25 Terms
Contributors in Interior design
Interior design
Hand-planned finish
Design; Interior design
A distressing treatment by which a new floor or board is scraped with blades by hand to give an undulating and worn effect.
Grilles
Design; Interior design
Used to modify strong light or minimise an undesirable view while still providing some visual connexion between the inside and outside.
Gouache
Design; Interior design
A opaque watercolour paint, or work so produced. Gouache is applied like watercolor, but reflects light due to its chalky finish.
Hardwood
Design; Interior design
A botanical group of trees featuring board leaves. The term does not necessarily refer to the hardness of the species.
Groundmass
Design; Interior design
The main part of an igneous rock made up of finer grains in which the larger crystals are set.
