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" I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad. "
Nate Berkus
Am
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I Am
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" I do shop online! But I'm shopping online mostly in the home categories - One Kings Lane and Gilt. At a lot of architectural websites, I buy a lot of hardware for cabinetry like hinges and things like that from England. So, you know, for me, I shop at Net-A-Porter, but I don't really shop that much for clothing online. "
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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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" We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin porcelain can be, run my hand over a textile, see if I want to sit in a chair. "
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" I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up! "
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" We hold back our true feelings and beliefs, whether it's from a sense of being polite or fear of hurting someone's feelings. But what I have seen on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is that no one benefits from holding back and keeping things bottled up inside. So I pride myself on speaking my mind and not being afraid to give honest feedback. "
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" One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood. "
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" In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect. "
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Space
" You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture. "
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" I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot. "
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" You can find a lot of reasonable buys at Wal-Mart. But one key to making it on a budget is by donating your time and labor to the project. Do-it-yourself projects will always help you save. "
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Help
Budget
" I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things. "
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Month
Kid
" I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s. "
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Father
Day
" I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign. "
Nate Berkus
Small
Path
Passion
" Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored. "
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Feel
Always
Space
" 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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Best
Money
Opportunity
" 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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Story
Status
Comfort
" In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do. "
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You
Important
Interior
" I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket. "
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Leather
Boots
Jeans
" About 90 percent of the pieces in my home are vintage, and I'm a ruthless editor. I only live with things that I love. There is not one thing in my home that doesn't have meaning to me. "
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Live
Love
" I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation. "
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Growing
Famous
Growing Up
" I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago. "
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Chicago
Vintage
Heart
" As a kid, I think I rearranged the rooms of almost every house on the block. "
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Almost
House
" Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales. "
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Upset
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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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Great
Memories
" When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up. "
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Single
Energy
Chair
" My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle. "
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Decorating
Kind
" 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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Calm
Simple
" Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale. "
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See
" I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time. "
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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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