Joy Donovan
Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.
Living the good life — it’s sun soaked, palm swaying easy living. Sun is easy to find in Texas, but palm trees? Not so much. Here is a house for those searching not for their shaker of salt but for the late singer Jimmy Buffett’s Parrothead lifestyle. There’s a retreat on the lake with 32…
Anyone whose green thumb has a competitive itch to win yard of the month, here’s a house for you. The red brick house, located at 1415 Bluebonnet Dr. in Fort Worth, with the black and white trim, will give gardeners a head start. The 2,048-square-foot house, built in 1941, sits on an yard that is…
Those who follow the New York Times‘ online game Connections will like this puzzle. What is the connection between Reba McEntire, Painted Ladies, Sherwin-Williams, and Colleyville? This is a tough one, but the answer lies in Tarrant County. It’s 5317 Bluebonnet Dr. in Colleyville. The Victorian beauty located here has been the site of a…
Tired of the modern farmhouse? Done with Midcentury Modern? Here’s something else — a completely updated 1937 Tudor that’s half the price you’d find for similar homes in the M Streets or Lakewood. The house listed for $525,000 on Cedar Crest Boulevard in south Dallas gives homebuyers a chance to buy a house with a…
Fort Worth, now affectionately known as Cowtown, once upon a time had to lure meatpacking companies to come to Fort Worth. In the early 1900s, Fort Worth city leaders actively worked to lure meat packing companies to the city. Armour & Co., along with Swift, moved to the Tarrant County town where the trains and…
