There’s something beautiful and very circular about passing by something that was important to the person you loved, or touching something that once meant something to him — that brings me some peace.

There's something I call 'Moving Day,' which I've done for the last 20 years. Look at everything in your home, then think about how you could combine things in a different way. Maybe you break up your night tables and use one in the family room; maybe the dining room sideboard becomes a console table for your television, with storage underneath.

Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology, and part magic. A good decorator should know what's going on in someone's marriage and how their kids are doing in school.

I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.

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.

The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my being.