Sophisticated New Orleans Shotgun
Built in the 1860s, this pretty property in New Orleans has all the hallmarks of a "shotgun" house: a painted-wood exterior, Victorian embellishments beneath the front eve and a wide porch. A sky blue door enlivens the exterior and adds a modern touch for good measure.
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Cottage Exterior With Blue Front Door
Cute as a button, with a sky blue front door, this New Orleans cottage keeps its owners comfortable with four bedrooms and a sweet backyard.
Cottage Exterior and Front Porch
Give a home a fresh new personality with a front door in a cheerful hue. This New Orleans house chooses sky blue, so pretty!
Small Backyard With Brick Patio
Petite but lovely, the backyard is ringed by blooming garden beds and includes a small brick patio and a grassy area.
Backyard With Blue-Green Fence
Painting the backyard's perimeter fence a dark color helps it blend better with the trees and plants and visually recede into the background.
Gray Traditional Living Room and Foyer
Light-colored walls and furniture brighten up the home's interior and are a pretty contrast to the cinnamon-colored cypress wood floors.
Brick Fireplace and Sitting Area
The rooms on the house's main level wrap around its four-sided fireplace. It's a unique architectural detail that adds instant cozy to the layout.
Gray Transitional Living Area With Medallions
Special details—14-foot ceilings, plaster medallions, a four-sided fireplace—were carefully preserved in the renovation of this 1860 home.
Traditional Living Room With Wood Desk
The home's living room has an open concept design that still feels elegantly traditional with details like the four-sided fireplace, chandeliers and gleaming wood floors.
Gray Transitional Living Room and Foyer
The foyer and the living room blend gracefully, with a large rug helping to set apart the conversation area. Tall windows make the space feel big and bright, visually heightened by hanging curtains several inches above the top of the window frame.
Traditional Living Room With Brick Fireplace
A wonderful, four-sided fireplace is the heart of the main floor, opening into the living and dining areas and giving a focal point to each space.
Gray Traditional Dining Room With Rug
Although the rooms on the main floor are connected, each has its own purpose: This one is the dining room, grounded by a gray area rug.
Country Kitchen With Cypress Floor
Country details like the wood stools, woven blinds and vintage signs preserve the quaint personality of the renovated kitchen.
Gray Country Galley Kitchen With Welcome Sign
Wide paths on either side of the island make this galley kitchen highly functional. In the renovation, chef-grade appliances were added, including a wine refrigerator. Gray quartz countertops are in keeping with the rest of the floor's light gray palette.
Cottage Eat-In Kitchen With Welcome Sign
The newly remodeled kitchen has room to eat in with a dining table that seats six.
Eat-In Kitchen With Stairs
The eat-in kitchen opens onto the backyard and has the same warm cypress wood floors as seen throughout the home.
Gray Traditional Bedroom With Sleigh Bed
A stately wooden sleigh bed dresses up this bedroom, one of four in the home.
White Double Vanity Bathroom
Both the master bedroom and guest room have spacious bathrooms with lots of storage and countertop space.
Gray Double Vanity Bathroom With Gray Mats
The guest suite on the first floor comes with a full, ready-to-pamper bathroom.
Shabby Chic Bedroom With Exposed Brick
Exposed brick and a white curlicue bed echo the charming historical roots of the home, originally built in the 1860s.
Brown Small Bathroom With Glass Shower
Elegant tilework and a pebbled floor for the shower instantly take this small bathroom into tasteful territory.
Small Bedroom With Window Seat
A sweet window seat and a fireplace make this wee bedroom as cozy as can be.
Cottage Family Room With Brick Fireplace
This slim room becomes a welcoming chill-out lounge with a fireplace, television and a long, cushy sofa. Keeping the palette light helps the space feel larger.
