Updating a Midcentury Ranch House
In Louisiana, an architect and a designer restored the modern spirit of a local restaurateur's midcentury rambler.
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Nine years ago, when Leah Simon launched a sushi restaurant called Tsunami in her hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, the buzz could be felt throughout the bayou. Five years later, she triumphed again, with a second outpost, in Baton Rouge. It wasn’t just the food that had patrons talking. Working with Los Angeles designer Susanna Kost, Simon created dining spaces that were edgy, industrial and as fresh as the sashimi special.
Deciding to retire from her career as a Los Angeles record executive to supervise her restaurants full-time, Simon purchased one of the few midcentury-modern houses in Baton Rouge. Unfortunately, the home’s contemporary features were buried under a blanket of extravagant window treatments and fussy trim that Simon ascribes to too many viewings of Dynasty.
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