Design is an ever-evolving field filled with the new, the intrepid, and the bold. Still, classic design and its roots are the basis for even the newest and most forward-thinking in the field, with ...

Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel is known for its legendarily bold interior style (think: pinks, greens, turquoises, stripes, checks, and florals in one room). The Grand’s decorator, Carleton Varney, is ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No matter how much you prepare for your first visit to The Greenbrier, you’ll still be appropriately ...

WHEN DOROTHY DRAPER, Gilded Age heiress turned famed decorator, was enlisted in 1946 to revitalize the storied Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., she was met with its skeletal remains.

He was trained by the maximalist decorator Dorothy Draper, who favored bold colors, and he inherited her aversion to the bland and the beige. By Penelope Green Carleton Varney, the ebullient interior ...

Palm Beach resident Carleton Varney, the internationally known interior designer who owned Dorothy Draper & Co. and whose “Your Family Decorator” column appeared for more than 40 years in the Palm ...