A military family longs to host visiting relatives for holiday dinners and special occasions, but their century-old house only has so much space to go around; Hilary stretches every dollar to make their historic home welcoming both inside and out.

A couple who recently moved back from Germany can't let their overseas memories go, and now their home and furnishings are completely mismatched; Hilary struggles to balance what the house needs with these homeowners' changing design choices.

A homeowner's attempt to build an addition for her ageing mother backfires when the contractor is a no-show; it's up to Hilary to remedy both the home and tense family dynamic before the walls close in.

A couple tasks Hilary Farr with opening up their drastically dated kitchen and finding space to make a bedroom suite for a retired mother.