Renovation Romance

Diane, these last few weeks

renovating this house, turning it into our forever home,

has been one of the most special experiences of my life.

But there's still one thing missing.

Will you marry me?

Yes!

This week on Renovation Romance, we helped yet another beautiful couple

get through the difficulties of living through a home renovation.

Because we love a happy ending here, especially during the holidays.

It was a tough job,

but together we helped make their old house feel like a new home.

It has a contemporary feel

that seamlessly blends with the original charm that first caught their eye.

And by working on the two Cs, communication and compromise,

we helped our couple remember why they fell in love in the first place.

Because that's what we do.

Well, that concludes this season of Renovation Romance.

Tune in next year as we help more couples with their tricky renovation.

More importantly, we'll help their relationships in the process because...

Home is where your heart lives.

Merry Christmas.

And cue the snow.

And turn and go back into the house.

May I have your attention?

Ladies and gentlemen, that is an official wrap on season one.

Great job, everyone. You have the number one show on the network.

Huge thanks goes to our fearless hosts,

power couple extraordinaire and America's sweethearts themselves.

Chelsea and Jake!

Merry Christmas, everyone. Enjoy the party,

and we'll see you all next year for season two.

- We make a good team. - Yeah, we do.

I am so glad that we're done for the year. We really need a break.

Really? I feel we can keep going. We're on a pretty good roll here.

Yeah, but the roll can wait.

I just am excited for a quiet Christmas on the beach.

Right. We haven't left yet. I'm going to schmooze with Don for a little bit, okay?

Don't schmooze too long. We have an early morning flight.

- Fine. - And you still haven't packed.

I opened a suitcase.

- Congrats. - Hey! You too. Congrats.

- Remind me. Where are you going again? - Curacao.

Sun, sand, sleep.

Cell service?

- Spotty at best. -

Yeah. This year we decided to trade in snowmen for sandcastles.

Mm. Well, I'm going to spend the holidays chilling on Morabo.

Wait, Morabo? Where is that?

That's the Ikea couch in my apartment.

Oh. Yeah, there's Jake.

I bet he's pitching another one of his crazy ideas.

- - Renovation Romance action figures.

Mm, the movie.

A theme park.

- You two okay? - Oh, yeah. No, we're fine.

I just... We've had no quality time together.

So, we really need this vacation.

No renovations. Just romance.

Chelsea,

- I just wanted to say congratulations. - Aw. Thanks, Don. I hope you're happy.

I am so happy.

Could I have a word with the two of you for a moment?

Yeah.

I am not happy.

What?! With our show?

No. No, it's not that. I love you show.

You're America's sweethearts, for goodness sake.

We lost our bid to cover the Christmas parade this year,

and we need a serious ratings hit to keep our advertisers happy.

Needless to say, I'm scrambling.

I want you and Jake to host a Christmas special.

Christmas? As in this Christmas? The one that's ten days way?

Yeah, it's perfect. Like the ten days of Christmas, the song. Perfect timing.

That's 12 Days of Christmas, Jake.

Yes, but who really needs the drummers and the pipers anyway?

I always thought they should have stopped after five golden rings. You know,

I never understood why they kept going and going. I'll... I'm doing that now too.

I think what Jake means is that you've done episodes

in this kind of time crunch before.

Yes, that.

Our locations team has already found a house and a couple.

We'll turn the house into a Christmas cabin

and air the special on Christmas Eve.

- It'll be perfect. - It'll be perfect.

But what about our vacation?

There'll be other time to take a vacation.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Chels.

Don, do you mind giving Jake and I a moment, please?

Certainly.

- Jake! - Chels.

- We talked about this. - I know.

I need a break. We need a break.

We need to strike while the iron is hot.

The network, they love us right now.

Do you want to jeopardize that relationship?

What about our relationship?

What about it? We're amazing.

You heard them up there. We're number one, Chels.

The reason they tune in is for you, you are the magic.

Don't you want a chance to showcase that on your own special on Christmas?

I mean, come on, we can go to Cur... 'Curaco' or the Caribbean

or Carnivale, wherever you want after the holidays.

- Curacao. - Sure, we'll go there too.

No, that's the problem. After the holidays, we are back at work.

Chels, I promise you, we will find the time.

No, that's my point, Jake, we never do.

Okay, okay. Um...

Do you know that saying,

"If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life."

- Yeah. - Yeah?

Yes.

So, maybe we can apply that to this situation.

How?

Nothing has changed, Chelsea.

It's still Christmas, we're still going away,

only we're going to go somewhere that has snow instead of sand

and we'll be working, which we love, right?

So, it's kind of a win-win.

Right? Kind of? Maybe? A little?

You really should sell timeshares.

If you think about it, you'll see it my way...

Jake has charm and the audience loves him,

but you are the soul of the show.

I told Jake, if you do the special,

we'll pick you up for two more seasons.

That's two more seasons, Chels.

I don't know.

Alright. Look, what if we made a large donation to your charity?

A Christmas for All Kids?

Yeah.

That would be amazing.

Okay. Yeah. Fine, fine. Yeah, let's do it.

You've got a big heart, kid. That's why the audiences love you.

- Where did you say this house was again? -

Welcome to New Hampshire.

Looks like I traded in sun, sand and sleep for snow, work, and no rest.

Our production office should've ordered us a car. I'll call them.

We'll check out the house before we check in to the hotel.

- Great. - Okay. Yeah, thanks.

You know, I love this weather, it's just so drying.

Oh. Chapsalve?

Chapsalve? You mean ChapStick?

Oh no. This is jojoba oil and acai extract,

from the influencer brand I'm working with. You wanna try some?

- Can we please just focus on the show? - Right. Please.

So tell me about the couple.

Alright, so it's Cooper James and Janice Edmonds.

Cooper was a finance guy who recently quit his job,

because he wanted to try something different.

And the house?

Well, that's the fun part. The reason we chose this couple

is because that cabin used to belong to Cooper's grandfather.

Now, this right here is Cooper.

He wants to maintain the rustic charm,

because ultimately he wants to move in there.

Well, that's charming.

Almost, except... that's Janice.

Now, Janice is a city girl. She wants to modernize the place

and turn around and sell it for top dollar.

The two can't decide what they want to do with the cabin

and, well, their relationship hangs in the balance.

So, it's more of a country mouse-city mouse thing?

Yeah, I guess so.

Our audience is going to swoon over Cooper.

He is one handsome country mouse.

- - Really?

- - Our ride is here.

Great.

Here we go.

We'll be there in the next hour, I'll keep you posted.

- Pick-up for Bethany? - Our ride.

- Renovation Romance? - Yeah.

- Load these up. We're in a rush. - Not a problem.

- Are you serious? - Yes.

- Do we have to do this right now? - Just one.

Whoa.

- Look at that. You see that? - What am I looking at?

Look at that jaw-line. That is a quality mandible right there.

Woo. That thing looks like the corner of a cereal box.

Hey, Beth, I'm going to send this to you. Can you toss that up on the socials?

- Yeah, I'm on it. - Okay.

Oh, hey, I told you Cooper was a handsome country mouse.

- What? - Don't act like you didn't notice.

Alright.

Wow. This is gorgeous.

- Wow. - Wow. Beautiful.

- This is great. - Amazing.

Nice.

Wow.

It's so rustic. I love it.

You can tell whoever built it really put their heart into it.

- Yeah. -

The crew's arriving. I'm gonna get them set up for tomorrow, okay?

- Okay. - Go inside. The door's unlocked.

- Okay. Hey, Jake. Should we go inside? - You know what? I'm going to stick around.

The lighting's great and the ambience is really awesome for selfies.

But I'll see you inside. Ooh.