Build It Forward

The deserving staff at Austin Child Guidance Center is rewarded with a surprise makeover.

The Ariel Outreach Mission in Oakland, Calif., is rewarded with a meaningful makeover.

A local hero at the Austin Child Guidance Center in Texas needs help repairing her home after a devastating storm; with some help from Lowe's, Matt Blashaw and Taniya Nayak step in to give her a dream renovation.

Matt and Taniya head to Oakland, Calif., to surprise the co-founder of Ariel Outreach Mission with a way overdue home makeover; along with Lowe's, they'll give the Mission the space and tools they need to keep providing assistance to their community.

Matt and Taniya fly to Albuquerque, N.M., to meet a first-time homeowner and her colleagues at Crossroads for Women; with some help from Lowe's, they'll transform her home into a Hollywood oasis and refresh the center's exterior.

Matt and Taniya travel to Syracuse, N.Y., to the Mary Nelson Youth Center, where a hometown hero gets a home makeover.

Matt and Taniya stop in Cosby, Tenn., where a teacher needs help expanding his family's living space after a fire destroyed their home; they partner with Lowe's to give this family and their school newly renovated spaces.