Grey Gardens

If you haven't already seen the HBO original movie, Grey Gardens, I recommend that you do. The film is based on the lives of "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, two charming eccentrics who were relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. They led an interesting riches to rags life, ending up in almost total isolation in a decaying, 28-room mansion in East Hampton

While I was watching the film, I was enchanted by the decor of the mansion before the ladies ended up in squalor. The rooms were decorated in ornate, Art Deco style furnishings in rich purple and gold. This week's People magazine feature a snapshot of one of the rooms shown below.



I've mentioned time and time again that purple is a lead color in today's fashion and home decor trends. For a Grey Garden's style Christmas, look to our collection of matte gold ornaments, like the partridge in a pear tree featured above and tie it to your tree with rich purple ribbon.