In the Garden with Bettie Bearden Pardee
During these crazy COVID days, I have found much joy in the lovely gardens I find online. One of the prettiest private gardens in the United States belongs to my dear friend, Bettie Bearden Pardee of Private Newport. Before starting her blog and writing two acclaimed books on her adopted home town – Living Newport: Houses, People, Style and Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden – Bettie led an 11 year career at Bon Appétit as a contributing editor producing “Entertaining with Style.” At the same time, she became the host and creative producer of a 13 part PBS series titled, “The Presidential Palate: Entertaining at the White House.” A design graduate of UCLA, she has received the Burlington Award for interior design. Bettie lectures extensively in the garden club and design world around the country, and her prized roses always steal the show at the annual Newport Flower Show.
In short, Bettie is practically perfect in every way. I met her about four years ago when living in South Florida, and I have had the privilege of visiting her breathtakingly beautiful home, Parterre… Bettie is just as warm and gracious as she is talented! Today, we will be taking a virtual tour of her exquisite gardens, which I will link to her corresponding blog articles. Throughout, you will note Bettie’s Parterre Bench – a bespoke piece of furniture made to exacting standards by a fourth generation Newport, Rhode Island craftsman – available here. The Parterre Bench has become an iconic garden accessory…
Such beauty and talent! To learn more about Bettie, please visit her website and blog and follow @privatenewport on Instagram. Tomorrow she will be featuring “Parterre’s Signature Garden Images 2020,” and you won’t want to miss! You might also enjoy the following articles from The Glam Pad…
Holly Holden’s Pearls of Palm Beach
Celebrated interior designer, Emmy-nominated television personality, tastemaker, and my dear friend Holly Holden just announced the release of her second book, Holly Holden’s Pearls of Palm Beach. It gives a privileged peek into eight timeless and tailored Palm Beach homes that capture the essence of gracious, old-world living. Holly guides us through each home, room-by-room, highlighting what makes them unique down to the “darling details.”
“It was an honour to feature these elegant homes in my latest book, which affords a meditative moment to appreciate the splendor of these incredibly layered interiors,” said Holly. “The homes’ quiet refinement, like a classic string of pearls, is revealed through hundreds of photographs, dozens of personal stories, and decorative details that delight.”
Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, world-renowned classical interior designer and dear friend of Holly’s, authored the foreword. And Palm Beach’s illustrious designer Leta Austin Foster has written a passage sharing her perspective of designing on the island over several decades. Leta’s work is featured in two of the homes in the book, including exclusive and previously unpublished images. Let’s take a sneak peek inside with photography by Dean Greenblatt…
Holly Holden’s Pearls of Palm Beach retails for $40 and is available now through Scully & Scully and amazon.com. I have pored over it at least a dozen times already!
To learn more about Holly Holden, please visit her website hollyholden.com and sign up for her delightful weekly newsletter, Mummy’s Monday Manners. You can follow her on Instagram @hollyholdendesign. To read more about Holly, as featured by The Glam Pad, please visit the links below… and I also highly recommend her first book, The Pretty and Proper Living Room.
In the Countryside with Paula Sutton of Hill House Vintage
One of my favorite daydreams is to someday give up big city life and retire to the English Countryside, a dream shared by Paula Sutton, creator of the popular blog The Hill House Diaries… Born and reared in London, the mother of three worked in the fashion industry for years, serving as Head of Press for Elite Premier Model agency (when Supermodels such as Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington were in their heyday) and producing shoots for Elle magazine. But one day Paula decided to take the plunge, and off she moved with her family to the countryside. A lover of traditionally English interiors and designers such as Nancy Lancaster and John Fowler, Paula enjoys finding bargains at auctions, carboot sales, eBay, local flea markets, and antique fairs. She paints and restores many of her treasures to sell at a local decorative antiques emporium in Norfolk. Her blog features interior decoration to suit all budgets, vintage finds, traditional British design and English country house inspiration. Today, we will take a peek inside Paula’s dreamy world via images from her Instagram account (with over 400,000 followers!) @hillhousevintage.
Beautiful, classic, and timeless style! For ongoing inspiration, I highly recommend following @hillhousevintage. Along with lovely images from her home and adventures in the English Countryside, Paula’s sense of humor and delightful disposition will bring joy to your day.
