Live like its 1939. Chintz all over and living in a flower bed that won’t make you sneeze. Illustrating photographs from Dorothy Draper’s “Decorating is Fun!” Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York publishers.

Aspirational decor from folios and magazines. 2 Minutes
One Room Apartment: Before and After. American. Page 32 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/32/mode/1up
Fireplace: Wrong and Right. American. Page 56 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/56/mode/1up
Window Treatments. American. Page 68 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/68/mode/1up
Living Room in a Remodeled Country House: smart accessories rejuvenate an old room. American. Page 85 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/85/mode/1up
Lamps and Accessories: Wrong (left) and Correct (right). American. Page 99 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/99/mode/1up
Dramatic Front Hall: remodeled inexpensively with paint and linoleum. American. Page 124 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/124/mode/1up
Suggested furniture arrangement for a one room apartment. American. Page 135 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/135/mode/1up
Dinner for Eight: without a dining room, in the same apartment on Page 135. American. Page 152 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/n152/mode/1up
Beds and their Accessories. American. Page 155 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/n155/mode/1up
Bedroom Details: Wallpaper, stripes, quilted linen, leatherette, carpet. American. Page 158 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/158/mode/1up
Twin Four Posters: how to lighten bulky furniture with paint. American. Page 184 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/n184/mode/1up
Table Set from the Five-and-Ten-Cent Store: style without money. American. Page 189 of Dorothy Draper’s book Decorating is Fun! Published in New York in 1939 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/decoratingisfun0000doro/page/189/mode/1up

These are from a scanned version on the Internet Archive but I found the book here https://www.johnnycakebooks.com/pages/books/011786/dorothy-draper/decorating-is-fun

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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