Despite the winter chill, when many turn a blind eye to such matters, Jessie Schott Haynes and her husband, Beau Haynes, called in an exterior design professional to make the many outdoor spaces in their new Uptown home photo-worthy with the installation of an abundance of flourishing tropical plants.<\/p>\n
Celebrated architect Nathaniel \u201cBuster\u201d C. Curtis Jr. designed the University area house in 1963 for himself, his wife, Frances, and their seven children, creating an architectural masterpiece featuring steel-framed pavilions, glass walls, and private courtyards under a canopy of ancient oaks.<\/p>\n
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Addy Petyon came to regard this space as The Petal Garden due to the flower-shaped stone centerpiece embedded in the foundation. It is located off the dining room. Peyton left the space mostly untouched except for trimming the existing Holly trees, enhancing the lighting, and installing\/repairing irrigation. The petal courtyard is where the Hayneses enjoy their morning coffee before their busy days.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY Jeff Strout<\/p>\n
Its four interior courtyards open to the sky within the structure’s living spaces and are fully visible through glass walls, heavily blurring the lines between inside and out while serving as crucial extensions of the under-roof living, dining, and family rooms the Curtises would have needed for their large family.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe home was Curtis\u2019s modernist look at traditional New Orleans vernacular architecture, including French Quarter courtyards,\u201d said Jessie Haynes.<\/p>\n
She and her husband bought the house in May.<\/p>\n
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Homeowner Jessie Haynes in the living room of her Mid Mod home.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY Jeff Strout<\/p>\n
Through changes in ownership, the home\u2019s original structure, the abundance of built-in walnut cabinetry and storage features, terrazzo floors, and the home’s definitive courtyards have remained intact, all of which the Haynes family continues to honor.<\/p>\n
Jessie Haynes worked with interior designer Betsey Hazard of House of Hazard Interiors to personalize the interior spaces of the 3,800-square-foot home\u00a0she and her husband share with their two sons, ages 9 and 14.<\/p>\n
As enthusiasts of midcentury modern architecture, the Hayneses’ prior home was designed and built in the same era as their new one, so many of their existing furnishings could be repurposed into the new spaces.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur last house was a little midcentury number,\u201d Jessie Hayes said. \u201cThis is the Mack Daddy of the genre.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jessie Hayes, an attorney, serves as managing director of The Hellis Foundation. The Louisiana-based private foundation fosters and provides access to the arts in the city.<\/p>\n
Beau Haynes is a health care attorney with the local firm Phelps Dunbar.<\/p>\n
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This is the courtyard Addy Peyton dubbed the Zen Garden\u00a0 \u201cbecause it feels very pensive and museum-like.\u201d<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY Jeff Strout<\/p>\n
Expansive blank-sheet walls accommodate the family\u2019s enviable collection of works by Southern artists including Ida Kohlmeyer, Maude Schuyler Clay, Lin Emery (a former neighbor), Kaori Maeyama, Kimberly Ha, Casey Joyner, Ashleigh Coleman, Sophie Lvoff, Carmen Garza, L. Kasimu Harris,\u00a0and Keith Sonnier.<\/p>\n
To tackle the courtyards, the rear yard, and the pool area, Jessie Haynes called on Addy Peyton of Addy Peyton Plant Styling. Peyton and Morgan Williams, Peyton\u2019s holiday d\u00e9cor specialist, worked together to design and install holiday decorations in anticipation of a holiday party.<\/p>\n
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The family\u2019s dining table is by Room and Board and the chairs are by Milo Baughman. The pendant lighting globes above the table are original to the home, as is the built-in glass and walnut china cabinet. The portraits of Jessie and Beau Haynes’ young sons are by Aron Belka.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY Jeff Strout<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to keep it very simple and elegant,” Williams said. “She (Haynes) had recently taken a trip to Germany and had seen a wreath adorned with little bows, which inspired her.<\/p>\n
“We came\u00a0up with the idea of hanging these wreaths from the (home\u2019s) beautiful arches with fishing line, giving them the appearance of being suspended in midair. They match the ones outside.\u201d<\/p>\n
“We wanted the gardens to feel like a New Orleans take on midcentury modern, avoiding anything feeling \u2018too California\u2019 or \u2018too Miami,\u2019” said Peyton,\u00a0a container gardening specialist. “We ultimately decided to use structural, tropical plantings that pay homage to the home\u2019s style while adding a New Orleans flavor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under Peyton\u2019s direction, irrigation systems were installed, specialty exterior lighting was introduced or updated, and the fountains were flushed.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Jessie Haynes and\u00a0Addy Peyton’s collaboration led them to call the home\u2019s central courtyard The Groovy Garden. \u201cGroovy because of the fabulous, colorful, mid-century furnishings Jessie found for this courtyard, which her bedroom overlooks. We clustered structural plantings in similar pots, balanced with a singular, bold bird of paradise.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY Jeff Strout<\/p>\n
\u201cThe house came with a myriad of\u00a0extraordinary vessels that fit the space,\u201d Peyton said. \u201cMost excitingly, the ginormous, square built-in planters near the pool were extremely intriguing to me. \u201c<\/p>\n
Peyton filled the planters with\u00a0mature Chinese fan palms.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy favorite element of a courtyard we started calling ‘The Zen Garden’ is the Mexican grass tree I planted in the raised bed that is within a fountain, a fascinating design feature,\u201d Peyton said. \u201cI collaborated with my lighting specialist to illuminate the tree at night in a way that creates the most incredible shadows on the entirety of the wall behind it. \u201c<\/p>\n
Among the home\u2019s many defining features is a masonry wall that begins in one exterior courtyard, passes into the house to form an exterior wall of the home\u2019s lengthy living\/music room, then continues through another courtyard. Both inside and out, built-in shelves of varying sizes and elevations emerge from the wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo emphasize this feature, I styled the indoor and outdoor shelves with a selection of cohesive white pots with similar plantings inside and outside,\u201d Peyton said.<\/p>\n
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Jessie Haynes worked with interior designer Betsey Hazard of House of Hazard Interiors to personalize the interior spaces of the 3,800-square-foot home. The walnut cabinetry is original to the house. The sofas are from West Elm. The cocktail table was designed and installed by Lee Ledbetter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY Jeff Strout<\/p>\n
\u201cAddy worked so hard to rehab and enliven our outdoor living spaces,\u201d Jessie Haynes said. \u201cShe did an incredible job of ensuring that his (Curtis\u2019) vision remained intact with the tropical, lush containers. She nailed it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Peyton and Jessie Haynes’ collaboration led them to moniker the home\u2019s central courtyard \u201cThe Groovy Garden.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGroovy because of the fabulous, colorful, midcentury furnishings Jessie found for this courtyard, which her bedroom overlooks. We did a cluster of structural plantings in similar pots, balanced with a singular, bold bird of paradise. I decided on Rhaphis palms in the matching vessels closest to the house, enhancing the indoor-outdoor feel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just really, really groovy,\u201d said Jessie Haynes. \u201cEspecially at night. I couldn\u2019t love it more.\u201d<\/p>\n
An architecturally important history<\/p>\n
The home of Jessie Schott Haynes and her husband, Beau Haynes, has an impressive architectural pedigree.<\/p>\n
Architect Nathaniel \u201cBuster\u201d C. Curtis Jr. designed the house in 1963 for his own family, with steel-framed pavilions, glass walls, and private courtyards.<\/p>\n
The four interior courtyards are fully visible through glass walls, creating a visual link between the indoors and the outdoors<\/p>\n
(Buster Curtis\u2019s\u00a0architectural firm, Curtis and Davis Architects and Engineers, most famously also designed the Superdome.)<\/p>\n
In 2010, the home was designated a New Orleans landmark. In 2014, it became the city’s first modern house to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The home was featured in the March 12, 1965, issue of Life magazine.<\/p>\n
Lee Ledbetter, another distinguished New Orleans architect, and Doug Meffert purchased the house from the Curtis family and restored it in 2013.<\/p>\n
Under their ownership,\u00a0the seven bedrooms were combined to create four more spacious ones and a thick glass-topped cocktail table was installed. Designed by Ledbetter on a minimalist iron base, it is now a permanent structure due to its immense weight.<\/p>\n
Under Ledbetter\u2019s ownership, the home was featured in the March 8, 2016, issue of Architectural Digest magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the winter chill, when many turn a blind eye to such matters, Jessie Schott Haynes and her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,8803],"class_list":{"0":"post-366093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-hardwall"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}