New Orleans Homes

A Washington Avenue Townhouse Becomes a Love Letter to New Orleans

A Washington Avenue townhouse becomes a joyful laboratory — and a love letter to New Orleans — for a couple who has called the city home for 30 years.

During a sweeping renovation of their historic Washington Avenue home, Cherie and Jonathan Thompson did what most people wouldn’t. They bought a townhouse on the same block, gutted it and made it their own. “We knew we would be out a minimum of two years, likely more,” Cherie says. “We wanted to ensure stability and […]

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