Daniel Faires graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in Biology.
[1] Faires operates an interior design and contract company, a furniture business called Capsule Furniture[2] and a homegoods store, Lonesome Whistler, that sells a combination of hand-made objects, vintage items, and designer goods.
[3] He entered the reality television genre in October 2009 when he competed to become DIY Network's next “Studfinder”.
[4] Soon after, he was selected as one of the final 12 contestants for season five of HGTV’s design-based reality television competition HGTV Design Star, on which he was voted Fan Favorite.
[5][6][7] As of 2011[update], he is the host of HGTV.com’s DanMade, a video series that highlights "sustainable and budget-friendly design",[8] and he appears in videos for footwear sold by Sears.