Leandra Medine Quotes

Design doesn't have to be daunting. Some people really find it challenging to take on their entire home, because they don't know their aesthetic; they don't know where they want to go.

You don't have to paint your walls lime green just to try to have your home feel decorated. If you're a classic dresser or preppy dresser or a modern dresser, you wear a lot of black - whatever it is - your home should reflect that as well.

After student years of flat-sharing and living with other people's taste, I went into decorating overdrive when I acquired my first apartment - its floor plan not much bigger than the vintage Hermes scarves I then wore side-knotted on my head, pirate-style.

Furnishing a home is no different than going into the studio and making music. You want to make sure you've pared down all the extra details so that in the end, every stitch has a context uniquely yours.

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

You can learn the subtle language of interior style, but many people simply buy it. If you put yourself in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, you can be confident it will look good.

I've always wanted to design a home collection line because growing up, I was obsessed with reorganizing my room.

I've always been very into interior design, and I can't stand to have anything in my apartment that I don't aesthetically love.

I really believe that a good decorator is a good listener. So the inspiration always is the people that are living in that home.

A great interior designer is able to capture who someone is and adapt to who they are.

I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's.

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.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.

People are easily intimidated when they decorate their home. They think it has to be one way. But there's no one way. It's your way, your style. At the end of the day, you have to live there. It's your cocoon, your nest. You have to be happy in it.

I'm an interior designer from the soul. It's not about just putting things in a room. It's much deeper and broader. It's about self-discovery.

You have to put your own personality into your home. Do what you feel is you!

In each of my homes, I have a leopard room. I don't know why, but I do. It's like my lounge next to the dressing rooms.

My house in my real life is a no-purple zone.

I want to live in a space that I designed, that is for me.

I've been fascinated with interior design for as long as I can remember.

I never studied interior design, but I'm a creative person. And what we surround ourselves with is very important - what makes you feel happy, what makes your senses feel good.

Finding a way to really reinterpret your home as an expression of how you live, is really good design in my opinion.

Whenever anyone puts decor or artwork on the walls, it's always personal. You want people to come into your home and see something that reflects your personality.

People want to create a space that feels like them - one that's deeply rooted in their personality. That's important. Your space is an opportunity to tell your story and showcase your experiences. That's why I think every material - down to your faucet - needs to serve a function and feel personal.