It took keen eyes for Michael and Elizabeth Magner to see the potential in the 1837 Creole townhouse that had been carved into a multi-family dwelling in...

Take a trip through New Orleans’ historical French Quarter and bring the paint colors and design palette ideas of the district to your home. Learn more from our experts here.

One recent afternoon, a torrential downpour flooded the streets and courtyards of the French Quarter as David Schulingkamp’s household staff readied his 1790 Creole townhouse to receive the Consul General of France and his wife for dinner.

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Name: Todd and Kate Novak Location: French Quarter — New Orleans, Louisiana Size: 675 square feet Years lived in: 2 years; Owned New Orleans is known as a city that loves color, and Kate and Todd Novak embraced that notion with a touch of “understated” bordello in their French Quarter getaway. Though they call Marin County, California, home, Kate and Todd’s love of New Orleans stems from their time at Tulane University.

Few books have captured the beauty of New Orleans interiors and Creole-style design quite like Richard Sexton’s New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence. Published in 1993 (Chronicle Books) and …

Scope them out all in one day, or tackle them a few at a time: these are the top 10 historic hidden gems in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

When you first visit the home of Tom and Michie Bissell in the French Quarter, you might expect them to welcome you into the handsome pink Creole cottage at the front of the property on St. Philip Street. You would be mistaken, however, for the couple lives instead in the old stable building at the rear.

Name: Kerry Maloney Location: French Quarter — New Orleans, Louisiana Size: 800 square feet Years lived in: 6 years; Rented Six rows of neatly displayed wigs decorate a brick wall in Kerry Maloney’s French Quarter apartment. They’ve been collected from Mardi Gras costumes throughout the years. They’re decked out with stars and plumes, birds and elaborate handmade crowns. There’s the French aristocrat, the drum major, the conehead, and the wizard.