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: Spruce Up Your Abode With Some WTFery

By Bethany Erickson / November 15, 2017 /

In this week’s edition of Wednesday WTF, we’ll be taking a look at home decor. Thanksgiving is next week, and Christmas will be on its heels — which means only one thing: You’re probably looking for a few things to spruce up the old hacienda. Well, have we ever got a few things to show…

The More You Know: Dallas ISD and Dallas County Schools Are Not the Same

By Bethany Erickson / November 14, 2017 /

After last week’s vote to dismantle Dallas County Schools, I learned that there are a few people that — despite lots of news coverage that should explain the difference — think Dallas County Schools and Dallas ISD are the same thing. The day after the election, in fact, someone told me, “I voted to abolish…

BREAKING: Patrick Draws Democratic Challenger as Collier Files Today

By Bethany Erickson / November 13, 2017 /

Mike Collier knows that there are people that care deeply about whether Texas stays red, turns blue, or goes purple — but it’s not his chief goal. “My aspiration is political competition,” he said on a drive from Houston to Dallas last week. “I just want to see the end of this one-party system.” Collier…

On SecondShelters.com: Historic Restored Massachusetts House Is Pure Bliss

By Bethany Erickson / November 11, 2017 /

Historic homes go on the market on a daily basis — but when one like the Daniel Bliss Homestead in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, goes on the market, you sit up and pay attention. Why? Because it was restored by the guy who pretty much wrote the book on preserving and restoring old homes, John T. Kirk. …

Flip or Flop Fort Worth: Williamses Make a Flip So Pretty It Hurst

By Bethany Erickson / November 10, 2017 /

Last week, we saw Fort Worth’s Ashley and Andy Williams redo of a cottage in Arlington Heights. What will this week’s episode of Flip or Flop Fort Worth bring? Before we get to that, you might want to check out this video of last week’s house. I’ve had a good half dozen people ask me…