“People think they want an old house,” Mr. Schultz said.<br />“When people would walk into the house,” Ms. Quinn said, “you almost felt like fairy dust had been sprinkled all over us.”<br />But as time wore on, the parties slowed.<br />“People want a new house that looks old.”<br />Grey Gardens is close to the ocean, but it isn’t technically a mansion, at least not by East Hampton standards.<br />“If I had $20 million, and another $10 million to restore it, I would kill to own it.”<br />Grey Gardens has long been a tourist destination, but visitors seem to be more passionate about the two Edies than about Ms. Quinn<br />and Mr. Bradlee, whose relationship and social connections helped define how modern Washington operates.<br />“She did a little pirouette in the hall and said, ‘All it needs is a coat of paint.’”<br />The home was long ago restored to its old Hamptons charm,<br />and cleared of all cat smells — unless, Ms. Quinn said, you happen to stick your nose into a particular corner of the foyer after a rainstorm that lasts days.
