Gauri Khan Quotes

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

I've always loved interior design.

Decorating has always been my hobby.

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.

I've always wanted to design a home collection line because growing up, I was obsessed with reorganizing my room.

I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or something. I like clutter and I'm quite visually greedy. I can't have things to be plain; I have to have things looking interesting... maybe I'm just a frustrated interior designer stuck in a singing career.

I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.

I'm just not very interested in decoration.

Being a decorator allowed me to see what about people's environments made them happy. And what things they could do to have more light and color and joy in their daily lives.

I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that.

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

Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture.

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

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

Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.

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

I've been fascinated with interior design for as long as I can remember.

I like interiors as much as exteriors but 'interior designer' just sounds naff as a job.

When I look back, there was obviously the arch of my creativity and when I was young, I used to go to open homes with my mother and I used to imagine how I could make the space better and how people would live in it.

Interior decor is my guilty pleasure. If I'm going to splurge on something, it's more for my home than for clothes.

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

There are designers who say, 'Oh! I see wallpaper and blue carpet.' I usually start by knocking down walls. 'You thought you just needed some new drapes? Well, guess what: That wall's gotta go.'

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

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

I think in your home, you should only use colors that you look good in. It's a little self-serving but think if it as you're on a stage. Not with any pressure, but you want to showcase yourself.