The weather is changing, and you know what that means. It’s time to get cozy. We’re spending more time inside, and with a new season comes the urge to redecorate, refresh, and renew. Maybe you’re finally going to put together your gallery wall or try that pop of color in the living room; or maybe you’re looking for a new lamp to infuse your bedroom with a comforting glow.
No matter what you’re seeking in the world of interior design inspiration, you’re in luck, because this fall brings a feast of new interior design and art books to know. From almanac-inspired guides that share ways of moving through each of nature’s phases, to intimate looks into the homes of world-renowned interior designers like Roman and Williams, to tips on gift-giving as an act of care, these books have it all.
Below, check out Vogue’s guide to the best new (and upcoming!) interior design and art coffee table books to know.
Pleasure Principles: An Almanac from the Garden
For Richard Christiansen, founder of the lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate, Pleasure Principles first began as a book about victory gardens, the gardens planted by citizens during wartime. He asked himself: “If we were to have a Victory Garden today, what would be fighting?” and realized the answer was a lot “slipperier” than an enemy country.
“It’s the numbness that comes from scrolling all day. It’s the convenience that makes us forget where anything comes from.
It’s our worship of speed and taste at the expense of smell, touch, and taste,” he writes in the book’s introduction. The book morphed into a much more interdisciplinary project, an antidote for the scrolling age that offers a “month-by-month guide to falling back in love with nature,” with planting and harvesting guides, seasonal recipes, tasks, stories, and more.
This Oak House: A Renovation Story with Interiors to Inspire Your Own Home
As a daughter of Nancy Meyers, Annie Meyers-Shyer is essentially an heiress to one of the most recognizable and beloved interior aesthetics around, seen in movies like Father of the Bride, Something’s Gotta Give, The Parent Trap, and The Holiday. That said, Meyers-Shyer’s design vision is her own, and This Oak House gives readers an intricately detailed, front-row seat to the process of her family’s renovation of their 1940s Beverly Hills home.
Decoration
Decoration is the first co-authored book by famed interior designer Bunny Williams and her business partner Elizabeth Lawrence, who have been collaborating on warm, layered, colorful spaces for years. The book is full of gorgeous photos of their projects, including their own homes (Bunny’s mossy green-colored library, for example), plus their inspirations and design philosophies. True to form, you won’t find trends here: Just a timeless, layered approach to style.
Eighteen Interiors
French architect and interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch’s new book Eighteen Interiors is just that: 18 recent projects, with missives from Luca Guadagnino, Jared Goss, Claire Chazal, and Daniel Harding, who offer their perspectives on his work. Yovanovitch takes on everything from opera set design to hotel projects (including The Connaught’s three-Michelin star restaurant Hélène Darroze in London), and more, making for an eclectic and enticing mix.
New York: Atelier AM
“If I had to sum up the work of Alexandra and Michael Misczynski in one word,” writes Architectural Digest editor-in-chief Amy Astley in the book’s foreword, “it would be transcendent.” The husband-and-wife duo behind Atelier AM first met and fell in love in New York City, so it’s all the more fitting that their newest monograph features five residential projects across the city and the Hamptons. “If our work is anything,” Michael previously told Vogue, “it is about bringing interesting things, but also adding foils, so that it all feels approachable.”
Studio Valle de Valle: Interiors
The first book from Giancarlo Valle and Jane Keltner de Valle’s Studio Valle de Valle solidifies the duo as a “quietly daring new voice in the world of design,” as Mayer Rus, West Coast editor of Architectural Digest, writes in the book’s foreword. Punctuated by descriptions that read like poetry, the photos are a feast of unexpected colors and textures: marigold crushed velvet paired with emerald stone for a sexy, artful barroom at Mexico’s Hotel Esencia, for example, or a dusty mauve rug for a walk-in closet at a Lenox Hill townhouse.
Interiors by Amber Lewis
Known for her laid-back California cool, the Los Angeles-based interior designer Amber Lewis reveals her detailed design process in her new book, Interiors. She calls the process the “Six P’s”: Ponder, Play, Procure, Patience + Panic, Pull It Together, and Pride. Offering detailed insights, the book showcases projects Lewis and her team have worked on since 2020.
Heirloom Design: Creating Your Best Home with the Interiors of House Seven Design
As the owner and designer of the Indianapolis-based firm House Seven Design, Anissa Zajac’s focus is heirloom-inspired homes, and she is known for imbuing her projects with warmth and heart. Fittingly, her book Heirloom Design features homes that beautifully mix the old and the new to create a space that feels truly lived-in.
Studio KO: A Few Interiors
A Few Interiors is the first interiors-focused book from Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty of Studio KO—partners in life and business who designed the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakech, the Chiltern Firehouse, and many other high-profile projects. It showcases nine projects, from the renovation of a traditional Moroccan house in Marrakech, to villas in Cassis and Corsica, to Fournier and Marty’s home in Paris, and more.
A Year at the Parsonage, October 13
If you’ve ever wanted to transport yourself into a scene of quintessential English countryside living—complete with beautifully blooming gardens, hot tea, and delicious sponge cake—Ben Pentreath and Charlie McCormick’s book A Year at the Parsonage will do just that. The husband-and-husband duo transformed the early 19th century former Parsonage with their interior and garden design expertise, and the book offers a vibrant glimpse into the beauty of their life there.
Once Around the Sun, October 14
Lisa Przystup’s book, Once Around the Sun, will make you grateful for the changing seasons. You may have a favorite, but each one gifts us something new, and the Western Catskills-based writer has tips and reflections for how to embrace each one with rituals, whether it’s celebrating fall by picking wild apples and making grapevine wreaths, or filling a table with loved ones and making the perfect roast chicken over the holidays.
American Designers at Home, October 20
When it comes to the canon of American interior design, Sam Cochran—Global Features Director of Architectural Digest—has truly seen it all. The most exciting homes, in his view?
Those of the designers themselves. “Designers write their own rules,” Cochran writes in the book’s introduction.
This creative and experimental spirit is on full display in the book, which invites readers into the homes of Robin and Stephen Alesch of Roman and Williams, plus Kelly Wearstler, Ken Fulk, Mark Grattan, Andre Mellone, Nicole Hollis, and more.
Table Energy: Entertaining with Italian Spirit, October 20
In Table Energy, Milan-based La DoubleJ founder and creative director JJ Martin lets us all in on her secrets to embodying the Italian way of hosting and living with joy. Come for the colorful, maximalist photos of parties and other gatherings; stay for the stories behind them.
The Thought That Counts: A Guide to Gifting for Every Occasion, October 21
Gift-giving becomes an art in interior designer Christine Gachot’s new book, The Thought That Counts, out October 21. Gachot puts her renowned detail-oriented eye in her new book, firmly reframing gifts as an opportunity for connection and care rather than another item on your to-do list.