Keeping-up-with-the-joneses Quote by Tahir Shah

“I wanted to design the house around my body and my needs, instead of following the pattern that I'd fallen into in my big…

— Dee Williams

“Domestic interior design is a fraught affair. It makes me hanker for the mild and soothing and tasteless red velvet interiors in which people…

— Joseph Roth

“Each of us, I think, adopts a comfortable and familiar era or place in which to plant ourselves; and from then on, that which…

— Daniel D. Victor

“We want our artists to take the mundane materials of our lives, run it through their imaginations, and surprise us.”

— Twyla Tharp

Sometimes, I will find a vintage piece that is so special it will inspire me to decorate an entire room around it.

— Tish Cyrus

“A good old custom. Always fornicate Between clean sheets and spit on a well-scrubbed floor.”

— Christopher Fry

“It’s amazing how dramatically life can change while your bedroom decor stays exactly the same.”

— Lauren Miller

“Traditional homes of our old world have been abandoned, windows shattered, roofs collapsing, red and green and blue paint scrubbed into muted shades to…

— Tahereh Mafi

My goal is to make furniture that people can be comfortable living with. If you’re not preoccupied with making an impact with your designs,…

— Sam Maloof

“The late eighties was a good vintage. ID was not yet fashionable so a lot of people were doing it for the right reasons…

— Leander Kahney

“In our thirteen houses, I have made every mistake. It’s been the best education I could have asked for. If I’d never tried, my…

— Myquillyn Smith

“The wallpaper with which the men of science have covered the world of reality is falling to tatters. The grand whorehouse which they have…

— Henry Miller