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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. -
In Charlotte Moss: At Home in Virginia, Charlotte opens the doors to her home and gardens in Virginia. With the insight of a design historian and the sensibility of a seasoned tastemaker, the book traces the historic influences and experiences that shape the country residence. Readers will discover a selection of admired spaces—gracious entertaining rooms, thoughtfully designed workspaces, an inspiring flower room, serene bedrooms, expansive garden areas, and a secluded tower retreat perfect for morning reflection or evening repose. With photography by Pieter Estersohn and foreword by Stan Dixon. Signed pre-orders will ship in September. Preorder from Amazon below -
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.
