View to a Thrill Imagine cocktail glasses clinking at sunset on your rooftop entertainment area — the highest point overlooking town — with a view of the Tchefuncte River rolling into Lake Pontchartrain as purple martins fly into the Madisonville marsh chasing their evening meal. Egrets wing back to their roost as dusk turns to …
Northshore Renovators Extraordinaire Arden and Katie Hill aren’t afraid of projects — big projects. The six bedroom, three and a half bath, 4,794 square foot house at 106 Sherry Lane in Mandeville is their fifth house renovation together. When the couple first laid eyes on the house in 2018, it was in disrepair. But their …
Reviving Local History Wolfe Tone Plantation, built in 1850 north of Covington and bounded by Lee and Brunning Roads, had been abandoned and badly vandalized for years. Originally a vast sugar cane and lumber operation, owner A. C. Dickson named the plantation for the Irish rebel whose birthday is still remembered in the fatherland with …
When a House Becomes a Home Home in the heart of Covington is captured beautifully in this gem that has been inadequately described as a coastal cottage. In fact, it is the integration of a 100 plus-year-old caretaker’s cabin with a modern structure, built at the turn of this century. These two structures now flow …
