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

One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.

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.

In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.

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.

I think I was the only kid on the block who knew about furniture scale by the time I was 8.