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I’ve put this quote up before, but it needs repeating:
“Decorating, when not approached as a natural extension of who you really are, can be harmful, especially when it becomes so enslaved to status and fashion that it becomes artificial. If more people would live honestly, putting the things they love around them, I believe Americans [...]
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“Style > ‘Good Design’ > Mass-Market > Cliché > Embarrassment > ‘It’s Over’ > Fetish > Revival > Style > ‘Good Design’ and so on forever…”
-Lorraine Wild
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“Decorating, when not approached as a natural extension of who you really are, can be harmful, especially when it becomes so enslaved to status and fashion that it becomes artificial. If more people would live honestly, putting the things they love around them, I belive Americans would be far less anxious and dissapointed.”
-Alexandra Stoddard, as [...]
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“I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little – if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”
-Coco Chanel
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“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
-William Morris
A little about William Morris, a fascinating historial figure:
Nicholas Salmon, “A Brief Biography of William Morris”
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, Essex, on 24 [...]
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
–Yves Saint Laurent
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau
You can not imagine the horror on my parents faces when I told them about my decision to go back to school to get my MA in Interior Design. “Have you heard of the starving artist” said my dad.
Other complaints/ [...]
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A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is souless.
-May Sarton
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