Bunny Williams' Point of View

Her work is regularly featured in such publications as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House & Garden, the New York Times, and Town & Country. With her husband, antiques dealer John Roselli, she owns Treillage Ltd., a home and garden decor shop in New York City. About the Author BUNNY WILLIAMS, a world-renowned interior designer and garden expert with her own Manhattan-based company, is the author of Stewart, Tabori and Chang’s An Affair with a House. They live in Manhattan and Connecticut.

With her husband, antiques dealer John Roselli, she owns Treillage Ltd., a home and garden decor shop in New York City. . They live in Manhattan and Connecticut. Her work is regularly featured in such publications as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House & Garden, the New York Times, and Town & Country. BUNNY WILLIAMS, a world-renowned interior designer and garden expert with her own Manhattan-based

Now, it’s our turn to learn from her. She should know. Striking out on her own, she rose to the top rank of the interior design profession, where she has stylishly remained for the last 30 years. Part memoir and part how-to manual, Bunny Williams’ Point of View showcases many of the drop-dead chic but always cozily comfortable residences whose interiors Williams has designed during her astounding career. An Affair with a House continues to be a top seller for STC, with more than 45,000 copies in printShows readers how to realize their own taste and design preferencesYou learn from people with great taste,” says Bunny Williams. As Williams tells it, every design decision she makes is based on a bedrock principle: “Knowing what you value is essential.” Her conviction that every person’s home should manifest their personality guides her as she creates environments that fit each client precisely, “like a couture suit.”By showing you how to plan and then accomplish that plan for each room of your house, Williams inspires you to take account of your own values—and to realize your personal vision of how you want to live. As a novice, Williams worked for legendary decorators Sister Parish and Albert Hadley, absorbing everything she could of their peerless design sense. As she says about the book: “My point of view will help you discover yours.”

Randall Simons said You Can't Judge a Book .. I was lured by the lucious photo on the dust jacket, hoping I was going to get more of the same inside. The good news is that eventually I did get to see the splendid house 'La Colina', that Ms. Williams and John Roselli built in the Dominican Republic. However, I have to say that although I have followed Miss Bunny for many years and enjoy her work, for me the choices were a little disappointing. The homes felt overdecorated and somewhat old-fashioned with a distinctly "You Can't Judge a Book ." according to Randall Simons. I was lured by the lucious photo on the dust jacket, hoping I was going to get more of the same inside. The good news is that eventually I did get to see the splendid house 'La Colina', that Ms. Williams and John Roselli built in the Dominican Republic. However, I have to say that although I have followed Miss Bunny for many years and enjoy her work, for me the choices were a little disappointing. The homes felt overdecorated and somewhat old-fashioned with a distinctly 20s vibe. But, that's just me. There are wonderful photos and d. 0s vibe. But, that's just me. There are wonderful photos and d. Point of View on Design by a Top Designer L. M. Keefer If you appreciate Bunny Williams' rooms, you should equally appreciate this book on her point of view on design. Organized by topics in chapters, each chapter begins with her point of view on subjects such as color, furniture, room arrangement, rugs, walls, layering and accessories and more.It is like a master class on design written in clear language followed by rooms which illustrate the principles.Some of my favorite design principles in this book:* I confess that I frequently get the best ideas (for color) from looking at antiqu. Nunya Inct said Nice book on decorating basics. I wanted to read this book for the basics, and the book delivered on decorating fundamentals. Common sense things not to put furniture against walls and then have empty space in the middle, she's right, it doesn't work. She gives good tips on rugs, colors, how to group. Lovely pictures, even if you don't read the text. For those of us who never will need specially mixed paint, we will still come away with an appreciation for color combinations that work, and will likely be able to apply some of the tips in this book to improve our o