Impress clients (or family and friends!) with your savvy interior design and model merchandising knowledge. This easy to follow cheat sheet, courtesy of Best in American Living Design Committee member Lita Dirks of Lita Dirks & Co. Interior Design, gives you 10 “words to know” in the industry.
Chinoiserie
Acrylic: Plastic resins to make synthetic fibers as coating or to bind pigment
Bevel: The slopping on the edge of a material (mirror) that diminishes the apparent size of the surface; it provides play of light and shade on the material
CAD: Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer programs to create two- or three-dimensional (2D or 3D) graphical representations of physical objects
Chinoiserie: A style of art depicting Asian/ Chinese motifs popular in France and England
Partition wall
Finial: A decorative finish hardware of any material, used to cap drapery rods, newel posts, furnishings; used as a crowning ornament for furniture/ architecture
Inlay: It is a an ornamentation process whereas to set one material into the surface of another creating a pattern; inserting any material like ivory, stone, or shells to a surface; is a decorative technique of inserting pieces of contrasting, often colored materials into depressions in a base object to form patterns
Partition Wall: A non-structural dividing wall
Scale: The relative size of something as related to another element of known size
Valance: Decorative window treatment mounted across the top of a window (outside the casing). Usually combined with blinds, curtain panels, or sheers
Wainscoting: Wood panels or boards that cover the lower portion of a wall, often capped with molding
More words to come in a later blog! Stay tuned…
