Rehab Addict

Nicole takes on a boarded up home with a tiny bathroom and a basement full of structural issues.

In the kitchen, Nicole must get creative and figure out how to update and reuse stock cabinets that were in the house, turn old doors into new counter tops, and repair the pine sub-floor that she's obsessed with keeping.

Turning a duplex back into a single-family home isn't always easy, but that's just what Nicole wants to do.

Working to create a master suite upstairs, Nicole tries to figure out a way to incorporate the old kitchen pantry into a new master bathroom.

Nicole works to repair an old garage, fix foundation issues and add a new roof to the house. Then she picks a unique color to help make the house stand out in the neighborhood.

In order to give the 4th Street house a second chance in the neighborhood, Nicole must add some curb appeal by fixing up the neglected exterior.

Nicole takes on a basement project and tries to use as much scrap wood and materials she can find.

Nicole returns to her hometown of Detroit to save a 1920s home that has been damaged by a fire.

Nicole continues work on her Detroit home's lower unit kitchen and bathroom.

Nicole tackles the exterior fire damaged areas by replacing the shakes siding and painting it to match the original color. The whole neighborhood comes out to help Nicole with clearing nearby lots of garbage and overgrown weeds.

Even though she has to retile the bathtub area, Nicole is able to save an original medicine chest in the bathroom. A visit to her grandparent's home reminds Nicole where her passion comes from.

Nicole works to finish up the lower level apartment by ripping up the stinky old carpet in the living and dining rooms, exposing hardwood floors she knows she can easily repair.

Nicole finishes up the most fire damaged part of the Detroit project, the upper apartment. She saves the plaster ceiling medallion in the dining room and replaces charred window frames.

Nicole restores a 1920s bungalow, first tackling the crumbling brick exterior and adding a new roof.

In her 1920s bungalow, the previous owners had begun work on a master suite in the home's attic space. Nicole picks up where they left off, adding insulation and a unique open bathroom.

The 1920s bungalow Nicole is working on had a roof leak for many years, causing severe water damage to the walls in the kitchen. Luckily, the floors are in decent shape and Nicole is able to keep the original wall sink.

To complete her 1920s bungalow rehab, Nicole must finish the remaining rooms. They're in pretty decent shape compared to what she's used to, but collectively the work is adding up.