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I've lived too long and I've lived too well.
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Design
Interior Design
Long
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If every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.
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Museums
Perfect
Pieces
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In choosing a colour one must realize that it changes in different aspects.
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Design
Different
Realizing
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Scale is of prime importance and I think that oversized scale is better than undersized scale.
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Prime
Thinking
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In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.
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House
Personality
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I like to preserve simplicity rahter than over-polishing. Fashions are changeable. Taste is in realizing the essence of a place.
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Essence
Fashion
Simplicity
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How lucky I've been to live in such beautiful places and able to make them as I dreamed. I've been lucky. I've adored my houses more than my friends (or husbands).
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Beautiful
House
Husband
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Crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's makes a room look overdone and tiresome. One should create something that fires the imagination without overemphasis.
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Imagination
Fire
Looks
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A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It is a bit like mixing a salade. (I am better at room than salads).
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Mixing
Mixtures
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I never think that sticking slavishly to one period is successful, a touch of nostalgia adds charm. One needs light and shade because if every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.
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Museums
Successful
Thinking
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Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's personality and try not to fight against it. I like to get the juice out of a house and not spoil it.
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Design
Fighting
House
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I had learnt from going to Houghton that to make a room quiet, to make it harmonious, you never wanted to have only one 'mouvement' thng like the Savonnerie rug that would stand out. You must have 'mouvement' everywhere.
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Design
Quiet
Rooms
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It is usually a mistake to impose an individual's taste on a room that has its own....style. Conversely, to put very fine pieces of furniture in a room that is without architectural distinction is as absurd as wearing a tiara with a bathing suit.
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Design
Mistake
Style
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I've always liked a formal layout and informal planting," she explained. "First get the structure right, like the bones in a face, then plant it like a crowded shoe. If you have a strong layout, you can let the plants seed themselves all over the place. Haphazard, unexpected... I like to be surprised by a garden.
Nancy Lancaster /
Garden
Shoes
Strong
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