Joanna England

Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.

Love The Dallas Skyline? Now You Can Bring it to Your Bar Cart

By Joanna England / September 3, 2015 /

This will soon be on the gilded bar carts throughout the homes of Dallas socialites, as who would opt for anything other than gorgeous Czech crystal etched with the city’s trademark skyline? And you can only get it at Bernadette Schaeffler Collection.

Prairie Style Two-Story in Stevens Park Village Has Style and Value

By Joanna England / September 2, 2015 /

This home is such an incredible value nestled in one of the most picturesque neighborhoods in North Oak Cliff. Located inside Stevens Park Village, you might expect this home to another quaint Austin stone cottage like the many that line the blocks of this insular neighborhood just off of Fort Worth Avenue. You’d be flat…

North Dallas Home Tour Celebrates Architecture Found in Just One Square Mile

By Joanna England / September 1, 2015 /

An idea had been bouncing around in the back of Kathy Adcock-Smith’s mind for a while. How could she promote preservation inside her small North Dallas neighborhood? Walnut Hill is a tidy square mile, bounded by Royal Lane on the north, Midway on the east, Walnut Hill on the south, and Marsh on the west.…

Movoto Calls Plano One of The Best Suburbs in America For Your Kid’s Education

By Joanna England / August 31, 2015 /

Of course a Collin County town made Movoto’s list of top 10 suburbs for schools. But Plano? I was betting on Frisco, Allen, or McKinney for that, but good ol’ Plano was the only suburb in Collin County — and in Texas, for that matter — in the top 10. The next highest ranking Texas…

Great Western Featured Realtor: Ryan Schwartz Has Real Estate in His DNA

By Joanna England / August 28, 2015 /

Isn’t he adorable? This, ladies and gentlemen, is Ryan Schwartz, an up-and-coming Realtor with Rogers Healy and Associates. Not only is this guy whip smart, but he’s generous and friendly, too. In fact, Schwartz has a certain je ne sais quoi that reminds us a lot of Jeff Lindigrin at Great Western Home Loans. What…