Joanna England

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

Designer Emily Larkin’s Hollywood Heights Home is a Dream Come True

By Joanna England / April 2, 2015 /

  Emily Larkin, AKA “The Chair Whisperer,” could not be more thrilled about being on the Hollywood Santa Monica Neighborhood Association Home Tour this year. In fact, when I visited her adorable brick Tudor at 707 Cordova, the interior designer who works out of her backyard guesthouse had several paint swatches taped up around her…

Feeling Creative? Kessler Park Stone Cottage is a Fantastic Opportunity

By Joanna England / April 1, 2015 /

Talk about a home with raw potential! This 1940s stone-clad traditional is all about lines an angles, and has some features that will make you swoon for Kessler Park home. It’s on the market for the first time in 30 years, and it’s on a quiet cul-de-sac off one of the prettiest streets in the…

IBB Design Named Best Furniture Store in the Country

By Joanna England / April 1, 2015 /

Congratulations are in order for IBB Design Fine Furnishings and its owner/founder, Beth Rafferty. The 40,000-square-foot high-end home showroom with 28 talented interior designers won “Best Furniture Store in the Country” for the second year in a row at the ARTS Awards, one of the biggest awards programs in the home design industry. “Being recognized…

Dallas City Center’s Kevin Caskey Says School Ratings Will Influence Real Estate Values

By Joanna England / April 1, 2015 /

With the Texas legislature set to approve a new letter grading system that adds more clarity and precision to the TEA’s rating categories, Realtors are wondering how the new approval guide will affect housing prices. The measure just cleared the Senate and is headed for the house. Lake Highlands resident and Dallas City Center Realtors…

It’s Home Tour Season Again! Here Are a Few of our Favorite Dallas-Fort Worth Home Tours

By Joanna England / March 31, 2015 /

It’s spring, so it’s time to don your blue booties and get to tromping around some of the finest and most fabulous homes in Dallas-Fort Worth. We always enjoy this time of year, because not only does CandysDirt.com feature some of the biggest and best home tours in the region, but we also give our…