Nate Berkus quotes - page 2

When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to. (Nate Berkus)
Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time. View quote
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I always had this New York fantasy of living in a glass high-rise. View quote
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You can find a lot of reasonable buys at Wal-Mart. But one key to making it on a budget is by donating your time and labor to the project. Do-it-yourself projects will always help you save. View quote
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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! View quote
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I think that a lot of guys reach for electronics first, but the truth is that you can never keep up with electronics. You buy a flat-screen TV, and then six months later, there's one that has 3D and Blu-ray and all this business, and that is just going to keep continuing. View quote
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I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket. View quote
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I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago. View quote
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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 buy things. (Nate Berkus)
Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration. View quote
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As a kid, I think I rearranged the rooms of almost every house on the block. View quote
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'Priced to sell' - just the phrase makes me smile. When a dealer says all the items in his booth are priced to sell, he means he's tagged them as aggressively as he can to get you to buy them. Don't worry, though, I still haggle. You have to. That's the point of a flea market. View quote
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Buying found objects means repurposing something that was already made years before, sometimes decades before. It strikes a nice balance between the new and used equation we should strive for in our lives. View quote
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You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture. View quote
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them. View quote
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You don't have to paint your walls lime green just to try to have your home feel decorated. If you're a classic dresser or preppy dresser or a modern dresser, you wear a lot of black - whatever it is - your home should reflect that as well. View quote
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Thread count is actually a lie. Just because a thread count is 1,500 on a set of sheets doesn't mean that they're well-made sheets. Truly, the quality of the cotton and the quality of the way something is woven is much more important than thread count. View quote
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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. View quote
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We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin porcelain can be, run my hand over a textile, see if I want to sit in a chair. (Nate Berkus)
In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do. View quote
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I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning. View quote
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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 waste it is criminal. View quote
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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, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong. View quote
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