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VOLUME 1 | NUMBER 4 |

September 2020 PU BL ISHER

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Jeanne Exnicios Foster

HOME ADVANTAGE Setting the scene for a winning season

S E N I O R V I C E-P R E S I D E N T, SA LES A ND M A R K ETING

Sara Barnard

EVER-EVOLVING DESIGN For 20 years, Penny Francis of Eclectic Home has brought new discoveries into New Orleans homes.

A DV E R T I S I N G D I R E C T O R

Sandy Stein CR E AT I V E SERV ICES DI R ECTOR

Dora Sison SPECI A L SECT IONS EDI TOR

Sarah Ravits

CAT PLAY Colorful accents with a feline twist

CON T R IBU TOR S

Zana Georges Chris Granger Shelby Simon

COLORFUL CORRIDORS 7 passageways with personality

P R E-P R E S S C O O R D I N A T O R

Jason Whittaker GR A PHIC DESIGN ER S

Maria Boue Catherine Flotte Emma Veith Tiana Watts

OUTDOOR TONES Tips for exterior painting Showroom from Eclectic Home P H OTO P R O V I D E D B Y EC L EC T I C H O M E

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Glass prayer beads |

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SETTING THE SCENE FOR A WINNING SEASON

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Horm & Casamania “Her” Chair | $1,419 from Amara (amara.com).

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Golden laurel leaf mirror |

$106 from Judy at the Rink (2727 Prytania St., 504-891-7018; www.judyattherink com).

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Gold lotus bowl |

$170 from Eclectic Home (8211 Oak St., 504-866-6654; www.eclectichome.net).

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Golden beehive vases |

$30-$56 from Judy at the Rink.

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Optical illusion tray |

$68 from Jonathan Adler (jonathanadler.com).

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Rhinocerous bust | $147 from Eclectic Home.

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Advantage Gilded moth glass |

$225 from Sotre (3933 Magazine St., 504-304-9475; sotrecollection.com).

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Vinnie chandelier |

$1,495 from Eclectic Home.

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Gold leaf champagne glasses

by Elm Designs |

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$28 each from Judy at the Rink.

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Shell coasters |

$150 from L’Objet (l-objet.com).

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Caspari lacquer tray |

$198 from Hazelnut (5525 Magazine St., 504-891-2424; hazelnut.com).

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$160 per 20.5-inchby-11-yard roll from Spruce (2043 Magazine St., 504-265-0946; sprucenola.com).

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Cliff floor lamp | $1,530 from Sunday Shop (2025 Magazine St., 504-342-2087; sundayshop.com).

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Whisper chandelier |

$2,313 from Eclectic Home.

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Yvonne sconce in light bronze | $163 from Sotre.

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Vietri Rufolo bowl |

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Amelia wing chair |

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Tulum napkin rings |

set of four for $175 from Friend & Company.

(7713 Maple St., 504866-5433; friendandcompany.com).

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Lithographie crown plates |

Set of four for $45 from Alice & Amelia (4432 Magazine St., 504-502-6206; shopaliceandamelia.com).

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Advantage Celestial bowl | $145 from L’Objet.

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Gold foil artwork

by Cynthia Kolls |

$325 from Judy at the Rink.

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Gold ibis lamp |

$575 from Perch (2844 Magazine St., 504-8992122; perchhome.com).

Textured bowls |

$19.99-$39.99 from Textures Warehouse (421 Ninth St.; textureswarehouse.com).

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Anna Weatherley scalloped charger plate |

$154 from Gracious Style (graciousstyle.com).

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Anna New York heritage bottle opener | $95 from Gump’s (gumps.com).

Black & gold floor lamp |

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Michael Aram olive branch dish |

$175 from Chateau Drugs & Gifts (3544 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-889-2300; cheateaudrugsrx.com).

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Annieglass ruffled bowl | $80 from Judy at the Rink.

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Gold shell decorative container | $225 from Dop Antiques (300 Jefferson Highway, 504-373-5132; dopantiques.com).

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Advantage Ceira brass drinks table |

$670 from Eclectic Home.

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Mandril mask | $2,075 from Lladro (lladro.com).

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Hunt Slonem bunny plate |

$45 from Hazelnut.

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Everevolving

Design

FOR 20 YEARS, PENNY FRANCIS OF ECLECTIC HOME HAS BROUGHT NEW DISCOVERIES INTO NEW ORLEANS HOMES.

By SHELBY SIMON Photos provided by ECLECTIC HOME

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An ever-evolving passion for interior design compelled Penny

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Francis to open Eclectic Home 20 years ago this month.

As its principal designer and owner, she says, “I was obsessed with furniture for as long as I could remember. The store has allowed me to showcase what ‘eclectic’ meant: [incorporating] diverse periods and styles.”

Francis says she’s always looking for new, cutting-edge discoveries in furnishings and other designs, while also including timeless pieces into the mix. The 7,000-square-foot showroom is filled with one-ofa-kind accents, art, wallpaper, furniture and other decorative home goods.

“We like the exclusivity and the idea that you won’t see our wares everywhere,” Francis says.

But the boutique-style Riverbend business, which Francis primarily runs with her daughter Casi St. Julian, is more than just a wellappointed shop that appeals to clients of many different tastes.

Staff also provides full-scale interior design services. Recently, it earned national accolades as one of Architectural Digest’s “40 Best Home Decor Stores in America” list.

“We pride ourselves in creating designs that are reflections of the client and how they live,” she says.

Francis and her team believe that there is a right and a wrong way to

be eclectic, and that’s where the skill of an experienced designer comes in. To accomplish an eclectic look, she says they approach each home project with the goal of helping clients achieve living spaces that reflect individuality.

First, they consult with them to understand how the space will function and figure out clients’ preferences in textures, colors and furniture styles. Francis encourages them to expand their vision, often by showing them images of other home projects.

The Eclectic Home team also works with clientele to spotlight and complement elements of personal significance, such as family heirlooms, while also incorporating newer designs that fit with a desired aesthetic.

“We love to always add a little bit of the unexpected and stay away from matching,” Francis says. “We love contrasts in interiors, whether in color, texture, pattern or form.

We want you to be engaged in the entire room, not focused on only one element.”

Francis’ business has grown over the last two decades. Casi St. Julian, her daughter, serves as Eclectic Home’s senior designer, and her other daughter, Camryn Francis is a sophomore at Savannah College of Art and Design studying architecture. Penny Francis says she’s not sure what Camryn will do

The 7,000-square-foot showroom is filled with lighting, art, wallpaper, furniture and accessories.

Eclectic Home celebrates 20 years this month as a woman-owned business that specializes in home decor items and design expertise.

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when she completes her studies, but for now, she and St. Julian enjoy consulting with her for architectural expertise.

Francis says she enjoys collaborating with her daughters and seeking their guidance.

She and St. Julian have found ways to complement each other’s ideas.

“We had to listen and appreciate what each other provided,” Francis says. “I am a Boomer and she is a millennial... But it makes for a perfect, well-balanced and original design aesthetic that speaks to our clients and how they live.”

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Giving back

The design team works with clients to personalize their spaces and introduce “unexpected” items, says Francis.

Eclectic Home has survived Hurricane Katrina, the economic crisis of 2008, the BP oil spill disaster and now, the COVID-19 pandemic. While all of these disasters have delivered blows to the small business community, Francis believes in the resilience of the business community. “We are in it for the long haul,” she says. “It is small businesses that are the heart of this community and economy.

Supporting your local businesses keeps people employed, your tax dollars here in the city paying for the services we all want and need.”

She says she’s also committed to giving back to those in need, through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity.

The shop provides Habitat’s ReStore business (2900 Elysian Fields Ave., 504-943-2240) with products and furnishings to allow them to raise funds for continued assistance with homebuilding for those in need.

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Grumpy cat lamp | $248 from Anthropologie (333 Canal St., 504-592-9972; anthropologie.com).

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Cat splatter art sculpture | $162 from Eclectic Home (8211 Oak St., 504-866-6654; www.eclectichome.net).

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Donna Wilson cat tray | $21 from Amara (amara.com).

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Cat pillow |

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Cheetham cat zip pocket | $20 from Alice and Amelia (4432 Magazine St., 504-502-6206; shopaliceandamelia.com).

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realtor Bryan Francher, co-owner of Francher Perrin Group, says hallways are often “the first statement that people see.” But whether it’s in the form of a welcoming entryway or a portal to get from one room to the next, he says it’s vital to put care into your hallway’s decor.

“It’s part of the whole experience of the interior,” says Francher.

He notes that homes with center halls — a classic architectural style — are popular requests, “the most coveted,” he says, especially for families.

Because unlike in traditional New Orleans shotgun homes, in a center hall home, one isn’t required to pass through a bedroom in order to access the next room.

Ellen Macomber, artist and designer, treats her hallway as another place to showcase her colorful, vibrant aesthetic.

“I utilize every inch of space in my house,” she says. “It’s also a high-traffic area and it makes my eyes happy to pass by on my way from one room to another.”

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1 The contemporary home in Esplanade Ridge belonging to Josh Mayer and Jill Dupre features elements of Swedish design, Moroccan textiles and Cuban art. In the hallway, an antique rickshaw collected on their many travels, is an unexpected element just underneath the staircase.

2 A colorful hallway at the home of Bryan Francher and Dan Brockhoeft features custom wallpaper and repurposed Mardi Gras masks placed on top of skullthemed Day of the Dead artwork by their friend, artist Joel Dyer.

Dyer also painted the two-paneled “Feast of St. George” on the wall.

“The hallway is full of color and has a lot of personality, which I like,” Francher says.

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3 A long hallway that leads toward the rear of Ann Barnett’s home is filled with works by artists she has represented at the gallery she co-founded, the Hall-Barnett Gallery, “I can’t stand to see an empty space,” she once told The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. “I have to fill it up right away.” Taxidermy, flamboyant sculptures purchased around the world and antique furniture are prominent in this space.

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A cozy, Creole townhouse in the French Quarter belonging to Guy Williams features plenty of natural elements, exposed brick and plenty of natural light. Colorful throw pillows add cheer to a wooden bench, and a contemporary map adorns the wall.

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5 The Metairie Club Gardens home of Johnie Ann Salvaggio and her husband Rodney, showcases plenty of art pieces by Shelly Hesse, Lauren Schonekas, Amanda Fenlon and Michel Varisco Gleason, complemented by light wood furnishings and natural light that fills the rest of the home.

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A stained-glass piece by fashion designer and artist Ellen Macomber, which she created while living in Amsterdam after Hurricane Katrina, hangs in an upstairs hallway window above a bench filled with sock monkeys — “overflow” from her young son, Donald. The bench was a score from a real estate sale. A colorful rug ties the space together.

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Tones

TIPS FOR CHARACTERISTIC, EXTERIOR PAINT COLORS OF NEW ORLEANS

By SARAH RAVITS | Photos by CHRIS GRANGER

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New Orleans homes are characterized by historic architecture

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styles, eye-catching details and famously bright exteriors.

The only neighborhood with major paint regulations is the French Quarter, which is overseen by the Vieux Carre Commission, a regulatory agency that preserves and maintains the architectural and historic character of the neighborhood. The VCC requires buildings to adhere to specific colors that are generally more toned down, says Ashanti Smith, a sales representative at Sherwin Williams paint company.

Sherwin Williams has created a line of 24 approved colors that residents and owners can use when updating their exteriors in the historic neighborhood. (The paint colors can be purchased from other paint companies, as well and must be approved by the VCC). Colors have been given names like “Pirate’s Gold” “Chartres Street Green” and “St. Ann Yellow.” The French Quarter, Smith notes, doesn’t use the same “bright yellows, golds or reds that I see in other areas of town.”

But outside the French Quarter, pretty much anything goes, so if you’re looking to give your home a fresh coat of paint, local designer Jennifer Kelly of Design Lab NOLA has a few important tips. “Use a minimum of three colors,” she says.

And to go above and beyond and be extra customized, “Use up to five.”

She also suggests painting samples on the house directly and looking at them throughout the day and night to see how the colors change with the sunlight, and after it sets.

And finally, both Kelly and Smith say to channel your creative side when choosing how to dress up your exterior. “You don’t want the same thing everybody else has,” Smith says. “You want to differentiate from your neighbors.”

For more information: Sherwin Williams, multiple locations, sherwinwilliams.com; Design Lab, (504) 388-8781; designlabnola.com.

Shades of purple are playful and give the home a lighthearted, whimsical touch.

Kelly says “If you don’t have a lot of architectural details, look for at least one element to ‘pop’ with a complementary color.”

“Have fun with your shutters,” says Kelly. “This is a great place to add another color.”

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Story and photo by SARAH RAVITS

Glance upward next time you’re seated on a New Orleans porch and most likely, you’ll notice that it has been

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“Accent your architectural details,” says Kelly. This detail reflects her recommendation of choosing five colors to stand out on the block.

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MIDDLE: This home follows Kelly’s guidance of choosing three colors to start with for the exterior — and they complement each other on the color wheel. In terms of hardware, she says, “Don’t paint over it the same color. Make it stand out by painting it black.”

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TOP: Non-traditional color combinations, like pastels with darker tones, can create a unique, unexpected outcome that reflects the spontaneous character of the city.

painted a pleasant shade of light blue. The color is known to have a calming effect, but there’s also a bit of folklore — as well as functionality — behind it.

In Georgia and South Carolina, the Gullah, descended from West African enslaved people, believed this color, known as “haint blue” would ward off ghosts and evil spirits. They believed that these malevolent supernatural figures could be tricked by the blue paint, thinking it was water, which they could not cross. The tradition caught on across the South.

But there are also a few more functional explanations, for those who don’t believe in ghosts. Ashanti Smith, a sales representative at Sherwin Williams, says porches across the South are painted these colors because it can repel insects, who are tricked into thinking that it’s the sky. “It might be a myth,” she says. “But some people swear it works.”

In a previous issue of Gambit, Blake Pontchartrain noted furthermore “it’s likely that substances once used in paint actually repelled insects. The chemical composition of paints has since changed, but many blue porch ceilings are still around.” Regardless of your beliefs, the tradition has stuck, and to this day, light blue porches are ubiquitous around New Orleans and the South.

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