Bethany Erickson

Bethany Erickson lives in a 1961 Fox and Jacobs home with her husband, a second-grader, and Conrad Bain the dog. If she won the lottery, she'd by an E. Faye Jones home.
She's taken home a few awards for her writing, including a Gold award for Best Series at the 2018 National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards, a 2018 Hugh Aynesworth Award for Editorial Opinion from the Dallas Press Club, and a 2019 award from NAREE for a piece linking Medicaid expansion with housing insecurity.
She is a member of the Online News Association, the Education Writers Association, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
She doesn't like lima beans or the word moist.

Wednesday WTF: Behold, the Thanksgiving Garbage Clam

By Bethany Erickson / November 22, 2017 /

I thought for sure I’d have a hard time finding a Thanksgiving-ish Wednesday WTF because let’s face it — gratitude and weird stuff don’t exactly always go together.

Fixer Upper Premiere Passes Up T-Bone for Tudor

By Bethany Erickson / November 22, 2017 /

While there won’t be a “Flip or Flop Fort Worth” recap this week because it’s a repeat, the HGTV gods are still in a giving mood — Tuesday was the premiere of the first episode of the last season of “Fixer Upper.”

Yes, Virginia, Your Holiday Shopping Can Include a House

By Bethany Erickson / November 21, 2017 /

Why would anyone want to buy or sell a house during the holiday season? Who in their right mind would want to pack and move in the middle of all those Christmas parties, family gatherings, and other assorted holiday commitments? Turns out, plenty of people like to take advantage of a traditionally slower period to…

Flip or Flop Fort Worth: Burton Hills Horror House Becomes Thing of Beauty

By Bethany Erickson / November 17, 2017 /

Not to brag, but I’m getting pretty good at finding tile since Flip or Flop Fort Worth launched — I may no longer remember my own phone number, but I have become adept at scouring the Internet for our readers, identifying tile by sight. Last week, I found the gorgeous vintage-looking tile from the bathroom…

Proposed Dallas ISD Policy Change Revs Up Rumor Mill

By Bethany Erickson / November 17, 2017 /

Adjourning by 8:30 p.m., November’s Dallas ISD school board meeting Thursday could’ve been a lot longer if a proposed policy change had not been pulled from the agenda. Social media (if you knew where to look) has been on fire recently with rumors that Lincoln and Madison high schools were facing closure. The idea that…