Boyd previously worked multiple different jobs and admitted that he didn’t have a fancy lifestyle growing up.

“[It’s] second nature to me.

“I couldn’t believe there was this entire world that existed under my nose.

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All I could think was, ‘What a fun place to play!'”

“I get to live in both.

I get to play in textiles every day, and erect buildings.”

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After starting at the Art Institute of Atlanta, Boyd started his own interior design business, SMITHBOYD Interiors.

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