Interior Design Glossary
Materials & Finishes — Interior Design Glossary
Limewash, travertine, oak, terrazzo — the surface choices that set the temperature of a room. This pillar defines the materials and finishes that show up most in modern interior design.
Materials are the single biggest driver of how an interior reads, whether warm or cold, considered or rushed, organic modern or anything else. This pillar covers the stones (travertine, marble, quartzite, terrazzo), the woods (oak veneer, burl wood, shou sugi ban), the tiles (zellige, herringbone), and the surface treatments (limewash, tadelakt, patina) that designers obsess over. Each entry is written for someone choosing materials with a renovation deadline, not memorizing geology.
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