 | Linda Warrington
has been in sales and interior design for 25 years, and employed by Horton's Furniture for l8 years. Linda has designed furnishings and murals for the Eaton Place in Wichita's Old Town business district as well as Chaucer Estates, Park Plaza West and Via Christi Executive Suites. Linda also owns her own mural painting business called 'Just You'. She can be reached by phone at (3l6) 722-5090, by fax at (3l6) 722-596l, or by mail at l09l5 W. Kellogg, Wichita, Ks., 67209. |
Interior Decorating
2003-06-01 12:47:00
Designer or decorator
: What is the difference between an interior designer and interior decorator?
ANSWER: My dictionary defines the words like this… Designer: one who designs, or plans. Decorator: one who sets forth decorations, adorns, or embellishes.Most people, however, use the terms interchangeably. Whatever you call one who helps you put your residence in order, that person or persons should have a good understanding of who you are and what you like. An interior designer, decorator, is not someone you hire to do his or her thing, but rather, a person you hire to do your thing. Pulling your dreams and preferences together in a balanced fashion, expressing your personality, creating a comfortable and beautiful cocoon to enfold your lifestyle. Sometimes you may have an idea of what you want, but be unable to pull it all together; that's the time to call on a designer for help. It may be a simple lack of confidence. What's needed is a combination of balance, color and sometimes guts, to portray the person you are. George Bernard Shaw said it best. You see things; and you say, "why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "why not?" Don't be afraid to do something different. Make a list of your likes and dislikes, grab a stack of magazines and cut out pictures of rooms that really appeal to you, call that decorator or designer and make your dreams come true. No matter what your taste, casual, formal or eclectic. No matter what your style, traditional, country, art deco or modern, the goal is to express your own style and tell a story of your life, a story of a very important person…you.
