Joey Lauren Adams Quotes

Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

I love having beautiful furniture and things, but I don't want my space to look like a showroom.

It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.

I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.

I've always been a homemaker, like, I like creating spaces. Even if I stay in a hotel, I'll unpack, I'll put my books out, I'll put my camera out, I'll throw a sweater over the lamp to get better light. I am a homemaker.

Your home should be about enriching the daily experience.

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.

Furniture should always be comfortable. And always have a piece of art that you made somewhere in the home.

I don't like interior decorating. It looks gorgeous, but it doesn't have that lived-in look.

I used to love a well-arranged room: the furniture, the fabric, the lighting.

I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

My buildings should have an emotional core - a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.

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.

If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.

A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.

Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live.

I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets.

Because I grew up in such tight spaces, I don't get manicures, pedicures. I'm not into cars, but I am into a fabulous house. I wanted the spiral staircase, clean sheets on the bed, to be able to take a shower.

As far as value goes, obviously it's nicer to be in an environment where you feel comfortable. But it's also clear that it's probably not the most realistic thing.

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

I would wear a top that is not very tight. I would probably wear a scarf, which I find one of the best pieces of clothing there is.

In the future, IKEA will become an ever more spiritual sanctuary. In the future, your dream life will increasingly look like Google street view. Everyone will be feeling the same way as you, and there's some comfort to be found there.