New Orleans Style Makeover

A standard 1930s tract home gets remade into a traditional Southern style beauty, inspired by the New Orleans Garden District.

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Before

Homeowners Brian and La Preal Moore want to bring their Southern heritage to the curb, with a design by Kem Thelig that incorporates the French fleur-de-lis. Landscape designer Daniel Owens contributes traditional southern plants and flowers for the new garden. The project is tied together with the use of vivid paint color and a combination of custom-made and pre-fabricated steelwork.

After

Here's how they accomplish it:

remove old lawn and a strip of concrete in the driveway where new grass will go
porch gets rebuilt for a more open feel
warm beige paint for the body of the house, black trim and shutters, and a red door
Install new carriage style garage door
concrete walk and steps get resurfaced with the look of cobblestone
cast iron fence, gate, and balcony with fleur de lis design goes up
a wooden fence get installed to block off a private side-yard
new lawn and plants, including a persimmon, magnolia, and smoke tree as well as low growing rose bushes for color and fragrance
gray basalt bricks line the planting beds and create edging
the final touches: a garden bench, classical urns for flowers, hand-stenciled house numbers, and reproduction houselights of old French fixtures

Resources

Products
- Wood fence from Better Built Fence; iron fence from Gomez Ironworks; cast iron balcony, gate and bench from Lawler Foundry; shutters from PERMEX Shutters Inc.; concrete coating from Miracote, Concrete Renewal Systems; lights and bench from English Garden Furniture & Lighting Company; planted containers from A. Silvestri; mailslot from Spokane Hardware Supply Inc.; garage door from Garage Doors Incorporated; screen door from Phantom Screens
Guests
- Kem Eva Theilig
  Designer/President, IN:SITE Design Build Associates, Inc.
  1097 Howard Street, Suite 205
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  Phone: 415-356-2612
  E-mail: kem@insitedb.com
  Website: www.insitedb.com
  
  Daniel Owens
  Landscape Designer, EnviroMagic
  Certified Feng Shui, Horticulturist
  Phone: 510-232-1704
  Website: www.enviromagic.com
  
  Paige Weber
  Faux Painter, Paige Weber Decorative Painting
  Phone: 415-786-6285
  E-mail: paige@paigeweber.com
  Website: www.paigeweber.com
  
  John Czinczoll / Patrick Rogers
  Concrete Refacing, Summit Professional Builders
  89 Bolinas Rd. Suite 2
  Fairfax, CA 94930
  Phone: 415-454-3280
  Website: www.spb-inc.com
  
  Herman Schweizer
  Herman Schweizer Painting
  2844 Carmel St. #2
  Oakland, CA 94602