Books by Carleton Varney

Carleton Varney is a well known syndicated newspaper columnist and author of numerous books, most on design and decoration, but he has also written a biography on Dorothy Draper entitled The Draper Touch – The High Life and High Style of Dorothy Draper.

  His pictorial book on Dorothy Draper, In The Pink - Dorothy Draper - Americas’s most fabulous Decorator, published concurrently with the museum exhibitions featuring a retrospective of her work, is filled with countless photographs of her designs, taken from the archives of Dorothy Draper & Company and includes many photographs that have never been published before.

   He has also penned two novels – Kiss the Hibiscus Good Night and The Decorator as well as an autobiography entitled There’s No Place Like Home

 His latest book - Houses in my Heart (An International Decorator’s Colorful Journey) - is published by Pointed Leaf Press. It is a lavishly illustrated book featuring many of his interior design projects throughout his career.

 Books by Carleton Varney:

  Houses in my Heart - An International Decorator’s Colorful Journey (an autobiography) (2008)
 In The Pink – Dorothy Draper – America’s Most Fabulous Decorator (2006)
 The Decorator (novel)(1999)
 Kiss the Hibiscus Goodnight (novel)(1992)
The Draper Touch (biography of Dorothy Draper)(1988)
 Be You Own Decorator Color Magic (1985)
 Room by Room Decorating (1984)
 Carleton Varney’s ABC’s of Decorating  Staying in Shape: An Insider’s Guide to the Great Spas (1983)
 Down Home (1981)
There’s No Place Like Home (autobiography)(1980)
 Carleton Varney Decorates from A to Z (1977)
 Carleton Varney Decorates Windows (1975)
Decorating with Color. (1972)
 Decorating for Fun (1972)
 Carleton Varney’s Book of Decorating Ideas (1971)
 The Family Decorates a Home (1969)
 You and Your Apartment (1967)  