Kelly Wearstler

“The sky is the limit as long as you keep the rooms practical, and I have become better at that since I had children. Function, form and organisation are all important.”

“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.”

“The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.”

“Hollywood style means classic glamour. My reference is the 1940s through the 1960s.”

“Having an eye is one thing, but you have to be able to execute.”

“I need art around me always.”

“Willem de Kooning as an artist is insane, Sonia Rykiel is amazing for her colour sensibility, and Ettore Sottsass was an architect and product designer who sometimes created clothes to go with his other designs.”

“I'm not the bake-sale-mom type - though once in a while, I'll make challah French toast for my sons.”

“Everything is about color. If you look at magazines and advertising and television, the thing you remember is the color.”

“There is a voice, and there is a DNA to how I design.”

“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.”

“Every year, my boys and I create new cool gift wrap paper. We hand paint the design and come up with interesting ways to wrap each gift.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Besides almonds or granola, I don't eat a lot during the day - juicing is what gives me energy.”

“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.”

“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.”