comfy by design What a beautiful and imaginative home.

kellystevens love it!

vicky feldman This kitchen has that cozy, coastal feeling that I love. Great train-style light fixtures.

aeykelbo I love houses where people are decorating or furnishing with things that they've made. That's really inspiring and I think a pretty fundamental element in creating a home.

Interesting that so many of the furnishings are from Ikea. I myself have Ikea cabinets and they look great, for about a third of the price of the next nearest competitor, which was Home Depot!

About the exterior, I think that some landscaping could be interesting. Maybe some tall vertical planting of different heights to playfully interrupt those horizontal lines. But it's a new place with very little out front, so maybe they are still getting to that. It's also winter!

Ashley Davis Great job Adam... the second and third photographs really depict the life of the space!

midmodfan Very beautiful. I love the paintings and the personal touches throughout.

The IKEA kitchen is similar to ours - we have the same glossy dark gray and white fronts. Also an interesting use of IKEA cabinets in the living room and the bathroom. You can always customize these relatively inexpensive boxes with posh counters and accessories.

Lovely home!

Becky Harris Lovely! It must be such a treat to come in through the front door and walk into that light-filled open space.

Elizabeth Conklin Lovely kitchen and master bath - well done overall space!

Sigrid What the heck is a "Typhoon Bordeaux leather finish" on granite?

Kerry Holden Interior Design A beautiful and light filled home

designwitch I do believe that painting on the wall of the Hudson River is by Frederick Church; if it is, get it insured! It's worth a lot of money.

Casart Coverings Hi Adam, Casart partners are all from New Orleans and have a reverence for the traditional architecture there, but it is refreshing to see it (ventilation grates) combined with lessons learned from a 100 year flood. Tell Betsy I recognize that coffee table as same as the one on my porch. It's Giacometti and I purchased it in 1984 from designer Geri Bremermann in New Orleans.

bernadette1234 Each to their own vee22. I lke the fact that Houzz profiles many types of design! Besides, that couple just have a happy satisfied look and I really like that!

mjthor Are the outdoor dining chairs weather-resistant wood or metal? Where can they be purchased?

keywestguy Love the dining area light fixture. I've been looking for something like this. Does anyone know where I can find one? Thanks!

jodi68 Love this house!! Great Job!

ladybugk10 where did the bar stools come from? i have been looking for this style......

wantsideas I really like the unusal vanity in the downstairs bath and the covered outside eating area right off the kitchen. So practical.

Hollis Erickson Love this house! What a great use of space!

barrera316 Very nice restoration! Bravo to you for helping to rebuild our city!

CAROLE MEYER GREAT house and decor.....I love the layout with the little office right next to the kitchen....very open and airy and livable!

evelynhort Your home is gorgeous!

Paige Schlender This is a beautiful example of modern architecture. However, I find it disappointing that the family and architect did not choose to make a more pointed nod, at least on the exterior, toward the traditional vernacular of the nieghborhood's past. I'm not suggesting that it should be a traditional architecture per se; rather, using shapes and isolated elements that would indicate an attitude of integration and progression, instead of departure, from the other homes that remain on the block. I do bristle a bit at the line "a few contemporary additions, helping this neighborhood become a treasured secret". Progress is beautiful, and thoughtful progress is moreso, especially in the context of what seems between the writer's lines to be a gentrifying neighborhood.

Ella Tyson What type of flooring is that in the living room photo?

Deborah Toms The house looks great. I have similar windows, sliding door that are original 1964 aluminum and need to be redone. What material and color did you use? Thanks

samselect What a great space!

janet4784 I have to agree with Paige...the exterior doesn't seem to reflect its neighborhood or history in any way. I'm guessing the neighbors don't find it a welcome addition to their "treasured secret" at all. Were they consulted at all to ensure harmonious relations? Love the interior, but outside...no thanks.

remarkable1 @ Sigrid: regarding the granite, Typhoon Bordeaux is the pattern; leathered refers to the finish. It appears as though there was a comma missing in that description... As we are in the final (finally!) stages of a six-month long kitchen/downstairs remodel, I have learned my granite vernacular. Leathered is a brushed, rougher finish, basically the opposite of a polished glassy (resin-filled in some cases) finish that most are used to. You feel much more texture of the stone.

We toyed with the idea of polished granite on our perimeter cabinets and leathered on the island, thinking it would cut down any glare coming through our windows. When we saw the slabs side by side, same pattern, there was too much difference in the color - I don't know how else to describe it. Our kitchen is not all that huge, so it would have been too noticeable.

Hope this helps.

Ann Conn Minaldi Thanks for your commitment in New Orleans !!!

Shannon Holman Those lights are genius!

patscats2 I'm glad they like their house but I, being a native New Orleanian, would be furious if they built that house next door to me. I'm sure somewhere in N.O. there is a spot for a home like this but City Park is not the spot as far as architecture.

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Donna Rochester This really is a beautiful and functional home for retirees. Such a nice integration of the old and new and the colors are perfect. The owner's artistic talent and taste are evident throughout.

Adam Breaux @patscats2, I have learned as an emerging professional in Architecture that your sentiments regarding the contemporary nature of the home are indicative of the greater culture of New Orleans. This city has an attitude of preservation of the old styles which is so strict, it seems to refuse to acknowledge that the present is part of history also. That being said, it is my opinion that streets which convey a variety of historical styles are more exciting, as they portray a physical history of the city, layered through time, on a single street or block. That is why I have chosen to focus primarily on contemporary residences in the city of New Orleans.

I appreciate your critical mind however, and I invite others to portray their feelings on the positive as well as negative aspects of the home as well as future homes that I will cover.

Shannon Holman @Adam Breaux--with respect to @patscats2's comment, I'd love to see a series in which you interview residents of some contemporary properties and their neighbors. I suspect that sometimes contemporary properties, such as the Global Green houses in Holy Cross, can seem more jarring in photographs than they actually seem at street level. My own view is that a city that can hold so many different cultural influences and weather so much hardship surely won't be harmed by a few modernist homes.

lisap2013 Where are the rugs from? Love the design and feel of this house.

jojosail2 May sound strange to say it's not my style but I like pretty much everything about this house.

Nicole Orner Love the mix of contemporary with family treasures.

fatiashton Gorgeous

mkarrenf very beautiful home

marsia What an amazing great room with so much open space and flow. Gorgeous!

patscats2 I have nothing against modern homes, to each his own. As modern homes go this one is beautiful. However, this house stands out like a sore thumb the same way the Brad Pitt homes stand out. It ruins the character of the city and the neighbohood. This city is known for its' character and this house is out of place where it is. Sorry, that's the way I see it.

It would like me going to build my raised Acadian in a block with nothing but houses that looked like this. Why would I want to do that and how horrible would my house stand out? Can you see my house next to this one?

sharonnamtran It's really nice and full of art. Each corner is lovely, I like the outdoor patio especially.

davisbj I live in a very eclectic neighborhood. Several houses are round & raised; there's one that looks similar to mobile home; next door is the most expensive & largest; behind me is a teardown; and there are 3 new ones being built. I love this neighborhood.
Great house! Would be nice to see the floor plan.

kskousen Great job and I like that you used some frugal choices.

Carol Ross I like the open, light, common area living space combined with work space, makes for easy living, very nice!

Don Roberts What a great home!!! I love that the owners and the architect kept the inside feeling like a classic New Orleans shotgun style home. I also love the use clerestory windows to bring more light into the space. Actually, I love everything about the interior of this home.

Unfortunately I found the outside of the house to be cold and anything but inviting. It's not just the lack of landscaping. Maybe if they extended the entry to run along the entire side up to where the windows end it would give more of a nod to the tradition of a front porch typical to a classic shotgun home.

annak1214 I grew up in 137 MIddle Park Place in New Orleans-- is this house in that neighborhood?

Adjacent to City Park in what is now called Mid-City, what was called Lakeview back then. the area was heavily damaged in Katrina when the levees broke.

schauvin I do appreciate the commitment to New Orleans.

I am really wondering about this City Park neighborhood and how this modern exterior fits in? Actually surprised the preservation Society didn't get involved.

annak1214 These areas of mid- City/ north of Marconi Avenue were primarily 1950-s ranches and early mid-century modern designs. These were lower middle class neighborhoods until you got to Lake Vista, much further north and closer to Lake Ponchatrain. I am not aware that these neighborhoods had any sort of preservation Society unless it was the Garden Club. What is being built now is all 5-10 feet raised foundations and an eclectic " gumbo" of styles- Victorians next to brick ranches, next to modern.

Our house at 137 Middle Park Place in Park Place, sadly, still had the yellow "X" and numbers on the door last year,( representing the number of people or bodies found inside), badly buckled hardwood floors, holes in the flat roofs. ( I was told) that the owner was in Charity Hospital when Katrina hit so many years ago.

I applaud the architect in the NO tradition of innovation and celebration of the mix of housing style. ( that is the " gumbo" part). It is a pleasure to see his modified shotgun design. Congrats to the owners for not moving elsewhere.

carriagelanewest Interior makes sense, the exterior does not. There is no reference.

schauvin annak1214, If this house is indeed in the Lakeview area, the modern exterior fits in well with the eclectic mix of that neighborhood.

Adam Breaux @annak1214, it is indeed in the neighborhood that you grew up in, between Lakeview and Mid City.

guenevere77 What are the dimensions of the great room? I'm designing a similar space & love the way this is laid out.

Carolyn Zone9alady I grew up in New Orleans and went to City Park almost every weekend. What a beautiful area to live in. The house is not your typical City Park style but it looks beautiful and efficient.

captainsursea The architect has created a beautiful and functional space that obviously took into account the owner's ideas and wishes. For that reason alone we highly commend him. The home's interior is truly a joy to behold as its' viewed from different perspectives; the exterior, at odds with the neighborhood's architectural environment, does have a certain panache, making, we think, a bold statement for industrial/modern design.

guenevere77 davisbj -
I looked around and I believe that you can view the floor plan of this house here: http://www.bildit.com/html/gallery.php?gal_id=189&gal_type=Featured&curr_page=1#

kiran64 Typhoon Bordeaux looks really nice. We went for the same thing. We initially selected Sienna Bordeaux (both from IKEA) but when we looked at the actual slab, it is quite different. Saw the typhoon there and selected immediately. Typhoon sample at ikea has yellow tint, but the actual slab has a lot of grey in it. $76 or $81 per sqft. IKEA 20% kitchen helped us.

joyce1849 While I like the design, does this home blend in with the historic homes that New Orleans is known for, or does it datnd out in the neigborhood?

runnergrl Great space! Just a question from someone who lives in a mountain state, why aren't they required to build homes here on stilts, just like they do on all of the coasts in Florida and South Carolina, etc..? Since the area was destroyed once by water, I would think they would want the house a lot higher than it is?

Shannon Holman @runnergrl--There is a flood zone map for Orleans Parish and there are requirements for building a certain number of feet above sea level depending on which zone you're in. Unfortunately, at the time many New Orleanians were rebuilding, the new maps had not yet been released by the federal government, so homeowners had only woefully out of date information on which to base their expensive decision on how high to raise their homes. Please remember too that it wasn't the hurricane itself that devastated the city, but the breach of the levees caused by the negligence of the US Army Corps of Engineers, which has since admitted responsibility and made substantial improvements to the levee system.
Lastly, bear in mind that New Orleans is bounded by a river on one side and a lake on the other. It's actually over 100 miles to the Gulf from New Orleans so it's not really a coastal city like you may be thinking of in FL and SC, but a port city.