Shalina Joy is ready to take on the dark, dreary and dated living room in her 1900s Mediterranean Revival home in Newark, New Jersey. But will years of bad renovations and a brick beast of a fireplace keep her from bringing this room back to its former light, bright and elegant glory?

Shalina Joy faces a colossal challenge when she tries to make this cramped, outdated kitchen a space her family can enjoy. She tears away layers of past renovations only to find crumbling plaster, holes in the ceiling and walls ready to collapse! Will she be able to turn around this kitchen nightmare?