Leah Shafer
Leah Shafer is a content and social media specialist, as well as a Dallas native, who lives in Richardson with her family. In her sixth-grade yearbook, Leah listed "interior designer" as her future profession. Now she writes about them, as well as all things real estate, for CandysDirt.com.
Celina, Texas, is an area of bucolic fields and green spaces that go on for as far as the eye can see. Back in 2003, Linda and Clark Hornbaker purchased 10 acres of open pasture in this area about 45 miles north of Dallas. With the rolling hills and peaceful countryside, Linda saw it as…
Bigger isn’t always better. Our Tuesday Two Hundred proves you can get everything you want in a modest footprint. The “ranchette” at 10266 Casa View Dr. is 1,144 square feet with three bedrooms, one bathroom, and lots of style. Located near Gus Thomasson and Ferguson roads in East Dallas’ Casa View Oaks neighborhood, this property sits on a…
In our ongoing series, Interview with an Architect, we speak with leading voices in the North Texas architecture community and learn about their work, development issues in our community, and good design practices and principals (you can read the last one here). After a decade of practicing architecture in Fort Worth for acclaimed local offices,…
This is the second installment in a two-part series looking at loft living in historic downtown Dallas buildings. You can read the first post here. Dallas has a rich history in downtown, with many beautiful structures from the early 1900s. We’re looking at 11 of those buildings, which have been converted, usually after years of abandonment, into hip…
Every Thursday, we bring you a look at five hot North Texas properties with the CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column. You definitely should mark these on your calendars! A Georgian Revival in the Belmont Conservation District tops our open house roundup this week. We’ve also got a North Oak Cliff townhome with killer views of…
