Top: Graci designed a bar that emulates the Old World restaurants of New Orleans. It features a belle époque chandelier with beaded fringe and red silk taffeta lining, custom iron brass étagères with brass pineapple finials, an antique mercury mirror, soapstone counters and Madeleine rattan stools in black oak from Restoration Hardware. Bottom left: The kitchen features a Victorian bar cabinet, a convex mirror by Ballard Designs and a vase by local artist Kevin Gillentine. Bottom right: Graci had the gilding on the belle époque mirror restored for the entry hall. Facing page: The bright kitchen features glazed cypress cabinetry, Carrara marble counters and backsplash, and an antique Venetian chandelier.
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