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| The lobby at the Greenbrier Hotel. Notice the pops of bright color that she juxtaposed with black and white. (Photo: Van Nes-De Vos/Courtesy of the Collection of Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc and the Carleton Varney Design Group) |
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| The Crystal Room corridor at the Greenbrier Hotel. How current is the Moroccan inspired lighting? (Photo: Van Nes-De Vos/Courtesy of the Collection of Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc and the Carleton Varney Design Group) |
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| A Draper designed console at the Greenbrier Hotel. She used a lot of painted furniture. (Photo: Van Nes-De Vos/Courtesy of the Collection of Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc and the Carleton Varney Design Group) |
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| The lobby in New York's Essex Hotel. (Photo: Van Nes-De Vos/Courtesy of the Collection of Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc and the Carleton Varney Design Group) |
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| The Hampshire House, 1937 (Photo: Van Nes-De Vos/Courtesy of the Collection of Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc and the Carleton Varney Design Group) Enough of the interior design history...back to Dorothy Draper coming to my house. While my fabulous friend Nora and I were thrifting at our local flea market, I found two fabulous Draperesque mirrors. They were probably from the 70's, so not truly Drapers but oh, so close! Made of resin (chi-chi-fon-fon for plastic!) and suffering from way too many layers of paint and close contact with a heat source (see close up photo), they needed me to channel Dorothy to save them. Here is a pic of what they looked like when I bought them.  This is a close up of the melted portion of the frame.  And the detail of the top of the mirror-  And with a bit of clean up, some light sanding and 3 coats of Garden Sprout by Behr....they really are fabulous! Have a look.....  I definitely have to improve the photog skills!! Please let me know what you think! Ciao, Melissa |
Oooo - now I realize you painted the frames I liked in your more recent post. LOVE that shade of green, esp. with grey.
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