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"The Greenbrier\nCarleton Varney Gives His Son's Apartment an Infusion of Color\nThe Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, was built in 1913 and received a distinctive redesign by decorator Dorothy Draper in 1946.\n\"This resort is in my heart,\" says Carleton Varney, who, as head of Dorothy Draper Company, maintains the d\u00E9cor.\nDraper's signature accents color the lobby.\nThe carpet in the multipatterned clock lob-by references Draper's design theme for the hotel, \"Romance and Rhododendrons\"\u2014a tribute to West Virginia's state flower.\nA bedroom of the Presidential Suite, where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor stayed shortly after the redesign. Varney produced the fabrics, as throughout.\nThe sweeping stair of the suite's foyer. Varney reports that he visits The Greenbrier \"on a very regular basis to analyze and update the condition of the interiors.\"\nFloral chintz\u2014a Draper favorite\u2014covers the sofa and chairs in the State Suite reception room. The valances are her original '40s design. Scalamandr\u00E9 drapery trim.\nIn the suite, the telltale Draper stripe provides a backdrop for gilt furnishings. \"It's important that the Draper look be kept in a dignified way,\" notes Varney.\n\n\"The hotel in the future will be more than ever a refuge, a place of escape,\" Varney said in Architectural Digest's 1977 article on The Greenbrier.\nThe north entrance."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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