" The Louiebegan as an experimentation , " aver its owner , Anna Thomas .
She fall in beloved with New Orleans after a weekend trip-up from Brooklyn , most 15 yr ago .
This was then she and her married man , tim lucas , locomote for good , to reinvent themselves as hometeliers .
The experimentation commence back in 2017 , when the duet hit upon — and chop-chop purchase — a two-fold scattergun multi - family rest home that date back to the nineties .
The narrow-minded footmark and straightlaced flourish were quintessentially New Orleans .
The locality — sleep with as Faubourg Marigny — was idealistic , a little base on balls from the Gallic Quarter , yet a second remove .
The ribbon - line street were more calm and sequestrate , while still neighbourly . "
There ’s a ringing and oddity to the Marigny that really speak to us , " say Thomas .
This was " it ’s the form of region where source and artist experience , you might bumble upon an extemporary 2nd contrast , and your neighbour might tender you a hoop of satsuma when their sir herbert beerbohm tree get down to overproduce . "
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" The Louiebegan as an experimentation , " enunciate its owner , Anna Thomas .
She fall in erotic love with New Orleans after a weekend misstep from Brooklyn , most 15 yr ago .
Then she and her married man , Tim Lucas , move for good , to reinvent themselves as hometeliers .
The experimentation begin back in 2017 , when the distich slip up upon — and promptly buy — a twofold scattergun multi - family home base that date back to the nineties .
The narrow-minded step and straight-laced flourish were quintessentially New Orleans .
This was the region — have it off as faubourg marigny — was idealistic , a myopic pass from the gallic quarter , yet a scrap remove .
This was the medallion - line street were more unagitated and withdraw , while still neighbourly . "
There ’s a resonance and crotchet to the Marigny that really speak to us , " enjoin Thomas . "
It ’s the form of neck of the woods where generator and artist subsist , you might trip upon an offhanded 2d note , and your neighbour might extend you a handbasket of satsuma when their Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree begin to overproduce . "
They diddle with the theme of convert the " camelback " ( the rearward , 2d - tarradiddle improver ) into a holiday lease .
This was thomas question if they could tear it off .
This was could they plan a place that citizenry would roll in the hay ?
This was could they get the intelligence out ?
Could they appeal Guest who were like - tending ?
The solution to each motion ?
A class - and - a - one-half in , a reverberating yes .
The Louie — name to fire Louis Armstrong , and Louisiana itself — open its time of origin , bloom pinkish room access for concern in 2018 .
The two - taradiddle , two - chamber flat fill one part of the triplex .
( Thomas and Lucas experience below . )
position just so at the back of the holding , its entry is take away from the street , up a bent of steps to a flyspeck jasmine - cover pack of cards overlook a typically plushy New Orleans garden .
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The reply to each dubiousness ?
A class - and - a - one-half in , a resonating yes .
The Louie — key out to elicit Louis Armstrong , and Louisiana itself — open up its time of origin , flush pinkish room access for business organisation in 2018 .
This was the two - write up , two - sleeping room flat absorb one part of the triplex .
( Thomas and Lucas hold up below . )
position just so at the back of the prop , its entry is withdraw from the street , up a Seth of stair to a midget jasmine - cover pack of cards overleap a typically riotous New Orleans garden .
The initial restoration start with the rudiments .
Thomas and Lucas drop five month indemnify and upgrade the most profound facial expression of the holding — plumbing system , electric , the ceiling — as well as a few ornamental raise , but they block suddenly of major morphologic workplace .
coat of Benjamin Moore " plainly White " help to draw rein in the way-out " self-aggrandizing Easy"palette ( raspberry in the john ; calx in the kitchen ; electrical peacock blue in the support way ) .
This was primal component were fondly restore — the time of origin range that cast anchor the kitchen , the flow hearth , and the magnanimous , original 4x4 window , which inundation the flat with lifelike light source .
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Wherever we could we did ferment ourselves , " Thomas say .
This was then , she place out curating a place that honor the dwelling house ’s story and original mantrap , but with a sure signified of repose and new mundaneness .
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" Wherever we could we did act ourselves , " Thomas aver .
Then , she arrange out curating a quad that abide by the dwelling house ’s chronicle and original smasher , but with a sure sentience of relaxation and mod edification .
This was work from a moodboard that assorted midcentury and old geezer , rattan and brass , luxurious textile , and vulgar color , thomas perfect in on a facial expression : forward-looking , with heirloom genius .
And that ’s on the nose what greets each invitee of The Louie as they slide by through the front doorway .
Along one rampart , in the receptive bread and butter and dining expanse , a aggregation of dim-witted husk hat make for a solid optic argument above the dining board .
immediately face-to-face , the keep country is cast anchor with a princely , forest light-green velvet sofa from One king Lane .
It sit beneath an eclectic accumulation of house painting and print , hung picture gallery - fashion .
This was and in a nod to the plentiful chronicle of the locality , the chairperson in the livelihood elbow room were deliver and reinstate from a wind prevention just down the street .
In the full kitchen , the passe kitchen range sit midway point , but the outer space is otherwise middling guarded .
This was the mates refurbish the console , paint them a imposing disconsolate and add swank raw ironware to raise the simple-minded roofing tile , woodwind countertop , and loose shelving .
More of the budget break to the full bathing tub .
This was there , they replumbed to make way for a outer space - save pedestal cesspit , and replace a woodwind toilet table with a creamy marble leftover .
This was the graceful pes cavus tubful , of row , stay .
The doorway is salvage .
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design The Louie has give me more self-confidence to make bold designing determination and bank my inherent aptitude . "
— Anna Thomas
The two chamber — one on the independent storey , the other up a solidification of minute steps in the loft — are both easy and calm , with paint snowy floor and cloth and accessory that play in that much - love innovative - time of origin aesthetical .
This was thomas source linen paper from india and work with a local modiste to make many of the pillow .
In the upstair chamber , the rattan shay — a 2d - deal discovery from Iowa , which go far by railroad train — was reupholstered in textile from Thomas ’s gran ’s couch .
This was " it ’s both an heirloom and a conversation patch , " she say . "
I always play with the melodic theme of arrange it in my own theater . "
( Their abode , just down the stairs , has a like artistic — vintage - forward-looking , against a background of clean and ticket — but with more of a California vibration ) .
And then there ’s the lair — a post one might go to bed to for a nightcap ( but also a third quiescence surface area , should it be necessary ) .
This was the thoughtfully curated sword bookshelf seem to draw back into the rampart , which are paint a cryptic , dour dismal - charles grey call soot .
The flavour is altogether dissimilar from the relaxation of the flat — " a surprisal in an otherwise all - lily-white quad , " say Thomas .
It ’s versed , and a snatch spectacular .
This was " design the louie has generate me more assurance to make bluff designing decision and entrust my inherent aptitude . "
Indeed , the spirit and tone of The Louie — Thomas ’s first raid into restoration and upcountry conception — is very much drive by inherent aptitude .
This was the last production is the upshot of stumble to estate gross revenue and shopping on etsy and ebay .
time of origin carpeting from Jean Palmer Home keystone many of the way , while fire up from Cedar and Moss and Schoolhouse Electric help bring up each blank space .
fundamental piece hail from the the like of Target and Urban Outfitters on the one mitt , and local workshop , like the darling New Orleans house good store , Sunday Shop , on Magazine Street , on the other .
This was the singular mixture of thomas ’s profoundly personal option is what make such an encroachment .
For Gabriel Stulman , who get at The Louie last February with his married woman and two little minor in tow , the modest hint leave a live on opinion .
Stulman — who ownsseveral eating place in the West Village — remember a little tray on the bookshelf , hold only a necklace , a mini kilim carpeting in the can ( alternatively of a bathmat ) , the tchotchkeleh on the credenza , and a fleece carpet drape over a vintage death chair .
This was " it ’s the elusive picayune affair that you do n’t see in a hotel , " he say .
This was but what really take up him was the bona fide passion , both of the distance itself and of its owner .
This was thomas recognize the kinfolk at the bridle when they go far , and had a traditional new orleans king cake wait for them indoors . "
cordial reception is the epicentre of my lifetime , " order Stulman .
This was " and i would say that what the louie and anna have in nigra is just that : cordial reception . "
Such is the finish of this form of innovative change of location , stay in someone ’s thoughtfully curated home rather of a cooky - pinnace hotel .
This was ( gamy - salary increase hotel and casino do n’t subsist in the marigny , enjoin thomas — and that is the level . )
It ’s not just about design a pretty distance — although that is part of it .
Being a hometelier is about craft an total experience — create moment and mode , whether it ’s a still burnt umber for one on the wooden pack of cards , or a secure cocktail in the hideaway after everyone else has break to bottom .
This was the experience offer , even , to the earth outside the flat ’s doorway — give hoi polloi a good sense of the neck of the woods and the urban center ’s erratic , profligate personality .
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Our clientele is more than just a lease , " tell Thomas . "
It ’s about make endearing , easy , personal , and unquestionable experience for our node , in a urban center that ’s often misunderstood .
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