South/West—Atlanta, New Orleans, Arizona (103)In Atlanta, meet interior designer Mimi Williams, who transformed a midtown home from Craftsman-style into Greek Revival. She reveals how her renovations turned the duplex back into a single-family home, and demonstrates how to use neutral colors and natural light to create a showroom for her art collection.
Then, meet a New Orleans couple who refurbished an entire childhood home—from wiring to walls—renewing the home's original charms and making room for a growing family. In the process, they also created a unique "bug room."
Next, meet Ruth and Marty Jaffe, who moved to Arizona to build a retirement home overlooking the desert lowland. They added special touches—such as 500-pound copper doors and a curved pool with a water fountain—to make their home a contemporary treasure.
Finally, learn how landscape architect Todd Fry turned a noisy, unappealing corner lot into a quiet, well-lit oasis.
Artful Redo Facts:
- Craftsman is a term that refers to architecture of the Arts and Crafts movement.
- Greek Revival was the popular national style in America from 1818-1850.
- Use focused lighting to show off paintings on white walls.
- Black and white elements can add drama and elegance to a room.
Resources:
Under the Sun: Desert Style and Architecture
by Suzi Moore, Terrence Moore and Stewart Udall (Afterword)
The Swimming Pool Book: Everything You Need to Know to Design, Build, and Landscape the Perfect Pool
by Tom Griffiths
Southwest Style: A Home-Lover's Guide to Architecture and Design
by Linda Mason Hunter, Peter Vitale (Photographer)
New Orleans Home Facts:
- Termites cause more than $5 billion in damage each year in America.
- Fireplaces, although not as functional as they used to be, are making a comeback.
- Sleeping porches—the places to sleep when it was too hot in the house—were a by-product of the turn-of-the-century health movement, when fresh air and proper sleep were considered essential to good health.
Resources:
New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence
by Richard Sexton, Randolph Delehanty
The Fireplace Book:Designs for the Heart of the Home
by Miranda Innes
Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
www.prcno.org
Delighted in the Desert Facts:
- In Arizona the average winter temperatures range from 70-degree highs to 40-degree lows. Average summer highs are 103 degrees, with lows of 77 degrees.
- The fiddleback maple is also known as the tiger maple, curly maple, flame maple and figured maple.
Resources:
Under the Sun: Desert Style and Architecture
by Suzi Moore, Terrence Moore and Stewart Udall (Afterword)
The Swimming Pool Book: Everything You Need to Know to Design, Build, and Landscape the Perfect Pool
by Tom Griffiths
Southwest Style: A Home-Lover's Guide to Architecture and Design
by Linda Mason Hunter, Peter Vitale (Photographer)
Living in the Tropics Facts:
- Can't afford a fence? Try a row of less-costly Japanese Euonymus shrubs.
- Traditional Polynesian homes have walls made of doors, which open to blend the inside with the outside.
- There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.
Resources:
Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence
by Norman K. Booth, James E. Hiss
Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History
by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
American Society of Landscape Architects
www.asla.org
