Kathryn O’Shea-Evans is the author or co-author of the following design, travel and entertaining books, published by Rizzoli New York, Abrams, Monacelli, Gibbs Smith or Hearst Books:
The New Classic Home: Modern Meets Traditional Style, by Paloma Contreras (October 2023)
In New Classic Home, Designer Paloma Contreras demonstrates how to successfully pair seemingly disparate pieces to create harmonious, timeless, and balanced interiors. Contreras walks readers through her four main techniques—Color, Texture & Pattern, Scale & Proportion, and Tension—and shows how to bridge the gap between modern and traditional. With spectacular photography and personalized design tips, The New Classic Home divulges how to blend vintage pieces into even the most contemporary settings, highlight favorite elements of any architectural style, freshen classic silhouettes, and create layered, interesting spaces that always include an element of modern surprise with a touch of elegant antiquity.
Return to Pretty: Giving New Life to Traditional Style, by Caitlin Wilson (April 2023)
Designer Caitlin Wilson led the charge on "Grandmillennial" style long before it became a hashtag. Her new take on classic, traditional style focuses on warmth, floral prints, and old-fashioned elegance. In her first book, Return to Pretty, Wilson shares her design process and her ideas on how to make a home not just look beautiful, but also feel lovely, classic, happy, and comfortable. Return to Pretty is also the story of how Wilson’s own personal style has evolved to create the foundation for her design philosophy, her family home, and her eponymous décor brand and design studio. With an emphasis on fashion and family, and centered around the importance of home, her approach to creating pretty spaces is all about being effortless and refined, while designing rooms that are easy to maintain with a sense of luxurious livability. Featuring stunning photographs, a pastel color palette, vivid prints, and easy-to-follow design tips, Wilson’s twists on tradition will inspire readers to create a style that’s beautiful and sophisticated.
Fresh Air Affairs: Entertaining with Style in the Great Outdoors, by Lela Rose (March 2023)
Lela Rose is the ultimate party girl. In her second entertaining book, she is back with advice on giving stylish parties outside, filled with ideas for beautiful table settings, flower arrangements, and specialty cocktails and canapés. The parties featured are inspired by places that matter to Lela—her childhood home in Texas, her favorite vacation retreat in Jackson Hole, and her home base in New York City—but their concepts easily travel, from a sundowner cocktail hour to a party celebrating local cheeses. There are stylish bird-watching excursions and a wildflower-gathering expedition under the big sky of Texas. The glory of the Tetons serves as a backdrop for a glamorous bonfire, and there is a beautifully choreographed dinner with a lunar theme on a Manhattan terrace. These and many more unique parties showcase Lela’s creative flair with dozens of tips and takeaways. From always choosing a specialty cocktail to picking a pretty dress to match the theme of the party, this book shows the importance of celebrating life’s everyday moments with the people who matter most.
Lodge: An Indoorsy Tour of America’s National Parks, by Max Humphrey with Kathryn O’Shea-Evans (April 2023)
Striking photos and personal, experiential stories lure park rookies and obsessives alike to the rustic charm of America’s National Park lodges. Max Humphrey shines a light on 10 rustic National Park lodges in all their airy, timeworn splendor. No historic photos here; the images of the architecture and interiors are as they look today, highlighting these storied places in a fresh, alluring way. Sure, the lobbies are the main stage, but Humphrey touches on grand dining rooms, guest rooms, and rustic canteens alike. He writes about the buildings themselves in terms of the historical goings-on at the time, why they were built, and the players involved, highlighting notable architectural moments and period-specific furnishings. A smattering of pop culture history adds extra bursts of levity throughout.
Together at the Table: Entertaining at home with the creators of Juliska, by Capucine De Wulf Gooding and David Gooding (October 2022)
In Together at the Table, the husband-and-wife founders of Juliska, David and Capucine, share their philosophy on love and the art of living well. Sharing their family stories and traditions for celebrating life’s special moments, they delve into the soulful, the whimsical, and the delightedly imperfect art of entertaining. Their alluring mouth-blown Bohemian glassware and delicately embossed dinnerware make the perfect centerpieces for household bliss. This must-have volume contains hundreds of inspiring ideas about indulging in playful celebrations, how to reinvent the classics by mixing and matching, and the elegance that can be found in both formal and casual dining. A culmination of culture, sentiment, and tradition, Together at the Table is the perfect muse for everyone seeking joy at the table and harmony in the home.
Vibrant Interiors: Living Large at Home, by Andrea Monath Schumacher (May 2022)
Energetic, exuberant, personality-filled spaces from a 20-year interior design veteran. With exclusive projects and new photography, Vibrant Interiors features the best of Andrea Schumacher Interiors. Inviting, imaginative homes that draw the viewer in and ignite the desire to see more, ultimately revealing Andrea’s creativity and skill at developing energetic, exuberant, personality-filled interiors. Regardless of location or style, the skillfully designed homes are layered with a well-balanced mix of complexity and simplicity; sophisticated yet playful; layered but minimal. This dynamic interplay is compelling, unexpected, and creates conversation. In her debut interior design book, Vibrant Interiors, Andrea explores her creativity and ability to transform interior spaces into something unique for each client.
House Dressing: Interiors for Colorful Living, by Janie Molster (September 2021)
From acclaimed Southern designer Janie Molster comes this lively collection of vibrant interiors and insightful advice for colorful living. How do you make a home that fits to a T? That's tailored to your lifestyle, perfectly expresses your personality, is as comfortable as a second skin, and lets you live life to the fullest? Over more than two decades, Janie Molster has become known for creating family homes that are as bold and sophisticated as they are inviting and practical. In House Dressing, Janie reveals the secrets behind her unique ability to craft dreamy interiors and shares down-to-earth advice for creating your own beautiful and personal spaces.
More Beautiful: All-American Decoration, by Mark D. Sikes (September 1, 2020)
Interior designer Mark D. Sikes burst onto the publishing scene with his New York Times best-selling first book, Beautiful. His new book, aptly titled More Beautiful, picks up where the first left off, in a celebration of classic, all-American decorating. The rooms featured in More Beautiful are divided into five distinct styles, all of which exude the happiness that comes with surrounding oneself with things you love. "Traditional" is chockablock with vibrant color, antique furniture, and heady doses of trim and pattern. "Country" is a new take on the style, where distressed finishes and modern silhouettes mingle for a warm welcome. "Coastal" is streamlined, with natural woven fibers, sun-faded linen and neutrals, and blues and whites galore. "Mediterranean" evokes faraway lands, with a saturated palette, ornate tiles and ikats, and iron details. Finally, there's "Beautiful": a peek inside Mark's own Hollywood Hills home, which nods to all of his favorite design signatures--including Italian wicker, blue and white, Anglo-Indian antiques, and more. With all-new photography by Amy Neunsinger, the book will inspire with rooms that are light-filled and crisply patterned, chic yet comfortable, and just the way people want to live today.
Elements of Beauty: The Art of Decorating, by Kathryn O’Shea-Evans (October 20, 2020)
Our innate desire for beauty is every bit as powerful as our yearning for love and happiness. But a beautiful life doesn't require a private estate, as anyone who has woken up to a simple bedside bouquet of fragrant lilac cuttings from the garden can attest. It just requires an observant eye, open to finding and appreciating the beauty in design and in daily living.
The editors of Veranda spoke with interior designers, architects and landscape designers about how they introduce elements of beauty into the spaces they design so lovingly. Their special touches can be found in many surprising places: the intricate shadows cast by a chandelier on a dining room ceiling; the billowing sheer curtains hung from ceiling to floor in a living room; the sense of balance found when strolling by a gallery wall arranged in simple symmetry. Often, it's those moments that bring loveliness to your hours and with it, your spirit.
You’re Invited: Classic, Elegant Entertaining, by Stephanie Booth Shafran (February 2020)
Taking at-home entertaining to an entirely new level, sophisticated L.A. hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran has a gift for celebration. From the table settings to the decor to the color-coordinated menus, every party she hosts showcases a myriad of inspired elements. In her first book, she shows readers how to set the stage for eight parties, from an elegant housewarming in her Jeffrey Bilhuber-decorated home to a classic California pool party to a festive Christmas brunch. She also shares advice on palette creation--blue and white for a ladies' charity luncheon, and deep burgundies for a gentleman's wine and cigar party. Each chapter ends with tips for that theme, whether it is entertaining alfresco or having parties for a charitable purpose. Shafran also includes a guide to her party essentials: inspiration, invitations, flowers, tablescape, linens, seating, the bar, and select recipes.
A Room of One’s Own: Personal Retreats & Sanctuaries, by Kathryn O’Shea-Evans (May 2019)
These beguiling, intimate, and restorative spaces are marvels of design. From serenely dreamy bedrooms to charming reading nooks and sophisticated studies, Veranda reveals a spectacular collection of indoor and outdoor havens. Organized by room and function, this gorgeously photographed book presents stunning kitchens with cerused-oak cabinetry, suspended shelves, and Parisian bistro chairs; grand gardens with sculptural benches, hammocks, and riots of foliage; and luxurious dining and living rooms. Throughout, designers reveal how they created and why they cherish these retreats, while “In the Details” sidebars call out elements like curated collections, hidden alcoves, and showstopping entrance halls that add intimacy and uniqueness to these private, personalized hideaways.
The New Glamour: Interiors with Star Quality, by Jeff Andrews (April 2019)
Kourtney Kardashian. Kris Jenner. Kaley Cuoco. These Hollywood stars and more have turned to Jeff Andrews to deliver his trademark high style to their homes. In his first book, Jeff Andrews guides us through the bold spaces he has created for his celebrity clients, while sharing his philosophy on design, exploring topics such as creating a vision and keeping unexpected choices elegant and cohesive; cultivating cinematic style with sweeping staircases and a feeling of extravagance, while never insisting on buttoned-up formality. Throughout, Andrews reminds us that interiors must be balanced--whether it's making sure that even the most sophisticated house has a sense of welcome, or adding an element of rusticity, like grasscloth walls, to an otherwise sleek modern space. Captivating light fixtures, luxe-yet-comfortable furniture, and carefully curated collections come together for a modern take on old Hollywood glamour that will inspire and instruct. Colorful and fun, this is a sourcebook of cool California living at its best.