Nate Berkus is an American interior designer, author, TV host and television personality. He runs the Chicago interior design firm Nate Berkus Associates and has been a regularly featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, offering design advice to viewers, as well as coordinating surprise make-overs for people’s homes. He has released numerous lines of products, and authored several books.

Nate believes that people are happiest with their space when they take risks and are honest with themselves about what they really love. He said he likes when people decide, “I’m going to use this room in this way. Even though it’s a formal dining room, I’m going to put two sofas facing each other in it, and I want to hang out in here in a different way than the home builder intended or how my neighbor next door has it set up.”

As a strong believer in the psychology of scent, Nate loves to layer his home with fragrances that put him at ease. “I gravitate toward lavenders, vanillas, anything that indicates that the home just got out of a bath. I like everything to feel sort of beachy and light and very fresh,” said Nate.

Berkus’ book The Things That Matter was published October 16, 2012, by Spiegel & Grau. It became a New York Times Best Seller and also named “One of the Best Books of the Year” by Seattle Times.

Also in October 2012, Berkus collaborated with Target stores to launch his Target Home collection, a 150-piece line that includes bedding, bath, accessories, lighting, rugs, and window treatments. He is still collaborating with Target 3 years later and has released many different collections for season changes as well as holidays. He recently released a line of stationary and office essentials alongside his 2015 Cali-inspired spring collection. In January 2013, Berkus introduced his own fabric collection at Calico Corners.

Nate was host, judge and executive producer of NBC’s “American Dream Builders” which aired in spring 2014. He is currently Artistic Advisor for the LG Studio line of appliances.

Berkus’ design firm, Nate Berkus Associates, which he founded in 1995, continues to design interiors across the country and around the world.