

and the light. - I can still see.

- And those are perfect. - Yes.

Even if they're down, - II can see. see.

- I mean, that's the artwork right there.

The view is your masterpiece in this space.

- Yes.

- And we pulled all the colors

from the lake into the space. - Yes..

- We have some blue from the lake.

We have green from the trees.

- Oh, this is unreal.

- But we did keep some of the cedar

around the windows. - O- Right, yeah.eal.

- We still have some of that original cedar there.

Up top too, all the way up here,

there's some of that original cedar there.

- Look at the chandeliers.

- I love those.

- Oh. - Amazing!

- That's fantastic.

- I'm ecstatic that you're happy.

We were so nervous. - We were really nervous.

- Well, you didn't think--

- I was like, what if she hates it?

She'll tell us, for sure.

[laughter] - I would.

I'd say, oh, my God.

Look what they did. No!

- You've been in the space for a really long time.

- Yes, a long time. - And you have--

a long time, so you have,e for alike, an ideatime.

of where you like things.

You probably have a routine.

You know, I was thinking about that constantly because

when a renovation happens when you're not there...

- Yeah.

w- You just have to adapt whto what is there, so--

- But it's fantastic.

- This is cozy. - Yeah, test it out.

- Yeah, sit down. - Have a seat. Test it out.

- I'm just looking at everything.

I can't sit down.

- You got the trendiest house of all of us now.

- I know.

- Well, I'm glad you like my house.

- I love it. I'm coming to live here.

- What went away were all those grate covers.

- Yes. - Do you remember that?

- That's pretty.

- Yes. - Do you r ♪ ♪ber that?

- Unreal. - Oh!

- Ah! - The slot machine.

- Yes.

- It probably is still rigged, but--

- Well, let's... - But...

♪ ♪

[laughter]

- I love the oars.

- I know. - I do too.

- These ones are extra special because if you look closely,

we got some family names on all of them.

- Yes. - Oh, really?

- Yeah. - Unbelievable.

- Well, as the family grows, we left you

a couple sort of blank ones here

so you can add them to the wall.

- For the babies. [laughter]

s- I saw it coming. to - Yeah.l.

- Yeah, you set her up. - We set that up.

I'm sorry. [laughter]

- Honey. I see Honey. Look.

- Honey's. - [squeals]

- So cute.

- And the doors disappeared.

- We just sort of decided that they didn't need to be there.

I hope that's OK.

We named it Honey's. It's your own little bar now.

- Yeah, with the stools. - I have stools.

- Yeah.

- You can just sidle on up to the bar.

- You can hang out up here.

- I keep seeing different things.

- Nancy told us about this old cedar chest.

We were so conflicted about painting

all this cedar on the walls.

But we used that old cedar chest,

and we created a little bit of paneling at the back.

- Oh. That's the cedar chest.

I see what you're saying now. - That looks so good.

- Wow.

- It's a really special space.

I do feel like you kind of feel that energy

when you're in here of all the laughter,

all the experiences, all the things that would happen.

- Yeah.

all- We can't call thisl the"The '70s Show" anymore.n.

- No. No.

You have to find something else to pick on.

[laughter] - You are the trendiest now.

- Yes, you are. - Trendiest.

- It is a lake house, but it's not rustic.

It's still, like, chic and cool and contemporary.

- It is a lake house, but - I love this.c.

This is--I would havec never pictured it like this.

- Mm-hmm. - Oh, this is beautiful.

- Let's head on into the dining room.

- OK, let's go see. - Follow me.

- This looks amazing. - Wow. Oh, my gosh.

Look at this.

- [gasps] - Oh, my God.

It's so different.

- Wow. - Look at so many chairs.

- So there's more seating now Ifor all of yount.

than there was before.

We did a little mix and match on the chairs

to make it more playful. - Yeah, I like that.

- I like that. - Yeah, I like that,

that they're different. - Love that.

- I love that chair.

that they're different. That chair is so unusual.

Oh, this is so pretty.

So much brighter than it was.

- Homey and welcoming.

So much brI love it.n it was.

- What we kept in this space... - Uh-huh.

- Was the floor.

- Yes. - Mm-hmm.

- What we changed in this space was everything else.

[laughter]

♪ ♪

And what we love, too, is that there is a complete sightline

from the dining room down to the den,

family room, living room.

- Living room, whatever we decide to call it.

- So if you're sitting in here, you can see everybody in there.

We know that was really important for you.

- This is something else.

- I never would have imagined this.

- No. - Nancy, you said welcoming.

So this here behind us is the state of Georgia cut out.

But we also kind of thought about this piece

as an opportunity for people to sign a guest book.

And over the years, the entire board will get filled up

with all kinds of names.

- Wow. - I love that.

- So with... - That's neat.

- Would Olivia and I be able to sign your guest book?

- Yes. Please do.

What happens if I said no?

- Well, then I would just say, well, that's fine.

It's yours.

You can do whatever you want with it.

- It wouldn't have surprised us.

Let me say that.

I would have been like, well, Honey has spoken.

♪ ♪

- Whoa. - Now, that's an autograph.

- OK, fancy.

- Hey, do you envision - NowThanksgivings hereaph.

or family gatherings here? - Oh, yes! Look at that.

Yeah, we got to fill this up.

- I don't think that will be hard for y'all at all.

- No. [laughter]

- Luke and Olivia coming in here

to put the heart back in our home,

you could see their hearts were 100% in this.

- Everybody say, fresh new start.

all: Fresh new start.

- Oh, thank you guys.

- They had such an eye for what needed to be changed.

And they really did a good job of capturing

how close our family is and what

we use this space for, which is to be together.

This just being our home base,

it's a place where you can come and you feel loved.

So just thankful This for this experience base,

it'to be able to bring can that back into our home.

so we can continue to spend time

together for years to come.

Really looking forward to 50 more years of this house

and 50 more years of memories with our family.

- I'm very pleased and appreciative of what they did.

I'm happy.

- Well, it's been an honor.

So thank you so much for this opportunity.

Thank you very, very much. - You're quite welcome.

It's still my house, so I still have a voice here.

Thank you very, very much. - YThe heart is here.e.

The love is here.

And everyone is welcome.

- Three different women, three different opinions.

I think we're all happy.

Can we agree on that, y'all?

- Yeah. We'll go along with it.

- We're gonna agree? - Yeah. Love it.

- Love it.

- We're gonna agree? - Yeah ♪ ♪ve it.

- ♪ They say that home is for the heart ♪

♪ Like the sky is for the sun and for the stars ♪

♪ Home is for the heart ♪

♪ ♪