A friend and I stayed in Gwen's place for 3 nights. We really enjoyed our stay, the house is wonderfully decorated and the room is very spacious and has A/C (which was really good as temperatures were quite high in NOLA).
The location is very good (15min from the French Quarter) and safe. Would come back in the future.
If you're staying with friends, note that there's no door between the bedroom and the bathroom. However, the room is spacious so you can't see the bathroom if you're in bed, for example.