We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist.

So many people arrange furniture in order to see what's going on outside. But why? The view isn't going anywhere.

Decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.

An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job.

We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist.

Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.