Nate Berkus Quotes

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Nate Berkus

Profession : Designer

Birth : September 17, 1971

Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.

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Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.

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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

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I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago.

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I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time.

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I think I was the only kid on the block who knew about furniture scale by the time I was 8.

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Working on 'Big Give' was an opportunity that I felt compelled to do. It was my chance to share in showing people how they can give big in their own life, to send the message that giving goes way beyond the gift of money. We want to share that the best thing you can give is your time and understanding.

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As a kid, I think I rearranged the rooms of almost every house on the block.

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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

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If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

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Buying found objects means repurposing something that was already made years before, sometimes decades before. It strikes a nice balance between the new and used equation we should strive for in our lives.

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When I take on a design project, I have to jet from the bookstore to the hardware shop to the lamp store and back again just to collect a small portion of the many items I need to fill a home. But, when you hit the flea market, they're all right there. From booth to booth, you have the bases covered.

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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?

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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.

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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.

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I think that a lot of guys reach for electronics first, but the truth is that you can never keep up with electronics. You buy a flat-screen TV, and then six months later, there's one that has 3D and Blu-ray and all this business, and that is just going to keep continuing.

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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.

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Thread count is actually a lie. Just because a thread count is 1,500 on a set of sheets doesn't mean that they're well-made sheets. Truly, the quality of the cotton and the quality of the way something is woven is much more important than thread count.

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The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my being.

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