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" 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. "

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

" I grew up very religious. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 love a good set of basic white dishes. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "