“You can never achieve anything in a house unless you have things that have been passed down and you find a place for them for yourself.” Has BeensHouseAchieveDown And Author:Sister Parish
“Home, the idea of home, is my principal purpose. If people have bought a house as an investment or chosen the furniture because they'll be able to sell it for more, you can tell in two minutes. You know, our parents didn't buy a house as an investment. They bought it as a place to bring you up, to give you roots.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingTwoIdeasHomeAblePurposeHouseParentMinutesRootsSellsInvestmentChosenPrincipalFurniture Author:Sister Parish
“Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous.” MembersOur FamilySentimentalAuntHideousParish Author:Sister Parish
“Behind every attractive room there should be a very good reason.” ShouldReasonRoomsBehindsVery GoodAttractiveDecorating Author:Sister Parish
“It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister.” EasyBearsHusbandMarriedCrossesConfusionMy HusbandBeing MarriedSisterAwkwardnessCrosses To Bear Author:Sister Parish
“I think everyone must have a first memory of some house, some room, a vivid picture that will remain deep down in one forever.” ThinkingFirstsHouseMemoriesRoomsForeverDesignVividDeep DownInterior Design Author:Sister Parish
“...When someone asks me to help create a room my first reaction, if I do not already know the person, is to try to feel out what he or she really wants the room to be and to understand, if possible, what "memory," old or new, has brought this idea about.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsTryingFirstsPersonsIdeasHelpingAsksMemoriesRoomsDesignReactionsAsk MeInterior Design Author:Sister Parish
“Innovation is often the ability to reach into the past and bring back what is good, what is beautiful, what is useful, what is lasting.” PastBeautifulAbilityDesignInnovationLastingInterior Design Author:Sister Parish
“It is only my eye that has helped me. I am still hopeless with that thing called a scale ruler. I love color, but that comes very naturally to me. From the beginning, I never followed trends. If I was aware of them, I didn't care, for I believed as I do now, that rooms should be timeless and very personal. I don't set out to achieve a particular style. And I certainly don't have a 'look' - just a mishmash of everything that somehow, by instinct, usually turns out to be a warm imaginative, 'living room'.” IfsShouldLooksStillsEyeCareTurnsRoomsAchieveStyleParticularColorInstinctWarmScalesHopelessTrendsRulersTimelessImaginativeLiving Room Author:Sister Parish
