Quotes About Decor

His virtual home showed none of the ostentation of others in the Brotherhood, no Gothic-fortress-perched-on-impossible-cliffs or Caligulean excesses of decor (usually accompanied by an equally Caligulean want of decorum.)

In 1984, French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu explored the social patterning of consumption and taste in Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Bourdieu found that family socialization processes and educational experiences are the primary determinants of taste for a wide range of cultural goods, including food, dress, and home decor.

In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, I would push back into the shadows the things that come forward too clearly, I would strip away the useless decoration. I do not ask that this be done everywhere, but perhaps we may be allowed at least one mansion where we can turn off the electric lights and see what it is like without them.

small glass chicken on the windowsill

You're like a picture; you ought to be enclosed in a gilt frame and stand against the wall.

I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

I don't think you should follow trends for your home; things for your home are less about fashion and more about investment. So, find things you truly love and make you happy when you see them.

You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.

In the Clark apartment doorknobs and plates and hinges were overlaid with sterling silver.) There were inlaid marble floors, wrought-iron staircases, walls wainscoted in rare marbles and choice hardwoods, bronze lamp fixtures and railings in the elevator lobbies.

Joseph's gift to Babet was considered one of the decorative "musts" of the day—a gold-plated rolling pin, designed to show that its owner "no longer made her own bread, but was financially able to endure the strain of purchasing ready-made loaves at the grocer's.

I collect skulls; I think that a beautiful skull is a really good gift for a guy.

A lot of people think that black makes rooms feel smaller, but it's the opposite.

I have a Damien Hirst spot painting which I love. It has pride of place over my dining-room table.

I also love real estate and decorating.

On the dresser was a row of blue-and-white jars that weren't very useful for anything. They'd been left to her mother by an elderly aunt, and she was proud of them because they looked nice but were completely useless. There was little room on the farm for useless things that looked nice, so they were treasured.

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I'm a minimalist, for sure. A couple homies saw Kanye West's crib with barely anything in it and thought it looked weird. To me, it looks perfect. Clutter gives me anxiety.

I like kitchens. I'm a kitchen and bathroom freak.

I am a huge fan of porcelain in kitchens. It's an easy, interesting material.

I have only the simplest shades in my house. I think a window treatment is something you should give a window when it's sick.

I have no little insight into the feelings of furniture, and treat books and prints with a reasonable consideration. How some people use their pictures, for instance, is a mystery to me; very revolting all the same--portraits obliged to face each other for ever--prints put together in portfolios.

Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.

It was a room-shaped room with furniture-shaped furniture, and dainty curtains.

Nothing kills a party like an oversize metal hedgehog.