Joy Donovan

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

A Fort Worth Midcentury Modern for Under $500K? Run for These Hills

By Joy Donovan / May 16, 2025 /

Simplicity, sleek lines, big windows, geometric forms, open floor plans, minimal walls. Add ‘em up and you got yourself a Midcentury Modern house. That and more like the low-pitched room, the wood elements, and connecting the interior to the exterior, make 3912 Eldridge St. in Fort Worth a textbook example of Midcentury Modern’s appeal. Homebuyers…

Schools Top the List of Historic Fort Worth’s Most Endangered Places

By Joy Donovan / May 13, 2025 /

As the Fort Worth Independent School District is discussing the closure of schools, it is no coincidence that some of the district’s properties made Historic Fort Worth’s annual list of endangered places. Historic Fort Worth’s annual Most Endangered Places spotlights historic sites threatened by various situations, and this year five schools were named to the list.…

House in Fort Worth’s Arlington Heights Brings Best of Two Centuries for Under $600K

By Joy Donovan / May 9, 2025 /

Here’s a chance to get the best of two worlds. The next owner of 3912 Bryce Ave. in Fort Worth will find a home with one foot in an established, desirable, neighborhood while at the same time the other foot in a much newer home with all the modern conveniences. It’s as if this house…

Yellow House Stays Trendy in Fort Worth’s Fairmount Neighborhood

By Joy Donovan / May 2, 2025 /

Yellow, my dear, is all the rage this year. I know it will come as quite a shock to those of you who were just sure that gray on gray-on-gray trend was forever and always a sure thing. Think again, sunshine. From the color of butter to the vibrancy of marigold, yellow is an “it”…

No Beach? Who Cares When You Live in Fairmount

By Joy Donovan / May 2, 2025 /

Jen Kindschi grew up across from a California beach. She adored the sunny beach life, but right now there is no way you could rip her out of her beloved Fairmount neighborhood in Fort Worth. “We fell in love with Fort Worth, and we fell in love with Fairmount,” she said. She and her husband…