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Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/2015
Jeff and Allyson live in a large heritage home, but with only one poorly organized bathroom with a tired ‘60s look, they need to renovate it to match the aesthetic of the rest of the house. Paul comes up with an innovative design that blends modern bathroom appliances with the historical flavor of the home
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#2 - The Canoe Great Room
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/2015
Brian and Allison have always dreamed of owning a cottage, so they decide to recreate that cottage feel in their home. Paul transforms their great room into a warm, inviting space with a central stone fireplace, and adds a vintage canoe hung from the ceiling.
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#3 - The West Coast Room
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/24/2015
Jeremy and Tabitha want their cluttered family room to reflect their love of the West Coast and be neat and orderly. Paul turns their cramped room into a well-organized space with sliding screens, tons of storage and a cool Pacific flair. Christina and Allen bring in some old barn doors to the workshop, and Paul turns them into a showpiece wine cabinet.
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#4 - The Map Mudroom
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/24/2015
Tim and Terri Anne just bought their dream home and want a unique mudroom space where their kids can get ready for school. They want it to be functional but personal, so Paul creates a space that reflects their love for travel and their careers as teachers.
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#5 - The Breakfast Bar Kitchen
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/2015
Single mom of three Terri has been saving up for 20 years to renovate her kitchen, and the time has finally come to take the plunge. Paul remodels the layout and creates Terri’s dream kitchen, complete with a custom breakfast bar, peninsula table for entertaining, and a functional but sophisticated galley kitchen. Kimberly commissions Paul to build her a media center to house her new 55-inch flat screen TV, all done in an updated mid-century modern style.
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#6 - The Rain Shower Master Bedroom
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2015
David and Andrea spent two years renovating their entire home, but left their master bedroom until last. And with two active young boys, the couple needs their own personal bathroom. Paul has carte blanche with this bedroom and gives them a sleek modern in-suite bathroom with a massive two-person rain shower, and a unique room divider with built in cupboards and a vanity. Claudia wants a coffee table and a dining table for her small urban apartment, so Paul builds a table that transforms from a compact coffee table with storage to a four-person dining table.
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#7 - The Onyx Backsplash Kitchen
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2015
David and Laura’s home life revolves around cooking and entertaining in their kitchen. But with no counter space or room for their worldly wine collection, they must renovate their kitchen so they can host dinner parties in style.
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#8 - The Movie Theatre Room
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2015
Foster parents Geoff and Heidi need a multidimensional room that can serve as a family entertainment room for their three children, but can also transform into a bedroom so they can accommodate temporary foster kids. Paul has the perfect solution...
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#9 - The Stone Master Bedroom
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/2015
With a new baby on the scene and another on the way, Stephanie and Eric realize now is the time to turn their master bedroom into a master escape. Their builder basic room is bland and lacks storage, but they have no time to fix it themselves. Paul revamps their bedroom adding a stone feature wall, built-in ‘his and her’ wardrobes with a central vanity, and a hidden TV unit. Paul and the team refurbish Joshua’s old card table into a poker table that looks like it belongs in a high-end Vegas casino.
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#10 - The Cocktail Bar
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2015
An adventurous couple with a love of travelling, Méline and Greg want to turn their spare room into an escape within their home. They give Paul carte blanche with their space, and he creates a Caribbean oasis complete with a cabana-style cocktail bar, lounging sofa and backlight beach murals.
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#11 - The Blingy Bathroom
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/24/2015
Chris and Irma have a dated and poorly functioning bathroom that they want to enlarge and re-style in a Parisian flair. Paul blings out their bathroom with Roman-style columns, a chandelier and heated floors, while giving Chris the massive shower and the and the corner soaker tub.
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#12 - The Lady Cove
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/24/2015
Nancy has an empty space connected to her bedroom that she wants to turn into a private retreat where she can read, reflect or even dance whenever she feels inspired. Paul goes all in and creates an oval shaped daybed by the window and unique cabinets for plenty of personal storage.
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#13 - The Hunter Yoga Kitchen
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/31/2015
Shasta and Ian desperately want to update their kitchen to bring it inline with their eclectic interests. Shasta wants it to be a Zen space where she is inspired to cook, and Ian wants it to incorporate elements of a hunting lodge.
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#14 - The Swivel Television Room
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/31/2015
Michele and Tyrone tried to turn their family room into an open concept space, but ended up with a messy playroom instead.
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#15 - The Surf 'N' Sport Basement
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/2015
Steven and Joanna have a very usual request for their dark, dank basement - they want one half to be a sports-themed man cave, and the other half to be a family room with a surf theme. Paul rises to the challenge and creates a dual purpose space that perfectly captures a vintage sports feel and a Hawaiian surf shack.
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#16 - The Pizza Oven Kitchen
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/2015
Brian and Alison want an updated kitchen where they can entertain their large family, but don’t know where to start. Paul completely revamps their kitchen’s bad layout by building a massive central island ideal for cooking for big groups. The new kitchen even seamlessly blends a pizza oven with a Cape Cod feel. At the workshop, artist Tina drops by to see if Paul can build a multi-functional art station that she can use for group retreats. Paul delivers an artist station that’s a masterpiece itself.
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#17 - The Sliding Stage Theatre
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/12/2015
Warren and Mary Ann have a family full of performers and a basement that’s not worthy of an encore. Paul and his team turn the dark basement into a home theatre and performance space with a state-of-the-art sound system, massive projection screen and a moving stage! Paul gets a request at the shop to make a table to display a special rock collection. The team gets together and builds a beautiful dining table that reflects client Alia’s love of travel and elegantly displays her rock collection.
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#18 - The Art Table Kitchen
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/12/2015
Tiffany and Wayne have a cramped, cluttered kitchen that also functions as their young daughter’s art station, which leaves minimal space to make a big family meal. They also have a dining space with a large circular table taking up valuable real estate. Paul unites the two rooms by removing a wall and creates a stylish galley kitchen that’s worthy of Tiffany’s culinary creations. He also adds a built-in table with hidden storage for their daughter’s art supplies. The east coast visits Paul at the shop when clients Kim and Tommy ask for patio furniture with a distinctly nautical theme. Paul and the team take a boat apart and rebuild it as an outdoor furniture set that blows these clients away.
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#19 - The Curved Glass Bathroom
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/17/2015
Boedhi and Ferlin have a huge master bedroom with a tiny ensuite bathroom. They’d like a bathroom that feels like it’s in a luxurious hotel, but one that is personalized with a few subtle reminders from their native country Indonesia. Paul takes half of the unused space from the bedroom and creates a unified bedroom, dressing room and stunning bathroom. The bathroom includes a curved backlit glass etching that surrounds a large stand-alone tub, and the dressing room has a carved wooden dividing screen with a discreet Indonesian influence. At the shop, Joseph and Candida want a kitchen island bar that’s truly unique and Paul is just the man for the job. He uses fallen trees from the couple’s cottage to create an island bar with a live edge countertop and shelves made from birch trees. The end result is not only functional but is also a one-of-a-kind art piece.
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#20 - The Big Beam Kitchen
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/17/2015
This episode’s a special one for Paul. He’s done non-stop renovations for years on everyone else’s homes, but never on his own. His wife Janna has always wanted a new kitchen with a desk area where she can work. Paul decides to turn his attention home and gives Janna her dream kitchen that reflects her eclectic tastes. Speaking of eclectic tastes, parents Sarah and Mike want a very special bed and desk made for their son Liam as a surprise. Liam loves outer space so Paul decides to take the bed and desk to the final frontier and creates something that’s out of this world.
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#21 - The Lit Up Living Room
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/19/2015
John wants a living room that no one has. He wants slick space that feels like a high-end boutique hotel where he can watch movies and relax with friends. Paul creates a sleek living room with a gorgeous backlit marble wall, floating display shelves and fireplace to warm the space up. At the shop, it’s playtime for Paul when couple Danielle and Mike ask for a playhouse for their baby boy that they can tuck away when it’s not needed. Paul and the team create a hideaway playhouse that transforms to look like a wardrobe when not in use.
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#22 - The Wine Cellar Office
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/19/2015
Mike and Anna have a basement office that’s cluttered and doesn’t have a purpose. They’d like the room to be turned into a dual office and wine cellar to house their growing collection. Paul takes on the difficult logistics of combining two very different spaces and comes up with a wine cellar with glass doors and a joined wrap around desk for two that is effortlessly integrated. And speaking of unusual requests, the shop has a first – new client Christine wants a doggie mansion for her four Pomeranians. The team sets to work building a mansion for canines with some serious bling.
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#23 - The Bright White Kitchen
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/26/2015
Helen and her daughter Leelah would like to cook together in their kitchen but unfortunately it’s a room built for one. Paul orders up a radical transformation and expands the kitchen by replacing the wall between the kitchen and dining room with a quartz island, and then repurposes the TV area so it can be used for dining. The entire space is modern, beautiful and has room for plenty of cooks in the kitchen. Meanwhile, the team has an unusual request from client Joanna at the shop: create a British bar as a wedding anniversary surprise for her husband John who misses home. Paul delivers a spectacular British bar fit for any living room.
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#24 - The Big Family Basement
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/26/2015
Anthony and Maria have a dark, dated basement that’s a blast from the past. This couple throws large family parties and they want an inviting space for entertaining and relaxing with their kids. Paul takes apart the whole basement and creates a lounge, laundry space, dining area and sitting area all in sight of a beautiful three-sided fireplace. This fantastic space will definitely create a bright future for this family. The team also tackles a new challenge from clients Natasha and Prince. They want a change table for their new baby that’s not baby-themed, so it can match the decor in the main space of their small family home. Paul creates a gorgeous wall-hung change table that folds up into an art piece when not in use, with the added benefit that it can easily be converted into a desk in the future.
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#25 - The Gentleman's Bar
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/3/2015
Michael and Aran’s two boys have outgrown their playroom so they’ve decided to turn the empty room into a grown-up retreat for themselves. With a large adjacent wine cellar already in place, they’d love to add an elegant bar to match. Paul and his team take the space to sophisticated levels and create a bar that feels like an upscale club. Another challenge awaits Paul at the shop when two Live Action Role Players (LARPer’s) Genarro and Electra ask Paul to build them a display for their armour. The gauntlet is thrown and Paul creates a display worthy of knights.
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The Best Episodes of Custom Built
Every episode of Custom Built ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Custom Built!
Designer/Builder Paul Lafrance tackles projects that he customizes for clients with spectacular results. Paul is willing to put his custom spin on any room or...
Genre:Reality
Network:HGTV Canada
Best Episodes Summary
"The Barn Beam Bathroom" is the best rated episode of "Custom Built". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/17/2015. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "The Canoe Great Room".