Betsey Johnson Quotes

I want to do interiors, furniture. I want to do architecture, although I'm not an architect. Nor am I a trained interior designer.

Life is all about seating and lighting.

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.

I've always loved interior design.

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

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

I'm fascinated by furniture design and interiors, and I want to try designing all that stuff.

Consider your house from an aesthetic point of view.

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

I really, really like interior design. I grew up in a really old house outside of Philly that was built in 1821. My mom is really into antiques, and my dad is very mid-century. They're not together anymore, so in the middle of growing up, I, all of the sudden, had two houses that were very different but really well done in each of their own ways.

Even though beauty is very much my heritage, my real passion is accessories and home.

The spaces we live in should tell our story.

Interior design wasn't something I rushed into.

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.

I think to make your home as comfortable as possible is so important. There’s something really interesting about that as a trend, that whole idea of lifestyle and being happy in your surroundings.

Choose a checked or striped wall paper. People will be halfway home before they are able to focus.

We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.

In front of the coffee tablethere is a neon-pink stump stool, which I bought because my friend Amanda Brooks told me that every house has to have a 'wart,' or one really ugly piece.

Finding a way to really reinterpret your home as an expression of how you live, is really good design in my opinion.

I really believe that a good decorator is a good listener. So the inspiration always is the people that are living in that home.

It's so important for people to have a space that they love, and that you wake up happy every morning in your house. A big part of that is what you have for your furniture, your art, your decor.

Design should revolve around what the main purpose of the space is. If you plan to live there, it should reflect your personality.

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

A lot of people spend all this time painting their house, picking out rugs, and then they put fluorescent lighting in there. It totally ruins the mood.

My love for interior designing has always been there.