Interior designer Carleton Varney, nicknamed Mr. Color, passed away on July 14 at the age of 85. Varney is best known for decorating the Greenbrier, a five-star hotel in the mountains of West Virginia. He also had a hand in decorating the West Virginia Governor’s mansion and inspired many of Balfour Senior Living’s interior designs.

‘Mr. Color,’ Carleton Varney (1937-2022)

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