Bunny Williams grew up on a small farm in Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...

. She attended Garland Junior College

Garland Junior College

Garland Junior College was a liberal arts women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Mary Garland established the Garland Kindergarten Training School in 1872 on Chestnut Street in Boston's Beacon Hill. By 1903, the school had expanded its curriculum to include home economics, and was renamed the...

 in Boston

Boston

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, which was an all woman’s school, and is now part of Simmons

Simmons College (Massachusetts)

Simmons College, established in 1899, is a private women's undergraduate college and private co-educational graduate school in Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Simmons was founded in 1899 with a bequest by John Simmons a wealthy clothing manufacturer in Boston...

. After school, Bunny moved to New York City

New York City

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 where she worked as a receptionist for Stair & Co., an English antiques store. Following this tenure Mrs. Williams went to work for the firm Parrish -Hadley, where she was assistant to Albert Hadley

Albert Hadley

Albert Hadley is an American interior decorator born in Nashville, Tennessee. His long-time design partner was Sister Parish. He attended Peabody College, Nashville, and a graduate of and teacher at Parsons School of Design, New York City and Paris. He trained with the South's best-known...

. After 22 years with the firm Bunny started her own company Bunny Williams Incorporated in 1988.

Today Mrs. Williams continues to run this firm with a staff of fourteen. She is a co-owner of Trelliage, a garden furniture

Garden furniture

Garden furniture, also called patio furniture and outdoor furniture, is a type of furniture specifically designed for outdoor use. It is typically made of weather resistant materials...

 and accessories shop, with John Rosselli. Beeline Home is her line of furniture

Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

 and accessories for the home. Mrs. Williams is also the author of four books: On Garden Style, An Affair With a House, Bunny Williams’ Point of View, and A Scrapbook for Living.