The Cottage Journal

Nuance of New Orleans

he raindrops tapping against huge banana leaves, the wind rustling through massive live oaks, the garden fountain bubbling amid the chatter of feeding birds, the nearby church bells pealing, the recognizable steel wheels from the historic New Orleans, Louisiana, streetcar slowly rolling by just two blocks away … these are the soothing local sounds enjoyed from Emily Wright’s front porch. An ambitious interior designer and proprietor of her own design firm, Emily purchased her early

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