Adore March 2021

I suppose New Orleans is our city spirit animal — for each and every member of our family. I think if you love Barcelona, you'll love New Orleans. It's hard to put my finger exactly why that is, but it's tangible nonetheless. - Susan Moody Pr i e to

interior design firm Logan Killen on Instagram and hired Jensen Killen that November, only months before the pandemic hit. "Their challenge was not being able to see my home in California in person. I sent them a hodgepodge of photos of furniture, rugs, and art that we were bringing with us and they pulled in everything else. When we arrived mid-July, they had all the wallpaper, window treatments, and furniture in place. It was a successful virtual design project managed in the middle of a pandemic."

an immediate sense of place. Jensen nailed it and I'm enamored. The botanical patterned paper, Bananier by Pierre Frey, delivers the wow factor. It's seductive and lush — evocative of our tropical, swampy city — and with candles lit and the Lambert et Fils Atomium chandelier dimmed, you can almost feel the humidity. It tells me that Susan really gets New Orleans, and the rest of the design scheme is off and running. The sun-soaked living room looks out onto the pool and backyard. The ceiling was painted Farrow and Ball Teresa's Green — a luscious aqua with soft green

For the dining room, Susan requested wallpaper that would "feel like New Orleans" and that would create

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