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.
Beyond price and location, when we look for a home, we’re all looking for inspiration. There are no two people more qualified to bring us inspiration than Regan Carlile and Chad Dorsey. And boy, have they brought it to us with this two-story traditional University Park Cape Cod Cottage. The 4,060-square-foot home, built in 1940,…
I did a double take when this Worth Street Prairie home popped into view. Then the memory of this house came flooding back. Stacy Warnix transformed this property in 2016. She’d reinvented a Tudor in Hollywood Heights prior to this home. When it sold back in 2015, it was the highest price for an existing…
Writing about historic preservation weekly puts me in touch with the best preservation experts in Dallas. It’s given me a lot of insight. Although I’m just the messenger, I regularly get emails from readers like this one: Dear Karen,I bought a beautiful historic home with the intention of remodeling and updating it. Now, my builder…
This beautiful Turtle Creek Mediterranean, built in 1926, has been home to a fascinating array of movers and shakers. There has been a lot written about it over the years, and much of it is wrong. For instance Dallas Central Appraisal District has the build date as 1916, which no one agrees with. And yes,…
Once in a while, I come across a truly spectacular find like this Stevens Park Midcentury Modern ranch. So many people screw up these homes. They gut them and destroy every shred of the interior character. I am thrilled to report that is not the case here. As Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s listing agent Kay Wood…
