Design Diary

Haute Design

Sunday Shop released a new collection of furniture, dubbed Sunday (work)Shop, locally designed by co-founders Katie Logan Leblanc and Jensen Killen. Each of the 13 pieces in the collection are customizable in both size and finish. Inspired pieces include the Euclid Coffee Table, featuring angular legs and natural wood grain, and the Themis Nine Drawer Dresser, featuring pill-shaped inset pulls on large, uniform drawers. 2025 Magazine St., sundayshop.co

A Fashionable Stay

Rubensteins, the nearly century-old men’s clothing store on the corner of Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue, is renovating the upper floors of five historic buildings into a 40-room boutique hotel. The Rubenstein Hotel is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year with an opening in early 2024. MCC Real Estate will operate the property under the flag of its J Collection of hotels. 102 St. Charles Ave., rubensteinsneworleans.com

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The Suite Life

The Windsor Court has unveiled its reimagined James J. Coleman, Jr. Presidential Suite after a $2 million renovation. With an updated floor plan of 2,800 square feet, the two-bedroom suite blends a New Orleans aesthetic with the hotel’s classic old-world charm and British identity. Locally based interior design firm Vesta Fort Interiors found inspiration for the space in the original hotel’s developer, for whom the suite is named. A businessman and philanthropist, Coleman brought English designs with influences from East Asia to The Windsor Court. Located on the 22nd floor, the presidential suite features an open floor plan, a kitchen and bar, a library with game table and built-in bookcase, a gym, a gas fireplace, a custom-designed dining room table by Dop Antiques, a tortoise coffee table by Kathy Slater, Turkish leopard print pillows by Billy Baldwin Studio, custom lighting by Julie Neill Designs and lamps by Fifi Laughlin, marble-accentuated bathrooms with steam showers, local art, and a tiered patio and balcony with an English-style garden designed by Dunn & Sonnier. 300 Gravier St., 800, windsorcourthotel.com

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Burgeoning Neighborhood

Architecture firm, CICADA, and general contractor, Perrier Esquerré Contractors, completed the historic mixed-use redevelopment at 1733 Constantinople Street. Originally built as a theater in 1917, the Uptown destination is now home to four commercial tenants on the ground floor: DEVENEY (a full-service marketing firm); Zee’s Pizzeria; Lucy Boone Ice Cream; and Sol Cura (a salon and spa). The property also has four residential apartment units on the second floor. 

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Poydras Street Expansion Project

Brechtel Hospitality is expanding its Poydras Street Property brands, Copper Vine Winepub and Vintage Rock Club. Copper Vine will evolve into Copper Vine Winepub & Inn, a bed-and-breakfast concept with 11 rooms, plus an expanded dining area that includes four new dining rooms and two new kitchens. Meanwhile, Vintage Rock Club will double in size with the addition of a second bar, video wall and additional dance floor. The venue will feature new performance lighting with an expanded VIP area, and a new lounge and restroom area. Brechtel Hospitality also is building a 6,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor rooftop venue with a full kitchen and private elevator entrance on Rampart Street. Studio West Design and Architecture is leading the architecture and interior design of the Poydras Street Expansion Project, while Impetus is serving as the general contractor. Renovations are expected to be completed by the end of this year. 1001 Poydras St., coppervine.com; 1007 Poydras St., vintagerockclub.com

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