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This is it.

Ever since Zooey's family lost their house to fires,

I've been helping with the rebuild.

I haven't even been here yet

to see all the fire damage, and the house is gone.

[Jonathan] I mean, I only had five, six years of memories here.

They've had this place for over 40 years.

We'll be right about in that area there, I would say.

Be careful.

Zooey was raised in this house.

Yeah, I did see photos of, like, the debris.

It seemed like they didn't have very much time to get out.

[Jonathan] It's pretty heartbreaking.

That's why I'm helping, you know,

the neighbors over here.

I'm helping another person who's about four or five houses up.

We even have new clients over here.

Addam and Nancy, they spent 2.6 on a new home.

They were in a rental, and it burned,

and they lost everything, and that. -Really?

But they found a house that now they think

maybe it was like an emotional decision,

and they don't know if they can make it work.

So Drew and I are gonna try and help as many families here

as we possibly can.

Yeah, I'm definitely happy to be on board for this project.

[theme music playing]

♪♪

-Hi. -Hello.

-How you doing? -Hi, Nancy.

You've got a beautiful house here.

-Addam. -Thank you.

[indistinct]

So you know this area really well?

[Addam] Yes. I was kind of raised here.

My dad had a place here.

So when we saw this house for sale, we jumped on buying it.

But it needs work before we can move in.

[Jonathan] How did you decide on this house?

This was actually a miracle, I think.

We have a really great realtor.

[Addam] We were lucky enough to find a house that was still standing

that we really loved. -[Jonathan] Obviously...

-A lot has happened -Yes.

and continues to happen in this area.

We've been living in a -- in our rental since

the fire, right? -Yeah.

So January 7th, 2025.

The day started off like any other day,

except it was our kid's birthday.

So I even made all these baked goods for his class,

took him to school.

I remember it being a really windy day, though.

We turned on the news, and then that's where we saw,

oh, there's a fire really close by.

And then I remember we got email notifications from the school.

So picked up our kid and he said,

"I swear I did not wish this for my birthday."

We didn't realize how serious it was and very surprised

at how quickly it spread.

But leaving, it was just -- it was like an apocalypse.

Like it was so crazy, right?

-Like how -- like -- -Yeah.

Just random places just on fire, like cars on fire,

like the parks on fire. -We lost everything.

[Nancy sniffles] So...

As we decided to leave, we only packed four days

of clothes, and we thought, oh, we would just take a little

trip and then come back to our house.

-Yeah. -[Nancy] Mm-hmm.

Little did we know that we wouldn't have a place

to come back to. -Happened so fast that --

So it's difficult to drive, right?

Like, because we're always passing it.

Even with -- when we have our kid with us,

we try to take the long way so he doesn't need to see it. -[Drew and Jonathan] Yeah.

We found all of our things melted together,

pieces of clothing that were half-burnt,

and there was nothing left.

Thinking about, like, everything new

that we need to get is extremely overwhelming.

I think especially after losing everything in the fires,

you know, we don't wanna keep feeling like guests where

we are, and so having a home where we can feel comfortable

and feel at home is really important.

I'm assuming this place was smoke-damaged after the fire?

-[Nancy] Yes -- mm-hmm. -So is that why?

-Because it looks all freshly painted and everything. -[Nancy] Mm-hmm.

-It was all -- -Yeah.

[Jonathan] So it's already been remediated.

It has been, yes.

Do you already have ideas of what you wanna do?

I think we definitely need some help, especially

in getting into the nitty-gritty of designs, because Nancy and I

kind of have a little bit of trouble agreeing on things.

-Oh! -Oh, OK.

This is like a postcard.

Like, it's very picturesque. But I'd like to see inside.

-What do you guys got for us in there? -[Nancy] Yeah, please.

[Addam] Let's go in.

-Welcome to my crib. -[laughing]

[Jonathan] Yes.

[Drew] OK, so they painted, they've redone all the floors.

Have they redone kitchens and bathrooms?

[Addam] No.

[Nancy] No, it's just kind of freshly painted.

[Jonathan] Right.

-Definitely for the smoke damage. -Right.

But overall inspections, everything shows

that it's a very -- it's in good shape.

[Jonathan] Yeah, it's nice.

[Drew] Paint the picture for us.

What would you guys like to see?

I'd like to see a really nice

big white sectional here.

Like something that's like cozy, homey, coastal.

Yeah.

How do you feel about a white sectional?

Not very good at all.

I just love -- these mid-century-modern homes --

I just love the high ceiling... -Mm-hmm.

-Yeah. -...and a statement fireplace.

-What do you think of this? -I love it.

I love that it matches the outside.

I think it could be cleaned up a little bit, but I really like

that kind of feel that it gives.

-Really classic style. -Whoa, daggers!

She's shaking her head.

Daggers. What are you thinking?

Is it classic or is it just really old?

When you're having arguments in the house, is this pretty

much what it's over? "I like newer."

"I like traditional."

-Yes, definitely. -Yep.

I like things like leather couches

and things that look classic, classic colors and things.

-Like a 90-year-old Englishman. -That's OK.

We can find a good blend between the two of you.

In this situation, though, I'm gonna lean

in this direction.

I think it would actually be a shame and not a great use

of funds to remove the stone completely, because it does tie

into the era of the home.

But I do think there's a lot we could do to make it feel

fresh and contemporary.

What are other things for you that are important?

With -- like, how would you lay this out?

[Nancy] Our goal is that we can have

a lot of friends and family come over.

That's what I love about this style of architecture.

These houses were designed for entertainment.

[Drew] Oh, yeah.

This is more than enough space to put a nice big table.

Is there -- is there another space on the other side?

-Oh, yeah. -[Addam] Yes.

Oh, OK, so you have, like, split dining...

wait, is that meant to be a living room or a dining room?

That looks like a dining room

as well as this is a dining space.

-I think originally this was sup -- is the dining space. -Yeah.

So, yeah, we had no idea. What do we do with this space?

Like, do we just make that the formal living room and then

make this the living area?

Are you wanting to keep the shutters?

-Lose the shutters? -I love the shutters.

-She hates them. -[Nancy] I hate the shutters.

It's gonna take, like, 20 minutes just to open

everything up, right?

Rather than just having curtains that can

function similarly. -[Jonathan] Yeah.

After our condo was affected by the fires, everything has

to be picked anew.

And with a couple like us who have very strong opinions

about what styles we like, and...

it can be very difficult to pick each of those things.

I definitely feel like the Property Brothers are gonna

save us from those disputes.

What's your budget for renovation?

-It's $90,000. -Oh, wow.

Yeah, these blinds are great.

I think we should keep these blinds exactly as they are.

This would be something, you know, we'll see how

and what needs to be done, but how much that would cost.

It would be nice to put in some drapery.

I wouldn't do a living room, living room, though,

because if you have the living rooms this attached,

then it's competing, right?

If you're trying to watch something there and here,

it's gonna be really annoying.

-Hmm. -Yeah, that's a good point.

Those two areas are connected more than what these two areas are,

so there's probably a bit a better sound barrier

if there's a TV back here.

Can I complain about one thing?

Bathroom? Oh, that's a pantry.

Oh, that's a teeny tiny.

This also bugs me when you see --

oh, it's not too bad. I thought it was deeper.

But when you see, like, space you can't even get to.

[Nancy] Question, if we were to have the dining table here,

is it gonna -- because what I like about our space, too,

which I know makes it really difficult,

is that you have access to the outdoors.

[Drew] The only thing I'm seeing here with the layout of your kitchen

that might be -- because if you want a decent sized to sit

10 people, like you're saying, it's gonna start to feel tight.

Over there, you could fit a massive dining table.

Like, that could be a really impressive, gorgeous dining table,

because it's meant for dining. -[Nancy] OK.

I mean, I do think this feels like a table here,

just not -- it's not gonna be massive.

What would you envision would make this kitchen

work better for you?

[Nancy] Hmm, I mean, definitely need more storage.

[Jonathan] I assume you would want all new cabinetry, no matter what.

[Nancy] Yeah, I mean, they don't really open very well.

-See the... -Also, that's awkward.

Yeah.

The problem with this house, and I'll just tell you this

now, there's not a lot we can do

as far as opening up the kitchen. -[Nancy] Mm-hmm.

I don't know that there would be structure over here.

I don't think so.

There's definitely no structure on this side.

But if you lose any of these walls, all of a sudden,

we don't have anywhere to put appliances and cabinets.

-[Addam] Yeah. -Mm-hmm.

So unless we completely relocate the kitchen.

And then I can guarantee you that $90,000 is not gonna be

enough to do that. -[Addam] Gonna be enough. Yeah.

What is the timeline for you? Like, how quick --

I assume you want to get in, especially with your son,

and start enjoying the space. -[Nancy] Yeah.

I think we want to be in by Christmas

or at least before Leo's birthday.

-Which is...? -January 7th,

which was the day of the fires.

Um...

it would be nice to be able to have his birthday party here.

-[Addam] Yeah. -Yeah.

It would be really nice to give him a beautiful birthday

in his new home, give him something

exciting to look forward to.

Thank you.

I think we can make that happen.

So, next step for us.

First of all, we've got to figure out

what the heck to do with this kitchen.

Obviously, new appliances, better integrated.

You know, we can figure out furniture plan.

That's not a problem. That's the easy part.

It's right now figuring out what we can [chuckles]

what we can realistically do within your timeline

and within your budget. -Yeah.

And it's not probably gonna be everything we'd love to do.

Yeah. Of course, yeah.

[Jonathan] OK.

I'd like to just walk around, take some measurements,

if that's OK? -Of course.

Yeah.

[Addam] I think Jonathan and Drew had a lot

of good ideas for the place.

They seemed to really understand the overall layout

and where things should go.

I think it would have been really hard to imagine

what we should use each room for.

Ugh, this is, like, one of those puzzles that --

-[Drew] Yeah. -I don't know

if there's a great solution for it.

I mean, we pretty much have to keep the kitchen where it is.

Well, my thing is that this is gonna be...

I don't -- I don't wanna do the project,

and then they're all of a sudden like,

"Well, this is still a crappy kitchen."

[Drew] What we don't want. Yeah.

-We want it to be good. -Yeah.

♪♪

I wanna see if there's any load of any kind on this.

I don't think there is.

And if that was the case, we'd have at least

the possibility of opening this up.

-Oh, yeah. -It wouldn't be so closed in.

That was easier than anticipated.

Going up!

[groans]

Dude, there's literally nothing up here.

Nothing. There's no support under it.

It's not load-bearing.

That's good news, at least up top.

Let's just keep getting the cabinets out.

-They're coming out no matter what. -[Amos] Yep.

All right.

♪♪

-Hey. -How's it going?

-Hey, guys. -Good to see you.

Good to see you again.

This is our brother from another mother.

-Hey, good to meet you. -Addam, Nancy.

-Hi. -Chay.

-Nice to meet you, Chay. -Nice to meet you.

[Jonathan] When we say we wanna walk through an idea with you,

we can literally walk through the plan and the space

with you using Chay's tech?

Well, I think it's just fun because most people can't visualize.

It's super exciting to see people like you walk through

and experience the space for the first time.

Even professionals like us

sometimes have a hard time, so...

Who has the harder time visualizing?

-Probably me. -Probably her.

-[Drew] Mm-hmm. -Yeah.

Addam and Nancy have a hard time, particularly Nancy,

envisioning what a space could be.

So I think of all clients, Nancy and Addam are

the perfect people to bring here because they can physically walk

through their plans. -[Drew] Yeah.

And then we don't have to ask them to paint a picture.

We're painting it for them.

And for people who have a hard time making decisions,

we can steer them with this.

Here you are. Welcome home.

-The future of looking at your plans. -Oh, what?

-Oh. -Isn't that fun?

Come on in. Right in your front door.

Wow, this is so cool.

We can literally go wherever you want.

We can talk about whatever you want.

Again, thinking about how you would use a space.

This is my big question for you.

So when we were walking through your place,

you had mentioned having your dining on the other side

and having this seating area here just because you didn't

want to obstruct the flow. -[Nancy] Yeah.

-[Addam] Yes. -Is that right?

I still do feel like this could be a good dining area.

-Yeah. -Where are you leaning now?

Do you still feel this is better as living?

Not sure yet.

So if we can, Chay,

can we just shift the bar a little bit this way?

-Walking into the kitchen. -Oh.

Doo-doo-doo. There we go.

What do you think of having a nice big peninsula

with a breakfast bar?

This is where you could have a couple extra seats.

-Do you like that? -Yeah, I love that.

I know you were saying that you preferred

having the dining room here.

Keep in mind, your length and width of that space

for the dining room is smaller than the length and width

of that space over there for your living room.

I still feel that the dining room should be over there.

If you decide that you want living back here and dining

over there, we need to know that pretty quick.

I think you made a good point about the size here.

It doesn't look as big as

we might need it to be to fit how many people

we wanna have. -Yeah.

[Nancy] Maybe we do need more room.

Is there anything we're missing that you would

like to see?

I'm still wondering what to do about storage space.

Storage is obviously really, really important to you.

So that's gonna be number one on my bucket list.

We hear you loud and clear.

We want to make sure that you feel there's enough storage

in this space.

So here's the plan to maximize Addam and Nancy's budget.

The fireplace stays, but we'll give it a refresh

by whitewashing the stone,

re-grouting and installing a mantle.

We're gonna sand the white paint off the beams to draw

your eye up to the high ceilings.

And they've decided that the dining area will now be

to the right of the kitchen.

To save costs there, we're gonna keep the kitchen

layout as is, but it's gonna

get a full makeover with all new finishes.

Plus a statement breakfast bar that seamlessly connects

to the adjoining space where we're adding a wall

of extra cabinetry to deliver on the serious storage

Nancy needs and coffee bar to boot.

Finally, for those big family get-togethers, a cozy,

informal dining nook adds bonus seating

without sacrificing style.

I love this, and this is exactly what we wanted,

so I'm glad we did it.

And now I think we can jump ahead and get you some options.

-Yeah, let's get these changes in place. -Thank you.

I think that this really helped us discover a lot

of the gaps that we have, like the, you know,

storage, but specifically,

like, even just walking in. It's very immersive, right?

So it gives you a much better idea of, like, what to expect.

I think it also opened up a lot of new ideas, too.

I think looking at everything is -- is kind of overwhelming.

We've never done such a big renovation before,

and, you know, we never really thought we would have to

until we lost our place in the fires.

♪♪

-[Nancy] Hi. -Hey.

[Jonathan] What's happening?

Just having a little sneak peek over here?

I will warn you now, this is probably going to be

more bad news than it is to be good news.

OK.

I've been literally racking my brain trying to think

of how we can maximize your budget, get it done,

get you back in here. But still --

it's the kitchen. It's all the kitchen.

-[dog barking in the distance] -Um...

Why don't we hop in before that dog eats us?

[laughing]

All right. Not -- not a ton has changed,

except we've sanded down your beams.

Wow.

[Jonathan] You do actually have beautiful wood underneath all that white.

This was one of the biggest points

of contention for you guys.

-[Nancy] Mm-hmm. -[Addam] Yes.

I think I have a solution that will work for you.

We're gonna swap out the tile on the hearth,

and then we do -- it's almost like a whitewash

across the surface.

It just feels a lot more modern, and this is kind

of like what you would see in a state-of-the-art spa

or something like that. It's really, really pretty.

-Yeah, that sounds great. -Sounds pretty good?

Yeah.

[Jonathan] We need to talk about the kitchen.

-Yes. -All right?

As soon as I walked in here, I had a couple of problems.

-One is it's so closed off. -Mm-hmm.

[Addam] Yeah.

I have literally tried every possible way to figure out

how we can eliminate this wall here.

And we opened the wall up and discovered there's a post.

This is a massive post that comes down to a footing.

Oh.

So, we cannot open this wall up past here.

So, is there a world where you would want to potentially

open this up just to the edge of the post?

It's giving you like a half view to here,

but you would have more light in the kitchen.

It's really about what would make you happy long-term.

This is the time to do any of it.

That's definitely something I want to leverage as much as

we can in this house is the natural lighting. -Yeah.

The light.

So, I think we're at a decision that we do wanna

get rid of the walling there, right?

[Nancy] Is it gonna look weird if

it's just like half of it's open?

I'm feeling very nervous about the whole renovation.

[clears throat] Yeah.

So, you're feeling kind of overwhelmed?

Um, I mean, not as --

not as overwhelmed as I would be without the Property Brothers.

If Jonathan says, "It's a good idea,"

then it's like you can't argue with the experts.

I'll talk to Sammy about an exact cost

to open up the wall.

All of these things are adding on to the budget.

I know our budget is -- is strict.

Um...

Are you guys willing to actually

roll up the sleeves a little bit, get in with me,

do some things? I'd love to --

I mean, you guys could help by taking down all the old shades,

because I love that we're getting brand-new

window coverings. -Yeah.

I called in some favors on that.

Literally every hour you can spend here,

even putting together furniture, all those sorts of things,

it all comes down from the final bill.

After spending so much money on the home, we are gonna try

and do as much as we can with this smaller budget.

[whirring]

I'm actually excited to have them just sort of work out

some of their stress and frustrations,

'cause I don't like having to, you know, do a check-in

with my homeowners and then all of a sudden it's all bad news.

You know, they've had enough disappointment

over this last year, losing everything in the fires.

That I just want them to love this place.

So, this is --

this is gonna be an uphill battle to try and get

Nancy to a place where she is actually happy.

♪♪

They can just say yes, no, pointing in the right direction.

Hello.

-Hi. -Come on in.

-What's happening? -Good to see you.

-How you feeling? -[Nancy] I feel good.

How are you?

Oh, wow, you're really reserved.

-Are you nervous? -[Nancy] Nervous.

-Very nervous. -Yeah?

The good thing is there's no wrong answer.

Yeah.

Essentially, what we want to find out from you guys is

exactly what way are you leaning when it comes to

your personal style. -OK.

And I know you've admitted that you fight like

tooth and nail over design aesthetic

[indistinct] -It would be cats and dogs.

-No, tooth and nails. -Tooth and nails don't fight.

They're inanimate objects.

-Oh, I meant using tooth and nail. -Ah.

OK, you fight like cats and dogs.

Nancy makes design choices based on

whatever's popular at the time.

-OK. -OK.

And how about Addam?

Um, Addam... [sighs]

...likes his design choices are more based on

what's timeless and classic or...

Is that based on a love of classic elements

or on it'll be easier to maintain

and not have to replace?

-Yes -- yeah. -[Nancy] Yeah.

No, he just wants something that he never has to change

or worry about. -OK.

But honestly, both of your reasoning behind it

are both valid. It's both great.

So why don't we find you something that has a little

pop and a little bit of fun that's not gonna go out

of style in a year, but still has that durability

and that classic feel? -I'd love that.

So what's going through your mind right now?

I'm wondering what she's thinking about these things.

Oh, let me give you a trick.

So Zooey and I agree on most things, but what I have found,

especially when we were designing our own place,

if I approved ten things, she would change nine of them.

If she approved ten things,

I would only change maybe three of them.

So it made more sense for me to see what she thought first,

and then I would weigh in.

Does that affect -- would that work with you guys?

Yeah, I think that's kind of the same thing for us.

So who would go first?

-Nancy. -Ah, OK.

[Jonathan] Where would you like to start?

-OK, let's do counter. -You can get touchy-feely

wha -- with each other or the tiles, whatever you like.

-Uh-huh. -I like this one the best.

Can I ask, though, about this one?

Yeah.

[Addam] Do you -- you don't like that one?

[Nancy] Well, why do you like that one?

I think that just considering all these different tones,

they're very similar.

This one adds a little bit of an extra layer to it.

Well, it's a much more vivid veining.

Yes.

I kind of like this one better, too, though.

OK.

So I do like that you have this brightness.

It helps bounce light around.

Cabinetry, I would keep lighter, too, especially if

we have to keep any of those walls.

You just wanna make sure it doesn't start to feel closed in

because it is already a fairly small footprint.

Ideally, in your dream world,

where would you sit for color for your cabinets?

-This is the challenging part. -[Nancy] Yeah, because I always --

I would like something like a simple color, like --

like a white or an off-white.

That -- that's the instructions for the...

[laughing]

So in my mind, I think what would probably work best,

somewhere in here where it's like a slightly warmer white.

That could look very beautiful and sophisticated.

-It's gonna be very elegant. -OK, sounds good.

-OK. -Wow, that was easy!

One of the things that actually made it a little bit easier

in pulling together the style was the fact

that you're keeping your existing floors.

So we know you have this beautiful warm brown tone.

In fact, why don't we use that as a part of our --

as we're building this up here.

So there, all of a sudden you can see that complements

each other really, really well.

Then we pull in some of our other fabrics here.

Look how things are starting to look.

[Addam] I think that looks really good

considering that we have the dark floor, making sure

that I think kind of works with it.

If this is your base that you guys are all comfortable

with, let us play with the other

things that are a part of it.

It's gonna be a beautiful home.

We still have a lot of stuff we have to figure out,

but this was very helpful. -Yeah.

No, we really appreciate it.

-Thank you so much. -Yeah, thank you, guys.

-You're very welcome. -Yeah, yeah.

All right, guys. We'll see you soon.

♪♪

[Addam] Everything that happens in this house and makes it comfortable

for us, it really is making every little bit better for us,

dealing with what happened with the fires.

-Mm-hmm. -[groans]

So this is the best part, nothing tests marriage resolve,

like, assembling flat-pack furniture.

It's basically two cabinets that are exactly the same.

And these are only our base.

Like, we're still gonna be painting and doing all

the things that we're gonna be doing.

The more you guys can assemble, the more it saves us

having to have somebody else come in and do it.

Give us a holler if you need anything.

We're just going to work on some stuff inside.

-Thank you. -Have fun.

Thanks.

-OK. -All right, let's get this done.

Um...

Depending on what the budget is in any project,

if we're trying to save money,

then we'll get flat-pack cabinets.

And the quality can still be really great,

but it's our labor to assemble all the boxes,

assemble all the drawers, and then put them in.

So either we're paying a custom millwork shop to do that,

or we're hiring Nancy and Addam.

Do you know offhand what

the size of this was gonna be?

The original idea was the coffee station is centered

on the overhang of the bar here.

But then that leaves a wasted space over here.

-Yep. -Mm-hmm.

And I know she wants pantry storage.

What if we just add an additional 24-inch pantry

on this side and match it on that side?

-So flank it. -I like this.

So this is a whole wall. What about this?

Get out of my way. Get that way.

Get rid of this door.

A custom coffee station right here.

Like, this is actually a niche for an actual --

their coffee machine, everything like that.

And then we have a full pantry. But I just mean,

this could be actually a pretty nice, little coffee station.

So what's interesting about that is that's essentially

my coffee station at the house. -Exactly.

I built it in basically into a niche like this,

and it's actually about the same depth, too.

[Amos] Let's pop the door off here real quick.

Pop the door off. Yeah.

This is mine. So it looks really,

really nice, and then all I did up top

is I did the same painted color, wood material,

and then on the edge, it's just a little piece

of decorative molding.

He uses this every day, every morning, and we're only

presenting the idea now? -[Drew] I know.

Thank you for waiting until the end of the project...

-You're welcome. -...to bring that up.

-Dare we ask Nancy and Addam? -I don't want to.

Let's make it a surprise.

Hinges are off. No going back.

Oh, God.

That's a solid shelf.

I'm gonna get my sledgehammer.

All right, we're not going back.

As he limps away.

If this is what I designed

in my house, then wouldn't it be my idea?

Wouldn't that make you the more brilliant brother

to have brought up the fact that you had this

in your house a month ago?

Yeah, probably would have been smart.

All right, are they done yet? What?

I thought you'd be done everything.

Uh, hold on, you guys have -- something's off here.

Yeah, your track is upside down.

And also you have this panel backwards.

So...

Can I ask you guys a favor?

Why doesn't Jonathan stay here and get you

on the right track with that?

And you guys can come make some decisions.

How did I get stuck with your sweat equity?

-Come on. -Oh, my gosh.

-[Nancy] Thank you. -Amos, you and me.

-[Addam] Wow! -Come on in.

We're making progress.

-[Addam] Yeah. -[Nancy] So much better.

[Drew] All right.

-Come on over here. -Look at it.

Wait, is this what the counter is going to look like?

-Yeah. -Wood.

-It stays wood. -It's so big.

This is your counter.

But we need to figure out the hardware that's gonna

look great with these cabinets.

So picture, like, you're gonna have some pulls for some

of the drawers, and then you'll have a couple of these knobs

that are gonna be for cabinet doors.

I don't think you want to go for anything that's too wild

or too traditional. We can go black.

You have a whole bunch of options when it comes to black.

[Jonathan] Hey, guys. Wait a second.

[Addam] Wow!

-They finished it already? -Yes.

-It's done. -Hold on.

This is like -- this is like when you have

somebody who was trying to open a jar,

and they couldn't get it, and then you hand it over,

and they open it right away.

-Yeah. -You primed it for them.

-You guys ready? -Yeah, we got it started.

We'll go with that.

To me, it looks like you're both afraid to say what

you like in front of your partner.

So on three, grab your pull, grab your knob...

and, uh, then we'll see where we end up.

Ready? One, two, three.

Look at that! Now, what I want to point out,

shape wise, you guys are going for something

rectangular or square. That's great.

You both picked that nice sort of rounded

curve into the cabinet. -[Addam] Yeah.

So I was leaning black. That's --

I was gonna do black for the hardware in here.

-I just don't think it's gonna match with -Hmm.

the other things picked already.

[Drew] Do you feel they're getting

better or worse at making decisions?

Do you feel you should be putting them in scenarios

where you ask for their opinion on something?

I understand, but we also know they're very particular,

so I kind of feel we need to run certain things by them.

I agree with Jonathan. It's not gonna look bad.

We need to get the order in right away,

so I'll tell you what I was leaning towards,

and I know you guys are leaning

towards this here. -Mm-hmm.

I was leaning towards something like this in black.

We can also do it with a really nice texture to it.

-It looks really sleek. -Really?

-Yeah. -OK.

-Um... -Why don't we do this?

Can you trust us?

We'll put the one in that Jonathan and I think.

And if you hate it, we'll swap it out.

No, we won't hate it. It's OK.

-OK. -We trust you.

In the meantime, you are not allowed back inside the house.

-You've officially been sequestered. -[Drew] Yep, out.

Unless you're building things in the garage,

you can't come back in the house.

See you later.

I just feel like this is --

It's very hard to get them to agree on something,

but even harder to get them to just make a decision.

Yeah. Just do me a favor.

Just don't tell them about the coffee bar idea.

I wanna surprise them.

-Hi. -[crew laughing]

-I told them. -Can't tell this guy a secret.

Well, that's like a major thing.

The hardware? Hardware's hardware.

-I mean, come on. -You blow all surprises.

♪♪

[Addam] The day of the fires, we had no idea

how much it would devastate the entire town.

We only left because of the smoke coming in,

and our dog, you know, we were worried about him,

and so we were worried about the smoke with him.

But I like to think that our dog kind of saved our lives,

because if we would have stayed there much longer,

who knows what would have happened.

You just feel bad about the whole devastation

for the entire city, and that's part of why we feel --

we feel like we need to come back to the community.

[Nancy] I am so excited

that we finally have a house that we can live in.

[Addam] This renovation isn't just redoing a house.

This is us coming back to our community.

♪ Empty roads ♪

♪ The wildflowers overgrown ♪

♪ Seems that all the birds have flown ♪

♪ And I'm left alone ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Remembering those summer nights ♪

♪ Glowing fireflies ♪

♪ Our hearts were burning bright ♪

♪ We said forever, you and I ♪

[Jonathan] When you walk into a house like this, initially you'll be like,

oh, I mean, pretty much everything's done

because it was painted and the flooring was new.

And you go, "Oh, that's great."

But it -- it needed so much work,

and that's the stuff that Nancy

and Addam were very helpful with.

[Drew] It lacked personality.

I think Leo will be proud to bring his friends over.

Nancy and Addam will be proud to bring their friends over.

It's just a very comfortable and inviting design.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ You'll always be my oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ And in your arms I know oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ I'll never be alone ho, hey ♪

They have so much counter space now.

-It's pretty wild. -[Drew] So much storage as well.

It's actually surprising how much natural light's coming in.

There's literally nothing to block your view now,

having the hood so high. -This is... ah!

[Jonathan] So much better.

Good job, Drew.

I know Nancy leans modern, and we've got

a lot of modern elements that just feel elevated.

But then for Addam,

he likes a little more tradition.

The dark stain on the beams and all the woodwork.

I think they're gonna both walk in here and feel --

Maybe we've actually worked

wonders with bringing them together.

This is a blend of both their styles.

They're both going to love it.

Their son's gonna love it as well.

It just feels like an inviting place.

♪ You'll always be mine ♪

♪ Ho, hey ♪

♪ You'll always be my home ♪

-Welcome to the party. -Hello!

-Exciting! -Hey, we're matching.

-All over. -Yeah.

-How are you guys feeling? -[Nancy] Hi.

-Hey, good to see you. -What's happening?

I see you're kind of cracking knuckles here.

I'm so nervous.

What is it that's making you nervous?

Um, I think we just have very different tastes,

so are we both gonna like it?

I have to be honest, some of the best designs I've ever done

have been where we're merging two styles together

and creating something totally unique, totally different.

What was just a post-fire, quick paint job makeover

has now become a home.

And I think there's one big person, Leo, who needs to have

a good birthday. -Yes.

This year, getting you guys in before Christmas

so that you can have his birthday in the new year.

-How does that make you feel? -Excited.

-Very excited. -I'm very grateful.

-So, thank you so much. -Yes.

You ready?

-Take a deep breath. -Yeah.

-Oh. -Wow.

Wow.

-Oh. -[laughs]

Oh, my god.

Wow.

-Is this our house? -This is so beautiful.

-Oh, my god. -Come on in.

Like, don't even want to step on the carpet.

-Oh, my god. -Yeah.

Am I allowed to be in this house?

You're allowed. It's your home.

[Addam] I can't believe this is the same house.

Look at this.

Like, this is the same fireplace?

It just feels properly flanked now.

You've got what feels like a real focal point

whereas before, it just was that fireplace that was

really, really dark and heavy.

And I feel like it really goes well with the --

is this quartz? -[Jonathan] It's actually porcelain.

-[Nancy] Oh, really? -Yeah.

[Drew] All the variation of color in the stone pulls out that color

variation in the porcelain. -[Nancy] Yeah.

[Drew] You also see it from the floors.

[Nancy] How does it feel to be right?

-[laughing] -What can I say?

-[Nancy] Yes. -[Jonathan] It does look beautiful.

-Now, if you turn and look this way, -[Nancy sighs]

we have two paths we can go, but I feel like we should dive

into that beautiful dining room.

Yes. Oh, my gosh!

Oh, my God, I love this! Everything is so nice.

[Drew] Remember, originally, we were talking about

a living space over here, not dining,

and then we changed? -[Nancy] Yes.

Do you see what we were talking about, how this fits perfectly

for a dining table? -[Nancy] Yes.

-[Addam] Absolutely. -And you can still expand this.

-Have, you know -- -Oh, really? It's expandable?

-You can have more. -I love the color.

I love all the access to the backyard.

How beautiful does that look?

The ocean right there, the treetops.

I mean, you guys picked an incredible place.

-Yeah, we're so lucky, right? -Yeah.

I can't believe we were able to get this.

Mm-hmm.

Well, you have a great view looking out there.

You also have a great view looking here.

Wow.

-Look at the kitchen. -[Nancy] I can't believe this.

Wow -- look at this. Oh my god, look at that.

That's my grandmother.

[Jonathan] How crazy is this, though?

Because we talked about what can we do,

how much can we open? -Wow.

We even raised this up a little higher.

We weren't able to move the wall in that, so it felt

like we were restricted, but in reality, this looks

way bigger. -[Nancy] This is so nice.

I can't believe, like, how much counter space there is.

Wait, hold on.

First, I want to say, though, the backsplash,

it looks so good. -Oh, it does.

-Right? -Yes.

-It looks so good. -Look over here.

This is the game-changer.

The void is now turned into pantry and coffee station.

[Addam] It's beautiful.

So much better than just having that little closet space.

[Nancy] That was my major complaint, was always complaining about

this pantry because it was just a very shallow -- like, I feel

like it even looks deeper than what it originally was.

So we cheated forward the drawers so you could get

full-depth drawers by bringing this out just a little bit,

but the stone makes that look good.

Whose idea was this, by the way?

Whose -- who?

Oh, that was my idea.

[Jonathan] Whose house was it modeled after?

But it's all right, I'll take it.

-Thank you so much. -Yeah, mm-hmm.

[Jonathan] If you guys keep gushing,

it's going to go of Drew's head.

-I'm going to have to hear about it for a week. -It feels so good.

[Jonathan] We packed in so much functional storage for you,

but by not having the dining table here,

we expanded your peninsula and gave you another whole row.

-Oh! -Oh, wow!

I wonder if we have enough stuff to fill in

all the storage. -Well, you wanted storage.

-They gave us storage. -I know, such a --

We're giving you a reason to shop.

I know -- thank you. Thank you.

Now, over here,

you can fit so many more people in this house now

when you're entertaining.

Look at all the zones from over here to the bar,

dining, the living areas.

Like, it's a phenomenal entertaining house.

I can't wait to entertain people in here.

The living room is so welcoming.

I love that we have this entire beautiful big house,

and you guys are huddled in the corner.

-Come on over here. -Come on.

Sit back down in your beautiful living room.

This is where you're gonna be entertaining the most,

I'm sure of it. -[Addam] Wow.

Do you feel that this blends your styles better than

the home you originally had that had burnt down?

100%.

I think this is exactly how we wanted the house,

but we didn't even know it. -[Jonathan] Well, you grow as well.

As a couple, you grow as individuals.

You become more confident in what you want.

I have to be totally honest, because you scared me early on,

saying, "Oh, we don't agree on anything.

We're gonna fight. We're gonna --"

I thought you guys actually were pretty incredible at

accommodating each other's feelings about what they would

like to see. -[Drew] You did this.

We didn't do this. We just helped curate

what you said you wanted, so this is your design.

I gotta be honest, it really helped the advice

that you gave us early on.

Yeah, I'm just glad that we don't, we have like

a forever home now, right?

So, thank you so much.

Having it done this quickly and, you know,

in time for Christmas and for Leo's birthday,

it feels -- it feels like a holiday miracle, to be honest.

It's kind of choking me up a little bit,

thinking about that.

It's a -- it's a pleasure to have it done for you so that

you can experience those moments.

I think we should step out and let you enjoy your home,

but it's been a pleasure.

Let us know what Leo thinks as well, too.

-Yes. -Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Such a pleasure working with you guys.

-No, thank you. -Yeah, of course.

See you guys.

[Addam] This has been a dream come true for us.

Like, after the fires, we moved from place to place.

So the fires, we were homeless. We were living in hotels.

And so, it's a dream come true that we could

move into this beautiful, beautiful space.

[Nancy] But I'm most excited for is, like, now we have a home

that we don't have to worry about, like,

"Oh, where are we gonna go next?"

Like, that -- those days are over.

Wow!

It's awesome!

So nice.

Showing Leo around was --

it was so nice to show him, like,

this is your forever home too. I still can't believe it.

-Yeah. -It's -- it's more than I

could have ever dreamt.