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.
Candysdirt.com readers are the best! Last week I asked for help solving a couple of mysteries surrounding Villa Vista, a beautiful Tudor Revival on Rio Vista in East Kessler Park. Boy, did y’all come through! DCAD was offering a build date I knew was wrong, but I had to prove it. Finding the architect’s name…
If you’re looking for wide open spaces, land, and privacy but with excellent proximity to city life, Mansfield is the answer. Without traffic, Mansfield is 25 minutes southeast of Fort Worth. You can be at Six Flags in about 20 minutes, the Dallas Arts District in 40 minutes, and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in half…
It happens more often than you can imagine, and this Santa Barbara soft contemporary is a great example. A builder finally gets the perfect lot, designs the home of their dreams, and then, just as they are finishing up, a buyer comes along. When you are a builder, you just don’t turn down a buyer…
Rarely am I unable to uncover almost every detail of a home, but this East Kessler estate has been a test for me and all of my preservation resources and contacts. Maybe you can help us! What we do know is this estate has records dating back to 1940. Although there were reports of a…
Bud Oglesby built this custom classic Modernist home in 1985. It’s a beautiful example of how less really is more. We generally don’t regard the 1980s in Dallas as a decade of architectural inspiration. Oglesby was one of the stellar exceptions. He embraced simplicity of form and materials. His thoughtful consideration of how light enters…
