Green & White

This is a fabulous kitchen that I designed a few years ago. The homeowners were amazing people to work with and were really open to an updated look! (I did not have to talk them out of diagonal corner wall cabinets and glazed finishes.)

The kitchen is a huge improvement from it's original state---a tiny closed in room. The wall between the living area and kitchen was removed and the windows on either side of the range were added....one of my favorites features of this kitchen.

Design Details:

Cabinets- Wellborn - Bristol door style - bright white finish

Range hood- Fisher Paykel

Other appliances- JennAir

Tile- Interceramic

Lighting above Island- Restoration Hardware

Recovering a Lost Art: Artisans abound in the world of kitchen and bath design - Ourhouse.biz - Stories & articles from Louisiana Homes & Gard

Recovering a Lost Art: Artisans abound in the world of kitchen and bath design - Ourhouse.biz - Stories & articles from Louisiana Homes & Gardens magazine

Click on the above link, if you would like. We (at Artisan) are excited about this months issue of Louisiana Homes and Gardens magazine where we will have a small, but very nice article featuring our shop.

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Have You Had a Taste of Flavor Paper?

I recently discovered Flavor Paper, a unique wallcovering company, that is located in the Bywater District of New Orleans. I cannot believe that I did not know about this fabulous company. Flavor Paper's wallcoverings are unlike any other wallcovering out there and what a unique name!! Although it was extremely hard to pick just a few because I love them all, here are a few of my favorites:

Aster Space (above)

Valencia

Laced

Kashmiri

City Park

Mustachio

fleur de saveur

Flower Pedal

Flavor Paper even has a scratch and sniff variety of wallcoverings that were originally created for Michael Angelo. They include flavors such as cherry, banana, and tutti frutti. Give yourself a little visual pleasure and check out Flavor Paper's fabulous website.

Our lovely Vetrazzo Glass Countertop---the Greenest Material on the Market

We just received our Vetrazzo Glass countertop! I am very fond of Vetrazzo and must say that their countertops are some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen. And to think that it is made from recycled glass...it is really impressive actually.
All of the glass used in Vetrazzo is recycled and it makes up about 85% of the material. Check out the fabulous color selection here and the nifty little stories that accompany each surface here.

The bistro green with patina (above) is one of my favorites. It reminds me of stained glass. The glass used in bistro green comes from old soda bottles, olive oil containers, pickle jars, wine, & water bottles.

Here is my other favorite, Palladian Gray---the color we chose for the showroom. I am very fond of the cool colors that make up this surface. It works so perfectly on top of our stainless steel cabinetry and across from our Tidewater blue cabinetry that will soon have a pewter countertop from Metallo Arts.

These photos are pretty awful. I need to try taking them at night or on an overcast day. The sunlight floods into our showroom...which is quite nice for atmosphere, but not for taking pictures.
I back painted the glass doors shown above to match the tidewater cabinetry that you can see peeking in the background. The Palladian Gray actually has glass in it that is the same shade of blue.
The whole display is so lovely, crisp, and clean. I cannot wait to share photos of the entire design and also cannot wait to receive our beautiful pewter tops.

Cherry & Taupe with One Unique Backsplash

This is another display in our showroom that I have been meaning to post about. We used cherry wood cabinetry with a toffee stain and taupe painted cabinetry with a brown glaze on the opposite side.

The coppery tones in the granite work perfectly with the cherry cabinets. I really love the way the colors complement eachother in this display.

I designed this piece to resemble an antique hutch. The cherry wood countertop matches the cherry cabinets and the taupe cabinets complement the travertine tile that we selected for the opposite side.

Here is a close up of the beautiful tile from Stafford Tile & Stone. We decided to lay the travertine diagonally and border it with a 1" x 2" glass tile. The tile is my favorite part of this display.

These photos are all a bit bright--due to the huge windows we have in our showroom. I cannot complain because I love working in natural light.

We are currently preparing for Mardi Gras here at Artisan. Last night we watched a parade pass right in front of our shop and have several more to view before the celebrations are over. It is fun to watch the city transform into party mode and to get to talk to all of the out of towners that keep popping in!

A Pewter Finished Habersham Vanity

This is a little Habersham vanity that we have on display in our showroom. The pewter finish is so beautiful and the perfect contrast to the display mentioned here. All of Habersham's finishes have a distressed look to them.

The vanity either comes with the matching wood top or you can choose to provide your own top if you prefer. This vanity and mirror would be the perfect combination for a small powder room. Check out some of Habersham's other vanities and finishes here.

An Elegant Display...Finished

I am so excited to share these photos of our front display. We are more than pleased with the way it turned out.

This classic design features inset cabinetry from Custom Wood Products, Walker Zanger porcelain tile from Stafford Tile, an ivory CornuFe range, a masterpiece tin hood from Metallo Arts, a black walnut countertop on the island from Grothouse Lumber, Crema Marfil Marble, and of course the chandelier from the castle (mentioned here).

This is such a New Orleans style kitchen. The vintage finish on the island gives it the old yet worn feel and the eggshell finish on the other cabinets accomplish the classic look that we were going after.

The hanging gardens pattern hood from Metallo works perfectly with the chandelier.

I will be posting photos of our other displays soon. We are awaiting some pewter tops from Metallo Arts, a vetrazzo recycled glass top, and a few appliances for one of our displays that is sure to knock your socks off!

The Epitome of Faded Grandeur

Today, while searching for some inspiration, I stumbled upon this website. I assume it is for people looking for fabulous movie locations (most of which seem to be in Europe). I was looking for Victorian era kitchens and was pleased to find many wonderful examples. This abandoned castle took my breath away.



I will post some better examples of Victorian Era kitchens, but this image definitely needs to be discussed. The back left part of the picture shows the built in cabinetry and the right side shows the stove. I now see where Clive Christian got his inspiration...period kitchens. I am so in love!

This appears to be another kitchen in the castle. I could stare at these photos for hours.
The stove again, in the main kitchen. Is that subway tile I see?

Beautiful Details!
If you look closely, you can see the delicate mural that adorns the walls in this room.


I love the shade of blue in this room.
This is my favorite room. I guess it was the library or a ballroom. If I had lived here it would have definitely been used as my ballroom.
I have had a love for old abandoned homes for years. My mother had this book about anti-bellum homes in Louisiana that I used to pour through when I was a child. I never grew tired of those images. I have so many questions for this castle. Who lived here? Why did they abandon it? There must be someone out there who would want to live here. It is kind of sad that no one gets to live amongst these beautiful rooms. I am so happy that I found this website and this castle. I will visit these pictures often for inspiration and post some of the beautiful Victorian kitchens that I found real soon!