I stayed with Lauri for 16 days on a business trip to work at SMU.
Lauri is very warm, welcoming, and helpful. She is as far from a control freak as one can be which makes her the perfect airbnb host. She by no means "supervised" my stay and I was also free to use the kitchen and her kitchenware whenever I wanted. My room was cozy and very clean. I had a private bathroom that was accessible from inside of my room only which gave me a much appreciated hotel-room privacy. Lauri's room was on another level and also the rooms were well-isolated. Lauri is very neat and her place is very nicely decorated. Wrt location: her place is a couple of minutes walk away from the Mockingbird station and from there I could take free buses to SMU. It is also pretty close to two tennis courts and a little soccer field and playground. The neighborhood is calm and nice and I felt safe to go jogging at any time.
Overall, I felt very much home and enjoyed staying with her. I will definitely go back if I travel to Dallas again.