If it looks right, it is right.

Of all the rooms in the house your bedroom is yours

There seems to be within all of us an innate yearning to be lifted momentarily out of our own lives into the realm of charm and make believe.

You may concentrate on appearances all through the rest of your house, but in the bedroom comfort should be supreme. I think that bedrooms should also be very intimate rooms-they should express your personal preferences in every way...Of all the rooms in the house your bedroom is yours.

Don't buy a bedroom suite, but collect your pieces separately - generally cheaper and always the decorator's way of furnishing.

I started this career because I loved doing houses. I'd done three of my own and I couldn't keep on moving my family all the time, so I decided to decorate other people's homes and buildings.

You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.