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Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.
Albert Hadley
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Albert Hadley
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: November 8
Died: 2012
Died: March 29
Interior Designer
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A decorator, no matter how talented, can't always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of understanding on the part of the client. I think it is the decorator's job to work as a guide, to bring out the best qualities and the best attitudes.
Albert Hadley
So many people arrange furniture in order to see what's going on outside. But why? The view isn't going anywhere.
Albert Hadley
Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a person has flair, a grounding in the principle of design, and self-discipline, that person has the potential of being an outstanding designer.
Albert Hadley
So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things that have never been done before. Quite often it is done without authority, without knowledge, and without a background in taste. They need to be educated about the past, and they need a richer vocabulary.
Albert Hadley
Flair-a primitive kind of style-may be innate, but I think knowledgeable taste is learned, the result of travel, experience, living, education.
Albert Hadley
....the designer must be able to see - make a concentrated effort to absorb the essence of the project. Seeing is a very difficult thing to do. Most people look at a lot of thing but never see anything. Looking is emotional seeing is an intellectual process.
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Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.
Albert Hadley
Decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.
Albert Hadley
Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.
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Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.
Albert Hadley
After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement.
Albert Hadley
A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done.
Albert Hadley
Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. Its well, it's magic.
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I have always believed that the more educated the clients are, the easier they are to work with. Clients with a knowledge of decorating, and an ability to articulate what they want from the finished project, make the designer's job easier.
Albert Hadley
The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.
Albert Hadley
An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.
Albert Hadley
Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.
Albert Hadley
When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he said, is the preparation and cooking decorating is the final seasoning, the savoring.
Albert Hadley
A lot of people worry about the ' wear and tear ' on furnishings. I feel it's more a matter of people treating the things that surround them with respect.
Albert Hadley
Design is about discipline and reality, not about fantasy beyond reality.
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