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01x08 - Make Space for Family

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Hack My Home". Aired: July 7, 2023.*
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Shows worthy families with a different version of the same problem: they need more space, yet they don't want to move or go to the financial expense of remodeling their homes.

01x08 - Make Space for Family

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[upbeat pop music playing]

[bluesy music playing]

-[Jessica] Thank you so much.
-[Ati] Thank you.

-Thank you, guys.
-[Ati] Yummy.

[Mikel]
I am so excited. That food smells so good.

-This is your quesadilla without pepper.
-Oh, thank you.

What is this thing you're drinking?
It matches your outfit, actually.

-It's a kiwi refresher.
-Mm.

Kinda looks like something
from Ghostbusters.

-[laughs]
-Or like antifreeze.

Sip?
[laughs]

Well, the next family we're gonna help
actually has a super popular food truck,

called Plantbased Snob.

[Jessica] So cool.

One chyk'n sandwich with fries
right here for you.

I guess you can say
we are a food truck family.

Eleven years ago,
I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

[Erica]
We decided to live a healthier lifestyle.

[Terrence] We became vegan.

[Erica] And then we started
the vegan food truck business.

-One moment...
-[all shout]

[Erica] To help with our business,

Terrence's sister Janae and her son,
Jordan, moved in with us.

We are so grateful,
but we are struggling with space.

[Janae] Just letting you know
I'm about to fry some chicken.

My mom and I are living
in the basement right now.

I sleep on the couch,
and she has the bedroom.

Since I still eat meat,

I don't prepare my meals
in the main kitchen.

I prepare them downstairs
in the laundry room, on my hot plate,

so that Terrence and Erica
don't have to smell

the fumes from my fried chicken.

Also, we gave up
our dining room to have an office.

We only have a limited amount of space.
They're struggling down there.

We're struggling upstairs.

-We just don't know what to do.
-Yes.

[upbeat R&B music playing]

[Brooks] Great yard.

These trees are crazy.

-[Brooks] So good. I love this.
-[Jessica] It's great.

-Hey!
-[all] Hi!

-Hey, guys!
-[Erica] Welcome.

[Mikel] Yes, thank you, guys.

-Thank you. Such a beautiful home.
-[Ati] It's so cool.

[Brooks] Oh, it's so big.

-[Ati] What a gorgeous home.
-[Brooks] Oh, my God.

[Erica] Thank you! Thank you so much.

[Jessica] Yeah.

How did you decide
to even get into a food truck business?

We came up with this idea last year.

After we became vegan,
my health immediately got a lot better.

So we said, "Well, you know what?
Why don't we start selling this food?"

-It just kind of blew up.
-It blew up after that. Yeah.

Okay. And so, when did you guys move in?

We moved in about a year ago.

They needed some additional help.

So, being family, we jumped right in
and said we're on our way.

-Family sticks together, period.
-Oh, amazing.

Honestly, looking around,
there's a lot of room.

You have beautiful vaulted ceilings.

I'm loving this natural light
that's cascading through the space.

So, this space is wonderful,

but we turned our dining room
into an office,

and that just became
the drop-off area of everything.

Okay.

And the basement downstairs,
their living quarters...

-It's a little bit janky.
-It's a little janky.

-[Brooks] Janky. Got it.
-[Ati] Should we check it out?

I am really interested in seeing
what this basement looks like.

Me and Brooks want to see
this office situation.

Well, let's take a look. I will show you.

[Mikel] All right,
let's see what we're up against.

[funky music playing]

Huh. Oh wow.

"Wow" is right.

[Brooks] You're packing in things in here.

[Erica and Terrence] Yes, we are.

We have receipts, laptops,
bills, business supplies.

-What's in this box?
-These are our catering bags.

-And what's this stuff?
-[Erica] This is the overflow.

We don't have enough
storage space in here.

[Mikel]
I got a waffle maker next to the printer.

-[all laugh]
-[Erica] Yes, that's...

-That's a problem.
-That's where it goes.

Make a few waffles,
grab out some printouts.

-Yes!
-[Brooks] Where do you all eat?

[Erica] We eat in the kitchen.
There's a small table in there.

But we can never eat together as a family.

[funky guitar music playing]

[Jessica] Okay, here we go.

-[Jordan] Check it on out.
-[Ati] Wow.

All right, then. What is going on here?

[upbeat funky music playing]

[Janae] This is our living space.

-[Jessica] Okay.
-[Jordan] Our room, if wanna call it that.

The lobby of the, uh, downstairs.
My domain, as you would say.

[Ati] Where do you sleep?

Right here.

-Okay. And then...
-Does it fold out?

-Not at all.
-How tall are you?

Wait, how are you fitting on this?

Are your feet hanging off all the time?

Sometimes.

[Ati] What do you do for privacy?

I put up an imaginary curtain
and pretend no one's there.

Ah, a mental blockade.

-Yes.
-[Jessica] Okay.

Being schlepped all the way
from California to Georgia,

and then you get
a little lobby space with some pony walls.

He seriously just deserves some privacy.

-I agree.
-Yeah.

[Brooks] It doesn't even look like
you could work here.

I'm really trying to see
through the clutter and whatnot.

Walk us through an everyday scenario.

-Okay.
-Sit down and show me how you all do this.

-[Brooks] How do you use this space?
-All right.

I'm here. I'm on my laptop.

-[Mikel] Okay.
-I'm working.

Why is he standing?

[Terrence] We don't have a seat.

We have to pull
our kitchen barstools over here

so I can sit down
and do what I need to do.

You probably feel like
he's micromanaging you

'cause he's hovering over you.

-Yeah.
-Absolutely.

And then I guess at lunchtime,
when you all get hungry,

since you're vegans,
you just get some of this basil

you have over here
that you have stashed aside.

What is it that you really want
out of this space?

I would love to have a desk
that would fit both of us

and all of our supplies,

so he's not hovering and breathing
down my neck while I'm trying to work.

But also, we want it to function
as a dining room.

Now that we have more family here,

we would love to all sit down
and eat as a family.

So, design-wise, what are we thinking?

Is there anything
that we have to have in the room?

Girl, don't you even
look up there at that light.

[all laugh]

This was just reminding me of my hair.

-I was having flashbacks as a teenager.
-Right?

[Erica] We don't have to have that.

But I would love a modern feel
with African accents.

So, if we could kind of somehow
fuse together modern, African...

Actually, you got the best duo right here.

-You got modern and African right here.
-There you go.

-I think you're in good hands.
-We're perfect for this.

-[Ati] You cook your own meals down here?
-[Janae] Yes.

-I'm still a meat eater.
-Okay.

And I don't want
to disrespect their kitchen with meat.

Over here is our pantry
where I keep all of my ingredients.

We have our microwave,
our mini refrigerator.

-All of our midnight snacks.
-A midnight snack.

So, are you going to bed,

and then Mom gets up
and has a midnight snack?

-Every night.
-Okay, every night.

Don't say every night. I'm not that bad.

And then when I'm ready to cook,
I just try to grab everything at once,

and then I take it over here
into the kitchen-slash-laundry room.

Oh wow. Okay.

[R&B music playing]

It's like a fully functional laundry room.

[Jessica] And a nonfunctional kitchen.

This is my little hot plate right here.

-It's a double-burner hot plate.
-[Ati] Okay.

And this is my little grill here where,
if I decide I want to grill some meat,

I do it right here.

Okay.

I always have paper towels
and lids like these to cover everything

just so that lint from the dryer
doesn't fly over and contaminate my food.

What do you do for ventilation down here?

There's not much
that I can do about ventilation.

Most of the aromas waft
right up to the bathroom upstairs.

So having a space to prepare your food
is really important for you, right?

It's very important.

[Jessica] It's a tall order to try
to give a full kitchen down here.

Obviously, you've made this work

the best way that you know how,
which makes total sense.

But you've sacrificed
so much for the family

that we would love to be able to help you.

That would be lovely.

-Yeah.
-Okay.

[upbeat techno music playing]

The Redmonds are such a fun,
loving, amazing family,

but they're really struggling
to make it work.

We need to hack the basement
for Jordan and Janae.

And Janae needs
to be able to cook her meat.

In peace.

And also, we need to transform
this office space into a dining room.

Just a reminder that the dining room space
right now is 11 by 11.

So, how exactly are we going to fit
a dining room and an office in this space?

And storage.

Oh my God, I love it.

When Jess gets excited,
her body starts twitching.

[all laugh]

So, what if we could build
something for storage

and take advantage of the high ceilings?

We could do one bookcase here.

We can have a matching unit here.
And we give them some type of shelves

to put all of our dishes,
all of our china and whatnot.

But then, on the bottom here,

I could make this pullout
for office supplies.

-[Ati] I love it.
-[Jessica] I like that.

Now that we got the storage solutions
figured out, I think we have to focus

on this table that is both an office
and a dining room table.

-Yes, I agree.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

What if something
could come up out of the table

and have hidden storage
inside of that for, like, office supplies?

Or power, or monitors?

-Now we're talking. Now we're talking.
-I like that. I like that.

Then, when it goes away,
all the office stuff disappears,

and all the paperwork is gone
and out of there.

[Mikel] I love every time
I see that thing go down.

Okay, but there's still
the problem downstairs, right?

Janae and Jordan
are such a big part of this family

that we have to hack them
their own space downstairs,

and give them a real kitchen,
and also give Jordan some privacy.

[Ati] Yes. So, this is the downstairs.
We've got Jordan's room here.

We've got that open space over here
when you land into the basement.

So I don't think there's a way
to hack that laundry room into a kitchen.

-It's just a very small space.
-Yeah.

[Ati] We don't want to give them
a dorm room kitchen.

-[Jessica] Exactly.
-[Mikel] Right.

There's two things we have to solve.
Number one, getting a kitchen in there.

Number two, privacy for Jordan, right?

And we can accomplish both things

by building out these pony walls

into full walls
and then having a door in between.

Then we have complete separation
of those two spaces.

And we have three different walls
that we can use as kitchen space.

So you're creating
a kitchen out of thin air.

We are. Exactly.

If we hack a kitchen,
I think we have to consider prep space

that also can double for dining space.

[Brooks] I have an idea.

You build a center island,
where you can use that as a prep space.

[Jessica] I think an island might eat up
too much of the real estate.

But this is something
that I just use for inspiration.

Look how easily
it stores away so compactly.

Like, when this is then expanded...
This is solid and rigid.

-I like that.
-It's sturdy, right?

Yeah. I can't wait to go
and get started with the demo.

-My favorite part.
-[Ati] Of course.

-[Mikel] Demo day.
-[Ati] Yes.

Dusty day.

[Ati laughs]

[industrial rock music playing]

[Jessica] The first item on the to-do list
is to clear out the basement.

[Ati]
Then we're going to demo the pony walls

and build those into full walls.

That way, Janae can have a place
to be able to cook her meat.

And Jordan can have a proper bedroom
separate from the kitchen.

[industrial funky music playing]

-[Brooks laughing]
-What are you doing?

Well, I'm studying this lift mechanism.

[Jessica] Talk to me.

[Jessica laughs]

You know how the Redmonds
have never had the opportunity

to use their dining room as a dining room?

-Right?
-Yeah.

I'd love to be able
to give them both a dining table

-and an office desk.
-Cool.

[Brooks]
We'll have two monitors on the lift,

so Terrence and Erica
can both work at the same time.

We can also hack storage
for office supplies.

And when they're done with work,
they can just push a button,

and the workspaces can disappear.

I'm actually thinking
to go with the aesthetic,

some kind of whitish creamy wood,
like a white oak or a white ash.

Something, like, incredibly elegant
that works both dining and office.

I like it.

[upbeat music playing]

Oh, hey, Mikel.

-How are you?
-Doing good. What'd you bring me?

This family has boxes everywhere.
They have receipts.

So I want to give them storage
that's more functional.

I'm gonna source two tall shelving units.

We'll keep the top shelves open
for the dining room

so the family can grab plates,
stemware and bowls.

And for the bottom shelves,

I want to build slide-out drawers
to hide office files and receipts.

One more thing.

For this house, we're gonna go for
a modern Afrocentric vibe.

Okay.

I'm thinking that we should probably

dress the drawers
a little bit with texture.

-Have you ever heard of caning?
-Uh, yeah.

You have?

Oh yeah. I used to do set decoration and...

-Oh, have you, now?
-I've caned a lot of things.

Caning is not for the faint of heart.

Cutting a woven fabric,
trying to piece it back together,

it's very hard to do.

It's a tough job.

You have to have precision cuts,
and you have to know what you're doing.

It's so tedious.

It takes forever getting it to stick right
and getting it to look nice.

If we source these shelves,

then we have more
than enough time to cane.

The least we could do
is cane the bottom drawers.

Just the bottom drawers.

-The bottom drawers.
-Okay. Okay, okay. We can cane it.

Perfect.

And I mean we can cane it,
as in you're going to help me

'cause that's gonna cut that time in half.

You know I have a hard time
with that word "we," but deal.

Deal.

[upbeat industrial music playing]

-Oh man.
-What are you over here working on?

This is a prototype

for the food prep-slash-table
in the downstairs kitchenette.

Whoa.

-Okay.
-Okay, tell me how this works.

Okay. So, we create
this prep area plus a table.

When Janae wants to make dinner,
she can fold this out

and prep here on this surface.

And then they can have dinner here.

And when it folds back up,

it's basically concealed
into totally integrated open shelving.

So they can store
everything they need right here.

-Totally.
-That's perfect.

Listen. You're sitting here,
cutting onions next to dryer sheets.

-So, anything else is gonna be a step-up.
-Right?

[upbeat techno music playing]

I'm loving that your walls are almost up.

It looks like your little pony wall
is almost like a stallion wall.

[both laugh]

So we're gonna have two walls and a door.

-Oh, you're gonna get the man a door?
-He's gonna have a door.

He's gonna love you.

[Ati] So, in this corner, we'll have
the refrigerator, dishwasher, and sink.

We'll install lower cabinetry,
butcher block countertops,

and open shelving above for accessibility.

Over here, we'll have
the cooktop and collapsible prep space.

And on this side, we'll add
a pantry for even more storage.

How do you plan on making sure

that fried chicken smell
is not pumping back upstairs?

[Ati] Well, we're also gonna have
a recirculating hood over here.

-Nice.
-That way,

the fried chicken smell
will no longer be wafting

up the laundry vent
into the rest of the house.

Okay. Perfect.

[up-tempo techno music playing]

-Hey, guys.
-[Jessica] Hey.

-How's it going?
-Great. So, we are putting together

the food prep dining table.

-Uh-huh. This is cool.
-And we have all the pieces cut.

And we just changed the hinge.

Look at these embedded invisible hinges.

[Ati] Those are pretty dope.

So these are gonna be
in part of the table.

And when this is pulled out,
you won't even see the seam.

-Oh wow.
-Right?

-Okay.
-[Jessica] And super sturdy. Really legit.

All of this will be hidden and it will
look like one continuous table.

-[Ati] Okay.
-And then there'll be tons of shelves.

That is so cool.

-These are some heavy-duty hinges.
-Yeah.

[dance music playing]

I want to make sure
that we can take all of this caning,

and we can wrap it around
the front of the drawers,

so it has that modern Afrocentric feel
that we've been trying to go for.

You know doing this stuff
is like eating a clock, right?

Are you trying to imply
this is time-consuming?

-[Freddie] I am.
-It's gonna be fine.

[Freddie] All right.

[upbeat techno music playing]

Freddie.
Let's put in the electronic actuator.

-[Freddie] So fancy.
-I love this thing.

I want to see the lift. Let's test it out.

[grunts]

-All right. I'm letting go.
-Okay. Got it.

-Okay.
-[Freddie] All right.

Plug it in.

What in the world?

[laughs]

Look! It's working!

This is the base
of the office table-slash-dining table.

What we did is fluted
the edges with this wood.

-That's gonna look so good.
-Right? We wanted to add that detail.

That way, it kind of disguises it
from an office table.

[Brooks imitating hydraulics whirring]

Okay, that is crazy time.

[Brooks] So, there'll be a lid on here
that goes flush with the tabletop.

And this is gonna come out.

That part right there,
that is gonna blow their minds.

Look, because on top of this
will be the same material as the table.

So, when it goes down...
Watch this. Look. It'll be like that.

-And you won't tell the difference.
-So smart.

[funky music playing]

This prep table looks amazing.
I love the engineering.

It reminds me
of a drawbridge or something.

[Jessica] That's the idea.
So I'm gonna hold it here.

-Brooks, can you hold it down there?
-Yeah.

-Freddie, you good to screw that in?
-[Freddie] Oh, I'm ready.

Basically, I'm the wall back here.

-[Freddie] Okay.
-Let's test it. All right.

-Okay.
-I'm testing it on my end already.

Let's get it spaced out.
And now I push my side.

Ooh, wait, wait. You know what?
This is gonna pull out.

Back, back, back. In reverse. Control Z.

-Control Z.
-[Brooks] Reverse.

-[laughing] Okay. Push it.
-Okay. What do we got going here?

[Jessica]
We have some major torquing right here.

-[Freddie] Oh yeah.
-[Brooks] Look, this board tweaked.

It broke the bottom screw out.

That's how much force is on this.

So, we have to stabilize this board.

-This crossbar. Okay.
-Yeah, definitely.

We can put some blocks in,

and we can utilize
a little bit more fastening surface.

That way that won't move at all.

-This'll be mounted on the wall anyway.
-Oh, I love that.

[funky industrial music playing]

-These came out so nicely.
-They are really nice.

I love the caning.
Did you do all of that work by yourself?

[Mikel] Yes, I...

-Well, I...
-[Ati laughs]

Freddie helped me a little.
It turned out really good.

Okay, now we're gonna see if this
prep table fits in the allotted space.

-Okay, watch your fingers.
-[Jessica] Okay.

-[Brooks] I got this side.
-[Jessica] Okay.

Now there's clearance. Yeah, right?

It's cool that
that disappears under the counter.

[Jessica] Yeah. All right, let's test it!

That wheels out super easy.

-And that just opens so easily.
-Exactly.

I'm very happy. It's an awesome hack.

Table for two.

Careful. Okay, good. Careful.

-Ready? Let's put the top on.
-Yeah.

Hit it, Freddie.

It transforms into a desk. Yes!

Look. One of them is sitting here.
Got the computer monitor here.

The other's sitting over there.

And now when we're finished working,
we're gonna transition to dining room.

Hit it. Close it down. And you guys
sit at the table. Let's seat four.

Pretend you're sitting. Okay.
Look. Now it's a dining room table.

-To the Redmond family.
-To the Redmond family.

Salute! Salute! Cheers. Let's finish up.

[upbeat funky music playing]

-Ooh, these are nice pillows.
-[Ati] These are good.

[Brooks]
Plates here, then you do the pegs there.

[Mikel] No more boxes on the ground.
Plenty of space for office supplies.

♪ All right ♪

[Jessica] Sliding pot rack.

[R&B music playing]

Oh, wait. Here they are.

[Jessica] Oh my God. Here goes nothing.

Now, the real moment of truth. Hey, guys.

[all] Hi!

[Ati] Hey. Welcome home. How's it going?

The big question is, how are we feeling?

-Anxious. Excited.
-Anxious. Excited. Yes.

I couldn't even sleep last night.

And pulling up,
I wanted to shed a few tears.

-[all] Aw!
-[Janae] Yes.

The team and I were able
to successfully hack your home

to make it work for everyone.

Wow!

-Everybody should be happy.
-We're so excited about it.

-[Brooks] Yeah.
-[Erica] This time, it's for real.

[Terrence] All right.

Oh my gosh. It's so beautiful.

Wow. Oh my gosh.

[uplifting music playing

[Erica] Oh my gosh!

-The table?
-It's gorgeous. The burnt orange.

-We can all sit as a family.
-I love this. The velvet... I know.

Oh my gosh. Yeah.

You know I'm a sucker
for a beautiful light piece.

-I didn't even see that.
-Yes. It's so pretty.

[Terrence] Wow!

The dining room is stunning.

[Terrence]
Before, we had stuff everywhere.

It was a dumping ground.

[Erica] And now it's beautiful.

And I can't wait
to have a vegan Thanksgiving there.

-Absolutely.
-Yes.

-What do we think of our new dining room?
-[Erica] You guys have outdone yourselves.

-You outdid yourselves. For real.
-This is gorgeous.

[Mikel] One of the important things

was a modern Afrocentric design style.

-Yes.
-Yes.

-The elephant in the room is kind of gone.
-[Erica] Yes.

[Mikel] And now you have
a beautiful modern brass light fixture.

I am not missing
my white snowflakes chandelier.

-And it looked like your hair.
-[all laugh]

[Mikel] What do you think
of your new storage shelves?

[Erica] It's amazing.
And the caning, it's beautiful.

When you want it to be a dining room,
you totally can use the upper shelves.

Then when you're ready
to convert into an office,

all you have to do is open this up.

You can put
all of your restaurant supplies,

all of those receipts here.

You just pop in here
and you're good to go.

-That's amazing.
-Yeah.

Before, the dining room was receipts.

It was boxes.

[Erica] And now we have storage.

It's phenomenal.

You're probably wondering,
where do you work here?

-[Erica] Yes.
-Well, let me show you.

You just go like this.

-And you can sit down right here and work.
-That's perfect.

-Perfect.
-No! No! I'm just messing with you.

-That's not how it works.
-Really? I was good with that.

[Brooks] No. We couldn't just give you
a basic dining room table.

So, when you wanna sit down and work,
you just push a button.

[Terrence] What?

-And out comes...
-[laughs]

Are you serious?

...your computer monitors.

-[Erica] You're lying to me!
-Oh! Whoa!

[laughing] You're lying...

-[Terrence] Wow!
-[Erica] This is so amazing.

[Terrence] What?

[laughing]

-You hacked our home!
-[Terrence] This is wild.

You hacked it for real!

[Brooks] We didn't just give you
a new dining room table.

There is secret storage built-in
as another hack.

-[Erica] Really?
-[Brooks] Secret drawers. Both sides.

The table is really going to change
the dynamic of our business.

Being able to work together as a team...

Not only is it beautiful,
it's smart. It's functional.

It works.

-Do you wanna see more things?
-[Erica] Yes!

-[Brooks] We got more surprises for you.
-Yes! Where's it coming?

All right, head on down.
Go check out the basement.

Let's go.

[dance music playing]

[gasps]

-Oh my gosh.
-Oh my...

[uplifting music playing]

-Oh my God. I can't believe it. Oh my God.
-Wait. What?

Wow, this ain't the same house.

Oh my gosh. Look at how cute this is!

Who knew that you could even
do this with this space?

I didn't even know that.

Before, my mom ran around
like a chicken with her head cut off

from the laundry room
to the hot plate just to make one meal.

[Janae] Now I can prep, cook,
store my food all in one place.

The kitchen looks like
something out of a magazine.

Hello?

[Ati] What do you guys think?

I wasn't expecting this.
I wasn't expecting this.

[Ati] What does this mean to you?

[Janae] This is beautiful. I'm speechless.

We decided to hack
a compact kitchen for you guys.

-[Janae] Wow.
-[Jordan] Oh, wow.

We installed all new cabinetry,

butcher block countertops,
and then we put in new appliances.

So, we have a full-size fridge.
You've got an actual dishwasher.

You have a sink.
You have a sink in the kitchen.

-[laughter]
-[Jordan] Wow.

[Ati] And then you have
this two-burner stove

and a recirculating hood.

-So, guess what?
-Yeah.

If you're making your fried chicken,

the smell's not going up
to the main house anymore.

I didn't even know
this was possible down here.

-I know. The sink.
-Yes. It's like real-life magic.

As you can see, we installed
a lot of floating shelves, cabinetry.

We also built you an adult-sized pantry.

-[Terrence] Oh!
-[Erica] Oh my gosh!

-Oh, that is gorgeous! Wow.
-[Terrence] Oh!

[Jessica] A retractable pot hanger.

Yeah. Wow.

-Accessibility is so important, right?
-[Erica] Ever!

-There's more.
-[Terrence] Oh. What?

My gosh. I can't take no more.
I'm about to take any more.

[Jessica] We put hacks
into all of the little spaces.

These pegs over here,
you can move them around.

If you don't wanna store your plates
and instead you wanna store cookie sheets,

then you can just adjust the pegs.

Also, inside some
of these corner cabinets.

I've always wanted a lazy Susan.

-Come on!
-[all laugh]

Girl, I'mma bring some dishes
from upstairs down here, baby.

[laughs]

So, before, you were dicing things

in the laundry room,
next to a little hot plate.

-Yes.
-We decided to add a little extra magic.

-Alrighty.
-You ready?

-Let's do it.
-Okay.

I know you lying. I know you lying.

-Wow.
-What?

Wow. An island, y'all? Come on now.

[Erica] Oh my gosh!

-Wow! Come on.
-Wow.

[Erica] Wow. That is amazing.

-This is just too much.
-Y'all really, like, hacked our life.

-[Terrence] This is too much.
-[all laugh]

[Jessica]
So, not only is this a prep space,

but it's a table so that you guys
can sit and eat meals together.

[Erica] Oh, I love that!

And then, when you're all done...

[all] Wow.

[Erica] That's amazing. Yeah.

This kitchen is going to change my life.

I would have never, ever,

ever have known
that all of this can be done in here.

We have our own little home
within Terrence and Erica's home.

I almost feel like I'm at some type
of luxury resort or somewhere.

-All right. Jordan.
-[Jordan] Yes?

I think you've noticed
that we've given you a door!

-[all laugh]
-[Jordan] A barn door. Yeah.

[Jessica] And full-sized walls.

-Why don't we check it out?
-[Jordan] I'm ready.

-Okay.
-Yeah. Let's do it.

-This little sliding barn door.
-[Erica] Oh my God!

-[Terrence] Oh! Whoa!
-[all laugh]

What?

[upbeat music playing]

[Terrence] What?

[Erica] Are you kidding me?

-Wow.
-Oh my gosh!

Jordan, it's so good! Oh my gosh!

-What do you think?
-I don't know how to put it into words.

I totally love my room.

Instead of being in the basement,
we upgraded to the VIP suite.

[Ati] Jordan and Janae,
you moved all the way from California.

The least we could do
is create this awesome space

-for you guys down here, right?
-This is the most.

We've always been a tight-knit family.

We always try to show up for each other.

[Erica] But we were struggling with space.

And now we're just gonna grow closer,

and our family's gonna thrive,
and our business is going to thrive.

And we are so thankful.

This sounds like you all been having
too much fun down here. What's going on?

[excited chatter]

[Erica] Thank you so much!

Ah! Yes!

Thank you.

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[upbeat dance music playing]