She grew up in Virginia amid American Colonial houses and fine horses, but by age 16, Bunny (for Bruce) Williams had outgrown her fondness for steeds and, instead, intensified her interest in architecture. To formalize the knowledge she has absorbed on home grounds, she studied interior design at a now defunct collect in Boston.
Next she headed for New York. There her first job, with English antiques dealer Stair & Company, taught her all and more she need ever know about quality furniture.
Since the mid-1960s, Bunny Williams has specialized in interior design for gracious living. First for Parish-Hadley, the iconic decorating institution known for the traditional style, and from 1988 in her own business.
She designs rooms in which dogs are welcome on the furniture, where there is always a place to put your feet up and your drink down. It’s a lifestyle that should look and feel old-fashioned — yet manages not to.
“I don’t design rooms, I design backdrops for living,” declares Bunny Williams. “Like a couture suit, each one is timeless, comfortable and a reflection of the owner’s personality.”
"A room should grown on you and become more interesting the longer you live in it."
“I like to combine things that don’t relate,” she says, adding that “I prefer that people don’t think of it as a style so much as a collection of objects”
"An eye for design is not enough; you must know what can and cannot be done, and how it all goes together."
“Travel is eye-opening,” she says. “My ideas come from architecture, paintings, costume exhibitions, crafts, new buildings and even just looking at – and really seeing – the colors of the sunset. You always have to look for something different.”
“I don’t believe in creating rooms that are so precious that they have to be saved for special occasions,” Williams says. “I have used slipcovers in projects, and I put faux leopard throws on the furniture for the dogs and ended up liking them so much that I never take them off.”
Gardens by Bunny
“After interior design, my second love is gardens."
“The design has evolved over a long period of time, which I think makes it even richer,” she wrote. “I feel the same way about gardens. Once you plant a tree, you want to stick around to see what it’s going to look like in 29 years.”
Line of furniture by Bunny Williams
“for the busy buzzing wonderful home."
It is a collection of limited edition traditional and modern pieces that are sold worldwide.
As Bunny says: “The collection is expressive and unique and as I’ve found in my design work, pieces often work together not because they are alike but because they are different.”
Books by Bunny
Bunny Williams, a world-renowned interior designer and garden expert with her own Manhattan-based company, has been creating stylish interiors for almost 30 years. Her work is regularly featured in such publications as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House & Garden, the New York Times, Town & Country, and Veranda. Williams is also the author of On Garden Style. With her husband, antiques dealer John Rosselli, she owns Treillage Ltd., a home and garden decor shop in New York City. Their weekend home is in northwest Connecticut. -Editorial review by Amazon.com
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