Tour an Old-School New Orleans Home Filled With Eye-Popping Contemporary Design

Hidden in the heart of New Orleans’ Garden District is a townhouse that, like many homes in the area, has a distinguished Greek Revival style featuring stately columns and a charming front porch entry. To maintain this classic beauty, Maureen Stevens, the designer responsible for the home’s most recent renovation, left the iconic exterior relatively untouched.

While maintaining a traditional facade, Maureen did overhaul the home's interior, aiming for modern classic design with an ode to New Orleans' Caribbean roots. "When one thinks of NOLA homes, they immediately think about its European history, French and Spanish, but New Orleans has an equally vibrant Caribbean history. Just think about the lively colors, pinks, yellows, greens. We aimed for a tropical feel juxtaposed with classic architecture," notes Maureen. The quaint front door finished in popping Ravishing Coral offers a sneak peek of the vibrant colors lying just inside.

Inside, worlds collide as Maureen bridges classic Greek Revival architecture with vibrant color and modern appointments in the form of new furniture, finishes and creative artistic touches.

As you enter the home, you're immediately greeted by a colorful mural to the left that furthers the home's color story and theme. Regarding this process, Maureen says, "Scale first, we determined how far or how big it should be. Then the colors, then what shapes or ideas. This was a pretty simple one, but we wanted to make an impact by choosing colors that are cohesive with the theme."