Quotes by Nicholas Haslam

About Nicholas Haslam:

Nicholas Ponsonby 'Nicky' Haslam is an English interior designer and socialite and founder of the London-based interior design firm NH Design Inc.
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Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing.

Nicholas Haslam

People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators.

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It's the fashion, I tell you: big, tall women going out with tiny, tiny men.

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I'd like not to have these great puffy lobes on my ears - I'd like them to taper in.

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You can learn the subtle language of interior style, but many people simply buy it. If you put yourself in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, you can be confident it will look good.

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I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips.

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Often it's a lack of time, not taste, that leads someone to hire a decorator. A good decorator/client relationship should be like a marriage. The time one puts in needs to be extensive. One needs to listen to them and understand what they like and ho...

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Sometimes I think it would be nice to share everything I've got with somebody - and sometimes I think I'm very lucky to have the bathroom to myself. But I feel it would be nice to pass on my knowledge. Perhaps because I haven't got children - one wan...

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I have a thirst - it's an awful word, but I'm thirsty for knowledge. I like knowing things, the odder the better, the more obtuse the better.

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I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that ...

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I had a face-lift, and I would have another if I needed one. It definitely changed my life. I'm not vain. In fact I don't like looking at myself. The face-lift was just about looking rested.

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I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.

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I rent a Jacobean-fronted hunting lodge in Hampshire from the National Trust and like to go there as much as possible. I've grown to love it so much, especially when writing my memoirs there at weekends.

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I've never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is.

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Author Bio

  • NameNicholas Haslam
  • DescriptionEnglish interior designer and socialite
  • BornSeptember 27, 1939
  • ProfessionJournalist