And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard to say goodbye to. The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.

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

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 spots.

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

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

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

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.