Courtesy photo / Chris Cook of Albert Michaels Conservation Inc. presented one of 13 restored wooden filigrees that are going to be returned this week to the top of the cathedral-style windows in ...

The decorative paintwork on the walls at the Moss Mansion is so delicate that it peels at the sound of even the mildest profanity. Preserving, and in some instances restoring, that paintwork is a ...

Q. How important is it to repair plaster before repainting? Our ceilings have peeling paint that we’re pretty sure was caused by past water damage. Since the water problem is no longer an issue, can ...

Altogether, the Poree family has been doing this work for five generations. So, almost anytime he drives through historic New Orleans, Jeff Poree sees evidence of his family’s hands — his, his ...

Sometimes, on a nice afternoon, Jeff Poree drives by the Peristyle in City Park, where he and his workers spent three months in 2012, resurfacing every bit of the century-old ceiling and ionic columns ...