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Dorothy Draper Biography

Dorothy Draper (November 22, 1889 – March 11, 1969) was an American interior decorator. Stylistically very anti-minimalist, she would use bright, exuberant colors and large prints that would encompass whole walls. She incorporated black and white tiles, rococo scrollwork, and baroque plasterwork, design elements now considered definitive of the Hollywood Regency style of interior decoration.

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No room can be called perfect unless it has real comfort.

Comfort, Perfect, Real, Room

If you are collector, let other people share your pride and joy. Don't sprinkle your collection out of sight in a meaningless jumble. Notice how groups of small objects, when they are well arranged, become important and effective. Remember that repetition is a form of emphasis. Collect what you will, but see to it that you arrange your hobby to its best advantage.

Arrange, Arranged, Notice, Pride, Sight, Small Objects

The Drab Age is over. Color is coming into its own again. Until very recently people were literally scared out of their wits by color. Perhaps this was a hangover from our Puritan ancestors. But whatever the reason, brown, grays and neutrals were the only shades considered 'safe. ' Now we know that lovely, clear colors have a vital effect on our mental happiness. Modern doctors and psychiatrists are convinced of this!

Clear, Color, Doctors, Hangover, Happiness, Wits

You can never judge a paint hue by the liquid color in the paint pot. You must apply it to a wall, wait for the paint to dry, then decide.

Apply, Color, Judging, Liquid, Wait, Wall

Mirrors have come to mean much more than the original 'looking glass. ' They are now a part of the decorative scheme of a modern home. By using them, there are no dark, gloomy corners, no drab caverns for halls. There can be a feeling of freedom, light, air, space.

Dark, Home, Light, Mean, Modern

You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.

Aim, Commodity, Design, Heart, Minds, People

I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. If it looks right, it is right.

Believe, Design, Looks, Right, Thing

It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room, as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.

Disastrous, Dresses, Shoes, Sport, Sports, Wrong

You may concentrate on appearances all through the rest of your house, but in the bedroom comfort should be supreme. I think that bedrooms should also be very intimate rooms-they should express your personal preferences in every way. . . Of all the rooms in the house your bedroom is yours.

Bedrooms, Comfort, House, Think, Thinking, Way

I started this career because I loved doing houses. I'd done three of my own and I couldn't keep on moving my family all the time, so I decided to decorate other people's homes and buildings.

Career, Careers, Decided, Home, Moving

You just can't beat slip covers for giving that friendly air hospitals need so desperately.

Air, Beat, Design, Giving, Hospitals

Never look back, except for an occasional glance, look ahead and plan for the future. Success is not built on past laurels, but rather on a continuous activity. Keep busy searching out new ideas and, experimentally, keep ahead of the times, or at least up with them.

Continuous, Except, Ideas, Moving On, Perseverance, Success

Salad is never more appetizing than when served in a large wooden bowl.

Bowl, Bowls, Large, Salad, Served, Wooden

This can be one of cheerfulness or gloom because color which is so inexpensive, is what does the trick. Not color alone but color plus imaginative lighting and cleverly grouping of the furniture. You say you have an old lobby that nothing much can be done with? Oh yes it can!

Cleverly, Color, Doe, Done, Old

A vase of flowers or greens will bring even a dull hotel room to life in the most delightful way. The small amount of trouble or expense involved is honestly repaid in real decorative effect. If you find cut flowers too extravagant, stick to the greens. Laurel, rhododendron leaves, huckleberry or pine will all last many days, even weeks.

Amount, Cutting, Extravagant, Flower, Real, Small

I always think out a problem as clearly as possible, and then act on it. My theory has always been to get started. The moment I get an idea I act upon it. If only people would act on more of their ideas, I am convinced they would lead more interesting lives.

Idea, Ideas, Interesting, Lead, People, Thinking

I don't believe anything can do as much for a room as a glowing fire in an attractive fireplace. Men and dogs love an open fire - they show good sense. It is the heart of any room and should be kindled on the slightest provocation.

Believe, Dog, Dogs, Fireplace, Heart, Open

Of all the rooms in the house your bedroom is yours

Bedroom, House, Rooms

Too much of anything is the beginning of a mess.

Beginning, Mess, Too Much

Birds are so much wiser than we! A robin builds a nest for robins. A seagull builds a nest for seagulls. They don't copy each other - or build themselves nests as described in The Birds' Decorating Magazine.

Bird, Birds, Decorating, Design, Robins, Seagull

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