The time is nigh. Fixer Upper’s fifth season kicks off November 21 in its familiar 9p|8c Tuesday-night time slot. In recent days we’ve offered you sneak peeks, updates on Mr. Gaines latest hair styles (and one monumental haircut), Chip and Jo travel updates and even a Fixer Upper dictionary to help you brush up on your Fixer-Upper-isms.

Now the wait is over. Are you ready to see the first episode?

In Search of Authentic Charm

Matt and Samantha Hardy have decided to leave the fast pace of Austin, Texas and slow things down just a bit in Waco. As a couple, they’ve never owned a home before, so they’re wide-eyed and eager. They’ve got a fairly hefty budget (by Waco standards, not Austin's), and a pretty short wish list: space for a home office for Matt, and a home with some genuine period attributes and charm. Beyond that, they pretty much trust Chip and Jo to make the magic happen.

Mixing Modern and Heirloom

Though Matt and Samantha were in search of a vintage home, with a commitment to preservation and maintaining a home’s original details, Joanna pegged their decorative leanings as incorporating some modern, eclectic and European elements. So, as is often the case, Joanna set herself a challenge of creating a workable synthesis of a variety of styles.

Additionally, the Hardy’s professed a love of things wood. So as they’re inclined to do in their heartwarming way, Chip and Jo orchestrated a special surprise custom feature in this renovation, unbeknownst to the homeowners, courtesy of a secretly collaborating family member. Matthew’s grandfather, who is himself a formidable woodworker, crafts two solid wood end tables with hand-turned legs.

Viewers can anticipate the scenario in which Chip embarks on a seven-hour road trip with the two Gaines boys to procure the end tables from Pop Hardy’s home and wood shop near Kansas City, Kansas. Let’s just say that an operative phrase was “Are we there yet?”

High Contrast Kitchen

A distinctive highlight in the renovation is the transformation of a fairly sizable but dated kitchen, blending the warmth of hardwood floors with sharply contrasting black cabinetry and white granite countertops and backsplash.

And drawing once again on the new homeowners’ love of natural wood, Chip and Joanna had a bar-top custom created out of longitudinal slices of raw pecan — with the edges left in their natural, rough state for a rustic touch. The motif was carried through in open shelving in Matt’s new home office.

The Fixer Upper Season 5 opener, “Austin Couple Finds Waco Charm” premieres Tuesday, November 21 at 9p|8c. Here’s a video preview of the new season.