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(Randy): Fun stuff. Working with the old man.

We're working a tight timeline at my mom's new house.

We gotta get this done yesterday.

We were supposed to be in it by now.

We're renovating a kitchen in a hundred-year-old house.

And the ferry's shut down.

All these kitchen cabinets not gonna show up today.

- Feel the pressure breathing down my neck.

When you're done being a rock star,

can I get a measurement?

- Almost looks like a caveman live here.

(laughing)

(Randy): I'm Randy Spracklin, third generation builder,

proud Newfoundlander.

My team and I are building up on one giant cliff

in the Atlantic Ocean.

They don't call it a rock for nothing!

We fight the elements year-roud to get the job done.

It might be tough for some, but not for us.

Because when this is your view, it's worth it.

(bright music)

(Randy): It's the weekend and for me and my dad,

that means a quiet workshop with no distractions

to catch up on some smaller jobs.

Yeah, my father just gave me a project.

It's gonna be a door to a mini house.

- It's gonna be a mansion for me granddaughter, Riana.

This is a kind of a stress relief for me.

I love the detail of it.

Instead of, uh, having lunch,

I'll work a little bit on the clapboard and, you know,

do whatever. Little bit of paint and whatever needs to be done.

This is what I like to do.

- I'd rather be working on a, you know,

with a big excavator than a little mini door.

Believe it or not, it takes a lot more time

to install a mini door than to do a big door.

(upbeat music)

(Randy): The great thing about being your own boss,

you can use the shop for personal projects.

You never get tired of making stuff.

Custom is what we love to do, big or small.

We want it to look amazing. And weekends often turn

into catch up for our clients as well.

We got a cool kitchen renovation on the go

in St. John's right now.

Krista's living in a house at least a hundred years old.

We want to work with the character,

so we're making a custom range hood,

and with that custom range hoo,

we're figuring about putting a shelf,

but we gotta have some way to hold that shelf up.

So I'm here making a bracket to kind of hold the shelf.

Even though we got a tight timeline,

this is what'll make the kitchen amazing. You

know, you can go in and buy big-box store stuff,

but when you make something custom like this,

nobody else is gonna have that in their house,

´cause I just thought of it.

(upbeat folk music)

After some weekend work in the shop,

time to kick off the start of a new work week

with a trip into town, and continue the work

at Krista's kitchen.

She lives in the most famous area in St. John's,

Jellybean Row.

No one really knows why there's so much colour

in this area. Some say it's to show the sailors

the way home on a foggy day from the sea.

All I know, it's pretty special here.

And we want this kitchen reno to be as well.

Krista's been waiting ten years to renovate her kitchen

because she didn't really know where to start,

so she's given me complete control of this design.

- Oh, cool!

- We discovered a hidden chimbley on day one,

so we're keeping that. - Timber!

- But we removed and donated all the old cabinets,

and we took a hit to the budge, because we upgraded

the electrical panel when we changed the layout.

The new layout will be much better for Krista.

It'll have more storage, built-in seating,

and a long run of counter for prep space.

On the stove wall, there's even more storage,

which is needed.

We got a budget of $30,000 and three weeks to do it.

Krista's making do with a temp setup,

but time's ticking to get this done.

Demo is done.

(upbeat music)

- When I found out about Randy and I knew how much he loved

older homes and respected the heritage,

that was one of the reasons why I'm putting my trust in Randy.

I love colour.

You know, that's something that I did do ten years ago,

is paint the kitchen. (laughing)

- Thanks for coming.

- Yeah. I can't wait to see this spot.

- This is the place. - Awesome!

- I'm here meeting with Sam and Sasha

to go over the final design.

The layout is finished, but I needs the finer details,

so I'm gonna leave that up to Sam and Sasha.

So this is the kitchen, and hey,

we got it all demoed. - Oh yeah look at this.

Look at the character in this. It's so beautiful,

there's so much history in here.

- This was all covered in. Roll of a dice,

took it all down, look what we got.

- Krista's really gonna love that.

- Definitely. So now we need to know

colour of all the cabinets

and colour of the walls.

That's why we need your expertise.

- This homeowner is totally not afraid of colour.

- Hence the green on the walls, right?

- I know, right? - So maybe we stick

with the green, but maybe a little bit more modern,

like a sage green.

- And maybe we can bring in another colour as well

just to warm it up. Put something in behind

where the bench is, just to pop it out a little bit.

- Oh, okay. - Something different

from the green, but something complementary.

Maybe doing like a mauve.

Think that with the green really plays nice together.

- Great idea. - You're not afraid of colour,

right, Randy? - No. We are downtown St. John's

in the Jellybean Row,

so we're all about colour down here.

- If you can't do it here then...

- Where can you do it? - Exactly.

- Seeing we got all the colour figured out,

we took up the old floor, and because of budget we gotta

keep this subfloor. We got two options.

White flooring and we got a dark flooring.

- Okay. I think they both will go really nicely

with that green palette. - Mm-hmm. At the end of the day,

I love the richness of the dark.

- Yeah, so do I. Yeah, I think this is the winner.

- Winner. - Winner?

- This is it. - So now we got the flooring

figured out, this kitchen's really dark.

So we wired in some new wall sconces,

but we haven't got the fixtures picked.

- We've got the greens, we've got the brick...

- ...rich brown floors, so I think brass

will really play off all of those finishes really nicely.

- Little bit of a vintage feel. But again, still modern,

modern vintage. It's that complete combo.

- Exactly. - So are we keeping this light?

- Negative. - Not keeping that light.

That one's gotta go. (laughing)

- We only got three weeks to finish this project.

And two weeks for you guys to find out the lights,

the backsplash, the colours.

- Yes. - Yeah, we have a lot

of finishes to select. - For sure.

- I should see you in two weeks when all this

is put back together. - I can't wait.

- For you to finish it off. Let's go.

- Let's go. (laughing)

(Randy): Now that some design decisions have been made

and some orders placed, it's time to head back to Brigs

and help out at my mom's new place.

My dad and I have been building together

for almost 20 years.

We don't always agree on things while we're building,

but the end goal is the same:

make it awesome. And that's what we're gonna do for my mom.

Fun stuff, working with the old man.

The house has two bedrooms, one for my mom,

and the other's for the kids when they visit.

The kitchen and dining area will be open to the living room

and there will be loads of space for the family dinners

or just hanging out.

And we got a budget of $200,00,

because we're building it ourselves.

We're making up for lost time now.

The outside work is almost don.

We got the roof all shingled. Nikki did an awesome job

installing the windows, and Al's helping out

with the siding. Now for some inside work.

(upbeat music)

We gotta get this done yesterday.

We were supposed to be in it by now.

Soon as the concrete went in,

that night, we had a snowstorm.

- Yeah, but when he says big, it was big.

It was one of our biggest snowstorms in years.

- And we were kind of stopped.

Ain't moving that. (laughing)

We had to wait for the snow to melt.

Other than that, we had to go shovel.

- Inch and a half. - Twenty-two and a half?

- Ninety-two and a half. - Ninety-two and a half.

- We have to get siding done before we can get the electrical

started, and then plumbing.

So it's all gonna happen fairly quick.

I think it's six to eight weeks.

I'm sure this fella here now is gonna say longer.

(Randy): Depends on what we're doing, who's boss.

Sometimes it's me, sometimes it's the old man.

More like the old man, probably.

Even though I'm the one cuttin today,

not nailing. (Scott): I'm always the boss.

- Yeah, it's always interesting.

It's nice when we're at the finer stuff than the...

trying to figure out measurements.

- It's fun 90 percent of the time.

I already cut four.

- Hmm? - Oops.

(laughing) Cut ´em too short.

(Scott): Measure twice, cut once, huh?

And then there's old-school versus young-school,

and that really causes a bit of problems here and there.

- So what's the game plan? - These gonna fit?

- No. - Tip it down on the side.

- I like to do things my way. He likes to do it his.

- Definitely I like it my way.

Yeah, I don't think it's gonna fit in.

I was gonna tip it down all the way on its side,

slide it right in.

- All right, let's try it your way.

He's more steady going... - That's right.

- I'm just flat out.

- All right. Tip her up. Take your end, roll her up.

- Not going to fit.

- Sometimes his is better, but...

I'm only gonna say sometimes.

- Look, boy, it fit! - Dad was right.

No comment on that one, of course.

- Ah. I would have took the chainsaw to her.

(laughing)

(folk music)

(Randy): Rainy Mondays.

Hopefully this isn't a sign of bad luck.

But Nikki and I are going to take our chances,

and head to town to Krista's kitchen.

We got to start prepping the walls for paint

and closing in the door for the new cabinet layout.

So, after the electricians came in,

ran all their new wires, they had to cut a few holes,

so we gotta do some patch work.

And then we're closing this doorway,

there's no more exiting through that door.

- Construction's fun. You never know what you're gonna get into.

It's like a little puzzle. You never know what you're gonna

find, or how you're gonna put it back together.

My husband, Blair and I built a house a few years back

and we subcontracted it all out,

and I enjoyed the process and seeing how it came together.

So when I decided to stop being a stay-at-home mother

and go back to work, I said, "I'm gonna try that."

(thunder booming)

- Stormy out today. It's nice to be inside.

But we only got two weeks left,

and we just got the call that the ferry is shut down.

So our shipment for all these kitchen cabinets...

Not gonna show up today. Not gonna show up tomorrow.

Probably gonna be another week.

(Randy): Me and Nikki are in town at Krista's kitchen

on Jellybean Row,

but the colourful area ain't so bright today.

The seas are way too rough for the boat.

I wish Mother Nature would cut us a break.

Krista needs her kitchen back.

We just got the call that the ferry is shut down.

So our shipment for all these kitchen cabinets...

Not gonna show up today.

- We always meets our timelines, hey, Randy?

- We always hits our timelines. - We'll get there.

- Even if you gotta work on a Saturday.

Not much comment there.

- Hey, Saturday maybe he'll buy us coffee.

- I think this Saturday's boss appreciation day.

- Oh, boss appreciation!

- It is a thing.

Worth a try.

At least we can finish up the day

to get the wall closed up for the new layout.

The moment of truth.

So, one coat of plaster. Just two more to go,

and then we're onto prime and paint.

We're getting there. If we only had cabinets.

(upbeat folk music)

At my place in Brigus,

I got one last personal project to do:

fix my hundred-year-old shed.

Sheds are a big part of Newfoundland's history.

Traditionally, they were built on the water,

so when boats would come in from sea,

they could offload their catch.

This type of shed was known as a stage.

The other type was called a store,

which was a place to store the fishing gear

or a place to mend the nets.

Nowadays, sheds can be anywher.

And they're turned into a great place for hanging out

with friends, having a fish fry,

listen to some music. That's why I want to save mine.

Nothing beats a shed party.

(upbeat music)

- The shed here is like an extension to your home.

So, it's a place where a lot of people entertain

and they have a good time,

because you just don't have to take care of it

the same as when you're in your house.

(Randy): I'm glad to have the help. As they say,

many hands make light work.

- Oh, Randy. I think we got a bit of a problem over here.

You want to come have a look?

We got a lot of rot here going on.

- That's ten inches wide, that one is.

That's a big, big job trying to replace that sill.

On a hundred-year-old wooden shed,

you expect some rot, but this will derail my day big time.

It's like déjà vu with these old structures.

Cory and Leo's century-old barn had the same problem.

(whistling) This whole wall is kind of...

decayed, gone.

We fixed it before, and we can do it again.

It's worth the extra work.

- I'll put a new two-by-four plate here.

I'll end up cutting the studs out back to where they're solid,

and I'll tail a piece down, and I'll sister a full-length

stud on the side.

- Lucky for me, Paul loves solving problems.

We want to make sure it's all upright, good, and safe,

and it's gonna last for another hundred years.

(upbeat folk music)

- Ugh!

- When you're done being a rock star,

can I get a measurement? - Forty-eight inches!

So the easiest solution? I'm rebuilding the corner

with some new supports and sills.

And then I can add new clapboard, and we're done!

Go over here on this one,

and then you can work your way across.

Now we got a plan,

and I wonder who can help me out with some overtime.

- I guess maybe I should ask my old man to help.

- Randy...

- Things are moving ahead at the kitchen in St. John's.

Nikki and my mom were able to get the walls painted

before we start the installs.

But even better news...

The boat finally arrived,

so the kitchen cabinets are in, the flooring is in.

We can start putting this kitchen back together. Finally!

Good Monday.

- Take the trolley too? - Oh, we definitely

need the trolley! Full load!

So to kick off this week, it's another road trip to town.

Cody's joined me and Nikki for some extra help.

- Don't forget to turn off the light, Cody.

No, I'm not a big fan of Mondays.

The day anything's gonna go wrong, it's gonna be Mondays.

- Shh! Now it definitely will go wrong!

Mondays for me, and I think for the whole team in general,

if the Monday goes good, the rest of the week goes good.

If it goes bad, the rest of the week is gonna go bad.

So, let's hope Monday goes nice and smooth.

- To the big city we go!

(upbeat music)

(Randy): Thanks God the shipment came in,

because we're under a big time crunch,

and we don't have a minute to waste.

We only got three weeks, and we're already down

a week and a half. We gotta get this floor installed

so we can get all the kitchen bases in.

See what this colour. Look.

- Real nice. - Hey. Nice wide plank.

Hopefully it goes together as good as it looks!

(upbeat music)

Today, we're using a laminate floor.

We got a tight timeline and a very tight budget,

so we went with a click product as opposed to a nail down.

It's pretty dark. It'll go with the space.

We should get this done in no time,

and then we're able to bring in all the kitchen cabinet bases,

get them installed, then we're good to go.

Oh, this is gonna be horrible.

So, this is gonna have to be one of those ones

we gotta do as a full line.

- 'Kay, so you're saying this gotta click all at one time?

Are you sure about that?

- Yeah. We can't snap them in after.

Sometimes with the click, you got a little

different system, and it's a little bit harder

to go together.

Even though this is misery to go together,

it gotta go today. No other choice.

- Argh!

- It don't help when you got, uh, two newbies.

- I'm feeling the pressure breathing down my neck.

- So, I got Nikki here today. She never did a floor

like this before, so we're trying to challenge her,

bring her up, you know, where we can leave her

alone on a job, and she's getting there.

We'll want yours tipped out that way a little bit.

- Tipped out on this end? - Yeah.

Just take it out a little bit and push in.

- Are you good there now? - I'm good, yeah.

Nikki can start with that one, though.

- Okay. There you go. - Cody's our new helper,

and he's here today to lend a hand wherever he can.

- Twelve and nine-sixteenths.

- First time putting down flooring.

When you're working with the boss, you learn stuff.

It's nice to get out with Randy every now and then.

You don't always see him on every job site you do.

- You want to try going the opposite way?

- Yeah. Hopefully that'll work. - All right. Let's try it.

All right. That locked in good.

So that way it's nice and easier.

- Why do I struggle?!

Every time I wiggles, I'm unlocking this side.

- I'll have strong hands after today.

- Randy always gives me the crappy job.

I had the plumbing when we did the demo.

Now I got this click floor, which is...

a nuisance to work with, but what do you do?

Randy, the delivery's here. - What?!

- Like we don't have enough going on now!

Let's take the delivery guy too!

- I think these are our doors.

Timing is definitely not ideal,

´cause we're in here trying to get the floor down,

but hey, at least it's here.

We'll have to work with it.

You ever have one of those Mondays

where everything keeps piling up? Yeah.

Little bit of chaos, but we got ´em here.

That's a positive.

- Gotta love Mondays!

(upbeat music)

Last piece, Randy.

- I know, and it's gonna be a (bleep) to put in too.

- All right.

You're in there, buddy! Woo-hoo!

- Done! Bring in the cabinets! - Oh, God.

Floor is down. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

So next, we got all them cupboards.

Challenge is gonna be where we gonna put it all to.

And not have it in the way so we can still install tomorrow.

And Randy's in there on the phone, of course! Randy!

- As far as Mondays go, it's a pretty good one.

Flooring's installed, cabinets unloaded,

and the door fronts arrived ahead of schedule.

Hope this is a good sign.

(upbeat folk music)

Back in Brigus at my mom's brand new house,

the electrical and plumbing are in, so it's drywall time.

This is a great turning point in any build,

´cause it's when a construction site starts looking like a hom.

- It's been quite a journey to get to this point.

Once you get a roof on, get it shingled,

get it out of the weather, that's a big relief.

The look of the place is Randy. Randy got a great creative mind.

It's in his head, and sometimes it's a little difficult

to get it out. Sometimes people think Randy's winging it,

but he's really not. He have a vision in his head

and he run with it, and he get it done.

(Randy): Back in St. John's, it's a big day

for Krista's kitchen. It's time to install the cabinet boxes.

And I got Paul and Nikki on site to get it done.

- Good? - Yeah.

(upbeat music)

After struggling with the floor,

I was wondering if we were gonna get to this point,

but we made it and we're here, so now we gotta keep

truckin' along and make up time with this, hopefully.

- We're on such a tight timeline.

We gotta have the cabinet bases in,

and then we gotta get templating for the countertops.

And that all gotta go bang, bang, bang.

- We'll get total length and we'll see what we got.

- If that don't happen today, we're not getting to that step

of having this kitchen done, hence why the rush is on today.

- Total width of the wall is ten foot one-and-a-half.

- Okay.

- Something's not adding quite up here.

- A hundred and three and a half.

- Don't forget our corner cabinet.

You gotta add in the depth of that. That's two feet.

- Twenty-four inches, so that gives us 127

and a half, or six inches in the difference.

- Well, that's six inches more than we got wall space.

- Whoa. We gotta figure something out.

Six inches is a lot. - Yep.

(Randy): In St. John's, we're installing the base cabinets

at Krista's kitchen, and something is not adding up.

- Hey. How's it going? - Where we at?

- We got a little bit of a hiccup. We got, uh,

ten-and-a-half feet of cabinet, go over on a ten foot wall.

- It looks like the cabinet company got the order wrong.

We're six inches too big

when you add up all the cabinet bases.

Needs this in place today,

´cause the templater guy's coming.

- We could be having a late night.

- We need that templater in, so come hell or high water,

this is going in today.

- I was thinking about doing a little bit of a change

in the design. - You would think we'd be able

to just go to the store and buy a new one,

but everything is custom order. And when you say custom order,

it all comes from the mainland,

which is like two or three days, and hey, we're wintertime.

One windy day, the boat is shutdown.

Then we're six days behind.

So, we just can't go to a big-box store

and buy any of these cabinets.

- If we eliminate a cabinet somewhere on the wall

and expand in the fireplace piece.

- See if you can figure it out, get ´em in place.

We need it for templaters. I gotta bring in the appliances.

Back in Brigus, work continues at my mom's brand new house.

The drywall's installed,

plaster and prime in the main areas,

and the last bit of work being done in the garage.

This house has two bedrooms, attached garage,

and an open-concept layout.

The kitchen looks out over the forest,

so you get a cabin in the woods feel.

I want it to feel like a retreat for my mom,

so I'm adding a lot of natural wood features,

including the trim detail around the windows.

(soft music)

And like all moms, she insists on helping.

So I'm letting her stain the new window boxes,

but that's it.

I want this to be a surprise for her in the end.

- I can't wait to get in.

Every little bit I does is a step ahead getting in.

The last finishing touches is all on Randy.

- Over in Bay Roberts,

we're starting to work on some special projects

for my mom's house.

Al's at the local mill planing some rough lumber

so we can build the kids' bed frames

and some spindles for the staircase.

My mom's house may be brand new,

but I still want to add lots of character into it.

So I'm using a lot of natural wood to warm it up

and give it a special custom look

for that cabin in the woods feel.

- Just found it at one of them old mills that's around,

around this area. A hundred-odd years old,

and she's still working good.

Another pass probably on some of it.

That's always the best kind, so more might need

a little tiny bit more. That's all.

(upbeat folk music)

(Randy): In St. John's, we're back on Jellybean Row,

and need smooth sailing to get Krista

into her new kitchen.

We had a setback when a cabinet was six inches too long.

We couldn't wait for another shipment from the mainland,

so we cut it down to fit the space.

Just in time to template for the counters.

Now, everything is falling into place.

The kitchen needed a new layout with more storage.

So we closed off a doorway, making a wall for extra cabines

and bench seating with storage.

Plus, there's loads of counter space now too.

Today, it's time to add some custom cabinets

that my dad made in the shop.

- All right. Just lay your end down on the floor,

and we'll bring her up straight. - Kay. Ready?

(Randy): It'll really make this kitchen stand out,

and I know Nikki's always keen on learning new tricks

from the old man.

- There you go.

We got a little bit of a gap between

the chimbley and the leg.

It's either gonna mean taking this cabinet and shifting it

all over, or putting a filler in here

just to cover up the gap.

See what it looks like.

- I think that's a better option. Quicker solution too.

I like it. It's your decision. If Randy hates it, though,

don't blame me. - Box kitchens are good

sometimes, but when you get into special needs,

special design, that's where we come in.

All right. Just drop yours right in place.

- Don't pinch me finger.

Scott is catty.

Scott is... he can take a piece of wood

and do stuff with it that blows my mind.

- Is the outside the outside? Is the right side turned out?

- He's got patience, and he's just

a down to earth, genuine, honest person

who is as mild, and takes no stress or strain.

Scott's a good soul.

Oh, God! Glove!

I must have took them measurements, did I?

- You must have. (laughing)

- Nikki's so quiet and shy, you know,

it's really hard to get her to say anything.

- I personally would do it that way.

(laughing) - Yes. No, it's, uh...

she's awesome to work with. She's a good part of the team.

She's good to get along with. And she works really hard.

The option of moving it is not gonna happen now,

so it's gonna be a filler.

- Eleventh hour, where's Randy?

We're making decisions without him.

- Making decisions without Randy.

That's never gonna be good.

That's never gonna be good.i.

(Randy): In St. John's, I'm trusting the old man

and Nikki to install custom cabinets and range hood

to keep this kitchen reno on track.

- So, in crunch time we've got the homeowner, Krista,

here without a kitchen.

We promised her she'd be in by a date,

we're holding true to our promise.

- So, this spare room has become the living room

slash temporary kitchen.

Like, the little inconveniences of not having a sink

to wash dishes, and no one wants to wash dishes

out of a bathtub. No one. (laughing)

- We gotta mount two screws in here.

It's supposed to clip in here, and two screws

that goes into there.

- Randy would definitely not read the instructions.

But Scott's got to take the safe route down

´cause we gotta figure it out the right way.

We don't have time to do it the second time.

We got a timeline we're trying to meet,

and it's a chain reaction, it's a domino effect.

If one thing don't run perfectly smooth,

and you get either hiccup at all,

the dominoes just start falling.

- That's it.

- Like this? - Yeah, that's it.

- Range hood installed, and we didn't need Randy.

Where you going? Straight up?

- Straight in, ´cause I'm going right here.

- Nail right there. You ready for this next?

- Yes.

Sounds like Randy back. - It looks mint!

(Nikki): Look how nice and custom that looks.

(Randy): We got a great classic feel

with some custom features for Krista.

Here. I'll put up that pipe.

- Will ya?

- I'll admit, they done a really good job,

but time for me to jump in and lend a hand

to finish up the day.

We gotta get the range vent ran,

the drawers and the doors installed...

- Ta-da!

- ...and close up the range hood.

- Done-zo!

Looks good.

Back at my house, we're taking advantage of the sunshine

and finishing up the shed.

I need it to be weather-tight for the winter

so I can store some gear.

And I don't want to call the crew in to help again,

so it's time for me and my dad

to pull in some OT on this one.

- In our off time, we're still building stuff.

I love it. Actually, it don't even seem like a job.

When you love doing something, you just do it.

It's perfect.

- We're always doing projects on the weekends,

not because we have to, because we want to.

And even though we're a little like chalk and cheese,

we do some good work together.

Today was a good day. Me and the old man

managed to get the clapboard on. We even got it painted.

I still got another side to do. Shh.

Looks done from the road, so I'm good.

(upbeat music)

At my mom's house in Brigus,

outside, Nikki and Paul are finishing up the roof work

and inside, me , and Melissa and the kids

are starting a very special project in the kids' room.

We're gonna be painting the walls, aren't we?

For Nan. - No, hand prints!

- Oh, we're gonna be doing handprints.

- Hey! - Oh, wow!

Dive right in. - Do you want to show her?

- Oh. (Randy laughing)

Almost looks like a caveman live here.

(laughing)

(Melissa): Come over here too.

Yeah! Now you got the hang of it!

- So we're gonna get a new colour.

- Look. Daddy got blue!

- I'm just trying to stay clean.

- High-five for Dad. Give Daddy a high-five.

(laughing)

- Yeah, I think Nan's gonna love this. I hope.

Mom and I always talk about how she wants the kid's room

to be special, so I thought,

"Why not let them decorate it?"

I hope I don't regret it.

Oh! Not the... door.

Oh...(laughing)

Was supposed to be just walls.

Problem is now, is when we bring them home,

to teach them this is not okay.

And it's in her face, and in her hair!

(upbeat folk music)

(Nikki shouting)

(Randy laughing)

I think Daddy got a little splash on me.

- So they thought they were keen getting me with paint.

But I had a quart! (laughing)

(Randy): Back at the shop, my dad's ready

to work his magic, turning lumber

into something really cool.

My mom's place is open-concept kitchen and living room,

and has two bedrooms, one for her,

and one for the kids when they want to sleep over.

I come up with some special designs for the kids' beds,

and that's what me and my dad are building today.

- The grandkids, oh I love ´em.

The time I take with my grandkids,

that's my time off. That's time I don't even

think about work. I just think about grandkid stuff.

It's a bit of a challenge. We're gonna have a little

roof on it. Randy done a good design,

and it's nice and low to the floor,

so they won't fall off and hurt their self.

So yeah, they'll love it.

- Because my mom's house is taking on a woodsy feel,

I want to do something really cool for my kids' beds.

- Randy. You want to give me a hand with this?

- Yes, sir. - I need to get the rafters in.

- 'Kay.

All right. You good? - Yeah.

- We're building them in the shape of little tents,

so when they have a sleepover at Nan's,

it's like a magical camping adventure.

- Do you want a job? Screw them ends on down there.

Let's put these rails on.

- I thought you just needed me for a lift?

- Yeah, that was only to get you out here,

´cause I knew you wouldn't come.

- Yeah, so...

Hey, it's gonna look good.

You throw a sheet over it,

and you got, like, a little playhouse!

- You're not gonna help anymore? - I designed it.

I knows what it looks like. Talk to you later.

- Typical Randy.

Never hangs around for anything.

(upbeat music)

- Back in St. John's, we're in the final stretch

of finishing Krista's kitchen.

The flooring's in, the cabinets fit perfect,

and the counters are installed.

We're pulling some long hours to make up time,

so I still need a favour, so I'm calling in Jason

to install the backsplash.

- So, here we are again. Randy called us in

for another time-sensitive job.

Seems like that's when Randy calls.

It basically is a subway tile. They're cement,

and we're gonna put ´em in a brick pattern.

Goes along with the old brick chimney

that they discovered.

When you put ´em on, they're different thicknesses...

Which is gonna give it a real rustic look,

which is gonna suit this place great.

- With the backsplash installe, we can move ahead

and finish things up.

(upbeat folk music)

- It's gonna be busy, and like every finishing job,

you start out with a million, and before you're done,

you got a million and one.

- And Paul's the guy to get ´em all done.

Back at the shop in Brigus,

there's something special I want to make for Krista

and her new kitchen.

- I'm making a sign for Krista's kitchen.

We usually name houses.

Even though this one is only the kitchen on the inside,

we still want to personalize it.

So putting a pair of sunglasses to show her character,

the row houses, ´cause the area we're into.

So I got it all stencilled out.

Now I'm ready to break out the router.

The router's kind of like my paint brush.

Even when we're down to the wire,

I love putting in an extra bit of work

to really add to the design details.

I can't wait to show Krista,

and I can't wait to get her back into her kitchen.

Woo! Dusty!

the day has comendy): ,

to give Krista her kitchen bac.

She'd been wanting a change for over ten years,

but didn't know where to begin.

So she gave me $30,000, and complete control

over the design.

I got Sam and Sasha getting things ready

before Krista walks in the doo.

- We had so much fun doing this kitchen.

That high ceiling,

the colours that we got to use.

- Yeah. We definitely had some fun with these colours,

and we stuck with the green. She had more of a lime green

previous to the renovation, and we decided to do something

more of a historic, heritage green.

- I think people are usually afraid to use dark colours

in a smaller space. You always think it's gonna bring it in,

but it technically doesn't. To me, I find it makes it

a little bit more dramatic and moody.

- We were really happy to see that there was brick

behind that drywall.

We wanted to kind of incorporate that brick-like colour

without bringing in an aggressive red,

so we decided to go with a nice dusty rose kind of colour

to really complement the green, but also complement the brick.

So, a little bit of a nod to the Jellybean Row houses,

but still classic and timeless.

(upbeat music)

- Feeling good. Can't wait to show Krista.

She put a lot of trust in me, you know,

in taking this full kitchen, full design.

Hopefully she's gonna like it.

She's upstairs waiting in her temporary kitchen.

Let's bring her down to her real one.

- Oh, wow! (laughing)

Holy Moses. This is beautiful.

You did some work in here, hey?

- Just a little bit. - Yeah.

- Just letting you take it all in,

´cause it is a big change from...

- It's a huge change. This is crazy.

- So, is it what you expected? - No, not at all.

I, um... I shouldn't have wore mascara.

Um... I wasn't expecting this at all.

This is so lovely, but classy.

- Classy, yeah.

- I was so worried that you were gonna wipe me out

completely in my style. - Oh, no.

We didn't want to lose your character in this space.

We just took the bright green and made it a little bit darker.

- I love the green. This is lovely.

I didn't peek. It was very hard.

I had no clue I had that much self-control in me.

And I'm so glad. This feels like Christmas.

It's so different with the door gone. It's crazy.

- So, you should actually find it warmer in here.

- It was a problem.

The heat kept escaping. - Yeah.

- Like a lot of the guys I've dated.

(laughing)

Yeah it's really, really, really lovely.

- You remember we found this brick in the first day,

popped a hole in there.

- Oh, cool!

- We really wanted to highlight that, really make it a feature.

Now you got a 150-year-old brick backsplash.

So when you're standing at the stove,

or anyone's coming in, that's the first thing they're gonna see.

- Oh, absolutely. And it keeps the character of the house,

which is the reason why I bought it in the first place.

- It is. You got a lot of history, got a lot of you.

- Yeah. I'm old.

(laughing)

Thanks, buddy.

- I wasn't going down that road. (laughing)

We made this full custom range surround,

and my father actually made these holds.

- That's awesome.

- And to keep in budget, we did the lowers in a box store

but we made all these uppers custom in our shop.

- That's what makes it truly a special place right now.

- And we got plugs on two of them second shelves.

- I had, like, two plugs in this whole kitchen

that worked, I think.

- Now you got all kinds of plugs, all up to code.

- Shocking. Get it? (laughing)

- We wanted to bring a lot of colour into this space,

so we did the dark green around the range,

we did the light green on the open shelves,

but we did dusty rose colour underneath,

and we actually brought it over to your bench wall as well.

So we gave you a little sitting area,

and even that bench lifts up for storage underneath.

- Oh, awesome! Thank you. You knew I needed storage.

- Well, you know, using the shopping cart...

We maximized on every inch of this kitchen.

You have storage. There's cement tiles.

It's really unique that they're handmade,

because I'm sure all these bricks were handmade

back in the day too. - Yeah. That's a really

nice complement. - It is.

- I love that sink. - Do you?

- Yeah, I did. Yeah. I do.

(laughing) Not anymore. But I did.

It's super, super nice.

This is fancy, isn't it?

- Yeah. It's still a Newfoundland flair, though.

- Well, Newfoundlanders can be fancy, Randy.

- I know, right? It's pretty catty!

- It's pretty catty, yeah.

- So, did we do well?

I know you trusted all this in our hands.

- Hardly any say. - Hardly any say.

- It was... yeah, it's all been worth it.

Hundred percent. - Oh, that's awesome.

Makes us feel good.

- I'm glad this is about you right now.

- Well, we're always nervous too!

- Of course! - Taking this renovation,

and you're gonna live here every day.

We're gonna go to another build, but you're gonna come down

every morning, look at this space.

So you want to make it feel like it's home.

- It still feels like my home, it's just a different version,

and now I have a kitchen that I'm proud of.

This is motivating me to finish the house

and give it the respect that it really deserves.

Thanks for making me cry.

(laughing)

It's been an amazing journey,

´cause it's not just a kitchen face-lift,

it's a fresh start.

- So, here's the whole crew.

Everyone that worked on the kitchen.

- Turned out awesome! - Yeah, it's great!

- So what was your overall reaction?

- It's beautiful. Thank you so much.

- You're more than welcome.

- I know you guys did the bulk of the work,

and Randy's just like, you know, the figurehead.

(laughing) - What?!

- My son, Randy, done an awesome job on the design

and that's what we try to do. We try to mix a bit of...

shop hot stuff and throw Randy's flair in there,

and, uh, my expertise.

(laughing)

- I kept telling ya, it's gonna be beautiful.

It's gonna be beautiful. Just wait for it.

- And Nikki's always right, isn't she?

- No!

- Being able to take total control of the design

is a little bit terrifying, because you never know

if the homeowner's actually gonna love it.

You know, it's one thing to have my taste,

but I'm trying to take Krista's taste too.

So feels amazing to have this whole kitchen done

to be able to turn it back over, and she loved it.

Before we give cheers to this awesome kitchen,

we got one more surprise for ya.

- I don't know if I can handle another surprise.

- What?! - It's the best!

- We name every place we do,

so I made a little sign.

And we kept it colourful. - Look at the glasses!

- That's awesome. That's really wicked, thank you.

- So here's to Krista's kitchen. - Krista's kitchen!

- Cheers! - It was all worth it, guys.

Cheers. - Cheers.

- Krista's kitchen. - Oh, that's so amazing.

(Randy): Next week on Rock Solid Builds...

We gotta put some sod in. It blew off.

I don't know if we're gonna get around this.

We got a very small window to get this done.

- Nobody wants to be shingling a roof in a snow storm.

- You know, this thing was frozen in time,

so all hands on deck.

Hey, Mom. Let's go see your new house.

(crying) - It's really nice.

You did a wonderful job.

- You think it's a keeper? - Yeah.

- Good, ´cause we ain't changing it.

- Too late now, is it? - It's too late now.

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