Quote by Gretchen Rubin

“...the apartment is an oasis - of civility, kindness, and elegance.”

— Will Schwalbe

“She has a soft spot for houses that look sensible until you get inside.”

— Helen Oyeyemi

“Clutter. Even the word feels heavy when you say it. We've become consumed by stuff and so inundated by things that we almost have…

— Kerri L. Richardson

“Maybe I had been alone in that apartment so much by then that I had retreated into some kind of inner, unsociable space that…

— Lydia Davis

“Maybe it was how you looked at it. Maybe there were things I saw as ugly that other people thought were beautiful.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

“It takes some time and a lot of looking around, but you eventually find that your home is a lot more than just the…

— Fábio Moon

“Incidentally, it seems that ‘apartment’ has finally taken over from ‘flat’; I fancy they’ll soon have ‘closets’ rather than wardrobes. Anyway,”

— John Humphrys

“I'm more preoccupied with furnishing my head than the place where I live. The most beautiful rooms I have entered have been empty ones.”

— Yann Martel

“We stared at the house for a while. The weird thing about houses is that they almost look like nothing is happening inside of…

— John Green

“It was one of those buildings that you don't so much as look at as bathe in.”

— Bill Bryson

“He thought other resourceful people would have come, over the years, to look at it, and that the house would wear its own mild…

— Alan Hollinghurst

“And if you can't see anything beautiful about yourself/ get a better mirror/look a little closer/stare a little long.”

— Shane Koyczan