After the initial Ida demo, we discovered a water leak from a broken pipe in the second floor guest bath. We noticed paint bubbling in our dining room. This lead to the demo of yet another wall and the surrounding of the bay window. The framing around the window was originally low coming down to […]
The front parlor was finished just in time for the commencement of the holiday season. Though the rest of the house remained mostly studs, we felt inspired enough to at least decorate this room. A refuge within the Refuge. The dogs found amusement in the train as it circled the table and blue its horn. […]
The front parlor was the second room we redid. Unfortunately it lost one outer wall due to water intrusion during Ida. This partial demo actually confounded the renovation as we had to match (or fake) the remaining crown and baseboard molding. Luckily and, at least to us observing the demo, surprisingly the cherry floors survived […]
Well, it’s been five and a half weeks since Ida made landfall in Louisiana. Our mold remediation was completed last week. Currently working from home awaiting the team to come back to take down another wall damaged from a leaking pipe in a demoed 2nd story bathroom. the three trash piles in front of the […]
Tomorrow, September 18, marks three weeks since Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a strong cat 4. The day before she had been moving through the gulf as a category 2 but quickly strengthened while traveling over the warm gulf waters. Now three weeks on, we have power and internet back. We’ve decamped from the […]
We are the green grid of hope in the Entergy outage map. Arabi was one of the earliest areas of the Greater New Orleans Metro region to have its power restored. I guess it pays to be between the National Guard barracks and a hospital. Our parish president Guy McInnis live-streamed himself dancing in the […]
The morning after, we woke up to survey the damage. The roof is compromised. Several sheets ended up in our yard. Several sections of our fence blew down—no surprise. My mother’s house in the Faugburg Marigny came through almost completely unscathed. Built in the 1850s, she survived another storm. A single window pain was broken […]
First off I will say that hurricane Ida was bad. Very bad. It is tied with the1856 Last Island and Laura hurricanes for the most powerful storm to make landfall in Louisiana. It is on par with Katrina as the most powerful storm to impact New Orleans. Because of the levee failure and flooding, Katrina […]
Our second major project was to tackle the front parlor. The first story lost most of its personality during hurricane Katrina. The down stairs front rooms were all painted in a very list sea mist green. The floors were carpeted in a light blue. We replaced the floors before we moved in. Inspiration for the […]
The kitchen remains in its original footprint with a swinging door to the dining room and a pocket door to the den. The picture above is how it originally appeared. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the first story including the first floor kitchen (there is a small kitchenette on the second story). I do actually like the […]
