MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
CRAFTING THE NEXT CHAPTER AFTER
FIXER-UPPER, CLINT HARP IS KNOWN
AS THE RESIDENT CARPENTER ON THE
POPULAR HOME IMPROVEMENT SHOW
WITH CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES THAT
LAUNCHED FIVE YEARS AGO.
NOW CLINT IS OUT WITH A NEW BOOK
TITLED HAND CRAFTED, A
WOODWORKER'S STORY THAT TELLS
HIS JOURNEY.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS CLINT
HARP.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
MARIA: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
BOOK.
IT HIT STORE SHELVES YESTERDAY.
TELL US ABOUT IT, IT'S YOUR
JOURNEY, HOW YOU ARRIVED HERE.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE IT?
>> SO THERE'S THIS STORY THAT
EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT, THAT
FOLLOWED ME CLOSELY OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS WHERE I MEET CHIP
GAINES AT A GAS STATION, WHO IS
NOT A TV STAR, HE HAS NO IDEA
HE'S GOING TO BE ON TV OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEET HIM ON THIS DAY WHERE MY
WIFE AND I -- I HAD GONE TO HER
AND SAID THIS WAS A REALLY BAD
MISTAKE TO QUIT THIS JOB THAT
WAS MAKING SIX FIGURES IN
HOUSTON.
WHY ARE WE HERE?
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
SIX MONTHS LATER I'M SHOOTING A
PILOT WITH HE AND HIS WIFE WITH
HGTV.
THAT'S THE AMAZING STORY.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S MIND BLOWING.
THE THING IS, THAT'S NOT THE
WHOLE STORY.
THAT'S NOT IT.
IT'S THE JOURNEY BEFORE THAT,
GETTING TO THAT GAS STATION.
I NEVER GET TO THAT GAS STATION
IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS INSANE
JOURNEY I WAS ON, THIS RIDE I
WAS ON WITH MY WIFE, WITH MY
FAMILY AS A YOUNG KID, I COME
FROM A GREAT FAMILY BUT IT'S
ALSO A SPLIT FAMILY AND SO THAT
MEANT A LOT OF INTERESTING AND
DIFFICULT THINGS FOR ME TO GET
THROUGH IN MY LIFE.
I QUIT A JOB IN SALES.
WHY DID I DO THAT?
THAT'S WHY I WROTE THE BOOK.
BECAUSE I THINK --
MARIA: IT'S HARD TO DO THAT.
>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO THAT.
I BELIEVE IN THE POWER IN
SHARING STORIES.
IT'S AMAZING.
HERE WE ARE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND
EVERYTHING, WE'RE CONNECTED MORE
THAN EVER IN OUR LIFE, RIGHT?
BUT YET WE'RE MORE DIVIDED THAN
EVER AT THE SAME TIME TOO.
IT'S CRAZY, YOU KNOW.
AND SO FOR ME SHARING A STORY
CONNECTS US BECAUSE ALL OF A
SUDDEN WE FIND OURSELVES GOING
WAIT A SECOND, I SEE MYSELF IN
THAT PERSON'S STORY AND I THINK
THERE'S MAGIC IN THAT AND WE
GROW TOGETHER WHEN WE DO THAT.
DAGEN: PEOPLE IN THIS DIGITAL
WORLD CRAVE A CONNECTION WITH
SOMETHING THAT'S REAL.
THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DO IT IS
ABOUT HAND CRAFTING FURNITURE
AND BASICALLY BEING CREATIVE.
SO THERE IS THAT CONNECTION THAT
PEOPLE HAVE WITH YOU BECAUSE OF
WHAT YOU DO.
>> YOUR WIFE IS YOUR CO-HOST ON
THE WORK WORKING SHOW.
SHE WAS A HUGE PART IN YOU
MAKING THIS CHANGE FROM THE SIX
FIGURE SALES JOB TO GETTING BACK
TO YOUR ROOTS AND INTO THE
WOODWORKING AND CRAFTSMANSHIP.
MARIA: AND MOVING TO WAY
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT.
MARIA: AND MOVING TO WACO
RIGHT,.
>> FIRST OF ALL, MY WIFE IS
AMAZING.
I'M NOT HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T
FOR HER AND REALLY AND TRULY
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SUCH AN
AMAZING JOURNEY TOGETHER.
WE WERE KIDS, HONESTLY, WHEN WE
GOT MARRIED, AROUND 24 YEARS
OLD.
HERE WE ARE 17 YEARS LATER AND
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH
TOGETHER.
WE DON'T EVEN MOVE TO WACO IF
IT'S NOT FOR THE FACT THAT WHEN
SHE SAID YEAH, I'LL SUPPORT YOU
AND MOVE AND LET'S QUIT YOUR JOB
AND EVERYTHING, WHEN SHE SAID
THAT SHE ALSO SAID I WANT TO GO
BACK AND GET MY MASTER'S.
SHE GOT A FULL RIDE AT BAYLOR.
THAT'S WHY WE MOVED TO WACO.
MARIA: WHAT DO YOU LIKE MAKING
BEST?
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU PUT
TOGETHER OR CREATED THAT STRIKES
YOU?
>> MY FAVORITE THING TO MAKE IS
A TABLE.
THAT'S IT.
MARIA: WHY?
>> BECAUSE A TABLE IS A PLACE
WHERE ALL OF US, EVEN IF WE
DISAGREE, IF THERE'S HURT, IF
THERE'S WHATEVER, WE CAN SIT
DOWN AT A TABLE.
>> YOUR CONSOLE TABLES, YOU
CAN'T EAT ON THEM BUT THEY'RE
PRETTY --
>> EAT ON THEM, PUT YOUR COFFEE
ON THEM.
THE MORE YOU USE THEM, THE