Scaled drawing indicating all walls, windows, electrical outlets, furniture placement and interior finishes.

Specific visual elements such as a spectacular view, home entertainment systems, fireplace, art, sculpture or furniture piece, which becomes the main focus of the room.

The number of widths of fabric or amount of gathering in a window, bedding or other treatment (typically 2 to 1, 2.5 to 1, 3 to 1 fullness).

The French word for “false”. With regard to painted finishes, it is used to describe any technique in which paint is manipulated on a surface to imitate the appearance of another substance, such as wood or stone.

Wind and water; ancient Chinese practice of harmonizing the built-environment with spiritual forces.

Acronym for furniture, fixtures and equipment.

The absence of sheen after a paint or finish dries.

A glass tube coated on the interior with phosphor, a chemical compound that emits light when activated by ultraviolet energy. Air in the tube is replaced with a combination of argon gas and a small amount of mercury. Lamps are also circular and bulb shaped.

Decorative hardware, wood, metal, or cast materials used to cap drapery rods, newel posts, furnishings, lamps, etc.

The distance from the top to the bottom of a window treatment when completed, not including allowances for side seams, hems or headings.

Distance from side to side of drapery plus distance added for projections.

Documents detailing doors, windows, furniture, room finishes colors and other components needing clarification for construction purposes.

Similar is a valance. Instead of hanging straight down from a horizontal rod, however, it is draped from one corner to the opposite.

Those decorative ornamentation that adorn the ends of curtain rods. They are available in many styles and finishes.