Joy Donovan

Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.

This Soft Contemporary Home Near Eagle Mountain Lake Really Pours on the Charm

By Joy Donovan / April 25, 2025 /

Looking for those water people. They love water. They want to live on the water. Gosh, they probably even drink water. This house even says what it’s all about with its address: 8521 Lake Country Dr. in Fort Worth. It’s mere minutes from Eagle Mountain Lake and all the boating, skiing, and fishing fun found…

Enjoy Botanical Garden Living in South Arlington

By Joy Donovan / April 22, 2025 /

This time of year, walking through the Fort Worth Botanic Garden or Dallas Arboretum is an absolutely lovely way to spend an afternoon. The flowers are blooming, the trees are leafy, and the grass is green and lush. Who doesn’t want to linger there? Who wouldn’t like to just live in the middle of all…

Brick Sidewalk, Big Porch, and an American Flag: This Home Town House Gets a Salute

By Joy Donovan / April 15, 2025 /

You can’t get much more all-American than a flag flying high from the front of a house. Add a brick sidewalk marching up the steps, past carefully landscaped front beds, up to an expansive porch with chairs for rocking, and what All-American home-shopping person’s heart wouldn’t beat a little faster? Check your heart rate upon…

Nip, Tuck and Refreshed: Arlington Highlands Gets a Shopping Center Facelift

By Joy Donovan / April 15, 2025 /

Sometimes it’s time for a nip and tuck for those so inclined to look in the mirror and want to fix a few things. Maybe a facelift to smooth out the wrinkles and define the contours. Well, sometimes a shopping center needs to go through a little smoothing and redefining on its own. An aging…

Happily Ever After Happens at Flanders Heights Storybook Home

By Joy Donovan / April 11, 2025 /

Definitely there’s a fairy tale unfolding behind the door at 1207 Walmsley Ave. in Dallas. The house with the eye-catching wood door and the steep roofline is where the once-upon-a-time begins for a lucky new homeowner, no fairy godmother required. Open that round-topped front door, glimpse at a light, bright interior. “When you walk in,…