815 Dauphine Street Apartments

815 DAUPHINE STREET

VIEUX CARRE HISTORIC DISTRICT

815 DAUPHINE FRONT

FOLLOWING ARE PICTURES BEFORE & DURING THE RENOVATION.

BEFORE RENOVATION PICTURES

ENTRY HALL UPPER STAIRCASE UPPER LIVING ROOM

UPPER KITCHEN REAR COURTYARD

VIEW FROM TOP FLOOR

PICTURES DURING THE RENOVATION

REPLACING FIRST FLOOR JOISTS MAIN BUILDING ENTRY HALL

THE ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR FLOORING SYSTEM WAS REPLACED

COURTYARD FOUNTAIN

COURTYARD REAR SLAVE QUARTERS FRONT

THE REAR SLAVE QUARTES SURVIVED THE FIRES OF THE LATE 1700'S AND PRDATES THE OTHER BUILDINGS.

MAIN BUILDING FIRST FLOOR

Rear Slave Quarters Construction of new balcony

ALL HISTORICAL BRICKWORK WAS REPOINTED WITH SPECIAL SOFT MORTAR AND THEN A LAYER OF STUCCO APPLIED. A TOP COAT OF COLORED STUCCO WAS THEN APPLIED TO PREVENT THE NEED FOR PAINTING. PAINTING KEEPS THE BRICKS FROM BREATHING AND CAUSES MORTAR FALURE.

Rear Slave Quarters - Front

815-B Front Parlor 815 Entry Hallway

ALL INTERIOR MASONRY WALLS IN THE REAR SLAVE QUARTERS AND THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MAIN BUILDING WERE REPOINTED AND STUCCOED LIKE THE EXTERIOR, AND CREOLE PLASTER APPLIED. THE FINAL COAT WAS TINTED WITH YELLOW OCRE PIGMENT (A NATURAL AND HISTIRICAL TECHNIQUE). LOCAL ARTISANS JEREMY LOVE AND JAMES TAYLOR INSTALLED THE PLASTER WALLS AND FABRICATED ONSITE THE NEW PLASTER CROWN IN THE HALLWAYS.

815-A Master Bedroom

815-A Master Dressing Area 815-A Walk-in Closet 815-A Guest Bedroom

THE ENTIRE FIRST AND MOST OF THE THIRD FLOOR INTERIOR FRAMING WAS REPLACED TO ACCOMODATE ADDITIONAL MODERN FEATURES LIKE ADDITIONAL BATHS, CLOSETS, AND DRESSING ROOMS.

815 Courtyard

NEW DRAINAGE PIPING, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING WAS REPLACED IN EVERY BUILDING. THE COURTYARD PAVING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED TO ACCOMODATE THE PIPING.

815 Slave Quarters Staircase

Apt D Insulated Walls Apt E Interior

ALL UNITS HAVE BEEN FULLY INSULATED WITH CELLULOSE INSULATION. THIS INSULATION IS RECYCLED AND PROVIDES BETTER SOUND INSULATION THAN FIBERGLASS. CEILINGS AND FLOORS BETWEEN UNITS WERE ALSO INSULATED.

Apt F Plaster

Courtyard Rear Apartment Exterior

THE REAR SLAVE QUARTERS WITH ITS NEW STUCCO AND NEWLY MILLED REPLACEMENT DOORS. ALL EXTERIOR MILLWORK INSTALLED IS SPANISH CEDAR. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST EXTERIOR WOODS, AND IS HARDER THAN CYPRESS. THIS INCLUDES THE NEW FRENCH DOORS, WINDOWS AND SHUTTERS.

815-E Bath Surround

TRAVERTINE SHOWER SURROUND IN REAR UNITS

815-E Living Room 815-E Kitchen

LEFT IS THE LIVING ROOM OF UNIT C, A REAR SLAVE QUARTERS UNIT. THE RIGHT PHOTO IS THE GUEST BATH IN UNIT A.

815-E Bedroom

UNIT A GUEST BEDROOM

Cornice Mould 815-B Parlor Cornice

JAMES TAYLOR INSTALLING THE PLASTER CROWN. DUE TO THE UNEVENNESS OF PARTS OF THE CEILINGS, THE PRE-RUN PIECES HAD TO BE CUT AND FIT IN PLACE. OTHER SECTIONS WERE ACTUALLY RAN IN PLACE ON THE WALL, A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS.

Ironwork

Rear Lighting 815 C & D Exterior 815-A Dining Room 815 Front Facade

MAIN STAIRWAY 815 DAUPHINE EXTERIOR 815 DAUPHINE FRONT 815 MAIN STAIRWELL 815 DAUPHINE REAR

815 UNIT B FRONT PARLOR 815 UNITS E&F

THE RIGHT PHOTO SHOWS THE REAR, PRE 1790 SLAVE QUARTER'S EXTERIOR RENOVATED BACK TO ITS FULL GLORY.

815 UNITS C&D

815 B KITCHEN 815 A STAIRWELL 815-A DINING ROOM

TRIM OUT CONTINUES.....

815-A MASTER DRESSING ROOM 815-A MASTER SHOWER ROOM

815-A FRONT PARLOR 815-A MASTER BEDROOM 815-A UPSTAIRS LIVING ROOM

COURTYARD

A MAJOR MILESTONE - THE COURTYARD GETS LANDSCAPED. THIS COURTYARD GETS LOTS OF LIGHT AND WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO RELAX. WIFI WILL BE INCLUDED SO YOU CAN WORK WIRELESSLY WHILE YOU ENJOY THE HYBRID GROUND ORCHIDS, MANY VARIETIES OF FERNS AND PALMS, JAPANESE MAPLES, AND YOU CANNOT MISS THE WONDERFUL OLD DATE PALM.

COURTYARD

COURTYARD COURTYARD REAR STAIRS MAIN HALLWAY Unit A Foyer

Unit A Entry Unit A Stairway Unit A Kitchen

INSTALLATION OF "FINAL TOUCHES" BEGINS AS CHANDELIERS BEGIN TO BE SET AND REPLACE TEMPORARY FIXTURES.

Unit A Parlor Unit A Dining Room

LEFT, UNIT A PARLOR. RIGHT, UNIT A DINING ROOM THE PARLOR HAS MATCHING BROWN ALABASTER AND BRONZE CHANDELIERS AND WALL SCONCES, AND THE DINING ROOM HAS A CREAM ALABASTER AND PATINATED BARSS CHANDELIER AND SCONCES.

Unit A Master Bedroom Unit A Master Bedrooom Unit A Master Closet