dec·o·ra·tor
ˈde-kə-ˌrā-tər 
: one that decorates
especially
: one that designs or executes interiors and their furnishings
: suitable for interior decoration
decorator fabrics
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Noun
They hired a decorator to redesign their dining room.
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Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The firm was started 150 years ago by Charles Fournier, a decorator who specialised in decorative painting and gilding and who rose to the fore during the Belle Époque, creating fanciful boiserie decor in ornate neo-18th-century style.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025
The owner told me that the wacky house décor had all been collected from various old Hollywood movie sets, as the man who built the home was a set decorator.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In designing the sets, Hindle worked closely with set decorator Andrew Baseman and relied on input from writer Dan Erickson and director Ben Stiller to capture the particular menace of Lumon’s aesthetic.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
His mother, Anne (Teeny) Stevens Potter Hamilton Hunt Spalding, was a reigning socialite, and his half brother, William, a prominent decorator.
—Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The firm was started 150 years ago by Charles Fournier, a decorator who specialised in decorative painting and gilding and who rose to the fore during the Belle Époque, creating fanciful boiserie decor in ornate neo-18th-century style.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025
The owner told me that the wacky house décor had all been collected from various old Hollywood movie sets, as the man who built the home was a set decorator.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In designing the sets, Hindle worked closely with set decorator Andrew Baseman and relied on input from writer Dan Erickson and director Ben Stiller to capture the particular menace of Lumon’s aesthetic.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Decorator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decorator. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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