"In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all depends on ..." — Nate Berkus

Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored.

I always had this New York fantasy of living in a glass high-rise.

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've never shown anyone. Take a photo of that hat you just knitted... whatever it is, share it.

You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.