Altogether, the Poree family has been doing this work for five generations. So, almost anytime he drives through historic New Orleans, Jeff Poree sees evidence of his family’s hands — his, his ...

The plaster walls and ceiling in one of the second-story bedrooms had started to crack and separate from the house, threatening to take with it the intricately painted design work that adorns the ...

Sometimes, on a nice afternoon, Jeff Poree drives by the Peristyle in City Park, where he and his workers spent three months in 2012, resurfacing every bit of the century-old ceiling and ionic columns ...