Books

  • Bursting with superb photography and exquisite room drawings, a sumptuous showcase of interior decorating ideas and trendsetting design details that add rich character to any home, by one of America’s brightest decorators.
  • Showing how to choose and arrange the countless details that give a room its personality, a renowned designer offers a series of increasingly detailed drawings and color illustrations to trace the progress of ten rooms through successive levels of accessorization.
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    Edited by Leslie Greene Bowman and Charlotte Moss, Photographs by Miguel Flores-Vianna, Contributions by Annette Gordon-Reed and Jon Meacham This visually stunning volume explores Monticello, both house and plantation, with texts that present a current assessment of Jefferson’s cultural contributions to his noteworthy home and the fledgling country. Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States, designed his Virginia residence with innovations that were progressive, even unprecedented, in the new world. Six acclaimed arts and cultural luminaries pay homage to Jefferson, citing his work at Monticello as testament to his genius in art, culture, and science, from his adaptation of Palladian architecture, his sweeping vision for landscape design, his experimental gardens, and his passion for French wine and cuisine to his eclectic mix of European and American art and artifacts and the creation of the country’s seminal library. Each writer considers the important role, and the painful reality, of Jefferson’s enslaved workforce, which made his lifestyle and plantation possible. This book, illustrated with superb photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna, is a necessary addition to the libraries of those who love historical architecture and landscape design, art and cultural history, and the lives of prominent Americans.
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    Gaufraged leather, a hand-painted porcelain tassel, silk-embroidered cushions on a Louis XIV chair, parquet de Versailles flooring, handcarved book cases. It is the details that transform spaces into eclectic and inspiring environments for living. In an elegant and innovative volume, Charlotte Moss invites us on a lavish tour of every component of a home. From breakfast rooms to powder rooms, sconces to centerpieces, Moss shares her ideas on living graciously, entertaining with exuberance, and expressing refined glamour. Room by room, accent by accent, A Flair for Living is an inspirational design book like none other, presented in an oversized luxury format with original photography.
  • Winter House is the ultimate guide to creating a place—and a frame of mind—that will bring you joy throughout the years. A winter house is a place to recharge your body and your spirit. Whether you spend the season on the slopes or in a cozy apartment in a snowy city, you can capture that feeling of warmth and welcome in your own home. In Winter House, acclaimed interior designer Charlotte Moss shows how to transform your home into a beautiful and inviting retreat. Using her own quintessential winter house as an example, Moss demonstrates how rich, patterned fabrics, gorgeous tableware, and other unique design details combine in a warm and sumptuous environment.  Within Winter House are spaces for every purpose, from inviting areas designed to accommodate festive gatherings of family and friends to calming escapes for private relaxation and reflection. As she moves through each room, Moss shares her techniques and tips, including her favorite “Little Luxuries,” which are simple concepts adaptable to any environment, such as a bed tray for enjoying breakfast under the covers.
  • The first volume of the Design Inspirations series takes an in-depth look at four exquisite rooms created by Charlotte Moss for four different New York decorator show houses. Drawing on inspiration from history as well as her own travels and favorite people, Moss shares her design philosophy and process from the initial spark of an idea to the final creation of a sophisticated and timeless room. The founder of Charlotte Moss & Company and Charlotte Moss Interior Design in New York City, Moss has designed houses throughout the United States and in the Caribbean.
  • This book, devoted to gleaning design inspiration from the personal scrapbooks and notebooks of great women of style—including her own. Interior designer Charlotte Moss has spent years collecting as well as creating scrapbooks—a pastime both meditative and instructive about her own ideas regarding design and style. In this unique book, Moss brings together her own scrapbooks along with those of notable women, both contemporary and historical, whose flair for style inspires us, including interior designer Elsie de Wolfe and society doyenne Gloria Vanderbilt—all never before published.
  • Writers have long borne witness to the pleasures of home. In this lively anthology, interior designer Charlotte Moss shares the best of these insights as writers such as Colette, Nancy Mitford, and Edith Wharton touch on topics of architecture, decoration, gardens, and hospitality. Ideal for an afternoon's browsing and perfect as a gift, it will delight anyone who has ever felt a passion for homes and all they represent.
  • All profits from sales of Home: A Celebration will be donated to No Kid Hungry What is home to you? Could any question be more fundamental? In this book—HOME: A CELEBRATION—interior designer and philanthropist Charlotte Moss asks this question of a captivating roster of 125 contributors, and not out of idle interest, but with a very specific objective. Moss’s inspiration for this project is Edith Wharton’s The Book of the Homeless (1916), a successful fundraising effort that aided refugees and children during the First World War. Filled with personal reflections, wit, creativity, and poignancy, HOME: A CELEBRATION is a thoughtful and inspirational book a reader will want to dip into again and again. Through the prism of their crafts and passions, each illustrious contributor presents an offering—either a personal essay, poem or work of art—on what home means to them. Historian Jon Meacham discusses books as the emotional infrastructure of the houses in his life. Photographer Oberto Gili documents the glorious garden at his property in northwest Italy. Chef Alice Waters proffers a recipe from her home garden. Interior designers—including Nina Campbell, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Steven Gambrel, and Kelly Wearstler—share aspects of their profession that define home in both their personal lives and professional projects. Other notable essays are from Joan Juliet Buck, Julian Fellowes, Bette Midler, Jill Kargman, Isaac Mizrahi, Joyce Carol Oates, and Gloria Steinem—125 charismatic contributors in all reflecting on the essence of home in a book that will benefit the most vulnerable among us: children living in food insecurity.
  • Charlotte turns her eye to the garden as a resource for interiors, entertaining, and good living. This book shows the myriad ways the garden provides inspiration every day —indoors and outdoors. Touring readers through her own garden, she offers insights on how to bring the garden into home life. Garden Inspirationsalso features additional web content accessed by scanning watermarked pages in the book with the Digimarc Discover App.
  • Charlotte’s singular vision revealed through an extraordinary collection of her acclaimed rooms. With her inimitable flair for style, she has led a celebrated career in the interior design world. Recently honored with Elle Decor’s Vision Award, Moss’s design philosophy of "couture living" describes her preference for gracefully curated spaces in which one is meant to live, enjoy, and entertain. Charlotte Moss Decorates affords the reader a glimpse into the methods behind her magic.  With over 200 sumptuous photographs, Moss graciously invites the reader to be engaged, inspired, and "ready to decorate."
  • Setting the Table is Everyday Decorating. This book celebrates hospitality - whether hosting parties, a Christmas luncheon or simply setting the table for dinner. Inspiring readers to imbue everyday life with style and grace, always encouraging us to create the backdrop for a life well-lived.
  • Order with your local bookseller, or order a personalized copy below.  Charlotte celebrates flowers and offers endless inspiration in their use as glorious additions to decorating, entertaining, and everyday living. She encourages readers to bring the garden indoors--with ideas for arranging flowers, selecting containers, and placing blossoms around the house. An inviting cluster of blooms on a guest room's bedside table, lavish floral displays for parties and holidays, single stems adding life to any corner of a room--She has been photographing her flower arrangements for over a decade. This book is a celebration of her artistry and a testament to flowers as part of day-to-day life. With nature as her muse, She implores us to create the backdrop for a life well lived, imbuing every day with flair, beauty, and elegance.