De-Vine Dorothy

My latest favorite book relating to my study is, Entertaining is Fun! How To Be A Popular Hostess. In it, Dorothy Draper gives the reader the straight talk on how to throw a swell get together. Now I know how to whip up a snappy tray of canapés and adjust the lighting in my living room with a mix of candles and table lamps to give a gala feeling to the evening!

I discovered Draper a few months ago in my Historic Interior class and fell immediately in love with her bold use of color as well as her use of colossal mirrors and black and white floor tiles. What cemented my affection though, was Draper's friendly, throw-care-to-the-wind tone through out this book; plus, she must use the word charming at least a hundred times in the text, who wouldn't love that?For all of you interested in more on Draper, there is an exhibit going on right now at the Museum of the City of New York, and there is a new book out featuring her interior design called, In The Pink.