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If you hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get anyway with anything.
I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!
Lighting is an essential way to change the mood of a room, especially if you can use dimmers.
Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement.
I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.
With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.
Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall.
I can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive.
The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my being.
I’m a great believer in common sense, and the older I get I see that common sense is not that common
People get trapped in the way things should feel and less focused on the way things should function.
There's different shopping in Paris than there is at a bazaar in Istanbul, but they're all wonderful.
Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.
I am not a fashionista, and I don't dress up. Usually if I'm at home, where I am now, I'm wearing a robe.
Avoid too much intense color. Make sure you mix colors and try them out. It's always good to do a swatch.
I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.
I see myself as the world's oldest living teenager... I try to get as much kick out of things as possible.
I think the set looks great. It's kind of like Battlestar Galactica meets like the Italian furniture fair.
In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
I don’t expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.
I don't expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.
I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time.
I think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't been fashion then it would have been something else.
I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
I don't count myself as a fashionista because I do a lot of other things. That's just a small part of my life.
I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.
I think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't of been fashion then it would have been something else.
So many people arrange furniture in order to see what's going on outside. But why? The view isn't going anywhere.
People would always say to me, "Why are you wearing such large frames?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you."
I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they’d be better off.
My secret to having a happy relationship is having a sense of humour and giving one another space: your own space.
When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.
Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.
A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
I'm an interior designer, first and foremost. I can do one thing really well, and I'm going to stay in my little niche.
Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
Style means you have a real curiosity about yourself and then you express it. Having style is not copying somebody else.
I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.
I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.
People with big personalities are best in the center of the table. They can help carry the conversation from that place.
Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored.
Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. It;s well, it's magic.
I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.
Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.