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All Quotes by author - Bobby Berk

" Coming home to a tidy, pulled-together space will help everything in your life feel the same way. "

" Design doesn't have to be daunting. Some people really find it challenging to take on their entire home, because they don't know their aesthetic; they don't know where they want to go. "

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

" I can't stand those shows that come in and make things over and leave the homeowner with a mess to fix afterwards. Not my style! "

" I do remember when I was little - I had to have been no more than 6 - I redid my room. I talked my mom into taking me to a store, and I got, like, all coordinating blue, green, and yellow colors, and the theme was dinosaurs. "

" I grew up very religious. "

" I love a good monochromatic moment with doors/walls. I think it looks great! "

" I love a good set of basic white dishes. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm an interior designer who happens to be gay. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Millennials want brands with a story, something they can relate to. They want a personal brand they can put a face to. "

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

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

" Religion was my entire life. And then, when I came out, religion completely turned their back on me. And I've never really gotten over that. "

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

" The second the news comes on TV, people turn it off or tune it out. People don't want to hear the other side. "

" 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. "

" When I came out, everybody in my life that said they loved me unconditionally turned around and said, 'Never mind!' "

" When someone wants to freshen up their home a bit, and they don't want to spend a ton of money on construction, I always tell them to start off with paint. A fresh coat can really change the whole look of a home. "

" When we think about the trends that millennials are taking toward simplicity, I think it's indicative of a cultural shift toward less of the 'more is more' for materialism sake and more of an emphasis on efficiency, value, and sustainability. "

" You can really have a no-holds-barred relationship to materials with mixed metals and colorful schemes or more controlled palettes that are more tonal or restricted to a single accent color or metal finish. There are really no rules, and that is what makes contemporary design so limitless and enjoyable. "

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