Quotes from Bobby Berk

I'm constantly taking calls and responding to e-mails at home, and I find it best to have that little work space. And then when you're not at that little space, it's not work anymore.

De-cluttering can be overwhelming, so start with that one small thing. Clean out your junk drawers. It can lead to so many more beautiful things. Start there, and you'll find yourself cleaning the whole rest of the house.

Even if you're not ready to live at your full volume, turn it up halfway and get there.

Being in New York has definitely intensified my desire to be different and individual.

To me, the one thing you should splurge on, if you only have a certain amount of money to spend, is your bed because you spend about 30 percent of your life in bed, and you should be comfortable, and you should wake up every day just feeling good.

I moved to New York in 2003 with about $100 bucks in my pocket and a suitcase.

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.

A plant is the most cliche thing, but a little bit of green has a great effect on happiness. Being at a cubicle all day is not pleasing, but a little life on your desk can give you a little life, too.

I love my living room: it's the heart of my home where I get to chill and spend time with family and friends.

Guys should be doing laundry, doing dishes.

I love a good set of basic white dishes.

Modern minimalism has become less strict over time with a wider range of textures and materials, with other cozier layers.

I used to beg my mom to let me put a real bed out in forest so I could lie there and listen to the sounds of the forest while still having all the comforts of home.

My favorite thing to do in the summer was to sleep out in the forest on the farm I grew up on.

One of the biggest mistakes people make when hanging curtains is hanging them too low. It can make a room feel really shrimpy to hang the curtain rod just above the window moldings. Go all the way up to just below crown moulding or below the ceiling if there is no crown.

Window treatments are like a nice suit - you want them to fit and the tailoring to be just right.

I think the original 'Queer Eye' definitely started us on the journey to normalize the LGBT community and make people realize that we are just people just like everyone else. It started the road to acceptance.

On 'Queer Eye,' I really get to see the way someone lives. They know the Fab Five are coming, but they don't know when or how, so our producers make sure they don't clean up so that we can experience exactly how they normally live.

I think you could say L.A. has a bit of a cookie-cutter gay community.

Lighting is a good way to change the look of a place without spending much.

I have a background in counseling because I've been to a lot of therapy.

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

I'm all about the highs and lows. I'm not a designer that thinks you need to spend a lot of money. You can get the look you want between thrift stores and stores like Ikea and Target.

The biggest cost in making a sofa is the labor/time, thus why recovering one cost almost just as much as a new one.