If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago.

I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn’t know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, ‘Mom, I don’t like direct sunlight, I don’t like bugs, I don’t like grass, and I’d rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.’

As a kid, I think I rearranged the rooms of almost every house on the block.

You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.

People first. Dogs second. Things last.

Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored.