Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

A Beach House & Privacy Question Over on SecondShelters.com

By Candy Evans / September 23, 2014 /

If you build it, can they look?

Should People Who Live in Glass Beach Houses Post Privacy Signs?

By Candy Evans / September 23, 2014 /

We recently spent some time at our family-owned second home in Maine, at Drakes Island. The community is abuzz over a few things, one of them this sign — fading — posted by one of the homeowners down at the end of the beach.

Meanwhile, Back at the Vavava Voom Vendome… Hand Carved Wood Panels Even Over the Bathtub!

By Candy Evans / September 23, 2014 /

Welcome to 3505 Turtle Creek, The Vendome, #14 A. Welcome to the private sanctuary of Dallas interior designer Bev Heil, who bought a 4780 square foot shell and customized it 100% ten years ago. Absolutely everything in the home is customized and imported, from the hinges and hardware to the rock and wood panels. We…

Majestic Mediterranean on Audubon Place, a CD FAVORITE HOME, Boasts The Biggest Dang Home Office in Texas

By Candy Evans / September 22, 2014 /

Be still my heart. I have admired 9700 Audubon from afar, always gazed at its beautifully arched doorways and windows, flushed delirious at the grounds. Very classic Nicky Oates floorplan and construction, this is not only one of the most beautiful homes in Dallas, but also one of the most functioning. The home is listed…

Philip Johnson House on Strait Lane Listed for $27.5 Million With David Nichols

By Candy Evans / September 22, 2014 /

Alan Peppard (heart heart) breaks the news on this one: the architecturally significant home of  Naomi Aberly and Larry Lebowitz at 10210 Strait Lane hits the market this week.  This is the home that the New York Times has called a “mega-version of the Lake Pavilion that Johnson designed on the grounds of his Glass House in New…