Starting Point
Skip Navigation
  • Home |
  • Full-time Programs
  • High Contrast
  • Large Text Size
  • Normal Text Size
George Brown College

Continuing Education

  • Menu
  • Utilities
  • Search
  • Accounts
Student Login Blackboard Login
  •  Print
  •  Cart
  •  Facebook
  •  LinkedIn
  •  Twitter
Search Entire Continuing Education Site (Contains Google Indexed Results Only)
  • Home
  • Courses and Certificates
  • Registration Information
  • Policies
  • Student Resources
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
    • Area of Interest Menu
      • Arts and Design
        • All Certificates
        • Digital Design and Development
        • Fashion Studies
        • Film, Video and Photography
        • Home and Garden
        • Visual and Performing Arts
      • Business and Legal Studies
      • Communication and Languages
      • Community Services
      • Health Sciences
      • Hospitality and Culinary Arts
      • Liberal Arts and Sciences
      • Makeup and Esthetics
      • Technology and Trades
    • Distance Learning Options Menu
      • School of Distance Education
      • Distance Learning Index
    • More Browsing Options Menu
      • New Courses and Certificates
      • Full-time Course Equivalencies
      • General Education Courses
      • Certificate Index
      • Search Entire Site
      • Search for a Specific Course or Certificate Title
      • Teacher Biographies
Courses and Certificates > Arts and Design > Home and Garden > Interior Decorating > Interior Decorating Certificate
  • Interior Decorating Certificate

    Email to a Friend

    Our Interior Decorating Certificate is one of the most comprehensive in Toronto and takes advantage of the location of our Casa Loma Campus – walking distance from Canada's leading interior design wholesale showrooms ("Designers Walk"). The curriculum includes field trips to these exclusive showrooms as well as to museums and art galleries. Once you have completed the required compulsory and elective subjects, you will have a thorough knowledge of the decorating field and the technical skills needed to work as a professional interior decorator. This decorating certificate is recognized by the Decorators & Designers Association of Canada (DDA Canada) (formerly the Canadian Decorators' Association (CDECA)).

    Career Opportunities

    Employers can typically be found in the interior decorating, retail (furniture, drapery, lighting, paint, wallpaper) and home building industries as well as related sectors.

    Completion Details

    You must complete all the other courses in this certificate before you take our DESN 9028 Interior Decorating 2 course. We would strongly advise you to complete our DESN 9020 Drafting for Interior Decorating course and our DESN 9021 Colour Theory course before you take the other courses in this certificate. We would also advise you to complete the rest of the compulsory courses in the order shown below. However, the order in which you complete the remaining course requirements is only restricted by course prerequisites.

    Compulsory Courses (Twelve)

    • DESN 9020 Drafting for Interior Decorating
    • DESN 9021 Colour Theory
    • IDAR 9006 Interior Design Fundamentals
    • DESN 9027 Perspective Drawing
    • DESN 9005 Interior Decorating 1
    • IDAR 9026 Introduction to the Building Code for Interior Decorating
    • DESN 9060 History of Furniture and Design
    • DESN 9040 Decorating with Light
    • DESN 9042 Fabric Fundamentals
    • IDAR 9028 Business of Interior Decorating
    • DESN 9033 Window Treatments and Soft Furnishings
    • DESN 9028 Interior Decorating 2

    Elective Courses (Choose Two)

    • Only one version of a course (in class or distance) meets the requirement.
    • CADE 9115 AutoCAD 1: Basic 2D
    • CADE 9125 AutoCAD 1: Basic 2D Online
    • CADE 9116 AutoCAD 2: Intermediate 2D
    • CADE 9126 AutoCAD 2: Intermediate 2D Online
    • IDAR 9021 Bathroom Planning and Renovation
    • IDAR 9020 Kitchen Planning and Renovation
    • IDAR 9004 Small Space and Budget Decorating

    Have questions?

    Attend an Interior Decorating information session, or contact the Continuing Education Fashion & Creative Arts department at 416-415-5000, ext. 4844, at cefashion@georgebrown.ca or by visiting their office (Casa Loma Campus, 160 Kendal Ave., Building C (CLC), Room C426).

  • Looking for Arts and Design certificates?

    Browse All

  • Contact Us |
  • Emergency Information |
  • Protection of Privacy |
  • Site Map |
  • © 2018 George Brown College