Multi-Channel Furniture Retailer Launches New Collection With Top Tier Designer

ATLANTA, Aug. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballard Designs, a premier multi-channel source for European-inspired home furnishings and accents, introduces the newest product collaboration with famed designer, Bunny Williams. The collection, inspired by Williams' own treasures from her travels around the world, fuse function and fashion for the tabletop and make for easy entertaining.

The products contain everything needed to set the table – from linens, glassware and dinnerware to placecard holders and cachepots. The collection, which spans over 120 SKUs, also incorporates stylish solutions for the home including the hand-stitched leather charging station and guest towel holders.

"Because the collection is very well thought out and designed to mix and match the pieces, people can really make it their own," says Bunny Williams. "Hosting is not meant to be stressful and the more prepared you are, the easier it will be to entertain – even at the last minute."

The partnership with Williams marks the second launch with an interior designer for Ballard Designs. Initially, the collection will focus on tabletop, entertaining and holiday, but will expand into other categories in 2015.  

"Bunny Williams is not just a design icon, but an accomplished author, a gardening guru, and a true expert in entertaining," explains Ryan McKelvey, President of Ballard Designs. "We are constantly impressed by her style and sensibility, both in business and decorating, and collaborating with her on this collection was a natural fit for our brand."

For more information or the view to the products online, log on to www.ballarddesigns.com/bunny.

About Ballard Designs:
Ballard Designs is one of the premier multi-channel sources for European-inspired home furnishings and accents. A full-color catalog is published monthly, and over 55 million are circulated around the country each year. Ballard Designs was founded in 1983 by Helen Ballard Weeks. The brand offers a unique combination of exclusive products, trusted design expertise and competitively priced, classically inspired home furnishings. In 2008, Ballard Designs became part of HSN, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSNI).  under the Cornerstone Brands umbrella. Ballard Designs' corporate headquarters are located in Atlanta, GA.

About Bunny Williams: 
Bunny Williams is a world renowned interior designer with a modern vision, a sense of history, and the confidence to take the unexpected path. Both a trailblazer and a tastemaker, Williams' style is classic, but never predictable. Williams began her career at Stair & Co. followed by Parish-Hadley Associates. She currently runs her own design firm, Bunny Williams Inc, which she formed in 1988. In 2008 she introduced a now celebrated home furnishings collection, Bunny Williams Home, which continues to expand online (www.bunnywilliamshome.com) and in showrooms across the country. Additionally, she and her husband John Rosselli, own Treillage Ltd., a NYC based shop selling garden objects, antiques, and decorative accessories.  Williams has also published four successful garden and design books, "On Garden Style", "An Affair with a House", "Point of View" and "Scrapbook for Living".

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