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an older couple sitting on a porch next to each other

Ever since the release of the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens, the ramshackle East Hampton estate and its reclusive inhabitants have exerted a mysterious pull. What many don't know, however, is that the grey-shingled house is...

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a woman sitting on the ground in front of a house

Candy colored porcelain doorknobs from France. Oh. My. These beauties were spotted on an Instagram post by a woman who mostly sells amazing antique garden furniture and ornaments. She is also from Massachusetts, and I am constantly amazed at her incredible inventory. I ooh and ahhh over the furniture, but when she posted these special hand painted and gilded knobs, I knew I just had to have them! Laurie of Plain and Elegant Antiques is someone to follow if you, like me, are into garden…

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an old photo of a house with flowers in the front yard and garden behind it

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful mansion built in the Hamptons called Grey Gardens. Grey Gardens got its name from the cement garden walls, the color of the dunes and the sea mist. Grey Gardens would become notorious for its eccentric mother and daughter inhabitants, Big Edie and Little Edie Beale, after a series of twists and turns, brought them cult status and notoriety. A reverse story of riches to rags with celebrity relatives always makes for a great tale. A14 room shingle style…

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two women standing next to each other in front of a house

Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Little Edie" of the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens died in 2002, but she continues to inspire everyone from Broadway producers and Drew Barrymore to Rufus Wainwright. Little Edie would have been 96 this year, so let's celebrate with a few gorgeous pictures, courtesy of Grey Gardens Collections.

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two women sitting on a bed with one holding a wine glass and the other looking at the camera

The Bouvier family is most famous for producing one of America’s most influential socialites and First Ladies: Jacqueline Lee (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis, the wife of President John F. Kennedy. However, their legacy also includes the sad tale of the daughter of a great house being reduced to poverty and misery.…

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