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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Redecorer, to redecorate, or bedecke againe.

1792 N.-Y. Mag. Mar. 134/2 The hand of Spring shall re-decorate thy turf with verdure—and the leafless willo that nods o'er thine urn, shall she again attire.

1823 European Mag. & London Rev. Sept. 277/1 The whole of the interior has been re-decorated.

1861 Times 29 Aug. 12/1 All the..wide and lofty rooms had been redecorated.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 29/2 Practically no one throws out the entire contents of his house..and starts from scratch to redecorate and refurnish.

1979 J. Lees-Milne Diary 17 Feb. in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 9 The Charlottenburg Castle..has been restored, redecorated and refurnished in a most commendable way.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Apr. iii. 7/2 United redecorated the planes, hired a chef and, in first class, installed lie-flat beds.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. iv. i. 88 The redecorated, refurnished, and smiling shops.

1895 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. 1/7 The Hoffman House's redecorated lobby was the scene of various little caucuses.

1921 R. Hichens Spirit of Time 186 Arab chieftains..having the time of their lives in the redecorated hotels.

2004 D. Lodge Author, Author iii. iv. 311 The bright appearance of the redecorated rooms at De Vere Gardens..was a considerable compensation for the shortening of the days and the pollution of the air.

1862 N.Y. Times 22 Mar. 1/1 The mansion itself has received a great deal of redecorating.

1938 Amer. Home Jan. 71/1 For a year before the actual redecorating had begun, I had been tremendously conscious of every room I entered from the standpoint of lighting.

2007 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 15 Dec. l28 The next time your mother-in-law asks if you did the redecorating yourself, you can answer yes.