Nearly 50 years later, this family's Old Metairie renovation still feels fresh and timeless

Nearly 50 years later, this family's Old Metairie renovation still feels fresh and timeless

The one-story, single-family house was built in 1929 amid mostly farmland on a broad, deep lot typical of what is now the Old Metairie neighborhood. The development was spurred by a new electric streetcar, which ran down the high ridge…