Author: Billie Katz

A Modern Blend

The home of Cheryl McCormick and Derrell Cohoon in Baton Rouge gets a sleek makeover while preserving its architectural integrity.

A Natural Wonder

The Shreveport home of Christian and Shelly Valiulis blends innovative architecture with the great outdoors.

A Touch of the Irish

Beth James and Dave Malone’s Prairieville home lends itself to creativity and peacefulness.

Rustic Comfort

Greg and Liz Arceneaux’s Covington home is filled with handmade furnishings.

Erté-Bound

This Shreveport palace is dedicated to an Art Deco legend.

Home in Alexandria’s Garden District

Step inside the home of Susan and Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Menache in Alexandria, and you may think you are in a grand Paris salon. The Menaches have filled their home with important 18th-century French case pieces and chairs that are…

Valverda

Union troops and a Louisiana governor have been a part of this Pointe Coupee Parish home’s past.

Water’s Edge

This Shreveport home was a long time coming but worth the wait.

making a move

The location has changed, but the history still lives in this Baton Rouge Creole plantation home.

fore score

Birdies and eagles are part of the view at this grand Shreveport home.

Inside Outside

aye Alexander is a trim, fit woman who runs marathons and does triathlons. Then she comes home to an amazing cocoon of a house that is perfectly tailored for relaxation. “When I built my house in 2008, I wanted something…

Carpenter’s Delight

Stacy Lynn Shearman’s Lake Charles home reflects the creativity of the Charpentier Historic District.

Home at last

After long admiring this Caddo Parish mansion, Susan Cashman made it her own.

At Home on the Road

Cabahanosse Bed & Breakfast and Antiques & GiftsDonaldsonville “Wake up in a quaint bed-and-breakfast, and go downstairs to visit a unique antique and gift shop with 18 vendors who offer surprising treasures. Located in a restored 1890s building in the…

A Harmonious Home

Like an orchestra hitting its crescendo, the third annual Acadiana Symphony Decorators ShowHouse created its own excitement. Located in Vintage Park in Broussard, the event attracted thousands of visitors who came to see the very latest in building materials and…

Laurel Hill

Laurel Hill backs up to a 50-foot bluff and is surrounded on the other three sides by rich farmland and forest. This is where, in the mid-19th century, a simple farmhouse was built in Louisiana’s rich plantation country near St.…

A Visual Symphony

Few homes are more beautiful than a show house all dressed up with perfect landscaping, furnishings fit for the pages of a top national home magazine and just the right accessories. A return visit to a show house, once the…

Home: A Mansion on the Avenue

Our favorite movie is Gone With The Wind,” says Jack Lyles, as he sits on his wicker porch swing overlooking St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, “And this is our Tara.” His wife, Pam, adds, “I grew up in New…

Above the Store

Overlooking picturesque Cane River along the main street of  Natchitoches’ business district, this  amazing apartment was created by architectural designer James Hearron several years ago from a space that had endured life as a storage area over a hardware store.…

Fit to print

The exterior of the Southern Living Idea House 2005 has a distinct French flavor with high-pitched roofs and large columns.What happens when Southern Living magazine comes calling? No, not the subscription folks but a member of the top brass asking…

Darby Deluxe

The view from the entry through the double doors captures two of the old oaks on the three-acre siteChildhood dreams sometimes do come true – just ask Perry Segura. “When I was a young boy growing up in New Iberia,…

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