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"Lee Ledbetter Decorates a Historic New Orleans Home\nFor a young New Orleans entrepreneur who loves black and white, architect and designer Lee Ledbetter conjures a residence that's anything but stark\nThe New Orleans home of entrepreneur Sidney D. Torres IV and his fianc\u00E9e, Jennifer Savoie; the 19th-century structure was renovated and decorated by Lee Ledbetter &amp;amp; Assoc. The stucco-surfaced building, formerly one of Torres's boutique hotels, is frosted with cast-iron filigree.\nSavoie and Torres on a second-floor gallery.\nLedbetter designed the sofa, covered in a Larsen silk velvet; the Herv\u00E9 Van der Straeten bronze ceiling lanterns are from Maison Gerard, the mirrors are by Jonathan Burden, the goat-pelt bench is from Downtown, and Pamela Sunday's gold Electrum sculpture was found at Van den Akker Antiques. The curtains are made of a J. Robert Scott silk, with sheers of a Holly Hunt linen, and the rugs are by Tai Ping.\nThe dining room features a custom-made table, 1930s Jansen chairs from Florian Papp, and a Robert Gordy monotype; the wall is painted in Benjamin Moore's Cloud White.\nIn the kitchen are a Wolf cooktop and oven, a Miele coffee system, a Warren Platner table by Knoll, and Osvaldo Borsani chairs covered in a Glant leather; the pendant light is by Kevin Reilly from Holly Hunt, and the sink and faucet are by Blanco.\nLedbetter designed the family room's armchair and sofa, both clad in a Holly Hunt twill; a George Dunbar mixed-media piece hangs on the far wall, and the pillows are of Fortuny cottons.\nA Pablo Atchugarry marble sculpture stands in the stair hall.\nThe master suite is furnished with a pair of 1970 Jan Ekselius chairs covered in a Zimmer + Rohde fabric, a vintage cocktail table by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Gino Sarfatti's 1960s Triennale standing lamp for ArteLuce, and a custom-made sofa dressed in a Holly Hunt fabric with pillows of a Sahco cotton from Donghia.\nAn antique French chandelier hangs in Torres's closet.\nIn the master bath, the Ledbetter-designed vanity is surmounted by Waterworks sconces; the sink fittings are by AF New York.\nA 1960s Murano-glass chandelier sparkles in the den, near a Yasumasa Morimura print; the floor lamp is by Cedric Hartman, the Ledbetter-designed sofas are upholstered in a Designers Guild fabric, the throw pillows are made of Romo textiles, and the vintage tables are gilt bronze.\nCurtains of a Sahco wool from Donghia hang in a guest room; the bedside tables are vintage Paul McCobb, and the Louis XVI\u2013style bench is clad in a Pollack velvet.\nIn the courtyard, whose plantings were designed by Luis Guevara Landscape Services, Ledbetter wrapped the pool around an existing 1830s cistern; the Richard Schultz chaise longues are from Knoll, and the lantern in the foreground is by Bevolo Gas and Electric Lights."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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