Jennifer Jason Lee mixes a popular renovation trend on Celebrity IOU a kitchen should be beautiful and functional this seems to be Drew and Jonathan Scott's main message in the latest episode of celebrity iio you in the season 8 episode Jennifer Jason Lee surprise the brothers meet with actress Jennifer Jason Lee single white female Fast Times at Rond High to help her give back to her longtime friend Nori Nori loves her house but her kitchen is dated so Lee wants to upgrade it along with the living room to make the home feel refreshed from the moment they see the kitchen the brothers spot lots of ways to improve the space and are able to get to work making it much more functional and beautiful however they skipped one popular kitchen upgrade most people would think is a requirement for good reason read on to find out which common kitchen Trend might be on its way out and pick up plenty of tips for maximizing kitchen efficiency when Drew and Jonathan first see nory's house it's clear that removing the wall between the kitchen and living room will make a big difference with the wall down they can open up the entire space and add a large island with lots of storage and prep space while Leah initially loves the idea she learns from nory's daughter that Nori has actually expressed appreciation for the wall when she has people over and she's cooking she likes to have have some separation Lee tells Jonathan so people don't see all of the mess in the kitchen Jonathan is happy to comply but says that with the wall up nory's kitchen won't be big enough for an island instead the team will need to use the wall adding floor to ceiling Cabinetry and a little extra counter space to make up for the missing island in the end the kitchen looks great the space is efficient and beautiful and Nori gets some privacy while cooking perhaps the trend of taking down kitchen walls is one small step closer to being out with the kitchen wall in place it's clear there isn't enough room for an island but when Lee finds an old butcher block table in nory's backyard a piece that Nori inherited from Lee's mother the actress gets excited about bringing the piece into the space the team cleans up the table making it look new and places it in the center of the kitchen you don't have enough space in here for a big island but it's nice to have a little extra prep space Jonathan says plus since this piece is from Lee's mom it adds a touch of sentimentality to the kitchen making it extra special during the initial house tour Jonathan says it's so weird that Nori sink is facing a wall of Cabinetry it's always nicer to have the sink out of window if you can do it he remarks so the team moved the window to the other wall and expanded the kitchen window in the meantime it's a simple swap but it will make a big difference now Nori can enjoy a big beautiful view of the garden while doing dishes when the Scott brothers first tour nory's house Jonathan suggests replacing the current dining table of a smaller one the table's actually a bit too big for the space so it takes up so much real estate kind of blocks the access to the door he says but Lee quickly explains that Nori loves to throw large dinner parties so she needs all the seeds she can get