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Nate Berkus

(1971) Television Presenter United States

82 quotes in 859 categories

Nate Berkus admits he can’t live without his favorite burgers, even when he tries a low‑carb diet. He talks about design as a mix of looks and function, and he loves classic watches enough to give a silver Rolex to his brother. He also says that small objects in a home can hold big memories and that he prefers breaking up bulky furniture sets.

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Nate Berkus is a television presenter from the United States, best known for Home rules.

Quick Facts About Nate Berkus

Born: September 17, 1971
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Presenter
Notable works: Home rules

About Nate Berkus

Nathan Jay Berkus is an American interior designer, author, and television personality. He runs the Chicago interior design firm Nate Berkus Associates and was a regularly featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, offering design advice to viewers as well as coordinating surprise make-overs for people's homes. He has released numerous lines of products and authored several books.

Quotes by Nate Berkus

Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.

Fall

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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.

Appearing

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Your home should tell the story of who you are.

Home

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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

Important

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As a kid, I think I rearranged the rooms of almost every house on the block.

Almost

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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.

Am

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I always had this New York fantasy of living in a glass high-rise.

Always

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People first. Dogs second. Things last.

Animal

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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

Book

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I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!

Always

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I can look at a photo and the dimensions of any piece and tell you if it's going to sit well with…

Any

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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

Bedding

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Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one…

Collecting

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You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to…

Approach

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If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small…

Actually

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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

Furniture

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The Things That Matter convincingly lays out Nate Berkus’s philosophy that things do matter. Our homes tell our stories, they reflect the…

Beautiful

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I believe your home tells a story about who you are and who you aspire to be. We represent ourselves through the…

Aspire

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The truth is that things matter. They have to, they are what we live with and touch each and every day. They…

Every day

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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use…

Anything

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There’s something beautiful and very circular about passing by something that was important to the person you loved, or touching something that…

Beautiful

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I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to,…

Always

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Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp…

Allowance

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When I take on a design project, I have to jet from the bookstore to the hardware shop to the lamp store…

Again

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We hold back our true feelings and beliefs, whether it's from a sense of being polite or fear of hurting someone's feelings.…

Afraid

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I have a large watch collection, and classic watches are especially important to me. I had a silver Rolex, and I actually…

Actor

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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for -…

Bit

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As a designer, everything is always about aesthetics mixed in with functionality and having that visual appeal. But you learn fast as…

Beauty

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I do shop online! But I'm shopping online mostly in the home categories - One Kings Lane and Gilt. At a lot…

Architectural

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There's something I call 'Moving Day,' which I've done for the last 20 years. Look at everything in your home, then think…

About

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Twitter is a place where you share your thoughts, yourself... you don't want a plain white backdrop for that. You want the…

About

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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way…

Carbon

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I love linen in soothing colors for any room in the house.

Any

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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go…

Allowance

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I think I was the only kid on the block who knew about furniture scale by the time I was 8.

About

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The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my…

Being

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You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.

Architecture

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Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel…

Feel

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You can change the feel of your sofa by adding a thick, cozy throw and playing a couple of classic pillows off…

Classic

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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to…

Believe

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Nate Berkus by topic

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