Re: the kitchen

I can remember many decades back reading in the book Class , the author Paul Fussell said the kitchens in the uber wealthy old money homes and apartments weren't anything special because only the help went in there just like the son said

I always find it curious when the children of super rich and famous people speak of them as strangers or people they happened to have known, more like a neighbor would describe their famous next door homeowner vs people they had a deep relationship with. It's curious that back in the day the rich cared little for how the kitchen looked/functioned but today that has to be the single most over spent room in the homes of the newly rich. Now one HAS TO have a state of the art, gourmet kitchens but they aren't used by the owner anymore now than then.

I got the same impression as Jinx. i liked that the homeowner didn’t seem to take things too seriously and how she married her things with her mother’s. I love the artwork amd that blue and white bathroom! Beautiful home and gorgeous property.

OMGosh!!! Thank you for posting this, Gizmo! Dh and I were just in Newport in May, and absolutely fell in love with the area. What a delightful family, and what a lovely home & garden.

I didn't watch it all, but I loved the place (who could not?) and thought the woman (daughter of the grande dame) seemed down to earth and accessible.

Thanks for sharing. Loved the history of the home and family and how much they have enjoyed being there!

What a stunning home and property! Loved the color and pattern, layering and mixing of art. Thx for sharing!

I've said this before, but I LOVE the Newport mansions. I've toured every one which is open to the public, including the "behind the scenes" tours and the Servant's Lives tour at The Elms.

My significant other is a good sport and comes along, but this is so not his thing and I've always wished I could go with Pal, or Gizmo, or someone who could give me my own personal tour of what I'm slobbering over. The headsets are nice, but not the same as an actual human who would put up with my questions.

Ally De, I’m just like you. What a wonderful - week? - that would be!

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Than you for sharing.

I thought it was just beautiful!! I found her a bit sad…and it drove me crazy when they fastforwarded her walk. Her mother? Love at first sight!

They don't make 'em like that anymore. And I mean the people as much as the house. What a lovely family. The real deal. Refreshing.

Ally De, my husband went to high school in Newport, so much eye candy!

A love of tennis, a love of Newport, a love of vigorous and fair debates...no wonder we get along so well. :)

I loved it too, and I felt that the house was very balanced; i.e., there was never too much pattern and never too much clutter - it all seemed to work well together. I also like that it looked very comfortable and welcoming and not in any way pretentious.

I think the mother (or grandmother) had the same philosophy as Kierkegaard, as he also separated people into two categories: those who were tedious and those who were entertaining, in his Either/Or, in which he proclaimed that boredom is the root of all evil. I also follow this philosophy. Of course one could never be bored in that house!

Thanks for sharing.

BTW, all of the English ancestors that I have had (and there aren't that many) came to Rhode Island from England, and they all seemed to have bought 100 acres when they got there in the early 1600s. Afterwards, they moved south to Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, and finally Texas. One of my ancestors was Nicholas Brown, the founder of Brown University. I've always had a fascination with Rhode Island, even before I found out that my ancestors lived there. I need to visit there some time.

Arcy, the reason that the wealthy cared little for their kitchens was that they were not the ones in there cooking. Their servants were.

When I visited wealthy friends in Mexico City, I was forbidden to go into the kitchens - that was for servants only. If I wanted something, I had to ask a servant for it, and sometimes this could take a while, but I was very patient.

Today, I prefer to avoid going into someone else's kitchen, and I do not like people wandering into my kitchen uninvited either, except for the outdoor kitchen.

I think the kitchen is a horrible place to entertain - that's what wet-bars are for. Random people get in my way if I am cooking or preparing food. If I need help, I will ask for it, but I do not want volunteers, except when it is time to clean up, but I do not want anyone putting glass or crystal in my sink.

Gizmo - I enjoyed this very much. So visually satisfying! I took screenshots of many of the pictures and framing. Loved this in particular:

I enjoyed this tour, Gizmo. This host is better spoken than most. The son’s a bit much.

Thanks very much for the house tour. Is it for rent at the moment? Sorry if I am asking a question, that to you, as a professional, might seem a bit of an amateur kind. The thing is that I am in a process of moving to Newport from Florida, so I literally know nothing here. Currently I've been going through the material about newport beach property management companies and the plan, that is shaping in my head, is that I should get help to expedite the process.