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Theatre is filled w<br> passion, risk and drama (as much behind-the-curtain as on stage), perfect ingredients for documentary storytelling.

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In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.

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Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's personality and try not to fight against it. I like to get the juice out of a house and not spoil it.

Design, Fight, Fighting, House, Like, Period

If every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.

Museum, Museums, Perfect, Piece, Pieces

Crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's makes a room look overdone and tiresome. One should create something that fires the imagination without overemphasis.

Crossing, Fire, Fires, Imagination, Looks, Overdone

I never think that sticking slavishly to one period is successful, a touch of nostalgia adds charm. One needs light and shade because if every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.

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How lucky I've been to live in such beautiful places and able to make them as I dreamed. I've been lucky. I've adored my houses more than my friends (or husbands).

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