The story of Big and Little Edie is one of the most paradoxically sad and inspirational stories ever. I’m so glad Grey Gardens has been returned to its former glory. I love that most of the furniture is original to the house.
@@anneblubaugh58 220k in 1979 is equivalent to 900k in 2022. By the looks of it she put in over a couple million in renovations and upkeep over the years. Still a good long term investment especially since she still is the owner after 40 years. As the saying goes though, you gotta spend money to make money
@Jim Elliott Not nice and just your opinion, she did a beautiful thing by using the old furnishings and the house looks cozy and not overdone...perfect IMO
This woman totally gets it... seagrass mats, chintz, wicker chairs and aqua painted trim and cedar shakes. Original, classic wasp summerhouse style at its best. Gorgeous!!
@@AL-pk4ij I'm glad I'm not the only one who still knows the difference! WASP= White Anglo Saxon PRODISTANT. Catholic is NOT prodistant. (But I get why ppl would think it's all the same. Rich white ppl is rich white ppl. Lol.)
The money that must have went into this old historic estate home to put in new walls, plaster and ceiling work, attic and basement work, new flooring, probably new sub=flooring just to eliminate cat/animal smells and years of neglect must have been incredible. I've watched the documentary and am happy that this unique home's history has been preserved and improved.
Steven Torrey right? I'd love these tours to be about the structure and not the person doing them. How about the kitchen? Bathrooms, hallways? Perhaps there's a better video somewhere.
Beautiful restoration of the grande old dame that is Grey Gardens. Kudos to Sally Quinn and team. Loved the story of the message given from spirit. Hoping for many years of love, warmth, and friendship to the new occupants.
I was going to say that Sally Quinn is a Saint for undertaking a renovation of that magnitude, but she has already been called an Angel. May this video give her the recognition she deserves.
Stephen Golden She really is. And quite the visionary too! To walk into that house and see all the decay and literally smell it??? I would have turned around and walked right back out but Sally and her husband Ben knew something great when they saw it!
I think you should research sally Quinn. I believe she talks about practicing witchcraft and putting curses on people she wanted gone in her autobiography. She stopped only after her brother asked her to after she had a child with mental difficulties. Not the saint or angel you describe. Married to Ben Bradley.
Sally Quinn is the widow of Ben Bradlee, editor of the Washington post during watergate. FYI. He was the boss of Woodward and Bernstein, and encouraged and supported them in their investigative reporting that helped end Nixon’s presidency.
You have to love the Hamptons and those who live there no matter how rich and crazy they are. I love the story of Gray Gardens and this part of its new life is wonderful. Well done!!
What a brave and wonderful woman to take on what must have seemed an impossible task to make that house something beautiful again. A fantastic job and it looks remarkable.
The garden is lovely! The house is fixed up very nice..I love the staircase when you walk into the front hall..They did a really beautiful job on that house..Before it was a disaster!
Such a beautiful and wonderful soul she was Destiny to have gray garden and little Edie & big Edie are very proud of her too for making gray garden come back to life once’s again ❤️👌👍👏
Imagine what the already finished neighboring houses were worth. Bet she got that house for a steal. That and the neighbors probably took a collection to assist with the exteriors and landscaping… fixing it certainly helped their bottom lines as well.
I am sure it was expensive. It is typically more costly to upgrade/restore/repair as opposed to a new build. It was structural, electric, plumbing, HVAC, roof etc etc.
Sally Quinn without any fanfare. Yes, she and her husband Ben Bradlee would have the means and sensibility to restore this home in such a way. Amazing 👏
Really very beautiful recovery Just remarkable detail very well and Apropos furnished. The story is Lovely and very respectful of Grey Gardens History. Love From F..H.S. (Joe) Savannah GA.
The woman "Lois" she mentioned is Lois Wright, a long-time friend of the Beale's, who appears in the Grey Gardens documentary as one of the birthday guests. She actually lived with them at Grey Gardens for a year in the mid-1970's, and wrote a book about her experiences. She's reputed to be a famous artist and palmist, also having a long-running radio show.
@@staceylili6703 Don't be so unkind. Instead, look into the facts and circumstances that besieged them before you make a judgement. A little compassion is a fine virtue.
It’s just so wonderful that Sally bought GREY GARDENS from Little Edie Beale and just turned it into the beauty of an estate that it once was. After all the home went through Racoons and over 32 cats roaming around doing their business everywhere. There business is very pungent!! The Beales really let the place go badly they were both very eccentric Big Edie and Little Edie. I saw the Grey Gardens doc from the 70’s as well as the 2009 docudrama that Drew Barrymore starred as Litle Edie for HBO. She was excellent as Edie. The house was so beautiful and Sally made it stunning again. This is so wonderful.
I am so glad this lady bought Grey Gardens ! I was really worried it was going to just fall down and be in lost in the garden never to be seen again! What beautiful job she has done .
I hope all the cats found homes... but I just love that it is fully restored and looking better than ever. The Edies were such classic characters. Bless their souls.
I remember hearing little edie agreed and let animal rescues take them, all but maybe four and she kept them until they died, when she finally moved and left Grey Gardens I remember reading she took one cat with her. I wish I knew what happened to the ones that were taken away, I never heard that they were put down
I was hoping the all of cats were rescued and given loving, forever families after they were no longer going to live at Grey Gardens. The poor, sweet, furry loves after they lost their own family, the Edie's. 😻😿
Bless too this Earth Angel, she purchased this wreck knowing she would not gut & destroy the beauty within. When we r gifted with the mean$ we do wildly wonderful things. Big & little Edie can RIP🤘
Amazing to see the heart of this home was brought back to life and returned to the beauty it was supposed to be. I love to see someone see the specialty a run down home should be and gives it the lift it needed. It would have been sad to see this historic home destroyed and left to rot. The remodel is stunning and I love that the style of the time it was built were followed in returning this home to it's former glory
I'd rather listen to the owner who is more interesting and has a more pleasant voice. Thank you ma'am for restoring and loving the house. I believe old houses have energy/spirit and want to be loved, cared for, etc. I love my 1929 cottage and I am thankful to the people before me who cared for it until I could get here because I LOVE MY COTTAGE! Thanks for the upload to show us the owner.
What the hell good is a beach house if you can’t just plop down and put your feet up? This poor house has been turned into just another hamptons show place.
It's beautiful. I had no idea about any of this. My dream is to own my pwn home, graceful and delight with wonderful enchanted gardens. I was looking online tonight at older homes when suddenly a vid on this one , the before and after arrived. There was a woman in a long fur coat standing in the front yard of this home. She looked very intriguing. She looked like a star. I had no idea who she was. This is all quite interesting. I'm very glad this home was restored. It's beautiful
@@rachelmckee8980 I feel like a lot of the criticism of him that seems to be on here is just thinly veiled homophobia...He didn't seem at all wrong to host this segment to me. Lots of enthusiasm for a very sensitive revivification of the property. What's so wrong with that?
Oh, I love it. Just the gardens would be enough to make me buy it, not to mention the house and the nearby access to the ocean...well, based on a scene in documentary lol
first of all.. the lady who owns the house was suffering from a bad case of cottonmouth. The sounds coming from her mouth were less than pleasant. Second of all.. It's a shame that nobody helped the Edies restore it while they were living there. Somebody should have restored it and given them a lifetime stay. This is bitter sweet.
The story of Big and Little Edie is one of the most paradoxically sad and inspirational stories ever.
I’m so glad Grey Gardens has been returned to its former glory.
I love that most of the furniture is original to the house.
I’m so happy this woman agreed to not knock it down. The structure was so beautiful and Sally did such an amazing job renovating.
Yeah cuz now it is a 20 million dollar home! She bought it for $220k that is incredible! Damn i wish i had the money to flip hpuses
@@anneblubaugh58 220k in 1979 is equivalent to 900k in 2022. By the looks of it she put in over a couple million in renovations and upkeep over the years. Still a good long term investment especially since she still is the owner after 40 years. As the saying goes though, you gotta spend money to make money
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Now it has already been redone again by new owners!
This woman is an angel! She actually took the furniture in the attic and refurbished it... Genius!
government is full of them, but I don't think she was one
@Jim Elliott Not nice and just your opinion, she did a beautiful thing by using the old furnishings and the house looks cozy and not overdone...perfect IMO
@Jim Elliott agreed she doesn't own it anymore
Jim Elliott This is about the design & refurbishment of the house. So go rant off somewhere else if you wanna drag the woman for her other issues.
And only to end up selling it all at an estate sale open to the public.
Sally did a beautiful job l just love the decor.
This woman totally gets it... seagrass mats, chintz, wicker chairs and aqua painted trim and cedar shakes. Original, classic wasp summerhouse style at its best. Gorgeous!!
it looks like a big glass of pink lemonade!
Totally agree! The interior decor fits perfectly with the exterior design and the location of this beautiful home.
They were catholic
@@AL-pk4ij I'm glad I'm not the only one who still knows the difference! WASP= White Anglo Saxon PRODISTANT. Catholic is NOT prodistant. (But I get why ppl would think it's all the same. Rich white ppl is rich white ppl. Lol.)
Bland and so boring. Money doesn't buy you a taste.
The renovation of the house and the garden would have made a great tv programme.
The money that must have went into this old historic estate home to put in new walls, plaster and ceiling work, attic and basement work, new flooring, probably new sub=flooring just to eliminate cat/animal smells and years of neglect must have been incredible. I've watched the documentary and am happy that this unique home's history has been preserved and improved.
"All it needs is a coat of paint!" 💃🏻
-Little Edie
😆
Her great taste brought this beautiful place back to life.
This makes me so happy! That house deserved to be restored/preserved. It’s so beautiful.
Beautiful job Mrs. Quinn. Amazing .
It's actually Mrs. Bradlee. She is the widow of Ben Bradlee.
For such a huge house--28 rooms, you rarely see the little bit but the porch, the living room, and a bed room.
Steven Torrey right? I'd love these tours to be about the structure and not the person doing them. How about the kitchen? Bathrooms, hallways? Perhaps there's a better video somewhere.
Like the Brady Bunch house....
@@jenniferderrickadams341 you want to see a stranger's bathrooms?
creepy
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Sally Quinn is an Angel: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR AMERICAN CULTURE
"A coat of paint"...love the Beales the best part of the Bouviers...💞
Agreed. Nowhere near as stuffy.
@@dunjica77 we are in agreeance.
Beautiful restoration of the grande old dame that is Grey Gardens. Kudos to Sally Quinn and team. Loved the story of the message given from spirit. Hoping for many years of love, warmth, and friendship to the new occupants.
Wow Wow, gorgeous. That is so wonderful how the house and property was restored not demolished.
I was going to say that Sally Quinn is a Saint for undertaking a renovation of that magnitude, but she has already been called an Angel. May this video give her the recognition she deserves.
Stephen Golden She really is. And quite the visionary too! To walk into that house and see all the decay and literally smell it??? I would have turned around and walked right back out but Sally and her husband Ben knew something great when they saw it!
I think you should research sally Quinn. I believe she talks about practicing witchcraft and putting curses on people she wanted gone in her autobiography.
She stopped only after her brother asked her to after she had a child with mental difficulties. Not the saint or angel you describe. Married to Ben Bradley.
god bless them, stars for the ages, free spirits who remind us to be.....our selves...
Sally Quinn is the widow of Ben Bradlee, editor of the Washington post during watergate. FYI. He was the boss of Woodward and Bernstein, and encouraged and supported them in their investigative reporting that helped end Nixon’s presidency.
This cost mega $$$$$$$$$ but it’s beautiful. So glad it’s been brought back to its glory days.
Great job! This house had great bones but you needed a lot of courage and a huge pocketbook to restore it. You had both and gave it life once again💕
You have to love the Hamptons and those who live there no matter how rich and crazy they are. I love the story of Gray Gardens and this part of its new life is wonderful. Well done!!
Oh wow you are breath of fresh air. I watched the movie. Wanted to cry. But with love and elbow grease. You turned it into a show place.
How fortunate she was able to meet little edie
it is so very wonderful to see what has happened at Grey Gardens, lovely
Absolutely beautiful and very inviting and it has such a calm atmosphere
What a brave and wonderful woman to take on what must have seemed an impossible task to make that house something beautiful again. A fantastic job and it looks remarkable.
Brave? She got the house for a very low price and she is rich.
Love the new Grey Gardens, Big Edie and Little Edie would be gloriously proud.
The garden is lovely! The house is fixed up very nice..I love the staircase when you walk into the front hall..They did a really beautiful job on that house..Before it was a disaster!
Such a beautiful and wonderful soul she was Destiny to have gray garden and little Edie & big Edie are very proud of her too for making gray garden come back to life once’s again ❤️👌👍👏
That's beautiful that lady is perfect for the perfect house what a great job thank you for sharing ❤️😄
Beautiful! I love it! I used to watch grey gardens documentary all the time with my mother 😂
That is the most beautiful home I have ever seen. WOW
It must have cost a small fortune to bring that place back to life. It really looks beautiful.
Imagine what the already finished neighboring houses were worth. Bet she got that house for a steal. That and the neighbors probably took a collection to assist with the exteriors and landscaping… fixing it certainly helped their bottom lines as well.
@@kathrynwitte3398 If I remember correctly, they bought the house for $200 000. And when it was later sold again, it was for over $14 000 000.
I am sure it was expensive. It is typically more costly to upgrade/restore/repair as opposed to a new build. It was structural, electric, plumbing, HVAC, roof etc etc.
"Before" and "After" comparisons sure would have been illuminating.
There is a documentary of them...when the house (and their lives) was towards the end.
Think of your worst nightmare. That's all you have to do.
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Great tour - loved how airy and open it was - thx for sharing - cheers from Canada
Sally Quinn without any fanfare. Yes, she and her husband Ben Bradlee would have the means and sensibility to restore this home in such a way. Amazing 👏
Really very beautiful recovery Just remarkable detail very well and Apropos furnished. The story is Lovely and very respectful of Grey Gardens History. Love From F..H.S. (Joe) Savannah GA.
The woman "Lois" she mentioned is Lois Wright, a long-time friend of the Beale's, who appears in the Grey Gardens documentary as one of the birthday guests. She actually lived with them at Grey Gardens for a year in the mid-1970's, and wrote a book about her experiences. She's reputed to be a famous artist and palmist, also having a long-running radio show.
Famous artist? sez who??
@@Marcel_Audubon "Reputed" said so.
Love it! It's Fabulous!
I'm so glad she has this beautiful house. I wish the gals could see it.
Beautiful~! So happy Grey Gardens is restored!
We took a tour of this amazing, magical place. It was beautiful.
What a dream this house is. Beautiful and Big Edie loved her house. I think she would be very happy about it all.
“Yoooz your chyna”!!!!! This man’s intensity is remarkable. Kudos to his energy and enthusiasm.
I’m thrilled to see what she’s done. My dream is to reclaim a wonderful old home like this.
So glad you saved this property!
How wonderful that it was restored instead of demolished! Such majestic beauty!
What happened to the 30 cats.I hope they were adopted.The house looks beautiful now. The Beales were sweet
Love the home, the tour guide is way over the top for me...
Simply divine!💕☺️🌿
I'm sure Big Edie and Little Edie are pleased on how the house and it's furnishings have been restored. I'm sure Big Edie visits every now and then.
Antonio Carter I bet big edie never left
Except they're both dead now.
Why would they be .. they destroyed it .
@@staceylili6703 Don't be so unkind. Instead, look into the facts and circumstances that besieged them before you make a judgement. A little compassion is a fine virtue.
visit she is dead
Magnificent job restoring this beautiful place. 💝✨👍🏼🌻🌞
She is wonderful. Im so happy that she is restoring this home!!!!!!
It’s just so wonderful that Sally bought GREY GARDENS from Little Edie Beale and just turned it into the beauty of an estate that it once was. After all the home went through Racoons and over 32 cats roaming around doing their business everywhere. There business is very pungent!! The Beales really let the place go badly they were both very eccentric Big Edie and Little Edie. I saw the Grey Gardens doc from the 70’s as well as the 2009 docudrama that Drew Barrymore starred as Litle Edie for HBO. She was excellent as Edie. The house was so beautiful and Sally made it stunning again. This is so wonderful.
Wow love how such a historic home with such amazing history was brought back to life
Wow!! Glad the home was refurbished. Lovely.
I am so glad this lady bought Grey Gardens ! I was really worried it was going to just fall down and be in lost in the garden never to be seen again! What beautiful job she has done .
Sally Quinn paid 220,000 for the house with the stipulation that it could not be torn down.
Steve then sold it in 2018 for 15.5 Mil
Kim 😮
That's it!?!?! Wow! That's not that much considering!
Ok, for the tour I did have to hit mute....sigh. What a fabulous place! I’ll bet the Edies pop in from wherever they are to visit. ❤️
I hope all the cats found homes... but I just love that it is fully restored and looking better than ever. The Edies were such classic characters. Bless their souls.
i read they i had them all put down due to their poor health
I remember hearing little edie agreed and let animal rescues take them, all but maybe four and she kept them until they died, when she finally moved and left Grey Gardens I remember reading she took one cat with her. I wish I knew what happened to the ones that were taken away, I never heard that they were put down
I was hoping the all of cats were rescued and given loving, forever families after they were no longer going to live at Grey Gardens. The poor, sweet, furry loves after they lost their own family, the Edie's. 😻😿
Bless too this Earth Angel, she purchased this wreck knowing she would not gut & destroy the beauty within. When we r gifted with the mean$ we do wildly wonderful things. Big & little Edie can RIP🤘
I hope the raccoons were okay too. They had become house pets as well as diabetics, no doubt, on their Wonder bread diet
Gorgeous!!!!
Seen the movie and the documentary so when you look at the house in full restorative form it really feels like history coming alive. 🎑
I am so happy that she bought this and restored it with them in mind. What a lady!
Amazing to see the heart of this home was brought back to life and returned to the beauty it was supposed to be. I love to see someone see the specialty a run down home should be and gives it the lift it needed. It would have been sad to see this historic home destroyed and left to rot. The remodel is stunning and I love that the style of the time it was built were followed in returning this home to it's former glory
I'd rather listen to the owner who is more interesting and has a more pleasant voice. Thank you ma'am for restoring and loving the house. I believe old houses have energy/spirit and want to be loved, cared for, etc. I love my 1929 cottage and I am thankful to the people before me who cared for it until I could get here because I LOVE MY COTTAGE! Thanks for the upload to show us the owner.
So pleased it wasn’t torn down and it was given a chance to bloom again. Totally the right decision.
You can't help but adore little Edie. Such an eccentric women you would love to be friends with!
Beautiful, great job...
When they never mention is money. You have to have an awful of money to do all this
Gary Williams Absolutely. That house was in shambles.
The house was purchased for $220,000 in 1979. Renovation must have been somewhere between 400,000 and 600,000.
They bought the house for a pittance. The land was worth double what was paid for it. Good investment. I'd imagine it's worth 50x more now.
It is the hamptons..
John Bow The Hamptons hello? 🤦🏻♀️
Thank you, Sally Quinn!
So fantastic she lovingly restored this wonderful space
Wow! Such a lovely home now ❤ I remember seeing the documentary with the house in disrepair and cats everywhere.
I damn near shrieked when he put his shoes on that chaise lounge!
I thought it was just me! How dare he!! His dirty shoes full of germs
Me too!
What the hell good is a beach house if you can’t just plop down and put your feet up? This poor house has been turned into just another hamptons show place.
Stfu
I first saw this story in a documentary on either TCM or PBS. I was mesmerized. I’m glad to see the house restored.
Wish I had the money it took to restore this place. I'd be living large!
It's like heaven. No wonder Big Edie loved it. Thank you for restoring it back to it's grandeur.
It's incredible !!! This is what Grey Gardens was meant to be!!!!
Truly lovely.. Thank you.🍃
I saw it and just was in awe that the owners really brought the magic back perfectly
Very very spectacular !
She captured that Hamptons vibe I enjoy so much even though its not my style its something I enjoy when there.
It's so gorgeous.
This man has made me feel so motivated to use my China!
I heard the saying before,use your china cause your children will sell it in a yard sale after your gone
What a gem of a house.
It's beautiful. I had no idea about any of this. My dream is to own my pwn home, graceful and delight with wonderful enchanted gardens. I was looking online tonight at older homes when suddenly a vid on this one , the before and after arrived. There was a woman in a long fur coat standing in the front yard of this home. She looked very intriguing. She looked like a star. I had no idea who she was. This is all quite interesting.
I'm very glad this home was restored. It's beautiful
How much life, how much pain for one house. This house "make up" in a way compensates the past. Now its a beautiful home to enjoy.
Even when watching this. I could feel his spit hitting my face.
Clint MacArthur omg hahahaha! I was just thinking “I love his energy!” 😂
@@rachelmckee8980 I feel like a lot of the criticism of him that seems to be on here is just thinly veiled homophobia...He didn't seem at all wrong to host this segment to me. Lots of enthusiasm for a very sensitive revivification of the property. What's so wrong with that?
I feel that good energy but girl tone it down a bit and put that China down cause I was feeling some kind of way telling me to use good china😲
@@andresv.ramirez1949 Was it the Beal's china?
I love that pool
Fabulous. Wish it had been a longer presentation, especially in speaking with the current owner.
oh wow, what a beautiful job!
They did show a few----the house was full of garbage and cats.
Well with a lotta money, you can do this!! Sally got a great deal and that was one of the reasons she got it - but she wont say that NOW
Beautiful!
“All it needs is a coat of paint”. 😳
Oh, I love it. Just the gardens would be enough to make me buy it, not to mention the house and the nearby access to the ocean...well, based on a scene in documentary lol
I wish I have this kind of money
WOW. I saw the documentary and if I had to guess whose home this was I would have been wrong. This home is beautiful now.
I would love to see Little Edie & the current owner do a cabaret number in the foyer. Waving flags & soft shoe......"How can you resist?"
She is dead.
Little Edie was such a loveable and kooky character.
So happy to see the house beautiful
first of all.. the lady who owns the house was suffering from a bad case of cottonmouth. The sounds coming from her mouth were less than pleasant. Second of all.. It's a shame that nobody helped the Edies restore it while they were living there. Somebody should have restored it and given them a lifetime stay. This is bitter sweet.
Beautiful beautiful beautiful