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By Victoria Newman
Jan 24, 2021 8:27 PM
Many use the terms “interior designer” and “interior decorator” interchangeably, but should they? The short answer is no.
Andrea Bursey is the lead designer at Design House London and she said, “an interior designer can be a decorator but a decorator cannot be a designer.”
There are many reasons for this such as the education needed, licensing requirements, and the jobs that each take on.
Education
Dana Morningstar is the Associate Dean for the School of Design at Fanshawe College and she highlighted three main differences between interior design and interior decorating. The differences are: 1. the entrance requirement into the program, 2. the length of time that it takes to complete the program, and 3. the types of jobs that one can get in the end.