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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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 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...

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer.

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer.

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....

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'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...

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...

The birth of any show is always a rough one.

The birth of any show is always a rough one.

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...

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...

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...

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

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...