[Wren] Let's get your makeup done, Ivy.
Which one do you want first?
[blows]
My gosh, Ivy. You've used this a lot.
-[laughs] -They're all squished.
-I want this. -Okay.
Hey, girls. What are you guys up to?
Daddy!
-[Syd] I got you some snacks. -Yes!
-[Syd] You wanna carry that in there? -Yup.
Oh, yeah.
-What are you doing? Makeup? -Yeah.
[Ivy] We have these options.
-Double-dog dare you to choose. -Maybe this one.
-I put it on so it doesn't get all over. -Just a little bit.
Now go kissy face.
[Wren and Ivy laugh]
Just for the girls, I know it requires a lot of sacrifice.
I'm even willing to sacrifice my body
to allow them to put a little bit of makeup on me
so they can know how much I love them.
I don't think you know what it feels like to sacrifice your body for our children.
-[both giggling] -Okay.
-Dad, stop moving! Stop moving! -I can't do any more.
[Shea laughing]
Agree to disagree.
-[Wren and Ivy laughing] -You guys are such punks, you know?
[Wren] Yeah!
-You like it? -Yeah, we love it.
Let's go jump on the tramp.
[excited shouting]
-No! No! -[Syd laughs]
Jump us high!
[Ivy] You still have the lipstick.
[Syd] Yeah. That looks amazing.
[uplifting music]
[Syd] Oh, remember this area, babe? We used to live right around here.
[Shea] Mill Creek.
[Syd] It is nice, like, the proximity to the city.
Like, you can be downtown in 20 minutes,
but you have a very nice, cozy neighborhood feel.
[Shea] Yeah.
I'm excited to meet Jim and Helen.
Mom and son living together for 20 years.
Could you do that? Could you live with Mom?
Yeah, I mean, I think I could live with my mom.
Could you live with your mom? I already know the answer to that, but…
[Syd] Maybe we could live together if I was never…
If we were never together.
[laughs]
-Does that count? -That doesn't count.
I don't think that-- So then the answer would have to be no.
[Shea laughing]
[Syd] I think it's this house right here.
[Shea] Cute little cottage, and their landscaping looks great.
-It's impeccable. -[Syd] Those people have a dialed-in yard.
-[Shea] Yeah. -[Syd] Looks so good.
[Helen] Hello.
-[Shea] Hi! -Nice to see you.
-I'm Shea. -And I'm Helen.
Good to meet you.
-This is Jim. -Hi, Jim. Good to meet you.
-[Jim] We're huggers. -[Shea] Oh yes, okay.
[Jim] Twenty years ago, I was going through a divorce.
So I moved in just thinking it was gonna be a short stay.
Well, my mom moved here in '98.
I got divorced in 2003, so I moved here in 2002.
So it worked out really well for me to have a place to land.
Lived with me longer than his wife.
[Helen laughs]
Really? Oh, wow. Yeah.
[Syd] That's good. That's like my mom.
She was always giving out really good information.
Even if I ask her to or not, she just provides it.
When I tell people I'm a 60-year-old man living with his 82-year-old mother,
it kind of gives you a look like, "Oh my God."
[laughs]
So you got to be careful who you kind of tell that to.
To my friends, I say I live with my mother.
But if I meet somebody that doesn't know me,
I say, "My mother lives with me." It comes off a lot better.
[Shea] So this is the place, huh?
[Jim] This is the Brandon family.
[Shea] So I'm seeing a lot of beautiful art on the walls.
-And some cross-stitch. -[Helen] Yes.
-I cross-stitch every day. -[Shea] Every day?
A day without cross-stitching is a day without sunshine.
[Shea] Oh.
[Helen] I have had my style.
I think it's time that Jim does his thing.
What I like, I'll put in my bedroom.
Okay. You know, granny chic is very cool.
Granny chic is a really trending look right now,
so I'm going for granny chic, but elevated.
So would you describe your style as more modern?
I like your style.
-I think he's pointing at you. -What?
[all laugh]
[Jim] I mean, I don't know if I have a style.
I just-- I like that kinda Utah timber, you know…
Oh, a little bit more rustic.
Kind of rustic, but yet classy.
I mean, I like the white. I love white. I love black.
I feel like there's still opportunity to mix styles.
I would love to mix, like, a modern and more traditional style.
The style of this house, it's a Helen touch.
And it's just time to kind of update it and make it a little bit more modern.
-Shea's style, you're gonna love it. -Yeah. Yeah.
I think you're right.
-If you don't like it, you can move out. -Ooh.
[both laugh]
No, that's not gonna happen.
[Shea] You have an accent wall here.
I do purple.
Okay, so you wanna keep the purple?
-No. No! -[Shea] No? Okay.
-[laughs] -[Helen] No.
Because it's such a small house and we like to entertain,
when you're in the kitchen and you're not watching games,
so we'd like to open this up and make this all kind of feel--
-[Shea] All connected. -Yeah.
We're thinking of taking this wall out if it's non-load-bearing.
Keep the dining room as is,
but you're thinking, "I would love to look in the kitchen."
-Yeah, let's go. -[Helen] Yes.
I redid this when I--
-[Shea] It looks nice. -I thought so too.
I know you're wanting to take it all out, but…
You've got room to do an island.
If we do an island, we would remove the peninsula, obviously.
Now, we've got the chicken motif, which is gonna go.
-[Jim] Thank God. -[Shea] Okay.
[laughs] It…
-It has served its purpose and it's time. -[Shea] It's time.
[Syd] That look has flown the coop.
-[laughs] -Yes, it's… There you go, babe.
Look at that.
You've been thinking about that one for a while, huh?
No, it was pretty quick, actually. It just came to me.
I think my chicken jokes are really coming on strong.
They're landing. Jim's loving it.
I think I need to work on more.
Maybe stuff like eggs-cellent, eggs-citing.
-Any of these-- -Well, they're landing with Jim. [laughs]
What kind of started that was, I have a stuffed chicken
that I'd like to show you.
-Oh, yeah. -She's a--
-Like an actual-- -Oh, she was actual chicken.
[Shea laughing] She was an actual…
Taxidermist said, "I'll do something for you."
He got the chicken, killed it, and stuffed it for $25.
[laughing] For 25…
I love Jim and Helen.
Helen is hilarious.
He's funny too. And together, it's just like a comedy act.
-The chicken motif is going. -Okay.
-Chicken chic is out. -Yeah.
-I was nervous on how to incorporate… -No, thank you. Do not.
We're farm people, grew up on farms,
but we've had enough chicken.
What I wanna do is clear everything out, give us a blank slate,
and then I think that will be easier for us
to then, like, kind of get a vision for the new space.
Jim really wants everything to be black, white, and wood.
That is a very simple color palette.
I know I can deliver on that.
But I want to add personality and some softness,
incorporating some of these vintage pieces that have meaning to them
and also just speak to both of their styles.
-It was good to meet you. -[Helen laughing]
[Jim] Well, good to meet you.
-Praying for you and your baby. -[Shea] Thank you so much.
[Jim] See you soon.
[techno music]
[Shea] This project has some challenges
because we're designing two major spaces in their home
and combining two different styles to work cohesively.
First, we're going to tear down the wall to create a more open floor plan,
which will create a better flow between the kitchen and living room.
-[man laughs] -Whoo!
[Shea] We're going to put in a kitchen island,
which will provide more space for socializing,
added storage, because we took the wall down,
better flow, and overall just a higher-end look.
I also want to add stone to the fireplace and backsplash
because Jim mentioned loving a Park City look,
and I think stone is the perfect way to do that.
So adding it to the fireplace gives a nice texture,
and then now that we've removed a wall and combined the spaces,
having the backsplash in the kitchen with the same stone
ties the two spaces together.
Then we want to put in an accent beam between the kitchen and the living space,
because we have a steel beam holding up their home
and this is a nice way to cover the steel beam,
add architectural interest,
and then tie in a stain color that we have on the island and above the hood.
All right. Thanks, gentlemen.
[upbeat music]
[birds tweeting]
[Shea] I haven't been here in so long.
-I am very excited to do some shopping. -I know.
[Shea] Haven't been stocking up on my treasures as much.
I love antique shopping with my mom.
There is no better person
to help me find a few pieces to add into the Brandon home.
[Tam Tam] Oh, this is gonna be fun.
-Lots of things. -So much to look at.
I feel like I come trying not to have a goal in mind,
because if you have a goal in mind, you won't find it.
You're not gonna find it. Yup.
But if you just let the items speak to you, they'll come.
You're gonna find something good.
We do have similar tastes.
You'll be like, "What do you think?"
And we'll have picked out the same exact thing…
How many times have we done that?
-We've bought the same clothes. -We like a big bow--
We obviously do. This was not planned.
-No, no, not planned. -[laughing]
I learned a lot from my mom about loving timeless, classic style.
Like… bows?
[laughs]
Yes.
I feel like I spy something.
-Oh, I see. I know what you're going for. -You know what I'm gonna pick?
Right there, yup.
-Isn't this so pretty? -Yeah.
The colors are so nice.
I'm well-known for being a transitional designer.
I feel like it'd be so pretty with flowers.
So we will design a modern home,
and I will incorporate a few vintage pieces to really cozy that space up.
-Okay, our first treasure. -First treasure.
Is that for yourself? Or for…
-I'm not sure yet. -[laughs] Okay.
It's not just with Jim and Helen's home. It's with every home we design.
The goal is to create a classic home that reflects our client's style,
but puts a Studio McGee spin on it.
Oh my gosh. Mom, you need this.
-Look at this. With the little lip! -[Tam Tam] Oh, I love it.
-It's so cute. -I love it.
-You need it for your kitchen. -I do.
-[Shea] These I'm loving. -[Tam Tam] Every time.
I guess I love everything blue stripe.
-[Tam Tam] Yes, I love these. -[Shea] All of these. There's three.
-Get the bowls. -Okay. Wow.
-Someone's kitchen needs those. -Yes. Love 'em.
[Syd] It's always so interesting on these shopping trips you go on for other people,
how much actually ends up in your own basket that makes it home.
[Tam Tam] Well, do you wanna check out, or…?
[Shea] I think I'm feeling good about the things that we got.
I don't know if it's as bad as I'd say you're a hoarder,
but you do have an affinity for good antique pieces.
Oh, you're treading so lightly there.
And I think your love knows no bounds.
-My love knows no bounds for collecting. -Yep.
"Collecting" is a fancy word for hoarding, I think.
[chuckles]
-You're a collector. -I'm a collector.
Now are these yours? This was mine.
Are you saying that you want these? That "These are staying with me"?
-[both laugh] -I'm just saying. I know. I'm like, "Mm."
-You're trying to work one over on me. -I am, because these kinda match.
-They do coordinate. -Kinda coordinate.
All right, teamwork.
-Okay. Don't hit anything. -[Tam Tam] Ah.
Okay, stairs are coming.
[Shea laughs]
[Shea] Well, I mean,
if it takes a two-man team to get us out here, then we did good.
[upbeat dance music]
[man] See, countertop's gonna be…
[Tyler] And then our overhang…
Hello, hello.
-Hey. -Hey.
-Hi. -Hi, Shea. How are you?
-Good. -[Tyler] Good.
This looks… I mean…
-Yeah. A lot better. -This is a big difference.
-Yeah, there used to be a wall there. -Looks good.
After we've knocked out an entire wall
and demo Jim and Helen's kitchen and living room,
it's amazing to see how far we've come.
But there is so much left to do.
I wanted the backsplash to be stone here in the kitchen,
and the stone on the fireplace
so that we can bring the two spaces together.
I had you pull a couple of stone options.
So, they look pretty much identical.
Ultimately, I kind of like the shape better on this one,
but I like the color on this one.
Do you think that we can, like, arrange them in such a way
and then over-grout it so we're getting a little more of this?
-A little bit more of this? -Yeah.
Over-grout is when the stonemason is applying the grout to the stone
instead of just having it between the stones.
It kind of smears over the edges
so that you get kind of like the wider grout line.
Well, let's try and make this… These kind of little linear spots go away.
-Yeah. As much as possible. Okay. -As much as we can with the material.
I want the over-grout to give it a really soft, been-there-for-a-long-time look.
Yeah, the over-grout will help with some of these sharp corners.
-Yeah, I don't want sharp corners. -Okay.
I also wanted over-grout because I think it's a more old-world look,
and also gives Jim that Park City look that he really wants.
So let's go with the Fond du Lac.
That's a pretty name. I'm just gonna pick it for the name.
-[Tyler] Fond du Lac. -Fond du Lac.
-Okay. River Rock out, Fond du Lac in. -[Shea] Yes.
Fond du Lac.
-Mmm. That sounds good. -Fond du Lac.
Reminds me of the fondue. Isn't that the thing that's like…
-And you dip meats and cheese inside? -Like cheese fondue?
Fondue. And stone.
[chuckles] Okay.
Two things I love.
So we're doing a beam here and on the hood
for the same reason that we're matching the stones in both places,
so that we get some continuity between the two spaces.
This dark color comes closest to the color of the floor.
-Okay. -It feels shiny.
Right.
So what if we wire-brushed it?
-Okay. -So it had a little more texture.
And maybe whatever finish is being put on could be more matte?
-Let's do it. I love wire brush. -Okay. So let's set this up here.
I found this countertop that has this cool gray and white veining throughout,
and it's pretty high-contrast.
It's one thing to see quartz samples in our office,
but it's another to actually look at them in the space.
-So this will go everywhere. -[Tyler] I like that.
-Isn't that cool? -That is pretty.
I love this quartz for the design of their kitchen,
because the pattern is quite bold,
and I think it just will add a lot of movement
and a bit of that black-and-white look Jim mentioned loving.
How much longer do we have?
Eight weeks. Maybe seven.
But I'll plan on eight?
-Yeah, plan on eight. -Okay.
Okay, so I'm gonna call Jim and Helen and give them an update on timeline.
And if you can just hang out here real quick
to see if I need anything else, that'd be great. Thanks.
[Jim] Here we go.
Hi. How is living away? How are you feeling about that?
I can't complain. I do miss home.
It's worth the wait.
Right now, I'm in a construction zone, but even that looks pretty, so…
It's looking really good.
I just talked to Tyler,
and he says that we're looking at eight weeks
until we will install all the furniture.
So if you can hang in there for eight more weeks--
To have a number, that helps.
-Yes. -So eight weeks from today.
So we need to make your paper chain,
and then you can count down eight more weeks.
Jim and Helen have already been out of their home for several months.
We need to get them back in there ASAP.
And when I say eight weeks, I really want to mean eight weeks.
-We're gonna hold you to it. -Okay.
-[Jim] Well, at least there's a date. -Okay, awesome.
Well, enjoy your time in Atlanta, and we'll talk to you soon.
Thank you very much, Shea.
Okay. Bye, guys.
Oh my gosh. I love Helen so much.
She's the best.
And I'm ready for her to have a beautiful kitchen.
So I'm gonna hold you to the eight weeks. Lots to do.
-Lots to do. -You feel good?
-Yeah, I feel so good. -Me too.
-We're on it. -'Cause I'm outta here.
Thanks, Tyler. See you.
[dramatic music]
Oh my gosh, look at that whale.
-[Wren] Oh my gosh. -[Shea] Whoa!
[Ivy] Whoa, that's cool.
Our business keeps us so busy
that we have to remind ourselves to have some fun.
My idea of fun is to do something that the kids are, like, so stoked on,
which is, like, the aquarium.
They love that place.
You are lying through your teeth. That is not your idea of fun.
-That's not my idea of fun. -[laughs]
I said their idea of fun. The kids love that idea of fun.
-Oh my gosh. -[Shea] Ooh!
-[Syd] That's awesome. -[Shea] Girls.
Wow.
[Syd] Ooh, that's kind of big.
-[Ivy] Ah! Whoa! -[Shea] Whoa!
Ah! Look at that!
[Shea] Look at the lobster. It's huge.
[Syd] "Don't eat me."
-[Wren] Hi. -[woman] Hi, guys.
Welcome to the Penguin Encounter.
-If you guys wanna have a seat over here… -Okay.
[Syd] Guys, if you get hungry, don't eat the fish.
Here you go.
-You ready to meet some penguins? -[Syd] Okay.
All right, let's do it.
Oh my gosh, look at the little penguin!
[Shea] Oh my gosh, they're so cute!
[Syd] Hey, dudes!
[woman] Right now we have Milo. He's closest to me.
This is Scamper.
This one is hungry, dude.
Okay, there you go, bro. That's your third one.
Coming in the penguin room, I knew this was a special event.
I just didn't know it was like a black-tie affair.
I feel underdressed.
[woman] When they get real hungry, they'll fight over the fish sometimes.
Guys, can you… Oh, there's the poop.
[Syd] Hey, guys.
-Oh dude, there you go. Oh, yeah. -Good job, Ives.
Oh, dude! You got sniped!
-[squawking] -[Shea] Oh!
[all laugh]
[Syd] He stole his fish.
[Wren] I don't have any more fish.
[Syd] They're like, "Where are the fish at?"
I think I've exhausted all my dad jokes, so…
Fin-tastic.
[Shea chuckles]
We're having a swimmingly good time at the aquarium.
-That was pretty good. -You get my seal of approval.
-That's unbelievable. -[Shea laughs]
Now I know how you feel.
-Thank you. -You guys are very welcome.
[Syd] You have a good day.
[uplifting music]
[Shea] Hello?
Shea!
The fireplace looks so good.
[Tyler] Yeah, it's pretty. You like that color?
-[Shea] Looks great. -Good. Here, let me grab that for you.
You're farther along than I thought. It looks so good.
I'm so excited about this.
Stone backsplash tied in with a stone fireplace.
I'm kind of doing something interesting in the kitchen. Two backsplashes.
So we're doing this stone in this niche behind the stove,
and then we're going to be doing a white brick backsplash here.
The plan for the kitchen design is to blend Jim's modern-style preferences
with Helen's traditional leanings.
And with the kitchen cabinets,
I think that that really sets the tone for the kitchen.
So I have a couple of different options.
I have, like, hardware with this, like, long pole,
round knobs.
Hardware can really change the feeling of your kitchen.
And so we really need to make sure that that selection is spot-on.
This is pretty chunky.
-Mm-hm. -It looks pretty.
But I like that this is a little bit more streamlined for Jim.
That's a six-inch versus an eight-inch.
This is just such a large…
I'm trying to strike the balance of modern and traditional.
I love that this has, like, this little coining detail,
which is a cute detail.
So if I can do the black hardware,
then that ties in the black that he was asking for.
-Sure. -And so,
I need to pick a grout today, because we're going to tile up here,
and then we're going up to the ceiling on this?
-Yes. -I'd love to bring tile up to the ceiling.
I feel it's an easy way to get a really high-end look.
[Tyler] What pattern do you want this?
-You want a brick stack? Or straight? -Yes.
[Shea] Brick stack.
I love both a brick lay and a straight stack when installing tile,
but they just give very different looks.
The straight stack is a bit more mid-century-modern-looking to me,
and the brick lay looks more traditional.
I'm going with the brick lay in this project
because we're mixing two different backsplash styles.
We have the stone on the range wall,
and then we have the tile on the sink wall.
I just need a sketch of where you want knobs and pulls.
And then I think we just gotta get done.
-Okay. -[Tyler laughs]
-So how much time do we have? -We only have, like, a few days.
-Okay. -A lot to do.
There is a lot to do.
-Well, I'll leave so you can finish. -Okay. Get outta here.
[Shea] Okay, thanks, Tyler. See you.
[uplifting music]
-Hello. -[Danielle] Hello!
-Welcome, welcome. -Oh, nice.
-We've already got the entryway styled. -[Danielle] Yeah.
[Shea] It's looking good. Okay.
It's taken months to get to this point with Jim and Helen's new space,
so I really want them to be happy with it.
That looks so good.
I need it to go… I'm really hoping it fits this way.
And it looks like it might not.
Uh-uh. No. It's not gonna work.
-The slab of the stone-- -[Sierra] The hearth goes out too far?
-Goes out too far. -[man] Might be right on it.
By half an inch.
And the baseboard.
Oh, wait. Hold on.
-Oh my gosh. -[Danielle] Oh!
-[Shea] Working miracles. Thank you. -[Danielle] Wow.
[Sierra] Oh, wow. That is tight, but it fits.
-[man] Does it work? -[Shea] Yes, thank you.
-Okay, thank you. Bless you. -[Sierra] Wow.
-Little sigh of relief. It's great. -[Shea] Okay.
[Sierra] That looks pretty.
[Shea] This coffee table's for Jim.
[Sierra] It's a nice, modern touch for him.
[Shea] The round coffee table is perfect for this space
because it allowed more room to walk around,
and also for them to pop open those recliners.
I mean, they are the coolest recliners that I've ever seen.
[Syd] That's freaking awesome.
The recliners are this warm, rich leather with a little bit of tufting,
and I feel like they have a more traditional quality.
Can you still walk behind it when someone is in full recline taking a nap?
If I was, like, carrying a pizza or something, I'm fine.
That's your first thought, Syd? You hungry?
-Always. -[Danielle] Always.
The rooster is not staying.
[Shea laughs]
-Shea said no. -[laughs]
Sorry, dude.
The plan was originally that we were getting this charcoal sofa,
and then the lighter rug was a nice contrast.
-[Danielle] Yeah. -But it was on back order,
so we changed it last minute to what they had in stock.
And now it's very, very light.
It's very, like, light, so we need to bring in the darker…
I need some contrast, so I'll look to see if I can grab a rug from the warehouse.
Plans change through the design process, and also on-site when you're installing.
And now that I'm standing in the space, I'm questioning the rug.
I decided to change the rug last minute because we're going for a saturated look.
I'm hoping to get some more depth and, like, warmth through this rug.
I'm really just hoping that it looks good, because I don't wanna…
Oh, it's perfect. I don't even have to see the whole thing.
It was like it was made for this space. Nothing like a last-minute design change.
Beautiful. All right.
I'm feeling good. It's come a long way.
And not just a long way in the last couple hours,
but in the last, like, 48 hours.
-Should we try out the recliners? -Oh, yeah.
This could be us, babe.
If we had recliners in our house…
Date night.
[laughs]
I feel like with kids, you'd feel too vulnerable to be in a recliner.
Like, wham. Like, someone just throws something.
[Shea] This is pretty comfortable, though. Kick back. Take a nap.
-I could seriously fall asleep. -[both laugh]
-Don't fall asleep. -It is so good.
Helen is the only person that could get me to incorporate a recliner in the space.
They're awesome.
-And comfortable. -Sure. Sure.
You always decline to recline.
I do decline to recline. Uh-huh.
It's so good.
-[Helen] This is going to be exciting. -[Syd] There they are.
-Oh! Oh my God. -There they are.
I want this big room for entertainment,
for eating, for, you know, for watching sports.
And we're very excited to see what she's done.
Well, are you ready to see the inside?
-I am. -[Shea] Okay.
-Yes. Yes. -[Syd] Come on, y'all.
-We're going to have you lead. -[Helen] Come on down.
-Unless you wanna wait a couple more days. -[laughs]
-Wanna wait a little longer? -[Helen] No.
I always get nervous before revealing to clients.
From mixing two styles and…
I don't know, what if they don't like it? I just get nervous.
Ooh.
Oh my goodness.
Oh, my.
Oh!
-Oh! Oh! -Wow!
-Oh my goodness. -Look at this.
[Helen] I love it.
-[Jim] Look at how that opened up. -[Helen] Oh!
It's fantastic.
[Jim] It's just, when you walk in, it's like, "Oh my gosh."
This turned out absolutely beautiful.
Thank you for taking the wall out.
It's opened up so we can entertain. Love that.
Now it just flows so well.
And somebody can be cooking, somebody can be watching the game.
I knew she could do that beam.
-[all laugh] -I knew it.
The beam was structural to your entire home.
So once we started knocking out the wall,
we had to do something to hold your house up.
Thank you.
Yeah, so we left the steel truss here,
and then we did a really dark stain on the island
and tied that finish in with wrapping the steel beam.
Do you see the mix of Jim and the mix of Helen in here?
-We do. -I do.
[Shea] The whole hope for the space was that we could mix old and new.
We kept your existing firebox, and then took away the purple.
Chickens and purple are out.
-Purple wall didn't grow on you at all? -It didn't grow at all.
It'll be better for everybody who comes now. Not just us.
I felt like the exterior of the home has kind of a cottage feel.
Jim, you mentioned loving that Park City modern.
I took inspiration from that,
and we did this really beautiful treatment on the fireplace.
-[Jim] I love the fireplace. -[Helen] I do too.
You have so many wonderful pieces that were sentimental to you,
and so we've incorporated throughout, really, every single room.
This little corner here,
you can see we really built a color palette
around the colors that were in this painting,
and we've incorporated that through the textiles,
and then some modern touches, like…
-[Jim] I like it, yeah. -[Shea] This modern coffee table.
[Helen] That is so clever.
We followed some of the cues that you had.
The sofa under the window makes sense, but we went with a larger sofa
so it fills the space and accommodates more people.
-I… Oh. -Look at this.
-Oh, Jim and my chair. -Do you know what these are?
-Oh, do they put your feet up? -They put your feet up.
-You gotta try it. Mom, get in there. -They're beautiful and put your feet up.
Oh.
And then if you keep going, it'll take you all the way back.
-[Jim] Really? Oh! -Oh!
-Those chairs are very nice. -Oh.
[Helen] This chair is gonna work good for cross-stitching,
because I can still watch television, and I'm close to the kitchen.
[laughs]
Oh, I love this.
[Jim] I love how you incorporated the stone.
Ties it in really cool.
-[Shea] Isn't that beautiful? -[Helen] Oh, that is.
[Shea] And we tied in the living room stone with the kitchen backsplash.
One of my favorite things to do when creating cooktop areas
-is to do niches on the sides. -[Jim] I like that.
[Shea] And then all-new kitchen counters that have this really pretty veining.
-[Helen] Perfect. -We did something different where,
instead of putting the pendants over the island,
we did a pendant over the table
-and a chandelier over the island. -[Helen] That is clever.
[Shea] I thought that this light fixture was the perfect blend of your styles.
[Helen] Good thinking. Yeah, that is true.
[Shea] And then we did modern, cleaner lines on the table,
and these chairs with the black accents for Jim.
[Jim] Love the table.
She did great.
It turned out fantastic. On a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 10.
-Oh my gosh. -It's a 10-plus.
If we were to do this ourselves, we wouldn't have the touch or the taste.
Or we wouldn't be speaking now either.
[both laugh]
Jim and I have a little gift for you two.
-Oh. -Wow.
-[Helen] Oh, got it upside down. -Aw.
-This is so sweet. -[Helen] There.
-"To the McGees…" -"…who are as busy as a bee."
-Oh! -"Thank you for making a dream come true."
-[Shea] Aw. -[Syd] That's so pretty.
You picked a gold frame and everything. You knew.
-[all laugh] -You knew. Thank you.
You got good taste.
-I knew what I liked. -Yeah, I love it.
-Thank you. -Thanks so much.
[Helen] I'm glad.
-We're gonna take this home with us. -Oh, yeah.
And now it's time for you to enjoy your home.
-Oh yes. Thank you. -Thank you.
Thank you so much.
-Yes, yes. -This was so sweet. Thank you.
-Don't be strangers. -[Syd] Okay, thanks.
You guys are awesome. Thank you.
[Jim] See you. Thank you!
[Shea] Helen wanted to update her home
to include some of her son's style.
By mixing traditional elements with some modern touches,
we were able to breathe a fresh perspective into a home
that complements both Helen's and Jim's personalities perfectly.
What once looked like Helen's home where Jim was staying,
now feels like a home that belongs to both of them.
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