Job Done

[poliphilo]

I've finished decorating the front room. Yesterday I painted the area above the picture rail (which involved standing on top of the step-ladder and strrrretching). Today I gave selected areas a second coat. 

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Interesting. "Decorating" is a fairly loose word. I use it interchangeably with "painting" but I might also use it to include those other things you mention.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I've known other English folks who've told me that they're having "the decorators" in and then I learn that they're having their houses or flats painted.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's right. The word decorator conjures up the image of a guy in overalls with a paint brush in his hand.