Christopher Buckley Quotes

I do house things. I paint. I do portraits. I also paint my house.

When someone wants to freshen up their home a bit, and they don't want to spend a ton of money on construction, I always tell them to start off with paint. A fresh coat can really change the whole look of a home.

Decorating has always been my hobby.

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

If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.

You don't need to rip open walls to transform a space. One of the big things that count is furniture design and painting - things you can do yourself - that alone can transform the space.

I'm not an interior designer - I'm a normal working mum who wants her house to look good and doesn't need a man to do it for her.

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.

We did a whole fraternity house. We made them over.

I've not as yet found one hobby that would absorb me completely when I'm not working, but I have just bought a new apartment and didn't quite bargain for the amount of effort and time and money that that absorbs.

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!

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

I love HGTV. I love the Food Network.

My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.'

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

I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time.

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.

It's intimidating to try and pull your home together if you don't have an interior designer.

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

My latest decorating obsession is dipping - like painting the bottom of things. I've done it to almost every terra-cotta pot in my house. Every African vase I have is painted gold on the bottom. It's so fun and easy, and it instantly livens up a piece. You feel like you've really accomplished something.

I also had a hosting position on a home and garden television show - which is a joke if you ever see my apartment.

I love to watch 'Property Brothers.'

I go through stages with all kinds of stuff. There'll be a couple of months where I'm reading, you know, like, fiction mystery novels, and there'll be a couple more where I'll be redecorating a room in my house.

I visited Minnie Pearl's home down in Nashville, and I liked it so much I asked the same man to help fix up my place.

I've been honestly sitting in the living room every day doing little DIY projects. Painting and making stuff and all that stuff. That's been kind of cool. I got to find out I apparently have a passion for that.