Interior Design Terminology

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Acoustics

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The properties of a room or material that determine how sound is transmitted.

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Masonry

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Stonework or brickwork.

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Material board

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A sample board created by a designer with swatches of interior materials and photographs of furniture proposed for a client’s space.

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Mosaic

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A picture or pattern created by arranging together small pieces of tile, glass, or stone.

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Off-gassing

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Fumes produced by chemicals in materials used in interiors.

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Patina

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A surface appearance that grows beautiful with age.

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Plaster

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Combination of lime, sand, and water for spreading on walls, ceilings, or other structures to form a smooth, hard surface when dried.

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VOCs (volatile organic compounds)

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Chemicals that easily enter the air in the form of gases emitted from some solids or liquids and which may have short-term or long-term adverse health effects.

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Shiplap

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a type of wooden board used commonly as exterior siding the construction of residences, barns, shed, and outbuildings and sometimes interiors where boards fit together so that each overlaps the one below