Lake Pontchartrain Interiors

New Orleans, LA

The Owner, an art collector, requested that the interiors be designed to highlight an extraordinary art collection while not feeling like a museum. A palette of neutral colors for fabrics, rugs, curtains and wood paneling was chosen to create a warm surrounding for the collection of several hundred photographs and paintings. Every attempt was made to combine contemporary furnishings with European antiques in each room, emphasizing that the backdrop for the art is a comfortable home.

Louis XVI armchairs and bergeres and Biedermeier side tables and benches are combined with both custom pieces and modern pieces by the likes of Warren Platner, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Paul Kjaerholm, Edith Norton, Karl Springer, Florence Knoll, T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings, and Christian Liagre.

Lighting Designer: Davis Mackiernan, New York