Nikki Barringer
Nikki Lott Barringer is a freelance writer and licensed real estate agent.
Not that long ago, Compass’ Angela Downes met with the owners of 1517 E. Levee Street. She’d helped them snag this incredible, whoop-whoop-sound-the-alarm-because-if-anyone-is-looking-for-THE-house-this-is-it home two years ago. This amazing, converted warehouse space is off the beaten path, urban living at its most refined, and one of the legitimately coolest houses in Dallas. We’ve been drooling…
Why do we get so pumped when we see our cities get mentioned in national news? It’s the same phenomenon as when a celebrity dies and you once had your picture taken with them outside Don Pablo’s in 2002, so you repost the photo with your version of an obit. They were so kind. Such…
The special thing about homes is how a seemingly innocuous feature can mean so much to its owner. Take homeowners Curtis and Tara Westbrook, for example. When they first toured the Fort Worth home at 4805 Selkirk Drive, he had a vision of himself happily cooking in the kitchen while friends and family talked and…
In 1958, Mr. Luther — yes, I know his first name, but on the Ridglea Greenway Condominium’s homepage, it simply refers to him as Mr. Luther, and let’s get real, how much cooler and covert does that sound? 1 million percent, right? As I was saying, in 1958 Mr. Luther built Ridglea Greenway Condominiums. He…
I have a lot of passion for remodelers with a lot of passion. And that’s exactly who Cody Ellison and his business partner, Ken Valencia, are. Recently they set their sights on DeSoto, a bit of an unexpected suburb, but they have good reason. They love the topography out there. The hills, the trees and…
