Candy Evans

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

The Keeping Room: What Is It? Why Do I Need One? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 11, 2011 /

The latest must-have room in your large or even not so large home is the “Keeping Room”. The name for these rooms originated in colonial times, before homes were 5,000 plus square feet. They were a multi-use room attached to the kitchen or open to it, complete with a fireplace for coziness and warmth. Now, it’s…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Simply Sensational On Sylvan. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 11, 2011 /

 One of those East Kessler treasures built in 1948, updated to the hilt, but so beautifully preserved to retain 100% of it’s charm. Honestly, when I saw the beautiful pine ceiling and beams, I thought I was deja vu in a Carmel cottage! 1512 Sylvan sports freshly re-finished oak hardwood floors, an updated kitchen…

East Dallas Blogger and New CandysDirt Contributor Bruce Felps Hospitalized

By Candy Evans / October 10, 2011 /

UPDATE: Here’s more on Bruce’s condition from the folks at MSNBC.com, where he also blogs. Bruce Felps, a Dallas blogger and multi-media journalist —  he writes the East Dallas Times and contributes to the Morning News and MSNBC/DFW.com, apparently  suffered an aneurysm last week and is in a coma at Presby Dallas. Bruce wrote his first column…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Mediterranean Mecca on Stefani With a Keeping Room. And Bookshelves. Wow! Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 10, 2011 /

First of all, gotta love Alan Nixon! I knew him way back when he was Breckenridge-Nixon, been in a million of his Preston Hollow homes, and now he’s building a fantabulous mega manse on my old homestead at 5511 Park Lane. But this, this is Stefani, that sweet spot location right south of Walnut Hill betwixt Preston…

Every Friday Night is Wine Tasting Night When You Own a Second Home at Calistoga Ranch

By Candy Evans / October 9, 2011 /