Bunny Williams' Point of View: Three Decades of Decorating Elegant and Comfortable Houses

Bunny Williams' Point of View: Three Decades of Decorating Elegant and Comfortable Houses | Bunny Williams | A disappointment, but............

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	Bunny Williams' Point of View: Three Decades of Decorating Elegant and Comfortable Houses Bunny Williams Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2007 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I loved it!

I saw the less-than-stellar reviews on here and decided not to buy the book. Well....during Christmas shopping, I saw the book at a bookstore and decided to take a peak. So I grabbed the book and found a comfy chair. Well, I'm glad I did. I bought the book and read it cover to cover.

I found it interesting to read how her childhood experiences led her to become a decorator. Her art classes taught her to see the "whole composition" and helped her to understand color and light; Her early job at an antique store helped to educate and train her eye; Tours of historic homes taught her about furniture arrangement and serve as a source for inspiration and art museums serve as the inspiration for color combinations.

This book also offers an interesting look at how she approaches a project, where she always starts, where she gets her inspiration and what guides her when making design choices.

While the homes in the book belong to the uber rich and many of her design choices are way beyond most peoples budget, the underlying message is to educate your eye to good design and create a comfortable home for the way you live.

I highly recommend it.

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A disappointment, but............

I would have to agree with the previous reviewers that, compared to Ms. Williams' previous book, "An Affair With a House" this book disappoints. I think the interiors are beautiful which we've come to expect from Ms. Williams, but what disappointed me most was the fact that there was not one bedroom, similar to most peoples', which was about 12 x 15 feet with 8-foot ceilings. To see Ms. Williams' vast talent in a room like that would have been something to see. Also, I think her other books were so personal whereas in these interiors, she had to keep the clients tastes in mind. But what is truly wonderful about this book, as with the others, is Ms. Williams' writing style, which is straighforward and never disappoints. Overall, I would recommend this book; it's her "point of view" and one has to take it as that.

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A Grand Disappointment

Regular readers of decorating magazines will have seen most of this before; probably about 90% of these projects have been previously published. And within the book many of the rooms are repeated several times, adding to the feeling of deja vu all over again. Despite the decorator's talent and the attractive photos, most readers will not feel satisfied after thumbing through this book. Undoubtedly some clients declined to have their homes in the book, but it hardly seems like three decades worth of work. It looks more like a decade and a half presented here. And besides, if she worked for over 20 years with Parish-Hadley and about 20 years with her own firm, how were the first 10 years spent -- answering phones, getting coffee, and returning samples? If the same effort spent to publicise this book had gone into the development, one cannot help but think it would have produced a much better result. While the architecture of the houses and apartments is generally top notch, and nothing about the decorating is objectionable (well, with the exception of some hideous taxidermy prominently featured in one project), there is not much substance to either the decorating or the text. This is not necessarily a book one would return to over and over to pick up subtle nuances of design. But it would be an attractive additon to any coffee table.

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