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.
The former H.L. Hunt estate, which sits on 10 beautiful acres fronting White Rock Lake, is back on the market. The Georgian Colonial was completed in 1930 as an almost exact replica of Mount Vernon, the former residence of President George Washington. Hunt, a true Texas legend, was an oil tycoon who had 15 children…
If you’ve never heard the phrase “Keep Little Forest Hills Funky,” you don’t know what you’re missing. This beautiful East Dallas neighborhood near White Rock Lake has some of the most interesting and charming houses you will ever find. The original homes were built as lake cottages and hunting cabins between the 1920s and the…
Lake Bonham offers a serene lifestyle you won’t find anywhere else. When you spot a beautiful, completely reinvented home, it’s time to take that leap to lake life. Melinda Faranetta and her husband, David, bought a home on Lake Bonham in 2008 and cannot imagine anywhere that compares to it. “The lake is shaped like…
If I weren’t already deeply rooted in my neighborhood, I’d be the first in line to buy this Kessler Park English Tudor. It’s a treasure trove of everything I adore in a historic home: character, charm, original details, and an enchanting backyard. An early advertisement offers great details: “This beautiful home is plastered throughout with…
This impressive Italian Renaissance villa was designed by architect Anton Korn and completed in 1923 for William P. Head, the chairman of the board of Texas Power and Light, and his wife Lula Rose. In Great American Suburbs, The Homes of The Park Cities, Dallas, the authors describe this home as having “the tantalizing aspect…
