Glossary of Design Terms by Barnett Home Decor

Americana

Americana

Americana decor focuses on antique and handmade items such as quilts, embroidery, rough-hewn woodwork, and primitive furniture. Related styles include farmhouse, country, rustic, primitive, colonia...

Achromatic Color Scheme

Achromatic Color Scheme

Achromatic colors schemes use black, white, grey, and other neutral colors in combinations.

Awning Stripe

Awning Stripe

In the style of the protective canopies over windows and doors, awning stripes are equally-sized, fairly wide, vertical stripes of solid color typically a darker color against a white or light colo...

Anthemion

Anthemion

Athemion is an ancient Egyptian design originally based on a stylized depiction of the papyrus or lotus, adopted by ancient Greeks who frequently depicted stylized or abstracted palm fronds.

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau pattern is a decorative art style using organic forms, fluid lines, and curves found in natural objects. The romantic and stylized floral patterns are a unique addition to boho and cott...

Argyle

Argyle

Argyle depicts solid diamonds overlapped by intersecting diagonal lines. Frequently the design is worked in 3 or 4 colors, or various shades of different colors. Argyle is essentially a plaid or ch...