Phyllis Diller Quotes

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.

When you're designing clothing, you really only have one point of focus, and that's the body. But home is fabrics and furniture and floors and natural light. If fashion is a planet, home is more like a universe.

I like to entertain at home, to live beautifully but comfortably.

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.

Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.

Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.

It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.

I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there.

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

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.

You'd be surprised how many people want to hang an electric chair on their living-room wall. Specially if the background color matches the drapes.

Being home is like a vacation to me, so I'm trying to get my home together.

I don't know, it's dorky. Just like quotes and stuff. Something I want to see everyday or something I want to be there. I don't know. I can put a hole in the wall if I want. It's mine. It's very simple. It's a very tiny house, but I can do whatever I want to. I can rip up the terrible vinyl floor and recycle it. Just create a good space. A quiet place to be.

I have found that I am not a space where people want to live, at least not without decorating first.

When it comes to designing your first apartment, I think people get overwhelmed and end up collecting pieces that don't always mesh well together because they don't have a clear vision. Take your time and use tools that can help inspire and guide you through the process.

I wonder why people use only walls for hanging pictures.

What happens style wise behind closed doors, in your home, shouldn't be incidental. Home isn't just where you stow your things or sack out for the night. It should be your private escape.

I like to see a home like this, a home connected with people's thoughts and work, things they love.

When friends enter a home, they sense its personality and character, the family's style of living - these elements make a house come alive with a sense of identity, a sense of energy, enthusiasm, and warmth , declaring: "This is how we are; this is how we live."

Unless one decorates one's house for oneself alone, best leave it bare, for other people are walleyed.

I wish to emphasize the fact that our homes should be more attractive and that more of our amusements should be in the home instead of the streets.

We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.

When you design someone's house, it's actually painful. I never say, "This house will be a total reflection of you and any defects in it will make you look defective." But people do expect their homes to be reflections of themselves. So what I say is, "Just pretend this is your eighth home. By then you won't care."

Gift-wrap the framed artwork on your walls and rehang them - what's nicer than a wall of presents to look at?

My home is my castle, and I spend a lot of time nurturing it, redecorating - moving this and adjusting that, adding flowers and candles.