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
grand intimate
Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting.
I've always wanted to look different. I always think I've got this terrible figure. I'd like to be 3 inches taller.
bores brought chairman fade life room
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.
badly difficult easy terribly
It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed.
great
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.
jagger less man
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.
believe listen room tells
I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that.
bathroom children educate knowledge pass perhaps share somebody wants
Sometimes I think it would be nice to share everything I've got with somebody - and sometimes I think I'm very lucky to have the bathroom to myself. But I feel it would be nice to pass on my knowledge. Perhaps because I haven't got children - one wants to educate somebody.
call current home people simply
People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators.
awful knowledge thirsty
I have a thirst - it's an awful word, but I'm thirsty for knowledge. I like knowing things, the odder the better, the more obtuse the better.