Julia Reed's House in New Orleans

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>As a child, I never cared a whit about Barbie. It was her dream home I was obsessed with. Now at last I had my own.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Julie Reed in her book, <i>The House on First Street</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Writer Julia Reed bought her first house - a Greek Revival home in New Orleans - at the age of forty-four. She and her </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">husband John Pearce moved in shortly before Hurricane Katrina ravaged their city, but a contractor inflicted more damage on the house than did the storm. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reed's 2008 book, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-First-Street-Orleans-Story/dp/0061136646/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1381206030" target="_blank">The House on First Street</a></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, details the destruction created by both the broken levees and the man she had hired to restore her home, which was one of the first built in the Garden District of New Orleans. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photos of the house appeared in </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elle Decor</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in September 2012, and I share them below, along with additional pictures I found on <a href="http://www.zillow.com/" target="_blank">Zillow</a>. After living on First Street for nearly a decade, Reed wrote in the October/November 2013 edition of </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that she and Pearce are selling the house. "There are plenty of reasons," Reed pens in her article, "Stuff, Sweet Stuff." "There's the fact that I've accumulated at least four more boxes full of house mags in the last eight years, and I'm antsy for a new project. There's the murderous rage that's reignited almost every time I rip my hand open on the multiple flayed doorknob screws courtesy of my disastrous contractor . . . Mostly, though, there was the instinct to . . . shake things up . . . before the house itself became too much of its own thing."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Julia Reed and John Pearce may be moving on - although Zillow indicates that the real estate listing for the First Street house was removed on April 7, 2013 - but here are photos of the house Reed describes in her book as "my one true home" . . .  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIlNLPWSDzeU3Sv1Sys_FtBcTPozBNCCxjWy431wgjMG9MQMr4WLnBc_I6HlkFUAQ5I7wxPS9EKje5Pkzdyvses_wRxx6rrsMSH5s-iwdO9xjBBuQmymXLBA5q3eA-dvDaS8U7yEqo3k/s1600/08-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIlNLPWSDzeU3Sv1Sys_FtBcTPozBNCCxjWy431wgjMG9MQMr4WLnBc_I6HlkFUAQ5I7wxPS9EKje5Pkzdyvses_wRxx6rrsMSH5s-iwdO9xjBBuQmymXLBA5q3eA-dvDaS8U7yEqo3k/s400/08-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Greek Revival house [home of writer Julia Reed and her husband, lawyer John Pearce] was built circa 1847 in New Orleans's Garden District.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-2" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Anne Rice, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Interview-Vampire-Anne-Rice/dp/0394498216/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381206215&sr=1-1&keywords=interview+with+a+vampire" target="_blank">Interview with the Vampire</a></i>, once owned the house across the street from Julia Reed's First Street home. </span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Note from </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">House on First Street</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">: </span>"I'd read <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Witching-Hour-Anne-Rice/dp/0394587863/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-4&qid=1381206161" target="_blank">The Witching Hour</a></i> just before I'd arrived in New Orleans that first summer, and had been completely hooked by its descriptions of the 'townhouse on the corner' with its 'white fluted columns' and 'tapering keyhole doorway.' . . . I never imagined that almost every description, from the 'plaster medallions fixed to the high ceilings' and the floor's 'heart pine boards' to the 'long silk draperies' and 'carved marble fireplaces,' could someday be used to describe a house I would actually live in, or that it would be across the street from the one I was reading about." </span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Here is a picture of Anne Rice's former home on First Street:</span><br /><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlpIZh4zDC1CwLai8niubiShZ9rzCKlSW6jvhTUhJimADNtX_K3_Km_ySJNFFeFrvh58LZte9_PmE1jysUwa_5Q1AATBL-jhdZ44GP0b2yIrkDlXgAICU65jDcdf92WbgpXanHWIy5mM/s1600/IS1ae56qvhbdpr7AnneRice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlpIZh4zDC1CwLai8niubiShZ9rzCKlSW6jvhTUhJimADNtX_K3_Km_ySJNFFeFrvh58LZte9_PmE1jysUwa_5Q1AATBL-jhdZ44GP0b2yIrkDlXgAICU65jDcdf92WbgpXanHWIy5mM/s640/IS1ae56qvhbdpr7AnneRice.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Photo obtained from <a href="http://www.zillow.com/" target="_blank">Zillow website</a>.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vxRZalN0PwlVO9VL1z6xSw6a_G2SAuOedZ4suhqpE_r_5CGx0XpLox1ts3UXe0GDInI_IVkmgRzpzHFleCOp0gmoSAALh-c39pUi8MYKxTIbOP1xtpJOvV8VwNGCgYz8Ic6Pmv0X1as/s1600/01-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-YkOeU2-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vxRZalN0PwlVO9VL1z6xSw6a_G2SAuOedZ4suhqpE_r_5CGx0XpLox1ts3UXe0GDInI_IVkmgRzpzHFleCOp0gmoSAALh-c39pUi8MYKxTIbOP1xtpJOvV8VwNGCgYz8Ic6Pmv0X1as/s640/01-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-YkOeU2-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“In the front parlor of Julia Reed and John Pearce's home in New Orleans, a 19th-century lacquer cocktail table is flanked by a pair of English Regency faux-bamboo benches upholstered in a Claremont fabric; the Italian-marble mantel is original to the house, and the gilt mirror and painted chairs are antique. The chandelier is from New Orleans Auction Galleries, the side table belonged to Reed's great-grandmother, and the walls are painted in <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball</a>'s Sutcliffe Green.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-1" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Note from <i>The House on First Street</i>: "More than a year before we laid eyes on the house, I had bought (on the layaway plan at a local antique store) the parcel gilt bamboo Regency benches I now knew would go in the front parlor."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEAokTGJTW6b05TZnES3s1dZZySe2DGdowhwe-V5R9AYnx8Qxzu-5bD9frYGTUyy8n4ypnP6QFi9U5brLXAdhCQrvL1B1esKimP6iP29pmbjWuEvWzyqyUrMMCNPfAaZSG4XhEtJreBI/s1600/05-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEAokTGJTW6b05TZnES3s1dZZySe2DGdowhwe-V5R9AYnx8Qxzu-5bD9frYGTUyy8n4ypnP6QFi9U5brLXAdhCQrvL1B1esKimP6iP29pmbjWuEvWzyqyUrMMCNPfAaZSG4XhEtJreBI/s640/05-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The pochoir prints in the front parlor are by Eugène Alain Séguy, and the olive-wood chest is Italian; the curtains are of a Claremont silk, and the heart-pine flooring is original.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-3" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJrpv-n7dJ9A9nalMJWiOmM6ERXNkEFfzaXUcJ2WAqPmTwkQufNUYr59msrDRAg4-cw4rj8AQxKJ9GaOBOUN3noY-GGGgUATTaAYEeKzHis5Bo2m_URAgaN3wgRGJ4lEbLxCqzUzj-LY/s1600/IS-sc5p4s8crhi5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJrpv-n7dJ9A9nalMJWiOmM6ERXNkEFfzaXUcJ2WAqPmTwkQufNUYr59msrDRAg4-cw4rj8AQxKJ9GaOBOUN3noY-GGGgUATTaAYEeKzHis5Bo2m_URAgaN3wgRGJ4lEbLxCqzUzj-LY/s640/IS-sc5p4s8crhi5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photo obtained from <a href="http://www.zillow.com/" target="_blank">Zillow website</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvmxZtEp-ciMP8FtyBVPTnQzEkfK-vSLSSGpo01iHOK8dP2ijsv2ARHsgRbiqHgXCtLD8RNqo6tJwVLg_wzPdiYhIqChLZxygvrjnN1Tv6yURJE0cv5On_FNGUTVpwqOly0k4qDcWwV4/s1600/02-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvmxZtEp-ciMP8FtyBVPTnQzEkfK-vSLSSGpo01iHOK8dP2ijsv2ARHsgRbiqHgXCtLD8RNqo6tJwVLg_wzPdiYhIqChLZxygvrjnN1Tv6yURJE0cv5On_FNGUTVpwqOly0k4qDcWwV4/s640/02-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Reed in the sunroom; the table is covered in a Rogers and Goffigon linen with Clarence House fringe.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-4" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzKusqScfHBJ_iWWrStHVEwYnvdUjXaaSLFoskBGowKbRfemXlxPpHCw3eTQaJf8UuJ8v20er6WEjHcGmYO6jUwLRPyrlO72n2vrxGC8j7zf_iXOutz_SWlgHNkSy8uvFCxOmM__YBC8/s1600/Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzKusqScfHBJ_iWWrStHVEwYnvdUjXaaSLFoskBGowKbRfemXlxPpHCw3eTQaJf8UuJ8v20er6WEjHcGmYO6jUwLRPyrlO72n2vrxGC8j7zf_iXOutz_SWlgHNkSy8uvFCxOmM__YBC8/s640/Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;">“The sunroom sofa is slipcovered in a cotton duck, and the armchairs are upholstered in Bennison's Crewelwork linen; the cocktail table is painted in <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s River Blue, and the lamp is by Roy Hamilton.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; outline: 0px; text-align: start;">”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-5" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Note from <i>The House on First Street</i>: "I'd been carrying around a swatch of Bennison 'Crewelwork' linen like a talisman for almost fifteen years."</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpI6NLvtQM-VFT5vZyauYEVJYapMeOlhIi5RucJfWhr6xmPksf8ydM_pY8k9y55zN1ijitBWqp-bFmYObe5xPqjefs78v3gMzAPYF-JP4Rw-Fc00IMZziVwGST-XwMYDyRPMeBv2oC6c/s1600/IS-15qjbdl0jsrj1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpI6NLvtQM-VFT5vZyauYEVJYapMeOlhIi5RucJfWhr6xmPksf8ydM_pY8k9y55zN1ijitBWqp-bFmYObe5xPqjefs78v3gMzAPYF-JP4Rw-Fc00IMZziVwGST-XwMYDyRPMeBv2oC6c/s640/IS-15qjbdl0jsrj1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Here is another view of the sunroom.</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photo obtained from <a href="http://www.zillow.com/" target="_blank">Zillow website</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhER1v68U4xoNXPfGA4gmVOfFgjDKVUhIVS6kRzvCPtZwum7mHvLtguevNM9-sAovDinet6OAx5UVVJfUtpxRUvlkKbNAyMgF4ARCMsWyQXzi5LM7QlmHhECdibJPap0WHGAvd80D2YUzg/s1600/09-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhER1v68U4xoNXPfGA4gmVOfFgjDKVUhIVS6kRzvCPtZwum7mHvLtguevNM9-sAovDinet6OAx5UVVJfUtpxRUvlkKbNAyMgF4ARCMsWyQXzi5LM7QlmHhECdibJPap0WHGAvd80D2YUzg/s640/09-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The dining room's Federal table is surrounded by painted Louis XVI chairs; the chandelier is Rococo Revival, the mirror is late-18th-century French, the curtains are of a Claremont silk, and the walls are painted in <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Fort Pierce Green.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-6" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1I3DOD992u7Npt-Fzvj9Gxxy9igVtPnhaPyPd2MRj3tu5q99tDxMX7NuGwI-7vxgUelDpWr0lprcoZQwbBjKyUTadu0iiKDXlTMXkI3F0Q6QVI-HLILybRAu5lOjQE7hgDwbowBwFGQ/s1600/IS-15qjbdoym0vh9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1I3DOD992u7Npt-Fzvj9Gxxy9igVtPnhaPyPd2MRj3tu5q99tDxMX7NuGwI-7vxgUelDpWr0lprcoZQwbBjKyUTadu0iiKDXlTMXkI3F0Q6QVI-HLILybRAu5lOjQE7hgDwbowBwFGQ/s640/IS-15qjbdoym0vh9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">A different view of the dining room.</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photo obtained from <a href="http://www.zillow.com/" target="_blank">Zillow website</a>.</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Note from <i>The House on First Street</i>: "[M]y good friend, the extraordinarily talented John Alexander had painted us an amazing oil - I call it a 'still-life on acid' - featuring: skittering shrimp, dozens of oysters, a redfish, a catfish, and a crab; a watchful turkey buzzard, one of my beloved crows, and an ibis; along with garlic bulbs, grape clusters, and even a few stalks of cotton in the background. We hung it over the dining room mantel where it reminded me of the Audubon crow and crab that I loved so much."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0ITO5mOwwVu9S0zuVMTB535QOR2vz7ip_i-TQQrb65PZfKe7cPKHEb5MB6OgHwB0n0paf2aPNp6JRG-n7axyPdPU4qckLTIPgDo13APLkcoYJrOyhyphenhyphenDSrMCQO_8htfFdTI7HR_RK_vo/s1600/12-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0ITO5mOwwVu9S0zuVMTB535QOR2vz7ip_i-TQQrb65PZfKe7cPKHEb5MB6OgHwB0n0paf2aPNp6JRG-n7axyPdPU4qckLTIPgDo13APLkcoYJrOyhyphenhyphenDSrMCQO_8htfFdTI7HR_RK_vo/s640/12-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;">“The kitchen's vent hood and range are by Southbend.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; outline: 0px; text-align: start;">”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-7" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKc6APybLG4v6kYq6zRK7HpAncXHFDVtCrPDpt4_aNnbCzIK52yDhKMRbn7pDMMyPj2bTYQCRrPkbLWFlbZIQIibjkQk256uAKApCpORiWkSmJUf29ysrq48V2hB5DRFq8iAmeeh4JnQ/s1600/03-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKc6APybLG4v6kYq6zRK7HpAncXHFDVtCrPDpt4_aNnbCzIK52yDhKMRbn7pDMMyPj2bTYQCRrPkbLWFlbZIQIibjkQk256uAKApCpORiWkSmJUf29ysrq48V2hB5DRFq8iAmeeh4JnQ/s640/03-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;">“The cabinetry in the butler's pantry is painted in Ball Green by <a href="http://us.farrow-ball.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball</a>, the countertop is pine, and the sink and fittings are by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a>.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; outline: 0px; text-align: start;">”</span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-8" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PYuJaWpy-bv_cfltekljEVCyjtHqQ8CJtLnhUdG7_qLLThBhnwe2DYsr3o8DbEbOjNqbbzVL6GhGVZKXpuYdiUJ-MP-bHHGvXtM0hoW0hvFGlZCSy89JwjDmIrKGnIQt23eu9L0MPDU/s1600/IS-sc5p4oaajdjx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PYuJaWpy-bv_cfltekljEVCyjtHqQ8CJtLnhUdG7_qLLThBhnwe2DYsr3o8DbEbOjNqbbzVL6GhGVZKXpuYdiUJ-MP-bHHGvXtM0hoW0hvFGlZCSy89JwjDmIrKGnIQt23eu9L0MPDU/s640/IS-sc5p4oaajdjx.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Another view of the kitchen.</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photo obtained from <a href="http://www.zillow.com/" target="_blank">Zillow website</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLtsPpszATtHbNzX_rendwJYKTwzxw026U-YjbCwrJ2-xKxyxHXql8r3vjDQltPv-XpLjhbR1os8i02uvsQYxoylcL18SzKaqJoHgwwuQPTZXYFpa84QrFfeGIELy_3_dR2p9uVPnR_8/s1600/11-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLtsPpszATtHbNzX_rendwJYKTwzxw026U-YjbCwrJ2-xKxyxHXql8r3vjDQltPv-XpLjhbR1os8i02uvsQYxoylcL18SzKaqJoHgwwuQPTZXYFpa84QrFfeGIELy_3_dR2p9uVPnR_8/s640/11-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The library features faux-bois-painted cabinetry and shelving, an armchair covered in a Claremont velvet, and a pair of Queen Anne chairs that belonged to Reed's great-grandmother; artworks on left include, from top, a William Christenberry photograph, a 19th-century map of Mississippi, and an Audubon print.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-9" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitetOTC2vIHEWFj3epWw61fiB_1PzUeLrqTeBOezjXbZ9SwK0OwfCUQgbaWoDPmzHJf_gl0MN-TUOsRdGQ8NSqAVHykF0kbkG9XPy1t6qg9hi0e6Vvc5-OHeDHNJ9QH3q0ojraF6GWULU/s1600/07-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitetOTC2vIHEWFj3epWw61fiB_1PzUeLrqTeBOezjXbZ9SwK0OwfCUQgbaWoDPmzHJf_gl0MN-TUOsRdGQ8NSqAVHykF0kbkG9XPy1t6qg9hi0e6Vvc5-OHeDHNJ9QH3q0ojraF6GWULU/s640/07-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The couple's beagle, Henry, sits on an Aubusson rug atop a Beauvais sisal in a guest room; the suzani is from Afghanistan, and the walls are painted in <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Elephant Tusk.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-10" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Note from <i>The House on First Street</i>: "[W]hen John and I bought the house, part of the whole real-life plan had been to eventually adopt a beagle, the dog I had always wanted and never been allowed to have."</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGURLTzlodaFDRmAlrA9NsE4QutVp5IX7yTwC1EzEBh2z3yHb-pAT6M_1SI8wanJ-QOzocClX12OcNbe-V2secXiJx_oSrcMAjyEszkQ-z5W0mHfNO0zc4Tr6ul-3hz04Oiedixaip2k/s1600/IS-14tgaynoeyxr1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGURLTzlodaFDRmAlrA9NsE4QutVp5IX7yTwC1EzEBh2z3yHb-pAT6M_1SI8wanJ-QOzocClX12OcNbe-V2secXiJx_oSrcMAjyEszkQ-z5W0mHfNO0zc4Tr6ul-3hz04Oiedixaip2k/s640/IS-14tgaynoeyxr1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Another view of the bedroom.</span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photo obtained from <a href="http://www.zillow.com/" target="_blank">Zillow website</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O2JJZ3BuzY1aEi3a9HLmiY7mX8JIyI-mc_xla-i1W9QcKW9oJxB44DuWnbdbydHUfBjJviNDh2WToIvb613I0vcSewc5oyFdPCNvecQQ5Sb9Tm960Td7FXF5nNzgDmOMu5uXeWcEacU/s1600/06-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O2JJZ3BuzY1aEi3a9HLmiY7mX8JIyI-mc_xla-i1W9QcKW9oJxB44DuWnbdbydHUfBjJviNDh2WToIvb613I0vcSewc5oyFdPCNvecQQ5Sb9Tm960Td7FXF5nNzgDmOMu5uXeWcEacU/s640/06-Julia-Reed-house-ELLE-DECOR-09-12-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The guest bath tub and fittings are by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a>, the early-19th-century prints are of Napoléon and Pope Pius VII, and the stool is Chinese.</span><span style="outline: 0px;">”</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Photography by William Waldron.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">“<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/greek-revival-interiors-julia-reed#slide-11" target="_blank">Affair of the Heart</a>” by Julia Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Décor</a> (September 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Note from <i>The House on First Street</i>: "I was armed with an especially dangerous piece of pornography known as the <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a> catalog." </span><br /><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK_xV5lCuE0CMz5eh-TYdoFlYgrgRWMV9hiln1fBP0bXkQx_6kWm9bSOXO4_NwxZ3SSrXIq8VTcL6P7lwimZlPuSySIIQUMm2W0z1skWeIUW5IIULcHJ55UU0GZRgzUB7ZCNpdODNeKQ/s1600/IS-15qjbdwuqh3dp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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