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.
Sometimes, the best-laid plans come together just as you visualized. That’s the case with Junior Desinor’s beautiful Preston Hollow Georgian Colonial dream home. He tapped the incredibly talented David Stocker of SHM Architects for the design and his friend Scott Powell at New Leaf Custom Homes to bring his vision to life. Desinor, many of you…
So you think it’s impossible to live in a historic home? Leah and Oliver Norris will tell you that’s nonsense. So much nonsense, in fact, that they set out to prove it with their first stateside renovation, a 1926 Hollywood Heights Tudor. The Norrises had been living in England restoring, renovating, and reinventing historic homes,…
It’s the rare owner that treats landscape as exterior finish-out, coordinating the colors and ensuring every season offers a different type of beauty. That is, however, exactly what happened when this stately French country estate was being built. It was sited well back from the street in a landscape that was meticulously planned to offer…
If I did not already live in a charming conservation district, I’d be house hunting in Junius Heights. For anyone who values history, character, and community, it’s hard to beat this neighborhood. Developer C.H. Munger was a master of planning, sales, and marketing. When he launched Junius Heights on September 3, 1906, newspapers reported it…
Dallas has an extraordinary fascination with architect Charles Dilbeck, and rightly so. From the mid-1920s to the late 1960s, he designed a vast array of homes in various sizes and styles, ranging from French Norman to Midcentury Modern, including the iconic ranch cottage, like this one at 1937 Marydale Dr. in the Stevens Park Conservation…
