How They Pulled It Off: A 48-Foot Glass Hallway Joins a Pair of 200-Year-Old Homes
In New Orleans, design firm Mason Ros came up with a gallery-like addition that links an 1830s-era Creole cottage to its next-door neighbor.
In New Orleans, design firm Mason Ros came up with a gallery-like addition that links an 1830s-era Creole cottage to its next-door neighbor.
Welcome to How They Pulled It Off, where we take a close look at one particularly challenging aspect of a home design and get the nitty-gritty details about how it became a reality.
When tasked with a way to conjoin two neighboring properties, homeowners Tom Perrault and Sal Giambanco’s vision started as a hyphen—not an em dash or an en dash—and ultimately landed on something grander than the former alley that once stood there. Thanks to some creative thinking from design firm Mason Ros, a glass-lined hallway spans the distance between the two structures and is now the centerpiece of their home.
Mason Ros led the design of a 48-foot glass hallway that connects two newly renovated homes in New Orleans.
Photo by Laura Steffan
The couple added a backyard pool early in the renovation process.
Photo by Laura Steffan
Tom purchased a beat up (but still functioning) wooden scissor sculpture at an online circus auction. Covered in peeling baby blue paint, some expressed doubts, but he had a vision. Inspired by the work of Claes Oldenburg, Tom approached local artist Teddy Noggle, who sanded it down, built the pedestal box it’s placed on, and painted the sculpture bright yellow.
Photo by Paul Costello
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