But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.

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I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the...

I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the...

I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really...

I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really...

Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their...

Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their...

It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above...

It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above...

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The birth of any show is always a rough one.

Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members....

Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members....

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I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things...

And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard...

And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard...

I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years...

I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years...

Like I said, TLC has enough of my life. I have to keep some of...

Like I said, TLC has enough of my life. I have to keep some of...

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad...

I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad...

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You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this....

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We worked out a lot of bugs and figured out who was working and who...

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking...

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking...

That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not...

That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not...

So, like I said, I will visit Jeffersonville more often because I now have a...

So, like I said, I will visit Jeffersonville more often because I now have a...

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's...

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's...

I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the...

I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the...

The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating...

The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating...