Entertaining Is Fun!

This is a book on making living fun. On having your friends to the house and on how to give them a good time. And incidentally, on how to give yourself a good time as well writes Dorothy Draper in her best-selling book, ‘Entertaining is Fun!: How To Be A Popular Hostess’. With her wit and can-do flair, Draper guides aspiring hosts and hostesses on how to excel at dinner parties, holiday meals, weekend guests, weddings, and more. And indeed, Draper’s secret is simple: If a hostess has fun, her guests will too! AUTHOR: 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 hotels like the Greenbrier in West Virginia, along with restaurants, nightclubs, houses, apartment buildings, stores, and airplanes. She designed fabrics in the spirit of Brazil, Hawaii, and Spain. She understood the perils and pleasures of furnishing a home, and it was her uncanny understanding of human nature as much as her knowledge of scale, proportion and colour that made America trust her. SELLING POINTS: . Companion guide to ‘Decorating Is Fun!: How To Be Your Own Decorator’, also by Draper . Filled with tips, advice and anecdotes with a new introduction by acclaimed designer Carleton Varney, Draper’s protege