After being out of print for more than sixty years, Decorating Is Fun! is finally being reissued with its original illustrations. Amazingly, the book which was originally published in 1939 on the eve of World War II, is still practical, amusing, and inspirational. Draper's earnest enthusiasm feels fresh and contemporary. She believed that though there were troubles in the world, one¹s home should be a refuge, a cheerful place for entertaining one's friends and a colorful and comfortable shelter from the storm. Decorating Is Fun! is also a serious book about decorating that does not take itself too seriously. 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 residences and hotels like the Hampshire House in New York and the Greenbrier in West Virginia, along with restaurants, nightclubs, houses, apartment buildings, and airplanes.

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