Nate Berkus

Well, my mother was an interior designer here in Minneapolis. I have a younger sister and a middle brother, and he once coined our family phrase as what we did on the weekends is either shop or be left behind. So my mother would take us to auctions and antiques malls and Stillwater and downtown Hopkins and all these places looking at old things and looking at antiques and vintage things.

Well, my mother was an interior designer here in Minneapolis. I have a younger sister and a middle brother, and he once coined our family phrase as what we did on the weekends is either shop or be left behind. So my mother would take us to auctions and antiques malls and Stillwater and downtown Hopkins and all these places looking at old things and looking at antiques and vintage things.

Well, my mother was an interior designer here in Minneapolis. I have a younger sister and a middle brother, and he once coined our family phrase as what we did on the weekends is either shop or be left behind. So my mother would take us to auctions and antiques malls and Stillwater and downtown Hopkins and all these places looking at old things and looking at antiques and vintage things.

And my job was to carry the wallpaper books in from the trunk of her car to her home office. Which is also why I have muscles.

And my job was to carry the wallpaper books in from the trunk of her car to her home office. Which is also why I have muscles.

And my job was to carry the wallpaper books in from the trunk of her car to her home office. Which is also why I have muscles.

Yes, exactly.

Yes, exactly.

Yes, exactly.

No, but I was definitely sidetracked if somebody was setting up for a garage sale on my way to the bus stop.

No, but I was definitely sidetracked if somebody was setting up for a garage sale on my way to the bus stop.

No, but I was definitely sidetracked if somebody was setting up for a garage sale on my way to the bus stop.

I'm actually Apollonian. I've morphed. That's amazing.

I'm actually Apollonian. I've morphed. That's amazing.

I'm actually Apollonian. I've morphed. That's amazing.

No, I do. My parents gave me my own bedroom because I shared a room prior to that with my filthy younger brother. The worst one. No, but the first thing I ever was allowed to design was my own bedroom. And I actually wrote about this years ago because it was such an interesting thing for me as a 12-year-old kid to be able to pick out

No, I do. My parents gave me my own bedroom because I shared a room prior to that with my filthy younger brother. The worst one. No, but the first thing I ever was allowed to design was my own bedroom. And I actually wrote about this years ago because it was such an interesting thing for me as a 12-year-old kid to be able to pick out

No, I do. My parents gave me my own bedroom because I shared a room prior to that with my filthy younger brother. The worst one. No, but the first thing I ever was allowed to design was my own bedroom. And I actually wrote about this years ago because it was such an interesting thing for me as a 12-year-old kid to be able to pick out

At the time, again, my mom was an interior designer, so she had all the carpet samples and wallpaper books, and she said to me, what do you want your room to look like? And I remember it was the 80s, and I said, I want gray, white, and red. And she was like, that's so ugly, though. And I was like, but it's cool. And so I remember, though, that it was agency. That's what it felt like.

At the time, again, my mom was an interior designer, so she had all the carpet samples and wallpaper books, and she said to me, what do you want your room to look like? And I remember it was the 80s, and I said, I want gray, white, and red. And she was like, that's so ugly, though. And I was like, but it's cool. And so I remember, though, that it was agency. That's what it felt like.