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.

I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked.

The birth of any show is always a rough one.

Like I said, TLC has enough of my life. I have to keep some of it for myself.

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.

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

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