When East meets West, amazing design happens. L'Alahambra rug is a marriage of the clean line and simplicity of Western graphic design meets the complexity and beauty of Eastern pattern.

The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.

I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country.

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.

When East meets West, amazing design happens. L'Alahambra rug is a marriage of the clean line and simplicity of Western graphic design meets the complexity and beauty of Eastern pattern.

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

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