Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis Season 1 Episode 5 Panic in Pasadena

Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis is a reality TV show where an interior designer and house flipper named Jeff Lewis visits dysfunctional homes and helps homeowners to overcome their issues and redesign their living spaces. In season 1 episode 5, "Panic in Pasadena," Jeff visits a family in Pasadena, California, whose main concern is their cluttered and disorganized home.

Upon his arrival at the house, Jeff quickly notices that the family's belongings are scattered everywhere, and there are piles of clothes, toys, and junk mail all over the place. The family members are constantly fighting over the mess, and Jeff realizes that their disorganization is causing them a lot of stress and anxiety.

Jeff starts his intervention by having a chat with the family, trying to understand their daily life routine, and examining their personal style and taste in home decor. He quickly learns that the family does not have a designated space for their belongings, and that's why everything ends up on the floor or the couch. Jeff then devises a plan to create more storage and establish a place for everything.

As he usually does, Jeff takes control of the whole situation, and the first thing he does is to order the family to remove everything from the house, with assistance from his team. Jeff's team consists of Jenni, his assistant, and Zoila, his housekeeper. The team then sets up stations for different categories of items, such as clothes, toys, and paperwork, which Jeff categorizes further into 'keep,' 'donate,' or 'throw away.’

With everything removed, the house starts to look spacious, and Jeff begins to make design decisions for the space. He chooses calming colors to ease the family's anxiety, with pops of electric blue as an accent. Jeff also purchases a sectional sofa to accommodate everyone instead of the previous pieces, which were far apart and didn't lend any coziness.

Jeff works on the living room first, where he adds some built-in cabinets with shelves for the family's photographs and books, and a fireplace insert with a wooden mantel was painted to complement the color scheme. The next room was the kids’ playroom, which was formerly the dining room. Jeff knocked down the wall to make more space for play during the day, and he added new furniture, shelving units for toys, and some artistic murals on the walls.

Jeff also personalized the bedrooms based on each family member's personality, choosing bright colors for the kids and repainting the parents' room with calming colors while giving them a fresh new bedding set and ample storage.

The most significant part of Jeff's intervention is not the physical transformation of the space; instead, it is the emotional and psychological impact that the makeover brought to the family. The family members are delighted and amazed at the final result, and Jeff leaves behind a house that not only looks aesthetically pleasing but one that also serves as a functional living space.

Overall, "Panic in Pasadena" episode of Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis is an exciting and dramatic watch, and viewers would surely enjoy Jeff's intervention in the cluttered life of a family in constant disarray. The episode showcases Jeff's skills as a designer and his impact on a family's day to day life.