Joanna England

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

Today on SecondShelters.com: Need a Getaway? Say 'Oui!' to This Beauty in Paris, Texas

By Joanna England / February 21, 2014 /

Paris is an excellent Texas town for your ranch getaway, as it’s a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth, has some great shopping, and the scenery is just splendid. And you can tell everyone you have a second home in Paris! Oui oui! Well monsieurs and madames, this lovely ranch with a total of seven —…

Today on SecondShelters.com: Need a Getaway? Say ‘Oui!’ to This Beauty in Paris, Texas

By Joanna England / February 21, 2014 /

Paris is an excellent Texas town for your ranch getaway, as it’s a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth, has some great shopping, and the scenery is just splendid. And you can tell everyone you have a second home in Paris! Oui oui! Well monsieurs and madames, this lovely ranch with a total of seven —…

Friday Four Hundred: Amazing Allen Home Has Old-World Style, 21st Century Amenities

By Joanna England / February 21, 2014 /

Ebby Halliday Star Realtor Cathy Browne sent us this listing late last week, and we ooh’ed and ahh’ed over it. Seriously, this home in the highly sought-after Cumberland Crossing neighborhood of Allen with creek frontage is so charming that it was already under contract after just one day on the market. That won’t keep us…

Thursday Three Hundred: Farmers Market Townhome Feels Like a Warm Italian Villa Inside

By Joanna England / February 20, 2014 /

  I have always loved these townhomes, which were among the first to go up in the Farmers Market area before the residential building boom this neighborhood has recently experienced. They are the first homes you can spot if you take Canton downtown on your morning commute, and they’re just past Bark Park Central, another…

Transwestern Scales Back Plans For Apartments at Preston and Northwest Highway, But Neighbors Still Feel It's Too Large

By Joanna England / February 20, 2014 /

Word comes from the great neighborhood reporters at the Preston Hollow Advocate that Transwestern has decided to slim down the scale of its proposed apartment development at Preston Road and Northwest Highway from eight stories to six, shrinking the complex’s size from 296 to 225 units. For neighbors and members of the Preston Hollow East…