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

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

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.

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

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.

Best gifts: love, prayer, books!

I only live to love so manyFig trees but could neverSleep under one. One is tooLittle in one lifetime.

You are the artist, and your days the canvas. Will you create an original masterpiece, or live a paint-by-numbers kind of life?

I don't feel comfortable doing movies. It's not what I trained to do. I trained to be a theater actress. You put me on a stage in front of 2,000 people, I know what to do.

I have a really, really great girl in my life right now.

I like to think of the senses as having a volume control in the brain. The volume turns up on all the other senses when you lose one.

A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection.

Today's innovation is tomorrow's tradition.

A Woman in Harmony with her Spirit is like a river flowing.

No,' Ben says, 'but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that's why it's hope.