Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.

The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy.

I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.

I believe that the essence of good design is its ability to sustain long term integrity, to become classic and create a truly captivating home.

One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.

Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.

I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.

Clients usually come to me when they want to update the look of an existing room.

Great French design is often about unexpected touches.

It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.

For the achiever the battle with critics is a slow war of attrition. Let time do the dirty work for you.

Never underestimate the healing power of breath.

I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on the above-average side of happy people.

I guess if you're doing God's work, whatever you do is in His name.

When your effort is low, you're probably not thinking about the opportunity, you're thinking about the obligation.

No one's walking around here perfect. Everyone's gonna make mistakes. That's part of how you learn.

The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware the temptations.

I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is on television.

Much of the usefulness of any career must lie in the impress that it makes upon, and the lessons that it teaches to, the generations that come after.

One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.