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"&amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t believe anyone obsessed with fashion could not be obsessed with design,&amp;quot; says Jeremiah Brent, whose prowess in both worlds has been well-documented during his tenure on The Rachel Zoe Project and a recent home feature in Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar. True to form, his latest project is his first foray into product design centers around &amp;quot;jewelry for your room,&amp;quot; a line of candles exclusive to Gilt.com, with an accompanying curated sale to draw even more excitement.  We spoke to Brent about the candle design (&amp;quot;I spent so much time perfecting the vessel!&amp;quot;), how he and fiance Nate Berkus share decorating responsibilities (&amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s the one thing we don&amp;#039;t fight about.&amp;quot;), and the parallels between fashion and design. Read on for his top tips for excelling at the two. 1. Rely on staples. &amp;quot;The best thing I can tell someone is to invest in staples. Women should have a great power suit, or a trench they&amp;#039;ll have for years, or a Chanel jacket that&amp;#039;s timeless. That translates to a room. That translates to a fantastic sofa with clean lines. And while we all love the color of the moment, who knows if you&amp;#039;ll want that emerald green or black floral sofa six months from now? You can tell from my curated sale that I obviously have a very diverse color palette of black and white. They are fantastic because they&amp;#039;re timeless \u2014 just look at some of the most beautiful rooms in history!&amp;quot; 2. Put Personality First. &amp;quot;The really good interior designers are just really good listeners\u2014 when we dress a space, it&amp;#039;s always based on the person. And the fun part comes from accessorizing. If you do that right, it can be high-impact, low-cost. I like for scent to be the final layer to any space\u2014 so you walk into a room and it smells amazing, so you&amp;#039;re completely engulfed in the moment.&amp;quot;  Brent&amp;#039;s candles (available in Fig, Rose, and Fire scents), along with pieces available in his curated sale. 3. Take Risks. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve been watching design TV for years and it&amp;#039;s just one rule after another. In fashion? You&amp;#039;re told do everything. You can say &amp;#039;Screw it! I&amp;#039;m going to do a plaid and a floral and wear a lace glove!&amp;#039; The truth is that aside from fashion, interiors are the only type of art you live your life in. They&amp;#039;re an extension of who you are, who you want to be, where you&amp;#039;ve been. Don&amp;#039;t let the fear of following rules stop you from creating a room that reflects that.&amp;quot; 4. Slow Down. &amp;quot;The biggest mistake I see people make is rushing! Everyone wants to finish that room and make it look like page 25 of a catalog. But that&amp;#039;s when you walk in and you just don&amp;#039;t see yourself in your home. Instead, when you&amp;#039;re buying something, ask yourself, if you moved across the country, would you pay $1,000 to ship this? You never know where life will take you, so take a minute, be patient, don&amp;#039;t just try to fill up a room.&amp;quot; 5. Find Your Starting Point. &amp;quot;When I&amp;#039;m designing a room, I design around the moment people are going to live in. When I was doing Rachel Zoe&amp;#039;s nursery, I imagined her and her husband hovering around the crib. So I literally put the crib in the middle of the room. When you&amp;#039;re looking at a family room, and envisioning all the life happening around the sofa, let that guide you. Don&amp;#039;t push it in the corner.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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