Bunny Williams Foyer - I Spy

Bunny Williams

I came across this picture of the foyer in the Connecticut home of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli. If you look closely you will see a white obelisk just inside the door. I have what looks to be the same one that I picked up years ago at a favorite vintage store in McLean, Virginia. 

Bunny Williams' New Bedroom

Bunny Williams - Veranda

 

Wanting to stay in their Connecticut home forever, Bunny Williams and husband John Rosselli have added a first floor master bedroom to their Connecticut home.

Foliage Arched Mirror High/Low

Furlow's Folly

 

I posted this beautiful vignette a couple of weeks ago with pieces from the collection of Furlow Gatewood and John Rosselli including decorative painted hall chairs, pedestals, tables, consoles, and jardinières.

Living with Dogs

Carolyne Roehm with her dogs

My pups have their annual physicals today, so it seemed like a great day to post about living with dogs.

Furlow Gatewood & White Pagodas

Furlow's Folly

 

This vignette is from the collection of Furlow Gatewood and John Rosselli, their new collection of decorative painted hall chairs, pedestals, tables, consoles, and jardinières half a century in the making.

John Rosselli Auction

John Rosselli

 Another victim of the pandemic, the wonderful NYC store of John Rosselli (also the husband of Bunny Williams) shuttered a while back. Today at 11 am, some of it goes to auction at Stair Galleries. Online and telephone bids will be taken as well. Here are some of my favorites. The chandelier would be great for my walk-in closet.

The Chinoiserie Outdoor Dining Space

Bunny Williams and John Rosselli - Architectural Digest

 We have looked many times at the wonderful living room in the Punta Cana Dominican Republic home of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli. This is the outdoor dining area. In many homes in tropical locations, there is no formal dining room and meals and entertaining take place in the outdoor dining space.

I love the limestone dining table, wicker chairs, and antique wrought iron chandelier. I also love the tall leggy palms in blue and white Chinese fishbowls. They are elegant and beautiful and do not take up a lot of visual or actual space. I might borrow this idea for my lanai. All the blue and white Chinese porcelain looks great with the natural and organic elements. Note the elegant lettuce ware centerpiece. Do any of you collect lettuce ware? 

Tropical Chinoiserie

Genevieve Faure - Architectural Digest

This wonderful living room is in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Does it remind you of anything? To me, it is reminiscent of the Bunny Williams/John Rosselli home, also in Punta Cana. The walls and floors look virtually identical to mine. Note the blue and white ginger jars on pedestals and the large jar with tropical fronds. The pup is on an Oscar de la Renta collection trellis chair.

A fascinating feature is that the sofas are on concrete bases.

Genevieve Faure - Architectural Digest

Here is the Bunny Williams and John Rosselli living room.

Bunny Williams/John Rosselli

 

My Favorite Living Room

Bunny Williams & John Rosselli

I have posted hundreds of living rooms in the years I have been doing Chinoiserie Chic, but none do I love more than this one, Bunny Williams and John Rosselli's Punta Cana home. I would love to share more photos of this room.

There are so many elements here I will use in my living room and home in general. Lots of blue and white Chinese porcelain including Chinese garden stools, ginger jars, vases, lamps, and cachepots. Pagodas. Elephants. Palm fronds as floral arrangements. Potted orchids. Painted ceilings. Neutral walls and floors. Books. British Colonial style. Ceiling fans. Sea shells. Slipper chairs. Animal decor. Tropical. Collections. Timeless.

This room makes me happy. I believe Mark Sikes said this is the most beautiful living room in the world. I must agree. It certainly embraces the style I would love to capture in my new tropical Chinoiserie home. What do you think?

I Am Back

John Rosselli

This is the incredibly chic Manhattan apartment of John Rosselli (who is married to Bunny Williams). Note the subtle but exquisite use of Chinoiserie - blue and white Chinese porcelain, an antique black and gold Chinese desk, and blanc de Chine.

On a personal note, I plan to be back to regular posting. The past 6 months drained me profoundly physically and emotionally - leaving the home I had lived in for 20 years with my daughter and late husband, losing my adored pup Isabella at the age of 16, packing and downsizing a lifetime of belongings, moving to Florida, and setting up a new home under very adverse circumstances including a botched crazy expensive new tile roof leaking everywhere and resulting mold issues causing health issues in my pups Harper and Margot.

Thanks for all your notes and concern - I am feeling stronger and plan on sharing my new lovely Chinoiserie filled home with you all as well.

This blog has been a labor of love for over a decade and I am looking forward to returning to it more than you know.

Chinoiserie Outdoors

Architectural Digest

The dining loggia of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli's Dominican Republican retreat features an antique wrought iron lantern, a French limestone table, wicker chairs, and and several pieces of blue and white Chinese porcelain.

Bunny Williams

Whenever I think of favorite Chinoiserie rooms exemplifying spring and summer, my mind always takes me back to this amazing living room at the Punta Cana home of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli. From its blue and white Chinese porcelain, a pagoda, an elephant, the wonderful soft palette, the framed panels, the striped rug, the massive mirror, antique textiles, casual slipcovers - I love it all. The room epitomizes what I admire most in interior design -  a home that looks like it has evolved over time with the beautiful objects and collections of a life well lived.