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New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles - November 2004
Gayle Terrell
Retailing has taken on a life of its own for Gayle Terrell, owner of the Lazybug stores. From the greeting at the front of the store to the gift-wrapping, Terrell believes in customer service and the image that she and…
Permanent Cool
If one were to design the perfect bachelor pad conventional wisdom dictates furniture with beer stains, poorly-placed, big-screen TVs and deep kitchen sinks to accommodate lots of dirty dishes. While that holds up nicely in sitcoms and college towns, Jon…
A Bed Gets a New Look with an Upholstered Headboard.
This project is a quick and easy way to dress up a full-size bed without a huge investment in time or expense. This headboard hangs on the wall like a picture, so it is easy to take down when moving…
A City With (Almost) No Limits
For an easy getaway to the best of all worlds, consider a weekend jaunt to Austin, Texas. The laid-back capital of the Lone Star State is a progressive, cosmopolitan city where New Age meets Old West in unhurried harmony. The…
Lighter apple bread pudding
Butter for greasing baking dish and sauteing apples 2 cups soy milk 3 cups half & half Butter 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 3 apples, chopped into 1-inch cubes 4 large eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla…
Thanksgiving leftovers get a healthy makeover
Coming from the rural South as I do, there are certain “white-trash” recipes bound to cross my—and your—table at one point. My mother tends to be a fan of very simple recipes and will often call me to pass one…
Marda Burton
There’s a story behind each piece of furniture, each piece of art, and every object a person purchases. Don’t believe it? Visit Marda Burton. Her home is filled with vignettes. Or maybe it’s writer Burton who likes to tell a…
Paper Trail
In a city that loves a good convention, Renee deVille was pleased to see a significant gathering of some of the 100,000 species of mold, which ruin some of our oldest and most treasured belongings in New Orleans. OK—it wasn’t…
Clear Cut
Joe Lewis defended his heavyweight title for the 23rd time, while movie marquis nationwide promoted “The Best Years of our Lives.” Dr. Spock emerged as the baby czar and the No. 1 song nationwide was “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah.” The year was 1946,…
Spring Break
With cooler weather, the threat of hurricanes behind us and the possibility of a hard freeze still months away, November may be the best time to be out in the garden. It’s also the perfect time to take stock, make…
Courtney Egan
For video artist Courtney Egan, mass culture is both the raw material and the subject matter of her “video collages.” Her work, she says, is about “how culture —media culture in particular—affects me emotionally.” “I think of my pieces as…
Nature's Way
Fair or not, it’s difficult to separate organic gardening from its hippie connotations. Think organic, and you’re likely to picture something virtuous, sure, but also a little ragged and unruly—a gardening strategy that all but sacrifices order to the obstreperous…
Monique Sobrino
It always made sense for Monique Sobrino to own a business, so when the opportunity to purchase her grandmother’s Little Miss Muffin Hallmark store came about in 1992, Sobrino took it and reopened Little Miss Muffin in a new location…
On the Surface
Traditional Elegance General Contractor: Bill Pierce, Colby Construction Designer: John Fernandez for Hurwitz Mintz Interiors Tub, toilet and shower supplier/installer: Bienvenu Brothers Plumbing Marble supplier and installer: Pieri Tile & Marble This custom-designed bathroom by Hurwitz Mintz has a stately,…
Bathroom Confidential
1. How much do I need to spend? How much am I prepared to spend? In order to minimize costs and structural concerns when renovating your bathroom, you’ll want to try to keep major plumbing outlets in the same position…
November Style
Bedding Down Your precious four-legged friends deserve a cozy place to rest, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your love of style. Available in three sizes, the rectangular Hound Lounge beds have a hypoallergenic fiber-fill and a cotton…
Turn up the Heat
Kitchen Confidential Renovating your kitchen is usually the most cost-effective upgrade you can do to your home, but it can also be the most expensive. Here are the five key questions that you might want to ask the experts. 1.…
Kitchen Redos
Balancing Act General Contractors: Jimmy Higginbotham, F.J. Brassette Designer: L. Craig Smith Homeowners: Louise Partello and Phil Gardner For a serious cook like Louise Partello, a highly functional kitchen was in demand. It was also overdue for a renovation, since…
Family Flair
Walking into decorator Melissa Rufty’s house, one would never guess that she has three girls—Olivia, Lilly and Adair—under the age of 10, until one of them comes riding up on her bike with training wheels at a pretty fast pace.…
