Timeline of National Decorating Month 2022

National Decorating Month timeline

2000 - Present

The Rise of Decorating Shows on Reality TV

“Trading Places” blazes the trail, only to be followed by “Queer Eye”, “Extreme Makeover”, and many more.

1986-1993

Designing Women Airs on CBS

Lead character Julia Sugerbaker runs an interior design firm and wins viewers over with her ever-so-flashy sense of style.

1976

Lead Is Banned from Paint

The Consumer Product Safety Commission passes legislation that takes all the excitement out of eating paint chips.

Early 1900s

Interior Decorating Becomes an Occupation

Actress Elsie De Wolfe, a.k.a. Lady Mendl, becomes one of the first well known decorator/designers.

Early 1500s

Wallpaper Is Born

Prints on paper begin to replace heavier and much more expensive hanging tapestries.

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Is it time for a little refresh on your home’s interior? While fashion comes and goes in twenty-year cycles, the same isn’t exactly true of interior design. If you haven’t updated your home decor since the first Bush administration ‒ or heck, even the second ‒ then you might be overdue for a little spruce up. Spring is naturally the time for new beginnings, so April’s National Decorating Month comes along just when we need a push to turn over a new *stylistic* leaf.

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