When I'm out junk-shopping, I love flipping through old home decorating books, both to get ideas and to scope out the timeless advice. So I can't resist this recently re-released interior-design guide Decorating Is Fun! How to Be Your Own Decorator ($23.10). Originally published way back in 1939, the book is precisely what it sounds like: a delightful celebration of decorating as a hobby, by famed hostess and designer Dorothy Draper.
Draper, who is known for her grandiose work at the Greenbriar Resort in West Virginia and the The Arrowhead Springs Resort in Southern California, popularized countless classic looks that still work wonderfully in modern homes, including black-and-white checkerboard floors and brightly colored front doors.
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She is so fab and has many awesome books out.
1Oh this book would be an awesome gift for my mom this Xmas!!
2http://www.dorothydraper.com/projects.htm
3She is the queen! The is one project she did, and I cannot find it right now, but everything is black, white and pink. It is awesome!
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