Monday, June 15, 2020

Carolyne Roehm at the Beach

Carolyne Roehm - Veranda

In my book, Carolyne Roehm can do no wrong. I adore her style. It occurred to me to see whether she had ever had a beach house. Indeed, this was the living room in her former Southampton home.

I was engaged in college to a young man whose family had a summer home in Southampton and I fell in love with that area. Those were the days of Truman Capote and Jackie Rogers there. One day I was sunbathing in Southampton at a posh beach club where a friend belonged and a man came over and said I was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen and could he do a photo shoot. He introduced himself at Federico Fellini.

I did not believe him and declined, only to see in the local rag the next day that he was in fact in town. I had not thought of that in ages.

At any rate, this living room is stunning. The walls are completely done in Delft tiles. Lots of Chinoiserie - blue and white ginger jars, a Chinese garden stool, and a pagoda chandelier.

I am not usually a fan of purple, but it looks great here. And check out the pair of palm trees. Wow!

10 comments:

  1. CR rules! A true Renaissance woman with exquisite taste I would be so comfortable living in her interiors and gardens without changing a thing. Not sure I could say that about anyone else...maybe Ralph L comes semi close.

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  2. I loved reading about your Federico Fellini encounter.

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  3. Agree with the aboves! And while I am not in love the purple, I think the room is quite splendid. What is that jar under the table, it looks like a a garden stool but massively huge! I remember Fellini's Satyricon in the late 60s. Those were some crazy times, but the Romans had the Summer of Love beaten in its decadence a hundred times more!

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    1. True, and yes that stool and ginger jar are both huge.

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  4. No! Fellini!? Omg,what a great story....

    As for Carolyn Roehm, she is one of my favorites. She is so talented, especially when it comes to her prints.. Her painting is exquisite..
    You can't go wrong drawing on her inspiration..

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  5. Well now we need a picture from those days!

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    1. Gosh, since the move all that is still packed away, but I will check!

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