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Heritage Oak Cliff Home Tour: A ‘Pill-Hill’ Home on Eastus, Where You Can Turn Your 1950s Caddy Around in One Go

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 6, 2024 /

By Ryan Stepp and Donovan WestoverCandysDirt.com Contributors The annual Heritage Oak Cliff Home tour is coming up on Oct. 26 and 27, and you do not want to miss it!  There are 12 amazing properties featured this year and each one is remarkable in its own right. Make sure to purchase your tour tickets here.…

Jolene Monaco: 5 Bathroom Blunders You Didn’t Know You Were Making and What You Can Do About Them

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 29, 2024 /

By Jolene MonacoCandysDirt.com Contributor I think it’s safe to say everyone’s morning and evening routine starts and ends in the bathroom. I’ve organized hundreds of bathrooms over the years, and here are the five most common mistakes I see in nearly all of them. Storing perfume on the bathroom counter. I’ve done this for years,…

The Boedeker Ice Cream Factory in The Cedars Will Soon Have a New Life

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 19, 2024 /

By Jay Firsching According to State Rep William Allen in 1887, “Eating ice cream on Sunday affects the morals of the people.” And not in a good way. Allen was arguing to include ice cream on the long list of immoral things to be banned as part of Texas’ “Blue Laws.” In response to Allen,…

Heritage Oak Cliff 2024 Home Tour: Be There or Be T-Square!

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 15, 2024 /

by Donovan WestoverCandysDirt.com Contributor The annual Heritage Oak Cliff Home Tour is on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26 and 27, and you do not want to miss it. There are 12 amazing properties featured this year and each one is remarkable in its own right. Speaking of remarkable … most Cliff Dwellers know this house. We…

Suzanne Felber: Why I Joined Dallas’ Housing Task Force and Will Fight for South Edgefield

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 15, 2024 /

Editor’s Note: The Clarendon/Edgefield zoning change referenced below is a “downzone” that affects seven commercial properties. Under the current zoning, apartments can be built up to four stories. The height would be limited by the overlay, which follows the unanimously approved West Oak Cliff Area Plan. By Suzanne FelberCandysDirt.com Contributor When I moved back to…