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• If every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.
• Crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's makes a room look overdone and tiresome. One should create something that fires…
• It is usually a mistake to impose an individual's taste on a room that has its own....style. Conversely, to put very fine…
• I had learnt from going to Houghton that to make a room quiet, to make it harmonious, you never wanted to have…
• I've always liked a formal layout and informal planting," she explained. "First get the structure right, like the bones in a face,…
• I've lived too long and I've lived too well.
• Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's…
• I like to preserve simplicity rahter than over-polishing. Fashions are changeable. Taste is in realizing the essence of a place.
• I never think that sticking slavishly to one period is successful, a touch of nostalgia adds charm. One needs light and shade…
• Scale is of prime importance and I think that oversized scale is better than undersized scale.
• In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.
• In choosing a colour one must realize that it changes in different aspects.

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