Cookie cutter... the perfect description of all these Hobby Lobby, IKEA, Pottery Barn, Target look a likes. I am so tired of white and grays and neutrals. Color is life! Perfection in imperfection! Living with what you love, what speaks to you.. not weather ii matches. Thanks so much for showing these amazing home of style and collections. A feast for the eyes and senses!
I don’t think those big box stores are the problem, per se. It’s the matchy-matchy mentality so prevalent since the 1950s. If you go to one store and buy everything from furniture to dishes, you’re going to have a pretty narrow range of choices. Boring, but easy. I can shop at big box stores, pick a few things from each, and end up with a nice eclectic look-augmented with finds from thrift stores, antique malls, garage sales, and family heirlooms. But it takes time, thought, and a willingness to experiment. A lot of people would rather just buy everything that matches and call it done.
Absolutely love this. This is got to be one of the most beautiful videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Thank you for posting this. I have watched it multiple times. I’m fascinated by this decor. Makes me feel better about my eclectic combination of styles. Absolutely love it.
Gorgeous!! The imperfections are perfection! I hope to one day have the pleasure of visiting. This style reminds me of my mom how beautifully she’d of fit in. Thank you for sharing!!
I'm so happy to learn something about New Orleans style that I did not know before--something that fits MY style: that of being imperfectly perfect! Elegant & rich, with beautiful wooden antique furniture that shows its signs of life, in a setting of unfussy comfort! Glad I ran across this video!
Ive lived this for 65 yrs wouldn’t live any other way. The home is alive and great fun to clean because I redecorate everything as i dust. I imagine heaven is colorful too
My impressions of a beautiful, welcoming New Orleans home? The creak of every step on hundred-year-old wood floors. The smell of something irresistibly delicious being prepared in the kitchen greets you immediately. High ceilings. Intimate spaces. Your eye rests in a hundred different places knowing full well each object, each aspect, has a story, a reason for being exactly where it should be. You are warmly, genuinely greeted and invited to sit in the most comfortable chair in the room. A cocktail seems to magically appear and you know - you just know - the evening to come may well change your life for the better.
Well done video. One correction: The Roosevelt Hotel is not in the heart of the French Quarter. It is located downtown across Canal St. from it, but is in walking distance to the far west end of the French Quarter. It woukd be a longer walk to the river, Decatur St. or Royal St., but a lot of public transportation runs by the hotel, so no worries.
In my home I love that old stuff, a little French oh course. I like art with surprise,questions and tension. Lots of vignettes and crowded tables. Clocks, books and worn fabrics and rugs. Tribal of course. Enjoy all of it. Just looking for more always. A great video about New Orleans, we stayed in the Maubury Hotel. Spelling?
I love these old homes. Why anyone would want to gut them is beyond me. I would live in one I love falling down around me before I gutted it. It is sacrilegious to turn one of these old beauties modern.
Today's interiors, especially on IG, YT, etc, makes it seem like New Orleans Boho style is old-fashioned, old-lady, impoverished type decorating. Eclectic interior design gets a bum rap! No matter how much I want to choose glam, it ends up parisian boho, eclectic. It's like NYC apts and loft. It's challenging to get the look in those pictures. I think it's rich and authentic. I love your presentation!
Thank you so much! I find that when I take just a small element (i.e. styling an item, furniture placement, etc.) and add it to my space, and it always works.
The book being shown is Bohemian Soul The Vanishing Soul of New Orleans, by Valorie Hart, photography by Sara Essex Bradley, published by Rizzoli. Add it to your library!
Thank you! This is a treat for the eye and absolutely love it,! Hope it never changes. the white kitchens and beige walls are so insipid! Cheers, new subscriber
I’m definitely not a minimalist and I tend to gravitate to English farm house decor. The more the better, and eclectic. But, I left a third World impoverish country as a child, I just can’t get my decorating brain around walls where the paint is peeling off and some of the rooms look third World. funny how we all look at things so different. I must be missing something 🤷🏻♀️ I do love ❤️ everything I’ve seen in your channel. This one was a surprise.
This was a fabulous video! Thank you so much for taking the time to put together so many gorgeous images that have inspired me to continue to make my home more and more unique, and away from the cookie cutter standard. Can you recommend a book for additional inspo?
(Oh my - I wouldn't want to clean it - but) there is a lot to look at! And, while I don't care for these styles of maximalism, there's a lot to be gleaned from vignettes in these homes, e.g. the trumpets as a design element! ❤ So Agree - antiques and vintage are VERY expensive, and usually gorgeous: Some pieces, in their way. e.g. I was looking for a unique stool on etsy, and came across a beat-up, but fabulous stool - paint chipped. Alas, it was too expensive for my pocketbook! 😂 There are some beautiful antiques in their homes - very fortunate!
I have been around for some time. I have seen the trends change at least 3 times with new names and different takes. It will continue to do so till the end of time. Collect, change, it is the life you breathe into a room to keep it from looking stale.
So glad I came across your channel. Far from the madding cookie cutter crowd for sure. It was getting tiresome. Looking forward to catching up. Thank you for adding spark to decor.
@@TisdaleManor Yes. The Creoles of New Orleans - defined as the original founding French or Spanish, or French AND Spanish, and their direct descendants (meaning no other ethnicities mixed in) - established their society within the boundaries of the first footprint of the city, the Vieux Carre. This was specifically the area bordered by the Rue des Ramparts (Rampart Street), the Esplanade, the Rue du Quay (Decatur Street), and Canal Street. Later this spilled over across today’s Elysian Fields to encompass the estates of Antoine de Marigny, and Creoles would establish residences in adjacent areas. However, all the commerce and business of the Creoles took place within the Vieux Carre; banking and finance, markets and trade, government, the press, were all established there. When the Americans began to move in, especially after the Purchase, they found it hard to break through the insularity of the Creoles, and so they established themselves below the Quarter across Canal Street. They branched out along the River and into the Uptown area and the Garden District, where the American industrialists, shipping, and agricultural magnates built the beautiful homes, churches, the universities, etc., that you see there now. It took many years, really until after the Civil War, for the Creoles to trust doing business with the Americans, and it can be said that much of their culture was lost as the integration of the two societies took place. Much of what people find so romantic about New Orleans are fading memories of the Creoles’ culture and way of life. The Roosevelt is on the American side, and many of the city’s most beautiful buildings were built in that area, today’s Central Business District. Sadly, many of the most beautiful ones were demolished in the name of “progress,” but the Roosevelt still has a lot of its charm. The Blue Room was one of the chicest dinner-dance places in the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. My parents went there often. The Roosevelt also has a renowned and popular Christmas decoration display every year. But the Quarter has some beautiful hotels, too. 🙂
I love some aspects of this style. I don't like the severely chaotic, or the peeling plaster and paint look. I mean, isn't your house decaying if you're not maintaining the plaster/paint/stain? New Orleans homes do have a very deep moody look though 😊❤
Cookie cutter... the perfect description of all these Hobby Lobby, IKEA, Pottery Barn, Target look a likes. I am so tired of white and grays and neutrals. Color is life! Perfection in imperfection! Living with what you love, what speaks to you.. not weather ii matches. Thanks so much for showing these amazing home of style and collections. A feast for the eyes and senses!
Amen!!! Feel the same way.
I don’t think those big box stores are the problem, per se. It’s the matchy-matchy mentality so prevalent since the 1950s. If you go to one store and buy everything from furniture to dishes, you’re going to have a pretty narrow range of choices. Boring, but easy. I can shop at big box stores, pick a few things from each, and end up with a nice eclectic look-augmented with finds from thrift stores, antique malls, garage sales, and family heirlooms. But it takes time, thought, and a willingness to experiment. A lot of people would rather just buy everything that matches and call it done.
@@ochervelvet9687 So very true.
French, bohemian, maximalist, chaos. Yes, yes yes yes yes. My absolute favorite style!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It is quite mesmerizing isn't it?
You left out catholic art and statues lol
Absolutely love this. This is got to be one of the most beautiful videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Thank you for posting this. I have watched it multiple times. I’m fascinated by this decor. Makes me feel better about my eclectic combination of styles. Absolutely love it.
Great video, finally colour and lots of stuff! But it's more than stuff it's things we love and we always find a spot for them.
Absolutely!! Thanks for watching :)
.."the beauty of things that have lived a little"..I so love that...and love New Orleans.🎶
yessss! I think this statement applies to people as well--since I am of a "certain age."
I love color and the bohemian style!
Really enjoyed this video! Always grateful when I see videos showcasing design that is not all white and neutrals!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@patticurran308 Yess!!
@@TisdaleManor this video reached out to my heart and soul and grabbed it! Can you tell me which coffee table books have this magic in them?
Truly amazing houses. I love all the eclectic treasures and colors. Thank you so much for sharing this.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for this video. I love everything about New Orleans, especially the history I pray it never changes.
I hope so too!
It is so lovely to see the homes of New Orleans, thank you for showing us!
My pleasure!
Collected not curated. Don’t be afraid of color contrast , cohesive and a little black for drama never hurts anything. Be original
Absolutely stunning. Love the colors and lived in look.!😊
Thank you so much!
Gorgeous!! The imperfections are perfection! I hope to one day have the pleasure of visiting. This style reminds me of my mom how beautifully she’d of fit in. Thank you for sharing!!
So glad you liked it! I also, hope you have the opportunity to visit! It's a style like no other.
I'm so happy to learn something about New Orleans style that I did not know before--something that fits MY style: that of being imperfectly perfect! Elegant & rich, with beautiful wooden antique furniture that shows its signs of life, in a setting of unfussy comfort! Glad I ran across this video!
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Ive lived this for 65 yrs wouldn’t live any other way. The home is alive and great fun to clean because I redecorate everything as i dust. I imagine heaven is colorful too
Love this! I guess I'm not the only one who feels like my home isn't clean unless I've moved furniture or accessories around.
Fabulous home!
A house without layers and memories is a dentists office!
Agreed!
Loved it!
Thank you for this fabulous encounter.
.l can't wait to watch more. Feel like u touched my heart and soul.....even in my tiny apartment. Thank u.
Oh, this is exactly why I create the content I do! Enjoy!
Love Love. More is More
Thank you for featuring my book. Valorie Hart 💙🦋💙
My impressions of a beautiful, welcoming New Orleans home? The creak of every step on hundred-year-old wood floors. The smell of something irresistibly delicious being prepared in the kitchen greets you immediately. High ceilings. Intimate spaces. Your eye rests in a hundred different places knowing full well each object, each aspect, has a story, a reason for being exactly where it should be. You are warmly, genuinely greeted and invited to sit in the most comfortable chair in the room. A cocktail seems to magically appear and you know - you just know - the evening to come may well change your life for the better.
Such a beautiful picture you have painted for us! Thank you!
Best I’ve seen on Nola style. You nailed it luv❤❤❤
You are so kind! Thanks for watching.
Gorgeous you can actually enjoy your things I love it
Absolutely!!
Maximalist homes always look like a garage sale or an estate sale!😍
Some do, but others are very well curated. Thanks for watching.
Love this video, particularly the antiques and colours. 9.40 was stunning, warm, homely, classy, beautiful. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely love ❤
Thank you so much! Glad you tuned in.
Just loved this journey! 1
I'm so glad you liked it!
Love this! Thanks for compiling such beautiful images!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love 💗 it 🥰
Thank you so much!
Wonderful
Thank you!
Too chaotic for me but I love the whimsical & memory filled eclecticism
The colors are beautiful. Lots of great quality objects
I totally agree!
Questo video mi è piaciuto tantissimo grazie dall' Italia ❤❤❤
What a perfect video. Beautiful. ❤
Thank you! You are so kind.
I really LOVE this kind of style!!! 😊
I'm so glad!
Lots of colour. Lovely. Nice narrator - no gushing. Liked the music too.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Gorgeous photographs and sensitive, appreciative narration. New Orleans style is lush and unique. It speaks to me.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you liked the video.
Perfect ❤
Thank You!
Well done video. One correction: The Roosevelt Hotel is not in the heart of the French Quarter. It is located downtown across Canal St. from it, but is in walking distance to the far west end of the French Quarter. It woukd be a longer walk to the river, Decatur St. or Royal St., but a lot of public transportation runs by the hotel, so no worries.
Thanks for that!
NOLA born and raised. Thank you for showing my city's style!!💜💜
Our tour visited a couple private New Orleans homes and I fell head over heels in love with the style.
Oh, how nice! Isn't it something else to see these elements in person, and being used daily by people that love them? Thanks so much for watching!
I'm inspired to travel to New Orleans for it's history. I enjoy the visuals and your distinctive voice as you tell the story of each room.
Thank you so much! You must make travel plans to visit New Orleans. Let me know what you think when you go :)
In my home I love that old stuff, a little French oh course. I like art with surprise,questions and tension. Lots of vignettes and crowded tables. Clocks, books and worn fabrics and rugs. Tribal of course. Enjoy all of it. Just looking for more always. A great video about New Orleans, we stayed in the Maubury Hotel. Spelling?
Sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
Loved it!!!!😊😊😊😊❤
Thank you! Glad you loved it.
Loving this Home, I feel this.
❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯
TUFS
I love these old homes. Why anyone would want to gut them is beyond me. I would live in one I love falling down around me before I gutted it. It is sacrilegious to turn one of these old beauties modern.
Il colore è tutto e l'originalità è insieme cuore e cervello,stupendo stile vorrei visitare N.O chissà ❤❤❤
Today's interiors, especially on IG, YT, etc, makes it seem like New Orleans Boho style is old-fashioned, old-lady, impoverished type decorating. Eclectic interior design gets a bum rap! No matter how much I want to choose glam, it ends up parisian boho, eclectic. It's like NYC apts and loft. It's challenging to get the look in those pictures. I think it's rich and authentic. I love your presentation!
Thank you so much! I find that when I take just a small element (i.e. styling an item, furniture placement, etc.) and add it to my space, and it always works.
Absolutely stunning, love your commentary as well. thank you this is amazing video😍😍🥰🥰👏👏
Thank you so much 🤗
Beautiful. I’d move in in an instant.❤
NOLA definitely has that allure, doesn't it?
Beautiful
Thank you!
The book being shown is Bohemian Soul The Vanishing Soul of New Orleans, by Valorie Hart, photography by Sara Essex Bradley, published by Rizzoli. Add it to your library!
Beautiful ❤ great collection of images
Glad you enjoyed it!
very inspiring!
Glad you think so!
Thank you! This is a treat for the eye and absolutely love it,! Hope it never changes. the white kitchens and beige walls are so insipid! Cheers, new subscriber
Welcome aboard! You will see that I highlight many types of design, and videos like these are my favorite.
I’m definitely not a minimalist and I tend to gravitate to English farm house decor. The more the better, and eclectic.
But, I left a third World impoverish country as a child, I just can’t get my decorating brain around walls where the paint is peeling off and some of the rooms look third World. funny how we all look at things so different. I must be missing something 🤷🏻♀️
I do love ❤️ everything I’ve seen in your channel.
This one was a surprise.
Thank you so much! I admit, the peeling paint is not what I would personally want, but it definitely adds that New Orleans charm.
Finally a real home❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching.
This was a fabulous video! Thank you so much for taking the time to put together so many gorgeous images that have inspired me to continue to make my home more and more unique, and away from the cookie cutter standard. Can you recommend a book for additional inspo?
You are so welcome!
(Oh my - I wouldn't want to clean it - but) there is a lot to look at!
And, while I don't care for these styles of maximalism, there's a lot to be gleaned from vignettes in these homes, e.g. the trumpets as a design element! ❤
So Agree - antiques and vintage are VERY expensive, and usually gorgeous: Some pieces, in their way.
e.g. I was looking for a unique stool on etsy, and came across a beat-up, but fabulous stool - paint chipped. Alas, it was too expensive for my pocketbook! 😂 There are some beautiful antiques in their homes - very fortunate!
Hi there! Thanks so much for watching. I too, was drawn to the trumpets :). I thought it was such a unique idea.
"Ruined finery...." From Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte. A great description of New Orleans and old Louisiana.
I couldn't agree more!
I have been around for some time. I have seen the trends change at least 3 times with new names and different takes. It will continue to do so till the end of time. Collect, change, it is the life you breathe into a room to keep it from looking stale.
I'm with you!
Good writing!
Glad you think so!
So glad I came across your channel. Far from the madding cookie cutter crowd for sure. It was getting tiresome. Looking forward to catching up. Thank you for adding spark to decor.
Welcome aboard! Thank you for watching.
The Roosevelt is not in the Quarter. It’s across Canal Street, which used to be called the “American side” of the city.
Thank you for that information. Interesting...that area was known as the American side. Do you know the reason for that?
@@TisdaleManor Yes. The Creoles of New Orleans - defined as the original founding French or Spanish, or French AND Spanish, and their direct descendants (meaning no other ethnicities mixed in) - established their society within the boundaries of the first footprint of the city, the Vieux Carre. This was specifically the area bordered by the Rue des Ramparts (Rampart Street), the Esplanade, the Rue du Quay (Decatur Street), and Canal Street. Later this spilled over across today’s Elysian Fields to encompass the estates of Antoine de Marigny, and Creoles would establish residences in adjacent areas. However, all the commerce and business of the Creoles took place within the Vieux Carre; banking and finance, markets and trade, government, the press, were all established there. When the Americans began to move in, especially after the Purchase, they found it hard to break through the insularity of the Creoles, and so they established themselves below the Quarter across Canal Street. They branched out along the River and into the Uptown area and the Garden District, where the American industrialists, shipping, and agricultural magnates built the beautiful homes, churches, the universities, etc., that you see there now. It took many years, really until after the Civil War, for the Creoles to trust doing business with the Americans, and it can be said that much of their culture was lost as the integration of the two societies took place. Much of what people find so romantic about New Orleans are fading memories of the Creoles’ culture and way of life. The Roosevelt is on the American side, and many of the city’s most beautiful buildings were built in that area, today’s Central Business District. Sadly, many of the most beautiful ones were demolished in the name of “progress,” but the Roosevelt still has a lot of its charm. The Blue Room was one of the chicest dinner-dance places in the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. My parents went there often. The Roosevelt also has a renowned and popular Christmas decoration display every year. But the Quarter has some beautiful hotels, too. 🙂
Superstition reigns supreme in Nola - so I was surprised to see the crooked candlesticks!
Unfortunately, I'm not learned on the significance of "crooked candlesticks." What might it mean?
@@TisdaleManor Bad luck!
Got married here at the French Quarter Wedding chapel! The decor and design falls right in line with all these photos. Check it out. It’s magical!!!
Ohhh! (squeals with delight). How awesome! I bet it was truly magical.
I love some aspects of this style. I don't like the severely chaotic, or the peeling plaster and paint look. I mean, isn't your house decaying if you're not maintaining the plaster/paint/stain? New Orleans homes do have a very deep moody look though 😊❤
I must admit, I would want to get it repaired immediately, but somehow the magic of New Orleans Interiors make it all work.
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Thanks!
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as a "committed" San Francisco resident, I can say that NOLA is the second most beautiful city in America.
it is quite beautiful!
Flare runs deep
Nola ❤
Looks like my style, and I've never even been there (in this life, anyway).
Love that it speaks to you!
This is me to a T
The blue section?
Where was it bought?