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Formal dining room with a polished wooden table set with two silver candelabras and a white lidded serving dish. Hand-painted botanical wallpaper depicting flowering trees, birds, and birdcages surrounds a pair of framed Chinese ancestral portraits, while an ornate gilded chandelier hangs overhead.

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Discovering charm in the Garden District: one family’s love affair with a Greek Revival gem

Tour this home at PRC’s 48th Annual Holiday Home Tour. Click here to learn more & get tickets. When native …
Covered front porch of a historic home featuring brick flooring, tall white columns, decorative wrought-iron railings, black shutters, hanging ferns, and white outdoor seating. A blue flag with gold fleur-de-lis motifs hangs beside the steps, with mature trees and lush greenery surrounding the porch.

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Smart technology meets historic elegance: inside the renovations of Clark Cottage

Tour this home at PRC’s 48th Annual Holiday Home Tour. Click here to learn more & get tickets. The raised …
Elegant dining room with pale blue-gray walls, elaborate white plaster crown molding, and decorative ceiling details. Open white French doors beneath an arched fanlight frame a view into a bright stair hall with scenic botanical wallpaper, a white staircase, and a gilded console table. In the foreground, a round dark wood dining table, antique chairs, blue patterned upholstery, and paired gilt-framed mirrors complement the home’s refined historic character.

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Rescued from demolition: one St. Charles Ave. home’s journey to preservation

Tour this home at PRC’s 48th Annual Holiday Home Tour. Click here to learn more & get tickets. Neely and …
Bright, minimalist living and dining space centered around a white-painted brick chimney with a pass-through opening at its base. A mustard-yellow sofa and white armchair frame the foreground, while warm wood floors, a dark dining table, tall windows, and a small gold-framed painting add warmth to the airy white interior.

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Reimagining elegance: an artful renovation on St. Mary Street

Tour this home at PRC’s 48th Annual Holiday Home Tour. Click here to learn more & get tickets. Courtney and …
Expansive, elegant living room layered with antique and contemporary furnishings, including patterned armchairs, a neutral sofa, carved side tables, built-in bookcases, and a richly veined marble fireplace topped by an ornate mirror. Tall draped windows, classical moldings, collected artwork, and pops of red and pink upholstery give the room a refined yet eclectic character.

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Chateau charm: a glimpse into grandeur on Audubon Boulvard

See this home at PRC’s 48th Annual Holiday Home Tour Patron Party presented by Jones Walker. Click here to learn …

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See the historic homes featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour

Visit eight private residences in Parkview and Bayou St. John at PRC’s Spring Home Tour presented by Entablature Design + …

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Renovation brings colorful interiors to century-old Craftsman bungalow near Bayou St. John

Photos by Sara Essex Bradley Visit this historic home and seven other examples of New Orleans’ vernacular architecture at PRC’s …

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Family’s passionate restoration embraces timeless charm of 1929 Mediterranean Revival home in New Orleans

Photos by Sara Essex Bradley Visit this historic home and seven other examples of New Orleans’ vernacular architecture at PRC’s …

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Couple transforms vacant 1950s ranch house into modern West Indies-style home in Bayou St. John

Photos by Sara Essex Bradley Visit this historic home and seven other examples of New Orleans’ vernacular architecture at PRC’s …

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New Orleans family restores long-abandoned 1880s home overlooking Bayou St. John

Header photo by Liz Jurey Visit this historic home and seven other examples of New Orleans’ vernacular architecture at PRC’s …

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How one New Orleans family turned a former convent into their Craftsman-style dream home

Photos by Liz Jurey Patience — and a dose of divine intervention — paid off for Donna Barry and Craig …

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Family’s renovation of New Orleans home uncovers two centuries of history and original dogtrot design

Photos by Sara Essex Bradley Visit this historic home and seven other examples of New Orleans’ vernacular architecture at PRC’s …