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Monochrome Home by Hilary Robertson, Coffee Table Book

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A Modern Love Letter to Black and White Interiors

Few palettes feel as enduring as black, white, and the full spectrum of grey in between. In Monochrome Home, sought after interiors stylist Hilary Robertson celebrates the quiet confidence of the monochromatic home, showing how two contrasting shades can shape rooms that feel both dramatic and deeply calm. With specially commissioned photography by Pia Ulin, it sits beautifully alongside the rest of our interiors and design books and earns its place on any coffee table or styled shelf.

What You Will Find Inside

The book opens with The Monochrome Palette, where Hilary breaks down five distinct schemes: In Black and White, Grey Matters, Shades of Pale, Dark Looks, and In the Mix, each with its own moodboard. From there, Let There Be Light explores airy, white washed spaces, while The Dark Room visits homes built around deeper, more sober tones. The closing chapters tour thirteen inspiring homes belonging to artists, architects, and designers from London and Paris to Copenhagen, rural Sweden, and New York.

Its restrained palette and its focus on light, texture, and form make it a natural fit for coastal, Scandi, and pared back interiors, and a lovely companion to The Art of Living with White or the Nordic sensibility of Soft Minimal.

A Considered Gift

At 192 pages of hardcover photography, this is a generous, lasting gift for a new homeowner, a design lover, or anyone refining their own space. It styles beautifully as part of a layered gift, paired with a candle, a sculptural vase, or a single stem, and slots easily into our edit of gifts for the minimalist.


Why You'll Love It

  • A timeless, on trend palette that suits coastal, Scandi, and minimalist homes alike
  • Five clearly explained monochrome schemes you can actually replicate at home
  • Specially commissioned photography by acclaimed photographer Pia Ulin
  • Thirteen real homes of artists, architects, and designers for genuine inspiration
  • A weighty 192 page hardcover that styles beautifully on a coffee table or shelf
  • A considered gift for new homeowners, design lovers, and renovators

Product Details

  • Author: Hilary Robertson
  • Photography: Pia Ulin
  • Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
  • Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
  • Dimensions: approximately 280 x 220 x 27 mm
  • ISBN: 9781849756136
  • First published: 2015

Styling Tips

  • Lay it flat as the base of a coffee table stack, with a smaller book on top and a low ceramic dish or candle alongside
  • Echo the cover by styling it near a black and white object, a charcoal vase, or a monochrome print
  • Stand it face out on a shelf to let the cover act as quiet artwork in a neutral room
  • Pair it with a single sculptural stem in a pale vase to soften all the straight lines
  • Use it to anchor a tonal vignette of greys and off whites on a console or sideboard

Shelve it alongside A Modern Way to Live for a fuller run on the same theme.

The Takeaway

Monochrome Home by Hilary Robertson (Ryland Peters & Small, 2015, ISBN 9781849756136) is a 192 page hardcover interiors book photographed by Pia Ulin. It presents five black and white decorating schemes, then tours thirteen real homes across Europe and New York, making it both a practical and aspirational reference for anyone decorating in a black, white, and grey palette.

Monochrome Home by Hilary Robertson book front cover
Monochrome Home by Hilary Robertson, Coffee Table Book Sale price$89.00

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