Houzz, Jenna Fischer, Full, Gaurav, 23-03-17
Home means to me... family
Home is the place where I feel most comfortable
It's where I'm with the people I love the most...
...my husband, my kids my sister, my parents
My family are my best friends
I'm Jenna Fischer and this is "My Houzz"
Even though I've lived in Los Angeles for 20 years now...
...when I say I'm going home I mean St. Louis
It's a very cosmopolitan city...
...but it also has those great people, mid-western values...
...and that's what I love about this town
I grew up in a little neighbourhood in Ballwin, Missouri...
...which is one of the suburbs of St. Louis
Any Fischer family event...
...a lot of times it happened at my grandma and grandpa's house
This house was actually designed by my grandfather
My dad grew up in this house with his brother Don
At Christmas time they would always put up a tree...
...and my grandpa would put a train around the tree...
...and we would have like a special grandma-grandpa Christmas
My sister Emily...
...had a particularly special relationship...
...with our grandpa
...and so the house always meant so much to her
So then when my grandma said that she was ready to sell...
...her and her husband bought the house...
...and we were all really excited
...that the house was gonna stay in the family
The house worked okay for them at first...
...because they were just a newly married couple...
...but now, they're a family of four and as each kid came...
...that house started to feel more cramped
When I think of my sister...
...I think of acts of service
Emily is a school teacher
She'll stay after school to tutor kids or...
She works with this great group called Girls on the Run...
...that's just all about...
...trying to enhance the self-esteem of middle school girls
It comes so naturally to her to put herself last
I think that's just the thing about her that I admire so much
And so this is all about really giving to Emily...
...like, giving Emily...
...the type of renovation that will make Emily's life easier...
...and Emily's life more comfortable
When I was growing up...
...and visiting my grandparents in that house...
...they treated the dining room like a formal dining room...
...but that's not how my sister uses it
The dining room has really oversized furniture
The kitchen needs new appliances they're from the '80s
But the biggest thing about the kitchen...
...is how completely closed off it is from the rest of the house...
...and there's just kind of a mismatch aspect...
...to the living room right now
I live in Los Angeles
This house is in St. Louis
It's not going to help me to hire an LA designer
With the help of Houzz...
...I decided to renovate my sister's house in St. Louis
Houzz is a website...
...and it has everything you need...
...to redesign and remodel your house from start to finish
They have designers, you can get ideas...
...you can even buy things...
...all in one place
I was able to research...
...all of these St. Louis designers on Houzz...
...and I could see immediately from the reviews on Jenny's profile...
...that people loved not only the work that she did...
...but they loved working with her...
...and I could see...
...the thought that she put into each renovation
After I reviewed her profile, I picked up the phone...
...I gave her a call and we just clicked right away
Jenny told me she was going to be in Los Angeles...
...so that we could meet in person and talk about some ideas
I'm just so excited to give this to my sister...
...because there's just no-one I know who deserves it more
Let's talk about Emily
There are so many little things about my sister's house that don't work
When Emily and her husband are in the kitchen cooking dinner...
...they're completely separated from their kids
For them to be able to communicate...
...between those two rooms is starting to get kind of essential
So one of the other problems for my sister's house is that...
...their garage leads to a door...
...where they're entering their dining room...
...and so their dining room becomes kind of the dumping ground...
...of the backpacks...
...the kids color do their art projects at that table
My sister is all about family
She decorates with family photos and with the kids' art
We definitely want to incorporate that back into the new design...
...but maybe in a more organized way
I think that's fine
The living room works okay...
...it's being overrun with bins of toys and art supplies...
...that could really use some closed doors
Another thing is the front door
The door knob is in like the middle of the door
All right, door, gone
Okay, good
Here's my big idea
I want to knock down the wall...
...between the living room and the kitchen...
...and also the kitchen and the dining room
I know there's a stairway there...
...so good luck
That is a great idea
And I think actually, we can fit in an island
That would be great
Okay, so let's talk about the TV
So that's the other thing
Right now they have it like in this corner...
...between their fireplace and their living room window
Does she have a preference of where the TV would go?
Well, my sister wants it above the fireplace
I think above the fireplace makes it too high
Houzz has this great feature it's called Design Dilemma
You can post your Design Dilemma and get advice from the community
- So we can put the dilemma out there - Okay
- And let the people decide - Okay
So I went on Houzz and I started my ideabook...
- Yeah. - ...which I sent you
We've been collaborating on Houzz
So an ideabook is a place where you can save...
...all of your favourite photos...
...for all your home improvement projects
- It's completely addictive - Yeah
I'm not going to tell you how many hours...
...I've spent looking at pictures
Well, I know because I get an alert every time you add a picture
Oh, that's right
Emily loves the beach and the ocean...
...and so I kind of want to bring that idea...
...into the house somehow
I like this particular picture...
...in terms of describing that beachy feel
I love it that it looks polished but it doesn't look formal
I sent you this picture...
...and this is another thing...
...I want for the overall feel of their house
That sectional, I love it I want it
Okay
Houzz has this tool called Visual Match...
...that helps you find similar products on Houzz...
...and it makes shopping a whole lot easier
So when you click it...
...right underneath, the sofa comes up...
Are you saying I can have this couch?
- I'm saying you can have this couch - Yes!
I love it
We'll keep shopping we're still shopping
- Okay, we'll keep shopping - Okay, let's buy more things
Okay
So one thing I wanted to bring up is my memories of this house...
...when I was a kid were sitting on the floor...
...and so making even the floor a comfortable place...
...is important to me
My grandpa loved to get on the floor and play with us
We'd play cards, we'd do puzzles...
...unwrap Christmas presents...
...and we still do that
It's sort of a tradition of Emily's house
I found this rug
that I think looks really plush and comfortable
Yeah
Now this is not going to be the exact rug...
...because I still have to work on everything...
...that's going in the room...
...but in terms of texture...
Yeah, like, I would sit on that rug
Okay, that's good
What else can we buy?
Oh, this table...
...doesn't that seem sort of like driftwoody to you?
It does seem driftwoody so let's add that baby to the cart
Okay, good
And one last thing, my dad
Okay
He has to tinker and be doing things all the time...
...and he's got nothing to build right now, and...
What you're telling me is I can use him
I don't think you can't not use him
All right, I can't wait to meet him
Four generations have lived in this house
It's just incredibly special to us so thank you
- I feel honored - Thank you
I want to do this for Emily...
...because she does so much and she asks for so little...
...and...
I always see people do this on shows and I don't understand why
My sister is just my hero
She really is
Today, Jenny is meeting my dad...
...in St. Louis at my sister Emily's house
- Hi - I'm Jenny
And the work is about to begin
I'm so excited to get to be here today
Same here
This is a very awkward door
It is awkward it's hard to open and close
So we're going to fix that
In order to do this project...
...we first have to clear these few rooms out
We have a ton of kids stuff
I think we can get rid of all this stuff
Get rid of it?
No
So I'm a mamma bear
I have little kids too...
...so let's not red tape it...
...let's just find a good storage solution for it
While we're here we need to talk about the furniture
It's too much for this little space
- So what are we going to do? - I think donating it is a good idea
This house was built in the '50s...
...and the scale of furniture was very small at that time...
...and now, everything we have is so oversized
All right, let's go over here and look at the bookcase
All right
So I like the piece of furniture...
...the scale is good for this wall
It doesn't really fit into the color scheme, so...
Well, if you like the basic piece and the color is the only problem...
...I can probably refinish this
Okay, so you could turn it into something different for me?
Tell me what color you want it can be wood grain...
...it can be a color to match your scheme, I can do this
All right, I like that
And then what about the kitchen?
The very small kitchen
So is there anything that we can keep?
We've got to keep this little guy
Okay, I like him
He's lived in that spot forever
He's probably covered with grease
Well, we have a lot to do
- All right, ready to get started? - All right, let's start
So they got everything cleaned out of the house
My dad and Jenny are meeting Randy, the contractor...
...and they're gonna start knocking down some walls
- Hey, Randy - Hey
Good to see you, this is Jim
- Hey, Jim - Hey, good morning
- Good to meet you - Nice to meet you
Jim is about to tear holes...
...in the walls of his father's house
We're getting started tearing all this out today...
...and I thought maybe...
...you would like to strike the first blow
You can't imagine how excited I am
I've always wanted to be that guy
I can only imagine what he's thinking...
...and how he must feel about taking a sledgehammer...
...to something that his dad built
Ready for this?
Yes
This is week four...
...we're halfway there...
...and things are going pretty well
Oh, wow, what a difference
Okay, so we've got cabinets going in...
...we've got some floor color going down...
...we've got a hearth going on that fireplace...
...we've got a mantle going on the fireplace
We've got windows going in...
...we've got appliances showing up
- Wow - We've got lights being hung
It's amazing
It just... it came to life since the last time I saw it
How is my bookcase coming along?
It's coming along just great
I'm making progress
I have a primer coat
I sanded it all down, and I just have to do the finish coat...
...and then it's done, and then we can move it back into the space
I think it's going to work great over there
Well, I'm not worried
I'm sure you've got it taken care of
Hey, Jim, I was just flipping through my ideabook...
...and I realised that we can use the Sketch on my phone
With Sketch, you can pick any of the photos on Houzz...
...or take one of your own...
...then you can draw directly on that photo...
...or add products from the Houzz Shop
It makes it very easy to communicate ideas with my clients
- Isn't that cool? - Pretty amazing
Yeah, that's super cool
Should we send that to Jenna?
It's so hard to visualize the stuff in an empty room
I think she'd love to see that
All right, let's send it to her
I can show it to Jim I can send it to Jenna...
...and they can really get excited about...
...how the space is going to come together...
...and what the furniture pieces are going to look like in here
It's so fun
- Phone call - Okay
It's Jenna
Hello
Hey, Jenna did you like the picture I sent?
I'm opening it right now
Am I allowed to open it now?
Yeah, you can open it and look
So that is the sofa from Houzz in this space
I can't even believe that that is the house like...
So that wall that this sofa is on...
...is actually going to have wallpaper and then we put a new deeper mantel
- Wow - It's gorgeous
That's great, that's great
She's always been bummed that she can't decorate her mantel more...
...over the holidays and stuff
I am so excited
I got the Design Dilemma update from the Houzz community...
...and I can't wait to tell Jenna
Do you remember we asked the Houzz community...
...about where to locate the TV?
Yes, what did they say?
The people of Houzz have decided...
...that we do not need to put the TV over the fireplace...
...and we get to locate the TV in the bookcase over here
Thank you, Houzz people
And this...
I know, isn't it crazy?
Look at all the light that comes from that door...
...and from the kitchen into the whole room
I love it, I think she's gonna love it
Thank you
All right, well, have a good rest of your afternoon
Talk to you later
- Bye - Bye
I'm finally back in St. Louis
I'm about to go over to my sister's house...
...and start putting the final touches on this renovation
Oh, my gosh, it's gorgeous
You like it?
The color is perfect
Yes, yes
Hi
Hey
Oh, my gosh
This wall is gone
This is amazing
It feels like it has that relaxing ocean luxurious feel...
...in like a homey home for kids
I can't get over how real this is
This is like a for real secret makeover...
...that she has no idea
Okay, what do we have to do?
Let's start hanging stuff on the walls
Okay, you can get the other side
Oh, I love it
This is the fun part
I love this part
Okay, bring it in
You just told my dad, "Bring it in"
I've got really good at bossing your dad around
Can you teach me how to do that?
Now bring me the coffee table...
Please
That's better
I have these great pillows that adds lots of color to the room
- Oh, these are gorgeous - Right
- Ready? - Ready
Room's done
Okay, you guys go hide downstairs
- So exciting - Good luck
All right, today is the day...
...I finally get to show my sister the finished space
I hope she's happy and I hope she loves it
I have absolutely no idea what's being done to my house
I'm in a state of disbelief
I'm anxious, I'm nervous I'm excited
I'm every possible emotion I think...
...that I could be feeling all rolled into one
Oh, my gosh
Are you alright?
I think
Okay, come with me
Okay
- So I have to close my eyes? - I'm going to start crying already
No, you can open your eyes
Okay
I love the door
Wow
All right, are you ready to go in?
- Yeah - Close your eyes
All right, ready? Here we go
Don't open them. Okay, step up
Keep them closed still
- It smells new - Does it?
Okay, now keep walking
Like it's, it doesn't have...
...that grandma and grandpa's house's smell
Oh, well, that's good because this is your house now
Okay, open your eyes
Oh, my God
Doesn't even look like my house
Oh, my God I love it
Can you believe it's your house?
Thank you so much
Oh, my God I don't believe it
This is your house, Emily
Look how they hung up the kids' artwork
Yeah, I love that photo of me and Eddie
It feels so homey
I like the openness of it
I think it's just gonna make life so much easier
You guys love being a family so we put that in here
The bookshelf behind you this is your bookshelf, Emily
- Is it really? - Dad refinished it and painted this
The fireplace, we painted the brick
You have a deeper mantel now
And your television cabinet
I have lights in my ceiling
You have lights in your ceiling
- Isn't it just so much brighter - It is
I mean like we had the two mismatched floor lamps
Yeah
Look at your kitchen
Oh, my God
This is my house?
Yeah, this is your house now
Did you ever think you'd have a kitchen island?
No
I think the biggest difference...
...is just how these walls are down...
...and how when you're standing in the kitchen...
...you're going to be able to see the kids wherever they are now
Wow
- Your magic chef - That was grandpa
Parts of them are still in the house
It felt so good that she loved it
It seemed like everywhere she looked...
...she was getting more excited or more moved
I love the light, I love the green
- Pop of color - I love it
- I love this new table - And it fits
One of the reasons it fits in the room...
...is you had like the double hutch and buffet...
...now you just have this one big cabinet from Houzz
And let me show you one of my favourite things for you, storage
I love that
All of these...
Look in here
There's a charging station art supplies
Oh, my gosh
And then these too, games, toys, all over here
Oh, my gosh
Oh, it's gorgeous
It's just the perfect space for a family with young children...
...and it's very practical
Well, I didn't do this by myself
In fact, the people who did most of the work are here
Here's Dad who provided all the free labor
Thank you, Dad
- And Jenny... - You're welcome, you're welcome
- How do you like it? - ...the brains behind the operation
Hi
Jenny and my sister did a fantastic job
All right, so Dwight and the kids are going to be here any minute...
...so let's for them but let's relax
- Okay, let's sit here, behind - Okay
All right, you want to sit on your couch?
I do
I think the big hit was the couch
Do I have to let my kids in this space?
But the whole space is a home run
Oh, they're here
They're here
Hi, guys
Why do we have a new door?
Oh, my God
What do you think, guys?
Wow, wow
- Holy moly - A pretty new house
What's that?
I absolutely love it
Oh, my gosh
This house looks awesome
It looks absolutely nothing like the home that I left two months ago
Oh, I love the table
I mean, check out the table
So this is all ours?
Yeah
You've got to be kidding me
Without Jenna this wouldn't have happened
This is the biggest gift I've ever had in my life
It's absolutely awesome...
...and I couldn't have asked for a better sister-in-law
This is pretty crazy
I can't believe this is happening
- Mamma - Yeah
I'm just going to probably fall asleep on this
The cool thing about the couch is that this is a sofa-sleeper
This is sweet
- A book "E" - It's a book "E"
That's right
I can truly say that Jenna...
...is probably one of the most important people in my life
This is just beautiful
If I needed advice about something I go to my sister
We just have that kind of relationship...
...where I know that she will be there for me any time I need her
Are you responsible for all this?
I am, yes
And I bring party favors
- Oh, sweet - Hi
- Nanny - Jenna
Doesn't that look so good?
Oh, it does
- This is beautiful - Oh, my gosh
I know
Doesn't it look so good?
Oh, man
Look what we did we did what we said
Everyone's in the kitchen
- I know, right? - Except now everybody fits
Okay, so I just want to make a little toast
It's been a two-month renovation
You guys have all been living together...
...and you've been putting in a ton of time...
...and you've been putting in a lot of labor...
...but I just want to say thank you
It looks awesome, Jenny and cheers to your new home
Congratulations
- Cheers - Cheers
The future is going to be much easier for Emily now
I love thinking about her family doing movie night...
...cuddled up on the couch with a fire in their new fireplace
One, two, three, oh
This renovation would not have been possible...
...without the technology of Houzz
Thank you for helping me find a great designer, a great contractor...
...and all kinds of amazing products
So how are you going to like, watch Cardinals games from the kitchen?
- Oh, that's going to be awesome - Yeah
They're doing okay, right?
I think we need to pick up another bat
So it still hasn't sunk in that this is my house
Well, since we stole your football team…
...we'll go ahead and give you that batter
Oh, she went there, huh?
Oh, man
Four generations of Fischers have lived in this house...
...and now, it's ready for more to come
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