Style and Substance

Here's a look behind closed doors of a very stylish home in New Orleans featured in the Winter 2013 issue of New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles Magazine.

The home of Pam and Seph Dupuy in New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles Magazine -  story and styling by Valorie Hart, photos by Sara Essex Bradley, Assistant stylist Mitchell Settoon

I scouted this home a few months ago when I was there for a committee meeting. I was so taken with the unusual floor plan of this shotgun house (Ithought I had seen them all!), and smitten with the way the home owners Pamm and Seph Dupuy had furnished and decorated it.

My proposal to feature it in New Orleans Homes & Lifestyle Magazine was accepted. I got my favorite photographer Sara Essex Bradley on board, and enlisted the help of a designer associate Mitchell Settoon to assist me with the styling. We set a table for twenty, and that's a lot of china, silver, and crystal to play with.

The dining room in the Dupuy home is comprised of two rooms in a shotgun house made into one long room that has a table that can seat twenty (or more) - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

Read the entire article in New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles. And enjoy these out takes from the photo shoot too. The art director Tiffani Reding Amedeo does an amazing job laying out the story, but Sara and I always shoot more photos than needed. If you can pick up the hard copy, do so (or even subscribe!). It always looks best when you can see the photos larger than on a blog post.

A mix of different dining room chairs collected by the Dupuys over the years -  photo by Sara Essex Bradley

There is a huge floor to ceiling bookshelf in the dining room, making the room do double duty as a library and reading room Photo by Sara Essex Bradley

Detail of the bookshelves in the dining room

I love this painting by Sandy Chism in the dining room - photo by Sra Essex Bradley

In another area of the dining room - Victorian settee with cut velvet tiger pillow from Shaun Smith Home, Walking Figures by Damian Aquiles over settee are a nice modern twist - Photo by Sara Essex Bradley

There are two fireplaces int he dining room - Pamela brought the pikulan pole, displayed on the mantel, home from a trip to the Republic of Myanmar in 1998. The painting is by William Parrot. The glass vases are from the New Orleans Museum of Art gift shop - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

You can see this painting in the hall from the dining room - Painting by Jacqueline Humphries; antique bench holds stacks of shelter magazines - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

There is a double parlor at the front of the house that the Dupuys use as a salon and music room - Art work by John Geldersma (spirit poles), Glenn Maxwell (couple), Raine Bedsole (small lightning painting) -  photo by Sara Essex Bradley

Here's a view of the double parlor dissected by back to back fireplaces = photo by Sara Essex Bradley

Painting over mantle by Sidonie Villere, and a painting near piano by Dan Tague

This chest is in the music room and holds table linens - painting by Mark Bercier - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

There is also room for a ladies writing desk in the music room; painting by Hardy Albritton - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

A view from the double parlor into the dining room - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

This is the breakfast area - love the squirrel - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

The family room - Kelly Wearstler throw, skull pillow from Leontine Linens - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

A view into the master bedroom - love the shutters and the antique armoire - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

Master bedroom in the home of Pam and Seph Dupuy, painting by Sandy Chism - photo by Sara Essex Bradley

 

Hope you enjoyed the home of Pamm and Seph Dupuy featured in New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles Winter 2013, story and styling by Valorie Hart. photos by Sara Essex Bradley, assistant stylist Mitchell Settoon

I always like to give five takeaways from a home I write about. These are what you can take away from the Dupuy home:

Five Takeaways

1. Mix all styles of dining chairs.
2. Paint all the rooms a pretty neutral, such as Bleeker Beige.
3. Collect different sets of china, flatware and glassware, and mix them together.
4. Turn a garden cart into a bar cart.
5. Make your dining room do double duty as a library by adding bookshelves.

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