20 New Coffee Table Books for the Design Lovers on Your List
Give the gift of inspiration with these beautifully illustrated interior design, architecture and garden books.
What better gift for the design mavens on your holiday list than a statement-making book of gorgeous interiors, architecture or gardens? Not only do their pages provide endless inspiration, but they’re also de rigueur for any well-styled coffee table or bookshelf. We’ve rounded up 20 tomes released this year that are sure to impress and delight. Happy holiday shopping!
1. Inside: At Home with Great Designers (Phaidon, $54.95)
Between the vibrant covers of this new coffee table book, the Phaidon editors open the doors to 60 stylish apartments, coastal retreats, palazzi and other homes inhabited by a slew of leading international interior designers, including Brigette Romanek, Roman and Williams, Sheila Bridges and Darryl Carter.
2. At Home With Designers and Tastemakers: Creating Beautiful and Personal Interiors, by Susanna Salk and Stacey Bewkes (Rizzoli, $50)
Susanna Salk and Stacey Bewkes, co-creators of the “Quintessence at Home With” YouTube series, give readers a peek inside 15 homes lived in by designers and other creatives while offering lessons for navigating design challenges and limited budgets. Featured homes include the Connecticut weekend retreat of textile designer John Robshaw and the West Hollywood bungalow of chef Lulu Powers.
Showcasing the homes of notable Black Americans working in a variety of industries, including chef Alexander Smalls and actor Danielle Brooks, AphroChic is in part a cultural study of the obstacles to homeownership that Black Americans have faced for generations. But it’s primarily a celebration of those family homes, which are filled with color, heirlooms and joy.
4. The Designer Within: A Professional Guide to a Well-Styled Home, by John McClain (Gibbs Smith, $45)
Nationally renowned, Best of Houzz-winning designer John McClain goes beyond showing off his own home and other polished, luxurious designs, which incorporate a variety of styles. He walks the reader through his interior design process as he deconstructs each project, imparting professional insights, helpful design and styling tips and personal anecdotes along the way.
5. How to Live With Objects, by Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer (Clarkson Potter, $60)
This self-described “anti-decorating book” from Sight Unseen editors Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer offers pointers for collecting and styling vintage, contemporary, handmade and sentimental objects to make your house a home. Of course, there’s modern design inspiration and eye candy too, in the form of photographic home tours and anecdotes about favorite objects from creatives such as Athena Calderone and Lykke Li.
This self-described “anti-decorating book” from Sight Unseen editors Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer offers pointers for collecting and styling vintage, contemporary, handmade and sentimental objects to make your house a home. Of course, there’s modern design inspiration and eye candy too, in the form of photographic home tours and anecdotes about favorite objects from creatives such as Athena Calderone and Lykke Li.
6. 1,000 Design Classics (Phaidon, $89.95)
7. The New Naturalists: Inside the Homes of Creative Collectors, by Claire Bingham (Thames & Hudson, $40)
8. Vibrant Interiors: Living Large at Home, by Andrea Schumacher (Gibbs Smith, $45)
9. Ken Fulk: The Movie in My Mind (Assouline, $95)
9. Ken Fulk: The Movie in My Mind (Assouline, $95)
10. Wonderland: Adventures in Decorating, by Summer Thornton (Rizzoli, $45)
11. Suzanne Kasler: Edited Style (Rizzoli, $57.50)
13. Bigger Than Tiny: Smaller Than Average, by Sheri Koones (Gibbs Smith, $35)
14. For Armchair Travelers: Rocky Mountain Modern: Contemporary Alpine Homes, by John Gendall (Monacelli, a Phaidon Company, $50)
15. Homes for Our Time: Contemporary Houses Around the World, Volume 2, by Philip Jodidio (Taschen, $80)
16. Living in the Forest (Phaidon, $49.95)
17. For Fashionistas: Yves Saint Laurent at Home: Life With Yves and Pierre (Assouline, $95)
18. Wild: The Naturalistic Garden, by Noel Kingsbury and Claire Takacs (Phaidon, $59.95)
19. Lotusland (Rizzoli, $60)
20. American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration From the Designers Reimagining Our Home Gardens, by Nick McCullough, Allison McCullough and Teresa Woodard (Timber Press, $40)
Original article appeared on Houzz.com.
