Weigh down your curtains with a proper 5-inch hem. It makes them much more proportioned and professional-looking.

As long as you work in a color palette and you style what you already have within that color palette, it's going to look good together.

I set up stations, buy a big vat of chili, and then guests do what they want to do - and I still get to party.

I'm shocked at how much I'm into Christmas pillows. There's cheesiness, obviously, but then there's really cute ones that are metallic that say "Ho Ho Ho" or "Merry" or cute vintage needlepoint ones.

I personally would rather be a partygoer than a party-thrower.

Oddly enough, white is a dead tone in a small room. Choosing something with a more medium tone will make the space feel larger.

Matte or satin sheen scuffs up very easily. So, unless you have it professionally done, definitely paint shelves or cabinets with something with a higher sheen.

I would definitely bring silver into your holiday decor.

Metal shades only give directional lighting, which is great for a desk or work area, but not for ambient lighting. Fabric shades are much softer.

The man died inside cannot live outside. ‪

This typewriter is the only one that has listened to me throughout the years, the only one who wants to know the girl beneath my layers.

We can never controlThe World, but from Ourselves we are the Master.Jan Jansen

Ain’t nobody gonna separate from theircold hard cash unless they have an unresolved problem, so ifyou want to make money, you have to be incredibly clearabout what problem(s) you solve.

My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever

We aren't leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion a year more in products than we export.

They got love bigger than the Beatles, wild and free like the Rolling Stones.

Helpful is the new viral.

How many records you sell really does not matter. It's whatever you give.

My father retired to San Francisco, and I got a chance to know him and be around him. It's always been someplace where everything changed for the better. It's always been a home for me.