[acoustic music]
-[Syd] Girls. -[Wren] What?
[Syd] Come on out.
-How's it going in there? -Good.
-You guys see any bears yet? -No.
I'll get dinner ready.
Beans and… beans.
That's what we're gonna have for dinner.
I'm starving.
You want some beans? Oh, these are, like, steaming beans.
Welcome to camping.
I like to go camping because you know why?
I can't be on my phone.
You guys can't do your iPads.
There's no electronics.
There's just hanging out and chatting. That's the best thing about it.
-[Wren] What if there's a wolf? -Don't know what to do for wolves.
[laughs]
[Syd] Gotta look that one up.
[Wren] Where is Mom?
Mom's not, like, "a camper."
Mom likes hiking and going outside, but likes to stay in, like, a hotel.
Yeah. So funny.
I just love to go and be outside and, like, camping.
So I'm thinking if I can get the girls into really enjoying the outdoors,
that maybe they'll bring Mom along too.
Oh, so you're using our kids to manipulate me into going camping?
Hey, I'm trying to show them the value of the great outdoors.
Mountain air. Smell that?
[Shea] Girls!
Pizza's ready.
[Wren] Pizza?
Pizza!
[Shea laughs]
-[Ivy] Pizza. -You want some pizza?
I love pizza.
[Shea, laughing] You love pizza?
[Syd] No pizza! We're camping!
You're trying to sabotage my camping trip here.
No, I just think every camping trip is better with homemade pizza.
-Real tough, guys. -[Ivy] Thank you, Mama.
[Shea] You're welcome, sweetheart.
I'm gonna eat my freaking beans.
-[Wren] But we-- -[laughing] Beans?
[Shea] Okay, have fun!
[upbeat music]
Brandon?
-Oh, hey, dude. -Hey, man.
-How's it going? -Great. Thanks for coming.
Anything crazy under there?
Well, I'm doing an initial inspection.
Well, I'm pretty stoked on this.
I don't think I've ever gone camping with my wife.
We've been married for 13 years,
so if I can sell her on it as a project to do the inside and make it all cool,
that she'll like buy into it and I can get her out there.
Don't tell anybody, but I've purchased a Airstream trailer
as a surprise for Shea.
Yeah, this is a big risk. I hope Shea likes it.
We've definitely got a big surprise for you inside.
Let's see it, dude.
-All right, let's go inside. -Let's do it.
Oh my gosh. Wow.
[Brandon] They've incorporated something out of every aisle in Home Depot.
[Syd] Dude, this is gnarly.
[Brandon] It's not the worst we've seen, but it might make the top five.
Yeah, look at that tapestry.
[Brandon] I think an artist was staying in here.
Some hippies. Who knows? You didn't touch that, did you?
I touched the side.
This thing looks rough.
And I am hoping that this was not just a huge mistake
and that I've bought something that's beyond repair.
Yeah, let's start hammering on this thing.
[hammer banging]
[Syd] So what are the next steps?
Well, we are going to finish pulling this interior out.
We're gonna be able to turn over a shell to you guys
to help create the space in.
Sweet. "Surprise, Shea. Like, got a new project for you."
-Yeah. -I hope she's like, "Yay."
Like excited about it. Not "Oh my gosh, what have you done?"
Well, hopefully, you got energy out doing this--
It's the manliest thing I've done for a while with a house full of girls.
-So appreciate it. Thank you. -This is great, yeah.
-Thanks, man. -All right.
[upbeat music]
[Syd] Hey, babe.
Got a little surprise for you today.
[Shea] That's terrifying.
I like surprises…
when they're good surprises. [laughs]
She likes surprises with boundaries.
Surprises with boundaries! [laughs]
Do you remember any surprises where I did well?
When you proposed to me. That was good.
That was a good one. That's the first one.
When you showed up at our wedding, that was a good surprise.
Oh.
-Surprise. -Surprise.
-He made it. A little late. -Uh-huh.
Oh my gosh.
Well, you didn't have me pack a suitcase.
-I'm assuming we're not going somewhere. -We're not.
But we're getting close, so I'm gonna have you put your blindfold on soon.
-Cool. -I got you a nice one, though.
-It's like an eye mask, but for sleeping. -You can blink in there.
-How's that feel? -[Shea] I can't see anything.
-I'm gonna close my eyes too. -No, let's not do that.
[Syd] This is awesome.
All right. Forward.
If you were blind, would you still have married me?
-For my personality? -[Shea] Yes. Of course.
-[Shea laughing] -Okay, there's a little step down.
[Shea] Okay. Wait. Where's the step?
[Syd] It's just, like, a mat.
We've been talking about doing this for a while.
Last year, you said, "Yeah, sure. We could do that."
-I'm so nervous right now. -But I just went ahead and did it.
So which thing do you think is ours?
[laughs]
Oh my gosh.
-You got an Airstream? -[Syd] Yeah.
[both giggling]
-Surprise! -Ah!
Oh my gosh!
It's real pretty.
She is a little rough.
Little rough around the edges, but she looks a lot better.
-Can we go inside? -Yeah.
This is our freaking land yacht.
This is so cool!
How sweet is this?
[Shea] Actually, I'm very excited. This is, like, the one really good…
-really good surprise. -I was worried.
I was like, "Okay, we gotta do this, because Shea's not gonna go camping,
-unless there's a bathroom." -Not unless there's a bathroom.
I'm really glad that you liked the surprise.
We were either going to have an Airstream to design
or you were gonna have an Airstream to sell, right?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Or to live in.
-Or to live in. -In the front of the house.
[both laugh]
Learn my lesson.
[Shea], Wow, my head is going in a million directions
because I have no idea what I'm doing.
I feel a little bit overwhelmed.
I was gonna say, I'm excited too, but I'm not designing.
-I'm just excited to go. -We've got, like, curved walls.
So that's something that I don't usually work with.
Like, everything's a little bit different.
I'm, like, okay, kitchen goes here, I think.
And then, like, a bed for us at the back.
-[knocking] -Knock, knock.
-[Shea] Hi! -Hey, guys.
-Hey, how's it going? -Nice to see you again.
-I'm Shea. -Nice to meet you.
-Good to meet you. -You know, we can put a doorbell for you.
-Really? -Yeah.
-I would love that. -Okay, let's start there.
I'm, like, so overwhelmed in a good way.
When you stand inside, you realize, "Okay,
this is a tighter space than I am used to working with."
"All the walls are curved."
"How am I going to make this happen?"
I have so many questions,
because of course I'm like, "Okay, I wanna do this and do that."
But I have no idea what's possible and what's not possible.
There's a lot to learn.
You're gonna take an entire house, and not just the interior of the house,
but your septic system, your electrical system.
We're gonna be maybe adding solar.
You gotta figure out bathroom, kitchen, lounge, bedroom,
a place for the kids to chill, storage places,
and you've got to do it all in this area that we're standing in right now.
I'm a little nervous for the things I don't know about designing an Airstream,
but I'm sure that we can figure it out.
I think you just pick smaller and lighter things than normal.
Little, smaller toilet, and a smaller shower.
-Okay. -And a smaller bed.
-And smaller knives for cooking. -[laughs]
I don't know. I think everything's just smaller.
You're so excited for me to have a learning experience, huh?
Learn and do something different, and be challenged.
-I'll enjoy the fruits of your learning. -Yeah.
Do you think you can have all of this done by camping season?
[laughing] What? I…
I have no idea how long remodeling an Airstream takes.
Let's rock and roll.
Like, I'm thinking already with this, you have dropdowns like on an airplane.
We could just put kids in there, then flip it up and they can sleep up top.
-Yeah, it wouldn't be the first time. -[Shea laughs]
Well, thank you so much. I know we'll be in contact a lot.
-Definitely. -I'll have so many questions.
-[Syd] I've already learned so much. -[Shea] Thank you.
[upbeat music]
Shea, Erin's here.
-Oh, hi. Hi, how are you? -Hi.
-How are you? I'm so good. -Come on in.
Being the client is an interesting position to be in
when I'm typically on the design side helping guide our clients.
And it's… I don't like being out of control.
And so I just wanna make sure that I can get the aesthetic,
but also I'm not making decisions that we'll regret later.
Tell me exactly how you guys plan to use this trailer, how you camp.
How I camp is I don't camp.
-[laughs] -Um…
I just want to be able to, like, go outside, explore,
but have a place to come back to that has a comfortable bed and a clean bathroom.
-Okay. -We need to be able to sleep three kids.
And then a bed for Syd and I.
Then we might need to multipurpose a lot of your areas and spaces.
And we can make a transitional sleeping area in the front.
Uh, like a dinette seating area.
And then the table would close down into a bed.
This front area is about the size of a king-size bed when down.
I like the idea of a U-shape
because if I can keep Wren a little bit separated,
-she will kick people less. -Okay.
[Shea] The very front of the trailer will serve a dual purpose.
By day, it will be a dining table surrounded by a deep sofa.
By night, it will convert into a U-shaped sleeping area
with enough room for the kids.
We'll want to nail down what you wanna do in the kitchen.
I like to cook, but we will not ever go for, like, long periods of time.
It'll be like a three-day weekend.
I don't know that I need like a tall refrigerator.
It could be under-counter, so that I get more… I like surface.
Sounds like you're not gonna want overhead cabinets.
-I do not want the overhead. -Okay.
You'll have room on this side for a portion of your kitchen area.
So maybe we put our stove…
I'd like the stove and the oven to be across from the sink and not next to it.
That works perfect.
A large sink will look out the window.
And by using a short refrigerator, we'll get a lot of extra countertop space.
On the opposite wall, we'll have a stove, oven, and more lower cabinets.
But no upper cabinets, because in a space this small,
it only makes the space feel smaller.
There's a few things, like, when I see other trailers that drives me crazy.
The toilet in the shower thing.
-Ugh, I don't love that. -Yeah. Okay.
I also don't want a bathroom that feels, like, too cramped.
We can split the bathroom.
If, visually, you want it to be more like the bathroom in your home,
then we'll make it a walk-through.
You'll walk through a door,
and this will be our beautiful bathroom.
-Your big, spacious bathroom. -With marble tile.
No, that is not gonna work.
And so, what are my…?
You have to think a trailer, it's like a level-7 earthquake.
Okay. All the time?
All the time.
And so, like, anything that's in there, you want it to be really lightweight.
Marble tile on absolutely every surface--
-But I want marble tile on every surface. -[laughing] Okay.
-So, um, weight is an issue. -Okay.
I have to give and take all the time when having conversations with clients.
And so, um, I'm trying to take that same approach with the Airstream,
but it does seem like I'm getting a lot of noes, so…
If you want to get the look of marble, we can source something else.
I want the real deal.
Uh, well… We try to stay away from putting tile on the curved wall.
If I can get away with having a really pretty marble tile on the shower floor
and on those two accent walls…
[Erin] Yeah. For sure we can do that.
Then I…
-That's a good compromise. -Yeah.
[Shea] I'll limit myself to using marble on the two accent walls,
the bench, and the floor.
And we'll add a glass shower door
so you don't feel too closed off in the space.
And then across from the shower,
we'll add a sink area and a toilet with lightweight wood floors.
So you'll walk through another door and then that will be the bedroom area.
-Your bedroom. Right. -Yes.
You're gonna have the most coveted bedroom area of all Airstreams ever.
Okay, good, I'll take it.
The back door of the bathroom will open up to the bedroom.
It will have a fold-down queen-size bed over built-in storage
with a rounded headboard to complement the rounded Airstream ceiling.
On either side, we'll have floating nightstands and sconces.
I'm just imagining us with the kids and s'mores,
and that's what's getting me through making all those design compromises.
Yep.
Thank you so much for taking this project on.
[Erin] No, absolutely. We are thrilled.
[upbeat music]
They're gonna come down this way.
Do you see them? Do you see them?
-Hey, guys. -Hi, Mom! Hi, Margot!
Hi. Whoo-whoo!
[Syd] Wren, let's see you jump.
I love to take the girls skiing. It's so much fun.
And the ski resorts have great indoor plumbing.
[laughs]
-[Ivy] Mom! Look at that! -Whoo!
[Shea] Hi, Ives!
-[Ivy] Margy! -[Shea] Killing it.
-Whoa! -[Syd laughs]
Okay, you guys ready?
-You're it. -Hey!
I am so proud of our girls and how much they charge.
Yeah!
We'll go through trees,
we'll charge it down the hill.
They'll go so fast.
Like, they'll do little jumps. They're all french fry and no pizza.
-Whoa! -All right.
[Syd] This looks fun to do some of those chutes.
[Shea] To just go straight down?
-We gotta go like… -[Shea] Doesn't look fun to me.
What a day, huh?
[Syd] This is incredible.
Is this one of the prettiest views you've seen?
-[Wren] Mm-hmm. -[Shea] How lucky are we, huh?
Cheers.
I try not to drink sugar chocolate water, but when I do, it's when I ski.
The hot chocolate smells like coffee but tastes like hot chocolate.
-I sure the heck hope it's not coffee. -[Shea] You guys have enough energy.
Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.
You are a ski bunny, huh?
If we went to an icy enough hill, we could slide her down.
I feel like this has filled the California void.
Once we started skiing, I love it here now.
[uplifting music]
-Hey. -Hey.
Oh my gosh.
This looks like a different trailer.
-How are you? -[Brandon] Great. Nice to see you.
I'm really excited to see the progress in the trailer.
I've felt in the dark for a while,
but now, as we're getting to the finishes, now we're rolling.
Okay, so this is… what, it's AC?
You got an AC here. This is for your pendant light.
And you're standing on the future dining table.
-It starts right where you are. -So this is the banquette.
[Brandon] It'll kind of wrap around.
-And then a table base in the center. -That goes up and down.
It'll be electronic, so you can just hit a button.
-Turns into a bed. -I'm excited. That's cool.
So we'll have the sink, the fridge.
-And then the cooktop is over here. -[Brandon] Exactly.
I had planned to do this little, like, rod,
like a pot rack, on the left of the window.
But now I am thinking that this looks a little blank over here.
And so I'd like to hang the pot rack here.
Are there any issues with me doing that?
[Brandon] As you look at the drawing that we have,
it can feel cluttered with the window, and the light switches, and everything.
So definitely a good choice.
By moving the pot rack to the opposite wall,
I can use a longer rail,
which means more storage in this tiny kitchen.
This will be a door that goes into a bathroom.
And what I'm seeing looks even bigger than I was imagining it to be,
so I'm really excited.
That's my thing. I won't go camping unless there's a nice bathroom.
So this is great.
I'm standing in the future shower,
and this is the tile that I'm really hoping to use.
In a more of a subway tile shape on--
-Looking for more of a rectangle look? -Yes.
-On the walls here. -Mm-hmm.
And then the bench.
And then doing this mosaic on the floor.
[Brandon] Got it.
Um, I also have this herringbone here,
uh, but I kind of want this one to be the shower floor
because it feels more mid-century to have the hex.
The smaller your tiles are, actually, it's better for the trailer
because, um, when you have a lot of movement, possibly through here,
then with the smaller ones,
the movement can transfer through the grout and everything.
Whereas you never wanna put larger ones, because the tiles will actually split.
Split. Okay.
-We're on the right track as far as size. -And between these two, we're okay?
Mm-hmm. Definitely heavier than I would suggest.
[laughs]
Um, but we have beefed up this trailer considerably with the idea that--
Because you knew I was gonna be overboard with my tile?
We knew this was gonna be a demand,
so with your trailer, we're able to accommodate this.
Okay.
We could just do a full aluminum shower and save, like, 100 pounds.
We could also stay in a hotel.
I really like the marble that you picked out for the shower.
[laughing] Thank you.
Getting a little sneak peek at the bedroom here.
I brought these lights.
Um…
-[Brandon] Yeah, let's check them out. -[Shea] Because I wanted to check out
the sizing difference.
All the light fixtures I know, like my normal light fixtures,
feel a lot bigger in the Airstream.
Okay, so we'll have this tiny nightstand that's, like, floating.
Um, this is the larger light.
But it almost hangs, like…
Even though it just feels like a tiny sconce to me,
I mean, it almost hangs to the edge of the bed.
Your bed's gonna be down to about here, right?
So if you wanna reach up and then flip your switch…
-Is that an outsource? -This doesn't have a switch.
So this is kind of nice that you could turn it on.
Also, I do like that it's a little bit smaller.
Choosing lighting in a space this small is challenging.
This just looks so big. I think this is my winner.
Everything feels too large in a trailer.
So I found these really small sconces that fit perfectly above the nightstands.
I think that's it,
unless you have any other questions for me.
-I mean, it's looking really good. -Yeah.
How far out are we?
We'll get you out there for the spring camping season.
Oh, spring? I was, like, hoping for summer.
So if we can do spring camping, I'm great.
Yeah, it won't be too long now.
-Okay, thanks, Brandon. Good to see you. -Definitely.
[upbeat music]
[Shea] I selected a quartz for the kitchen countertop
because we plan to camp and be outside.
And I don't want to be, you know, nervous about scratches and dings.
And so, quartz is the perfect material to do that.
And the light gray veining ties in the tone of our cabinetry.
In the bedroom, I want a headboard, but those tend to take up a lot of space.
So we'll use a lightweight wood frame,
and we'll add just enough padding and cushion
to keep it thin but also cozy.
[sweeping music]
[birds tweeting]
[Syd] Gosh, you guys, I'm so excited. Are you so excited?
-I'm too excited. -Where is it?
[Shea] They've found this beautiful location
as our inaugural trip in the Airstream,
and I cannot wait to surprise the girls.
Whoo!
[blurting horn]
[Wren] Hi!
[Shea] Are you ready?
[kids] Yeah!
Come on!
What do you think?
-Are you ready for this? -[Syd] Yeah!
-Hi! Hi! -Come on. Let's do this.
Come here.
You gonna wave?
Are you this excited or this excited?
-This excited! -This excited!
-One, two… -Two…
-Three! -Three!
Go!
-Oh my goodness. -Oh my gosh.
-[Shea] It's so pretty, huh? -[Ivy] Yeah!
[Shea] Is it awesome?
Yeah, so awesome.
When we first got this, it was a disaster.
And Dad was like, "Isn't it cute?" And I'm like, "No, not yet."
So we cleared everything out.
We made this little kitchenette space here
so we can play games, eat dinner.
But then at nighttime, we'll push a button…
Whoa!
I'm like, "What the heck is this?"
-Oh my goodness. -Whoa!
Whoa, this is so cool.
[Shea] And then when we do that, we'll add the cushions on top,
because this is gonna be your bed at night.
You can have a big slumber party with the sisters.
Well, she's gonna stay in her crib, I think.
Yeah, like right here.
-[Shea] Yes. -[Syd] Yes.
[Shea] And then we made a new kitchen.
This is our refrigerator and freezer.
Maybe it's for some ice cream.
Popsicles.
Mini Drumsticks and Otter Pops.
[Shea] Then a pretty big sink, I'd say.
Quartz countertops.
Pretty cool switches. Knife block.
For Dad, not for you guys.
-Yup. -You know what I'm saying?
My strategy in making the kitchen and living-dining area feel like home
was all about picking elevated finishes.
I wanted down cushions that we would put on a sofa.
The table, I wanted this walnut finish.
A little tile backsplash.
A pot rail.
Those are things that take it to the next level.
They're not something that you see in every single stock trailer.
-Ooh. -[Ivy] A bathroom.
[Shea] This is a nice camping bathroom.
We've got a really pretty shower.
I'd say that this is an upgrade. What do you think?
Uh-huh.
-That's a nice bathroom. -[Shea] There's the toilet.
[Syd] What does the toilet look like when you're in a tent camping?
It looks like you're going in the woods.
This is the camping bathroom of my dreams.
It feels luxurious.
[Syd] Wow. I feel very spoiled and lucky to have this.
Usually, you just find a good tree.
[both laugh]
Won't you open the next door?
Okay. Ready?
Three, two, one.
-Oh my gosh. -Oh my goodness.
[Shea] Whose beautiful bedroom is this?
-[both] Yours. -[Shea laughs]
Mom did the biggest bed she could possibly fit in here.
And then we did a headboard that has curved corners,
just like the top of the Airstream.
We have our own room, but it's kind of cool
because that means you have your own space to have a slumber party.
-We'll be like, "Hey, guys." -"Hey, how's it going down there?"
And you'll say, "Kids only."
[Ivy] No parents allowed!
-[Shea] Margot is loving this. -No, no.
-[Syd] Margot… -[Shea] She is an adventure baby.
Oh, you're so comfy.
Yeah!
Our bedroom is awesome.
And 1000%, the kids are gonna try to crash.
And I'm gonna say that the dining-bedroom area,
-like, that thing's pretty comfy too. -[Shea] It's really comfortable.
-So if we end up out there… -[laughs]
We're out camping. I'm just happy to be there.
I think that the first thing that we need to do to break in the camper is what?
Maybe roast some marshmallows?
-[Syd] And hot dogs. -[Shea] And hot dogs for dinner.
-What do you think? Yeah? -[kids] Yeah!
-I think that sounds like a good plan. -I'm starving.
So I was right? The trailer was a good idea?
-It was a good idea. -Yes.
[Shea] We feel so lucky.
Our family is growing, our business is growing.
Our whole world seems to be constantly expanding.
And no matter how exciting the future feels,
we always wanna take time to enjoy the present.
Thinking about what our family needs in the trailer
forced me to think about what our family needs in general.
And the number one thing is quality time together.
[upbeat music]