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| St. Francisville, Louisiana, best known as the town where Audubon painted many of his birds, is also known as a place to find fine antiques and locally crafted furniture. So when Ellen Kennon returned to her native state after living in New York, where she worked with Peter Marino, she | headed for this quaint spot and opened Ellen's at Shadetree, a shop in a bed-and-breakfast situated on a scenic three-acre hilltop. "My favorite is the willow furniture," says Marc Charbonnet (above left), who stays at Kennon's establishment whenever he visits from New York. "It's made with branches when they're still green |
and pliable so that they can be bent into different shapes." The willow furniture is made locally, as are the birdhouses (above right), which are built with cypress, a wood that was used in the area's plantation houses. Kennon also designs her own line of iron and stone furniture (above left), crafted in a Creole community |
across the Mississippi. Irish linen, Italian pewter and dinnerware from Provence round out the mix. "It's a great place to visit," says Charbonnet, "and since she also has the bed-and-breakfast, you can spend the night." Ellen's at Shadetree, Royal at Ferdinand streets, St. Francisville, LA 70775; 877/877-7268. |
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