Nicholas Haslam Quotes

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.

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

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'm suspicious of places that look decorated. I can understand why people do it, but you see too many cushions or a piece of fabric hanging and it's, like, 'Ugh!' A good house with good art will always work, no matter what.

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.

A great interior designer is able to capture who someone is and adapt to who they are.

I do know that I would never - though you should never say never - work with a decorator, because I don't want to see the touch of someone else in my own space.

I've always loved interior design.

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.

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

Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology, and part magic. A good decorator should know what's going on in someone's marriage and how their kids are doing in school.

I'm just not very interested in decoration.

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

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.

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

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 always been very into interior design, and I can't stand to have anything in my apartment that I don't aesthetically love.

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.

I have been constantly working on the interiors of my homes in Delhi, Goa, Dubai, Mumbai, and the Red Chillies Building. I had been designing homes, too. Having a background in art, graphic design, and charcoal helped me in my work immensely.

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

Interior design wasn't something I rushed into.

Drew definitely has great design taste. He knows what looks good in a space, and he knows how to put together a design.

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

My passion is to create and transform a small or a large space.