Nikki Barringer

Nikki Lott Barringer is a freelance writer and licensed real estate agent.

This Midcentury Makeover Inspires Major Bathroom Envy

By Nikki Barringer / January 28, 2024 /

I am super pumped to be sharing this one. It’s a real full circle moment so sit tight. It’s also a total permission slip to design your home however you want because Lisa Mabli did just that and it’s so freaking good. Let me back up a bit. It was Spring 2020. I got an…

There’s News and Views at Lake Texoma

By Nikki Barringer / January 27, 2024 /

Well, we just had a big ol’ announcement about Lake Texoma and now we have one more. The first is that all the parrotheads will be flocking to Margaritaville Lake Texoma when it officially opens its cheeseburger in paradise-y doors. (With the Hard Rock Café just across the lake on the Oklahoma side.) Which might…

Fire up Your Pinterest, Because This North Dallas Home is Filled With Good Ideas

By Nikki Barringer / January 23, 2024 /

In real estate school, one of the things you go over is an itemized list of why people buy homes. I don’t want to give it ALL away, but P is for Pride of Ownership. Even though it’s true, it still sounds really dorky. NEVERTHELESS, it’s pretty freaking cool when you see it come to…

When Two Artsy Types Sell a Home, You Buy It

By Nikki Barringer / January 20, 2024 /

Sometimes you’re scrolling through houses looking for one to feature and then it just appears. As if to say, ‘Call off the search, my child, I have arrived.’ That’s the case with this one. It’s gor-ge-ous. And listed with Oak Cliff’s own Kay Wood from Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Int’l. Realty. She knows the area, she…

Get Going to Gainesville For Fried Pies And This Fabulous (And Affordable!) 1970s Contemporary

By Nikki Barringer / January 16, 2024 /

Well, this is nice and random. Who’s up for a trip to Gainesville? No one? On account of the not currently icy roads, but you never know what the future holds? Or is it because you’re like “Gainesville? Why?” So many reasons. Not the least of which is the fried pies, made fresh daily at…