That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them.

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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...

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...

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...

It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in...

It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in...

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'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 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...

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 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...

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 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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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....

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...