A home renovation in the countryside for new clients with a big family, but a house that feels very closed off. Plans include sliding glass doors and large windows to…

A desire to host big family gatherings, but a lack of space prompt an Indianapolis couple to contact Mina and Karen for a major $40,0000 renovation of their kitchen and…

Mina and Karen have renovated close to twenty homes in their downtown adjacent community, Fountain Square. They have hand selected their neighbors and raised property values resulting in their dream…

Mina and Karen return to the Fountain Square neighborhood to renovate a charming bungalow they bought from a homeowner who grew up in the house. They give the home an…

Mina and Karen revamp a historic brick house in a rising area of South Indianapolis; they increase the square footage with a two-story addition and create a new layout with…

Mina and Karen remodel a condo for Mina’s sister and her two girls, who want to be closer to downtown; they transform the total gut job into a dream home…

Mina and Karen take on a massive, partially-constructed house that was abandoned by investors. It’s a big investment, and tensions rise when it comes to figuring out the kitchen cabinets’…

Mina and Karen take on the renovation of a century-old duplex in Indianapolis, Indiana. They’ll concentrate on one unit at a time and must stay on budget if they want…

Mina and Karen work on a duplex unit that’s riddled with trash and interesting surprises, including a wall made entirely out of old doors;further problems arise when Cory discovers an…

Mina and Karen are taking on a sprawling, 2,800-square-foot home with four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a bonus space upstairs. While the three-story home is structurally sound, it needs a…

Despite its odd layout and decrepit state, Mina and Karen are taking on an old house that has a ton of historic charm in the Old Southside neighborhood; as framing…

Karen and Mina team up with their friend Josh on a high-stakes property in Fountain Square. What looks promising at first glance quickly turns when during their initial walk-through they…

Mina and Karen take on a massive house in the Old Southside neighborhood that has undergone some unsuccessful renovations throughout the years. They are determined to rework the entire floor…

Mina and Karen purchase a home near the Northside neighborhood that’s full of historical features. They do their best to design an open floor plan while preserving as many elements…

Mina Starsiak and Karen E. Laine take on an old shotgun-style home near downtown Indianapolis, and even though they’ve been renovating shotgun homes for years, this house is quite the…

Mina has second thoughts that a charmless, boxy house bought from the city for $4,000 might have been a bad idea. But Karen sees the potential and convinces Mina that…

Mina and Karen find that “you get what you pay for” when they buy a bargain house for $5,000. At 730 square feet, it’s their smallest home ever, but it’s…

Mina and Karen reach outside of their comfort zone with a house on the edge of the Bates Hendricks neighborhood. They’re concerned about the location, and when they discover that…

Mina and Karen splurge on a corner lot home in the historical neighborhood of Fletcher Place. While struggling to work within the guidelines of the Historical Preservation Commission, Mina and…

Mina and Karen snag a four-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex for only $4,000. But with one of the worst foundations they’ve ever seen combined with unsafe floor joists on the second floor,…

The mother-daughter team pay a high price to renovate a huge home that’s right next door to them. Once inside, they face big problems, including dirt, smells and sketchy construction.

Mina has mixed feelings when she agrees to help renovate her childhood home in the suburbs of Indianapolis, which definitely needs some updating, but first she has to convince her…

Mina and Karen restore a house in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood with termite-infested walls and faulty foundation.

After purchasing a duplex for $15,000, Karen and Mina get to work turning the cramped space with two sides into a single family home. Re-imaging the floor plan is easy,…

Mother-daughter builders purchase a 512-square-foot house near downtown Indianapolis, tear it down to the studs, then get to work building it back up.

Mina and Karen splurge on an old house, and they have massive plans for the 2,100 square foot Victorian.

Mina and Karen take a chance on a little house with big issues in a prime location, with the intent of transforming the troubled home into a charming bungalow.

After buying a house for four thousand dollars, Mina and Karen discover water damage, dodgy water lines and foundation issues.