Nicholas Haslam
Nicholas Haslam
Nicholas Ponsonby 'Nicky' Haslamis an English interior designer and socialite, and founder of the London-based interior design firm, NH Design Inc...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth27 September 1939
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You can learn the subtle language of interior style, but many people simply buy it. If you put yourself in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, you can be confident it will look good.
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I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips.
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Often it's a lack of time, not taste, that leads someone to hire a decorator. A good decorator/client relationship should be like a marriage. The time one puts in needs to be extensive. One needs to listen to them and understand what they like and how they live.
I've always wanted to look different. I always think I've got this terrible figure. I'd like to be 3 inches taller.
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Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting.
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I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that life, and it bores me rigid.
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It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed.
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I'd like not to have these great puffy lobes on my ears - I'd like them to taper in.
I wanted to be grown up the minute I could.
I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm.
I don't really do a big Saturday supper. I prefer entertaining in the daytime.
I don't feel I have to charm somebody, I feel I want to know them; it's a different thing.
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I could care less if it's Mick Jagger or the man on the street. I just like interesting people, and I happen to know a lot of stars.
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I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that.