article_snippet.sent: I've always liked the Creole cottage style.'
article_snippet.sent: One of the kitchen walls is decorated with a series of hand-crank egg beaters, which Ensslen began collecting in the 1980s when Ensslen moved to New Orleans .
article_snippet.sent: All of the wood in the home was stripped of old paint and finished with linseed oil for a more golden touch in order to give it more character .
article_snippet.sent: What a lot of New Orleans charm is about is the millwork and doors and stuff,' Ensslen said. '
article_snippet.sent: The doors and mantels were stripped of old paint and finished with linseed oil for a more golden touch. 'old paint usually hides imperfections in the wood, but the nicks and bumps, old paint add more character, Ensslen said.
article_snippet.sent: Its wood, coincidentally, matches the colonial-style blue color of the kitchen walls - a paint the couple has held on to for 14 years and used in a previous home.