Do You Think These Homes Are The Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth?

Southlake, Highland Park, Junius Heights, Munger Place, Addison, Kessler Park, and Lakewood — what do all of these towns and neighborhoods have in common?

For the staff here at CandysDirt.com, we can tell you that these are all places you can find some really sweet homes.

This year’s run of The Sweetest Homes in Dallas Fort-Worth was eye-opening, to say the least. When we launched our campaign to find the best of the best of North Texas’ 2021 real estate market, we weren’t expecting our readers to fire back nominations faster than buyers submitting offers. We received a great number of nominations form Dallas-Fort Worth’s leading luxury brokerages, which set the overall tone for our list this year.

For a home to be nominated in the CandysDirt.com list of Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth, it must be listed between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021. Considering that last year’s residential real estate market broke records and barriers in pretty much every North Texas area, we had our work cut out for us.

However, the homes that our readers submitted were some of the most beautiful we’d ever laid eyes on, and for a bunch of snobs who flip through homes on MLS with our noses upturned, that’s saying something. Two listings from 2021 really stood out for me: The Georgian Revival on Beverly Drive and the David R. Williams-designed Tudor on Tokalon. But every single one of these homes is Certified Sweet.

Which ones are your favorites?

245 E. Bob Jones Road, Southlake

When I first gazed upon this home, the theme song from the longest-running TV series ever— Dallas — started playing in my head.

It happened again when this incredible estate was nominated in our annual search for The Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth. We received so many fabulous nominations, and the work to narrow that list for you, our readers, was excruciatingly difficult. For homes to be in the running for our Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth nod, it had to be listed during the period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2021. This home met those requirements and its straight-out-of-legend vibe couldn’t be denied.

Now, that didn’t make me vote for it. No, Miss Ellie, that Dallas feel was not it, because really the home is too contemporary and did not look like Southfork at all. By the way, when I was interviewed by CNN’s Richard Quest a couple of weeks ago (stay tuned for more on that!) he went up to Southfork and tells me you can now spend the night up there!

Candy Evans

3625 Beverly Drive, Highland Park

In our annual search for The Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth, it’s no surprise this iconic Georgian mansion at 3625 Beverly Drive was a winner in the eyes of our team at CandysDirt.com.

Out of several nominations, this one was a shoo-in. For homes to be in the running for our Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth nod, it had to be listed during the period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2021. This home met those requirements, obviously, and it personifies what everyone wants today — classic historic architecture on the outside and completely updated inside.

I’m not sure there is a comparable transformation in Dallas, and not surprisingly, it lasted only a few days on the market in 2021. Dave Perry Miller’s Ryan Streiff was the listing agent, and Allie Beth Allman’s Rachel Trowbridge brought the California buyer. That was also not a surprise, at least to me. It’s a home that resonates with the California lifestyle.

Karen Eubank

4525 Junius Street, Dallas

The Sweetest Home should accompany the sweetest history behind it. This unique home, nominated by listing agent Bess Dickson of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty and voted one of 2021’s The Sweetest by the editors of CandysDirt.com, certainly fits the bill.

In the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, this beautiful little Mission Revival was home to Miss Pat’s Pre-School, touted as one of the first private pre-schools in the area. Conveniently located near Baylor School of Dentistry and just five minutes (back then) from Downtown Dallas, working moms and dads brought their little ones to this in-home daycare, where they’d learn music, art, and expression.

“The curriculum includes number work, visual concentration, storytelling, dramatization, voice and body drills, painting, clay modeling, and related activities,” a Dallas Morning News ad from the ’40s reads. (It was high-tech, too. The school advertised the use of new germicidal lamps to keep those germs at bay.)

Shelby Skrhak

5656 Celestial Road, Addison

We have been watching this home for a while, salivating. It’s one of those timeless moderns, a mere 10 years old but so well endowed with the finest, timeless materials, buyers think it’s new. Of course, we were not surprised to see this home nominated for our Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth list.

For homes to be in the running for our Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth nod, it had to be listed during the period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2021. Check and check. And then some.

The home was eco-conscious and energy-efficient when Greta Thunberg was being breastfed. Not only is there a geothermal system for heating and cooling, but the home is also resplendent with recycled hardwood floors gathered from 100-year-old buildings that were torn down in India, shipped, and lovingly re-created into flooring.

Then there is the glass. Walls of it drink in the surrounding trees, bringing the richness of the lot into every single room.

Candy Evans

710 Dumas Street, Dallas

Can you blame us for being sweet on this Munger Place Craftsman for years?

To be considered as a Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth, a home had to be listed during the period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2021 and be, well, sweet! This classic Munger Place Craftsman has all the ingredients we look for in a home, and then some. It’s completely restored and updated in a terrific walkable, family-friendly neighborhood, and at under a million, actually affordable for most two-income families.

Allie Beth Allman and Associates’ Jan Rook nominated 710 Dumas Street as one of the Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth because she thought it was “a beautiful marriage of days gone by and today.” We completely agree.

Karen Eubank

1019 N. Edgefield Ave., Dallas

On late spring mornings, when the air is cool and fragrant and the sun hasn’t yet announced the start of a new day, the garden in the front of a certain North Oak Cliff Tudor is in a dew-laden repose, ready to rise and shine and offer a wellspring of beauty and delight. 

It’s a scene that Robert Edwards literally cultivated at his dreamy Winnetka Heights Tudor during the years he loved the property. And as a result of his careful curation, his front yard garden gained his place the nickname of “The Garden House.”

“His love for his home extended to his gardens which were widely admired throughout the neighborhood,” said Jenni Stolarski of Edwards’ Kessler Park home, which she listed last year. “Mr. Edward always said ‘How could I have an English cottage and not have an English cottage garden?’”

Indeed, Robert. And it’s your cottage and its lovely cottage garden that had us swooning. It made 1019 N. Edgefield Blvd. an easy finalist in our search for The Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth. (Homes eligible for nomination must be listed in the North Texas region between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2021.)

Joanna England

7048 Tokalon Drive, Dallas

When this English Tudor on Tokalon was built, it was one of the first such homes to be constructed in Lakewood designed by architect David R. Williams. Records show that both this house and its neighbor were built for M. Boyd Keith, a Dallas banker, in 1925.

This home, in particular, stands out with its warm, fairytale details that spark the imagination. The Dutch door, impeccably preserved millwork, and claw-foot tubs had us swooning — a sure sign that a home is one of the Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth if there ever was one.

(Homes eligible for nomination in our Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth list must be listed in the North Texas region between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2021.)

Besides its huge front lawn — a benefit of a corner lot — the English Tudor at 7048 Tokalon Drive benefits from a view of Lakewood‘s Tokalon Park. Dreamy, indeed.

Joanna England