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Here are the decorating tips and tricks I learned from the Dorothy Draper Design Weekend at the Greenbrier.
Dorothy Draper (November 22, 1889 – March 11, 1969) was an American interior decorator. Stylistically very anti-minimalist , she used bright, exuberant colors and large prints that encompassed whole walls.
Dorothy Draper, the grande dame of decor, had another approach: "I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk." Whether the desire is for comfort and safety or shock and ...
In the same era, Dorothy Draper, one of Manhattan's top interior decorators of the 1960s, used 'dull' white and 'shiny' black as one of her favorite combinations. [2] The "Retro Modern" style is associated with the decades of the 1950s and 1960s. [3]
Living room in Hollywood Regency style, drawing on its tendency to favor turquoise, mirrors, and strong dark/ white contrasts. Hollywood Regency, sometimes called Regency Moderne, is a design style that describes both interior design and landscape architecture characterized by the bold use of color and contrast often with metallic and glass accents meant to signify both opulence and comfort.
With Christmas near, bringing out the boughs of holly now -- even as you may still be putting fall decorations away -- may make you a happier person, experts say. "For most people, decorating for ...
Designer Rudy Saunders, design director at Dorothy Draper & Co., looked no further than his clients' own dinner plates for inspiration for this Christmas table setting.
In addition to his books on decorating, he has authored two novels, two biographies on the life and style of Dorothy Draper, titled The Draper Touch and In the Pink, and pictorial books of his work such as Houses in his Heart, Mr. Color, and Decorating in the Grand Manor. [12]