- Is this done?
- Yeah, it's done.
Ta-da, very minimal. - Oh my God! [laughs]
- You wanted minimal, we gave you minimal.
- [laughs] So chic.
- This is your new sink. - Obsessed.
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- So what's happening with the kitchen, Jen?
- So I found the house.
I was like, "This is perfect for a family."
We'd just had a newborn.
I'm like, "This is going to be so easy."
And then- - Surprise!
- My husband, Mike got involved.
And then I came in to check on it
and realized we demoed pretty much everything.
- [Erick] This is little, it's little. [laughs]
- I think there's one room that's not demoed.
But the kitchen I know is like so important to him
because he cooks and I love to eat.
So, we are so excited to see what you have in store.
- Yeah.
[upbeat music]
- I found him. - Hey, Mike.
- Hey.
- So we're talking about kitchen in terms of like,
remember that big island that was here?
- [Mike] Yeah.
- Do we still want to keep that?
How are you feeling about the island?
- Yeah, I mean, the size of the island I think is great
because it is such an amazing meeting point for everybody.
But I think the way that they used it
in the past was terrible.
The placement of the sink was bizarre.
It was in the corner, which doesn't make any sense.
If you are cooking,
you want the sink near the fridge, near the oven,
and there's a second sink here.
So I think just reconfiguring.
I think the shape is great,
but reconfiguring everything to make it more chef friendly.
- In terms of the island,
I feel like we should still keep it big,
I mean it's a huge space.
- It was so big to start, right?
- Yeah.
- I would love to incorporate some seating.
You have this huge island,
that's supposed to be this meeting point.
- Right. - There's nowhere to sit.
There's no way to put your computer out.
Like if I'm cooking, and she's just kind of hanging out,
or we have the baby here,
it'd be great eventually when he is old enough
to have a high chair,
and push it right up against the counter.
- Can I get that storage that we had in the last house?
- Oh, like under? - Like have a little storage.
- Yeah, we could totally do that.
We can leave it here in the front,
and then we can still have the island
come out a little bit more,
so that we can tuck in some nice stools here.
- All of the cabinetry was just kind of fighting
for your attention
and then every little nook and cranny had a detail,
or had some kind of little pillar.
So I think just keeping things
really like simple and minimal-
- Yeah.
- But using beautiful materials.
- One material that I love is soapstone.
- Love. - It's not porous.
It's super durable, it's heat resistant.
- Yeah it actually has like a natural texture to it.
Like a little bit of- - Why do you know this?
- Mike and I have secret conversations
where we text each other. [laughs]
- Like truly, you guys have a whole language, I can't even.
- [Erick] We've left you out of this one Jen.
- Great.
- Being entertainers that you guys are,
what about having two dishwashers?
Would that be something important that you?
- A hundred percent. - I already love that.
- And getting me my coffee station, that's all I care about.
I need to have my little coffee set up in the morning.
My hot water with lemon, I just need to have that.
- Okay. - So you're saying two sinks.
- Two sinks, and then two dishwashers.
- And two dishwashers.
I've never loaded the dishwasher
because he is so particular about it.
- There's a knack for him.
- We've gotten into the biggest fights.
- There is a way- [indistinct] - Yes, it's efficient.
- So now we can fight twice about it, that's great.
[upbeat music]
- Cool, so for the breakfast nook guys,
I'm thinking indoor outdoor,
'cause it's such a nice little, like you have that backdrop.
How do you guys feel about maybe adding a TV there?
- [Erick] Like a frame, like something-
- [Mike] Oh yeah, like the Samsung frame, yeah.
- Yeah, like the art TV.
- Something that could be art when we're not using it.
- I really love like the Pizza Hut vibe.
When you would go, and there was like family style,
like bench and chairs.
Do you guys hate that? - The bench cannot be.
- It's like the '80s,
where you have like a bench for your family.
- And you remember when your friend has to get up
and everybody has to get up? - That's what I was gonna say.
It's so annoying. - Yeah, that's true.
- So let's like maybe think, do like round table here.
Keep it again really nice and communal
so everyone can sit in the morning-
- You said round table? - I said round.
- Square. - Round.
- Round?
- Yeah, just play off of the shape of the bay window.
- Okay.
- Then we kind of continue that round here.
And then we'll dress it up with some nice,
maybe one or two plants just to soften up
at all the molding.
- Plants, where?
- Just kind of in the corner there.
I want to see something that connects the indoor-outdoor,
'cause we have a slider door back here.
That I feel like in summer when you open this up,
it should feel like an extension of the outside.
So I have a ton of ideas running through my head.
I wanna sketch them out for you guys,
so you can kind of see everything and then visualize.
[upbeat music]
We're gonna go and put a nice big island in the middle.
Keep it the 10 feet that we talked about.
- Okay.
- I'm thinking we actually put the sink right in the center.
What do you think about that?
- Sure, I love that.
- 'Cause I know Mike wanted some more surface on the sides.
- Yeah. - So dishwasher here
and then you know how we have the back wall?
- Yeah.
- We'll put another dishwasher here.
- Okay.
- And then we'll do another prep sink here.
- So this is a serious adult legit kitchen.
- Yeah. - This is exciting stuff.
With my calculations,
we're gonna be able to get 11 people in our kitchen.
- Exactly.
- And every time we have people over,
they just gravitate here.
So it's gonna be so nice to just have this like room.
What's our timeline?
- I think timeline is gonna be about two months.
- Okay.
- I know you want to get it done sooner, but-
- I thought you were gonna say like eight months because of-
- No. - Two months time.
We do have a baby, so we gotta get this...
Just go, you've got work to do, go.
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- Do you love it? - I love it.
- So we brought Mike to see all of the slabs
that we're gonna use for the kitchen countertops.
- Wow! - What do you think, Mike?
It's gonna be so easy to clean.
You get that natural stone look.
This is our concept.
We want the kitchen to feel very elevated, very grown up,
but still maintain a beautiful casualness to it.
And let all the materials
really tell this story of the space.
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So it's been a few months since we started
the kitchen remodel for our client, Jen and Mike.
Today the team and I are giving it the final touches.
We're so excited
because this is one of our favorite kitchens
that we've done so far.
I hope we hit all the marks
that Jen and Mike wanted in the kitchen,
and we can't wait to share it with them.
[bright music]
Jen and Mike really liked Scandinavian design.
So we didn't wanna overdo it with any of the accessories.
So we kept everything darker
with really beautiful handmade feel to them,
so that it added a little bit to the kitchen
without taking away from obviously the island
that's the show stopper.
So I'm gonna start just kind of giving them little moments
within the kitchen so that they can easily grab stuff
as they're cooking.
Fruits can just kind of sit up here,
adds a nice visual interest and a pop of color.
And then I love introducing fresh branches, or flowers.
And we want everything,
all the accessories to serve a function
so they're not just sitting there,
they're actually either holding something,
like this little beautiful tray holds the soap.
And both Jen and Mike
don't like a lot of accessories in general.
Even with the custom handles for the millwork,
we did an integrated handle
so that we didn't see a lot of the hardware.
So it just keeps everything really light linear
but when you open it, it's still really easy to grab.
And it just gives the kitchen more of a clean minimal look
that they both really gravitate towards.
For the back splash,
we went with the porcelain broken joint tile.
And again, we wanted to do something
that was visually beautiful without taking away from,
like I said, the main hero in the space,
which is the kitchen island.
So when you look at it, it's still really beautiful.
You can kind of see the texture.
And it just adds a little bit of depth to the entire space
without taking too much away.
We really wanted to do something beautiful
that would ground the space.
So we decided to go with the soap stone
that's a little bit on the darker side.
Since everything was gonna be lighter
with the paint color of choices that we went with.
We thought the soap stone
would just really add drama to the space.
And because it's such a huge island,
the scale was gonna be really important
so we wanted a stone that was gonna look stunning
as soon as you walked kitchen.
Mike loves to bake.
So he has a really, really large surface area
where he can really just put all of his mixer bowls
and he can actually use the stone
for putting the dough on it
and just really mixing everything here
and then it's just an easy clean up right after.
So a little tip that I like to do in kitchens
is kind of hide the outlets as much as I can.
I'm not a huge fan of outlets but you do need them.
So what I like to do is add accessories like a cutting board
that kind of hides them,
but still if you need it to use it,
you could just easily remove it
and then put it back when you're done.
And I just magically turned on the lights.
[Erick laughs] [upbeat music]
It was important for Jen and Mike to have two dishwashers
and we didn't wanna see them, so what we did was,
we found panel-ready dishwashers,
where you can kind of hide them
and they get integrated into the space.
Into the rest of the millwork so if you see here,
you can't tell that the dishwashers actually here,
there's one on the other side too,
so that if they have a large party,
they can have both of them running at the same time.
But they don't look ugly, they're just like nice and hidden.
[upbeat music]
So Mike and Jen really love a good breakfast nook.
At their previous house they used it all the time.
So we wanted to do something that was again
really beautiful,
but still didn't take away from the rest of the kitchen.
So what we did was add these amazing chairs that again,
everything just feels nice and light and user friendly.
They're still really minimal.
So they play it really nice with the Scandinavian design
that they both really like.
And we wanted to add had a beautiful round table
where if they want to either have breakfast,
they can sit here.
But if they have friends and family over
and they wanted to have a game night,
it could also double up as a beautiful space
where they can entertain.
So because we are in California,
outdoor living is really important.
So we always want to bring in the outdoor, indoor
and vice versa.
I love introducing plants into the spaces
like this beautiful Audrey Ficus.
It does really well inside. It doesn't need a lot of light.
Where everything else feels a little bit more neutral.
The green just makes everything pop and stand out.
This room also gets a lot of natural light.
So we wanted to keep the drapes really,
just kind of light and airy
with this beautiful lightweight linen.
Where it filters the light a little bit,
but it doesn't block everything out.
And then we also ended up adding
this beautiful Samsung frame TV that doubles up as art.
So when you're not watching TV,
it just becomes this beautiful piece that you can look at.
And it doesn't take away from the rest of the room.
[upbeat music]
So we created this nice little area here for Jen,
where she can have her coffee station
and also a nice way of displaying all of her plates
that she's been given throughout the years
from friends and family.
I personally love when my friends come over
and they can see everything displayed
and it's easy for them to grab and just use
instead of asking for things.
I love how user friendly it's gonna be
for all of her family.
[upbeat music]
All right, Mike and Jen,
are you guys ready
for the grand reveal? - Oh my God!
- Close your eyes, close your eyes.
- I can't believe this is happening.
Wait, am I gonna bump to something?
- Unos, dos, tres, ta-da!
- Oh my God! - Oh my God!
- Incredible! - This Insane!
- Worth the wait? - This is going-
- There was a sink here. - There was a sink.
Remember the configuration
was completely different. - That did nothing.
- I can't believe this is the same kitchen.
- Mike, I can see you cooking here already.
- It actually makes sense now.
There's the fridge, there's the sink, there's the oven.
- And our dishes are here on display
like they were at our old house.
- Your whole station got put in.
- My coffee station.
- [Erick] You got your coffee station.
- [Jen] Oh my God!
Now literally it looks like a Pinterest page.
- [Erick] It came out so beautiful,
we're really proud of it. - This is gorgeous!
- Seating was so important, now that you're standing there.
- In the last house, this is where everybody would hang out.
Just kind of leaning over the island.
Now that we have the seating here.
I mean, none of this was here before, this is crazy!
- Also can we discuss?
This is so good for like a family.
- Jen, what do you think of the soapstone?
you were kind of against it at first?
'- I know.
- Cause it was that darker than you wanted,
but what do you think?
- I have to say, I feel like it's gonna be easy to clean.
- Yeah.
- I was so anti a big dark, chunky something,
but it actually looks so, so good.
- I'm so happy with soapstone,
honestly because I use the countertop itself
to like mix dough, to if I'm doing pasta,
so it's like eggs, flour.
The fact that it's not porous, that it's easy to clean.
We didn't even have to seal it.
- Yeah.
- I mean, this is kind of a dream come true
for anybody that actually just uses the countertop
to prep on.
And I think I can put hot things on it.
Like I don't need to-
- Yeah, it's heat resistant, yeah.
But when start seeing it change over time
and you start kind of-
- It's going to be perfect. - It's gonna be so beautiful.
- Well, we have a one-year-old, so that's perfect.
- There's a lot of stories to be told here-
- Just a little tester to get everything everywhere
and to make us not feel like everything
has to be so perfect and clean and polished and all of it.
- I love even the return underneath with the stones.
It just kind of-
- Continues? - Yeah, complete circle.
So we just kind of added that nice little detail.
Again if you spill food,
it's probably gonna fall on there and not on the wood.
So it's easy again to clean up.
So we just kind of gave you as many little details
to make your life easier as possible.
- Okay wait, I have a question for you,
'cause this is obviously
the most important part of the house.
'Cause the island is where everybody hangs out.
- It's the heart, it's the heart of the home.
These chairs, I'm a little nervous.
Are they going to be easy to clean?
- Very easy, it's a high performance fabrics.
It's really easy to wipe off.
It also is nice 'cause you get
a little bit of the texture that we needed,
so that it kind of makes us well with the soapstone
and you don't want everything to feel flat.
And then also as you're sitting there,
we can look down there and look what you gave you.
- We have storage. - A lot of storage.
- Wait so we had this in the old house.
- Yeah. - This is awesome.
- So we maximized as much space as we could.
- Yeah. - And it's really easy,
you just move the stool over grab and then-
- And it's comfortable. - And there's power too,
so you can charge your phone,
sit here and charge your phone
- Oh yeah- - Oh really!
- We added outlets at the bottom.
- Oh my God, stop, really?
- So there's a lot of outlets down there-
- Oh my God!
- If you want to bring your laptop
and work there while Mike is cooking,
or if you have a recipe that you're following
and your computer is about to die,
then you have all the bells and whistles.
- Or if I need to do my hair.
- Or if you wanna do your hair.
- And I just wanna do it in the kitchen.
- Yeah, why not?
- I'm obsessed we need purse hooks now.
- Oh shoot, we missed that one.
And for Mike, as you're cooking,
we talked about the triangle.
You have your beautiful sink here.
So if I'm standing here, I can be washing dishes,
cooking at the same time.
But then you have easy access to your fridge
so you can grab stuff.
- And like there's a lot of counter space to actually prep,
there's space to cook.
The fact that we have the two dishwashers is huge.
Especially when we have people over like in the last house,
it would just get completely filled.
We'd have to run it three times sometimes
to get through all the dishes.
This is crazy!
- Oh my God and our breakfast nook looks so good!
[upbeat music]
- So for the breakfast nook, you guys,
we wanted to keep it just kind of clean
and have a nice flow around.
Jen I know you really wanted that Pizza Hut.[indistinct]
- This is not Pizza Hut. - This is not Pizza Hut.
- What happened to my little booth?
- This is so much better than Pizza Hut.
- I wanted a Pac-Man, a sit down Pac-Man.
Now this is really beautiful.
- We can still put a Pac-Man over here if you want.
- Is that my bowl?
- I found it in one of the cupboards.
- And are these lemons from our tree?
- It's from your backyard.
They're organic.
- Oh my God, we're real family.
This is so exciting, we're adults!
- Do you notice anything else in here
that you might use a lot?
Like on this side of the wall?
- Oh the TV?
- Yeah. [laughs]
- I thought that was art.
- No, it's a nice beautiful Samsung frame TV.
- Oh my God, that's so great!
- But see now River can sit here
when we find that beautiful high chair for him.
- Yeah.
- He can sit here, have breakfast, watch his cartoons.
- Screen time galore. - Exactly!
And then the pendant. - This is beautiful!
I feel like we have a different Scandinavian vibe
going on in here, but it ties together well.
- Now it just feels a little bit more clean and designed,
and like, not that the other places weren't.
- We were very muted before.
- It was muted, exactly.
- And now we have dark tones tones, light tones.
I'm really proud of us. - This is gonna be amazing.
We'll use this for game nights, we'll use this for UNO.
- UNO, oh, we have a very, very competitive friend group.
We might need to add a couple chairs.
- What do you guys think about the chairs?
- Wow, you know-
- This is great I'm just gonna stay here.
- You know it's interesting 'cause I actually,
when I saw the picture you sent of this chair,
I didn't know if it was gonna go well with the table,
but I like it a lot.
I like that it's a little bit lighter
and it's actually comfortable.
I have to say it felt like this project took 10 years,
'cause were just so antsy to get in here.
- Yeah. - But it was worth the wait.
It's just like so perfect.
- And sometimes like those special pieces
are worth the wait.
Sometimes when you want instant gratification
and you're like, "I just want something in here,
let's just put it in."
You use it and you're like, "Ah, I'm not happy with it."
But you wait an extra, I don't know month or two,
and you get that one chair that you really love.
And now that you're in the space,
you're like, "Oh that was worth the wait.
"I love everything about it."
- Project supply chain issue is done.
[upbeat music]
Erick, this is seriously our dream kitchen.
It's so much better than I ever thought.
And I feel like with like our now new parental,
like adult morning routine,
this is such a chic spot to do all those things in.
- To start our day and end our day here
is just gonna be a dream.
- Mike, what's the first thing you're gonna cook?
- Bake bread.
- Bake bread? - Bake bread, yeah,
- Ciabatta, Sourdough?
- Sourdough. - Yes.
- [Erick] Well, I can't wait to have a little bit of that.
- Same.
- And Jen, you feel like you're gonna have enough moments
for TikTok and Instagram videos and-
- Yes, I'm telling you this is gonna be used
so much for filming.
I'm gonna start filming you cooking.
But these lights are actually perfect spotlights.
There's a lot of Instagram moments in here.
I'm excited. [camera shutters]
That's a wrap on our AD feature nugget approved.
I can't wait for you guys to see the house.
Thank you, guys.
[upbeat music]