Southern Home

French Style in the Big Easy

My husband one day drew the floor plan [of our house] on a napkin at a restaurant and said that this would be a perfect family home for us and our three children,” interior designer Julie Ponze says of her elegant yet relaxed New Orleans home. “After that we met with an architect, Brian Parr, who made our dream a reality.”

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