It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering…

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But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would...

But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative...

I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The birth of any show is always a rough one.

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....

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...

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room...

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room...