I love a good coffee table book. There’s just nothing like sitting down in a tidy living space and leafing through, coffee (or wine 😉) in hand—even if just for a few minutes. It’s that brief pause from life—a little escape—that helps me refocus and breathe. Coffee table books also make for beautiful decor. They tie everything together, add dimension, and signal a sense of calm.
In terms of design, my favorites are neutral coffee table books, as they can be moved from room to room, regardless of color scheme or style. Here are 24 great options:
- Eat Drink Nap: Bringing the House Home
- Pacific Natural: Simple Seasonal Entertaining
- This is Home: The Art of Simple Living
- Chicago
- Made for Living: Collected Interiors for All Sorts of Styles
- Pretty City New York: Discovering New York’s Beautiful Places
- The House That Pinterest Built
- Habitat: The Field Guide to Decorating
- A Place to Call Home: Tradition, Style and Memory in the New American House
- Make Life Beautiful
- Down to Earth: Laid-Back Interiors for Modern Living
- Lump: the Dog Who Ate a Picasso
- Bricks & Brownstone: The New York Row House
- Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home
- India Hicks: A Slice of England
- Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style
- Walker Evans: American Photographs
- Highbrow, Lowbrow, Brilliant, Despicable: 50 Years of New York Magazine
- Live Beautiful
- The Kinfolk Home: Interiors for Slow Living
- Travel Home: Design with a Global Spirit
- Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave
- The Great American House: Tradition For the Way We Live Now
- The Beauty of Home: Redefining Traditional Interiors
