Karen Eubank

Karen is a senior columnist at Candy’s Media and has been writing stories since she could hold a crayon. She is a globe-trotting, history-loving eternal optimist who would find it impossible to live well without dogs, Tex-Mex, and dark chocolate. She covers luxury properties and historic preservation for Candys Dirt.

Sam Claussen Was Destined for a Real Estate Career

By Karen Eubank / June 20, 2017 /

“I’ve always been drawn to real estate and architecture,” Sam Claussen said. “My dad was an architect, and when I was growing up, a part of the house was always under construction. We were always fixing things on our own, expanding, and renovating.” Although Claussen hadn’t visualized a career in real estate, he knew he…

Preston Hollow Transitional Designed by Neal Stewart

By Karen Eubank / June 19, 2017 /

It’s often challenging to bring you homes in lower price points, because they fly off the market before we can write about them. There’s a different challenge with properties in the luxury category. There are so many beautiful houses priced at over $1 million in Dallas that we often have a hard time choosing. However,…

Kessler Park Tudor With a Backyard Paradise

By Karen Eubank / June 17, 2017 /

If you’re in the market for a Kessler Park Tudor with a backyard that has no less than five areas for entertaining, stop reading and call Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s listing agent Jenni Stolarski immediately. This is one hot property, and mark my words — it will be pending by next week. It’s always a challenge…

Bluffview Modern Luxury Home Offers Resort Lifestyle

By Karen Eubank / June 15, 2017 /

  Our Inwood National Bank Home of the Week began as a sketch on a napkin. Mark Siepiela, an extraordinarily talented custom home builder and owner of Design + Development, is responsible for turning that sketch into this Bluffview modern luxury home at 4346 Bluffview Boulevard. Siepiela and the owner were on the same page…

Preston Hollow Estate Has Every Comfort Under the Sun

By Karen Eubank / June 12, 2017 /

I admit it; I’m hard to impress. Writing about luxury properties several times a week pushes the bar higher and higher. So, when I find a home like this Preston Hollow estate, I’m not just excited to share it with you, I’m over the moon. Superlatives simply don’t do justice to this three-story custom mansion…