After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
A lot of people worry about the ' wear and tear ' on furnishings. I feel it's more a matter of people… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
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. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
The one thing I never get involved with is selecting art or pictures for a client. This is a very personal thing.… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Too much of what passes for design now is theater. It's one thing to be eccentric- and by the way, most eccentrics… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
I have always believed that the more educated the clients are, the easier they are to work with. Clients with a knowledge… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
…the designer must be able to see - make a concentrated effort to absorb the essence of the project. Seeing is a… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
A decorator, no matter how talented, can't always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of… — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating. — Albert Hadley Copy Share
The one thing I never get involved with is selecting art or pictures for a client. This is a very personal thing. If the… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
A lot of people worry about the ' wear and tear ' on furnishings. I feel it's more a matter of people treating the… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
A decorator, no matter how talented, can't always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of understanding on… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important. — Albert Hadley Copy Share
So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things that have… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
So many people arrange furniture in order to see what's going on outside. But why? The view isn't going anywhere. — Albert Hadley Copy Share
Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money. — Albert Hadley Copy Share
When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he said, is… — Albert Hadley Copy Share
A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done. — Albert Hadley Copy Share
