Viola Davis Quotes

I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.

If Home Depot doesn't have it, Mark Bradford doesn't need it.

There has been a major shift in how we live in our homes. Everyone knows the kitchen is the soul of the house. It's more of an open-concept approach.

This neo-minimalism super cold stuff is weird to me. I need a place where I can come home and take my shoes off.

A home should be an intimate autobiography of the things that you like. One of the things I'm so keen on expressing is that, if you don't do it for yourself, if you're always seeking affirmation from outside, you'll never have a home. It'll just be a house.

I love HGTV. I love working on my house and have really been bit by the 'luxury remodeling' bug. 'Million Dollar Rooms,' 'Million Dollar Listing'... any show that can give me design inspiration, I soak it in and try my hand at it. Home Depot is my second home!

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

I have a beautiful, big bathtub.

I've always been interested in DIY and home renovation - even from my first student flat. I've always left places better than when I moved in.

I'd rather have a house that's nice but usable.

I tell myself every day I love my Jacuzzi, I love my marble floors, I love my high ceilings.

If I welcomed people into my lovely home every week in the pages of a magazine, they'd soon see how incredibly dull it is. It's important to maintain a bit of mystique.

There are certain parts of the home that I think embellishment feels cozy and inviting. Then there are other environments, for example, the living room, where I don't have a ton of items on the table.

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange.

I don't have any furniture of mine in my room.

Interior decor is my guilty pleasure. If I'm going to splurge on something, it's more for my home than for clothes.

My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture.

I'm actually very good with Home Depot-handy type of paintwork.

If I had to choose between clothes and furniture, I'd choose furniture.

We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things.

I resist the temptation to curate my apartment.

I've done so much travelling in the past few years, and when you travel, you realise that we do actually have a cool, clean look in Scandinavia - it's not just Denmark - which I think brings peace if you have it in your home.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

The home is the center of your soul; it's a total reflection of your inner life. If you have a dreary home, it means you are dark inside.

It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.