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

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.

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.

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

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.

Those who Discover the High Sea are the ones who are FREE to Be what they Want to Be. -RVM

It is the unknown that we thirst for. Curiosity that drives us... to learn. Not to hear, or to be told. But to see and feel, to experience.

You do not have to be religious to be spiritual and moral.

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.

Bjorn Borg looks like a hunchbacked, jut-bottomed version of Lizabeth Scott, impersonating a bearded Apache princess.

I act most like myself... when I'm in my hometown, Santo Domingo. I try to get there about five times a year.

The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.