Joy Donovan

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

Grapevine Is the Christmas Capital of Texas and These Award-Winning Displays Prove It

By Joy Donovan / December 24, 2024 /

Officially, Grapevine is the Christmas Capital of Texas. Official it is because the Texas Legislature proclaimed it as such in 2009. Fast forward to 2024 and Grapevine now boasts 1,400 events in 40 days. The place is lit up from before Thanksgiving through the new year. Flashing tunnels, drone shows, marching bands, Las Vegas entertainment,…

Fort Worth Crestwood Home Can Be a Canvas for Next Owner’s Creativity

By Joy Donovan / December 20, 2024 /

A home buyer hoping to insert a little creativity into that next home might consider a certain one-story house in Fort Worth’s popular Crestwood. Just driving by the home at 3700 Wildwood Road, the exterior paint signals this house isn’t just another boring house. The pale sage green color gives it a distinctive look. Inside?…

Drones Are Coming to North Texas (No, Not Those)

By Joy Donovan / December 17, 2024 /

The mysterious nighttime drone sightings on the East Coast have people wondering what the heck is happening in the sky, but in North Texas it’s much less enigmatic as a new Walmart drone delivery hub was just approved by Bedford City Council last week. No Mystery Here Walmart says they’re reaching new heights, offering drone…

Highland Meadows Home Offers Peace and Quiet in Northeast Dallas

By Joy Donovan / December 13, 2024 /

Sometimes one needs to retreat from the rat race… Sometimes one longs for a haven, a sanctuary, a refuge, even an oasis. And that, Dallas house shoppers, is exactly how Realtor Terri Brak Thomas describes her listing at 11046 McCree Road in Lake Highlands. Buying this could be buying a roof overhead, plus some well-deserved…

Southlake Interior Designer Goes from Volunteer to Award Winner, With a Little Push from Friends

By Joy Donovan / December 10, 2024 /

From full-time volunteer to professional designer, a Southlake interior designer has surprised herself finding herself at the top of her game, recognized by her peers. Marlene Small of Heritage Interiors recently won two first-place awards in the 2024 American Society of Interior Designers Celebrating Design Texas awards competition. And though she says she got a…