Quotes by Nate Berkus

About Nate Berkus:

Nathan Jay "Nate" Berkus is an American interior designer, author, TV host and television personality. He runs the Chicago interior design firm Nate Berkus Associates and has been a regularly featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, offering design advice to viewers, as well as coordinating surprise make-overs for people's homes. He has released numerous lines of products, and authored several books.
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You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.

Nate Berkus

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 be...

Nate Berkus

I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.

Nate Berkus

Go outside! I mean, even leaves from a park are beautiful in a clear glass vase. I'd rather see that than fake anything any day.

Nate Berkus

Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.

Nate Berkus

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

Nate Berkus

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.

Nate Berkus

They used to tease me at the 'Oprah' show, 'Are you really going to do another white Shaker kitchen, with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances?' And my answer is, 'I can vary it a bit, but I'm never going to err from classic materials.'

Nate Berkus

Twitter is a place where you share your thoughts, yourself... you don't want a plain white backdrop for that. You want the entire page to say something about who you are. Designer or not, if the urge strikes you, go for it. Put up that watercolor you...

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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 mediocr...

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As a kid, I think I rearranged the rooms of almost every house on the block.

Nate Berkus

In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all depends on the space you have. You may have a free-standing bookshelf of your favorite books if that's all you have room for.

Nate Berkus

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.

Nate Berkus

I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!

Nate Berkus

Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.

Nate Berkus

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

Nate Berkus

I can look at a photo and the dimensions of any piece and tell you if it's going to sit well with the four other pieces in your room.

Nate Berkus

When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.

Nate Berkus

I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameNate Berkus
  • DescriptionAmerican interior designer
  • BornSeptember 17, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter