By acquiring all of your furniture from different eras and places and things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have a great spirit.
Everything I commission - whether it is for me or for a client's home or for a hotel or office - is absolutely unique to that job. I have everything made, or I find vintage and antique pieces at markets and auctions.
I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.
I would never shop from the Internet or a catalogue; otherwise, how am I going to educate my eye? I just love going out and searching for new things.
Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.
Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.
I am just a curious gal who is continuing to be curious.
I love seeing people's reactions to gifts that I've created from my line, such as my gold horn ring, bottle openers, my 'Fallen' leather jacket and my Slither black and white sweater.
I'm a designer, which includes interiors, architecture, fashion, furniture, and lifestyle.
I definitely start early and keep items in mind throughout the year for key people in my life. I love wrapping everyone's gifts in hand-painted wallpaper sheets, which gives the gift extra love.
The same time I'm designing my collection, I'm also designing my store. It has to have brand awareness, an identity. I'm also designing the racks and the hangers, and juggling a lot of things.
The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.
Hollywood Regency is a label some people put on me, but I consider myself a modernist in that I always try to make the work feel fresh.
My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.
I've never seen most of the fashion reality shows. The only one I've seen is 'Project Runway,' which is great, but I don't watch television.
I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture.
My mother handed down all these amazing scarves from the sixties and seventies, and I have a hundred of them.
The mixture of weird textures and organic surfaces creates an interesting dialogue.
I'm not the bake-sale-mom type - though once in a while, I'll make challah French toast for my sons.
