{"product_id":"in-the-pink-dorothy-draper-americas-most-fabulous-decorator-hardcover","title":"In the Pink: Dorothy Draper America's Most Fabulous Decorator - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarleton Varney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHas there ever been an American decorator as famous as Dorothy Draper? Like Martha Stewart, Draper was a preacher and teacher whose how-to books and \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e columns provided middle-class housewives with affordable ideas for making their homes more functional and comfortable. Thanks to her originality as a stylist and her daring as a businesswoman, she became one of the most respected career women in the United States. She shocked the design world in 1937 when she decorated the thirty-seven-story Hampshire House apartment hotel on Central Park South in New York City, delivering a project that became indicative of her signature touch - 'baroque fantasy'. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Pink: Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Carleton Varney, lavishly illustrates Draper's most important projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarleton Varney \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in Nahant, Massachusetts. After Varney graduated from Oberlin College, his studies took him to the University of Madrid and Europe. Upon returning to New York in 1962, he earned a Master's Degree in Education from New York University and later joined the decorating firm of Dorothy Draper and Company, Inc. Varney writes a regular syndicated column that appears in the '\u003ci\u003ePalm Beach Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e'. He has published twenty-seven books on decorating including his latest, '\u003ci\u003eMr. Color\u003c\/i\u003e', penned two novels, and written the official biography of Dorothy Draper. He has just released his first CD, '\u003ci\u003eMusic with Style\u003c\/i\u003e', for Rick Dees Entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 12 x 11.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47416502485213,"sku":"9780985225605","price":110.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/380gtuNw9z9780985225605.webp?v=1771215114","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/in-the-pink-dorothy-draper-americas-most-fabulous-decorator-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}