'Celebrity IOU': Brad Pitt helps transform his makeup artist's garage into multi-functional tiny home
When Brad Pitt is on the screen, you don't just watch, you gawk. Except for this time when he made sure that viewers are able to look past his unmistakable charm and magnetic personality. The actor and film producer was on HGTV's new series 'Celebrity IOU' to gift his friend and make-up artist of 30 years, Jean Black, a space she was only contemplating about for a long, long time.
By the end of three weeks, her detached garage area was a whole new world. She was speechless, but also extremely thankful. There were tears everywhere.
"I don't want to be that guy who cries on television," Brad said when he first saw the 400 sqft area that was nothing but a "storage dump" earlier and had now been transformed into a fully-functional kitchen, bedroom, living area, storage space and bathroom complete with a work station and a foldable glass wall that opens to a cozy patio.
The premiere episode saw the famed 'Property Brothers' — Drew and Jonathan Scott — put their creative minds together to draw up plans, demolish bits and parts of the house, go furniture shopping and, of course, get fixtures approved by Brad before he left town for work.
"We'll add an extension to the back of the structure to accommodate a custom Murphy bed-sofa unit. Behind a TV wall, we'll tuck-away a spa-worthy bathroom for guests and to check off Jean's storage needs, we'll give her a secret walk-in closet for makeup bins," the brothers shared and added that by the time they are through with the renovation, the garage would have changed into a tiny home.
"We'll also add a full-kitchen with a collapsible window over the sink and an extra-large peninsula that will double as a dining space and a makeup station for Jean complete with a remote-controlled pop-up vanity mirror. Plus, the collapsible window wall that will allow Jean and her guests to enjoy the gorgeous Santa Monica weather all year long," Drew and Jonathan further elaborated.
The brothers had help but checking off the reno list start-to-finish in just three weeks was beginning to seem like a huge challenge. But, they made it. The cramped, storage space that was in dire need for a face-lift was now a multi-functional guest suite-meets-workspace oasis.
The reveal day was underlined by special moments all around. Even though Jean loathes attention (which meant being on camera), this time she didn't seem to mind it once he saw what Brad had done to her erstwhile space with the help of the Jonathan brothers. "This is frigging, digging amazing," Jean said and Brad was just happy seeing her soak in what the new place had to offer.
Catch all the new episodes of 'Celebrity IOU' on HGTV every Monday.