'Property Brothers: Forever Home': Scott Brothers transform Bryan and Leslie's make-do house into a cozy home
November 11 episode of 'Property Brothers: Forever Home' saw Jonathan and Drew Scott create a family-friendly space for newly-weds Bryan and Leslie. The couple led extremely busy lives, Leslie is a touring aerial artist, and Bryan's career as a documentarist required them to be on the road for most the days. They'd decided that it was now time for them to slow down a bit and focus on building a family together.
The couple had been going through a difficult time getting pregnant after suffering a miscarriage but they had no plans of putting those plans on the backburner. They had recently purchased a home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although they made this purchase envisioning their future as parents, they continued living like tourists. This meant they used foldable furniture, set up the mattress on the floor, their living room just had one piece of furniture - a bean bag. Not too many days ago before Jonathan and Drew's visit, the couple were sitting on the floor, in front of their non-operational fireplace, eating pizza straight out of the box, in their make-do home. They weren't really proud of it, and they decided to change all of that after deciding they're ready to be parents. To execute the vision they had, they enlisted the help of Jonathan and Drew who were initially very shocked to see them living like that. The couple was subjected to a lot of banter from the brothers who had joined forces not just to renovate the house but also for some friendly leg-pulling.
The house was stunning, to say the least. It came with a very well-designed yard, however, the interiors were very dated and needed an upgrade to match what was on the outside. Jonathan and Drew along with their construction adviser and the rest of the team came up with a cohesive plan to renovate the space completely, incorporating the tastes and expectations that Brian and Leslie had for their new home.
The tile floors were not something that the couple wanted and they requested for wood flooring to be installed throughout the house. They also wanted their living area and kitchen to be in cohesion with each other, fit for entertaining. They wanted a functional kitchen with a huge island that could seat multiple people. Since they had this stunning yard, an indoor-outdoor plan was what they were looking for. They also had baby plans, so a mudroom was something that they essentially wanted in their house.
Jonathan and Drew ticked off all the boxes, and they delivered the house in seven weeks for $135,000, helping save $15,000 from the amount the couple had set out for renovation. Not just that, they also spruced up the couple's bedroom with a couple of tweaks here and there, splitting the cost for the same amongst themselves. Bryan and Leslie were extremely elated to see the transformation and two months after moving in, they conceived and have a baby on the way that they will raise in their forever home.
'Property Brothers: Forever Home' airs Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on HGTV.