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    Artist Ashley Longshore’s Pop Art-Inspired New Orleans Home Just Listed for $2.3 Million

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    New Orleans is known for its vibrant culture, bold colors, and artistic flair—so it’s only fitting that Big Easy artist Ashley Longshore’s home embodies that same electric energy. Now, the acclaimed painter and designer’s dazzling residence is up for grabs, offering one lucky buyer the chance to own a one-of-a-kind creative sanctuary. 

    On the market for $2.3 million, the 1920s abode is nestled behind private gates, providing an adventurous oasis of color, texture, and whimsy. This place isn’t just for show, though. According to Architectural Digest, Longshore teamed up with Memphis-based designer Gwen Driscoll to make sure the more than 5,000-square-foot house didn’t just look cool but felt inviting and fun. On the practical side, it’s got four total bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, tons of storage, and gated parking for four cars, including a two-car garage. 

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    The kitchen features seafom green cabinets and marble checkerboard tile flooring.

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    “When I was finally in a place to get the house, what I loved about it was how it was gated and set back, and just the privacy of the home in general,” Longshore told the publication back in 2022. “And from the outside, it was very traditional, but then on the inside, I wanted it to feel like a jewel box of my art collection.” 

    The chef’s kitchen, with a long, slender white-cube island running down the middle, and adjacent dining room are decked out with hand-picked chandeliers and sconces that perfectly complement the funky floral wallpaper. A spacious walk-in wine cellar offers ample storage for storing favorite vintages, while sculptural elements—like a succulent art installation—add even more personality to the space. There’s even a “pink room of pop,” because, why not?

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    There’s an office space with vibrant hot-pink walls and a high-gloss orange ceiling.

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    Elsewhere, the massive living room lies below soaring 20-foot ceilings, while huge walls of glass give a perfect view of the lush outdoor entertaining area and oversized pool. Take the hand-painted staircase—embellished by Longshore herself—up to the second floor, where the primary suite features a one-of-a-kind mural by the artist. The third-floor loft is yet another canvas for Longshore’s creativity, with every inch hand-painted in her signature style.  

    A contemporary pop artist best known for her vivacious, colorful, and satirical paintings that celebrate celebrity culture, Longshore is sometimes compared to the late Andy Warhol, building a cult following with her vibrant, mixed-media works featuring icons like Audrey Hepburn and Anna Wintour. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with major fashion houses, including Gucci and Bergdorf Goodman, and her work is in collections by A-listers like Salma Hayek and Eli Manning.  

    Click here to see more photos of the artist’s New Orleans residence. 

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    Abby Montanez

    Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report. She has worked in both print and digital publishing for over half a decade, covering everything from real estate, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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      John Goodman’s Longtime Digs in The Big Easy Can Be Yours for $5.5 Million

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      There’s a famous Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong song called “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” Maybe John Goodman is about to find out.

      More than 50 years after the veteran film, TV, and stage actor first flipped for the Louisiana city during a Mardi Gras trip with a group of his Missouri State frat brothers, then went on to marry a local girl and ultimately settled down there, he’s decided to hand over the keys to the historic Italianate-Greek Revival residence he and his wife Anna Beth have called home for the past 20 years. The asking price is a smidge under $5.5 million, which is around $3.7 million more than the Roseanne and The Conners star paid Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor for the place in an off-market deal back in 2005.

      The chandelier-topped dining room is adorned with hand-painted hardwood floors, crown molding, and a stately fireplace.

      Eugenia Gangi

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      Built in the mid-1800s and known as the Joseph Merrick Jones House, the two-story white wood-sided and green-trimmed structure is nestled amid a corner parcel of land spanning over a quarter of an acre within the sought-after uptown Garden District neighborhood, near the iconic Commander’s Palace restaurant, St. Charles Avenue, and Magazine Street. A total of four bedrooms and five baths are spread across nearly 5,000 square feet of well-preserved living space, which features colorful interiors accented with 14-foot ceilings, intricate plaster medallions, hand-carved millwork, and six fireplaces.

      A gated entry laced with ancient crepe myrtles provides access to the home, which boasts dual wraparound galleries complemented by columns and shuttered floor-to-ceiling windows. A classic entry hallway displaying a traditional staircase and a seating area notched into a bay window flows to a double parlor and a formal dining room with a hand-painted hardwood floor. A living room and an adjacent breakfast nook connect to the cobalt blue kitchen, which is dressed with a hand-stained shiplap ceiling, custom cabinetry, honed quartzite countertops, and Wolf appliances.

      An inviting saltwater pool is lined with Mayan lion spray fountains.

      Eugenia Gangi

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      In addition to an office and a sitting room, the upstairs portion of the house holds a spacious primary suite flaunting a wraparound balcony, two walk-in closets, and a luxe bath equipped with a soaking tub and a separate shower. Three other bedrooms include two with their own baths and another that’s currently being used as a dressing room. And outdoors, the hedged grounds are dotted with gardens and host a covered veranda that can be privatized with drapes and a saltwater pool and spa embellished with Mayan lion spray fountains, as well as an attached two-car garage.

      According to listing agent Hyatt Hood of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Preferred, Realtors, the Goodmans are selling because they simply don’t need as much space. “John and Anna Beth have spent the past 20 years raising their family in this beautiful home, and it has been a truly special place for them,” he says. “Now, as empty nesters, they are ready to downsize. Additionally, John’s busy work schedule keeps him traveling between both coasts and beyond. That said, they absolutely love New Orleans and will continue to maintain a home here—the city remains an important part of their lives.”

      The 72-year-old Missouri native and his wife lost another home they purchased in 2007 for $4.6 million in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles to the recent wildfires.

      Click here for more photos of the New Orleans home.

      Eugenia Gangi

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      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Nicolas Cage’s Former New Orleans Mansion Lands on the Market for $10.3 Million

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      The late Marie Delphine LaLaurie is remembered as both a wealthy New Orleans socialite and an enslaver, and her gruesome legacy is tied to a historic mansion on Royal Street, which has been seen on America’s Most Haunted Homes and depicted on FX’s American Horror Story: Coven. 

      Though it is rumored to be haunted, according to The Wall Street Journal, that didn’t stop actor Nicolas Cage from buying the home in 2007. Two years later, the Hollywood icon, struggling to maintain a vast portfolio of properties around the world, lost the property to foreclosure; it was eventually scooped up by energy trader Michael Whalen for around $2.1 million in 2010. Whalen proceeded to pour over $4 million into renovations before recently putting the property back on the market for $10.25 million. Patrick Knudsen of Latter & Blum | Compass holds the listing. 

      The primary bedroom is a moody, decadent space with silk drapes and lavender jacquard wall coverings.

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      The LaLaurie Mansion spans a commodious 10,284 square feet with a host of amenities that highlight its historical significance and grandeur. The home was completed in the 1830s, but its original structure was burned in an 1834 fire. The mishap left the charred interiors of the building exposed to the street, at which time abused slaves and chained bodies became visible to other residents of the French Quarter. Disgusted onlookers destroyed what remained of the structure, and the LaLaurie family reportedly sold the land by 1837. 

      An Empire-style antebellum home was later built on the property and was used as a girls’ high school at one point. It now features a three-story structure that houses the main house and is connected to a four-story service wing. New images of the home appear to lean into its spooky history, adding eye-catching colors like bright red, purple, black, and a wicked-green hue to modernized living and dining areas. Eight bedrooms, eight baths, and two powder rooms are spread across its expansive square footage, which is topped by a private rooftop deck. 

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      Beyond the gated entrance, double parlors come into view alongside a billiards room, a guest suite, and a 2,000-bottle wine cellar. The gourmet kitchen and elegant dining room are found on the second level, where a wrap-around balcony grants views of the cityscape and the street life below. The primary suite, plus two others, are accessible on the floor above. While it might not be the primary, one of the guest suites dons red lacquered walls that feel devilishly deluxe. The service wing contains two apartments and additional bedroom suites for overflow guests and staff.

      A central brick courtyard is ideal for catching a breath of fresh air and taking in the historic property. 

      Click here for more images of the southern home.

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      Demetrius Simms

      Demetrius Simms is a digital staff writer at Robb Report. Following a brief stint in public relations, their work has now appeared in lifestyle and culture publications such as Men’s Health, Complex…

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