18 Candice Olson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Candice Olson

Canadian Designer

Born: Oct 27, 1964

About Family Home Me People You

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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style. Candice Olson

Focus Three Style Every Bathroom Area Budget Function

Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list! Candice Olson

Birthday You Phone Girl Parents Teenage Teenage Girl Top Locked Out Perfect Like Opens Answers Bedroom Line Private Question Friends Get Same List Hang Any Door Place Room Might Ask Describe Her Funky

The type of renovation I do most often is opening a kitchen to the family room. Candice Olson

Family Type Kitchen Opening Most Often Room

Great French design is often about unexpected touches. Candice Olson

Great Design About French Unexpected Often

Why have one chandelier when you can have two? Candice Olson

You Why Two

Clients usually come to me when they want to update the look of an existing room. Candice Olson

Me Come Look Clients Existing Update Want Room

Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally! Candice Olson

Things have changed a lot since the earth was cooling and I was a teenage girl, but the basics of teenage bedrooms have remained the same. Every girl wants a place that they are proud to call their own and where they can express their own individuality. Candice Olson

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. Candice Olson

Home People Be Brave Other Books Magazines Inspiration Take Take A Chance Look Brave Room Then Your Even Homes Chance

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

Marriage People Tell Compromise

Spaces I love to do - the uglier the better - tend to be really old, dated basements - especially from the '60s to the '80s. I love those. Candice Olson

Love Better Old Those Dated Tend Uglier Spaces Really

I love doing kitchen renovations where we're opening up the kitchen and creating open-concept main floors. I think that's one renovation that really changes the way people live in their homes. Candice Olson

Love People Live Think Changes Way Kitchen Main Opening Doing Up Where Really Creating Homes Floors

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

Important Tight Quarters Items Choose

Mom raised me all by herself, and although we went through our share of lean years, she always worked hard to make our home warm and welcoming. Candice Olson

Home Mom Me Herself Our Through Share Lean Welcoming She Make Although Always Years Warm Worked Hard Raised

I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event. Candice Olson

Luxurious Drama Incredible Everyday Bit Out Dining Wow Fabrics Dressed About Adore Simply Contain Stepping Feel Also Occasion Sort Because How Up Getting Getting Dressed Spaces Rooms Special Special Occasion Event

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