Use plants to bring life.
Douglas Wilson
There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure.
What people respond to in my room makeovers is the daring design - fearless colors, bold fabrics and occasionally outlandish decor.
In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project.
Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.
I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.
I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad.
Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.
I enjoy talking to fans.
I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver.
It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.
Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records.
I've enjoyed being a part of something from the beginning, when we were still finding our footing.
I was supposed to be the antithesis of Frank.
I am the young, edgy New Yorker.
I see the same coffee table everywhere. It's mass marketing.
They don't know they're living in a glass house.
Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate.
Inexpensive is good.
I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.
I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.
I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.
There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules.
I know people don't think I work.
I'm having the time of my life and I'm glad people are enjoy it.
Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.
Why stress tomorrow when you can stress today?
Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?
You have to put your own personality into your home. Do what you feel is you!
A challenge always is good. Normal design does not come under the constraints of a small budget and time frame. But it has helped me to make quick and knowledgeable decisions.
