The books precede her. In her hands, they teeter, a miniscule leaning library of Pisa. Entering the Visitor Center at Audubon State Historic Site, six miles east of St. Francisville, Ann Reiley Jones stops to banter with the staff before…
The books precede her. In her hands, they teeter, a miniscule leaning library of Pisa. Entering the Visitor Center at Audubon State Historic Site, six miles east of St. Francisville, Ann Reiley Jones stops to banter with the staff before…
Slidell artist Solange Ledwith gave her gallery an unusual name. It’s called Swamp Girl Glass. She didn’t grow up in a Louisiana swamp, though her house in Slidell does back up to nearby Bayou Bonfouca. After a long nomadic life…
Beribboned garland, scarlet poinsettias, red-berried holly and elegant table settings incorporating vibrant traditional color are among the decorations…
After Hurricane Katrina, Patrick Dunne and Nathan Drewes found it imperative to realize their dream of owning a home in the country.…
Historic renovations require looking to the past and to the present. Such was the case when the homeowners purchased an antebellum raised center hall cottage on the Mandeville Lakefront and hired New Orleans architect and interior designer Wendy Kerrigan of…
At a Glance Architecture Everett Schram, while at Walnut Grove Design Group Interior Design Gena Pool Square…
(Left) The living room’s vintage sectional is covered in a persimmon, geometric patterned fabric. Anne made the coffee table, the chairs are midcentury Danish. Art Left to Right: Kelly Guidry, Scott Bivens, and Elemore Morgan, Jr.…
At a Glance Architecture Lindsay Woolf, Woolf Architecture & Interiors Interior Design Betsey Hazard, House of Hazard Interiors Square Footage 1,950 Outstanding Features Raised cross shape with…
The 19th-century American artist James McNeill Whistler once wrote, “Nature sings her exquisite song to the artist alone.” Today, however, a growing number of passionate young Louisiana artists are hearing not nature’s “exquisite” song but one of ecological distress in…
At a Glance Interior Design Andrew Lamar Hopkins Square Footage Approximately 600 Outstanding Features Original hardwood cypress floors, French…
Vernacular architecture is a traditional form of building reflecting local environmental influences, using locally available building materials and is passed down from generation to generation — exactly what Lauren and Logan Lemoine had in mind when they built “a…
Architect of addition William Sonner Interior Design Jillian Freiberg Square footage 2,500 Outstanding features Eighteenth-century French hardware in master addition, antique salvaged glass windows, original oak floors, herringbone floors added during a renovation, French doors, abundant natural light, antique…
At a Glance SQUARE FOOTAGE 2,080 ARCHITECT Original — Bill Calongne of Lawrence and Saunders, later renovation by previous owner — Cordula Roser Gray. INTERIOR DESIGN (OF RECENT RENOVATIONS) Betsey Hazard, House of Hazard Interiors. OUTSTANDING FEATURES Original walnut…
This house began on a napkin,” said Mia Jahncke, referring to the initial drawing by her father-in-law, New Orleans architect Davis Jahncke, who designed the house as his last project before retiring from a career of more than a…
