An Affair with a Houseby Bunny Williams For 28 years the world renowned interior designer Bunny Williams has been involved in a passionate love affair with an18th century New England manor house that she found in sad repair. From the moment she walked up the driveway and her palms began to perspire, Williams knew she wanted the affair to last forever. In her sumptuous new book, An Affair with a House, the venerable decorator describes in detail how she and her husband,