>> HI EVERYBODY, I'M DAVE SHUFFET A NEW EDITION OF "KENTUCKY LIFE" ON THIS EPISODE WE'RE TRAVELLING TO AUBURN, KENTUCKY, TO VISIT THE 140-YEAR-OLD FEDERAL GROVE BED AND BREAKFAST.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

THEN WE'LL GO NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE TO WARREN COUNTY AND VISIT LAURA BREWER OF LAURA BREWER UPHOLSTERY.

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING SHE MAKES FROM SCRATCH.

FIRST, BILL LUSTER IS A 35 YEAR VETERAN PHOTO JOURNALIST WITH THE CURE YOU ARE -- "COURIER JOURNAL."

HE'S TRAVELED FAR AND WIDE TO CAPTURE THAT DECISIVE MOMENT.

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> BILL LUSTER'S PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE GRACED THE PAGES OF THE LOUISVILLE "COURIER JOURNAL" FOR 35 YEARS NOW.

A NATIVE OF GLASGOW, KENTUCKY, LUSTER RETURNED THERE RECENTLY TO MOUNT A RETROSPECTIVE OF HIS WORK.

AND TO REMINISCE ABOUT HIS HOME PLACE.

>> THIS WAS ELY DRUGS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.

AND THERE USED TO BE A HUGE MAGAZINE RACK BACK HERE THAT ALWAYS HAD "LIFE" AND "LOOK" ALL THE MAJOR MAGAZINES.

I WOULD COME HERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND SIT ON A SODA FOUNTAIN WHICH IS RIGHT OVER HERE AND READ "LIFE" AND "LOOK" AND LOOK AT PHOTOGRAPHS.

SO THAT REALLY SPURNED AN INTEREST IN ME ALSO.

MY GRANDMOTHER WHO I STAYED WITH A LOT SHE WORKED HERE SO I SPENT COUPLE HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON THEN WE'D WALK HOME TOGETHER.

>> HELLO, DAVID, HOW ARE YOU?

>> FINE, HOW ARE YOU?

>> GOOD.

>> WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

>> NOT MUCH.

>> OUT HERE PHOTOGRAPHING THE CITY?

>> I'M TRYING TO.

COUNTY JUDGE HERE, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS A LONG TIME.

>> YES, WE HAVE BILL.

>> NICE TO SEE YOU.

YOU CAME ALONG AT A GOOD TIME.

>> DID I, FOR A FACT.

>> I THINK I HAVE COUPLE PICTURES IN THE EXHIBIT RIGHT IN HERE.

THE BOY AND HIS GRANDFATHER SALUTING.

THE PICTURE IN THE EXHIBIT OF THE MEN LISTENING TO THE GOSPEL SHOW WAS MADE RIGHT OUT BY WHERE THAT HANDICAP SIGN IS.

THIS OLD SQUARE HAS A TON OF MEMORIES HERE.

NEWBERRY IS GONE, BERNARDS IS GONE, THE BARBERSHOP THAT I USED TO GO TO WAS DOWN HERE ON THE CORNER, IT'S GONE.

LOT OF THINGS ARE GONE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> ONE THING THAT ISN'T GONE IS GEORGE JAMES POPULAR EAT REWHERE THE LOCALS HAVE GATHERED FOR AT LONG AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER.

>> MAE, HOW LONG YOU BEEN HERE?

>> 42 YEARS.

>> NO WAY!

YOU DON'T MIND BEING ON TELEVISION, DO YOU?

ARE YOU GOING TO DO YOUR WORK HERE?

I'M NOT GOING TO DISTISH Y'ALL'S LUNCH, YOU HAVE BIG ISSUES TO DEAL WITH HERE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, YOUNG MAN, I'M ALL RIGHT.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THIS FELLOW RIGHT HERE IS CHARLIE HUNNICUT WHO WAS MY BAND DIRECTOR WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT CHARLIE WAS THE MAYOR HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

>> 17.

>> THERE'S A PICTURE IN THE EXHIBIT OF THE POOL ROOM AND THAT'S THE POOL ROOM.

GEORGE, WHERE WE ARE NOW, THAT'S STILL HERE.

AND THIS IS ELY DRUGS WHERE MY GRANDMOTHER WORKED.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CAMERA THAT DID THIS.

>> FAMILY TIES MADE LUSTER'S ROWS TROA SPECKTIV SEEM DESTINED FOR GLASGOW'S NEW CULTURAL CENTER, WHICH IN A FORMER LIFETIME WAS A CLOTHING FACTORY.

>> WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HOMETOWN BILL LUSTER'S EXHIBIT BACK ON OUR SECOND FLOOR GALLERY.

IT'S JUST SORT OF FITTING TO BRING INSIDE A LITTLE BIT OF HOME HERE AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF HIM AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE EXHIBIT HERE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE.

>> THIS PLACE WITH THIS EXHIBIT IS HUNG IS SPECIAL TO ME AND IT'S SPECIAL TO PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN GLASGOW.

MY GRANDFATHER CAME TO GLASGOW IN 1937 FROM KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE TO, OPEN THIS PLANT, WHICH WAS THE KENTUCKY PANTS MANUFACTURING PLANT, IT SUPPLIED JEANS TO SOLDIERS ALL THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR II.

AND MY MOTHER WORKED HERE AND MY GRANDMOTHER WORKED HERE AT SOME POINT.

AND WHERE WE'RE SITTING NOW IS THE SUL SEWING ROOM FOR THAT PLANT.

I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TELLING ME STORIES ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER COMING UP FROM HIS OFFICE AND STANDING ON THIS LANDING HERE AND WATCHING THE WOMEN WORK AT THIS PLANT.

>> WHEN THEY GOT TO WORK ON NAVY CONTRACTS, WENT INTO NAVAL UNIFORMS, THE COMPLETE UNIFORM WAS MADE HERE.

AND IT RAN 24 HOURS A DAY AT THAT POINT.

THEY SOLD OUT TO GO TO MEXICO, PART OF IT DID AND IT WAS SOLD TO OTHER MANUFACTURERS AND IT NO LONGER WAS DASH -- >> THE FIRST PICTURE I EVER TOOK IS HERE IN THE EXHIBIT, IT'S MY FRIENDS, LARRY AND KENNY IN THE BACK YARD OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOME HERE IN GLASGOW.

MY PARENTS TOOK ME TO A GROWTH HORMONE STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, SINCE I'M SITTING DOWN YOU CAN'T TELL READILY THAT I'M FIVE FOOT TALL ON A GOOD DAY.

BUT ANYWAY, I WENT INTO THIS GROWTH HORMONE STUDY, WHEN I GOT OUT THEY GAVE ME A BROWNIE HAWKEYE CAMERA WHICH I STILL HAVE.

>> IN MY MOTHER'S BASEMENT HE PUT HIMSELF IN A DARK ROOM AND HE BEGAN TO DEVELOP HIS PICTURES.

>> AND THE MORE I TOOK PICTURES THE MORE I LIKED IT.

>> LUSTER'S BOYHOOD HOBBY GREW INTO A PART-TIME JOB.

DURING HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER WHILE IN COLLEGE HE SHOT PICTURES FOR TWO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.

THEN CAME HIS BIG BREAK.

>> IN THE SUMMER OF '69 I BEGAN SHOOTING A LOT OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR "COURIER JOURNAL" AND THEY OFFERED ME A JOB AS STATE PHOTOGRAPHER.

THE COURIER HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER.

I HOPE -- WE COMMUNICATED THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, THE NEWS OF THE DAY BUT ALSO THE REAL SLICES OF LIFE OUT IN THE STATE.

WE DID A LOT OF STORIES AND ESSAY, IS THAT WENT REALLY WENT BEHIND THE NEWS, THAT REALLY SPOKE TO THE EMOTIONS, PHOTO JOURNALISM GIVES US ALL A WINDOW INTO LIVES OF OTHERS AND I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK INTO HOMES OF THE VERY WEALTHY AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK INTO THE HOMES OF THE VERY POOR.

ALL CLASSES OF PEOPLE, ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND THAT'S JUST BEEN SUCH A FRIF LEDGE.

AND I HAVE FOUND THAT IN MOST CASES PEOPLE ARE VERY ACCOMMODATING AND VERY WELCOMING.

AND IT'S GIVEN ME SUCH AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE ARE AS A PEOPLE IN THIS STATE.

>> BESIDES PHOTOGRAPHING THE LIVES OF OTHERS, LUSTER HAS A PARTICULAR FONDNESS FOR THREE VERY COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES.

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND BASKETBALL IN THE BLUEGRASS.

>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH PRESIDENTS AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.

I REMEMBER VIVIDLY IN THE THIRD GRADE MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER TOOK US TO HER APARTMENT HERE TO WATCH EISENHOWER'S FIRST IN GNAWING GRAIKS ON HER TINY BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION.

I REMEMBER THAT SO VIVIDLY TO THIS DAY.

AND I GOTED INTO IN THAT.

-- AND I GOT INTERESTED IN THAT.

I LOFT KENTUCKY DERBY, I LOVE FOR THE KENTUCKY DERBY, BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, THE HISTORY OF THE RACE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S BEEN TO THE STATE ALL THESE YEARS.

I LOVE BEING AROUND THE JOCKEYS, THE TRAINERS, THE OWNERS.

I PARTICULARLY LOVE THE BACK SIDE, THE STABLE AREA, TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE DERBY BECAUSE THE EXCITEMENT STARTS TO BUILD.

I LOVE THE RACE.

I LOVE THAT TWO MINUTE SPREAD WHEN EVERYTHING BREAKS LOOSE AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT 150,000 PEOPLE THERE.

SOME OF THEM COHERENT, THEY REALLY WANT TO WATCH THE RACE, I LOVE IT WHEN THE HORSES ARE CHARGING DOWN THE FINISH LINE TO THE FINISH POLE.

I GUESS I LOVE THAT ADRENALINE RUSH.

HOW CAN YOU LIVE IN KENTUCKY AND NOT ENJOY BASKETBALL.

I REALLY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME COVERING BASKETBALL, THREE UK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TWO U OF L NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

MY SON GOES TO UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND WE HAVE HUGE DEBATES ABOUT BASKETBALL HERE IN THE STATE.

I LIKE BOTH BASKETBALL TEAMS.

I TEND TO BLEED A LITTLE BLUER THAN NORMAL.

BUT AS A JOURNALIST, AS AN OBJECTIVE JOURNALIST I HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR BOTH TEAMS AND TRY TO TREAT BOTH OF THEM FAIRLY WHEN I'M ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.

>> HAVING TRAVELED THE STATE EXTENSIVELY FOR "THE COURIER-JOURNAL," LUSTER WAS CHOSEN BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TO DO A FEW FREELANCE ASSIGNMENTS THAT TOOK HIM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> I WAS GIVEN LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE CURE JURY JOURNAL.

AND NEW ADVANCES IN ORGAN CELL TRANSPLANT.

I WENT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I SAW NEARLY EVERY ORGAN OF THE HUMAN BODY AT ONE POINT.

THEN '94 I SPENT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA DOING A STORY THERE ABOUT THE AREA OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH IS IN SOME WAYS MUCH LIKE THE AREA HERE EXCEPT THEY HAVE BIGGER MOUNTAINS.

>> LIFE ON THE ROAD IS NEVER REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM TO ME OTHER THAN THE LONELINESS.

>> SEEMS HE WAS BORN AWND TRAVELLING STAR, YOU HEAR OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

>> SURE DIDN'T -- SHORT IN STATURE BUT LONG ON DETERMINATION AND PERSEVERANCE, LUSTER HAS NEVER BEEN HINDERED BY HIS SIZE.

>> MY SIZE OR LACK OF SIZE HAS NEVER GOTTEN IN THE WAY.

I HOPE NOT ANYWAY.

I CAN EASILY FIND A CHAIR TO STAND ON OR A LADDER TO CLIMB UP ON.

GOOD PHOTO JOURNALIST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BLEND INTO THE WALLPAPER AND BLEND INTO THE WOODWORK WHEN YOU'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH PEOPLE.

AND I THINK WHEN I GET INTO A SITUATION PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE THAT I'M THERE, I MEAN I'VE HAD SEVERAL SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SAY, WHY DON'T YOU GO UP HERE ON STAGE.

SO I CAN HAVE A LITTLE HIGHER VIEW OR YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE BEEN VERY -- GIVEN ME A REAL BIG ADVANTAGE.

BUT I'VE NEVER LET MY SIZE GET IN THE WAY.

>> AFTER 35 YEARS, LUSTER HAS NO PLANS TO LAY DOWN HIS CAMERAS.

WHICH MEANS WE CAN KEEP LOOKING FOR HIS PHOTO CREDITS IN THE MORNING PAPER.

>> I PLAN TO SHOOT PICTURES UNTIL THE DAY I LEAVE THIS EARTH.

I STILL LOVE IT.

WHEN I FIRST WENT TO THE COURIER THERE WERE SEVERAL KURMODGONS ON THE PHOTO STAFF THAT HATED EVERYTHING THEY DID EVERY DAY.

I DECIDED THEN, THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME.

AND I'VE TRIED EVERY DAY TO EXTEND WHAT I DO PHOTOGRAPHICALLY, MY HOBBY IS REALLY BECOME MY LIFE.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE AT ALL CAPTURING GREAT IMAGES IN OUR NEXT DESTINATION, THE 140-YEAR-OLD HISTORY AND BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS AT FEDERAL GROVE BED AND BREAKFAST IN AUBURN, KENTUCKY, MAKE ANY VISIT AN ENCHANTING ONE.

>> FEDERAL GROVE IS 1871 HISTORIC BED AND BREAKFAST.

LOCATED IN AUBURN, KENTUCKY, ON HIGHWAY 68-80.

WE DO BED AND WRECK FS.

WE ALSO DO LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS BY VESER -- RESERVATION.

OUR BED AND BREAKFAST WAS BUILT IN 1871.

THIS WAS THE LAND WAS AN ORIGINAL FED FEDERAL LAND GRANT AND HAD BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND ACTUALLY WE'RE THE SECOND OWNERS OF THIS HOME.

IT WAS SOLD AT AUCTION AND UNTIL WE BOUGHT IT THEN IT HAD NEVER LEFT THE FAMILY'S ESTATE.

IT WAS ORIGINAL THE HALL ESTATE.

>> I BOUGHT FEDERAL GROVE IN 1991, MY HUSBAND AND I DID AT AUCTION, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO WAS TO BE AN INN KEEPER.

I NEVER STAYED IN A BED AND BREAKFAST WHEN I OPENED UP FEDERAL GROVE.

DIDN'T FOR ALMOST A YEAR AFTER THAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A DREAM THAT I HAD.

MY HOME IS A VERY STATELY HOME AND I DON'T SAY THAT BRAGGINGLY, BUT I JUST FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT I HAVE IT TO ENJOY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NICE QUIET GET AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND AND YOU COME ACROSS A BIG SOUTHERN COLONIAL MANSION WITH A BIG FRONT PORCH AND ROCKING CHAIR, THAT'S VERY APPEALING.

THERE'S A SHOW I THINK CALLED "CURB APPEAL" I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT SELLS MY BED AND BREAKFAST.

I THINK MOST OF MY PEOPLE THAT COME TO FEDERAL GROVE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE BIG CITY THAT REALLY ENJOY THE RURAL ATMOSPHERE WHEN I FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT DOING A BED AND BREAKFAST SOME OF MY FRIENDS SAIDY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO COME TO AUBURN TO SPEND THE NIGHT.

BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE ARE NOT WANTING TO BE ENTERTAINED.

THEY JUST ENJOY SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH IN THE ROCKING CHAIR DRINKING A GLASS OF LEMONADE OR IN THE WINTER TIME SITTING IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE READING A BOOK.

THEY LIKE THE LAID BACK ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAVE HERE.

WE HAVE FOUR GUEST ROOMS LOCATED ALTERNATE FEDERAL GROVE.

THEY ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT THEME.

WE HAVE THE OAK ROOM, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE MASCULINE, IT'S TURN TISHED WITH ANTIQUE OAK FURNITURE HAS KIND OF A HUNTING THEME.

WE ALSO HAVE THE AMERICANA CHRISTMAS ROOM WHICH WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR LONG.

WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT OF AMERICANA DECORATIONS IN THERE ALSO.

WE HAVE THE VICTORIAN ROOM WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR ROOMS.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE FEMININE AND COUPLE CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY OR BIRTHDAY OR WHATEVER THAT'S USUALLY THE ROOM THEY MIGHT CHOOSE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE SUN PORCH THAT IS A VERY LIGHT AND AIRY, COZY ROOM.

MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I HAVE BED AND BREAKFAST GUESTS, I'LL ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE EVER STAYED IN ONE BEFORE AND IF THEY HAVEN'T, MY COMMENT TO THEM IS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF BED AND BREAKFAST, IS THAT ARE LOT MORE ELEGANT THAN FEDERAL GROVE, MIGHT HAVE FINER FURNISHINGS BUT WE HOPE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY THAT THEY WILL STAY AT, THAT THEY WILL FEEL ANY MORE AT HOME AT THAN THEY WILL AT FEDERAL GROVE.

I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE GARY CONDIT TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE FOR THE EVENING AND HOW SPECIAL THAT WOULD BE.

A LOT OF THE GUESTS THAT I HAVE HERE MAKE THE COMMENT AFTER THEY SEE HOW MUCH I ENJOY MY BUSINESS THAT SOME DAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BED AND BREAKFAST.

BUT I THINK THEY SEE A LOT OF THE FUN PART OF IT AND MAYBE DON'T SEE ALL THE WORK.

BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE A VERY MUCH A PEOPLE PERSON TO BE IN THIS BUSINESS.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOVE TO WORK HARD.

BUT IT'S A VERY SATISFYING BUSINESSA VERY REWARDING BUSINESS.

I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE TO MAKE A LIVING BUT THIS IS PROBABLY BEEN THE MOST REWARDING BUSINESS I'VE EVER DONE.

BECAUSE I GET GREAT JOY OUT OF HEARING PEOPLE COMPLIMENT OUR FOOD AND COMPLIMENT OUR SERVICE AND TO TELL ME THAT THIS IS THE MOST RELAXING WEEKEND THEY HAVE HAD IN MONTHS OR YEARS AND THAT JUST REALLY BOOSTS MY EGG GOA WHEN I -- EGO WHEN I HEAR SOMEBODY SAY THAT.

SPEAKING OF OUR FOOD WE DON'T DO ANYTHING REAL FANCY BUT WE TRY TO MAKE THINGS REALLY LOOK PRETTY AND TASTE GOOD AT THE SAME TIME.

I CAN JUST BE REALLY, REALLY TIRED AFTER DOING A DINNER AND WALK THROUGH THE DINING ROOM HEAR SOMEONE SAY, THESE GREEN BEANS JUST TASTE LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER'S USED TO.

OR THESE HOMEMADE ROLLS ARE WONDERFUL, THAT MAKE ALL MY WORK WORTHWHILE.

MOST OF THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE THAT COME TO VISIT US HERE AT FEDERAL GROVE TO SPEND THE EVENING WITH US ARE MOST LEE MIDDLE AGE COUPLES THAT ARE JUST HERE FOR A NICE RELAXING WEEKEND.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE MALL THEY ARE HERE FOR REST AND RELAXATION.

SOME OF THE GUESTS GO IN THEIR ROOMS I MIGHT NOT SEE THEM UNTIL TIME FOR BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING.

BUT A LOT OF OUR GUESTS ENJOY TALKING AND SO THEY MIGHT COME TO THE KITCHEN AND SIT AND TALK WHILE I'M DOING BREAKFAST OR WE MIGHT SIT IN THE EVENING HAVE DESSERT TOGETHER WITH A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE.

THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THEY REALLY FEEL RESTED AND RELAXED WHEN THEY GET READY TO LEAVE.

AND I'VE HAD THAT COMMENT MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THAT I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'VE EVER HAD SUCH A RELAXING WEEKEND.

WE'RE HERE FOR THEM TO HAVE GOOD FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

>> B AND B ARE POPPING YOU LL OVER KENTUCKY BUT I'VE TALKED WITH A FEW OWNERS AND THEY TELL ME THEY AR WHOLE LOT MORE WORKMAN PEOPLE REALIZE.

UP NEXT, LAURA BREWER OF LAURA BREWER UPHOLSTERY IN WARREN COUNTY.

AMONG HER CREATIVE PROJECTS MAKING BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS FROM SCRATCH.

>> REALLY THE MAKING OF THESE STOCKINGS CAME TOGETHER FROM MANY DIFFERENT VENUES.

PROBABLY THE CATALYST WHEN I MOVED MY UPHOLSTERY BUSINESS OUT OF MY HOME INTO A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, THEN I HAD OVERHEAD THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.

WHEN CHRISTMAS STARTED COMING AROUND I TRIED TO THINK OF SOMETHING FOR THAT, PEOPLE SPEAND LOT OF MONEY AT CHRISTMAS AND I JUST TRIED TO THINK OF EITHER A GIFT ITEM THAT I COULD MAKE OR DECORATIVE ITEM THAT I COULD MAKE.

IN READING CHILDREN'S STORIES TO MY LITTLE BOYS WE'D GO TO THE LIBRARY AND I KNOW THE BOOKS THAT I GOT WERE VERY ILLUSTRATED AND JUST A LOT OF PICTURES, I DIDN'T CARE WHAT THE STORY WAS AS LONG AS THE PICTURES WERE NICE OF.

IN THOSE CHILDREN'S STORIES, AGAIN IN MARY ENGELBRIGHT'S WORK THERE WERE A LOT OF THE ELFISH PEOPLE, JUST CHILD-LIKE CREATURES WITH THESE KIND OF NEAT BOOTS AND STOCKINGS AND YOU KNOW THAT JUST INSPIRED ME TO TRY TO SIT DOWN AND DESIGN A CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

>> ACTUALLY THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE VERY I GUESS ROUGH WOULD BE THE TERM, THERE WAS NO PATTERN, I JUST -- ONE OF THE SUPPLIES THAT I HAD WAS THIS GREAT COLLECTION OF UPHOLSTERY SCRAPS THAT I HAD SAVED, I'VE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE OVER 20 YEARS, I SAVED A LOT.

AND THAT WAS ALSO KIND OF INSPIRATION, I COULDN'T PAINT AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRAW EITHER, BUT I THOUGHT WELL MAYBE CAN BE A MARY ENGELBRIGHT WITH FABRIC.

PART OF THE IDEA BEHIND THESE IS THAT THEY'RE KIND OF MADE BY THESE LITTLE CREATURES WHO JUST FIND BITS AND PIECES AND SCRAPS BACK IN THE CORNERS AND CREVICES OF OUR LIVES AND PICK THESE UP AND THEY CREATE THEIR CLOTHING AND SO FORTH FROM THEM.

SO JUST I GUESS BASICALLY JUST IF I LIKE THE VISUAL AFFECT ALL COMING TOGETHER THAT'S WHAT I GO WITH.

I GUESS SOMETIMES I THINK I'M A RECYCLER AT HEART.

I REALLY LIKE TAKING SOMETHING THAT HAS EITHER NO VALUE OR VERY LITTLE VALUE, SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THROWN AWAY AND BE MAKING IT, REDESIGNING IT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT BUT CREATING SOMETHING NEW AND USABLE.

AND THAT HAPPENS WITH THE STOCKING AS WELL AS THE UPHOLSTERY WORK THAT I DO.

I THINK THE STOCKINGS ARE KIND OF PRECURSOR TO IT.

I THINK THEY WILL EVOLVE INTO OTHER THINGS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT UPHOLSTERY IS A HARD JOB, IT IS AND I'M TO THE AGE NOW THAT I'M KIND OF FEELING IT IN MY HANDS.

I KNOW AT SOME POINT THERE WILL BE AN END OR AT LEAST SCALING BACK OF THAT HEAVY WORK THAT UPHOLSTERY DEMANDS OF YOU.

AND HOPEFULLY THE THINGS I DESIGN WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I CAN FALL BACK ON.

>> WELL, WE'RE ALL OUT OF TIME.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.