Here’s how to add a dash of New Orleans style to spice to your home:

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•Bring garden elements inside like urns, statuary or a bistro table. Elizabeth’s cement birds came from an old building in Paris.

•Add touches of gold in ormolu and in gold-leaf/gold-painted wood, but keep the look distressed so it’s not too shiny.

•Embrace imperfections. “Everything doesn’t have to be perfect,” says Elizabeth. “New Orleans is tattered at edges. There’s nothing wrong with a frame with a chip or a chair with a nick.”

•Display antique silver.

•Have more painted furniture with French and Italian Continental roots and less English-style hardwood pieces.

•Decorate with architectural salvage, like the painted door panels in Elizabeth’s dining room (reflected in mirror).

•Combine rich fabrics—silks and velvets—with every day materials such as cottons and linens.

•Be whimsical, like the jester-inspired silk window treatments in the living room or the velvet animal print seat-covers in the dining room.

•Integrate family heirlooms and fine furnishings with flea market finds.

•Use mirrors and light fixtures with Old World character.

•Add modern touches. “Put in things that speak of modern times,” says Elizabeth. “Contemporary art blends well with old furniture.””

Here’s how to add a dash of New Orleans style to spice to your home: