Joy Donovan
Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.
With the holidays behind us, we’re ready to hit the new year, right? Nope, that feeling has passed. We’re a week back into the 9 to 5 rat race, and some of us are already thinking of how to escape the churn, the hustle, the craziness of the DFW daily dash. Any homebuyers out there…
Waking up in this $12 million Southlake estate could feel like welcoming the morning in a five‑star resort. One might find adjusting to this quite nice. With more than 20,000 square feet of luxury living spread across seven acres of trees, fountains, and pools, one might think one was meandering through a park. The property…
To settle into the house at 3816 Collinwood Ave., a couple of rocking chairs or maybe a glider, would be required. The covered front porch, you’ll notice, stretches from end to end of this house. A good front porch like this would be part of the lifestyle that goes with this Arlington Heights residence. Relaxing…
Some things in a house are required to be there for so many practical reasons. The oven is there to cook dinner. The shower is there to get clean. You know, the very basic idea for civilized living in modern society. But the right staircase can be the icing on the cake of a two-story…
Some people inherit their houses’ personalities and accept them as is. I tend to give them a makeover with some white paint. I’ve now taken two brick homes, one a nondescript gray and the other a supposedly sacred Old Chicago blend, and turned them bright, confident white. The purists gasped, clutched their pearls over that…
