6 Steps Of The Scientific Method

New family room leaves all smiling

Instead, they trusted their instincts -- and the experience of an interior designer.

"We wanted to make that space a bit more usable, and just modernize it a bit more," recalled Myers, a 46-year-old plant geneticist who teaches at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

"We could've just gone out and bought a $6,000 entertainment system to slap on the wall, but that wouldn't look right. It'd be obvious that it wasn't built in. So we thought, let's get somebody here who maybe could design something we could live in."

His wife, a 47-year-old British-born scientist employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in New Orleans, also realized that another set of eyes was vital.

"I could never have come up with this," Eggleston said, glancing around the now-finished family space.

Eventually they found Suzanne Stafford of Elemental Design, a commercial designer who wanted to expand into the residential market.

"She showed us some of the work she had done, and it kind of fit the more contemporary theme we were shooting for," Myers said.

THE HOUSE: A 1957 ranch house in Lakeview

THE OWNERS: Gerald Myers and Gillian Eggleston

THE SPACE: A kid-friendly and comfortable family room

WHY THEY LOVE IT: It provides an alternative to the existing formal living room, with custom shelving, a family office and an audio/visual space, and accommodates a favorite L-shaped red leather couch.

Their single-story home, built in 1957 just a few steps from the Lake Pontchartrain levee, boasted a few quirky elements, such as the bathroom that's laid out as an extended trapezoid with a counter that juts out at an unexpected angle. Elsewhere, the home includes plenty of glass fronting an outdoor pool.

FLOOD-PROOFING PRIORITIES: Myers and Eggleston -- along with their two children -- moved in four years ago.

Their previous home had been ravaged by post-Katrina flooding, and they spent an interim year in Hammond before returning to the New Orleans area.

Not surprisingly, the couple's principal imperative for their next house "was a place that didn't flood," Myers said. So one day while driving around, their daughter, Grace, spotted an appropriate candidate for sale.

The family lived in the home for two years before deciding a new family room was in order. They wanted an alternative to the existing formal living room (where Eggleston hosts meetings of the Daughters of the British Empire), a place that could accommodate an expansive, L-shaped red leather couch.

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