A century of the most photographed rooms in the world, pulled straight from AD's archives — celebrity homes, era-defining designers, the slow drift of American taste. It's the coffee-table book that earns its place on the coffee table, equal parts eye candy and quiet design education.
home 92 owner reviews
Wall sconces are the fastest way to make a room look considered, and the reason nobody has them is the electrician. These skip that entirely: adhesive mount, no drilling, rechargeable bulbs, remote control. Renter-proof lighting that doesn't look renter-proof.
home 32,175 owner reviews
A small, warm piece of analog defiance for a desk full of screens. The pinewood body is genuinely handsome, and the silent sweep means none of that maddening tick at 2am. It makes a nightstand or shelf feel a touch more considered — the kind of quiet object you don't know you wanted until it's there.
home 87 owner reviews
A pair of minimalist checker-glazed vases that make a single grocery-store stem look deliberate. The cheap trick interior people use to make a shelf feel finished.
kitchen 2,718 owner reviews
A perfectly ordinary grey-blue mug until the coffee level drops and a 3D manatee surfaces at the bottom. It's a one-joke object that somehow never stops being funny, and it's built like a real mug rather than a novelty — high-fire ceramic, dishwasher safe, arrives in its own box.
Architectural Digest at 100: Century of celebrity homes, iconic designers, and evolving American taste from Architectural Digest's archives. View on Amazon