Amanda Pays Quotes

This is so lame to say in a magazine, but I just grabbed some pink wallpaper. I find it to be a very relaxing color.

I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.

I strongly believe that good books are the best home accessory.

Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.

I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with.

A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.

I had always been kind of obsessed with making a home of my own and was always drawing rooms that I wanted to live in, down to pictures on the wall and the faces that would be in the photographs, and how the couches would be situated.

I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

I never saw a hotter argument on so unexciting a subject.

I think of film when I paint. Even the luminosity that I always keep working for is really about film. But my idea is not to paint paintings that will decorate somebody's house.

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

I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.

What good is a wall without framed art? It is like the equivalent of the accessories that you choose to wear to decorate a black dress - precisely the stuff that makes the wall/dress you.

Shah Rukh himself, if he wasn't an actor, would probably have liked to become an architect or interior designer. He's totally into buying property, building, and decorating.

I think that's the great thing about interiors is that they can be treated like a great wardrobe. Choose a sofa and chairs that are staples in clean shapes that will keep for the next couple of years or decade. Then an easy way to bump up your entire room or your interiors is accessories.

My mom decided that she wanted to put the mirror ball trophy on the coffee table in the center of our living room. When people walk in, it's kind of like, 'Uh.' It's a little weird. Maybe we should put it in the corner or something.

A lot of people think that black makes rooms feel smaller, but it's the opposite.

I really like LED signs because I feel like they're a really easy way to decorate a house and make it feel like it's a lot cooler than it actually is.

One of the best things to do with tablescapes in my experience, is really curating them with things that you've collected.

I love candles and creating a homely space.

I love decorating the house, seeing my family, and spending time with my girls.

Lighting is a good way to change the look of a place without spending much.

I like to repaint rooms, to redecorate. My dream would be to have pieds-à-terre in various places.

Do not paint a picture either of God or the devil on your walls: this will ruin both your walls and the atmosphere.

I spend a lot of my time looking at blue, The colour of my room and my mood.