Designers Network - How To Speak Design

What You Need To Know About Design

	Designers Network has created this comprehensive reference guide to help you “speak the lingo” with your interior designer. Tell your designer what you want, correctly, the first time, and save yourself time, energy, and money.

Window Treatments Blinds, Shades & Rigid Window Treatments Curtains & Draperies Valances & Top Treatments	Don’t know the difference between a swag and a valance? A Roman shade and an accordion shade? This section is designed to answer those questions. Designing window treatments is an art, and as such, there is no limit to what can grace your windows.

Floor Covering Soft surface floors Hard surface floors	From carpet to hardwood this section will guide you through the world of floor coverings.

Furniture Facts	Sofa or settee? Then what's a loveseat?

Wall Treatments & Decorative Elements	Wallpaper or paint? What to use?

Fabric Terms	All you need to know about fabric, and then some.

Bedding	From bed sheets to the names of all those pillows, this "all about bedding" section will make it easy.

General Design Terms	An aid to help you understand some general terms of the trade.