Decoupage, day koo PAHZH, is the art of using paper cutouts to decorate furniture and such accessories as boxes, lamps, plaques, and trays. The finished object that has been decorated looks and feels like fine enamel. Cutouts can be taken from such articles as calendars, greeting cards, magazine and newspaper illustrations, photographs, and wrapping paper. The word decoupage comes from the French word decouper, meaning to cut out.