MPDP walks toward the camera and introduces the show's concept. As for the obligatory MPDP outfit report, she's wearing dark low-cut (of course) blue jeans, a reddish-orange nubby turtleneck sweater, and a brown jacket with faux (I'm assuming) fur on the cuffs. And her hair is less wingy than usual. She announces that they are in Puyallup, Washington, and indicates that Mount Rainier is behind her.

We see the homeowners playing cards at a kitchen table. The camera shows a very Frank-style saying painted on the country-decorated walls. It says, "Old friends gather here." The designers are Doug and Frank, and the carpenter is Ty. Doug's hair is looking a little grayer than usual. Maybe it's the light. I'm sure he doesn't color his hair. Well, not "sure." MPDP informs us that Mount Rainier is actually a dormant volcano that hasn't erupted in over a hundred years, and she hopes the redecorating doesn't cause any eruptions with the homeowners. Foreshadowing?

Loreen and Charlie are the first set of homeowners introduced to us. They need a new living room. Boy, do they. It's a fairly standard suburban living room, with a fireplace at one end. It's just super-cluttered with country-style accessories. You've got your pine shelf with heart-shaped cutouts, your perpetual calendar with cows or some shit painted on it, your folk art wallpaper border, your gingham patterned wallpaper on the bottom half of the room, your Boyd's Bear on the fireplace next to a dried flower arrangement. You know the drill. Loreen says she'd like to see the wallpaper removed, some color added, and "Charlie's new rocking chair" moved to the garage. It's not really a rocking chair so much as an overstuffed teal recliner. Loreen, I'm with you. Charlie says that there isn't enough shelving in the room, because they have a lot of pictures to display. Charlie's also okay with moving his "rocking chair" to the garage. As for her friends' room, Loreen says that she'd like to paint the walls, perhaps a mocha color, and take advantage of the nice fireplace. Heh. She says that Pam and John are fun, and that the room doesn't reflect that right now, because it's pretty blah.

Pam and John's living room has a nice bay window, plain white walls, a green plaid cloth-style rug on the floor, birdhouse accessories, and lots of green-painted wood. MPDP voice-overs that Pam loves crafts, as we see Pam and John building some sort of large phallic symbol out of grapevines. I don't know. John says that he thinks their living room isn't like the rest of the house. Pam says that they really like the fireplace the way it is. John agrees, and says that other than the fireplace, they are open to change. It's like they know. I'd also like to point out that Pam totally interrupted John while he was speaking and held her hand up to him like he was a pet. It's just a sign of things to come. Pam thinks that Loreen and Charlie have big furniture in a small room, which leads to a lack of seating. John adds that they are a big family, with four kids, and have trouble all fitting into the space. John is interested to see what the designers have in mind, and they have some ideas too. You'd think with a statement like that, they would get Hildi.