Farmhouse Fixer - General Discussion

[MMEButterfly]

5 hours ago, chediavolo said:

Finally found it. I was so relieved they took the new build and weren’t going to destroy one of the beautiful staircases in those beautiful old very very very expensive homes. i’ve never seen the little couple show. I feel like giving it a try now because the wife seems so nice and the husband seems to be OK. I wonder if it’s anything like Little people big world? 

I found it on demand. 

Thanks, I'd been looking in season 2

[SabineElisabeth]

On 10/29/2022 at 1:03 PM, chediavolo said:

Finally found it. I was so relieved they took the new build and weren’t going to destroy one of the beautiful staircases in those beautiful old very very very expensive homes. i’ve never seen the little couple show. I feel like giving it a try now because the wife seems so nice and the husband seems to be OK. I wonder if it’s anything like Little people big world? 

I found it on demand. 

Bill is a nice guy who sometimes tries way too hard to be funny.  Jennifer is incredibly nice, kind, and gracious - and it's 100% sincere and authentic.  

And no, this show is the exact, polar opposite of Little People Big World.  Bill and especially Jennifer are absolute class acts - and the whole tone of the show reflects that.

[65mickey]

Does anyone know if this show has been renewed for another season? 

[CrazyInAlabama]

https://www.tvinsider.com/gallery/hgtv-shows-renewed-returning-2024/#6

Renewed for Season 3, no date for premiere mentioned. 

[buttersister]

It’s ba—ack. Jon still has an 8-year-old’s sense of humor, but the bad-luck very old farmhouse they fixed up should see better days. I couldn’t follow the layout and didn’t see bedrooms or baths, but I loved the butterflies.

[chediavolo]

I hated that they painted white  the wood on the wall & the banister in the kitchen. What the hell ? way to ruin an original detail. I liked the flooring in the kitchen and the bathroom. The bathroom was nice for a rustic look. I think the  homeowners who knew they weren’t going to be there in the cold Massachusetts winter, should have drained the pipes or at least had someone check on the house every few days. Would have cost them a few bucks but not $200,00..

[sadie]

I hated this ep and hated the reno. Sorry but an outside door in a non functional closet is just never going to be a good idea. And the parts of the house that weren’t part of the reno were equally charmless. I usually love their work but this one, blech.

[CrazyInAlabama]

Tonight's new episode is "Island Lighthouse Renovation", Season 3 Episode 1.    They must be showing them out of order for some reason.    I can't wait to see this episode.   

It's located on Bakers Island, Mass.  Guest house for the lighthouse is the renovation project.    It's part of a nonprofit, has a limited budget, and a short time to finish because of weather.   Caretakers for the lighthouse (solar powered) stay in the caretakers cottage in the summer.  Members of the Essex Heritage trust can stay at the assistant keeper's house, it's a major source of income for the trust.   

Everything will have to come by boat, on the beach, no boat ramp or dock.   There are a lot of volunteers that will work on the project. The old Crawford cooking stove needs to be restored.  Living room will have the paneling ripped down. There is a mystery space, an enclosed veranda. 

Budget is $30,000.   Kristina and Jon look stunned at the budget. The timeline is tight, boat only comes out 2 days a week, and they are only on site 7 hours each day.   Jon is donating concert tickets, and helping to organize an auction to raise more money.  They raise extra reno budget with the auction, goal was $20,000, and they raised $22,500. 

Kitchen cabinets are painted.  They're putting a computer workspace in the old enclosed veranda.  

The ATV track with the dolly is a great labor saver.  

With the auction proceeds they could add historic trim on the exterior.   Lots of volunteers showed up to help furnish and decorate the house.  

I love the house.   The refurbished stove was converted to gas, and the kitchen looks lovely. 

Edited May 19 by CrazyInAlabama

[ECM1231]

5 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Tonight's new episode is "Island Lighthouse Renovation", Season 3 Episode 1.    They must be showing them out of order for some reason.

I've been totally confused about this season and my DVR has been recording old and new episodes. I hadn't realized that the seasons were so short on episodes.

Here's the rundown of this season's episodes:

Season 3 episodes
5
Episode 5
Jun 4, 2024
NEW
4
Barn Burner
May 7, 2024
3
Demon Trap Design
Apr 30, 2024
2
Return of the Salem Witch Trial House
Apr 23, 2024
1
Island Lighthouse Renovation
May 14, 2024

Haven't seen tonight's episode yet. I watched a repeat of the one in Marblehead with the 2 Great Danes, Dutch door, and kitchen with that great English racing green stove and range hood.

I continue to be amazed at the costly budget. I know prices of materials have skyrocketed since COVID, but Jon's price quotes still seem really high to me. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

New England, at least the areas the show filmed in, are very high cost, and they also include a lot of skilled labor.  I find a lot of other shows under estimate costs, because they go so many discounted, or free materials in return for the advertising.   The lighthouse episode was even worse, since they had to pay $500 for each trip on the ferry.   I loved the dedication of the Trust and the volunteers. 

Edited May 15 by CrazyInAlabama

[65mickey]

I really enjoyed this episode. It is nice to see what can be done on a small budget of $50,000 and lots of volunteer labor rather than show renos costing $200,000 and above.  I think they showed the total boat fee was $3,500.  I thought the guest house turned out beautifully. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

Starting in June, Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revamp, a four episode series, where Jon buys an old camp with 10 cabins, and another building, on 12 acres in New Hampshire to remodel, and his whole family will be helping.   His mom, dad, sisters, and brother Jordan will be working on the project.   It will in the style of a boutique hotel. 

Edited May 29 by CrazyInAlabama

[buttersister]

Might as well spread the wealth. Kinda a cross between an HGTV doer personal project, family employment effort and that vacation rental remodel show. 
 

HGTV motto: We recycle.

[Pine]

I didn't finish the garage build.

First off, the owner's house is huge. Why is the whole family trying to jam themselves into a small above garage room, with no chance of keeping it warm.  Get rid of that huge opening from the garage area, and make more space upstairs.   I am saying this from personal experience.   There's no way to make it year-round usable without spending way too much for heating that bottom area too.  New England winters are brutal. JMHO of course.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I didn't understand the point of redoing the barn/garage/hang out space either.  No heat, no insulation, no cooling seems bizarre for New Hampshire. 

This week is "Berry Farm Charm" reno on the short term rental 3 bedroom apartment.   The original house is massive at 10,000 sq ft.    Jon gave them an estimate to redo the entire house for $700,000 to $900,000 and the homeowners decided to wait because of the cost.   I missed how much the apartment/short term rental reno will cost.   Thanks to MsJamieDornan, reno budget was $150,000 to $175,000

It's called Saltonstall Farm, in New Hampshire, and has been in the family since 1946.    Sophie & Kyle are the fourth generation to own the farm.   Sophie and Kyle are about to have a baby, so the fifth generation on the farm.   Also, when they married and decided to take over the farm, they both legally changed their names to Saltonstall, to honor the heritage of the farm.    It's also near the coast.   

They rent the barn venue too.  They block the apartment availability off during big or noisy events at the barn venue.  The apartment is lovely.  I'm sure it will be a fun place to stay, and make a lot of money for the family.   The apartment is listed as 2 bed and 2 bath (I swear there are three different bedrooms, unless they changed the decor). Looks like the bedrooms are upstairs for two of them, and the second bath.  The only thing they changed since the remodel is the sofa, which  is an L-shaped, not the Chesterfield they were looking at.   It has a lot more seating than the Chesterfield.   

Edited May 29 by CrazyInAlabama

[buttersister]

Did I miss the bedroom(s)?  Admittedly, I wasn’t paying total attention, but if they’re renting it out, ?

[MsJamieDornan]

6 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

 I missed how much the apartment/short term rental reno will cost.

Jon told them $150,000 to $175,000

[tljgator]

20 hours ago, buttersister said:

Did I miss the bedroom(s)?  Admittedly, I wasn’t paying total attention, but if they’re renting it out, ?

They had already done the upstairs themselves -- they showed it briefly & deemed it nice enough to leave as it was.

[65mickey]

On 5/28/2024 at 9:22 PM, CrazyInAlabama said:

 Saltonstall Farm, in New Hampshire, and has been in the family since 1946.    Sophie & Kyle are the fourth generation to own the farm.   Sophie and Kyle are about to have a baby, so the fifth generation on the farm.   Also, when they married and decided to take over the farm, they both legally changed their names to Saltonstall, to honor the heritage of the farm.    It's also near the coast.   

I wonder if this farm has any connection to Leverett Saltonstall who was a 3 term governor of MA and served 20 years in the US senate. His family was considered Boston elite. 

[chediavolo]

On 5/8/2024 at 9:48 AM, sadie said:

I hated this ep and hated the reno. Sorry but an outside door in a non functional closet is just never going to be a good idea. And the parts of the house that weren’t part of the reno were equally charmless. I usually love their work but this one, blech.

Agree! I don’t know where to begin with this abomination. OK, first of all they spent $100,000 for a barn that is primarily going to be used for their daughters hobby. When there is a perfectly fine aerial yoga studio not that far away. Is this going to be this child’s vocation? Is she going to grow up and join the circus?I just can’t with the entitled people’s waste of money now onto the house.

I don’t know what Jon was thinking. He should’ve never taken on this job. They absolutely ruined the vintage features of the original part of the home. By putting a closet in the front door, making the room with the fireplace, which they destroyed by the way, etc., into a bedroom suite.. what in the hell is going on with this house? It looked humongous!  is that the only place they could think of to put the bedroom, bathroom and closet? And  did they a have a bar connected to this suite of horrors? well, kind of makes sense then.. they must drink a lot to think that this destruction looks good… And what was with all the black and horrible decorating?  these people have no taste. They have negative negative taste , this is why there are places that have laws in place  where you cannot. F up a historic house like this. 

 

Edited June 2 by chediavolo

[CrazyInAlabama]

I think the homeowners get a ton more input than the show admits.    If they had to get permits, than almost everything was chosen long before Jon and Kristina came into the picture.    I saw zero point in redoing the unheated/uncooled barn into any space since it won't be usable most of the year.    

[buttersister]

Jon can shed a few tears for his “authentic “ love for historic homes after that one.

[chediavolo]

5 hours ago, buttersister said:

Jon can shed a few tears for his “authentic “ love for historic homes after that one.

Which one, the one where they destroyed what was left of the original features in the 1800s part of that humongous house where there apparently there wasn't enough room to put a master suite somewhere else that they had to use the front door? It just blows my mind how some people think.. Plus it was butt ugly when it was done.

Edited June 2 by chediavolo

[buttersister]

Yeah, part of me was glad he’d kept that door—even in a closet—so it could be restored one day. But not putting the suite there in the first place? Better. I couldn’t believe how big that whole place looked.

[65mickey]

Is the new show starting tonight?

[CrazyInAlabama]

Tonight is "Clam Shack Chic" new 6/4/2024. 

From Zap2it:   A clam shack once residing on a nearby island was transformed into a home; Jon and Kristina come to the rescue and pull from its seaside history to create a bright space that's perfect for humans and felines alike.

Jonathan and Ellen live in the 1910 Dutch Colonial, that was a one room cottage, and added onto over the years.   Everything looks like it was done piecemeal.  It's in Essex, Mass. The laundry in in the basement, but they have to go outside, and enter the basement from the outside.    

I like they used foam insulation.  The current stairs are so steep.  

I love the finished house.   The condition before was awful. 

 

 

 

The new series Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revamp starts Tuesday, 6/18/24 (It's four 1-hour episodes). 

Edited June 5 by CrazyInAlabama

[sadie]

Not their best but not their worst. My pet peeve with tv design shows is when they eliminate the TELEVISION! They had one before but I guess no tv for you. And it bugs because 99% of the population owns tv’s and we want to see how a designer can incorporate it to look good. I guess they are okay with them just staring at the wall from now on, but hey they got indoor laundry so I guess one step forward two steps back. 

[chediavolo]

1 hour ago, sadie said:

Not their best but not their worst. My pet peeve with tv design shows is when they eliminate the TELEVISION! They had one before but I guess no tv for you. And it bugs because 99% of the population owns tv’s and we want to see how a designer can incorporate it to look good. I guess they are okay with them just staring at the wall from now on, but hey they got indoor laundry so I guess one step forward two steps back. 

Agree about the tv! 

[MsJamieDornan]

So those people lived like that for 26 years ??? 

And did anyone else think the wife looked like Gladys Kravitz ?

[65mickey]

I kept thinking about how that got up and down those steps with laundry in icy snowy weather. How they lived in that house in that condition all those years is a mystery to me. I bet as soon as the show ended they figured out a way to get the TV back in the living room. I know I would have. 

[blondiek237]

On 6/5/2024 at 2:41 PM, sadie said:

Not their best but not their worst. My pet peeve with tv design shows is when they eliminate the TELEVISION! They had one before but I guess no tv for you. And it bugs because 99% of the population owns tv’s and we want to see how a designer can incorporate it to look good. I guess they are okay with them just staring at the wall from now on, but hey they got indoor laundry so I guess one step forward two steps back. 

I have read that they wire for TV but don't hang the TV as it make filming difficult

[sadie]

14 hours ago, blondiek237 said:

I have read that they wire for TV but don't hang the TV as it make filming difficult

That’s good news. In most cases I asssume the homeowner has to totally rearrange the furniture to accommodate real life. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

Tonight's new episode, 6/11/2024, "Jon's Risky Retreat", Season 3 Episode 8

From Titan TV:  Jon and Kristina help a client renovate her 1700s home with a problematic, narrow staircase.   Jon must choose between an inn or an abandoned campground in his search for a new property with a purpose.

Every time I see the introduction, I get a laugh out of Jon talking to the camera, and the horses watching over the corral fence.    

Jon finally finished the house he moved for his family, and so he wants either a boutique hotel, or a camp.   He finds an old camp in New Hampshire. 

Linda and Jenna have a cute historic home, circa 1750. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bath,  in Marblehead.  Linda was living in Tucson, and moved to be close to daughter jenna, and grandchildren.    Tiny staircase.  How do they even get a bed and other furniture upstairs?   Drywall goes in the second floor through the window.  (Why didn't they move the bed and other bigger furniture in through the window, and move it into the other bedroom until the main bedroom was finished? )     

Kristina brings Katie, one of the show design staff, and she's an artist and does the art pieces for the reno houses.  Katie is going to make handpainted tiles for the fireplace.  

I loved the finished house.   

I'm enjoying Jon's house tours.   Then, he finds the place in New Hampshire.  12 acres, 10 cabins, 1 main house for the manager or owner.  The lake is lovely, but the cabins are in horrible shape, and the main house is better.   Location is remote, $100,000 in renos to each cabin, and the house probably needs a lot of electrical, plumbing and other work.  Camp is $1.6 million with other offers on it already.  

The part about searching for a new property is the preview for next week's start of Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revamp.  Jon buys and renos a New Hampshire former camp, with 10 Cabins, and 1 headquarters building.   He'll be working with his mom, brother Jordan, sisters, and his usual craftsmen, and Harley (I really like Harley).   Note that Camp Revamp starts at 8 p.m. Central.   

 

Edited June 13 by CrazyInAlabama

[65mickey]

I don't know how old Linda is but those stairs up to the bedroom are probably going to be a killer as time goes on.  One misstep on the stairs could be a disaster.  Other than the stairs I loved this house. 

[buttersister]

I’d read a preview involving a super-narrow staircase. When I saw Linda, I thought they’d fix/move it. Good luck, Linda, your primary suite is sweet but stairs become an issue at some point.

ETA: Hilarious suspense over which investment property they’d buy, considering the marketing around his camp. LOL, so odd.

Edited June 12 by buttersister

[CrazyInAlabama]

Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revamp  Episode 1, Take It to the Limit.     

Jon bought a 12 acre former camp on a lake, 10 cabins, and one manager's or owner's house in New Hampshire.  Jon, Harley, his brother Jordan, sisters, and his mom are going to rehab the camp into a boutique venue.  Scott the project manager, and Jay the fabricator are working on the project too.   It has to be done in six months.  

First big issue, the supports of all cabins are nonexistent, and need to be put in for $10k per cabin = $100k.   Still need the electrical, plumbing, gutting the cabins.  The lake and cabins are in such a beautiful place.  The cabins used to be rented seasonally, usually to the same people every year.  All cabins need a new roof, without holes, termite treatment, mold remediation,  There is a mushroom growing on the ceiling of one cabin, inside the cabin. 

 Main house has lots of knotty pine paneling, I like the living room, kitchen is hideous. Main bedroom is bizarre with two separate doors and a useless hallway. 

There is a men's and ladie's shower house, so cabins only have a toilet and sink.  Jon is putting in bigger bathrooms with tub shower combos, or showers. 

Budget is $100k per cabin, so $1 million for rehab for the cabins, plus more for the manager's owner's house.  Jon wants each cabin to have a style of it's own, and he's doing the design himself.   The first cabin has a mouse condo behind the walls, and then a live mouse runs out.     

Jon has said he's colorblind, so why is he picking colors for the cabin exteriors?  Purple cabin exterior on the first cabin wouldn't be something that would make me want to rent it. 

They're putting in a big firepit too.    The first finished cabin is beautiful. 

Edited June 19 by CrazyInAlabama

[buttersister]

LOL, he’s color blind and choosing colors topped my nominee for WTF—I’ll mind the budget and choose soapstone countertops. 💲💲💲😂😂😂

Edited June 19 by buttersister

[65mickey]

I think this will be a fun show to watch. It's so nice to see his family helping out. They seem to be a very close knit family. I loved when his mom asked him after seeing the first cabin "have you signed anything yet"?  I wonder how many of the cabins will get rehabbed on this series. 

Edited June 19 by 65mickey

[CrazyInAlabama]

Camp Revamp Episode 2, new, 6/25/2024.  "99 Problems" 

synopsis: Catastrophe strikes when a cabin is crushed by a tree ; Jon's siblings help renovate a cabin for their families, but everyone has their own opinion on how to create the perfect family vacation spot.

[CrazyInAlabama]

Camp Revamp Episode 2, new, 6/25/2024.  "99 Problems" 

On episode 1, they finished one cabin. 

synopsis: Catastrophe strikes when a cabin is crushed by a tree ; Jon's siblings help renovate a cabin for their families, but everyone has their own opinion on how to create the perfect family vacation spot.

How awful, a huge tree smacked into one cabin, and about half of it is heavily damaged.  There wasn’t a storm or high winds or anything else, the tree just fell.  The front of the cabin looks bad, but the back is worse.    They called a tree company, and they tagged a lot of trees for removal, because they’re safety hazards, eleven trees just around that cabin.   $60,000 for the 105 trees to be removed.

Then, they find the door open on another cabin, and see damages, and it turns out to be a raccoon.  This is a two bedroom cabin, so they’re aiming this at families.   Jon wants a loft as a sitting room and bunk space. Plus, a downstairs bunk room.  Jon’s sister Alison says she’s OK with the old shower room. I think for an expensive cabin stay, you need a shower in the cabin.

Then, they move to the family cabin reno.  They want to do a retro theme, hunter green, red and black plaid.   This cabin is for the family when they stay there.   This is the one the sister and the others will use.  I like the family cabin green exterior.  The cabin looks nice, but the sister, Alison,  doesn’t like the bright yellow kitchen cabinets (I don’t either).   Jon changed the floor to checkerboard black and grey tiles in the kitchen and dining room.  Kristina visits Jon at the family cabin.   Again, why is Jon who claims to be color blind picking colors?   The family cabin is cute. 

Scott, the project manager, says it will cost $10,000 per cabin to do the septic, and that will allow for the showers they’ll add to each cabin bathroom.   That will cost $100,000 for all of the septic systems.   (I thought they did a shower for the first cabin, but Jon just said they didn’t add a shower. ).    I think Scott has worked with Jon for a long time, and Kristina too, at least during the TV series.  

The family cabin is great.

Edited June 26 by CrazyInAlabama

[buttersister]

Quote

Again, why is Jon who claims to be color blind picking colors?  

But are they really? 🤣

[ECM1231]

Is project manager Scott related to Jon's family? I never saw season 1 of Farmhouse Fixer, so I don't know what the relationships are and/or how he knows Scott and Cristina? They all seem close.

[65mickey]

I am curious about that myself. 

[Judiz]

Scott is not related to Jon,  they’ve been friends for over 20 years and Scott and Jon renovated and flipped houses together.   Jon is not really color blind but has trouble with different shades of colors. 

[chediavolo]

On 6/12/2024 at 5:35 PM, buttersister said:

I’d read a preview involving a super-narrow staircase. When I saw Linda, I thought they’d fix/move it. Good luck, Linda, your primary suite is sweet but stairs become an issue at some point.

ETA: Hilarious suspense over which investment property they’d buy, considering the marketing around his camp. LOL, so odd.

Yep, the problems of old age come to all of us. She looks like she’s at the age where she’s going to not like climbing those steps real soon and they can be very dangerous. Makes no sense at all why you would buy a house like that especially if you lived in Arizona, probably  had some bucks and could’ve afforded a nice one floor Set up >

On 6/6/2024 at 2:07 AM, MsJamieDornan said:

So those people lived like that for 26 years ??? 

And did anyone else think the wife looked like Gladys Kravitz ?

Like pigs. Sorry, but there’s no excuse for the crumbling ceiling over the kitchen stove, and just the amount of disturbing disarray and disgust. I bet it smelled. I mean, even if you were not really handy, you could watch some YouTube videos and at least patch things up and maybe take a mop and a rag to some surfaces.

[CrazyInAlabama]

Camp Revamp Episode 3, "Killing Me Softly"

New, 7/02/2024, 

"Jon faces a gut-wrenching decision whether to repair or tear down a damaged cabin, while his mother and sister help transform a rodent-infested nightmare into a romantic couple's cabin, including a shower built for two."

I still think cancelling the shower for Episode 1's cabin #3 was a huge mistake. 

Jon's still trying to decide to bulldoze the cabin the tree fell on, or try to save it.   Scott says not to spend thousands for fixing up, vs. bulldoze and build from scratch.  It would cost at least $20,000 more to fix up, than to bulldoze.  

For now, Jon will rebuild another cabin, and keep thinking about the damaged cabin.   This cabin will be for couples.  Jon's mother and sister are really into the demo, and doing a great job.   

Jon talking to his mother and sister Sharon, about the couples cabin is hysterical.  As Jon said "I'm designing a cabin, not a brothel".  So no on the bear skin rug in front of the fireplace.   Jon has an old trailer that could be used at the campground, but it has to be shipped from L.A.  

I love all of the old furniture and decor items that the mother and sisters want to fix and reuse in the cabins.  

The trailer coming from L.A. blew up on the back of the transport.  There is nothing left of the trailer, and fortunately no one was injured. 

Jon says he'll open the Camp with the three finished cabins, and make some money until he can do the rest of the camp. 

I love the finished cabin.   I hope three cabins are enough to get the camp going.  

Edited July 3 by CrazyInAlabama

[buttersister]

Cabin looked nice.

The trailer apparently blew off the transport. Which is nuts, but makes more sense than ending like a Spinal Tap drummer.

 Is there a fund for Jon? I mean to pay him to shave off that mustache. 🤮

[RowdyCam]

No budget tracking, no business plan as to how to manage and rent out these cabins? Jordan had some good points. Jon does need to think of this as a business rather than a passion project.

[buttersister]

Heh, I was going to say that Jon seems overextended. And operating by the seat of their pants. Makes no sense. In the preview, his partner appeared to be Mr. Supportive, instead of Mr. Responsible. But that’s TV. And it’s not as if they weren’t being paid for this!

As has been mentioned, there’s no rhyme or reason to the finishes—or their costs, except when they want to explain away not doing something. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

"Time of My Life"

New, 7/09/2024, Camp Revamp Season 1 Episode 4 (Looks like there are only 4 episodes this season)

From the show site: With opening day just weeks away, Jon races to get ready for the campers in time while also working with his husband to renovate a 1930s house they'll stay in themselves in a way that retains its vintage charm.

I'm fascinated by the1930's house  main bedroom layout with two doors from the hall, one leading to that hallway inside the bedroom.   The existing kitchen is awful.  Hardwood floors are lovely.   Jon wants to turn the strange hallway in the main bedroom into a bath, and use a little space from the existing bath to have an ensuite and house bath.   They're turning the guest bath into a half bath and laundry room.  

The big double garage on the main house will be a visitors center and reception for the future guests, basically a hotel lobby. Jon's sister says to have a mini country store in the space too.  With sundries, souvenirs.    They need a bathroom too.  

Fortunately, Kristina is helping Jon and Harley with decorating decisions for the main house, since they're falling behind on kitchen and tile decisions.  

They get a visit with the previous owner's grandson.  

Camp name is "Water's Edge".  Jon wants help with starting the camp, so Kristina meets him at an axe throwing place. 

Jon's putting the sasquatch wallpaper in the bathroom, and a tan plaid on one wall in the main bedroom.   

Jon wants to do gift baskets for guests, depending on it it's a couple or a family.  I love the country store he's shopping at with his sister.  His sister wants to sell mugs, hats and sweatshirts.    His mother and sisters set up the welcome center selling picnic baskets, t shirts, sweatshirts,  candy, fishing gear, fiesta ware dishes, a vintage fridge with cold drinks, firewood, .    The welcome center is spectacular. 

I love the manager's house, and the welcome center.  The finished manager's house is beautiful.  The first floor half bath with the laundry is so nice.   The main bedroom plaid wallpaper is lovely.    I love the remodeled main bathroom.

Jon's mother and sisters bought a vintage camper trailer to replace the one that fell apart in from wind damage. 

 

Edited July 10 by CrazyInAlabama