Sallie's blog... Baton Rouge Real Estate

There are a lot of visual tricks that can drastically change the appearance of a room with little effort or money.  Our first impressions of a room are influenced by space and light.  So to make a room look spacious, even if it isn't a large room, we need to leave space around the furnishings.  F...

You know the old saying "two heads are better than one."  Well, here's another one:  "two books are better than one," and, of course, more books are even better. While looking for Gary Keller's Shift at the bookstore, I was browsing all of the books nearby, and one jumped out at me.  Why?  Maybe ...

STONES INTO SCHOOLS was just released last week.  This is a nonfiction sequel to Three Cups of Tea which has been on the New York Times best seller list for more than three years. Greg Mortenson became lost on his way down the K2 mountain in Pakistan.  That adventure was the beginning of his life...

  One of the most colorful Fall trees in this area, the cypress turns this shade of rusty copper before all of its feathery leaves fall off.  Just adding to its beauty, a nearby Senna tree has grown up into the canopy of the cypress, adding a bright spike of yellow blooms to highlight the coppery...

Thanks to Bob Southard of Marietta, GA for bringing this to my attention.  If you enjoy following NASA activities, you might like to step outside in the evenings to see the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle passing over Baton Rouge.  Sunset this evening is 5:04 p.m.   The weather...

    My favorite time of year ... when all these azaleas are in full bloom!  My backyard neighbor installed a border between our yards with lagustrum and bradford pear trees down the middle, indian hawthorne bushes on his side, and these gorgeous azaleas on our side.  Thank you, Mr. Frank.  We ret...

  In the early 1920's a 640-acre tract of plantation land was purchased by Alfred St. Amant for the purpose of developing a new neighborhood.  At that time, surrounded by farmland and swamps, the new neighborhood was outside of city limits, and water had to be piped from a nearby artesian well. ...

Here we are at the the 4-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and right in the middle of another storm season.  So far this season has been an easy one with no major storms.  However, residents are getting prepared, and taking care of our pets is a major concern.   The LSU School of Veterinary ...

Congratulations to the homeowners for a lovely yard and garden.  You make us all proud to be living at the Lake at White Oak.