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.
notion paid politics
I've never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is.
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.
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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.
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.
I don't feel I have to charm somebody, I feel I want to know them; it's a different thing.
I don't really do a big Saturday supper. I prefer entertaining in the daytime.
I wanted to be grown up the minute I could.
great
I'd like not to have these great puffy lobes on my ears - I'd like them to taper in.
writing sunday paper
Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing.
social thrive decoration
Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.
land building
The English truly understand the dynamic between buildings and land.
artist years looks
I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth—artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.
doctors smoking news
MY DOCTOR phoned and said you don't deserve this news, but your lungs are crystal clear'.