Candice Olson

In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.

Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.

I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.