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Before and After of the Laurietta House built in 1825 in Mississippi.
When high school sweethearts Maria Teresa "Tere" and William "Mac" Thomas,
married for 39 years, began searching for a getaway near their hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana,
Mac, an oil executive, had a hunting camp in mind.
After a broker showed him the 680-acre property with rolling, wooded hills
and a three-acre lake, he loved everything ...
except the broken-down shell of a house that came with the parcel.
"It was nothing that a match couldn't cure," jokes Mac.
And so began what Tere calls Mac's "gift of love," a three-year gut renovation.
Photo by Björn Wallander


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Long before the streets were paved and homes were built so close together that residents could easily peek
through neighbor's windows from their own, Carrollton primarily consisted of small family-operated farms and dairies.
This home on Cohn street is one of the oldest still around that reminds us of the many such businesses
that existed at the turn of the century. Built by Eugene LaSalle, this was the sight of his family dairy
and farm that operated for more than 50 years over two generations.
The home was originally a single-family raised bungalow and was converted to include two 'basement' apartments
when LaSalle family descendants sold the house in 1943.
Other than the enclosement of the lower level, very little has changed
about the exterior of the home since it was built.
Photo Credit: @thecarrolltonian at Uptown - Carrollton, New Orleans