ELLE DECOR'S 17 New Design Books We're Reading This Spring: "In the early 1970s, a young artist named Snowy Campbell was hired by Bunny Mellon to paint watercolors of the Mellons’ residences in New York, Washington, and Upperville, Virginia. Those paintings (more than 100 of them!) sat unseen in the Oak Spring Garden Foundation library... until now. With texts by James Reginato, a foreword by Charlotte Moss, and a cameo from Frank Langella recounting how he met Bunny, this is a rare window into a legendarily private world."MANSION GLOBAL's 7 Inspiring Design Books for Spring: "Enter the world of Bunny Mellon, the philanthropist, decorative arts connoisseur and collector whose many homes and gardens set the standard with her love, knowledge, and support of design. One of the true original design influencers, Mellon, who died in 2014 at 103 years old, hired the watercolorist Snowy Campbell in the 1970s to document three of her homes in New York City, Washington, DC; and Upperville, Virginia. Over six years, Campbell produced more than 100 watercolors that were meant to be compiled in a book but never made it until now. In addition to the paintings, “The Enchanting Interiors of Bunny Mellon” ($60) interweaves stories that capture Mellon’s joie de vivre and joie de design. The story of how Bunny met Snowy told by the actor Frank Langella would not feel out of place in your favorite sitcom." "American philanthropist, horticulturalist, and tastemaker Bunny Mellon has long influenced the way we decorate our homes and plan our gardens. Design lovers can now get an exclusive look at her residences with this book—a project that was started by Mellon before her passing—featuring paintings by Snowy Campbell that capture the ambiance of her rooms and gardens in a new light." — VERANDA.COM"THE ENCHANTING INTERIORS OF BUNNY MELLON: PAINTINGS BY SNOWY CAMPBELL (FEBRUARY 2026, RIZZOLI) Few figures embodied cultivated joy quite like Bunny Mellon. This elegant volume opens the doors to the Mellons' residences in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Upperville, Va., as captured between 1970 and 1976 by painter Snowy Campbell. Commissioned by Mellon but never realized until now, the paintings offer an intimate portrait of a life shaped by connoisseurship, restraint and beauty. Insightful texts by society chronicler James Reginato illuminate how the Mellons lived in and used each home, revealing joy as something rooted not in excess, but in daily rituals, tradition and thoughtful elegance." — MODERN LUXURY: INTERIORS"Enter the world of Bunny Mellon, the philanthropist, decorative arts connoisseur and collector whose many homes and gardens set the standard with her love, knowledge, and support of design. One of the true original design influencers, Mellon, who died in 2014 at 103 years old, hired the watercolorist Snowy Campbell in the 1970s to document three of her homes in New York City, Washington, DC; and Upperville, Virginia. Over six years, Campbell produced more than 100 watercolors that were meant to be compiled in a book but never made it until now. In addition to the paintings, “The Enchanting Interiors of Bunny Mellon” ($60) interweaves stories that capture Mellon’s joie de vivre and joie de design. The story of how Bunny met Snowy told by the actor Frank Langella would not feel out of place in your favorite sitcom." — WSJ MAGAZINE"Over the last half-century, the artist’s luminous paintings remained in the archives of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, on the Mellon estate in Virginia. This month, with the release of The Enchanting Interiors of Bunny Mellon: Paintings by Snowy Campbell (Rizzoli), they are published for the first time." — VANITY FAIR"Mellon commissioned the paintings, which document in charming and remarkably precise detail the interiors of her New York City, Washington, DC, and Upperville, Virginia, homes, between 1970-1976. “It was a treasure trove,” says Collins, of the paintings, notes, and letters between Mellon and Campbell that formed the basis of The Enchanting Interiors of Bunny Mellon: Paintings by Snowy Campbell (Rizzoli, 2026), which showcases 90 paintings, mostly on full pages. “We showed them to a few designers, but when we showed them to Charlotte Moss, she said, ‘These have to be a book,’” adds Crane." — VERANDA"A new book published by Rizzoli, The Enchanting Interiors of Bunny Mellon, pays tribute to Mellon’s homes in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Upperville, Virginia and the watercolor pictures of the rooms that the homes’ chatelaine commissioned from the artist Alison “Snowy” Campbell Swain. The project, according to a preface by Sir Peter Crane, the president of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, was initially dreamed up by Mellon and Swain more than half a century ago but never came to fruition—until now.“When I was first shown the portfolio of Snowy’s watercolors, I knew a book must be in their future,” Charlotte Moss writes in a foreword. “In our digital age, when everything from basic supplies to luxury goods can be ordered online with the tap of a button, anything rendered by human hands has become infinitely more compelling, coveted, and cherished." — TOWN & COUNTRY"Featuring luminous paintings by artist Snowy Campbell, this long-awaited volume provides an inside look at philanthropist and style icon Bunny Mellon’s flair for design and her homes’ elegant interior spaces. Hired by Mellon in 1970, Campbell documented the Mellons’ residences in New York City; Upperville, Virginia; and Washington, DC, showcasing rooms layered with blue-chip art, fine antiques, and personal treasures arranged with effortless sophistication. With a foreward written by Charlotte Moss, the book, a project originally launched by Mellon and featuring contributions from design luminaries and text from society writer James Reginato, celebrates her singular ability to balance grandeur with comfort. The result is an artistic tribute to exquisite taste, timeless decorating, and a life rich in connoisseurship." — BOSTON HOME MAGAZINE"A rare glimpse into the refined world of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon and Paul Mellon, this volume captures interiors that have become enduring icons of elegance and connoisseurship. Through Snowy Campbell’s evocative paintings, the Mellons’ celebrated residences come to life, revealing rooms layered with fine antiques, masterworks of art, and intimate personal details, all composed with Mellon’s unmistakable sense of grace. Realized at last from a long-unfulfilled vision, the book stands as a tribute to exceptional taste, illuminating both a legendary tastemaker and the young artist who so sensitively preserved her world." — CURATED TEXAN"Bunny Mellon discovered the art of Alison “Snowy” Campbell on the office walls of her orthopedic surgeon after breaking her ankle—Alison was his daughter. From that serendipitous moment unfolded a six-year alliance as Campbell painted the Mellon residences in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Oak Spring, in Virginia. The goal was “not to provide a full inventory or literal record of the Mellon homes, but to capture their spirit”—which she did charmingly, as this sweet book of her watercolors reveals." — FREDERIC MAGAZINE
