Styling Essentials: Our Favorite Coffee Table Books
If you’re looking for a styling cheat code for your home - it’s this: coffee table books! They’re the perfect items to invest in for styling, inspiration, personalizing your home, and light reading.
For creatives craving art to display on their coffee tables or shelves, a perfect stack of these babies and you’re all set.
Here’s our short list:
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Finding large scale books to hold a stack together can be tricky. This is a must have in every home.
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Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape
From fashion to funky shapes this book has it all. The binding is super unique and textural. Such a fun read and an interesting construction!
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The Kinfolk Entrepreneur : Ideas for Meaningful Work
This book is perfect for all your business minded friends and family. It is full of insightful interviews and inspirational images.
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A perfect book to have on hand if you love to host and want a medium-sized book to display.
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This gardening book is the perfect size to stick on a stack of books without the cover feeling overwhelming. Perfect for outdoor lovers.
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This book is not only beautiful to flip through but it full of incredible knowledge.
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Eat Drink Nap : Bringing The House Home
A favorite for any and everyone. The beautiful linen cover is a big bonus.
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The Art of Home : A Designer Guide to Creating an Elevated Yet Approachable Home
Oversized and full of inspiration.
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The perfect book for organic modern homes with that effortlessly lived-in look.
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Home by the Sea: The Surf Shacks and Hinterland Hideaways of Byron Bay
A smaller size. Perfect to top a stack and create a homey feel.
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Beautiful, textural, and a minimalist white underneath the dust jacket if you are feeling gutsy.
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Cy Twombly : Making Past Present
This book plus a glass of red wine and you have my version of a perfect evening. I have flipped through these pages twenty times and still see something new each time.
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Clements Design did it right with this one. Loaded with inspiration and the perfect huge size as a foundation for a lovely stack.
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This book is full of beautiful photography taken all over the Coastal Carolinas. Nothing is better than supporting a local artist while also flipping through images of your town.
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Architectural Digest at 100 - A Century of Style
The #1 spot had to go to the book I find myself reaching for again and again! The large size and simple cover make it the perfect styling prop, while the content is sure to include something for everyone. I find myself flipping through these pages often when searching for inspiration for projects.
Hope you find the inspiration you’re looking for in these lovely books! More to come on specific ways to style them throughout your home. In the meantime, see how we’ve styled ours over on Instagram.