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When not working, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, voraciously reading, and befriending every dog in Manhattan. Plant and interior stylist Hilton Carter, who owns over 200 plants himself, takes readers on a journey through an indoors jungle with Wild at Home. “I see incorporating plants as one of the key requirements when designing an interior space, just as much as a couch or coffee table would be,” he writes. Plant and design lovers alike will love this stunning book by designer and fellow plant whisperer Hilton Carter. In its 240 pages, Carter breaks down the art of plant styling and shares exactly how to create beautiful, plant-filled interiors with ease. This book from professional organizer Nikki Boyd is full of tips and inspiration for creating a functional, organized, and beautiful home, complete with seriously satisfying photos of real homes.
Organized by season, each chapter contains beautiful tablescape ideas, recipes, kid-friendly crafts, grocery lists, and gardening tips in Kayne’s inimitable, laid-back style. Steven Klein is one of the last standing godfathers of fashion photography (and most recently photographed Zoë Kravitz for the December cover of GQ). The peak coffee table book for any true cinephile, The Criterion Collection’s official design book is a showcase of some of the most influential films in history, from avante-garde experiments to big-budget blockbusters. In addition to a complete gallery of every Criterion cover since the collection’s first laserdisc in 1984, the 300-page book features supplemental art, never-before-seen sketches and concept art. Aside from detailed step-by-step guides, you'll also find essays that offer more information on how to add complexity to your mixology skills and perfect your hosting techniques. We love that this large coffee table book has a minimalist cover, so that it can blend into any bar cart or table decor.
The Stan Lee Story
In this photographic homage to van life—split up into sections ranging from school buses to American vans—you may become so jealous you have to cave and buy that ‘61 Volkswagen bus. Both instruction and inspiration, Cathy B. Graham’s Full Bloom offers a fanciful and practical guide to arranging flowers for any kind of occasion. Welcome to La Fortezza, the medieval fortress in Lunigiana, Italy, where author and stylist Annette Joseph has been exploring authentic and traditional recipes enriched by Tuscany’s unequaled orchards, gardens, and vineyards. Take a tour around the City of Water with author Servane Giol and photographer Mattia Aquila as some of Venice’s chicest residents throw open the doors to their palazzi and allow us to peek inside.
But it's also beautiful enough that you might catch yourself just page through admiring the gorgeous art and thoughtful interviews with food experts like Alice Waters and Tauba Auerbach. Comprising over 400 of his works, To look without fear is a jaw-dropping, robust survey of Wolfgang Tillmans’ career that is mostly known for photography but truly defies categorization. This book accompanies his recent exhibition of the same name—the largest of his career—at the Museum of Modern Art.
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In 2019, Polished Habitat was shortlisted for the Amara Blog Awards Best Interior Styling Blog - International. Gifting a coffee table book isn’t an innovative idea, so the key is to get a unique book that’s the perfect fit for the recipient. So, we rounded up some of the best options for everyone in your life. There’s one for the plant lover, one for the hostess, and one for the fashionista. Whether your loved one is looking for musings on life, how to whip up a good cheese board for their next party, or how to live a no-waste life, we’ve got them covered. Farrow & Ball, the popular paint company, created this book about decorating with color with artist Brian Coleman.
Celebrate the conclusion of “Steven Universe” a lovely cartoon about family, love and space gems who fight other space gems to protect the Earth. With art and interviews from the creator Rebecca Sugar, this book extends the life of this treasured animated series. Colour is omnipresent in India, be it in the clothes we wear, the architecture, the markets – just about everything. Christine Chitnis uses that as a base to showcase some stunning photographs, capturing everyday details as well as intricate architectural features from the state of Rajasthan. It’s a rich, vibrant book, and manages to convey Indianess without necessarily resorting to cliched tropes.
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Including notes on “The Wizard of Oz” “The Sound of Music,” “Cleopatra” and more. Of course, in capturing Parisians through their windows, we also get a ringside view of the intricate architecture of the city. There’s a follow up book on Italian Views which looks just as fascinating. Space and its vast, unexplored beauty continues to remain the final frontier for travel. Until commercial space travel becomes a reality, we’ll have to make do with images supplies by NASA or say, the Hubble Telescope. Even if you’re a confirmed urban traveller, you might find yourself being persuaded to explore more outdoorsy travels once you’re through with the book.
Even if you're spending yours on the couch or working through chores, flipping through this collection of locales and travel ideas will transport you somewhere idyllic. It's packed full of destinations you can experience within hours, so get that weekender ready. Movie buffs can get ideas for what to watch next with this colorful atlas of 35 maps of the best films out there. If you're the sort of person who likes to visualize the places characters inhabit, this is your dream book. Pour a glass of your favorite wine and crack open this oenophile's dream. It's a definitive tome on just about everything you might want to know about wine with more than 400 photographs to guide you through it.
"National Geographic Spectacle: Rare and Astonishing Photographs" by National Geographic
This inspiring coffee table book features beautiful photography of amazing destinations across the globe. Use it to plan your next trip while also learning about various locations that should be on your bucket list. The authors also provide important information on where to go, stay, and eat. Fashion designer Jenni Kayne chronicles her effortless approach to living, cooking, and entertaining in her debut coffee table book.
Alongside each photo series, you’ll find a brief history of the space and other fun tidbits that might pique your interest. In this complete guide to creating cocktails and learning how to properly enjoy them, James Beard Award-winning bartender Toby Maloney leaves no stone unturned in sharing the world of mixology. The final reason I love our coffee table books is that they tend to spur conversation and keep people off of their phones. I get excited when someone sits down and starts flipping through one of our books and then wants to talk about whatever they’ve seen. It doesn’t sound that exciting on the surface, but the right book provides decor AND entertainment.
Commemorating the Danish design studio’s 20th anniversary, Hay unpacks the outsize influence of cofounders Mette and Rolf Hay, who’ve turned their devotion to everyday objects into a rich legacy for the masses. Photos of American Indians taken by Edward Curtis are familiar to almost everyone. Many of us who grew up in the 1950s remember happy times at little family-owned resorts, where our parents rented cottages for a week. We remember the smell of outboard motor oil, stringers of big crappies our dads proudly held up for the camera and adults playing cards on the rickety porch at night while the kids were allowed to run around chasing fireflies. Holland, a former art teacher in Little Falls, points out in his introduction to this detailed book that there were 2,527 Minnesota resorts in 1970. As we go into the coldest part of winter, Covert shows us the beauty we sometimes don’t see.
She has spent the last six years working in the interior design and staging industries, as well as writing digital content focused on home-related topics. As a follow-up to David Lynch's 2017 Nudes book, Digital Nudes sees the director this time experimenting with the female form as digital photographer. It’s not surprising that the man who gave us Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, and Blue Velvet can just as easily execute a dramatic, eerie love letter to the female form.
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