Sylvia T. Designs is the premier native New Orleans decorative arts firm. We have been honoring tradition and progress and delivering our clients’ vision for 25 years!
We’re a New Orleans-based firm with extensive experience in commercial, residential, and historical projects, both small and large-scale around the Gulf Coast region.
“Sylvia T. Designs has been honoring tradition and progress for over 25 years in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast areas. We’re dedicated to respecting and perpetuating the craftsmanship and artistry that built the city. We celebrate NOLA’s history and culture through our work on every single project, every single day!”
~ Sylvia Thompson-Dias, Owner & Artist, Sylvia T. Designs
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Phone: (504) 435-8081 | Email: Contact “at” SylviaTDesigns.com
The Historic New Orleans Collection’s Seignouret-Brulatour House
We recently had the great privilege of working on a centerpiece project for the Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC). Now that the museum is open, we can share this exciting job with you! This was a multi-million-dollar project that was...
Restoring and Hand-Painting Historic Signage Four Stories Up!
After spending a lot of time four stories up, we’re back on the ground! We’ve completed the job for the Odyssey House, located in the former Bohn Bros. Ford building in New Orleans. It’s an historical spot where the original steel frame and much of the...
Custom and Classic Stencils and a Brief History of Stenciling
Hand-painting our custom stencil design at Longway Tavern in the French Quarter of New Orleans.One might argue that stencils and stenciling are the original form of the decorative arts. Dating back over 37 thousand years, Neanderthal cave art...
What is Today’s Decorative Artist?
Pictured above - Upstairs bar at Cavan Restaurant, Uptown, New Orleans. “You still doing ‘the’ faux finishes?” It’s something we hear a lot at Sylvia T Designs, having been in business for nearly 25 years. For many, faux finishing...
Wallpaper? Think Decoratively Painted Finishes Instead!
Searching for a great look that will bring your space to life and also avoid the pitfalls of wallpaper? A decoratively painted finish on your walls or ceiling is the answer! Wallcoverings (wallpaper) are often one dimensional. Even textured...
Hi All! Say “hello” to Tess – our new family/team member! She came on-board recently as an Artisan Assistant and is killing it! She brings some terrific experience, a great work ethic, and lots of natural talent. Of current note, Tess has been instrumental in helping us get back up and running after Hurricane Ida. We’re lucky to have her!
Sylvia T Designs is the region’s premier decorative arts firm. We’re dedicated to honoring tradition and progress with everything we do. Whether your project is historic or new construction, commercial or residential, large or small, let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
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We hope everyone is as well as can be, especially all our friends and neighbors here in Southeast Louisiana affected by Hurricane Ida! We’re excited (and relieved) to get back to work today and getting things here at Sylvia T Designs rolling again! That includes this spectacular feature wall in a new construction residence!
If your home or business needs some decorative arts work due to storm damage, we are more than happy to offer free advice on the best way forward. Whether it’s plaster, faux finishes, cabinetry or furniture finishes, murals, or anything else we’re experts on, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line. We’ll steer you in the right direction with honest guidance! Be well, all!
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Here’s a shot from a powder room we just finished in a residence in the Greater New Orleans area. We applied a metallic layered strie’ finish to the walls and a soft metallic glazing to the ceiling. You can also see the custom, hand-painted decorative element we added to the front of the vanity. The room now has a warm, yet crisp ambience that stands in stark contrast to the original, plainly painted white space.
Sylvia T Designs is the region’s leading decorative artist and decorative plaster artisan. With our more than 25 years’ experience, we bring an unparalleled amount of skill, artistry, product knowledge, and customer service. Let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
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Here’s a recent project we wrapped up not too long ago! Among other elements, we delivered this beautiful plaster finish on a large living room wall. It is a textured plaster where we achieved stone-like effects. The look is capped off by using a gold metallic wax that gives it lovely motion and makes it sparkle – especially in this sizable space across from large windows and glass doors.
Sylvia T Designs is the region’s leading decorative arts firm and decorative plaster artisan. We bring 25 years of delivering beautiful aesthetics based on our unparalleled depth of skill, experience, and product knowledge. Let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
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We’re about to get started on this special new construction residential project! We’ll be delivering various elements in the home. However, the centerpiece is a stunning two-story feature wall in the great room. The client wants a striking marble appearance that is deeply veined. We will be using a gorgeous Grassello lime plaster to achieve the desired look. Stay tuned to see which of these samples makes the cut!
Sylvia T Designs is the premier native New Orleans decorative arts and design firm and the region’s leading decorative plaster artisan. Let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
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This was such a cool and challenging project in this Old Metairie residence! We created a custom stencil design with leaves and wisteria. Because the powder room is under a curved stair, it has odd angles. We decided that to achieve a cohesive feel that flows and feels larger, we would apply a pearlescent metallic plaster on the walls and ceiling. Then, we would layer the stencils with a soft metallic look starting on the ceiling and falling gently onto the walls. We left the center of the ceiling open with the leaf work softly framing it to appear as a clearing in the forest. The result makes the space feel more open and comfortable, even though it is small and irregularly shaped.
Sylvia T Designs is the premier native New Orleans decorative arts firm and the region’s top decorative plaster artisan. Let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
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Nearing completion! (Check out our recent post from before we got started…) We carefully and lovingly repaired the plaster walls in this historic Uptown New Orleans residence. The owner wanted to preserve and, where needed, replicate the original color scheme complete with its aged look stemming from years and layers of plaster and paint. We painstakingly matched the look and expertly applied traditional mineral paint and lime wash methods to get it just right. We’ll just add a bit of the desired blue tone and that’s a wrap! Stay tuned…
Sylvia T Designs is the premier New Orleans area decorative arts firm and the region’s leading decorative plaster artisan. Let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
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Hey All! Here’s more from our terrific project at the historic Hotel St. Vincent – the posh new hotel in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans. One of many elements we delivered is these striking walls in the main hallway. It’s a Marmorino (lime) plaster that shows fantastic depth and movement. We mixed a custom color and worked a substantial amount of hand-compression to get this look boasting a beautiful gloss. You can really see it in one of the photos where the natural sunlight is beaming in on the walls. It expresses great during the day and in the evening (believe us), the light dances up and down the hall!
Sylvia T Designs is the premier native New Orleans decorative arts firm and the region’s leading decorative plaster artisan! Let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
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Hey All! The fabulous Hotel St. Vincent is open in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans! So, is their terrific restaurant, “San Lorenzo.” Here, we delivered the cool floor design (one of many things we did at the hotel… More soon!) After some much needed TLC on the aged wood floor, we executed the hand-painted, multi-layered stencil finish that boasts a cool harlequin design with contrasting white and burgundy tones!
Sylvia T Designs is the premier native New Orleans decorative arts firm. Let us know how we can make your space, commercial or residential, historic or new, a work of art!
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It is always an honor and a pleasure to be entrusted with a project in any space, but it is especially so in historic ones! We can’t wait to get started on this project in an Uptown New Orleans residence. Here, we will repair the plaster walls. The owner wishes to keep the existing color scheme and aged look. So, after the repair is complete, we use a mineral paint to complete the job. Much of the expertise, beyond the actual application, lies in both matching the colors accurately and then ensuring the paint is mixed to get them just right!
As the premier native New Orleans decorative arts firm and the region’s leading decorative plaster artisan, this is right in our wheelhouse! Let us know how Sylvia T Designs can make your space a work of art (or bring something back to be one again)!
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Sylvia T Designs is the premier New Orleans decorative arts firm and the region’s finest decorative plaster artisan. From commercial to residential, from historic spaces to new construction, we honor tradition and progress on every job, large or small, every day. Let us know how we can make your space a work of art!
Here, we are delivering a Marmorino lime plaster finish to the first level halls of the new Hotel St. Vincent located in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans. This is the second and final coat, fresh after application. The walls will dry to reveal a striking yet subtle finish when all is said and done (stay tuned!) This historic space, a former orphanage, is now a swank 75-room hotel with all the amenities! We’ve brought our skill and artistry to numerous components in the about-to-open property. More soon!
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Hey All – We loved doing this special floor project so much, we wanted to show you the start-to-finish! It’s one of many deliverables we’re making happen at the soon-to-be-open Hotel St. Vincent in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans!
This custom harlequin pattern design merges cool burgundy and white tones over a (well-prepped!) aged wood base. It’s part stencil and part hand-painted in layers with a protective clear coat to ensure durability for what will be the hotel’s restaurant floor in this historic space!
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