Steven Amsterdam Quotes

Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.

Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.

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

A lot of people will center their living room around a TV. I personally think that's the wrong decision. I mean, have it there, absolutely. But to walk in and clearly see that the sole focus of any time you have in your house is that TV?

I've always loved great upholstery, and think that a great sofa is one of the most important pieces of furniture in your home.

I've always had a fascination with interior design. As a kid, I used to go to real estate open houses with my parents on the weekends. Like a nerd! I would think of how I would piece rooms together at those open houses.

Life is all about seating and lighting.

I've always loved interior design.

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

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.

I can look at a photo and the dimensions of any piece and tell you if it's going to sit well with the four other pieces in your room.

I love to decorate a room - from the furniture to the objects to the books.

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.

Consider your house from an aesthetic point of view.

Clients usually come to me when they want to update the look of an existing room.

I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up.

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

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

If you leave me in a room long enough, I'll redecorate the room.

I've always been inspired by beautiful interiors.

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

Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.

I think I was the only kid on the block who knew about furniture scale by the time I was 8.

My new house is going to have wall-to-wall awards!

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