0 present participle of redecorate
1 to paint the inside of a house or put paper on the inside walls when this has been done previously:
We're redecorating the kitchen.
Thus redecorating becomes not a whimsical project, not an end in itself, but a means to an end, for a middle-class woman's identity depends upon her maintaining a proper drawing-room.
It was decided to take the opportunity of redecorating it, and, at the same time, to install some modern equipment.
But what is £150 to anybody in these days, if he has to start redecorating from scratch?
Prisons that had been crying out for redecorating and repairs for years suddenly had thousands of pounds spent on them.
They include structural repairs, electrical rewiring, conversion from oil-fired to gas-fired central heating, painting and redecorating.
Elderly people face difficulty in redecorating their homes.
Is he further aware that there have been three redecorating contracts in the last eighteen months?
Thousands live in miserable homes with rooms that need redecorating and windows that need cleaning.
