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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That? • Season 1 • Episode 15

About this episode

Viewers will witness how the design team provided a new home with much-needed extra space for Kansas City, Missouri firefighter Stephen Johnson and his five children - two of whom he adopted. Johnson is a hero to many, including the paramedic whose life he saved when he was called to the scene of a house explosion. The rebuilding of their home will be the subject of ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - How'd They Do That?"" As with all of the intense remodeling projects that ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"" undertakes, there is a great deal that goes on that does not make it into the final broadcast. Now viewers can see how the Johnson's 1200 square-foot house was transformed into a stunning two-story home that will allow plenty of room for the devoted father and his children: Stephen Jr., 18, Duane, 14 and Gina, 12 -- plus two more children, Brandon, 15, and Ryan, 13, whom he adopted from the foster care system after their adoptive mother passed away. The design team, homebuilder Kevin Gr