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  • We've got a really long, long way

  • to go to making it just livable, but I want to go beyond that

  • and I want this house to be lovable.

  • I want to just have fun with that.

  • Let's do something we've never done before.

  • [ding]

  • All right, guys, Alise Matthews is precious.

  • So when we're thinking about designing for her house,

  • think about keeping it very youthful

  • but mostly keeping it as affordable

  • as it can possibly be.

  • I really want to stay under $75,000

  • being a young single woman, find something that I can call home.

  • All right, this is the Bush House.

  • This is a $12,000 house, but it's

  • important in Laurel's history.

  • It is the last remaining structure

  • of the Bush Dairy Farm.

  • If you grew up in Laurel, it's very iconic.

  • It's been blue since the day it was first painted,

  • and I want to keep it blue.

  • This house is situated on such a beautiful property

  • with the lake, with all of the trees around it.

  • So I think we can bring a lot of those nature-inspired patterns

  • and colors into the house.

  • I agree.

  • Alise's young.

  • This means this is not her forever house.

  • So for now, let's give her a house that is full of style

  • and that is safe and beautiful.

  • We don't want to give her, like, the luxurious sedan.

  • It's like that fun car you drive in college.

  • Yes.

  • Yes.

  • This house didn't really have any design choices of any kind

  • before.

  • I mean, it was just a house, just a place to make a meal

  • and sleep and then go to work.

  • So we've got our work cut out for us to make this house

  • have style and personality.

  • Hear me out.

  • We're not going to do marble countertops,

  • but have you thought about laminate?

  • We've talked about this before in the past,

  • and I'm kind of excited about laminate.

  • It's got a very, like, marbled look

  • that's almost kind of modern.

  • We're not going to put $4,000 countertops in a $12,000 house.

  • If we base all of our decisions around this that has to happen,

  • what if we have fun with the backsplash?

  • We can take spray paints, vinegar, and water to make

  • mirrored mercury glass--

  • - I love that idea. - I love that.

  • --for the backsplash.

  • I kind of think it's fun, and we can afford it.

  • So color-- if we're going to kind

  • of go modern and kind of funky and fun,

  • what if we play with green?

  • And you know how I feel about green.

  • It's gorgeous, and I love this green

  • because it's a different green than what

  • we've done in the past.

  • It's not quite an olive, but it has a warmth to it.

  • It's very sophisticated.

  • I don't think anyone's lived in it for the last,

  • like, 15 years or something.

  • The fireplace is completely rotted.

  • The mantle is just, like, hanging by a thread,

  • and it's held together by its structural paint.

  • The floors are horrible right now.

  • We're just going to cover them up completely with pine floors.

  • Right, good.

  • We've done it before, and it's really beautiful.

  • I think if we keep the woods light, it's going to feel good.

  • Then the rest of the house we can tone it down on the wall

  • colors because I want to bring in fun and color

  • with furnishing.

  • And I was thinking we could probably

  • go with more of like a matchstick,

  • wood blind again to kind of add--

  • So we've got a big window in that living room--

  • - Right. - --dining room.

  • Right.

  • And then add lots of layers of, you know,

  • kind of color and texture with the drapery.

  • Yes.

  • We start with really cleaning up the bones

  • and then just really adding all of these personality touches.

  • I don't what to do with that bathroom, y'all.

  • That bathroom is tough.

  • I'm just going to say this is atrocious.

  • It's revolting.

  • It's a tough, tiny space, and I

  • think we're also trying to accomplish a laundry

  • area into the equation as well.

  • If we add something like a large black-honeycomb-style tile,

  • that would be a really pretty detail.

  • This whole house almost feels like a little beehive,

  • and this feels beehivey.

  • Taking out that window and putting the shower

  • and the tub there will actually give you a lot

  • more space to put a vanity.

  • I feel like a big vanity where she can store

  • everything she needs would be a lot more

  • useful than what's there now.

  • I want Alise to jump up and down

  • she's so excited when she sees.

  • I want her to be overcome with excitement.

  • I think that houses like this make

  • my artistic background shine.

  • This backsplash, it doesn't have to be tile.

  • Tile's cool, but we can use glass.

  • We can make it unexpected, and then

  • it's more personal that way.

  • It makes it more special.

  • Typically the houses we're working on are forever homes.

  • They're houses that are going to be lived

  • in for many, many years to come, and we

  • have to have the highest quality,

  • lasting, durable finishes in every decision.

  • But in this house, because it's going

  • to be her home for a few years and then she'll move on,

  • you know, so make this house perfect for her right now.

We've got a really long, long way

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