Joy Donovan

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

This Cowtown New Home Watches the Budget and Brings the Luxe

By Joy Donovan / November 5, 2024 /

Finding a home under a $400,000 budget can be done. Finding a home under $400,000 that’s a new build — now that can be a challenge. CandysDirt.com has done the leg work finding a new home, under $400,000, with some bells and whistles. Take a look at 2803 Ross Ave. in Fort Worth. This new…

Life in the Fast Lane Gets House Hunters’ Engines Running

By Joy Donovan / November 1, 2024 /

For a lifestyle that is living life in the fast lane, here is the perfect place to live it up. It’s literally up around the fast track. It doesn’t get much faster — at least on the ground, legally — than Texas Motor Speedway. Cars have been zooming around North Texas’ 1.5-mile track since its…

Saving the Pink Bathrooms in a 1954 Casa View Midcentury Modern

By Joy Donovan / October 25, 2024 /

“Save the pink bathrooms” is an oft-heard rallying cry of East Dallas. That mantra evidently was heard by the sellers of the character-filled Midcentury Modern home at 3114 San Vincente Ave. in Dallas. The bubble-gum pink tile remains in this updated house making a direct call back to the 1950s. Yes, there are those who…

I Do Declare, This Foat Wuth House Has a Front Porch Worth Rockin’ On

By Joy Donovan / October 22, 2024 /

Why, I can practically hear Aunt Pitty Pat gettin’ the lemonade ready for company. Yes, the most gracious front porch at 4001 Bunting Ave. in Foat Wuth is just welcomin’ the neighbors over for a cold beverage and a nice long chat. The likes you’d see in the deep South, sugah, this front porch. I’m wonderin’…

Jimmy Carter’s Work Continues in Fort Worth through Habitat for Humanity

By Joy Donovan / October 22, 2024 /

Opal Lee, the Fort Worth resident acclaimed as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” will be an honored guest at the BuildStrong Lunch, the annual fundraiser for Trinity Habitat for Humanity, the Tarrant County chapter of the international Habitat for Humanity non-profit organization. Tuesday is the deadline for registering for the complimentary luncheon, set for noon to…