New Orleans Style

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of my favorite design photos depict homes in New Orleans, a unique city whose rich heritage has been shaped by both French and African cultures. The interiors I share today are beautiful, but the formal elements are balanced with comfort. The rooms are unabashedly feminine, but nothing is too precious. Silk draperies pool on the floor next to chipped antiques that celebrate their age. Contemporary chandeliers sparkle above faded tapestries. Art and fabrics subtly tell the story of a city that is full of spirit.   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3IZWJu-tdtChGzsGY58d3FEJ_PWfftfCMFVfTG8wVfI3wFgRL2UTldDn5BLtQaxum9e1GG4xCa7bHBBwmIE2PMbz7uQ279pwnmoEMCoZLvVP6nX_Igc4l5nqRQuzyTLQQN-1oOQD4wU/s1600/1-frenchlasts-diningroom-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3IZWJu-tdtChGzsGY58d3FEJ_PWfftfCMFVfTG8wVfI3wFgRL2UTldDn5BLtQaxum9e1GG4xCa7bHBBwmIE2PMbz7uQ279pwnmoEMCoZLvVP6nX_Igc4l5nqRQuzyTLQQN-1oOQD4wU/s640/1-frenchlasts-diningroom-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the dining room, "a French neoclassical-style dining table, circa 1800, wears its original paint. . . . Louis XVI-style chairs [are] upholstered in silk from ABC Carpet and Home. Upping the room's sex appeal are orange embroidered Indian silk curtains from the Silk Trading Company."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnxMEQWOAqMES6pvwlwQqgeeBQbEv9tLcLlf9J2ahGdu0hOiynnenbobj__LS17qaKdTInDRaSrXg4dwx9KxWA7Uqkeff3eW_lFa2py6rB8Ci6349uBQkhJ1mNKjjnDLtpvSzz_6Aowc/s1600/2-frenchlasts-diningroom-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnxMEQWOAqMES6pvwlwQqgeeBQbEv9tLcLlf9J2ahGdu0hOiynnenbobj__LS17qaKdTInDRaSrXg4dwx9KxWA7Uqkeff3eW_lFa2py6rB8Ci6349uBQkhJ1mNKjjnDLtpvSzz_6Aowc/s640/2-frenchlasts-diningroom-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Painting by <a href="http://www.harouni.com/" target="_blank">David Harouni</a>, "an artist who fled from Iran and moved to New Orleans." Pieces from Africa and New Guinea share space on a painted 18th-century Italian console with a silver service that once belonged to the homeowner's grandmother.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH1LaL2unDr3el1k7wMkK_6ZjM_HdyJQiFcsXJ1_epOco4uf2MzzxaQ69cg759DcM7Dzjp3YQYUAIFczSdXK8qWw437tUZulJeoqD_O0i_uv5om5iOgl3Vw959WMsadBR929lRlsx7cE/s1600/3-frenchlasts-livingroom-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH1LaL2unDr3el1k7wMkK_6ZjM_HdyJQiFcsXJ1_epOco4uf2MzzxaQ69cg759DcM7Dzjp3YQYUAIFczSdXK8qWw437tUZulJeoqD_O0i_uv5om5iOgl3Vw959WMsadBR929lRlsx7cE/s640/3-frenchlasts-livingroom-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Antiques look beautiful in front of [<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a> paint 521, which the homeowner calls] Empire Green . . . the greatest neutral on earth."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-5" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53A4VavHQScPUyB4J9j3Ni8Osd-3nSWSDA5XyVv6Cq6IG8mSXR7ZhMf7hk0akcFx2IYq_dH8vmh1TRt2NKoBN4HEtiuKKdtdVE6_KZN47-oFz00IxzLnCYzoEipSyhMcG3VzY51lFy_A/s1600/6-frenchlasts-livingroom-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53A4VavHQScPUyB4J9j3Ni8Osd-3nSWSDA5XyVv6Cq6IG8mSXR7ZhMf7hk0akcFx2IYq_dH8vmh1TRt2NKoBN4HEtiuKKdtdVE6_KZN47-oFz00IxzLnCYzoEipSyhMcG3VzY51lFy_A/s640/6-frenchlasts-livingroom-0108-xlg.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the second parlor, a pair of Louis XVI fauteuils conjure instant romance with their faded needlepoint seats and backs made from antique Aubusson tapestries."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_vyMvtgG3a0dR0YV-Pmp24R3I0l4BHkUspRurfE5HpPpHJFGXt-xPAduFJu3oSxe1SD30KBFQHJC_3vMzVhe2Bbga_C6Xep9bELcWZwNTntULWX6ETe9lRCqoi7u9R5lnAuEW-rN7ko/s1600/7-frenchlasts-patio-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_vyMvtgG3a0dR0YV-Pmp24R3I0l4BHkUspRurfE5HpPpHJFGXt-xPAduFJu3oSxe1SD30KBFQHJC_3vMzVhe2Bbga_C6Xep9bELcWZwNTntULWX6ETe9lRCqoi7u9R5lnAuEW-rN7ko/s640/7-frenchlasts-patio-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brick courtyard.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnWoutSiutqZj_efATIyhwBOJM6m3FsZctYNRKTGyCibN8rka1Ek2463QjtZ6HP1_ToECfPwjAcF-QuP5zDqR2waxpKnkeMEuP5edZjHUNiaA2CyEtx7aKQuC71aDMKwOAvhMuE1rmNI/s1600/9-frenchlasts-hall-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnWoutSiutqZj_efATIyhwBOJM6m3FsZctYNRKTGyCibN8rka1Ek2463QjtZ6HP1_ToECfPwjAcF-QuP5zDqR2waxpKnkeMEuP5edZjHUNiaA2CyEtx7aKQuC71aDMKwOAvhMuE1rmNI/s640/9-frenchlasts-hall-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The side hall distinguishes this type of New Orleans house."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlSx_GDlFhmUema2pRWbQQkQUgJAzHpA3bne_fZAGcu7wiiT4KWPGwalErgOR60i8Hp6FZ4Ulq17n6k0Jft7I0TRcMZgLqMhNRkiJ6NVJY_cqPY6t1OXMATf2KSsuYTJsUhhB2RIgyU8/s1600/11-frenchlasts-kitchen-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlSx_GDlFhmUema2pRWbQQkQUgJAzHpA3bne_fZAGcu7wiiT4KWPGwalErgOR60i8Hp6FZ4Ulq17n6k0Jft7I0TRcMZgLqMhNRkiJ6NVJY_cqPY6t1OXMATf2KSsuYTJsUhhB2RIgyU8/s640/11-frenchlasts-kitchen-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLQAKwAiPAzXUgb4zHOFWZhJ-1jc6SA1Kq2LMYSUMmIiPA5Jt_1BbuVH4ZdNUfzDAVJhhUHXFAtF6VtCAmwmf3HpdZ4sOoxkB007FUiG7Q5nn2erDEg7tJNtnyfDCK27YzCnu2FxONdE/s1600/13-frenchlasts-guestroom-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLQAKwAiPAzXUgb4zHOFWZhJ-1jc6SA1Kq2LMYSUMmIiPA5Jt_1BbuVH4ZdNUfzDAVJhhUHXFAtF6VtCAmwmf3HpdZ4sOoxkB007FUiG7Q5nn2erDEg7tJNtnyfDCK27YzCnu2FxONdE/s640/13-frenchlasts-guestroom-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"To keep a rustic feeling [in a romantic guest bedroom], Paxton used salvaged cypress floorboards from a barn and left quarter-inch gaps between boards."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs7ZUStNFq5gnPX-6wJaTt5DIp66nqL1FB-kXGF-AXQLZ2oiTczLREV4DpLq2fehhjwb6VEXYyCk5McVbQLzSidxOAntbi34dIAfw6XPM37kJmN4oa49UXbInVSA3cGPqlIwmG0ZvIQc/s1600/14-frenchlasts-bath-0108-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs7ZUStNFq5gnPX-6wJaTt5DIp66nqL1FB-kXGF-AXQLZ2oiTczLREV4DpLq2fehhjwb6VEXYyCk5McVbQLzSidxOAntbi34dIAfw6XPM37kJmN4oa49UXbInVSA3cGPqlIwmG0ZvIQc/s640/14-frenchlasts-bath-0108-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karyl Pierce Paxton's 1897 side hall Queen Anne cottage in New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Karyl Pierce Paxton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Kerri McCaffetty.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylist: Gregory Bissonnette.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/french-furniture-lasts-0108?click=main_sr#slide-13" target="_blank">French Furniture Really Lasts</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (January 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JPNCWcQwxvbyOSZIiFQwreZWvOoA9-AilxCaGFR2t2rmpaLG61IL_bW0HmwMJzTHCZ5MqSDQywKZ_rNz2Jt_URtY38AvOrBuMCh_Lrmcb1eC408bEqY8sNqSfJVYfubFKQovHmsv53o/s1600/2-romance-diningroom-1008-xlg-53479773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JPNCWcQwxvbyOSZIiFQwreZWvOoA9-AilxCaGFR2t2rmpaLG61IL_bW0HmwMJzTHCZ5MqSDQywKZ_rNz2Jt_URtY38AvOrBuMCh_Lrmcb1eC408bEqY8sNqSfJVYfubFKQovHmsv53o/s640/2-romance-diningroom-1008-xlg-53479773.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dining room gives pride of place to a silkscreen of New Orleans-born gospel singer Mahalia Jackson by local artist Richard Thomas. Louis XV chairs are upholstered in a toile called Louisiana Purchase. 'Each chair depicts different iconic imagery,' says interior designer Hal Williamson, including St. Louis Cathedral, plantations, and flatboats on the river.' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans, Louisiana home. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTcN3vjI5VAEplV2XdU6MquQavCpo7Crx0AvH4-ESucaAk_D9OGminjRb14T5yWwDjT0iKU43DtKq1CImqPde6XoS3K17r8N14NNyRYUMHa5ElgrKBF3eOL2U8qPxFjQXx1_HeluYF4k/s1600/3-romance-livingroom-1008-xlg-59507126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTcN3vjI5VAEplV2XdU6MquQavCpo7Crx0AvH4-ESucaAk_D9OGminjRb14T5yWwDjT0iKU43DtKq1CImqPde6XoS3K17r8N14NNyRYUMHa5ElgrKBF3eOL2U8qPxFjQXx1_HeluYF4k/s640/3-romance-livingroom-1008-xlg-59507126.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room is alluringly feminine with its subtle range of purples . . . Walls are <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s mauvey Driftscape Tan. The Louis XVI wing chairs and sofa may look formal, but the chairs 'have a wonderful pitch, so you can sit comfortably for hours . . . and many naps are taken on the sofa.' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans, Louisiana home.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHvFfxejeLMpMaIbQfilnBrYyOJlXtvC8nBD1nKYwRQg5gbm_bcAB3frHunpy-LiXyPIEbVwTC3NdO961eIJprjeL_4YWsQQZSAQUsUABjKe5AUzaViDXN62Oj483_HOMeCzQtarZmpA/s1600/4-romance-livingroom-1008-xlg-47851447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHvFfxejeLMpMaIbQfilnBrYyOJlXtvC8nBD1nKYwRQg5gbm_bcAB3frHunpy-LiXyPIEbVwTC3NdO961eIJprjeL_4YWsQQZSAQUsUABjKe5AUzaViDXN62Oj483_HOMeCzQtarZmpA/s640/4-romance-livingroom-1008-xlg-47851447.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans, Louisiana home.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BySNjAYliwLb-EMroGs2uz71wnpnX2-FwkWShpOlNjgN1QeY0diSJ38gr_-FX8cX10-OF416e2GbcwikKgXL94HJwXvLUSQhal-3n3nBoNMTHQ1N69oKIeYhrrITxy8yEWZd1SN-5bY/s1600/7-romance-bedroom-1008-xlg-46300045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BySNjAYliwLb-EMroGs2uz71wnpnX2-FwkWShpOlNjgN1QeY0diSJ38gr_-FX8cX10-OF416e2GbcwikKgXL94HJwXvLUSQhal-3n3nBoNMTHQ1N69oKIeYhrrITxy8yEWZd1SN-5bY/s640/7-romance-bedroom-1008-xlg-46300045.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Walls are painted in <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Woodlawn Blue - a cooling water color for hot, humid summers. . . . The photographs of tables in silhouette are by New Orleans artist David Halliday."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans, Louisiana home.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnb-XxUt88g0WFiB31Wajk0roSAEWrwOJ2XvN8IT-pGI9jy1Gl1fSRCmN1RG5XXk8xBOBYsJ9w5u_xhTm5v8NQv5EvVj9ESUAmRn5QzY7d2JcGtAOEfXo_62RB7LU-cpsWaSOtqKxiKE/s1600/15-romance-table-1008-xlg-4871124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnb-XxUt88g0WFiB31Wajk0roSAEWrwOJ2XvN8IT-pGI9jy1Gl1fSRCmN1RG5XXk8xBOBYsJ9w5u_xhTm5v8NQv5EvVj9ESUAmRn5QzY7d2JcGtAOEfXo_62RB7LU-cpsWaSOtqKxiKE/s640/15-romance-table-1008-xlg-4871124.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the second-floor parlor - 'the Ella altar' - a photograph of Ella Fitzgerald, taken at a New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, hangs above a carved French desk."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans, Louisiana home.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-13" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEQZ2cloMJHARYzNpPVx4bUQIVI0tjDKP66aCHTfAS3q5lucjV4WaPw3v2isYUGT88dAk4lm-7TuqMkQl1EvuJbZUfmAxkFo-5OEf-qHu6B7dzAmkWpmTjghhddxVT0ANTEFuYi5hxwE/s1600/16-romance-sittingarea-1008-xlg-92502822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEQZ2cloMJHARYzNpPVx4bUQIVI0tjDKP66aCHTfAS3q5lucjV4WaPw3v2isYUGT88dAk4lm-7TuqMkQl1EvuJbZUfmAxkFo-5OEf-qHu6B7dzAmkWpmTjghhddxVT0ANTEFuYi5hxwE/s640/16-romance-sittingarea-1008-xlg-92502822.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tart green walls (<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Castleton Mist) set a jovial mood in the <i>garconniere</i>. Louis XV chairs are covered in an African-inspired ikat print by <a href="http://www.kravet.com/" target="_blank">Kravet</a>. Williamson surprised himself by finding a rare hot pink, gold and citrus green antique Oushak rug that pulls the room's colors together."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Orleans, Louisiana home.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.williamsondesigns.net/" target="_blank">Hal Williamson</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John Kernick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/change-it-feminine-1008?click=main_sr#slide-14" target="_blank">Change it with Romance</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2008).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

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Some of my favorite design photos depict homes in New Orleans, a unique city whose rich heritage has been shaped by both French and African ...

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