September 17, 2025 • 41 mins
Today we're diving into one of our favorite topics, how travel sparks inspiration and sneaks its way into the way we design our home or for clients, whether it's the art we bring back, the textures we touch, the sense we remember. Or the views that stick around in our minds forever. Travel has a way of reshaping the spaces we create.
Now we'll be talking to Stuart about his wide ranging collection of art across the globe, and why I very deliberately decided not to purchase a certain wooden phallic sculpture and Belize, I'm not joking. True story. This episode is about more than just souvenirs. It's about the stories and sparks of inspiration we gather along the way, and how they shape the way we feel our homes with meaning. Let's get to it.
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Today we're diving into one ofour favorite topics, how travel
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sparks inspiration and sneaksits way into the way we design
our home or for clients, whetherit's the art we bring back, the
textures we touch, the sense weremember, or the views that
stick around in our mindsforever.
Travel has a way of reshapingthe spaces we create.
Now we'll be talking to Stewartabout his wide ranging
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collection of art across theglobe, and YI.
Very deliberately decided not topurchase a certain wooden
phallic sculpture in Belize.
I'm not joking.
True story.
This episode is about more thanjust souvenirs.
It's about the stories andsparks of inspiration we gather
along the way in how they shapethe way we feel our homes with
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meaning.
Let's get to it.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (01:50):
Well, I thought it was kind of
interesting.
Are they good for you?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (01:55):
good.
Okay.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (01:57):
I've noticed my breasts are getting
smaller, but my underarm wingsare getting bigger.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (02:01):
Oh,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (02:02):
just flap away.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (02:03):
into a 47-year-old hormonal woman.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:08):
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:09):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:09):
Sure.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (02:10):
I don't think we can put that on.
Yeah, I guess we could.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:13):
Yeah, we probably can.
They're listening.
Speaking of hormonal women, uh,you know, last week I, um, went
to the Benson Boone concert
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (02:26):
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (02:27):
and listen, I was that basic white
bitch standing there with myiced coffee in the audience.
And my phone taking pictureswith all the other moms.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (02:42):
So that's his audience, huh?
I had no idea.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:45):
Yeah, and the gays.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (02:47):
And he like
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:48):
Yeah, I would say anybody that he just
turns on, I think that, uh, thatwould be his
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:51):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:52):
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:52):
Yeah.
His dad was there.
It was very nice.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (02:58):
he can sing, he can flip.
'cause he's got that weirdmustache thing that I don't
think, it's kind of appealing topeople.
I guess it is though.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:08):
Uh, well, apparently it is.
'cause he sells out everywherehe goes.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (03:12):
You know, you know, I think
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (03:13):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (03:14):
he is talented.
I also think that this istotally off subject, but
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (03:18):
Yeah.
Well,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (03:19):
is
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:20):
to do with traveling.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (03:21):
Sure it has to do with traveling.
when we were in New York in thesummer when we saw a couple of,
Broadway shows, and there weretwo actresses that specifically
every person in the, thetheater.
So, you know, 2000 people eatingevery syllable out of their
hand.
And there's just something aboutthem.
I imagine that's very commonwith a lot of, um, people that
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make it, there's just somethingabout the person that draws you
to them.
Like there's that it factor thatpeople always talk about, and I
would imagine that he definitelyhas it, It's just, uh,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:54):
Oh yeah,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (03:54):
there's some, there's some kind of
energy there.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:56):
it's the it factor.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (03:58):
The a factor.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (03:59):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (04:00):
He has an it
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (04:01):
Yeah.
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (04:03):
Some days, some days I just have this
shit factor, so.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (04:09):
It's It is what it is.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (04:12):
Well, to go back and revamp what we're
talking about today was this wasan idea of Dwayne's and it is
about travels, whether they'rebig or small, and, and what
we've taken from that and.
What inspired us?
What has, you know, got usthinking, what did we pick up
along the way and how we'veincorporated that into what
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we've done.
Is that correct?
Is that, is that a good, uh.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (04:36):
It absolutely it.
Well, I always feel like we are,um, advocates for loving your
home and curated homes, andthat's, that's our, our spiel,
right?
That's what we do.
And I started really thinkingabout it though.
But my home in, you know, when Iwork in a client's homes, but my
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in particular, it's a reflectionof the places and things that
inspire me and therefore I wannatell that story of a.
The things that I've curatedseen, that's helped me create a
house for myself and for Kathyand, uh, for other clients.
Understanding that you, you haveyour cocoon, but then you also
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need to go out there and see theother parts of the world.
'cause then it makes your cocooneven more interesting, which
it's
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (05:23):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (05:24):
that make sense.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (05:25):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (05:26):
Stewart loves it.
Stewart.
So what?
Stewart has this amazingcollection of art, right?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (05:37):
Yes.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (05:37):
I've always been curious how that
started and where that camefrom.
Now it may not be anything to dowith travel, but was it from
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (05:46):
Well,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (05:46):
is
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (05:46):
no, I would say, I would say 90% of
the art came from travel.
So
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (05:53):
Yeah, what I
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (05:54):
rather than saying, Ooh, I'm gonna do
right, rather than saying, Ooh,I'm going to rip out my bathroom
when I get home.
'cause I love this spa bathroomat this hotel I'm staying in.
I'm like, Hmm, I like that pieceof art.
And that's how I remember thatplace.
So that's why it's so, I guessmine is curated differently than
the actual structure itself.
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'cause, you know, structures.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (06:16):
what, that's what this whole
conversation's about.
It doesn't necessarily, uh, youknow, it's funny you honed in on
the boutique, hotels and that'ssomething we'll go back to, but
No, it's curated through thesites, the, the smells, the
colors, and, um, you getinspired by Right.
And.
You, you're, you're hon in, inexactly what I'm trying to get
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people to hear is when you goout and see the world, you find
those objects, for example.
You don't necessarily tear yourhouse down, but you find those
objects and you bring thosememories back and it starts
creating a look, a feel, uh, foryour house.
Now you all make fun of me, so Ireally hate both of you even,
even more this morning, right?
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Because I,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (06:59):
That's what this podcast is about.
Just sticking it to the,sticking it to us this time.
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (07:03):
I guess it is.
Maybe it is.
You know.
Here we go.
Kids.
Um.
But I think it was two yearsago, I went to, uh, Kathy and I
went to, uh, the family thewhole story.
Uh, went to Siesta Key, which isour favorite landing spot, and
we went to the local,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:21):
I am already
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (07:23):
Yeah,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (07:23):
Jesus Christ.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (07:24):
I bought a piece of art
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:26):
Yes.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (07:27):
you know, yes, it was
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:28):
It was painted on a Tuesday
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (07:29):
a
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:30):
at 5:00 PM.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (07:32):
yes, yes.
And the picture.
And I asked her, I said, do youremember painting this picture
and when you did it?
And she's like, oh, yeah.
She said, I remember this.
And specifically because I had afriend visiting and she wanted
to go to the beach, and I tookthat beach and then I got
inspired.
And then what did you all do?
You made fun of me.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (07:48):
Yeah, I shit on it.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (07:49):
she lied to you.
She
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:51):
She did,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (07:52):
of art.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:52):
she did.
I have bought, I have boughtpieces of art from people in the
street that took my leftoverfood, so they didn't know where
the hell they painted it.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (08:05):
okay.
that what you paid'em with?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:08):
Well now I paid them money and I gave
'em my food from the restaurant.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (08:12):
Oh,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:12):
They were true starving people.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (08:14):
Like, where, weren't they?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:16):
Yes.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (08:17):
Well, so where some, where some of
your art came from?
Where's the, um, where you foundthese pieces?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:22):
Oh, Asheville, um,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (08:25):
Mm-hmm.
place to find good stuff.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (08:27):
you've got
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:28):
uh,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (08:28):
cool piece inside your office from
Savannah.
The word, the word art.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (08:34):
Yeah, the small piece is here in my
work office from Savannah.
I have a larger piece that'sabout five by seven from the
same artist in Savannah.
He went to the scad.
Um, that one was realinteresting because I was there
working on a project for someoneand she wanted to go dress
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shopping.
It has nothing to do with thehouse.
We're talking about wallpaperand she's like, I need a new
dress.
So we go downtown Savannah.
Um, and I go to this dress shopwith her and I'm sitting there
while she's, you know, trying ondresses or whatever, and behind
the checkout counter was thisfive foot by seven foot piece of
art.
And I started reading it'causeit's all words.
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And I start reading it, I'mlike, huh.
And I got distracted and then Ilook at it and start reading it.
It was something different.
Like I was reading itdifferently.
So I looked away again and wentback to it.
So every time you start readingit, the lines change and it's a
different sentence, and it's adifferent meaning every single
time.
So I asked the little lady atthe sales counter, I said, do
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you know where that came from?
And she's like, oh yeah, he's astudent over at SCAD and blah,
blah, blah.
I said, oh.
I said, is he still a student?
She's like, oh yeah.
I said, uh, do you know if thisis for sale?
She's like, I don't know.
I'll call him.
So she called the boy whopainted this, and yes, he was a
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boy.
He was like a junior at thattime.
And, um, he rode his bicycleover there as fast as he could.
I swear he was there in like 32seconds selling a piece of his
art, and, and he told me howmuch it was.
I said, okay, that's fine.
He went really?
I said, yeah, I said this.
It's, it's worth that to me.
(10:21):
He's like, oh, oh, okay.
Thing is I had to take it off ofits stretcher so I could fit it
in the car'cause I couldn't fitthat big piece of art in the
car.
He sat there and pulled outevery single staple, put'em in a
little baggie.
He said, here, I want you tohave the staples too.
I said, well, thank you.
So the staples are actually in abaggie on the back of that
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painting, hanging on my wall.
'cause I had to re-stretch itwhen I got home.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (10:46):
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (10:46):
But anyway, so yeah, it's little
things like that that youremember the place for, um,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (10:53):
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (10:54):
you know, Eleuthera, New York,
Maine, Arizona, I bought artfrom all those places, Denver,
so, yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (11:04):
Yeah.
You, you?
Yeah.
Well, I think when we were inAtlanta a few years ago, many
years ago now, 27 years ago,probably, uh, didn't you all buy
some pieces of art or Jeremy,you took us to something?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (11:16):
No, Jeremy bought one in Chicago.
That little baby,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (11:19):
okay.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (11:19):
you
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (11:20):
that I love of his,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (11:21):
know, the little two, I got two of
them.
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (11:23):
yeah.
Yeah.
He did that in Chicago, which isfunny.
I remember his art and where hebought it.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (11:29):
Mm-hmm.
No, I, I remember it'cause itwas really, it was fun.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (11:32):
Well, that's what this whole thing is
about, is those, is, as much asit's an anything, it's an
experience.
But how those pieces of art comeinto your house now, you know, I
really wasn't, uh, gonna do thisto stick it to the man, but I'm
gonna stick it to the man.
So I also now recall, yeah, withmy clients, I just buy whatever
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shit art I want and just put itin their shitty house to give
them shitty art.
So, and I say.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (12:00):
Not me.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (12:01):
you said that be.
Yeah.
Both of you.
Because I
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (12:03):
I did not.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (12:04):
I would.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Because I said I curate art andI involve them and I want
moments.
Yeah, no, it's fine.
Stuff just matches the house andstick it in there.
And I thought, well,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (12:15):
Dwayne, you have bought the same Fern
art for people for the lastseven years because I have had
to order it.
So don't even say Uhuh.
Uhuh, Uhuh.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (12:29):
You, you get off my, get off my high
horse is what you're
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (12:32):
Well there,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (12:32):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (12:33):
think there's a time and a place like
you can't, I don't think, Imean, if, if you have a
collection, and we've gottenreally art specific, like on,
on, so far on this, but like, ifyou have like a very interesting
art collection, you're not goingto be interested in produced
art, like mass produced art.
Right?
Most people don't care.
There's gonna be, and they'regonna be somewhere in the
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middle.
Right?
They're, they're okay with it,but they're, they're also okay
with having some new fun.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (12:57):
don't care
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (12:58):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (12:58):
you guide them,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (13:00):
God.
Yeah, he got him right into awall.
Okay.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (13:03):
Yeah.
Okay.
Well keep walking.
Okay.
So is, and we do know, and I,I've always, um, appreciated
his, um, collections of, uh,varied art.
And, uh, I always think it'smore modern, but it may not be.
But I always think it's moremodern.
Uh, it's a mix.
And it's a mix.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (13:19):
Yeah, it's a mix.
It's a mix.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (13:21):
are there things, Jeremy, that you
have found or been inspired by?
And again, it doesn't have to bea tchotchke, it can be color,
feel, you know.
You do that house in, uh, on 30a,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (13:31):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (13:32):
know what the beach is.
I can't remember which it is,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16 (13:34):
Rosemary Beach.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (13:36):
does that inspire you or like, is it
a lease that's next to them?
That's,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (13:41):
Alice.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (13:43):
Alice again, I
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (13:44):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (13:44):
wrong.
Uh, have those kind of placesinspired how you've done things
or maybe your travels toEdinburg
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (13:53):
Hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (13:53):
Um, you know, the, the, the beach is
a wonderful place to go, and I'mdefinitely inspired by the
textures and the, and the looksand, and all that.
For me, I have to say that Ithink that, uh, what I get from
traveling is more of how itmakes me feel.
I think that's what I walk awayfrom it with.
So like in our most recent, tripto Europe, were a lot of, um, a
(14:20):
really kind of, you know, we allactually our last podcast was
about, polished heritage or likethis, you know, using older, um,
elements and, and items in thehouse and.
really, um, it was very comfy.
So, you know, that, that's how Ikind of explain, explained to
my, how I felt when I traveledover.
(14:40):
So you had lots of mohair andvelvet and, um, beautiful woven
tweeds and hounds juices.
And so it was very English andheavy, right?
Like, so that very, always, verycomfortable, always very classic
for me.
So it just made, it was veryhomey.
Um, and so that just feelscomfortable to me.
So I always love, um.
Using those elements for sure,just because it does kind of
(15:03):
sophisticated it all and itstill feels home.
But for me, more of what I.
When we travel, I could, Iwon't.
Art isn't necessarily my thingbecause if I see something,
regardless of whether I like itor not, if it doesn't match the
house or if it doesn't work inthe house, I'm not gonna buy it.
Like I'm, I'm just not going to.
So the approach that I also takewith like when we travel is
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wherever we go, I try to buysomething that we're actually
going to use.
So when we went to,, Belizeforever ago, um, was trying to
find something and you know, ifyou wanted a wooden penis,
figure they were everywhere.
But that was not necessarilywhat I was trying to, trying to
buy.
I thought that was the oddestthing to have everywhere.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (15:46):
Now why?
Why are they fixating?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (15:48):
I, you know, I think that they also
thought that there's a young, a
stuart_1_09-16-2025_ (15:52):
Fertility.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (15:53):
Uh, yeah, I don't know.
I, I, I don't know.
I don't know if they were bongs.
I don't know what they were, butthese were like roadside, you
know, people that were actuallywhittling things and they had
enough of'em that they had tosell'em.
So I don't know.
But what we.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (16:05):
world, I mean, I, I think we all
realize we all have penises, butI'm not gonna sit there and have
one carved
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:11):
No.
Well, you know, we, we mentionedthis, but you know, we used to
have a coworker that came backfrom a cruise and
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (16:16):
It's like coconut bras.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:17):
uh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (16:19):
Well,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:19):
he, he, he brought me back.
Don't you remember when Dustybrought back that, uh,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (16:23):
Oh yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16 (16:24):
Granite, uh, penis.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (16:26):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:27):
and it had Cozumel carved in it.
I, you know, so this is,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (16:31):
tuned that one out.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (16:32):
I don't know why.
Um, but so when, but when wewere in Belize, like again
trying to find things that madesense for me, and, and in the
house we, we found some reallybeautiful, um.
Wooden coasters that were carvedand made there.
Right.
So, and I love that.
I knew that was something thatwe're actually gonna use.
(16:52):
I'll look for bowls, I'll lookfor, look for things that, that
actually we're gonna like.
You know, it's not just gonna besomething to sit there, because.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (17:01):
the Myrtle Beach T-shirt for$3.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (17:03):
No, and I'm not looking
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (17:04):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (17:05):
a little lighthouse fig.
Like, no, that's that for me.
That's not it.
Now there is one piece ofphotography that we bought, when
we were in St.
Thomas one time, and I was, wewere on a tour of, uh, was it I
think it was a rum distillery.
Anyway, it, it was just seeingthe people and, and how they
(17:27):
had, they had built from, youknow, nothing.
Right.
So way, way back when having tocarry all the sugar cane and,
and all this, you know, and thenthe ladies, the women carried
this stuff on their heads,right?
In baskets and, um.
I was always taken back by howhard the work was.
Like, you know, farming is noteasy, is not an easy job, right?
No matter what anybody says.
Um, not that I've ever heard,heard anybody say farming's an
(17:49):
easy job, but I think we allunderstand.
Nobody wants to be out there inthe heat.
But I was so taken back abouthow hard these people were
working and, there was an imageof this woman who was carrying
her sugar cane to, I guesswherever they were, wherever
they were doing it, to, to makethe room.
And she was also, um, had onehand holding the thing on top of
(18:11):
her head, and the other hand washolding her little child's hand
as they were walking down thestreet.
And, um.
For me, it told me a beautifulstory about the people that were
there and their dedication totheir family and also the work.
So like that for me wassomething that I bought and
that's frames, you know, almost10 years later we still have it
down in, in the sunroom.
(18:31):
It's just something for me tolook at every time.
I always think back about thatand the resilience of people.
Um, so that's always more of howI try to bring something back
with me.
You know, we have a friend who.
well, and a lot of people dothis, they, uh, will buy
Christmas ornaments when theycome back.
And I love that for you.
Love that.
(18:52):
It's not me.\ But yeah, I, I'lltry to find something that makes
sense that I know that I'm goingto use.
cause then I feel like I'm gonnasee it more often.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (18:58):
it is Kathy every, as far as
Christmas ornament, we have the,the trolley from San Francisco,
we have the crab from Maine, wehave the,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (19:08):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (19:09):
you know, Rockefeller Center,
everything.
And so I always go back to, Ibet your tree's beautiful.
And I was like, well, it is justa junk tree.
And we love our junk treebecause
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (19:22):
Yeah.
I think we don't have one likethat.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (19:24):
putting the Christmas tree up.
You know, the kids and I werethere.
She's like, now I got thisornament here, here.
So it's like 12, 12 hours later.
We still haven't got through thefirst box of ornaments.
I'm like, I got to go to bed.
I got to go
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (19:39):
Put it up.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (19:41):
put it up.
Just get the damn tree done.
We're done
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (19:44):
Yeah.
You know, I think if we had,both of the trees that we have
that go up are more what we calllike a decorator tree.
So I think if I had a, a, aquote unquote family tree, if I
had something that was more likethat, we, we might do it.
'cause when we were gone lasttime, I found something,
ornaments I thought we're reallysuper cute, but they don't match
our, our aesthetic.
So,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (20:04):
It's a commitment.
It's a commitment.
Right?
It's just a look.
It's a look.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (20:10):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (20:10):
Well, I, um.
I have a little collection ofeverything, but I always, you
know.
my mind of we are local, right?
but then as a, a shop owners,we're local,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (20:23):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (20:24):
but I always channel micro local.
And what I mean by that is, um,you know, we'll ever go to like
the, the little crass fairs and,uh, Cynthiana just had the, uh,
honey festival.
And, uh, there's the thing inGeorgetown where you go.
Cut, uh, lavender, I don't knowif y'all know about this, uh,
but you literally, it's lavenderfields and the all kinds of
(20:45):
different lavenders, or Bereawill have a festival.
when you go there, you all theselittle popup tints with
beautiful artisans.
And I always feel so bad.
'cause half the time doesn'tfeel like half of'em sell
anything truthfully, and alwaysmake it a point to try to find
something that's decent or good.
(21:06):
Sometimes there's good, reallygood right.
And buy something.
'cause I attach that memory tothat moment.
And like you, Jeremy, I alwaystry to do something that,'cause
I don't need more tchotchkesnecessarily, but it's a mixed
bag.
But they like cutting boards,you know, you have a sickness of
cutting
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (21:22):
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (21:24):
Hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (21:24):
try to find cutting boards, uh, that
are locally made and it's thewood.
I know that I, uh, Kathy and Ihave that a wooden spoon.
Quite big wooden spoon and it'schipped a little bit and this it
act actually has the guise.
Little, very crudely done,initials, uh, etched into it, or
I don't say monogram'cause it'sreally etched into it or cut
(21:44):
into it.
this wooden spoon came fromBerea.
I don't know.
20 years ago, and I probably,every time I have this big pot
of utensils that set out, I'llgrab that wooden spoon first.
And it's that, that spoon has ahistory and a story.
And you know, we're able tocurate that from that.
And I remember being in Bereaand it's, it's, it's, it's
(22:06):
things that you don't evennecessarily.
Understand at the moment.
It's like, I buy, I buy thiswooden spoon, but how much you
end up loving that thing it'sjust a spoon, it's just a
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (22:17):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (22:17):
to stir food with.
And that's what I keep comingback to, that sometimes we work
a little too hard, but it reallycan be, uh, those little
treasures.
Um, our friend Dennis, the, the,uh, Dennis Varney,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (22:31):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (22:31):
guy,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (22:32):
Little pottery man.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (22:33):
we had.
Uh, we had some, uh, family thatvisited and she brought back
this, uh, and gifted us thisbowl that she was staying with
us, uh, for a while.
And so she, uh, this literallythis done browns and blues,
caramel colored bowl, and Ithink this probably this
porcelain.
(22:54):
Bowl is probably 16 inches wide.
It's massive.
And it came from Asheville
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (22:59):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (22:59):
and it, it's just a gorgeous piece
that sits on, um, the samecoffee table that you have
Jeremy in your front living room
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (23:06):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (23:07):
uh, uh, reclaimed
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (23:08):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (23:09):
And I don't know if you know this,
so we get on tangent that whenwe went to your house 222,000
years ago, you maybe had justgotten that coffee table and
Kathy walked away and she said,his coffee table.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (23:20):
No, I,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (23:21):
It's like, well, I don't know if I
need to necessarily, won't usegolf food table.
And it's like, I think it's alittle too big for a room.
I won't.
His coffee table.
So guess what?
We have
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (23:33):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (23:34):
table, right?
a pretty healthy sized coffeetable, isn't it?
And
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (23:38):
Speak
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (23:39):
anyway, she gave us this piece, and then
we went to this festival andthere was this great potter
pottery person.
I don't, he's a potter, how doyou say that?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (23:49):
just a potter.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (23:50):
those same colors.
And then Dennis came in our.
Pottery friend and he had apopup and there was another bowl
that was beautifully curated andall the pretty caramelly colors
and the blues in it.
And I have this beautifulcollection and each one of them
has a little story and they saton our coffee table and really,
if you look at'em, they'repretty darn country in a way.
(24:11):
Uh, but uh, I love'em once it's,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (24:14):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (24:16):
they have great stories.
The piece of art that stands outto me.
It really came locally, but Iwanted it because of memories
and vacations.
So of the two of you, did you,did you each go to Gatlinburg,
uh, pigeon Forge?
Very much.
I, I would think
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (24:36):
Yes.
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (24:37):
Oh, I've been,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (24:39):
Now
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (24:40):
but no, it was not a, it was not a
regular.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (24:43):
not right.
'cause you grew up in Illinoiswhere if you're from Kentucky
and Eastern Kentucky and Jeremyis kind of on, the
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (24:49):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (24:50):
Irving is considered Eastern Kentucky's
edge for
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (24:52):
Sure.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (24:54):
and Pigeon Forge is like kind of the
old or Myrtle Beach
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (24:57):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (24:58):
Fort Fort Lauderdale.
There, there's three places,right?
so.
There is a, a valley, um, inbetween Gatlinburg and Pigeon
Forge, and right now, I can'tremember what it is, but you'll
drive through there and you'llsee the bears and stuff like
that.
Well.
We were driving very rural, youknow, Gatlinburg iss so busy
(25:20):
anymore, but it's a beautifularea.
we were driving through thereand I just kind of looked over
there was, were gonna go to thechimneys to actually have a
picnic, I think is what we weredoing.
But we got off on a little sidetangent and um, I saw this field
and the kids were very, veryyoung in the mountains behind
it.
It's like, I know this is.
Private property, but Kathy, Ithink we should have a picnic
(25:44):
over there.
She's like, ah.
And I was like, yeah.
And so we found a little parkingplace and we had a picnic in
this beautiful field with themountains behind us.
And just within weeks I walkinto the framing shop in Paris
that I use Bobby Frames onMaine.
Plug you.
Um, there was this.
(26:05):
Gorgeous.
Massive oil painting of all thecolors I love, which are blues
and browns and greens kind ofmuddled in it that when I say
this picture's huge, it is.
I don't know, three foot byseven feet.
I mean it's big oil painting.
And it was there to get repaired'cause it had been, had a hole
(26:26):
punched in it, but it was from,uh, another retail shop and he
was gonna get it repaired.
And I said, I love that because.
That picture reminded meliterally of the picnic we had
two weeks before that.
It was just like a god wink.
It was like, is your moment apainting form.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (26:46):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (26:46):
And I said to uh, Bobby, I said, if
that guy ever wants to sellthat, let me know.
Thinking I ain't no way in wordI can ever afford it.
'cause it's, it's an oilpainting and it's original and
it's huge.
Right.
And I just moved into the house.
We hadn't been in the house inlike two years.
I'm still recuperating frombeing broke.
Really broke.
It really broke, right?
And we just started thebusiness, right?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (27:07):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (27:08):
had, when we're finishing the house,
we were opening the business.
So we, we, we didn't have anymoney at all.
And, uh, he said, okay, I'llreach out to him thinking
nothing will come from this.
back and he said, well, theguy's getting the, the piece of
art fixed, but he's closing hisretail store and he doesn't
really want it.
He just had to get it fixed sohe can try to sell it, but this
(27:29):
is what it is.
Sell it to you for.
And I went, whoa.
Yeah, yeah, I'll take it.
And so it hangs on the staircasegoing up the stairwell and every
single time I look at that, butthen what that piece of art then
is it gave me an opportunity tocurate of.
Local places and local art thatthere's a collection of probably
(27:51):
10 or 12 pieces of it that areall local and all originals.
And some were$7 and some mighthave been$200.
None of'em were
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (27:58):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (27:59):
at all, truthfully.
But it also goes back to you canhave original art, uh, and it,
you not go broke doing it.
But that was a moment uh,because of the travels gave me
that piece.
And every time I look at it, Ithink of that moment, which is a
pretty cool way to end upgetting in your hands too, I
think.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (28:15):
Yeah.
What that love that.
Well, you know what we.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (28:18):
today.
You look good.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (28:20):
you.
Thank you.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (28:21):
Mm-hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (28:22):
Um, you know what we're not talking
about, and I do want to kind ofjust like loosely mention this
is necessarily trying to, uh, docultural appropriation.
I guess I'm trying to say thatoutgoing.
Um, and because I have a, I havea kind of a horror story about
that.
I went to this customer's house,this was.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (28:41):
at Stewart like, I don't know what
this is all about.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (28:43):
I know.
I was like, that was a big wordto lead into.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16 (28:47):
Cultural appropriation.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (28:49):
Mm-hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (28:49):
first are we, are we kind of, do we
kind of understand what, what,what that means?
Or how about this?
So, but okay, so basically whatit is, is the idea of a, group,
uh, usually someone who's notsuppressed, taking something
that's from a suppressed partyor oppressed party, um, and then
kind of bastardizing, whateverthat is without really
(29:11):
understanding the cultural, um.
The, and it's so, like, for Oh.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (29:17):
think you
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (29:17):
Oh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (29:18):
hire?
Is that where we're going?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (29:19):
No, no, no, no.
What, uh, so what?
This was this?
No, IG I'm
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (29:26):
uh.
jeremy-host541_1_09-1 (29:27):
sensitive to, um, th this was, okay, so,
okay.
Let me tell you the backstoryand then I'll tell you why I
wanted to mention this.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (29:36):
know what you're
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (29:36):
Went to this lady's house and she.
Um, had, the only way I candescribe her aesthetic was
PeeWee's Playhouse.
And
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (29:50):
Oh.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (29:51):
Oh.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (29:52):
is not my aesthetic, nor do I even
understand how to even wrap mymind around this.
And this was on.
This was pre 2010.
Okay.
And walked in and she had, Um,will say 10 African masks, um,
(30:13):
on the wall.
And then what she proceeded tolet me know was that, that she
was so inspired by these Africanmasks and, um, and that she and
her husband had not been toAfrica.
And I was like, okay.
Uh, okay.
Lovely.
Well, then I found out that shebought'em at like some, she,
(30:34):
wherever she had bought them wasnot in Africa.
The artist is not African.
Um, it was really taking theseAfrican masks and then turning
'em into.
A piece that someone could justsell and profit off of.
And that's the, that's, that'sthe issue.
I don't, I'm looking at Dwayne,I can see Dwayne's eyes, his
eyes just kinda like, he doesn'tget it.
Okay.
It's fine.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (30:54):
So it was a knockoff
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (30:56):
It was a, it was a,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (30:58):
that she wanted to be real
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (31:02):
Well, she didn't care if it was
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (31:03):
or they inspired her to have said
aesthetic.
But for you, it really wasn'tthat a static, it was something
fake.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (31:11):
No, it
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (31:12):
mm-hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (31:12):
fake.
And so really what the wholekind of idea and, and listeners,
Lord, if I'm bastardizing thisand I'm slaughtering, please
don't murder me or, you know,send me hateful messages.
Um, but it is, um, it's reallyjust trying to say, Hey, before
we take something, don't we takethe time to learn what it
(31:33):
actually is and then credit whatit really is.
The,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (31:36):
So.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (31:38):
with, here's my problem with your
problem.
Okay.
It is if she had done it withthe understanding that it could
have potentially done harm, getit.
But if she walked into thatbuying because she curated them
because they were beautiful andthey represented a culture and a
people, and a place thatinspired her as an inspiration,
(32:00):
she did no harm to me and
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (32:01):
Yeah, but that's not what she did.
But that's not what she did.
Yeah, that's, that's, that's it,right?
That's it.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
And, um, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
That's, that, that's that, thatwas it.
it was, it was, there was twoshits about what they actually,
what these masks actually wereand what they symbolized and
what it was for the culture.
It was just more of just oflike, something to schlep on the
(32:24):
wall.
Right.
And, um, so yeah, so that's, soI guess I'm trying to just be,
uh, sensitive and like, I,that's why I don't try to go
somewhere and just take all oftheir pretty things or take all
the things and then try to useit for myself.
I really, that's why I evenmentioned like with, with the
piece of art.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (32:39):
thing from Belize, you probably need
to understand what it means,right?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (32:44):
I guess that's right, and that's
why I don't have one anymore.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (32:47):
a penis on your desk, it needs to
have a purpose or a meaning.
I maybe not purpose.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrongconnotation.
Uh, it has the meaning.
Yeah.
'cause it has, they have apurpose.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (32:56):
Wow.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (32:57):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (32:57):
but yeah, I'm sorry.
Sorry, people.
But I mean,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (33:00):
Well, I guess that's why for me it's,
it's more important for me tounder, like what I bring home,
it, it's important for me tounderstand, you know, it what if
it was made there, right.
To know that like artisans madeit.
Lemme tell you when the lasttime we were in Mexico, struggle
that I had finding, because Ireally wanted to get some, um,
beautiful because we, we loveglassware, but I love, um.
(33:23):
Getting like handmade if we can,wherever we go, right?
So the struggle to find glasseslike drinking glasses that were
made in Mexico Now I realizedthat, that, you know, I could
have just gone to, you know,wherever.
But that was the thing.
I didn't want to go to,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (33:39):
Are you saying that
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (33:40):
uh, p Pier one.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (33:40):
people that from
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (33:41):
Like an authentic.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (33:42):
20.
Hours a day.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (33:44):
No, no, no, no.
But that was what, but we drinka lot of margaritas.
That's all I'm saying.
But, um, and, and I thought,well, these are like, when it
came to glasses, I didn't have aset of margarita glasses I was
like, okay, let's, let's see ifwe can find some.
And, but like everything I foundwhen we were there was all made
overseas.
I was like, I just want it fromMexico.
(34:06):
I'm like, this is my importantpart.
Like this is what I'm takingback.
And I finally did find some, butit took me probably.
Six days into a seven day tripto find them.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (34:15):
Well, I
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (34:15):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (34:16):
it makes making a lot of glass
product, but I guess they do.
I don't know.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (34:19):
Well they make anything anywhere, I
think, ultimately, but,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (34:22):
well, it's true.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (34:26):
But, you know.
Okay.
So the other thing that Ireally, and I'll, we can wrap up
here soon if you want, but theother thing that I always, that
I get from traveling, and, andmaybe this is because of the,
the hotels or wherever we stay,they do such a beautiful job of
trying to focus, uh, highlightwhere it is or the surrounding
area around it.
And maybe it, you, I notice itmore just because it's a
(34:49):
different place, like adifferent surrounding.
But I, um, take.
For granted the surroundingssometime.
And so just yesterday, Dwayne,you posted it on Instagram about
the, the picture about thelady's porch that you didn't
turned into whatever.
And just seeing that beautifulview and so it always me going
somewhere else and seeing thebeautiful surroundings helps me,
(35:12):
uh, remember that we havebeautiful surroundings around us
here too, right?
I guess ultimately that's it.
It, it just always seeing what'sall out there, uh, reminds me of
you because you forget it, youtake for granted here.
So.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (35:25):
You know, I, Stewart may not as, as
forget as much as, uh, as youdo.
And I, and I know I, I don'tbecause I have the luxury of,
uh, working in Lexington, butdriving in Paris and because of
whoever's in the powers that be,that created the road between
those two in.
(35:47):
kept the fencing in the farm andhow it's done.
I literally keep saying toeverybody, don't move to Paris
'cause I don't need you there.
Uh, but I love living there tothe fact it is driving home
through a park.
And so I.
Try consciously to be aware ofnoticing the horses in the barns
and stuff.
I know that sounds hokey, uh,but I really do because it is
(36:09):
like living and driving througha little piece of heaven daily.
Daily.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (36:14):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09 (36:14):
beautiful.
And, uh, the idea of.
Part, part of the reason I kindof hyper aware of where I lived
is it really goes back to, um, aschool teacher who, who was
inspirational and was Mr.
Pliny, uh, Mr.
Pliny Justice, but he wanted tobe called Mr.
Pliny.
And Mr.
(36:35):
Pliny was.
Make us track the moon and thesun and we talk about waves and
high tides and we're in thehills of Appalachia, but he had
also, it's not featureobviously, but he also make us
go collect leaves in the falland we'd have to write, you
know, where that, what that leafwas and its story.
(36:55):
And this is before internet andyou know, encyclopedias, you
actually had to talk to yourparents.
And say Dad and my dad, youknow, imagine that.
And my dad, you know, grew, wasa mountain boy and he grew up in
the hills and he, he farmed onthe side of a mountain.
So he knew every oak tree andevery, uh, maple tree and every
nuance of what every tree wasabout.
(37:17):
And so, so.
What I share that stories aboutis it made me appreciate the
things around me, and maybethat's why I'm so focused on
stuff is because of like justthat one teacher alone.
But I had a, a, a, um, a halfaunt and she lived in Boca
Raton, but she would come andstay with us in the summers in
(37:39):
the mountain that we lived onthe hill we lived.
She called it Mockingbird Hill.
And she, seven years old to.
15 years old until she passedaway.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (37:48):
All.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (37:49):
Always was talking about how beautiful
Eastern Kentucky was in theworld.
But then when I moved toLexington, I.
saw my, I, I saw the worldthrough a different lens of the
horses and the fences and therock and the stone.
And you know, Stewart, I alwaysso envious of you'cause you live
in this beautiful piece ofhistory.
(38:10):
Right.
You know, just what, what anamazing story that it is and
where it is.
So I always go back to, um.
The surroundings behind aroundus, what, how beautiful it is.
So I do always try to make thataware, even when I do designs,
to make sure that you recognizewhere we live and how beautiful
(38:31):
it is, blah, blah, blah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (38:33):
Blah, blah, blah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (38:35):
I know, I know.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (38:37):
what I wanna know from our listeners
and they can call our hotlineand let us know at 8 5 9 4 1 2 1
5 7 2.
Um, and again, we won't playyour, um, if you're worried
about how you might sound on thepodcast, don't worry about it.
'cause we won't play it.
I'll just read it.
Um, but I wanna know what youall have gotten from your
travels and what it brought backand what, what connects with
(38:58):
you, because I've found thisreally interesting.
So I think that would bewonderful Then.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (39:02):
I tell you something?
It's a positive thing.
Your podcast from last week thatyou pitched the idea, I was
like, oh, I don't know.
It's right.
actually inspired.
And yesterday I'm doing, um, abathroom with a client.
And what I led off with wasthis.
said, you know, everybody in theworld has been doing Gold Bath
fixtures for the master, forexample.
(39:23):
Like,'cause that's a higher endgrade.
And that's the new thing.
Well they've been, it's been newthing for years right?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (39:29):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (39:31):
I said, so I'm gonna say to you,
it's beautiful, timeless,classic.
But polished nickel isn'tsomething that should be not
considered.
And she said, show it to me.
And she said, I love this.
I want this.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (39:48):
Hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (39:48):
doing polished nickel for her master,
and I may have not had said thatand had that conversation if you
hadn't brought your idea of thisnew polished heritage
conversation to play.
So you inspired, we inspired me.
So
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (40:03):
Oh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (40:04):
So thank you.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (40:05):
well look at
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (40:06):
Yeah.
Very cool.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (40:07):
Hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (40:08):
me learning something.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (40:10):
I do want to say, um, a good howdy
to our friends who are listeningin.
Um, I just had to look realquick to see'cause I haven't
looked at this in a while.
We have some new listeners inNorway, hong Kong?
dwayne-guest511_1_09-1 (40:21):
Probably to hear that twang,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (40:23):
I think so.
Yeah.
Um, some friends down inAustralia, Singapore, and we
just got some new ones inSweden.
So how exciting is
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (40:31):
Oh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (40:31):
Okay.
That's kind of fun.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (40:32):
Listen to my
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (40:32):
cool.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (40:33):
twang.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (40:33):
about 40 listeners now?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (40:34):
We're tens and tens.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (40:37):
Tens and
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (40:37):
Tens and tens.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (40:38):
Tens and tens.
Oh Lord.
Well, hopefully you all enjoyedthis week's podcast, and as
always, we, hopefully we'll beback next week with another one.
Uh, if you've not downloaded ourmobile shopping app, house
Floral, you can do that in anyapp store where you can, your
stuff.
It's also linked down in theshow notes below.
And until next week, we will seeyou then.
Bye
Today we're diving into one ofour favorite topics, how travel
(00:04):
sparks inspiration and sneaksits way into the way we design
our home or for clients, whetherit's the art we bring back, the
textures we touch, the sense weremember, or the views that
stick around in our mindsforever.
Travel has a way of reshapingthe spaces we create.
Now we'll be talking to Stewartabout his wide ranging
(00:25):
collection of art across theglobe, and YI.
Very deliberately decided not topurchase a certain wooden
phallic sculpture in Belize.
I'm not joking.
True story.
This episode is about more thanjust souvenirs.
It's about the stories andsparks of inspiration we gather
along the way in how they shapethe way we feel our homes with
(00:48):
meaning.
Let's get to it.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (01:50):
Well, I thought it was kind of
interesting.
Are they good for you?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (01:55):
good.
Okay.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (01:57):
I've noticed my breasts are getting
smaller, but my underarm wingsare getting bigger.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (02:01):
Oh,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (02:02):
just flap away.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (02:03):
into a 47-year-old hormonal woman.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:08):
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:09):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:09):
Sure.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (02:10):
I don't think we can put that on.
Yeah, I guess we could.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:13):
Yeah, we probably can.
They're listening.
Speaking of hormonal women, uh,you know, last week I, um, went
to the Benson Boone concert
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (02:26):
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (02:27):
and listen, I was that basic white
bitch standing there with myiced coffee in the audience.
And my phone taking pictureswith all the other moms.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (02:42):
So that's his audience, huh?
I had no idea.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:45):
Yeah, and the gays.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (02:47):
And he like
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:48):
Yeah, I would say anybody that he just
turns on, I think that, uh, thatwould be his
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:51):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (02:52):
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (02:52):
Yeah.
His dad was there.
It was very nice.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (02:58):
he can sing, he can flip.
'cause he's got that weirdmustache thing that I don't
think, it's kind of appealing topeople.
I guess it is though.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:08):
Uh, well, apparently it is.
'cause he sells out everywherehe goes.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (03:12):
You know, you know, I think
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (03:13):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (03:14):
he is talented.
I also think that this istotally off subject, but
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (03:18):
Yeah.
Well,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (03:19):
is
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:20):
to do with traveling.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (03:21):
Sure it has to do with traveling.
when we were in New York in thesummer when we saw a couple of,
Broadway shows, and there weretwo actresses that specifically
every person in the, thetheater.
So, you know, 2000 people eatingevery syllable out of their
hand.
And there's just something aboutthem.
I imagine that's very commonwith a lot of, um, people that
(03:44):
make it, there's just somethingabout the person that draws you
to them.
Like there's that it factor thatpeople always talk about, and I
would imagine that he definitelyhas it, It's just, uh,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:54):
Oh yeah,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (03:54):
there's some, there's some kind of
energy there.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (03:56):
it's the it factor.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (03:58):
The a factor.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (03:59):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (04:00):
He has an it
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (04:01):
Yeah.
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (04:03):
Some days, some days I just have this
shit factor, so.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (04:09):
It's It is what it is.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (04:12):
Well, to go back and revamp what we're
talking about today was this wasan idea of Dwayne's and it is
about travels, whether they'rebig or small, and, and what
we've taken from that and.
What inspired us?
What has, you know, got usthinking, what did we pick up
along the way and how we'veincorporated that into what
(04:34):
we've done.
Is that correct?
Is that, is that a good, uh.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (04:36):
It absolutely it.
Well, I always feel like we are,um, advocates for loving your
home and curated homes, andthat's, that's our, our spiel,
right?
That's what we do.
And I started really thinkingabout it though.
But my home in, you know, when Iwork in a client's homes, but my
(04:56):
in particular, it's a reflectionof the places and things that
inspire me and therefore I wannatell that story of a.
The things that I've curatedseen, that's helped me create a
house for myself and for Kathyand, uh, for other clients.
Understanding that you, you haveyour cocoon, but then you also
(05:18):
need to go out there and see theother parts of the world.
'cause then it makes your cocooneven more interesting, which
it's
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (05:23):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (05:24):
that make sense.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (05:25):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (05:26):
Stewart loves it.
Stewart.
So what?
Stewart has this amazingcollection of art, right?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (05:37):
Yes.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (05:37):
I've always been curious how that
started and where that camefrom.
Now it may not be anything to dowith travel, but was it from
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (05:46):
Well,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (05:46):
is
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (05:46):
no, I would say, I would say 90% of
the art came from travel.
So
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (05:53):
Yeah, what I
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (05:54):
rather than saying, Ooh, I'm gonna do
right, rather than saying, Ooh,I'm going to rip out my bathroom
when I get home.
'cause I love this spa bathroomat this hotel I'm staying in.
I'm like, Hmm, I like that pieceof art.
And that's how I remember thatplace.
So that's why it's so, I guessmine is curated differently than
the actual structure itself.
(06:15):
'cause, you know, structures.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (06:16):
what, that's what this whole
conversation's about.
It doesn't necessarily, uh, youknow, it's funny you honed in on
the boutique, hotels and that'ssomething we'll go back to, but
No, it's curated through thesites, the, the smells, the
colors, and, um, you getinspired by Right.
And.
You, you're, you're hon in, inexactly what I'm trying to get
(06:38):
people to hear is when you goout and see the world, you find
those objects, for example.
You don't necessarily tear yourhouse down, but you find those
objects and you bring thosememories back and it starts
creating a look, a feel, uh, foryour house.
Now you all make fun of me, so Ireally hate both of you even,
even more this morning, right?
(06:58):
Because I,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (06:59):
That's what this podcast is about.
Just sticking it to the,sticking it to us this time.
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (07:03):
I guess it is.
Maybe it is.
You know.
Here we go.
Kids.
Um.
But I think it was two yearsago, I went to, uh, Kathy and I
went to, uh, the family thewhole story.
Uh, went to Siesta Key, which isour favorite landing spot, and
we went to the local,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:21):
I am already
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (07:23):
Yeah,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (07:23):
Jesus Christ.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (07:24):
I bought a piece of art
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:26):
Yes.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (07:27):
you know, yes, it was
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:28):
It was painted on a Tuesday
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (07:29):
a
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:30):
at 5:00 PM.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (07:32):
yes, yes.
And the picture.
And I asked her, I said, do youremember painting this picture
and when you did it?
And she's like, oh, yeah.
She said, I remember this.
And specifically because I had afriend visiting and she wanted
to go to the beach, and I tookthat beach and then I got
inspired.
And then what did you all do?
You made fun of me.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (07:48):
Yeah, I shit on it.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (07:49):
she lied to you.
She
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:51):
She did,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (07:52):
of art.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (07:52):
she did.
I have bought, I have boughtpieces of art from people in the
street that took my leftoverfood, so they didn't know where
the hell they painted it.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (08:05):
okay.
that what you paid'em with?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:08):
Well now I paid them money and I gave
'em my food from the restaurant.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (08:12):
Oh,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:12):
They were true starving people.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (08:14):
Like, where, weren't they?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:16):
Yes.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (08:17):
Well, so where some, where some of
your art came from?
Where's the, um, where you foundthese pieces?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:22):
Oh, Asheville, um,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (08:25):
Mm-hmm.
place to find good stuff.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (08:27):
you've got
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (08:28):
uh,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (08:28):
cool piece inside your office from
Savannah.
The word, the word art.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (08:34):
Yeah, the small piece is here in my
work office from Savannah.
I have a larger piece that'sabout five by seven from the
same artist in Savannah.
He went to the scad.
Um, that one was realinteresting because I was there
working on a project for someoneand she wanted to go dress
(08:55):
shopping.
It has nothing to do with thehouse.
We're talking about wallpaperand she's like, I need a new
dress.
So we go downtown Savannah.
Um, and I go to this dress shopwith her and I'm sitting there
while she's, you know, trying ondresses or whatever, and behind
the checkout counter was thisfive foot by seven foot piece of
art.
And I started reading it'causeit's all words.
(09:17):
And I start reading it, I'mlike, huh.
And I got distracted and then Ilook at it and start reading it.
It was something different.
Like I was reading itdifferently.
So I looked away again and wentback to it.
So every time you start readingit, the lines change and it's a
different sentence, and it's adifferent meaning every single
time.
So I asked the little lady atthe sales counter, I said, do
(09:39):
you know where that came from?
And she's like, oh yeah, he's astudent over at SCAD and blah,
blah, blah.
I said, oh.
I said, is he still a student?
She's like, oh yeah.
I said, uh, do you know if thisis for sale?
She's like, I don't know.
I'll call him.
So she called the boy whopainted this, and yes, he was a
(09:59):
boy.
He was like a junior at thattime.
And, um, he rode his bicycleover there as fast as he could.
I swear he was there in like 32seconds selling a piece of his
art, and, and he told me howmuch it was.
I said, okay, that's fine.
He went really?
I said, yeah, I said this.
It's, it's worth that to me.
(10:21):
He's like, oh, oh, okay.
Thing is I had to take it off ofits stretcher so I could fit it
in the car'cause I couldn't fitthat big piece of art in the
car.
He sat there and pulled outevery single staple, put'em in a
little baggie.
He said, here, I want you tohave the staples too.
I said, well, thank you.
So the staples are actually in abaggie on the back of that
(10:41):
painting, hanging on my wall.
'cause I had to re-stretch itwhen I got home.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (10:46):
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (10:46):
But anyway, so yeah, it's little
things like that that youremember the place for, um,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (10:53):
Yeah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (10:54):
you know, Eleuthera, New York,
Maine, Arizona, I bought artfrom all those places, Denver,
so, yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (11:04):
Yeah.
You, you?
Yeah.
Well, I think when we were inAtlanta a few years ago, many
years ago now, 27 years ago,probably, uh, didn't you all buy
some pieces of art or Jeremy,you took us to something?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (11:16):
No, Jeremy bought one in Chicago.
That little baby,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (11:19):
okay.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (11:19):
you
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (11:20):
that I love of his,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (11:21):
know, the little two, I got two of
them.
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (11:23):
yeah.
Yeah.
He did that in Chicago, which isfunny.
I remember his art and where hebought it.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (11:29):
Mm-hmm.
No, I, I remember it'cause itwas really, it was fun.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (11:32):
Well, that's what this whole thing is
about, is those, is, as much asit's an anything, it's an
experience.
But how those pieces of art comeinto your house now, you know, I
really wasn't, uh, gonna do thisto stick it to the man, but I'm
gonna stick it to the man.
So I also now recall, yeah, withmy clients, I just buy whatever
(11:53):
shit art I want and just put itin their shitty house to give
them shitty art.
So, and I say.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (12:00):
Not me.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (12:01):
you said that be.
Yeah.
Both of you.
Because I
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (12:03):
I did not.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (12:04):
I would.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Because I said I curate art andI involve them and I want
moments.
Yeah, no, it's fine.
Stuff just matches the house andstick it in there.
And I thought, well,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (12:15):
Dwayne, you have bought the same Fern
art for people for the lastseven years because I have had
to order it.
So don't even say Uhuh.
Uhuh, Uhuh.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (12:29):
You, you get off my, get off my high
horse is what you're
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (12:32):
Well there,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (12:32):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (12:33):
think there's a time and a place like
you can't, I don't think, Imean, if, if you have a
collection, and we've gottenreally art specific, like on,
on, so far on this, but like, ifyou have like a very interesting
art collection, you're not goingto be interested in produced
art, like mass produced art.
Right?
Most people don't care.
There's gonna be, and they'regonna be somewhere in the
(12:53):
middle.
Right?
They're, they're okay with it,but they're, they're also okay
with having some new fun.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (12:57):
don't care
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (12:58):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (12:58):
you guide them,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (13:00):
God.
Yeah, he got him right into awall.
Okay.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (13:03):
Yeah.
Okay.
Well keep walking.
Okay.
So is, and we do know, and I,I've always, um, appreciated
his, um, collections of, uh,varied art.
And, uh, I always think it'smore modern, but it may not be.
But I always think it's moremodern.
Uh, it's a mix.
And it's a mix.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (13:19):
Yeah, it's a mix.
It's a mix.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (13:21):
are there things, Jeremy, that you
have found or been inspired by?
And again, it doesn't have to bea tchotchke, it can be color,
feel, you know.
You do that house in, uh, on 30a,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (13:31):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (13:32):
know what the beach is.
I can't remember which it is,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16 (13:34):
Rosemary Beach.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (13:36):
does that inspire you or like, is it
a lease that's next to them?
That's,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (13:41):
Alice.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (13:43):
Alice again, I
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (13:44):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (13:44):
wrong.
Uh, have those kind of placesinspired how you've done things
or maybe your travels toEdinburg
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (13:53):
Hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (13:53):
Um, you know, the, the, the beach is
a wonderful place to go, and I'mdefinitely inspired by the
textures and the, and the looksand, and all that.
For me, I have to say that Ithink that, uh, what I get from
traveling is more of how itmakes me feel.
I think that's what I walk awayfrom it with.
So like in our most recent, tripto Europe, were a lot of, um, a
(14:20):
really kind of, you know, we allactually our last podcast was
about, polished heritage or likethis, you know, using older, um,
elements and, and items in thehouse and.
really, um, it was very comfy.
So, you know, that, that's how Ikind of explain, explained to
my, how I felt when I traveledover.
(14:40):
So you had lots of mohair andvelvet and, um, beautiful woven
tweeds and hounds juices.
And so it was very English andheavy, right?
Like, so that very, always, verycomfortable, always very classic
for me.
So it just made, it was veryhomey.
Um, and so that just feelscomfortable to me.
So I always love, um.
Using those elements for sure,just because it does kind of
(15:03):
sophisticated it all and itstill feels home.
But for me, more of what I.
When we travel, I could, Iwon't.
Art isn't necessarily my thingbecause if I see something,
regardless of whether I like itor not, if it doesn't match the
house or if it doesn't work inthe house, I'm not gonna buy it.
Like I'm, I'm just not going to.
So the approach that I also takewith like when we travel is
(15:26):
wherever we go, I try to buysomething that we're actually
going to use.
So when we went to,, Belizeforever ago, um, was trying to
find something and you know, ifyou wanted a wooden penis,
figure they were everywhere.
But that was not necessarilywhat I was trying to, trying to
buy.
I thought that was the oddestthing to have everywhere.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (15:46):
Now why?
Why are they fixating?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (15:48):
I, you know, I think that they also
thought that there's a young, a
stuart_1_09-16-2025_ (15:52):
Fertility.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (15:53):
Uh, yeah, I don't know.
I, I, I don't know.
I don't know if they were bongs.
I don't know what they were, butthese were like roadside, you
know, people that were actuallywhittling things and they had
enough of'em that they had tosell'em.
So I don't know.
But what we.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (16:05):
world, I mean, I, I think we all
realize we all have penises, butI'm not gonna sit there and have
one carved
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:11):
No.
Well, you know, we, we mentionedthis, but you know, we used to
have a coworker that came backfrom a cruise and
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (16:16):
It's like coconut bras.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:17):
uh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (16:19):
Well,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:19):
he, he, he brought me back.
Don't you remember when Dustybrought back that, uh,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (16:23):
Oh yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16 (16:24):
Granite, uh, penis.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (16:26):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (16:27):
and it had Cozumel carved in it.
I, you know, so this is,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (16:31):
tuned that one out.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (16:32):
I don't know why.
Um, but so when, but when wewere in Belize, like again
trying to find things that madesense for me, and, and in the
house we, we found some reallybeautiful, um.
Wooden coasters that were carvedand made there.
Right.
So, and I love that.
I knew that was something thatwe're actually gonna use.
(16:52):
I'll look for bowls, I'll lookfor, look for things that, that
actually we're gonna like.
You know, it's not just gonna besomething to sit there, because.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (17:01):
the Myrtle Beach T-shirt for$3.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (17:03):
No, and I'm not looking
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (17:04):
Yeah.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (17:05):
a little lighthouse fig.
Like, no, that's that for me.
That's not it.
Now there is one piece ofphotography that we bought, when
we were in St.
Thomas one time, and I was, wewere on a tour of, uh, was it I
think it was a rum distillery.
Anyway, it, it was just seeingthe people and, and how they
(17:27):
had, they had built from, youknow, nothing.
Right.
So way, way back when having tocarry all the sugar cane and,
and all this, you know, and thenthe ladies, the women carried
this stuff on their heads,right?
In baskets and, um.
I was always taken back by howhard the work was.
Like, you know, farming is noteasy, is not an easy job, right?
No matter what anybody says.
Um, not that I've ever heard,heard anybody say farming's an
(17:49):
easy job, but I think we allunderstand.
Nobody wants to be out there inthe heat.
But I was so taken back abouthow hard these people were
working and, there was an imageof this woman who was carrying
her sugar cane to, I guesswherever they were, wherever
they were doing it, to, to makethe room.
And she was also, um, had onehand holding the thing on top of
(18:11):
her head, and the other hand washolding her little child's hand
as they were walking down thestreet.
And, um.
For me, it told me a beautifulstory about the people that were
there and their dedication totheir family and also the work.
So like that for me wassomething that I bought and
that's frames, you know, almost10 years later we still have it
down in, in the sunroom.
(18:31):
It's just something for me tolook at every time.
I always think back about thatand the resilience of people.
Um, so that's always more of howI try to bring something back
with me.
You know, we have a friend who.
well, and a lot of people dothis, they, uh, will buy
Christmas ornaments when theycome back.
And I love that for you.
Love that.
(18:52):
It's not me.\ But yeah, I, I'lltry to find something that makes
sense that I know that I'm goingto use.
cause then I feel like I'm gonnasee it more often.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (18:58):
it is Kathy every, as far as
Christmas ornament, we have the,the trolley from San Francisco,
we have the crab from Maine, wehave the,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (19:08):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (19:09):
you know, Rockefeller Center,
everything.
And so I always go back to, Ibet your tree's beautiful.
And I was like, well, it is justa junk tree.
And we love our junk treebecause
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (19:22):
Yeah.
I think we don't have one likethat.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (19:24):
putting the Christmas tree up.
You know, the kids and I werethere.
She's like, now I got thisornament here, here.
So it's like 12, 12 hours later.
We still haven't got through thefirst box of ornaments.
I'm like, I got to go to bed.
I got to go
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (19:39):
Put it up.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (19:41):
put it up.
Just get the damn tree done.
We're done
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (19:44):
Yeah.
You know, I think if we had,both of the trees that we have
that go up are more what we calllike a decorator tree.
So I think if I had a, a, aquote unquote family tree, if I
had something that was more likethat, we, we might do it.
'cause when we were gone lasttime, I found something,
ornaments I thought we're reallysuper cute, but they don't match
our, our aesthetic.
So,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (20:04):
It's a commitment.
It's a commitment.
Right?
It's just a look.
It's a look.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (20:10):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (20:10):
Well, I, um.
I have a little collection ofeverything, but I always, you
know.
my mind of we are local, right?
but then as a, a shop owners,we're local,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (20:23):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (20:24):
but I always channel micro local.
And what I mean by that is, um,you know, we'll ever go to like
the, the little crass fairs and,uh, Cynthiana just had the, uh,
honey festival.
And, uh, there's the thing inGeorgetown where you go.
Cut, uh, lavender, I don't knowif y'all know about this, uh,
but you literally, it's lavenderfields and the all kinds of
(20:45):
different lavenders, or Bereawill have a festival.
when you go there, you all theselittle popup tints with
beautiful artisans.
And I always feel so bad.
'cause half the time doesn'tfeel like half of'em sell
anything truthfully, and alwaysmake it a point to try to find
something that's decent or good.
(21:06):
Sometimes there's good, reallygood right.
And buy something.
'cause I attach that memory tothat moment.
And like you, Jeremy, I alwaystry to do something that,'cause
I don't need more tchotchkesnecessarily, but it's a mixed
bag.
But they like cutting boards,you know, you have a sickness of
cutting
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (21:22):
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (21:24):
Hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (21:24):
try to find cutting boards, uh, that
are locally made and it's thewood.
I know that I, uh, Kathy and Ihave that a wooden spoon.
Quite big wooden spoon and it'schipped a little bit and this it
act actually has the guise.
Little, very crudely done,initials, uh, etched into it, or
I don't say monogram'cause it'sreally etched into it or cut
(21:44):
into it.
this wooden spoon came fromBerea.
I don't know.
20 years ago, and I probably,every time I have this big pot
of utensils that set out, I'llgrab that wooden spoon first.
And it's that, that spoon has ahistory and a story.
And you know, we're able tocurate that from that.
And I remember being in Bereaand it's, it's, it's, it's
(22:06):
things that you don't evennecessarily.
Understand at the moment.
It's like, I buy, I buy thiswooden spoon, but how much you
end up loving that thing it'sjust a spoon, it's just a
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (22:17):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (22:17):
to stir food with.
And that's what I keep comingback to, that sometimes we work
a little too hard, but it reallycan be, uh, those little
treasures.
Um, our friend Dennis, the, the,uh, Dennis Varney,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (22:31):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (22:31):
guy,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (22:32):
Little pottery man.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (22:33):
we had.
Uh, we had some, uh, family thatvisited and she brought back
this, uh, and gifted us thisbowl that she was staying with
us, uh, for a while.
And so she, uh, this literallythis done browns and blues,
caramel colored bowl, and Ithink this probably this
porcelain.
(22:54):
Bowl is probably 16 inches wide.
It's massive.
And it came from Asheville
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (22:59):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (22:59):
and it, it's just a gorgeous piece
that sits on, um, the samecoffee table that you have
Jeremy in your front living room
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (23:06):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (23:07):
uh, uh, reclaimed
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (23:08):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (23:09):
And I don't know if you know this,
so we get on tangent that whenwe went to your house 222,000
years ago, you maybe had justgotten that coffee table and
Kathy walked away and she said,his coffee table.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (23:20):
No, I,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (23:21):
It's like, well, I don't know if I
need to necessarily, won't usegolf food table.
And it's like, I think it's alittle too big for a room.
I won't.
His coffee table.
So guess what?
We have
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (23:33):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (23:34):
table, right?
a pretty healthy sized coffeetable, isn't it?
And
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (23:38):
Speak
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (23:39):
anyway, she gave us this piece, and then
we went to this festival andthere was this great potter
pottery person.
I don't, he's a potter, how doyou say that?
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (23:49):
just a potter.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (23:50):
those same colors.
And then Dennis came in our.
Pottery friend and he had apopup and there was another bowl
that was beautifully curated andall the pretty caramelly colors
and the blues in it.
And I have this beautifulcollection and each one of them
has a little story and they saton our coffee table and really,
if you look at'em, they'repretty darn country in a way.
(24:11):
Uh, but uh, I love'em once it's,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (24:14):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (24:16):
they have great stories.
The piece of art that stands outto me.
It really came locally, but Iwanted it because of memories
and vacations.
So of the two of you, did you,did you each go to Gatlinburg,
uh, pigeon Forge?
Very much.
I, I would think
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (24:36):
Yes.
Mm-hmm.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (24:37):
Oh, I've been,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (24:39):
Now
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (24:40):
but no, it was not a, it was not a
regular.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (24:43):
not right.
'cause you grew up in Illinoiswhere if you're from Kentucky
and Eastern Kentucky and Jeremyis kind of on, the
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (24:49):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (24:50):
Irving is considered Eastern Kentucky's
edge for
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (24:52):
Sure.
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (24:54):
and Pigeon Forge is like kind of the
old or Myrtle Beach
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (24:57):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (24:58):
Fort Fort Lauderdale.
There, there's three places,right?
so.
There is a, a valley, um, inbetween Gatlinburg and Pigeon
Forge, and right now, I can'tremember what it is, but you'll
drive through there and you'llsee the bears and stuff like
that.
Well.
We were driving very rural, youknow, Gatlinburg iss so busy
(25:20):
anymore, but it's a beautifularea.
we were driving through thereand I just kind of looked over
there was, were gonna go to thechimneys to actually have a
picnic, I think is what we weredoing.
But we got off on a little sidetangent and um, I saw this field
and the kids were very, veryyoung in the mountains behind
it.
It's like, I know this is.
Private property, but Kathy, Ithink we should have a picnic
(25:44):
over there.
She's like, ah.
And I was like, yeah.
And so we found a little parkingplace and we had a picnic in
this beautiful field with themountains behind us.
And just within weeks I walkinto the framing shop in Paris
that I use Bobby Frames onMaine.
Plug you.
Um, there was this.
(26:05):
Gorgeous.
Massive oil painting of all thecolors I love, which are blues
and browns and greens kind ofmuddled in it that when I say
this picture's huge, it is.
I don't know, three foot byseven feet.
I mean it's big oil painting.
And it was there to get repaired'cause it had been, had a hole
(26:26):
punched in it, but it was from,uh, another retail shop and he
was gonna get it repaired.
And I said, I love that because.
That picture reminded meliterally of the picnic we had
two weeks before that.
It was just like a god wink.
It was like, is your moment apainting form.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (26:46):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (26:46):
And I said to uh, Bobby, I said, if
that guy ever wants to sellthat, let me know.
Thinking I ain't no way in wordI can ever afford it.
'cause it's, it's an oilpainting and it's original and
it's huge.
Right.
And I just moved into the house.
We hadn't been in the house inlike two years.
I'm still recuperating frombeing broke.
Really broke.
It really broke, right?
And we just started thebusiness, right?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (27:07):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (27:08):
had, when we're finishing the house,
we were opening the business.
So we, we, we didn't have anymoney at all.
And, uh, he said, okay, I'llreach out to him thinking
nothing will come from this.
back and he said, well, theguy's getting the, the piece of
art fixed, but he's closing hisretail store and he doesn't
really want it.
He just had to get it fixed sohe can try to sell it, but this
(27:29):
is what it is.
Sell it to you for.
And I went, whoa.
Yeah, yeah, I'll take it.
And so it hangs on the staircasegoing up the stairwell and every
single time I look at that, butthen what that piece of art then
is it gave me an opportunity tocurate of.
Local places and local art thatthere's a collection of probably
(27:51):
10 or 12 pieces of it that areall local and all originals.
And some were$7 and some mighthave been$200.
None of'em were
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (27:58):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (27:59):
at all, truthfully.
But it also goes back to you canhave original art, uh, and it,
you not go broke doing it.
But that was a moment uh,because of the travels gave me
that piece.
And every time I look at it, Ithink of that moment, which is a
pretty cool way to end upgetting in your hands too, I
think.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (28:15):
Yeah.
What that love that.
Well, you know what we.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (28:18):
today.
You look good.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (28:20):
you.
Thank you.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16 (28:21):
Mm-hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (28:22):
Um, you know what we're not talking
about, and I do want to kind ofjust like loosely mention this
is necessarily trying to, uh, docultural appropriation.
I guess I'm trying to say thatoutgoing.
Um, and because I have a, I havea kind of a horror story about
that.
I went to this customer's house,this was.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (28:41):
at Stewart like, I don't know what
this is all about.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (28:43):
I know.
I was like, that was a big wordto lead into.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16 (28:47):
Cultural appropriation.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (28:49):
Mm-hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (28:49):
first are we, are we kind of, do we
kind of understand what, what,what that means?
Or how about this?
So, but okay, so basically whatit is, is the idea of a, group,
uh, usually someone who's notsuppressed, taking something
that's from a suppressed partyor oppressed party, um, and then
kind of bastardizing, whateverthat is without really
(29:11):
understanding the cultural, um.
The, and it's so, like, for Oh.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (29:17):
think you
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (29:17):
Oh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (29:18):
hire?
Is that where we're going?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (29:19):
No, no, no, no.
What, uh, so what?
This was this?
No, IG I'm
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (29:26):
uh.
jeremy-host541_1_09-1 (29:27):
sensitive to, um, th this was, okay, so,
okay.
Let me tell you the backstoryand then I'll tell you why I
wanted to mention this.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (29:36):
know what you're
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (29:36):
Went to this lady's house and she.
Um, had, the only way I candescribe her aesthetic was
PeeWee's Playhouse.
And
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (29:50):
Oh.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (29:51):
Oh.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (29:52):
is not my aesthetic, nor do I even
understand how to even wrap mymind around this.
And this was on.
This was pre 2010.
Okay.
And walked in and she had, Um,will say 10 African masks, um,
(30:13):
on the wall.
And then what she proceeded tolet me know was that, that she
was so inspired by these Africanmasks and, um, and that she and
her husband had not been toAfrica.
And I was like, okay.
Uh, okay.
Lovely.
Well, then I found out that shebought'em at like some, she,
(30:34):
wherever she had bought them wasnot in Africa.
The artist is not African.
Um, it was really taking theseAfrican masks and then turning
'em into.
A piece that someone could justsell and profit off of.
And that's the, that's, that'sthe issue.
I don't, I'm looking at Dwayne,I can see Dwayne's eyes, his
eyes just kinda like, he doesn'tget it.
Okay.
It's fine.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (30:54):
So it was a knockoff
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_ (30:56):
It was a, it was a,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (30:58):
that she wanted to be real
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (31:02):
Well, she didn't care if it was
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (31:03):
or they inspired her to have said
aesthetic.
But for you, it really wasn'tthat a static, it was something
fake.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (31:11):
No, it
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090 (31:12):
mm-hmm.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (31:12):
fake.
And so really what the wholekind of idea and, and listeners,
Lord, if I'm bastardizing thisand I'm slaughtering, please
don't murder me or, you know,send me hateful messages.
Um, but it is, um, it's reallyjust trying to say, Hey, before
we take something, don't we takethe time to learn what it
(31:33):
actually is and then credit whatit really is.
The,
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (31:36):
So.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (31:38):
with, here's my problem with your
problem.
Okay.
It is if she had done it withthe understanding that it could
have potentially done harm, getit.
But if she walked into thatbuying because she curated them
because they were beautiful andthey represented a culture and a
people, and a place thatinspired her as an inspiration,
(32:00):
she did no harm to me and
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (32:01):
Yeah, but that's not what she did.
But that's not what she did.
Yeah, that's, that's, that's it,right?
That's it.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
And, um, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
That's, that, that's that, thatwas it.
it was, it was, there was twoshits about what they actually,
what these masks actually wereand what they symbolized and
what it was for the culture.
It was just more of just oflike, something to schlep on the
(32:24):
wall.
Right.
And, um, so yeah, so that's, soI guess I'm trying to just be,
uh, sensitive and like, I,that's why I don't try to go
somewhere and just take all oftheir pretty things or take all
the things and then try to useit for myself.
I really, that's why I evenmentioned like with, with the
piece of art.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (32:39):
thing from Belize, you probably need
to understand what it means,right?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (32:44):
I guess that's right, and that's
why I don't have one anymore.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (32:47):
a penis on your desk, it needs to
have a purpose or a meaning.
I maybe not purpose.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrongconnotation.
Uh, it has the meaning.
Yeah.
'cause it has, they have apurpose.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (32:56):
Wow.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (32:57):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (32:57):
but yeah, I'm sorry.
Sorry, people.
But I mean,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (33:00):
Well, I guess that's why for me it's,
it's more important for me tounder, like what I bring home,
it, it's important for me tounderstand, you know, it what if
it was made there, right.
To know that like artisans madeit.
Lemme tell you when the lasttime we were in Mexico, struggle
that I had finding, because Ireally wanted to get some, um,
beautiful because we, we loveglassware, but I love, um.
(33:23):
Getting like handmade if we can,wherever we go, right?
So the struggle to find glasseslike drinking glasses that were
made in Mexico Now I realizedthat, that, you know, I could
have just gone to, you know,wherever.
But that was the thing.
I didn't want to go to,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (33:39):
Are you saying that
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (33:40):
uh, p Pier one.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (33:40):
people that from
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (33:41):
Like an authentic.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (33:42):
20.
Hours a day.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (33:44):
No, no, no, no.
But that was what, but we drinka lot of margaritas.
That's all I'm saying.
But, um, and, and I thought,well, these are like, when it
came to glasses, I didn't have aset of margarita glasses I was
like, okay, let's, let's see ifwe can find some.
And, but like everything I foundwhen we were there was all made
overseas.
I was like, I just want it fromMexico.
(34:06):
I'm like, this is my importantpart.
Like this is what I'm takingback.
And I finally did find some, butit took me probably.
Six days into a seven day tripto find them.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (34:15):
Well, I
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (34:15):
Yeah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (34:16):
it makes making a lot of glass
product, but I guess they do.
I don't know.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (34:19):
Well they make anything anywhere, I
think, ultimately, but,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (34:22):
well, it's true.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (34:26):
But, you know.
Okay.
So the other thing that Ireally, and I'll, we can wrap up
here soon if you want, but theother thing that I always, that
I get from traveling, and, andmaybe this is because of the,
the hotels or wherever we stay,they do such a beautiful job of
trying to focus, uh, highlightwhere it is or the surrounding
area around it.
And maybe it, you, I notice itmore just because it's a
(34:49):
different place, like adifferent surrounding.
But I, um, take.
For granted the surroundingssometime.
And so just yesterday, Dwayne,you posted it on Instagram about
the, the picture about thelady's porch that you didn't
turned into whatever.
And just seeing that beautifulview and so it always me going
somewhere else and seeing thebeautiful surroundings helps me,
(35:12):
uh, remember that we havebeautiful surroundings around us
here too, right?
I guess ultimately that's it.
It, it just always seeing what'sall out there, uh, reminds me of
you because you forget it, youtake for granted here.
So.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-202 (35:25):
You know, I, Stewart may not as, as
forget as much as, uh, as youdo.
And I, and I know I, I don'tbecause I have the luxury of,
uh, working in Lexington, butdriving in Paris and because of
whoever's in the powers that be,that created the road between
those two in.
(35:47):
kept the fencing in the farm andhow it's done.
I literally keep saying toeverybody, don't move to Paris
'cause I don't need you there.
Uh, but I love living there tothe fact it is driving home
through a park.
And so I.
Try consciously to be aware ofnoticing the horses in the barns
and stuff.
I know that sounds hokey, uh,but I really do because it is
(36:09):
like living and driving througha little piece of heaven daily.
Daily.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_0906 (36:14):
Right.
dwayne-guest511_1_09 (36:14):
beautiful.
And, uh, the idea of.
Part, part of the reason I kindof hyper aware of where I lived
is it really goes back to, um, aschool teacher who, who was
inspirational and was Mr.
Pliny, uh, Mr.
Pliny Justice, but he wanted tobe called Mr.
Pliny.
And Mr.
(36:35):
Pliny was.
Make us track the moon and thesun and we talk about waves and
high tides and we're in thehills of Appalachia, but he had
also, it's not featureobviously, but he also make us
go collect leaves in the falland we'd have to write, you
know, where that, what that leafwas and its story.
(36:55):
And this is before internet andyou know, encyclopedias, you
actually had to talk to yourparents.
And say Dad and my dad, youknow, imagine that.
And my dad, you know, grew, wasa mountain boy and he grew up in
the hills and he, he farmed onthe side of a mountain.
So he knew every oak tree andevery, uh, maple tree and every
nuance of what every tree wasabout.
(37:17):
And so, so.
What I share that stories aboutis it made me appreciate the
things around me, and maybethat's why I'm so focused on
stuff is because of like justthat one teacher alone.
But I had a, a, a, um, a halfaunt and she lived in Boca
Raton, but she would come andstay with us in the summers in
(37:39):
the mountain that we lived onthe hill we lived.
She called it Mockingbird Hill.
And she, seven years old to.
15 years old until she passedaway.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (37:48):
All.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16- (37:49):
Always was talking about how beautiful
Eastern Kentucky was in theworld.
But then when I moved toLexington, I.
saw my, I, I saw the worldthrough a different lens of the
horses and the fences and therock and the stone.
And you know, Stewart, I alwaysso envious of you'cause you live
in this beautiful piece ofhistory.
(38:10):
Right.
You know, just what, what anamazing story that it is and
where it is.
So I always go back to, um.
The surroundings behind aroundus, what, how beautiful it is.
So I do always try to make thataware, even when I do designs,
to make sure that you recognizewhere we live and how beautiful
(38:31):
it is, blah, blah, blah.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (38:33):
Blah, blah, blah.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (38:35):
I know, I know.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (38:37):
what I wanna know from our listeners
and they can call our hotlineand let us know at 8 5 9 4 1 2 1
5 7 2.
Um, and again, we won't playyour, um, if you're worried
about how you might sound on thepodcast, don't worry about it.
'cause we won't play it.
I'll just read it.
Um, but I wanna know what youall have gotten from your
travels and what it brought backand what, what connects with
(38:58):
you, because I've found thisreally interesting.
So I think that would bewonderful Then.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (39:02):
I tell you something?
It's a positive thing.
Your podcast from last week thatyou pitched the idea, I was
like, oh, I don't know.
It's right.
actually inspired.
And yesterday I'm doing, um, abathroom with a client.
And what I led off with wasthis.
said, you know, everybody in theworld has been doing Gold Bath
fixtures for the master, forexample.
(39:23):
Like,'cause that's a higher endgrade.
And that's the new thing.
Well they've been, it's been newthing for years right?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16- (39:29):
Mm-hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025_ (39:31):
I said, so I'm gonna say to you,
it's beautiful, timeless,classic.
But polished nickel isn'tsomething that should be not
considered.
And she said, show it to me.
And she said, I love this.
I want this.
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (39:48):
Hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (39:48):
doing polished nickel for her master,
and I may have not had said thatand had that conversation if you
hadn't brought your idea of thisnew polished heritage
conversation to play.
So you inspired, we inspired me.
So
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025 (40:03):
Oh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (40:04):
So thank you.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (40:05):
well look at
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (40:06):
Yeah.
Very cool.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (40:07):
Hmm.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2025 (40:08):
me learning something.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (40:10):
I do want to say, um, a good howdy
to our friends who are listeningin.
Um, I just had to look realquick to see'cause I haven't
looked at this in a while.
We have some new listeners inNorway, hong Kong?
dwayne-guest511_1_09-1 (40:21):
Probably to hear that twang,
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2025_0 (40:23):
I think so.
Yeah.
Um, some friends down inAustralia, Singapore, and we
just got some new ones inSweden.
So how exciting is
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (40:31):
Oh,
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (40:31):
Okay.
That's kind of fun.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (40:32):
Listen to my
stuart_1_09-16-2025_09065 (40:32):
cool.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-2 (40:33):
twang.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-2 (40:33):
about 40 listeners now?
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-20 (40:34):
We're tens and tens.
dwayne-guest511_1_09-16-20 (40:37):
Tens and
stuart_1_09-16-2025_090656 (40:37):
Tens and tens.
jeremy-host541_1_09-16-202 (40:38):
Tens and tens.
Oh Lord.
Well, hopefully you all enjoyedthis week's podcast, and as
always, we, hopefully we'll beback next week with another one.
Uh, if you've not downloaded ourmobile shopping app, house
Floral, you can do that in anyapp store where you can, your
stuff.
It's also linked down in theshow notes below.
And until next week, we will seeyou then.
Bye
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