Name: Erin & Ben
Location: Downtown — Laurel, Mississippi
Our loft apartment was built around 1903 and was a toothpaste factory after World War I. Now it's our home and the studio of Lucky Luxe Couture Correspondence. After years of being a law office, my family bought this flatiron building and we got to work on renovations. We love a do-it-yourself project, so we dug into every aspect we could with re-purposed materials and antiques after the big issues like plumbing, electrical and cabinetry were finished by our contractors.
The loft is 2,200 square feet. The floors are original 10" wide planks, the walls are plaster and exposed brick, and our eclectic art collection was found in various antique malls, roadside, or done by myself. 11 massive 10' windows face Magnolia Street and a park below, where we have summertime cookouts beneath oak trees and lanterns with our downtown neighbors — our Ole Miss roommates married and settled down across the street and next door!
The style of our loft is inspired by cottage coziness (lots of books, deep, plush couches, farmhouse dinner table and distressed, colorfully painted furniture) with a few of my husband's industrial touches (the pendant lights, galvanized tin backsplashes, car parts used as art). We'd love for y'all to come in and take a look around!
Thanks Erin & Ben!
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I LOVE this. The walls, the furniture, the lawyer inspired art work! It's homey and unique. Nice work!
If I came and took a look around, I might not leave! The aged hardwood floors are absolutely beautiful.
love it!
Everything about your place is fantastic and creative. I'm especially fond of the corrugated galvanized tin backsplash! That's a lot of floor space, you've broken it up comfortably. What are your bedroom and bathroom like? The kitchen looks very functional and easy to use, except I couldn't locate the fridge. Great space and what fun to be near friends under the trees eating outdoors!!!
An enormous number of the homes featured on AT leave me thinking "Nice. Clever. But not my style."
This has left me somewhat breathless and only able to say "Want. Want."
I absolutely love this space and its style. I can't imagine I'll ever be lucky enough to find a place like this to live (and if I did I doubt it would be remotely affordable), but thanks for letting me look.
Awwww, thanks y'all! We've worked really hard on the place. The great thing is property in our downtown is FAR less expensive than other parts of the country. Anyone could afford to live here. I swear.
This kitchen really makes me smile! I'd love waking up to it every morning. You ARE "lucky"luxe!
Gorgeous! I love every bit of this house, especially the flooring. Great job blending in the old and the new.
How lucky to have landed in such a great building with so much character. I love that you really made it your own to suit your passion and what you do which is obviously graphics, letterpress, design.
ohhhhhh, the desk is perfect. as is the rest of the place.
Love, love, love, love, love, love....
With love from Baton Rouge....
(P.S. Geaux Tigers!)
Love this place! Beautiful floors!
i like the thoughtful details; that card catalog is perfection.
I want their house, artowkr, and pillows- whoops, I'm turning SWF on y'all.
You did it! I've been thinking about the corrugated tin as a backsplash for a few months, but wasn't sure how it would look for real... I'm so happy to see it, and I think I will probably copy cat.
Adorable place. Nice, nice, nice.
Wow, this place is fantastic!! I love it. I will admit that this is not what comes to mind when i think of homes in the south, so you have forever skewed my view, for the good!
I love it. I could totally live there. Must feel like a really creative space to live in.
I LOVE it... and this is coming from Jackson, MS! You guys did an amazing job on that space...I can't wait to send the link to some of my friends. I want to come visit!
Lots of character...I love it.
OMG. I Love this place. So much character and style. I love that painted dresser that has the two lamps on it. Everything is gorgeous!
I would normally say, not my style...but this makes me want to make it my style! Incredibly lovely!
lovely! where did you get that amazing tv stand?
thanks again you guys! the TV stand is actually Ben's old dresser from when he was a little boy. It used to be the color of a pencil, but we removed the middle drawers, made them shelves, painted it black then red, then added hardware to make it a TV console. I'm telling you... If it could be done on our own, we did it.
Amazing! I would love to see a house tour of your place!
Oh goodness-house tour, PLEASE!!!!!
Absolutely amazing! I'm drooling over the floors and the walls...wow, so perfect!
What's with the giant letters in peoples homes? I don't get it and the kitchen is too countryish. But your home is nice although I couldn't ever be happy living there.
I don't know what I love more, your home or the fact that I've found someone else that says "y'all".
Love the Ford tailgate, the cabinets, the school lighting, TV console, kitchen door, exposed brick, the card catalog, the floors & that desk (whats the story on that?) Love your style.
Great collection of furniture! Love it!
Thanks again for all the sweet words! The story on the desk is a long one, but you can read all about it here: http://erinnapier.blogspot.com/2010/03/70-desk-finished.html
We had an artist build it from the remnants of my great great grandparents' old home that was torn down a couple months ago. I spent a lot of my childhood in this house when my aunt lived there, and I know what every piece of the desk came from — the porch floors, the bedroom walls, the screen door hinges. It's all that my family has left of the old house. It's more precious than gold!
desk desk desk desk desk!
Amazing!
And from a former MS resident: go Dogs!
I don't care for the dark brown wall color in the living room, but i'm loving the wood floor.
Great space. Love the vintage appeal.
I love the rich colors and the white makes it look very fresh!
That desk is so, so great to look at, and it's even more wonderful to know it came from your grandparents' home.
Love your place. I live just down the road in Hattiesburg. I especially, love your art collection --reminds me of mine.
Love it! I want to live in a place like this. The floor is amazing and I love your furniture, great job!!