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Decorating Is Fun!: How to be Your Own Decorator
Dorothy Draper
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Description for Decorating Is Fun!: How to be Your Own Decorator
Hardcover. Filled with tips, advice and anecdotes on decorating that still ring true today, this is a new edition of the original book published in 1939, including a new introduction by Carleton Varney. Num Pages: 278 pages, 22 b&w. BIC Classification: WJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 776.
After being out of print for many years, Decorating is Fun is being republished with its original illustrations and a new introduction by Draper's protege, designer Carleton Varney. Amazingly, the book is still practical, amusing and inspirational. Draper's earnest enthusiasm feels fresh and contemporary. She believed that though there were troubles in the world, one's home should be a refuge, a cheerful place for entertaining one's friends and a colourful and comfortable shelter from the storm.
After being out of print for many years, Decorating is Fun is being republished with its original illustrations and a new introduction by Draper's protege, designer Carleton Varney. Amazingly, the book is still practical, amusing and inspirational. Draper's earnest enthusiasm feels fresh and contemporary. She believed that though there were troubles in the world, one's home should be a refuge, a cheerful place for entertaining one's friends and a colourful and comfortable shelter from the storm.
Product Details
Publisher
Shannongrove Press, Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
775g
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780985225629
SKU
V9780985225629
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dorothy Draper
In her heyday, Dorothy Draper(1889-1969) was the most famous decorator in America. She had a monthly column in Good Housekeeping magazine and decorated luxury hotels such as the Greenbrier in West Virginia, along with restaurants, nightclubs, houses, apartment buildings, stores, and airplanes. She designed fabrics in the spirit of Brazil, Hawaii, and Spain. She understood the perils and pleasures of furnishing a home, and it was her uncanny understanding of human nature as much as her knowledge of scale, proportion and color that made America trust her.