The Costello's House - Then and Now

Remember when we looked at Sara Ruffin Costello's holiday decor here?

I did always love how she wrote the lipstick greeting on her mirror.

Take a look at her New Orleans house now,

as recently featured on One Kings Lane.

Can you spot a few changes?

Love all the black and white.

sara ruffin costello's holiday decor

photos by Paul Costello for

the Wall Street Journal

Sometimes simple is best. Like the holiday decor of Sara Ruffin Costello in her New Orleans home featured in the Wall Street Journal. For a holiday home tour, she hung cedar swags over every doorway and lined the mantel with poinsettias in simple white pots. The tree ornaments? Squares of heavy art paper with mini watercolor paintings done by family and friends.

And, geez. Check out that mirror. Love the holiday greeting written in red lipstick!