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.
books De Waal’s pale, grouped porcelain vessels are quietly hypnotic, and Irrkunst is a beautiful object in its own right. A coffee-table book that actually rewards being opened — equal parts art, process, and calm.
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.
Architectural Digest at 100: Century of celebrity homes, iconic designers, and evolving American taste from Architectural Digest's archives. View on Amazon