Designing Life’s Celebrations (Rizzoli, 2016) by DeJuan Stroud—an expert floral designer and party planner—with Debra Stroud and photography by Monica Buck is DeJuan’s first book, showcasing and detailing 17 distinct at-home soirees. $50, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison.
An Ideal Collaboration: The Art of Classical Details II (Images Publishing, 2015) by Phillip James Dodd is an ode to contemporary architecture in Great Britain and the U.S. and the collaborations behind them. $70, Books on the Common, Ridgefield.
The Perfect Bath (Rizzoli, 2016) by Barbara Sallick is the cofounder of Waterworks’ guide to designing the bath sanctuary of your dreams. $55, Barrett Bookstore, Darien.
Made to Measure: Meyer Davis, Architecture and Interiors (Vendome Press, 2016) by Will Meyer and Gray Davis with Dan Shaw and foreword by David Netto is the first compilation of the work by lauded firm Meyer Davis. $60, Bank Square Books, Mystic.
Inson Dubois Wood: Interiors (Rizzoli, 2016) by Inson Dubois Wood with photography by Mark Roskams is Wood’s guide to helping others discover and refine their design identity. $55, available September 17, Elm Street Books, New Canaan.
This article appears in the September 2016 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).