Hooked on Grey Gardens

by HOOKEDONHOUSES on APRIL 23, 2009

Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of each week to celebrate the things that make us happy. This week I’m hooked on Grey Gardens, the East Hampton estate featured in an HBO movie starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. The house was one of the main characters in the film, and it was fascinating to watch it evolve through the years. Here are a few photos from the film set depicting Grey Gardens’ heyday in the 1930s:

I discovered a beautiful blog called Bloomacious this week during my searches for all things Grey Gardens. They have a wonderful interview with Grey Gardens Production Designer Kalina Ivanov and many more photos of the sets from the film that you can see there.

If you have missed Valorie’s series of posts about Grey Gardens on her blog Visual Vamp, I highly recommend them. She actually knew the Beales and has fascinating personal stories to tell about them.

Watching this beautiful home age and decay during the course of the film was painful. I’m sure you’ve seen the images of it with trees growing through the walls and English ivy covering the windows. Happily, Grey Gardens was purchased and completely restored by Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee. Architectural Digest published photographs of it that you can see here. Over at Content in a Cottage you can watch a video that shows the lush grounds and some of the home’s interiors today.

Did you see the movie? Were you as captivated by it as I was? (I’m joining Fifi’s Fashionable Friday blog party today, too. Be sure to check it out!)

Now it’s your turn to tell us what you’re hooked on. If you have something to share with us on your blog, then add your link below. Just please be sure to:

1. Add the permalink to the specific blog post, not your general blog address.
2. You can put what you’re hooked on in parentheses after your blog name. You’ll probably get more visitors that way! Ex: Hookedonhouses (Not So Big Houses)
3. Link back to the party from your post so that your readers can come and see what everyone else is talking about today!
4. Visit as many of the other participants as possible and leave comments! That’s what a blog party is all about!
5. Double-check to make sure your link works and goes to the right page so it doesn’t get deleted! If you come back and see your link is gone, re-read these rules and try again.

Hooked on Fridays Participants

1. Arleen @ Seasons for All at Home 2. TK – (Raod Trip) 3. songbirdtiff ($20 room makeover) 4. Designing Your Dream Home (Hooked on Staircase railings) 5. Chez DeJonge (Hooked on Home Tours) 6. DesignTies (Hooked on sunrooms) 7. Puna – more kitchen pics 8. rue\’s pb&j life (Old Houses for sale) 9. Cooking During Stolen Moments (pineapple chicken) 10. Maya (Oprah\’s Retreats) 11. Floating Island (Photos) | Gennaro 12. Mary Beth {Flowers, Seeds & Growing} 13. Beach Cottage Love (blue table) 14. Deb/Dumbwittellher 15. Eileen@Star\’sFault 16. A Simple Walk (frugal decorating ideas needed!) 17. Katie @ Making This Home 18. Gayle @ Planet M Files(Pet Parade) 19. Kellie (giveaways– keepsake drawings) 20. Wayfaring Wanderer {Hk\’d on Wildflowers} 21. We are THAT family (Dollar Decor) 22. Susan (Exceptional Dining Room & Tablescape) 23. Our Nifty Notebook (Spring Planting) 24. Trish@TheOldPostRoad (Zinnias) 25. Christy – flea markets

26. Jill@Forever Cottage(Pottery Barn) 27. Mrs.Petrie (goody bags & a GIVEAWAY) 28. Lime in the Coconut…(Horses) 29. the BLAH BLAH BLAHger (built-ins) 30. Fifi Flowers Hooked on Champagne 31. Fabulously French (french beds) 32. m (Lovely Letters) 33. Marian – 34. Onlinehandyman is hooked on laminate floors 35. The World According to Isa (Treasure Hunting) 36. Claudia@DipityRoad (great photo ops) 37. Visual Vamp 38. Liz@Violet Posy (Wall Stickers & Giveaway) 39. Robin Rane\’ All Things Heart and Home 40. susan (Your home, only better.) 41. velvet and linen (hooked on interior design) 42. Gina @ The Shabby Chic Cottage (Pink Chandelier) 43. Creations From My Heart (Dollar Store) 44. Kristen@PajamaMama (free craft organization) 45. TidyMom(Banana Cake) 46. Jane @ Beach House 47. Laura @ Decor to Adore 48. Tricia 49. Newlyweds (Rain & Garden) 50. Jenelle @ This Lady Blogs (hooked on handmade!)

51. Angela @ PeonyPatch (Amy Butler) 52. RetroRuth (Vintage Johnson Wax Decorating Ideas) 53. Flower Patch Farmgirl (Blue Walls and Chippy Paint) 54.Shawn/Lifeatbuttercupfarm Spring Bursting Out!) 55. TheEckLife-table cloth curtains 56. Daly Essentials-renovations 57. wendy langston 58. Carolina Mama (You\’re Invited…!) 59. MissCaron (iron staircases) 60. Liz@It\’s Great To Be Home (painting fireplace surrounds) 61. From the Right Bank to the Left Coast 62. ImagineCozy (Shelf Repurposed) 63. {ae filkins} Hooked on Crackbook. I mean Facebook 64. Lynne, Tea for Joy (painted stairs) 65. ginnycartersmallenburg 66. Animator\’s Wife (homemade tumbling composter) 67. Florida Sue 68. SuzyHomemaker (Twilight) 69. The Tea Room (Pink Paper Crafts) 70.Jillian@Housewears(hooked on Design Inc\’s Tommy Smythe 71. WillowDecor 72. Becky *hooked on ladies * 73. ALCHEMY 74. Lindsay @ Peacock Blue (garden stools) 75. Jeanette @ A Passion for Scrapbooking, Decorating & Shopping (neoclassicism)

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