Photography: Pieter Estersohn
Chestnut Residence
Family Home by Lee Ledbetter and Associates in New Orleans, LA
A collaboration with Bell Architects in an 1850 Garden District home resulted in a more open floor plan with custom millwork and new bathrooms and kitchen. The interior features a mix of bespoke furniture, carpets and lighting paired with mid-century modern and antique pieces. Two former parlors were combined into a new, enlarged living/dining room that are anchored by Lindsey Adelman chandeliers and period-derived plaster medallions. While the public rooms embrace a club-like richness of layered patterns and bold colors, the upstairs balances a dramatic cork-and-gold study and gold-leaf ceiling with a serene primary suite of cool blues vintage Venetian glass.
