"Someone was moving and I saw that they had a table, so I got it," says Lauren Ann Walsh. "I had to have a crane take it up. The first crane was not tall enough — I've never needed a crane before. I had everyone hanging off their balconies saying, 'I love your table!'"

"I absolutely love my curio cabinet. Parker Robinson told me it's actually called a vitrine, and the flamboyant gold accent pieces are called ormolu."

"Dick Zimmerman of Z Portraitures did the cover of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album and came to Sarasota for one of the art shows, so I grabbed his card. He's been called ‘an artist to the stars.' You have to give him six months. Bernard and I sat for half of an afternoon. He took the chair and stacked it on top of books — you should have seen me

"We heard a friend was selling his collection and going modern. I didn't want beach furniture … the plan was how to get Versailles here."

"I wanted something an emperor would have. I thought, 'What would Catherine (the Great) have slept in?' I found the bed at Baer's, and Parker Robinson did the coverings and used Versace colors. It's a big room, and there's so much more I want to do."

"I just got this table. I wanted something in that space, and I walked into a store and thought, 'I want these men!' The mother of pearl on top of it is so cool."

"It looks like something I'd see in a castle."

"I met Su Griggs (Allen) at her art show and bought this piece, called 'Thinking Outside the Box.' I'm still trying to think of what the key would be, unless it’s the key to knowledge."