tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post3613257908150281526..comments2024-03-25T14:54:55.289-04:00Comments on little augury: Bunny love, An Affair with a RoomP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-77730211516194291422009-08-18T23:33:59.098-04:002009-08-18T23:33:59.098-04:00I love 'The Room' - even more so viewing t...I love 'The Room' - even more so viewing the additional pictures. Amazing the layers of personality and interest - almost more of a set design as it tells a story of who might inhabit this space. Brilliant!!<br />ChristyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-21941750239270600662009-08-18T15:31:35.393-04:002009-08-18T15:31:35.393-04:00I realize a lot of people were rather taken aback ...I realize a lot of people were rather taken aback by this room. Which, by the way, I think is fabulous. It's wonderful when a room design encourages people in the attempt to articulate their own style.<br />For myself, I found that the room fairly crackles with creativity and, upon seeing it for the first time, I could see quite clearly the interesting person who perhaps lived there, and had just stepped out for a stroll in the garden.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-53121103768842678042009-08-18T15:11:15.958-04:002009-08-18T15:11:15.958-04:00Ah.The beat goes on.Must one continue to drum the ...Ah.The beat goes on.Must one continue to drum the same idea,if pillows don't "go",it won't do? <br /><br />As to the touches of Mr. Hadley, stating the obvious is not necessary for most, for some it must be stated over and over and over, oh yes,and it must match. Mr.Mr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-46790779279299441592009-08-18T09:53:17.443-04:002009-08-18T09:53:17.443-04:00Great post - so much information! I like the room ...Great post - so much information! I like the room much more after seeing the additional photos. (I especially love that painted sisal rug!) The room has a great mix of styles and the space feels comfortable. I think it could have been elevated with fewer of the beeline home products and better art.<br /><br />–LanaTopsy Turvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06753904424265493646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-32184403215213676142009-08-18T02:07:37.697-04:002009-08-18T02:07:37.697-04:00Your links to Mitchell's blog are broken.
Ve...Your links to Mitchell's blog are broken. <br /><br />Very interesting article - it is amazing how much discussion this one room has garnered which is a testament to Ms. Williams - though I do think if it wasn't on the cover last month, there wouldn't be quite as much. I have such a different take on the room than you do. Although, of course, the red chair was said to be in Hadley's honor - Williams when interviewed didn't say mention that at all - perhaps the homage is something people are reading into it? Not sure. I felt the room was a advertisement for Beeline Home with every item from the line put into the room along with the art work which drove the turq. color being an artist Williams represents in her shop. In Edith Wharton's house, Williams designed a similar rug, though without stars, but it's hard for me to see the rug as another nod to Hadley. Perhaps. I go back to this in my mind: imagine the blue and white damask pattern made up as pillows and put on the olive sofa. Well, I can't imagine that actually - which is my point. If you can't place those fabrics on top of each other, how can they be next to one another? Lancaster's room is the height of sophistication - one of the prettiest and most discussed rooms designed in modern times. To see it next to this only heightens the feeling that Williams room was merely a large advertisment for her wares, and a manipulation of the paying audience. The only thing I read in this room is an attempt to marry disparate product. Esteemed blogger AALament commented on my blog that he had stood in the space and found it wonderful. I usually agree with his opinions - so perhaps not actually standing in the space puts me at a disadvantage. I'll never know. Thanks for a very well written, well thought out article and for allowing the frank discussion.cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-36607929713521703692009-08-18T00:23:52.365-04:002009-08-18T00:23:52.365-04:00Howdy. Thanks for the visit. Love so much here. Th...Howdy. Thanks for the visit. Love so much here. The "Bunny Post" picture of Nancy Lancaster's Haseley Court yellow salon has a portrait (left side back) that now hangs in Oscar de la Renta's New York home...and he's emulated her yellow walls. I have a snipped of the room, including said portrait ("Golden Yellow 7/22)...if by chance you haven't seen it.Trouvaishttp://trouvais.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-6312691290081737382009-08-17T20:48:05.953-04:002009-08-17T20:48:05.953-04:00Gaye, Interesting dissection of The Room. The addi...Gaye, Interesting dissection of The Room. The additional photos help me like it a little more, and I do love the sofa in the separate picture. Yours and Toby's point about the quotations of Hadley is well made. Was the Miles Redd blue room a similar quote do you <br />think?<br /><br />Of course I still would never pick the room, but that's not important. Anyway, very educational post. <br /><br />But by making a strong statement in a showhouse , don't you think BW's inviting comment or discussion? I think its a bit different when it's someone's home, and the clients taste as well as the designer's is involved. In any case, everytime one of us hates something, you can be sure someone else loves it equally well.balsamfirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347379810451503618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-81368434067523647972009-08-17T19:34:49.087-04:002009-08-17T19:34:49.087-04:00LA: I think you have worked very hard to frame a r...LA: I think you have worked very hard to frame a rebuttal to the flapdoodle going round and round about the Bunny Williams room. I'll be upfront, this room gives me the heeby-jeebies. For me to spend any time in this room would require the steady use of tranquilizers in an IV drip. <br /><br />However, you have done a masterful job in discussing the issues. I do so appreciate the ties to Albert Hadley. I had scoured my library and found little to link this room to his work. You have solved some of the mysteries and I do appreciate knowing there are tips and codes to be explored. I appreciate your scholarly review here.<br /><br />I also appreciate your sense of fairness. Most of the comments I have read have been like "love bunny's work; this one, not so much."<br /><br />"An Affair of the House," is one of my all-time favorite books. I like the perfect imperfection of it all. I, like you, like the collected art she explains that doesn't have to be great, it just has to speak to her heart. I just didn't feel the love in this particular room.<br /><br />It gives me comfort that the educated and experienced voices I trust such as you, AAL, TW, Magnaverde and EEE, all saw wonder in this room. It also gives me reassurance that I have my own sense of self to say, I don't agree.<br /><br />I applaud your good work here on Bunny Williams' behalf. More than great design, I appreciate fairness and passionate convictions. In that department, your post gets an A+ from me.home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.com