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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Over the years, celebrating this wonderful season… Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

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Making Thanksgiving Memorable

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Yet again, it was that stop by the pumpkin stand that inspired a Thanksgiving centerpiece which in turn inspired the look of the entire table. The mustard yellow pumpkin (“Tonda… Read More

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All Around the House: Decorating with Pumpkins

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Who doesn’t love driving past a farm stand packed with those jolly, fat fellows that always signal “it’s fall.” And I’ve noticed this year that more of the quirky, odd-colored… Read More

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A Harvest of Memories

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From our house to yours…may the “thanks” in Thanksgiving have special meaning for you this year.

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Last Minute Planning: Decorating for Thanksgiving

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It’s been a very colorful New England fall in Newport providing inspiration aplenty, so where to start? With my Japanese maples, of course, ablaze in all shades and a perfect… Read More

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9 Delicious Thoughts for Hosting a Dessert Party

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Many are the merits of hosting a dessert party, especially as we head into the holiday season. Those beautiful and extravagant offerings add such a festive note to any occasion… Read More

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Capturing Fall’s Golden Light: The Parterre Bench

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I’ve been thrilled about red, crazy about blue — and now I’m simply mad about golden yellow. That soft, golden light of fall is so seductive; it’s also the first… Read More

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An Overlook of 2015: the Essence of Private Newport Style

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An Overlook of 2015: the Essence of Private Newport Style

Swimming along into 2016 but lets take a peek back at 2015.Here they are–your favorites and ours … 21 Images that Capture the Essence ofPrivate Newport Style Wishing you many… Read More

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Thanksgiving Planning from a “Girl of 100 Lists”

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If you’ll be so generous as to allow me a somewhat obscure 80’s reference – I can completely identify with the Go-Go’s song “I am a girl of 100 lists.” I… Read More

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Author of Private Newport and Living Newport, designer of the Parterre Bench, national lecturer, and entertaining expert.
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Some Newport invitations are simply too good to decline...

A spontaneous Sunday morning brought us back to one of our favorite places, The Elms, where Gilded Age grandeur gives way to one of Newport’s most enchanting garden moments✨

Beyond the sweeping lawn lies the sunken garden, its formal parterres remarkably preserved from the original 1914 design. Nearly 125 years later, the symmetry, architecture and romance of it all feel as timeless as ever.

For a gardener, this is the part of The Elms that always calls us back🌿

Save this for your next Newport garden day💚
#theelmsmansion #theelms #newportrhodeisland #newportmansions #privateliving

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Some Newport invitations are simply too good to decline...

A spontaneous Sunday morning brought us back to one of our favorite places, The Elms, where Gilded Age grandeur gives way to one of Newport’s most enchanting garden moments✨

Beyond the sweeping lawn lies the sunken garden, its formal parterres remarkably preserved from the original 1914 design. Nearly 125 years later, the symmetry, architecture and romance of it all feel as timeless as ever.

For a gardener, this is the part of The Elms that always calls us back🌿

Save this for your next Newport garden day💚
#theelmsmansion #theelms #newportrhodeisland #newportmansions #privateliving

privatenewport

Another Newport summer is beginning to slip away… and we’re not quite ready to let it go🤍

Long afternoons on sweeping lawns, doors thrown open to grand rooms, garden cocktails and evenings that call for getting dressed up - A Newport Summer captures that unmistakable rhythm of life in our City by the Sea🌊

As Bettie wrote when the book was released, “Newport has an understated elegance that truly sets it apart from other resort towns”. These photographs by Nick Mele @nickmelephotography feel like a love letter to exactly that, the houses, the people, the parties, and those fleeting summer moments we wish could last just a little longer☀️

Consider this our reminder to savor what’s left of the season. ✨

📖 A Newport Summer by Nick Mele and Ruthie Sommers
@nlmele @sommersruthie
#anewportsummer #nickmelephotography #privatenewport #newportri #vacationdestination

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Another Newport summer is beginning to slip away… and we’re not quite ready to let it go🤍

Long afternoons on sweeping lawns, doors thrown open to grand rooms, garden cocktails and evenings that call for getting dressed up - A Newport Summer captures that unmistakable rhythm of life in our City by the Sea🌊

As Bettie wrote when the book was released, “Newport has an understated elegance that truly sets it apart from other resort towns”. These photographs by Nick Mele @nickmelephotography feel like a love letter to exactly that, the houses, the people, the parties, and those fleeting summer moments we wish could last just a little longer☀️

Consider this our reminder to savor what’s left of the season. ✨

📖 A Newport Summer by Nick Mele and Ruthie Sommers
@nlmele @sommersruthie 
#anewportsummer #nickmelephotography #privatenewport #newportri #vacationdestination

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There are beautiful coastlines… and then there is Newport☁️

Its beauty isn’t defined by one mansion, one garden, or one stretch of shoreline. It’s the way the salt marshes glow at sunset, the ledge-lined coast meets an endless blue horizon, and every bend in the road offers an entirely different perspective.

Perhaps that’s Newport’s greatest luxury, not just the architecture, but the landscape that has quietly framed it for centuries🤍

It’s a place where the light changes by the hour, the tides reshape the shoreline, and yet the feeling remains exactly the same.

Timeless🌊

Save this as a reminder that some of Newport’s most extraordinary views exist beyond the front gates✨
📸: David Thalmann

#newportcoast #skyline #newportsummer #privatenewport #timelesselegance

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There are beautiful coastlines… and then there is Newport☁️

Its beauty isn’t defined by one mansion, one garden, or one stretch of shoreline. It’s the way the salt marshes glow at sunset, the ledge-lined coast meets an endless blue horizon, and every bend in the road offers an entirely different perspective.

Perhaps that’s Newport’s greatest luxury, not just the architecture, but the landscape that has quietly framed it for centuries🤍

It’s a place where the light changes by the hour, the tides reshape the shoreline, and yet the feeling remains exactly the same.

Timeless🌊

Save this as a reminder that some of Newport’s most extraordinary views exist beyond the front gates✨
📸: David Thalmann

#newportcoast #skyline #newportsummer #privatenewport #timelesselegance

privatenewport

Some homes make an impression before you ever reach the front door..

A long, winding driveway unfolds through a park-like landscape filled with remarkable specimen trees, setting the stage for an estate that quietly reflects Newport’s architectural legacy. Built with traditional three-coat stucco construction and crowned by an original slate roof, every detail speaks to craftsmanship designed to stand the test of time.

It’s the kind of approach that reminds you why Newport’s historic estates continue to captivate generations.

🌿 Follow @privatenewport for more of Newport’s hidden beauty and timeless estates✨
#privatenewport #newportestates #privateliving #newportri #parterre

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Some homes make an impression before you ever reach the front door..

A long, winding driveway unfolds through a park-like landscape filled with remarkable specimen trees, setting the stage for an estate that quietly reflects Newport’s architectural legacy. Built with traditional three-coat stucco construction and crowned by an original slate roof, every detail speaks to craftsmanship designed to stand the test of time.

It’s the kind of approach that reminds you why Newport’s historic estates continue to captivate generations.

🌿 Follow @privatenewport for more of Newport’s hidden beauty and timeless estates✨
#privatenewport #newportestates #privateliving #newportri #parterre

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The garden’s final act may be its most beautiful🧡

At Parterre, July and August are a celebration of flowers in every form, not only in the garden, but gathered indoors where each arrangement becomes part of the home’s story. Sunlight, heirloom vessels, weathered books, and blooms cut at their peak remind us that beauty isn’t only found outside the window.

Save this for your next floral inspiration, and follow @privatenewport for more timeless corners of Newport and beyond🌿
#privatenewport #flowerarrangements #floraldesigns #privateliving #newportestates

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The garden’s final act may be its most beautiful🧡

At Parterre, July and August are a celebration of flowers in every form, not only in the garden, but gathered indoors where each arrangement becomes part of the home’s story. Sunlight, heirloom vessels, weathered books, and blooms cut at their peak remind us that beauty isn’t only found outside the window.

Save this for your next floral inspiration, and follow @privatenewport for more timeless corners of Newport and beyond🌿
#privatenewport #flowerarrangements #floraldesigns #privateliving #newportestates

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One of the last great mansions built in Newport, Bois Doré has quietly watched generations come and go. Its name translates to ‘gilded wood,’ a fitting tribute to the golden avenue of pollarded lindens that transforms the entrance each autumn. Beyond the pink stucco walls lies a house where every room tells a story, of art, gardens, entertaining, and a distinctly European elegance that still feels timeless today.

Some homes are admired. Others are remembered. Bois Doré has always been both.

Which detail would you linger over first?✨
#privatenewport #boisdoré #gildedwood #privateliving #privatehomes

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One of the last great mansions built in Newport, Bois Doré has quietly watched generations come and go. Its name translates to ‘gilded wood,’ a fitting tribute to the golden avenue of pollarded lindens that transforms the entrance each autumn. Beyond the pink stucco walls lies a house where every room tells a story, of art, gardens, entertaining, and a distinctly European elegance that still feels timeless today.

Some homes are admired. Others are remembered. Bois Doré has always been both.

Which detail would you linger over first?✨
#privatenewport #boisdoré #gildedwood #privateliving #privatehomes
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