Building Character Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Alabama Department Store; California Boathouse; California Gas Station

  Department store home; boathouse home.

• Alaska Fishing Shed; Mississippi Printing Press

  Alaskan waterfront; 1830s newspaper building; factory conversion.

• Arizona Auto Shop; Ohio Dress Shop; Virginia Lodge

  Former automotive detail shop becomes a home; dress shop in Ohio gets a makeover.

• Arkansas Gas Station; Florida Banana Warehouse; Kansas Farm Outbuilding

  A vintage car restorer combines work and living space in an old gas station; a woman moves into a former banana warehouse near Tampa, Fla.; metal storage building is turned into a lakeside home.

• Arkansas Grain Bin; Idaho Schoolhouse

  A metal grain bin that has been turned into a comfortable family home; a former student makes a home out of his former elementary school.

• Atlantic Clinic; North Carolina Gristmill; Washington Carriage House

  Atlanta homeowners renovate an old medical clinic; an old North Carolina gristmill is turned into a home; a carriage house is turned into a funky retro-style home.

• Baltimore Fire Station; Colorado Sheet Metal Factory

  Fire-station home in Baltimore; former sheet metal factory in Colorado; family home in Kentucky used to be a bank.

• Baltimore Library; Ohio Train Depot; Virginia Water Plant

  A giant library becomes home to a woman in Baltimore; an Ohio woman turns a train depot into her home; antique dealers move into an old water filtration plant.

• California Stable; North Dakota Jail

  A former horse stable is turned into a spacious home; a county jail is turned into a family home.

• California Tavern; Massachusetts Carriage House; Virginia Wagon Factory

  Artists turn a popular watering hole into a home; a Massachusetts couple moves into a 19th-century carriage house; a run-down factory is turned into a home.

• California Tea Warehouse; Texas Meat Packing Plant; Arizona Flower Shop

  A tea warehouse is turned into a loft-style home; a former meat packing plant is an antique store; a flower shop is turned into a cozy home.

• Chicago Dance Hall; Pennsylvania Diaper Laundry; Virginia Post Office.

  Chicago dance hall; Pennsylvania diaper laundry; Virginia post office.

• Chicago Fortune Cookie Factory; Wisconsin Cheese House; Kansas Feed Mill

  An Illinois couple discover the charm of an old cookie factory; decorative touches are added to a former cheese factory; an old feed mill becomes an ideal living space for a Kansas sculptor.

• City Hall and Movie Theater in North Carolina; Texas Church

  A former city hall becomes a spacious family home; an art-deco theater gets a loft-style makeover; a Methodist Church becomes a family home.

• Connecticut Church; Colorado Restaurant; Alabama Social Club

  A couple moves into a church; a restaurant manager makes his home above his French restaurant; a vacant meeting hall is turned into a home.

• Connecticut Grain Silo; Illinois Sculpture Studio; West Virginia Opera House

  A dairy farm and silo become a home; a Chicago couple turns a sculptor's studio into a home.

• Connecticut Water Tank Home; New Orleans Grocery Store House; Texas Marina Home

  Connecticut water tank home; New Orleans grocery store house; Texas marina home.

• Florida Hangar; Nebraska Lumber Coal Office; Pennsylvania Jewish Center

  A Florida man that made his family home inside a 4,200-square-foot airplane hanger; a community center that has been converted into a hippie-themed home; an old lumber company building that has been turned into a home.

• Georgia Library; Washington Carriage House; Virgin Islands Army Bunker

  Georgia home is situated in a former library; former carriage house becomes a residence; former Army bunker becomes a tropical retreat.

• Georgia Lumberyard; South Dakota Grain Elevator; New Hampshire Hydroelectric Plant

  Georgia home that looks like a metal farm building; an old grain elevator is turned into a family home; small hydroelectric plant is turned into a home.

• Maine Boathouse; Maryland Church; Texas Gas Station

  Maine boathouse; Maryland church; Texas gas station.

• Maine Dance Hall; Washington Auto Body; West Virginia Bank

  A dilapidated building in a fishing village is turned into a jewel of a home; a former auto body shop is turned into a home; a 19th century bank becomes a historic home.

• Maryland Barn; Texas Restaurant

  An 18th-century barn becomes a home; restaurant becomes elegant home.

• Maryland Junkyard; South Carolina Military Rec Hall; Arizona Blacksmith Shop

  A junkyard becomes a child-friendly home; a recreation hall makes a spacious home; a couple turns a blacksmith shop into a home.

• Michigan Buggy; North Carolina Clothing Store; Tennessee Feed Mill

  A factory is turned into a home and theater; a couple renovates a former clothing store; a freight depot gets turned into an attractive home.

• Michigan Hardware Store

  A former hardware store becomes a home with English touches; an artist makes a home in a machine shop; a grist mill is turned into a cozy home.

• Military Base Community; Brooklyn Chapel; Georgia Grain Bin

  Former military base that has been turned into a residential community; old Catholic chapel in Brooklyn, N.Y.; home that was once a grain bin.

• Minnesota Schoolhouse; Georgia Church; Arkansas Office

  A rustic 1905 Minnesota schoolhouse is moved to a new location and turned into a home; a preacher restores a 19th century church; a former office building becomes home to an Arkansas family.

• Missouri Bank; North Carolina Grocery; North Carolina Observation Tower

  A downtown bank is turned into a fun and funky home; a military relic from World War II becomes a seaside home.

• Missouri Fire Station; Nebraska Gymnasium; New York Lecture Hall

  An old fire station is turned into a home; a former high school gymnasium is turned into a home; a church lecture hall is saved from the wrecking ball.

• Napa Valley Winery; Baltimore Schoolhouse; South Carolina Grocery

  Napa Valley winery; Baltimore schoolhouse; South Carolina grocery store.

• Nebraska Granary; Washington Funeral Home; Vermont College

  A Nebraska couple moves into a family farm building; a group of friends turn a funeral home into a stylish place to live; an old college classroom building becomes a great place to raise a family.

• Nebraska Missile Site; Vermont Meeting Center; New Jersey Rescue Station

  Former missile site; renovated community center; seaside home.

• New Mexico Chicken Coop; Texas Drug Store; Maryland Bakery

  A Swiss-born chef turns a 200-year-old chicken coop and trading post into an incredible home; a former bakery is turned into a charming home; a drug store becomes a home for a Texas couple.

• New Mexico's Stuckey's; Alaska Radio Station; Minnesota Brewery Sun

  A truck driver turns a familiar roadside fixture into a comfortable home; a former Alaska radio station is tuned into a home; a preservationist turns a brewery into a home.

• New York Bridal Salon; Quaker Meeting House; Denver Health Club

  A New York couple turns an old bridal shop into an elegant home; a Quaker meeting house gets new life; a Denver therapist turns a health club into a colorful, spacious home.

• North Carolina Firehouse; Pennsylvania Barn; North Carolina Speakeasy

  A fire station gets a loft makeover; a dilapidated barn is turned into a sleek home.

• North Carolina Livery Stable; Florida's Sheriff's Office; Arkansas Cotton Gin

  Colorful home was once a livery stable; converted sheriff's office; a bachelor pad is created from an old cotton gin.

• Ohio Movie Theater; Georgia Waterworks; Louisiana Cafe

  A former silent movie theater is turned into a spacious home; a Georgia man creates a home out of an old waterworks; a woman moves into a former service station and cafe in Louisiana.

• Ohio Sawmill; Washington Library; Pennsylvania Candy Factory

  An 1840s sawmill is turned into a rustic home; a couple turn a library into a home; an old chocolate factory is converted into a house.

• Oklahoma Trash Incinerator; Austin Entertainment Palace; Arkansas Church

  A couple from Oklahoma makes a home out of a former trash incinerator; a historic building in Texas becomes a home perfect for entertaining; a couple lives in a stone church in Arkansas.

• Pennsylvania Barn; Virginia Radio Station; Vermont Restaurant

  A couple turns an old barn into a fun family home; a former radio station becomes an Art Deco residence; a home is created from an old sawmill.

• Pennsylvania Tobacco Warehouse; New Hampshire Train Depot

  Creative space for funky furnishings; train station home; gas station home.

• San Francisco Jail; Arkansas Restaurant; Colorado Grange Hall

  Two brothers rehabilitate a California jail; an Arkansas couple turn a former restaurant into a home; a former grange hall becomes a spacious family home.

• South Carolina Church; Ohio Schoolhouse; Maryland Grist Mill

  South Carolina church; Ohio schoolhouse; Maryland grist mill.

• Sugar Plantation; Texas Chevrolet Dealership; West Virginia Schoolhouse

  A 17th century sugar plantation is turned into a mountaintop home; a car salesman and his family settle into a former auto repair shop; an old school is turned into a spacious home.

• Tennessee Barn & Treehouse; Maryland Train Station; Ohio Stone Cutting Plant

  A Tennessee couple transforms a barn in their very own treehouse; a Ohio family finds a home in an old stone cutting facility; a Maryland couple restores an old train depot.

• Tennessee Schoolhouse; Georgia Army Bakery

  An architect and a teacher make a home out of a schoolhouse; former Army bakery becomes a home in Georgia.

• Texas Jail; Washington Bank; Virginia Firehouse

  Homes created from a frontier jail in Texas, a bank in Washington D.C. and a firehouse in Lynchburg, Va.

• Texas Missile Site; Arkansas Laundry; North Carolina Sea Rescue Station

  A Texas man finds a home in a decommissioned missile site; a laundry is turned into a modern residence; a former life-saving station becomes a memorabilia-filled seaside home.

• Texas Theater; Massachusetts Police Station; Pennsylvania Grist Mill

  An abandoned movie theater becomes the talk of El Paso, Texas; a police station becomes a home; an old gristmill comes to life.

• Wisconsin Church; Iowa Schoolhouse; Texas Train Depot

  A former Methodist church becomes a spacious home; an Amish schoolhouse is home to a writer; an old freight depot is turned into an eclectic home.

• Wisconsin Opera House; Arkansas Garage; Washington Bank

  A former opera house becomes a fun family home; a former mechanic's shop is turned into a home; a couple buys an old bank.

• Wyoming Department Store; Virginia Corncrib; California School Bus

  A 24,000-square-foot-department store is turned into a spacious home, art studio and office; a couple makes a home out of a corncrib; a DJ calls a former school bus home.