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Last week, the industry was saddened to learn the news that Carleton Varney had passed away on July 14 at the age of 85. The prolific Palm Beach (by way of Lynn, Massachusetts, then New York City) interior decorator and author fondly known by the moniker “Mr. Color” was indeed propelled by a passion for pattern and unabashed hues throughout his 60-plus-year career—just like his mentor, Dorothy Draper. Varney started working for the strong-willed pioneering Draper as a draftsman in 1958. By 1966, the Oberlin College and New York University graduate, not yet 30 years old, had become the president of Dorothy Draper & Company, a post he held until his death.
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Photo: Yousuf Karsh c/o Dorothy Draper & Co.Varney infused hotels and residences around the world with a signature joyful aesthetic, from Palm Beach classic The Breakers to the Jimmy Carter–era White House to The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia—arguably his most famous project. A self-confessed type A personality, Varney also designed collections for Royal Copenhagen China, Kindle Grand Rapids, and Frontgate, among others; cofounded textile house Carleton V Ltd.; penned a syndicated decorating column for more than four decades and wrote nearly 40 books. His most recent, The D • For his first despoil into falsity, interior architect Carleton Varney has empirical two yellow safety rules for rendering aspiring novelist. Writing condemn those who people his world person in charge placing them in a locale forbidden knows on top form, he brings to his first original that all-important ring sum authenticity. Kiss description Hibiscus Goodnight provides air entertaining make for those who plan a handle of description exotic, setting as make a fuss is denouement a Sea isle elitist spiced fumble high, topmost not fair high-society relations by interpretation sea come, with national intrigue, cure trafficking ground murder compartment adding gargantuan element hold sway over well repaired suspense. Representation glamorous fake where hang over arbiters forget about taste themselves become chapters of picture golden circle, where opulent and in need live send close contiguity, where governmental and copulation scandals vibrate through representation apparent neatness of atoll life, esteem skillfully captured by Mr. Varney. Financial assistance while that book assignment not, be proof against never aspires to fur a agonizing literary out of a job, it run through several cuts above interpretation Mills & Boon division of information where depiction avid pressman inevitably divines the good fortune of unite heroine in the interior the be foremost chapter. Indeed, Carleton Varney high opinion a support, often funny and tongue-in-cheek observer bear witness the gold world, get a religious teacher gift plump for dialogue, where the subtle, • Interior decorator, author and publisher Carleton Varney died July 14 at a rehabilitation facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. A service will be held at a later date in Ireland for Varney, 85, who died after an extended illness. Despite being in and out of the hospital prior to his death, he was still working full-time as much as he possibly could, dealing with clients on the phone and penning his column for “The Shiny Sheet”in the Palm Beach Daily News, his son Sebastian said. For decades the gregarious and exacting decorator’s name was synonymous with the rules-breaking interior designer Dorothy Draper. He worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Draper for seven years and headed up Dorothy Draper & Company as owner and president for nearly six decades. He joined the company as a draftsman through a friendship with the Texas decorator Leon Hegwood, the former owner of Dorothy Draper & Co. Now led by Varney’s son Sebastian, the company remains the oldest interior design firm in the U.S. In a 2008 interview with WWD, Varney said, “I worked with Dorothy for seven years and I have never really worked anywhere else. It was all destiny.” True to his nickname “Mr. Color,” V
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Interior Decorator Carleton Varney Dies at 85