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Interior decoration   /ɪntˈɪriər dˌɛkərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Interior decoration

noun
1.
Decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior.  Synonym: decor.
2.
The trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior.  Synonym: interior design.






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"Interior decoration" Quotes from Famous Books



... of "bravery" or "the increase of crime in cities," or "the landing of the Pilgrims." The boys of the class had prepared papers on the architecture and construction of a model house, while the girls' papers were devoted to its interior decoration and furnishing. One of the girls described a meal for six which she had actually prepared and the six had actually consumed. The meal cost seventy-five cents. The discussion and criticism which followed each paper had all the zest which ...
— Booker T. Washington - Builder of a Civilization • Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe

... expression of the town was on a different scale, beginning with "frame," rising through the semidetached, culminating expensively in Mansard roofs, cupolas and modern conveniences, and blossoming, in extreme instances, into Moorish fretwork and silk portieres for interior decoration. The Murchison house gained by force of contrast: one felt, stepping into it, under influences of less expediency and more dignity, wider scope and more leisured intention; its shabby spaces had a redundancy the pleasanter and its yellow plaster cornices a charm the greater for the numerous close-set ...
— The Imperialist • (a.k.a. Mrs. Everard Cotes) Sara Jeannette Duncan



Words linked to "Interior decoration" :   decoration, trade, ornament, ornamentation, interior design, lighting, craft, furnishing



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