"The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job." - Albert Hadley
We shape our homes……, and then our homes shape us.” Winston Churchill
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| Dining room at Chartwell |
"I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. If it looks right, it is right."
- Interior designer Dorothy Draper
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| Miles Redd |
“Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.” – Coco Chanel
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| Coco Chanel's Paris Apartment |
“Nothing is passé if you really love it.”—Interior designer/antiques dealer Rose TarlowThe difference between good design and great design is intelligence. -- Graphic Designer Tibor Kalman
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| Bunny Williams |
“When it comes to art, buy with your eyes, not your ears. I tried very hard not to ‘decorate’ with art. Art should be reflective of your personality and what’s going on in your head—not reflective of the colors of a sofa.”—Hotelier Jason Pomeranc
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| Apartment of Jason Pomeranc, decorated by Steven Sclaroff. |
“I must have books everywhere. They’re the soul of a room—they reveal the taste, the interests, and the secrets of whoever lives there."—Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg
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| Apartment of Diane Von Furstenberg |
“…a house is much more than a mere shelter, it should lift us emotionally and spiritually.” - Interior designer John Saladino
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| John Saladino’s bedroom at Villa di Lemma |
The best interiors make your heart pound.”—Interior decorator Tony Fornabaio
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| Tony Fornabaio |
“Real comfort, visual and physical, is vital to every room.”—Interior designer Mark Hampton
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| Mark Hampton |
"Modesty is great, and quietness is nice, but sometimes it's much more fun to be decadent."—Interior designer Robin Standefer of Roman and Williams
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| Robin Standefer of Roman and Williams |
"I work on the assuption that a house is successful if it's plesant to live in." —Interior designer Alexandra de Garidel-Thoron
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| Alexandra de Garidel-Thoron |
"I try not to bring in anything I don't love looking at. It's about restaint ... There is something about an unfinished quality that leaves within you that sense of possibility." —Artist Caio Fonseca
“A person with real flair is a gambler at heart.” -- Interior designer Billy Baldwin
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| Billy Baldwin |
“Never fear being vulgar, just boring” -- Fashion Editor and columnist Diana Vreeland
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| Diana Vreeland in her "garden in hell" designed by Billy Baldwin |
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