John Rosselli and Bunny Williams outside of their Connecticut Home photo via: About an hour before Bunny's presentation, I went outside the room for a break and just outside the door was Bunny herself! It has to come from within. The mahogany Victorian dining table (inherited from Bunnysgreat-aunt) is used for everyday dining and entertaining; in a low-ceilinged room an antique tole lamp makes a great alternative to a chandelier. (including Bunny's husband, John Rosselli, the ber-antiques dealer who has also been Furlow's business partner for decades) acted as though . Youre not going to sit on it. Though shes a self-proclaimed fanatic when it comes to cleaning and maintenance, she is a firm believer in the value of patina (patinated objects wereone of the things Treillage was famous for) both aesthetically and forits ability to put people at ease. Bunny signing my copy of her book, Bunny Williams Point of View, Three Decades of Decorating Elegant and Comfortable Houses, that I had brought from home. That book showed a brick building with a porch that had columns made out of tree trunks. Bunny Williams mantra is to furnish your home with what you love; furnish with qualitythings that will stand the test of time. I think that this room looks just as fresh and classic now in 2015 as it did in 1988. Ive been creating new-traditional interiors since 1988. Of course, I knew of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli, design doyenne and revered antiques dealer, but by the time I printed out the endless articles and photo spreads dedicated to them I realized I had a lot to catch up on. Proceeding toward the green houses we come upon the Chicken Pavilion, which is modeled after one Bunny saw in England, and gave to John as a birthday present. Its better than medication. If you dont have a greenhouse you can take them to a sunny back porch or someplace, so youre always getting your plants to the point that when you put them out for show theyre in good shape.. You dont have to be in the kitchen for eight hours. Photography by Francesco Lagnese, styled by Howard Christian The very sociable Bunny and John host many dinner parties in the conservatory. I feel like I visited their home myself..How glorious it truly is..Now, I must ask, how many gardeners help them out? In fact, it was de la Renta who was responsible for La Colina to begin with, having long ago introduced Bunny and John to his enclave on the southeastern tip of the Dominican Republic. It is the centerpiece of her book, An Affair with a House. It reflects light, and to me its not formalto me its happy. I have to get out to get some groceries before it snowsAGAIN! (well sorta) Bunny stenciled the original pine floorboards in the entryway with a pattern resembling giant tortoiseshells. Save "John Williams Lamp", and we'll notify you when there are new listings in this category. Bunny is a nationally known interior decorator whose work has been seen in every interior decorating magazine imaginable, an author of books about interior decorating and gardening, and she also designs furniture and all kinds of decorative home accessories. Hi there Joy, If I remember right there are four full and part time people working on the place, that does not include the person who just does the grass and other help that cleans the house and party barn. The Instagram shows what Im interested in and it also directs people back to this website. Co-owners Bunny Williams, an interior designer, and John Rosselli, an antiques dealer, met while attending the Chelsea Flower show in London, where they bonded over a mutual dissatisfaction with how difficult it was to find lovely things for the garden. Every item on this page was chosen by a Veranda editor. In my research for this post, I discovered something repeatedly. Julid, if it helps I understood what you were saying and could not agree more. In May of 1991, Bunny Williams and John Rosselli were attending the Chelsea Flower show in London when it occurred to them how difficult it was to find sources in America for wonderful things for the garden. Emma Bazilian Published: Nov 18, 2019. Bunny is a big fan of urns, and she often fills this patinated brass-and-iron one with flowers. Today, Bunny shares her chaise with just one dog, Bob, a terrier mutt whose wiry wheat-colored coat matches the flecked Coralina stone of the terrace. John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli (born Filippo Sacco; July 4, 1905 - August 7, 1976), sometimes spelled Rosselli, was a mobster for the Chicago Outfit who helped that organization exert influence over Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip.Roselli was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in a plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. folly pool house and pool, Just stunning and Oh so livable..Many congratulations on such a fine job very well done. I think you especially love Christmas if your childhood memories are good ones, says Virginia-born designer Bunny Williams. One of my favorite bits of advice: She urged all young designers to work for someone whose tastes align with yours BEFORE venturing out on your own. Having spent more than 40 years developing her craft as the secretary at renowned New York firm Parish-Hadley, Bunny later established her own company, Bunny Williams, Inc. She and her husband, the successful antique dealer John Rosselli, also opened the Treillage on Manhattan's Upper East Side in the early 1990s. OOPS-forgot! The interior designer and her husband, John Rosselli, an antiques dealer, are selling their longtime home for $3.995 million. designed the Louis XVI-style bench and bone bed, which has custom Casa del Bianco bedding; the bedside . If you look carefully at the top photo, you will see a new sculpture that was found at RT Facts in Kent, Connecticut that was just installed earlier this Spring, according to Bunnys Instagram bunnys-eye. We were a close-knit community of antique and boutique shops then, recalls Rosselli, and we were all familiar with one another. But what matters most, just as when she was a child, is the joyful spirit of the holidays. Looking at the above photos you can see how different conversation groupings have been put together, so sofas talk to chairs. A Purple Color Scheme That Purple Haters Love! Once a week . He is an antique dealer. The bed, made of bone, was designed by John and built in his shop; the limestone-topped bedside table is from Bunny Williams Home. More Ways To Browse. I met my idol Bunny Williams and not only that we shared a lovely hug! Bunny Williams' new studio on her and husband John Rosselli's Falls Village, Connecticut estate. John & Bunny featured in House & Garden, 1991 He has several showrooms around the country including one in the D&D building from which he sells reproduction furniture, lighting and fabric lines from renowned names such as Robert Kime and Raoul Textiles. The parterre garden is laid out in a grid of four beds, two large and two small, surrounded by paths of old bricks. Over the course of 30 years, Bunny has worked to transform her weekend retreat, located in the town of Falls Village, in the northwest corner of Connecticut, into a place thats stunning but never intimidating. Following a joint trip to the Chelsea Flower Show in London, the pair conceived the shop as a stateside source for the best in garden decoration. . So here I am, giving Bunny yet another reason to stay glued to her computer. It makes things much more jolly. The table holds as many as 18 for a sit-down lunch that doesnt begin until mid-afternoon. Treillage takes its name from the iconic garden antiques store founded by Bunny and her husband John Rosselli in New York. I also learned some fantastic tricks about gardening that i still use today.My biggest challenge came when my oldest son in California bought a retirement home for me and my husband mainly because he like many Californians back then were buying Las Vegas real estate because it was much cheaper then California real estate and easy to get quickly back to California. Then, they fell in love and got married! A cement floor was poured between a grid of old rough boards with radiant-heating below. If you have a pool house you need a pool. Great Decorating - The Secret Trick You Need for Success! All of the furnishings above are the designs of Bunny Williams and sold at BWH. Bravo Bunny & John. I got most of the garden chopped down and the annuals pulled out, and tonight they say there might be a killing frost. Its nice to be rich and have ideas and enough money to pay others to execute the hard stuff. You see, Bunny Williams actually reads what people write about her! And sometimes, as she charmingly related in her recent keynote speech at the Design Bloggers Conference; she cant seem to pull herself away from the computer, reading all of our wonderful blog posts. But she knew when the time was right. One of the high-points of the Garden Conservancys Open Days Program is a visit to Bunny Williams and her husband John Rossellis estate called The Manor in Falls Village, Connecticut. Im such a huge fan of yours, I tell her, trying to suppress a nervous giggle. He specializes in fabric, wall covering, leather, furniture, lighting, antiques & accessories and rugs. John Rosselli Antiques & Decoration 306 E 61st . Collections of favorite things old and new are proudly and playfully displayed, plants abound, and the gardens are never far from view. The most exciting part is bringing out all the things I've collected over the decades, she says,and the memories that go with them.. Mrs. Henry (Sister) Parish and Albert Hadley. 1-208. I love the relaxed attitude! I join Bunny on a pair of sumptuous chaises on the upper veranda facing the sea. Inside, the stereo is switched on and one couple begins to dance, gently twirling over the striped dhurrie to the Temptations My Girl. Theres not a mosquito in sight. She said that she didnt leave sooner because she was afraid of the business side of things. Previously listed for $3.995 million, the luxurious and impeccably decorated abode is now back on the market for a slightly less $3.495 million. Williams and Rosselli receive the Albert Hadley Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), Treillage closes after 25 years, and Bunny Williams Home opens a flagship showroom in the Fine Arts Building. John found the huge blocks of limestone while looking around a stone-cutters lot in the south of France, which Bunny says are, suitable for a Parisian bassin; they surround the gunite lap pool. After attending the Chelsea Flower Market together in London, some 22 years ago, they decided that New York needed a garden store. The other side was a two acre all organic garden full of every fruit and vegetable you can imagine. i am a retired designer who grew up in Michigan with woods surrounding us on two sides of our five acre lot. Writer Chloe Malle in the entrance court of La Colina, Bunny Williams and John Rosselli's retreat in the Dominican Republic. This is your chance to meet her. Our final space of examination is The Sunken Garden, which is on the south side of the house and close to the patio area. Years ago, when having too many plants in this building, Bunny came up with the idea of selling excess plants for charity, and Trade Secrets, Ct was started. (Oh my, I spy a Greek key pattern above their heads!) New York School of Interior Design held it's Annual Dinner on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at The Rainbow Room Honoring Bunny Williams & John Rosselli with the Albert Hadley Lifetime Achievement Award Edmund Hollander with the Thomas N. Armstrong III Award in Landscape Design New York Restoration Project with the Green Design Award and celebrating Landmark Interiors of New York City Dinner Chairmen . An armillary in the center of the garden acts as the focal point of the space, and rusting garden towers, designed by Bunny, provide vertical tension. A few of the homes inhabitants, namely their threemixed-breed dogs, also require a more laid-back approach to living well. Shopping the Up-scale Stores in New Preston, Connecticut 9-18-2017, John Rosselli and Bunny Williams outside of their Connecticut Home photo via: About an hour before Bunnys presentation, I went outside the room for a break and just outside the door was Bunny herself! But once made sound, with the addition of a steel beam for support, a fireplace was added on the north side of the room and two arched windows were added to flank it. Where Did Bunny Williams go to school? To read the complete story, or to see all photos, subscribe to MILIEUs print or digital editions, available by clickinghere. Of course, Bunny got the job, moved up the ranks and thus began a 22-year career working with the masters of interior designParish-Hadley. . Of the several businesses they own, its Bunnys favorite. John will come in with tomatoes from the garden and make the most delicious spaghetti with tomatoes and Parmesan cheese and a salad and an apple or a peach tart, and thats dinner, and that takes two hours. And the labor that goes into it not only has an immense payoff, butit also diminishes over time. He already had a partial space in an old carriage house . Treillage(French for trellis work) derives its name from the storied garden antiques shop run by Bunny and her husband John Rosselli on Manhattans Upper East Side from 1991 to 2015. (You just Google shells! Bunny exclaims.) The Delta flight from icy JFK to balmy Punta Cana is practically a mini-charter. She finished her story about John which made everyone laugh. Id rather have too much china than too many clothes, she says unapologetically, scanning the glass-faced cabinets. After-all she's just a person. What a beautiful home, theres so much to take in its almost overwhelming. Two sets of French doors were added to the east side of the space, and sliding barn doors were added over them to keep the look of a barn from outside. Truly no one like Bunny Williams (who else hand stencils tortoise shell patterns?) The wall color was inspired by the yellow-orange of a room in Belmond Villa San Michele, a former monastery in Fiesole, Italy. Nov 20, 2012. The sofa wears a fabric from Osborne & Little; custom cocktail table by Ironies; Rgence armchairs in vintage tiger-print silk. . She unclenches her hand and sighs in a yogic exhale. Thats why I love going in a room thats a little messy or the chair cushion is a little saggedI know they sit in it. Verrrry doubtful, but maybeeee, if she reads blogs? Located in New York, NY. In Bunny's New York City apartment, a mirrored bed by Serge Roche takes center stage in her bedroom. And giving John a reason to want to hate me. To put it another wayNo Furniture Botox. I extended my hand. Inside the Pool house are relaxing and dining areas around a hand-carved limestone fireplace and a small kitchen and restroom. We love entertaining. Photograph by Reid Rolls The property of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli encompasses twelve acres of varied gardens, including woodland, vegetable, parterre, orchard, perennial borders and many container displays that surround the 1840's Federal home. haha! "I brought so much stuff up here," says interior decorator Bunny Williamsfirst named to the AD100 in 1995 and elevated to its Hall of Fame three years agoof the Manhattan apartment that she. All rights reserved. Something she has observed over the years is that the interior design schools do not train their students adequately for residential interior design. After 15 years as business partners in Treillage, their beloved but now shuttered garden-and-home store, and 12 as a couple, John and Bunny, who founded her namesake firm in 1988 following 21 years at Parish-Hadley, decided to get married only after completing construction on their Dominican idyll, a hill-perched house, thus named La Colina. Thats my kinda girl! To me, the Sunken Garden area of the estate has seen the most reworking. Its not real. And beauty everywhere! Above and below by Phyllis Higgerson for Tone on Tone. Vegetables are grown for John who likes to cook and flowers for Bunny who fills the house and Party Barn with flowers. Fred- Your dedication of your Own time in taking us on this tour with you and writing up such a Glorious, fact filled report is just Wonderful. Plants are meant to grow outside, and they will do well for a while indoors, but then they go into a stage where they dont look so good, and you have to take them out. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. He became discouraged by how business was going in New York and I suggested we combine our businesses. More greenery culled from the property bedecks the mantel and the dining room table; the staircase is adorned with a lush garland which features swags accentuated by a collection of hand-carved wooden bells. There were initially three windows, but two more were replicated when the conservatory was built. Every room should have some gold in it. John Rosselli Antiques 306 East 61st Street, New York. It is hard to imagine that the now lush tropical garden was once a rocky coral outcrop requiring two feet of topsoil to be trucked in. This is the dining room, Bunny explains. When I first visited the property over ten years ago, there was a stone wall with steps in it that terraced the land from the lawn, by the house, down to a flat area where a reflection pool with carp and goldfish was; and that water feature still forms the centerpiece of the garden. Her partner John works as an antique dealer. Another business started a few years ago was Beeline Home. And I think its pretty to put a rug on top of the sea grass. Esteemed interior designer Bunny Williams and her husband, John Rosselli, are seeking a buyer for their 2-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom Park Avenue apartment once again. In my room a pair of mirrored Venetian cabinet doors mounted on the walls reflect the azure of the pool, and the pedimented antique Regency-style shelves are filled with shells collected both locally and online. They opened up a gardening and antiques shop called Treillage on 418 E. 75th Street. You open some good wine, and its just a joy. 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