Renovation Realities

Steven and Shelley Stockton want to add a hallway to their home. Currently they have to go through a bathroom, a bedroom and a closet to get to their daughter's bedroom. They plan to add an exterior hallway in seven days on a budget of $2,500.

Jason Cruze loves renovation projects, but he has a tendency to start them and leave them incomplete. As a Christmas present for his wife Allison, Jason wants to completely redo their bathroom in the short amount of time before the holiday. Will he be able to complete this construction project in only few days during the holiday season?

Tom Gerlach wants to replace his old, rotten deck for a fresh new one to open up the possibilities in his back yard. Tom has three days off of work to demolish his old deck and build a new one with the help of his friend Dave. With little knowledge of construction or deck architecture, Tom has $2000 to build himself a new backyard.

A young couple, Russ and Ashley Walker, wants to remodel their grocery store turned home to allow more openness and light in before being featured on a historic home tour in four days. The problem is that because of work obligations they can only work at night, tightening their already rushed schedule. Will they be able to open up their home on their own in time for the tour?

As a single man in a new home, Matt Martin wants to renovate his entire kitchen, but he only has the help of only his mother, Jan. Hoping to update his kitchen with only $3000, Matt wants his new space to function and impress the ladies

Bruce Bogartz wants to demolish his counter in his restaurant because it only seats seven people and seven is not an ideal number for people dining. People typically dine in even numbers, like eight or ten to a party. So Bruce Bogartz decides to tear down his counter and install one that seats more and that is more asthetically pleasing to his clientelle. Bruce recruits his sous chef who is a very experienced builder and his business partner to help with the project. Jya, Bruce's partner is not an experienced builder.

Tony and Terri Lee are an artistic, fun loving couple who are frustrated with their out of date kitchen. They plan to completely renovate their lackluster kitchen themselves saving them money. Tony even plans to build the cabinets himself. But, can a tool-naive Terri handle the challenge of a kitchen remodel?

Todd and Jo Willis are a young couple wanting to increase the value to their 1920s eloquent home by adding a master bedroom and bathroom. They figure the best place to have a master suite is in the floored attic as it's very spacious. But with an 80 year old home, who knows what surprises lurk in floors and ceilings. With only days to do the renovation, and plenty of problems, constructing their dream suite may be harder then they realize.

Minnie Goode and Lauren Armstrong are best friends and roommates who are at risk of losing their deposit and apartment due to their pets "marking their territory" on their carpet. It's become a stained and smelly eyesore that has to be removed if the girls want to stay. They have only a couple of days to replace the disgusting carpet with hard wood floors before the landlord comes to inspect. Problems plague these two LA gals as they attempt to lay hard wood floors themselves. Can they avoid eviction and get to stay in the apartment they love?

Roommates Barbara Morris and Cindy Higby are looking to transform an unused room into an art studio perfect for their paintings. The only time they have to build the art studio is when the rest of their house is being renovated. Barbara and Cindy are inexperienced builders, but are determined to get their dream art studio up and running themselves, without any input from the constructor workers who are adding on a new level to their home. Can the women handle a major renovation themselves, or will the workers have to save the day?

Anna and Brad England recently purchased their 1950s home and were surprised when they realized that the house already had some occupants: bees, and thousands of them, invading underneath their outside porch for years. In order to build their dream deck, Brad and Anna try to figure out a way to relocate the bees. Once the bees have buzzed away, the real work begins. Anna and Brad have just a couple of days to build a large deck before a house warming party, which is being held in their backyard. With holes in the ground and tempers flaring, will this couple's dream deck come to fruition?

Shae Hinson has a major issue on his hands. He was tired of his kitchen, so he ripped out all of the cabinets, the stove and sink. The only problem is that Katie, Shae's wife, didn't know about the "project". After weeks of pleading with Shae to get the kitchen done, she and the kids have moved into his parent's house to get away from the mess. Determined to get his family under the same roof, Shae's decided that now's the time to finish the kitchen with Katie's help. So each morning she drives over, helps Shae and then leaves at night to take care of the kids. There's windows breaking, gas leaks, cabinets breaking and other calamities in store for Shae and Katie as they try to get their kitchen fixed.

Cave and Jen live in an older home that was once a doctor's building, housing a cardiac clinic and a dentist's office. Aside from wanting to install new countertops, polish old floors and strip existing cabinets, Cave wants to run a beer line from his refrigerator downstairs to his kitchen on the first floor. This proves to be more of a challenge than they ever anticipated, but Cave is determined to finish the one project closest to his heart ... the beer line. Watch and see one home renovation that turns out to be a rather sobering experience.