Computer aided drafting and design.

Furniture pieces primarily constructed of wood used for storage, including cabinets, dressers, and desks.

A chair with back support and a seat long enough for outstretched legs.

A loosely woven, coarse cotton gauze used to create different textures as well as to blend and smooth wet paint over a surface.

A transparent finishing layer of protection applied over a decorated surface.

The amount of space between two fixtures, the centerlines of two fixtures, or a fixture and an obstacle, such as a wall. Clearances may be mandated by codes.

A locally or nationally enforced mandate regarding structural design, materials, plumbing, or electrical systems that state what you can or cannot do when you build or remodel. Codes are intended to protect standards of health, safety, and land use.

A group of colors used together to create visual harmony in a space.

The technique of applying layers of heavily thinned glaze to a surface to produce a faded, transparent wash of color.

A pie-shaped diagram showing the range and relationships of pigment and dye colors. Three equidistant wedge-shaped slices are the primaries; in between are the secondary and tertiary colors into which the primaries combine. Though represented as discrete slices, the hues from a continuum.

A technique that involves dragging a plastic or metal comb through wet paint or glaze in order to simulate texture or to create a pattern.

Hues directly opposite each other on the color wheel. As the strongest contrasts, complements tend to intensify each other. A color can be grayed by mixing it with its complement.

Any modern design (after 1920) that does not contain or refer to traditional elements of the past.

The art of assembling colors with different values and intensities and in different proportions to create a dynamic scheme.

A three-sided box, usually made of wood, which caps the top of a window. It is upholstered with a fabric that matches the curtains or blinds beneath it and is often padded to soften the edges and prevent the upholstery from sagging or wrinkling.

Distance from top to bottom of drapery plus hems and top headings.

A single pair of short panels, 1/2 the length of the window in which they are to be hung, which are installed on a suspension or cafe rod half way down the window leaving the top half open.

Consists of two or more sheets of accordion-pleated reinforced fabric which is bonded together.