Early relative-things relatives gave me.

Oh, this wasn't a very organized house ... The counters seemed to collect stray objects on their own.

The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it.

A house that is built according to every man's advice seldom gets a roof.

... the kitchen, where all the fair prospects of life were centered.

If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

A house is a machine for loving in.

A house is a machine for living in.

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

The houses people live in reflect their opinions of themselves.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair the rest of his life.

Whom God loves, his house is sweet to him.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on.

Your house is your larger self.

As you build, such your house.