Ivy Residential Concepts

This garden was designed around a live oak that was here long before the house was.

The pool axis, the pediment gate, the lawn running all the way through — everything was oriented to make that tree the center of the composition rather than something you work around.

Swipe to see what this yard looked like when we were still figuring out how to build something worthy of it.

Last one in the series. Three different projects this week. Three spaces that looked like nothing and became something.
This is the work we love most.

📍 Baton Rouge, LA
🌿 Ivy Residential Concepts

Which of the three transformations this week surprised you most?

We fought for the checkerboard floor.

Not everyone was convinced at first — a marble checkerboard feels like a commitment, and it is. But it’s also the decision that makes everything else in this kitchen land.

The dark walnut island reads completely differently against it than it would on a wood floor. The cabinetry feels lighter. The whole room gets a point of view.

That’s how material selections actually work at this level. One decision changes the math on every other one. We knew the floor was right before we knew anything else about this kitchen.

📍 Broussard, Louisiana — 2026 Acadiana Parade of Homes
🌿 Design + Selections: Ivy Residential Concepts
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The kitchen is where a home either earns its price point or doesn’t.

This one earns it.

Book-matched marble island and backsplash. Bleached white oak cabinetry. Steel casement windows. Every material doing exactly what it was chosen to do — nothing competing, nothing missing.

Save this one if a kitchen like this is on your list.

📍 Baton Rouge, LA
🌿 Ivy Residential Concepts