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Jyl Benson

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  • Freelance Writer and Editor, Freelance
  • Contributing Writer, NewOrleans
  • None, Freelance, NewOrleans
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As seen in: NewOrleans, Simply Recipes, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), NewsBreak, Resy, New Orleans Magazine, St. Charles Avenue, Country Roads, Very Local Sacramento
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A Metairie company embraces midcentury modern architecture through terrazzo floor care

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By Jyl Benson Verified
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
The resurgence of midcentury modern architecture and the clean aesthetic it entails has resulted in a renewed interest in terrazzo flooring. This is a welcome trend for businesses that install, service and care for the flooring material that was all but defunct in new home construction just a few years ago. Terrazzo evolved from centuries-old Venetian marble mosaics used in the mid-15th century. It was created when resourceful Venetian mosaic workers discovered a way to reuse marble remnants.
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A maximalist French Quarter apartment makes great use of its space with fine art, textiles

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By Jyl Benson Verified
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
Convivial and vaguely courtly, Ed Rhew is the epitome of a Southern gentleman. As such, he has crafted a finely feathered nest within a 750-square-foot apartment in a circa 1833 Creole townhouse in the French Quarter. The corner building, where he has resided for the past seven years, has been blessedly spared any intrusion that might have altered its architectural gifts. Instead, it has been lovingly preserved since its construction for investor Pierre Urbain Forestier.
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Step inside this Uptown family's Victorian-era home after a 15-month renovation

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By Jyl Benson Verified
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
It's all about what you don't see when walking into the home of Phil and Sarah Cossich after a 15-month renovation of their two-story, three bay circa 1900s Victorian-era home in Uptown. With two children under 10 and careers as an internal medicine hospitalist and a private financial adviser, function is a priority for the Cossich family. “The team we worked with really heard us,” said Sarah Cossich.
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