The Roloff home remodel is still unfinished, so Matt brings in the pros to build a new deck. Meanwhile the Roloff kids embark on a project of their own: making a new tree fort. The boys' fort project gets shut down when Jacob steps on a rusty nail.

While Amy is away for a weekend reunion with her sisters in San Francisco, Matt makes a long-awaited purchase—a vintage VW Bug—and decides to repaint the house. Then he worries how he'll keep Amy from getting upset.