Bobby Berk Quotes

Don't feel you have to buy something to sit in or at. Buy something you are emotionally attached to and build your design around that. One Matisse cutout poster could provide you with your whole color scheme!

Color is a very personal thing. You need to make sure to choose a color that makes you happy. But I don't recommend accent walls - choose a color you can live with on all four walls.

I love a good monochromatic moment with doors/walls. I think it looks great!

When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.

I always begin a room with the rug; it is literally the foundation of the space. I then go on to the furniture.

In a bathroom choose a bold color pattern on the tile on a feature wall. Simple changes like that add a unique element that stands out.

Everything I've designed is intended not to match perfectly but to sit together in harmony, to add flair and personality to any room.

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.

In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

We don't have one of those houses where there's a rope that separates the kids' area from the adult area. There's a happy medium. It's all about fabric choices, accessories.

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

Architecture only does part of the work. How you fill the space matters just as much, sometimes more. I designed a beach house with a continuous living/dining area, but it had to have a table in the middle to give it a visual rhythm. Every room has a foreground and a background. But you also need a middle ground - like that table - to go between.

I'm not going to say paint is an easy spruce-up. It takes time, it needs touch-ups, and you have to be very methodical. But it is worth it, and it isn't particularly expensive.

My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white.

You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

I'm just not very interested in decoration.

I love linen in soothing colors for any room in the house.

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.

The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet.

My wife and I battle over home decor. My style goes from Gothic to Baroque. Hers is minimalist.

I'd been told, or warned, that when you paint one room, not only will it look nice, but it will also make the room next to it look as if raccoons have been living in it for the past decade.

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.

What you put on your wall should be inspiration.

According to me, the key is 'less is more.' For instance, if the print is the star of your outfit, don't accessorize too much. And if you have a gorgeous piece of jewellery, allow it to shine through.