Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
People often ask me what my favorite homes in D-FW are, and I really cannot answer that question. It takes me too long to think about it. But when I heard that PaigeBrooke Farm in Westlake was on the market, it hit me: PaigeBrooke is definitely at the tip-top of my all-time favorites. It is…
If you live in Dallas, the name Mary Kay Ash pulls about as much weight as Ebby Halliday. In fact, our own Elaine Raffel worked for Mary Kay Cosmetics. Fun fact: Elaine hired ME to freelance for Mary Kay when I was a young mom. Elaine’s story earlier this month about Richard Rogers’ homes drew…
If it’s good enough for the garage, it’s good enough for my pantry! I discovered Garage Living several years ago, after we built our home on Ricks Circle. Though we had created an oversized wonder with room for three-plus cars and two deep, lockable storage closets, I was in perfection mode. I wanted to keep…
It’s a fact that many Preston Hollow/Park Cities dwellers roll up their Tabriz carpets and head out after the last youngster leaves the nest. Most don’t go far: Southlake and Colleyville have seen a surge of City-of-Dallas and Parkie transplants recently. Go west of Big D about 26 miles, and you’ll find gorgeous homes, more…
We could have a scavenger hunt for the last remaining ’50s and ’60s Ranch-style homes in that blue-chip stretch of Dallas hemmed in by Northwest Highway to the south, Royal Lane to the north, Boedeker Street to the east, and Preston Road to the west. At today’s prices, the original owners of those very first…
