Inspire Me!: Beeline For Bunny

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Beeline For Bunny

I have just returned from the Furniture Market in High Point, and let me just say that I am completely INSPIRED. It was truly amazing. There will be many pictures and details of the market-at-large in the days to come. However, for now, I cannot wait another moment without gushing about Bunny Williams. I was fortunate enough to spend more than an hour with her in her showroom, and let me just say that the person, Bunny Williams, is as gracious as her designs are inspired. Without a doubt, it was a 'high point' of the market for me.

Bunny Williams and me.

Luckily for all of you, Eatman's is to be the stocking dealer of her beyond-fabulous collection, Beeline, with the first pieces arriving in a matter of weeks. Due to her wealth of experience in the industry along with her personal flair for the simplistically elegant, her designs speak for themselves. Each one is perfection and your home would be all the better for housing any piece from the collection. Feast on these images and be inspired.

Enjoy...

Betty

Lacquered lattice Arm Chair, as comfortable as it is beautiful.

Regency-inspired Star Chair with splayed legs and a chalky finish with hand-applied gold leaf details.

The silver gilt finish on this coffee table enhances the beautiful, open, angular base.

Harvest Table (Cerused Oak) with open tubular wrought iron base, center gilt metal rope detail and cerused oak top. This treasure appears to float off the floor, yet is sturdy enough to use as a kitchen table.

Twigs Mirror with a hand-carved faux bois frame, an old gold patina with a lightly antiqued mirror glass.

Shadowbox Mirror in an old gold finish, with a curved profile and applied star ornamentation.

This elegant-but-compact Pug Bench has carved scroll legs and paw feet with an upholstered cushion.


Copper Lotus Hurricane with copper tendrils tied by twisted metal roping and a painted green base.

Eglomise Coffee Table with golden iron base and an inset, sea-green top.

About vanCollier

Established in 1995, vanCollier began as an antique and interior design firm. With backgrounds in art history, fine arts and decorative arts, vanCollier marries old world elegance with contemporary design. The married couple behind this firm-on-the-rise is Beth and Chris Collier, who work together on their wide range of projects domestically and abroad. Their philosophy: Use traditional influences to create sophisticated and approachable environments. Says Beth, "Rooms should be masculine and feminine while conveying both traditional and eccentric details."

To contact Beth, email her at vancollier@suddenlink.net

About Eatman's Carpets and Interiors

Eatman's Carpets and Interiors is my family's business. My grandfather, Bill Eatman, opened its doors in 1957 in Downtown Raleigh as a design studio/upholstery workroom selling high end fabrics, wool carpeting, and wallpaper. My father, Woody Eatman, the current president, followed in his father's footsteps joining the family business after school. Years later, with her Design degree in hand, my mother was hired as a designer by Eatman's. My Dad and my Mom fell in love and married. Over time, Eatman's became a innovator in the world of flooring creating computer systems specifically for the industry as well as adding to the business a supply and installation divisions. Fast-forwarding through my arrival and my sister's, the business is now a hybrid of the past and the present. We continue to be a leading supplier of carpets residentially and commercially, and we continue to expand into the world of interior design with new fabric, furniture and lighting lines. But more than all that, it is where our family hangs its hat. It is, in every sense of the word, a labor of great love.