Bunny Williams:Keynote Address
Design BloggersConference
February 26, 2015
LIFELONG PASSION FOR DECORATING
Design and Living Well is in my DNA
Monticello - Charlottesville, VA
The Greenbrier – White Sulphur Springs, WV
MY MENTORSAnd What I Learned From
Them
STAIR & CO.My responsibilities included writing out descriptions for the tags for every shipment that came in and matching them up to the invoices.
I learned to identify Hepplewhite, Chippendale, and Adam furniture; to tell the difference between Staffordshire and Worcester porcelains; to appreciate the characteristics of mahogany, satin wood, and burled walnut.
PARISH-HADLEY INC.
The only person I really wanted to work for was Mrs. Parish. So one day, I decided to walk up the street and see if there was an opening . . . There is no question that you couldn’t have a better education. You can’t buy that kind of education.
Being between Mrs. Parish and Albert wasn’t always easy, yet the genius of the company was the two of them together . . . I think that left on their own, they were not as good as the sum of the two.
Mrs. Parish was a master at furniture arrangement. She could put more
furniture in a room than anyone I had every seen. She was a completely
instinctive designer.
Albert’s own rooms were well edited and special because of the way he
could mix old and new things to create stunning combinations.
BREAKING AWAYAnd Starting My Own
Business
My office reflects my ethos, and I am always pleased when new clients get it.
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Organizing A Design Project
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MY HOMESNew York City, Falls Village CT & Punta Cana
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BUNNY WILLIAMS INC.Design Projects
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BRANCHING OUTBecoming a Brand
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www.bunnywilliamshome.com
LICENSED COLLECTIONS
Collection 1 launched Fall 2014 Collection 2 to launch May 2015
Collection 1, 2013
Fall 2014
2013
Collection 1, 2014
Collection 2, 2015
3 Collections, 2012 -present
2013
Bunny Williams for
Late Summer 2015
MORE. . .
Southern Living Idea House, Opening June 2015
86New York Historical Society, 2014
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87Ronald McDonald House of LI, 2014
Kips Bay Designer Show House, 2013
Spring 2015
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