Welcome, October: VERANDA's Mood of the Moment

"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall," Oscar Wilde once wrote. This fleeting moment between the last moments of summer and fall's fateful beginning tends to reenergize and feels more like the start of a new year in some ways than the early days of January.

Inspiring images—the Paris apartment of Princess Firyal of Jordan, designed by Geoffrey Bennison and featuring chintz-covered walls, and a model from the early 1970s wearing an Oscar de la Renta cardigan coat over a matching wool jumper—embody the hand-in-hand comfort and excitement the month has to offer. Albert Hadley's country home in Connecticut lays the perfect palette for this moment with its crisp white walls and warm, sumptuous leathers paired with a framed batik by Alan Campbell over an English chest of drawers, while Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace's office in his 17th century Milanese palazzo intrigues with its sleek Art Deco desk and elegant Carrara marble floors.

Below, a few of our favorite finds for a beautiful fall.