Staining and Sealing
The best way to know you are selecting the correct stain color
What is testing the stain on the item?
A style of interior design where furniture and furnishings are either chosen for their appearance of age and signs of wear and tear or where new items are distressed to achieve the appearance of an antique
Shabby Chic
A profession that requires specific schooling and formal training, including space planning, furniture design, and architecture
What is Interior Design
A circle with different colored sectors used to show the relationship between colors
What is a Color Wheel
Easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns
What are Zentangles
Has a thicker, non-drip formula that provides better control of the color when used on vertical surfaces
What is gel-based stain?
Proudly displays the building materials that many try to conceal, adding a raw, unfinished look
What is industrial style?
This person does not have formal training and focuses on the aesthetics and the surface appearance of a space
What in an Interior Decorator
This scheme uses tints, tones and shades within the same hue or color
What is Monochromatic
Exercises designed to get people to laugh for no reason; a type of yoga
What is Laughter Yoga
Dry faster, are more environmentally friendly, and come in a wider range of vibrant colors
What are water-based stains?
Technique that creates a characteristic scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance that washes or paint blends typically have
What is a dry brush technique?
A fundamental element of the interior design process, and starts with an in-depth analysis of how the space is to be used
What is Space Planning
This scheme uses colors opposite of each other on the color wheel.
What are Complimentary Colors
Incorporates techniques such as listening to, reflecting on, and creating music to improve a ones health and well-being
What is Music Therapy
What is spar urethane/varnish?
French word meaning “fake or false”. Technically, wood-graining, marbleizing, or other painted finishes that are replicating a natural material are what type of finishes
Faux Finishes
The practice of looking at our working and living environment and striking a balance with the natural world- Stems from Asian Philosophy
What is Feng Shui
This scheme uses three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.
Triadic Color Scheme
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique
What is Mindfulness
Kid's items, pet items, birdhouses, cutting boards
Process that creates a bronze or copper patina or the appearance of rusted iron
What is oxidization?
Feng Shui translates or means____
Wind and Water
This scheme uses one root color plus the two colors that are on either side of the root color’s complement
What is Split Complimentary
The meditative practice of keeping a journal that explores your thoughts and feelings
What is Journaling