The BEST episodes of Good Bones

#1 - New Build, New Business

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/26/2023

After losing money on their last house, Mina and the team hope to get top dollar by doing an upscale new build on the lot next door. Mina decides to balance out the new construction blandness with antique doors, but a mishap could derail the project.

#2 - Big Build, Big Risk

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/3/2021

Mina and Karen return to Talbott Street for their largest project on the block! The abandoned build comes with big risks and bigger dollar signs, and they have to pull out every trick in the book to turn this giant into a modern lake house-style marvel.

#3 - Mina Takes the Lake

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2024

With hopes of having more work-life balance, Mina buys a lakefront fixer-upper and jumps right into making it a restful family getaway. But when a huge sale falls through and jeopardizes the renovation, Mina must make a tough decision about her future.

#4 - Income Property Issues

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/15/2023

Mina and the team are back in the Bates Hendricks neighborhood to turn one home into two dwellings: a downstairs apartment and an upstairs income property. After a pricey foundation fix, they need to pinch pennies to give the home plenty of wow factor.

#5 - Eclectic Artistry in Garfield Park

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/14/2021

#6 - Wide Open Spaces

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/24/2016

The next home renovation project for Mina and Karen is far from a flip. They're venturing out of downtown Indianapolis and into the countryside to do a home renovation for new clients Mike and Karen. The couple has a big family but a house that feels very closed-off, and they want help opening it up. Part of Mina and Karen's plan is to add sliding glass doors and big windows to bring in more natural light. Just four weeks later, they're excited to invite the couple back into their new open concept home that feels far more spacious.

#7 - Historical Hiccups on Hill Street

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/29/2023

Mina and the team are in Irvington renovating a charming historical house on Hill Street. But after running into issues with the city, Mina has her work cut out for her to create an eclectic mid-mod villa while upholding its historical integrity.

#8 - From Warehouse to Storefront

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/17/2021

Mina and Karen have returned to the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood to turn an old warehouse into their first retail store; the rundown building needs an enormous amount of work, and they’ll need the entire team to reveal their biggest project to date.

#9 - Budget-Busting Victorian

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2018

Mina and Karen purchase a home near the Northside neighborhood that's full of historical features. They do their best to design an open floor plan while preserving as many elements as possible, but structural slow-downs and permitting nightmares threaten their schedule and budget.

#10 - Starting From Scratch in the Old Southside

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/7/2021

Mina and Karen take on an abandoned fire-damaged home, but after a walkthrough, they realize the only way to fix it is to demolish the house and start from scratch. The duo pulls out all the stops to revitalize this rebuild with French-inspired design.

#11 - The Greenwich Village Townhome

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/30/2020

Mina and Karen renovate the right side of their duplex townhome.

#12 - Tiny Condo, Big Reno

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/13/2021

Hosts Mina and Karen need to renovate the final condominium in their Old Southside fourplex, so they do their best to maximize the space with a remarkable art deco style, a process that involves dealing with an extensive list of issues.

#13 - Secret Sanctuary on Singleton

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/22/2023

Mina and the team return to Bates-Hendricks to take on their second home on Singleton Street. With vaulted ceilings and a secret room in the kitchen, this serene, spa-like house needs serious wow factor to lure in the area's picky buyers.

#14 - A Condo Brings Family Together

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/20/2019

Mina and Karen are fixing up a condo building and Mina wants to remodel one of the units for her sister and her two girls, who want to be closer to downtown. They work to transform the total gut job into a dream home filled with personalized touches, including a special mural made by Mina, Karen and the kids.

#15 - Pricey Paradise with Big Problems

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/31/2021

Mina and Karen tackle their last house on Talbott Street, but money is tight for this expensive project. They work to pack in as many cool design features as they can, but buyers in the neighborhood may not respond well to their French farmhouse theme.

#16 - Tad's Next Chapter

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/17/2023

Tad and Anna's dream home nears completion, but their moody and quirky design style poses a challenge for Mina. And despite the pressure of the renovation, Tad considers taking yet another big, life-changing step with Anna.

#17 - New Babies and New Neighborhoods

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/27/2021

Hosts Mina and Karen think their first project in the new Near Eastside neighborhood seems too good to be true, but a variety of issues ends up arising with their renovation plan for the property not long after the demolition process.

#18 - Claire's Crooked Cottage

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/10/2021

A mother has called on Mina and Karen to help fix up a home that she purchased for her daughter. While the cottage is in better condition than most of the duo's projects, they're hoping to add more living space and straighten out its crooked exterior.

#19 - A Stately Home Full of Slithering Surprises

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/19/2018

Karen and Mina team up with their friend Josh on a high-stakes property in Fountain Square. What looks promising at first glance quickly turns when during their initial walk-through they find some of the previous owner's pet snakes still slithering throughout the house. The news only goes downhill from there when half the foundation suddenly disappears, but once finished this Fountain Square beauty is worth all the trouble.

#20 - Chop and Pop

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/25/2019

Mina and Karen are back in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood and hoping to turn a profit this time around. Since the home is one of the smallest on the street, the ladies plan to chop off a poorly designed addition and pop up a new story addition, adding valuable square footage and opening up the living room and kitchen. Spending a little more money on landscaping and curb appeal rounds out Mina and Karen’s renovation plans but a whopper of a surprise sends the crew into a panic, maybe sending Karen home with a new pet.

#21 - California Dreaming in Indy

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/21/2021

#22 - Risky Reno with Historic Charm

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/15/2018

Despite its odd layout and decrepit state, Mina and Karen are taking on an old house with a ton of historic charm in the Old Southside neighborhood. As framing starts, the crew uncovers a major structural problem that hits the budget hard, and later, Mina gets some bad news that could threaten a huge selling point of the house. But when the renovation is complete, this charmer offers all the comforts of modern living blended with antique pieces like vintage front doors and a restored curved staircase.

#23 - Tad's Tiny Home

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/25/2020

Mina and Karen look to turn an old garage on one of their rental properties into a tiny home for Mina's brother, Tad. With foundation issues and a mysterious broken pipe, this tiny home has massive issues that must be resolved before Tad can move in.

#24 - From Teardown to Italian Treasure

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/24/2021

After buying a home sight unseen in Old Southside, Mina and Karen soon realize they need to tear the whole building down. Then, the duo works to figure out how to make a new build on the tiny lot feel like a charming Italian villa that buyers will love.

#25 - Money Pit Mishaps

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2023

Mina and the team are back in Bates-Hendricks to remodel an old home with a two story addition and a separate income suite. But after major issues arise during framing, Mina is challenged to stay on budget to create a durable, deluxe getaway.