We hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. We’ve been busy developing new products and working with wonderful showrooms and retail stores across the country that are carrying our Grey Gardens Hydrangea Fabric.

Grey Gardens Hydrangea Fabric on Antique Linen

Available in Antique Linen and White, our Grey Gardens Hydrangea fabric is hand printed in the USA, on 100% Belgian Cotton linen for a luxurious look for the home. Completely fresh and unique, you will not find another fabric like this on the market.

Grey Gardens Hydrangea Fabric on Antique Linen

Details:

Luxurious 100% Belgian Cotton Linen, hand printed in the USA.

Width: 50-1/2″
Horizontal Repeat: 25″ 
Vertical Repeat: 25″

Two colorways: Antique linen (above) and white linen (below)

$300/yard. Order Grey Gardens Fabric online here.

Grey Gardens Hydrangea Fabric on White Linen

Grey Gardens Hydrange fabric is also available at these fine showrooms and retail stores:

Showrooms:

Kenneth McDonald Designs in Costa Mesa Ca
Keith McCoy in Los Angeles
Partridge Associates in San Francisco Ca
Southbay Design Center in San Jose Ca
B Berger in New York City New York and Dallas, Texas
Designsource in Hartford Connecticut
Design Concepts to the Trade Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tulsa Design Concept Tulsa Oklahoma
AE Monroe Showroom, Beachwood, Ohio

Retail stores:

Summerhouse, Mill Valley Ca
The Design House , Southampton NY

Please also visit this fabulous blog at CotedeTexas for a truly wonderful overview of Grey Gardens style!

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Fine Living: Invite a socialite’s aesthetics into your home

By PJ Bremier
IJ correspondent

THE LATE EDITH Bouvier Beale, or “Little Edie” as the world would come to know her, was a popular New York socialite and daring style icon of the 1920s and ’30s, not to mention one of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ most famous cousins.

Eva Marie Beale, though, knew her as the family showstopper. The Mill Valley resident first met “Little Edie,” the subject of two hit films and an inspiration to fashion designers and a legion of fans, at her wedding rehearsal dinner to Little Edie’s nephew, Bouvier Beale, in 1980.

“She was beyond all my expectations,” Beale recalls. “She was the life of the party. She spoke to all of the guests and was really extroverted. She loved stealing the show and was very good at it.”

Since then, Beale has published several books on her charming in-law: “Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures” (2008) and “I Only Mark the Hours That Shine: Little Edie’s Diary — 1929″ (2010). A new book of “Little Edie’s” poetry is due to be published this year.

Read the rest of the story here:

Eva Marie Beale of Mill Valley founded the Grey Gardens Collection, an online store selling wares such as these ironstone pieces that capture the aesthetics of her relative, the late socialite Edith ' Little Edie' Bouvier Beale. E Beale Grey Gardens Collections

 

Eva Marie Beale of Mill Valley founded the Grey Gardens Collection, an online store selling wares such as this fabric that capture the aesthetics of her relative, the late socialite Edith ' Little Edie' Bouvier Beale. E Beale Grey Gardens Collections

 

Eva Marie Beale of Mill Valley founded the Grey Gardens Collection, an online store selling wares such as this brooch that capture the aesthetics of her relative, the late socialite Edith ' Little Edie' Bouvier Beale. E Beale Grey Gardens Collections

The late socialite Edith ' Little Edie' Bouvier Beale. the late socialite Edith ' Little Edie' Bouvier Beale. Provided by Eva Marie Beale

 

 

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Grey Gardens dinner parties back in the late 1920’s must have been fabulous. When things were at their best at Grey Gardens you can be sure they had the highest quality china, silver and table linens. One of my passions is collecting beautiful dishes to mix and match, inspired by tales of parties at Grey Gardens.

On September 14, 1929 Edie wrote  about “Mother’s party” in her diary I Only Mark the Hours that Shine (recently published and available at Greygardenscollections.com and one  can imagine the fine table settings, and how things looked at Grey Gardens set up for the dinner with 18 guests!

Grey Gardens Style Table Setting

Look closely at the linens – beautiful off-white antique linens with Edie’s initials: EB!

The plates are a display of beautiful flowers – tulips, roses, and dahlia’s – with a pink and gold trim. They are of the finest – on the back it is marked “P.T. Bavaria Tirschenreuth, Decorated in Own Studios” – these are rare and beautiful and in perfect condition. They are hand painted and really have a great look.

Table Setting on Fine White Linen Tablecloth

You can mix and match and really make your table sensational. For example, these dishes are really high quality porcelain and mixed with the country style ironstone works! It really has a nice look. Start collecting  ironstone as you find a piece you like and mix it with some of your favorite china.  Eventually you will end up with a great collection!

Mix and match with fine porcelain and white ironstone

Now I have added a French pattern “Luneville” to the table and mixing with the ironstone is very appealing.  The old wicker basket painted in “Grey Gardens Green” brings color to the table and it works!

Table Setting featuring plates with French "Luneville" pattern.

I am always hunting for new plates for Greygardenscollections.com, so visit the website often to see if any work with your collection!

- Eva

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