Alexa Hampton

Interior Designer / United States / Mark Hampton LLC

Alexa Hampton’s Book List

I have always been a big reader. My tastes are far-ranging—from police procedurals to history to biography and even chick lit.

21 books
Andrew Alpern

Horrible title—but an excellent book filled with tons of amazing floor plans of New York’s great buildings.

Billy Baldwin

One of the biggest influencers of American design.

Billy Baldwin

See my comment on Billy Baldwin Decorates.

Jack Basehart
Photographs by Roberto Schezen

I could live in this book. The photography is so delicious.

Adolphe Chanaux
Léopold Diego Sanchez

A must-have book for any designer.

Editors of French House & Garden

I love to pore over this book.

Håkan Groth

A beautiful, seminal design book. Crisp Scandinavian interiors like this inspire me.

Mark Hampton

A must for any student of interior design.

David Hicks

David Hicks was a family friend as well as one of my favorite designers.

Thomas Jayne

Being in the current edition of Finest Rooms in America is a great honor.

Philippe Jullian

Le Style Louis XVI is part of the series Les Grands Styles (“The Great Styles”), which includes Le Style Louis XIV, and Le Style Louis XV. These are essential reference books for interior designers.

Thomas Kernan

This book (“Achievements in French Decoration, 1950-1960”) and Nouvelles Réussites de la Décoration Française, 1960-1966  (“New Achievements in French Decoration, 1960-1966,” also by Thomas Kernan) are two of my all-time designer favorites. I have copies of these at home where they will be safe. They really show how taste in modern decorating has changed over the years.

Thomas Kernan

This book (“New Achievements in French Decoration, 1960-1966”) and Les Réussites de la Décoration Française 1950–1960 (“Achievements in French Decoration, 1950-1960,” also by Thomas Kernan) are two of my all-time designer favorites. I have copies of these at home where they will be safe. They really show how taste in modern decorating has changed over the years.

Jean Leveque Editor

You cannot be a decorator without owning this book.

Judith Miller

One of my favorite design books. I love the images and the structure of the book.

Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Christopher Simon Sykes

A truly beautiful book with mouth-watering images of important houses.

Roberto Schezen

A majorly beautiful book that inspires.

Peter Thornton
Helen Dorey

A great book about a fascinating architect and the contents of his house, which is my favorite museum.

Katharine Tweed

A book to pore over.

Edith Wharton
Ogden Codman Jr.

The essential book on design by two huge figures.

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