Color of the Year
Pantone announced that Peach Fuzz is its 2024 Color of the Year, and it’s not too late to incorporate the uplifting color into your home. Farrow & Ball has six colors that illustrate the peachy trend. For example, Faded Terracotta No. CC8 is a soft, pale orange inspired by the shade of terracotta pots and tiles; and, for a slightly richer shade, try Fake Tan No. 9912, a warm peach with an earthy tone that looks particularly beautiful in rooms with southern exposure. Other colors in the collection include Pink Ground No. 202, Pink Cup No. 9801, Menagerie No. 63 and Setting Plaster No. 231. For the ultimate cocooning effect, International Brand Ambassador Patrick O’Donnell recommends color-drenching an entire room using the ultra-matte Dead Flat finish in any one of these shades. Available at Spruce Wallpaper and Fabric Showroom, 2043 Magazine St., 265-0946, sprucenola.com
Get Cookin’
Danie Habig has opened Ladle and the Whisk on Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District, featuring all sorts of kitchen supplies. In addition to unique finds, innovative tools and gadgets, and old-fashioned kitchen staples, the shop offers other items like whole bean coffee, soup and dinner mixes, cookie cutters, seasonings and barware. “I got excited knowing that I picked out a line that even included the juicer from Oprah’s Favorite Things — the Fluicer,” Habig says. “One of my favorite lines we carry is our Chroma Cnives made with Japanese steel but German design. Customers [also] cannot seem to get enough of our miniature graters.” Also be sure to check out the floor mural painted by beloved local artist, Simon Hardeveld. 2130 Magazine St., 910-6199, ladleandthewhisk.com
Grit & Graffiti
House of No Era, a vintage lifestyle brand based in Cincinnati (but with strong ties to New Orleans), offers a range of interior design services — including staging, styling, sourcing, fine consignment and vintage resale. A new collection, dubbed Urban-Loftstyles, features designer furniture classics from the likes of B&B Italia, Saporiti Italia and Herman Miller, evoking the moody ambiance of 1990s-era Chloë Sevigny films alongside Miami’s global art and design influence. Noteworthy pieces include an oversized 1980s Vladimir Kagan-style postmodern sectional sofa, a 1970s lucite butterfly cocktail table and a 1970s lucite Z chair. Giovanni Offredi’s perforated purple leather dining chairs, Paolo Piva’s renowned Alanda coffee table and the iconic Coconut Chair by George Nelson also play pivotal roles in the drop. Defined by loud colors, sharp graphics and clean lines, the Urban-Loftstyles collection also features oversized graffiti canvases. The second half of the collection will be released this fall. houseofnoera.com
Get in the Garden
Fall is the perfect time to refresh gardens and flower beds, and a good gardening shoe can make all the difference when it comes to mud and garden scraps. A new mid-rise version of Muck Boots’ most popular boot, the women’s Muckster II Mid Boot, keeps feet warm and dry; the high-traction rubber outsole provides safe contact with wet surfaces; and the outsole design easily sheds debris. They are 100% waterproof with a breathable mesh lining. muckbootcompany.com
Imagining a New Future
Local photographer Virginia Hanusik has released a new coffee-table book, “Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana.” The book focuses on the region where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico — an area where the water (and the history of controlling it) presents vulnerabilities and possibilities of living in South Louisiana during an ongoing climate catastrophe and the fallout of the fossil fuel industry. In addition to photography by Hanusik that complicate the disaster-oriented imagery often associated with the region and its people, the book includes microhistories, anecdotes and insights from scholars, artists, activists and practitioners working in the area. Available at The Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., Ste. 8, 895-2266, gardendistrictbookshop.com
Home Entertaining
NOLA Boards, which opened in 2014 offering locally designed and created cutting boards (along with an array of home gifts), also offers custom butcher block countertops and islands. The shop, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary in September, also recently opened The Honey Bar inside the store hosts events and features a collection of honeys from around Louisiana. 4228 Magazine St., 256-0030, nolaboards.com