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‘Greatest Ranch House of His Career’: Rare Dilbeck Cottage Comes to Market After 30+ Years

By Karen Eubank / August 28, 2025 /

Dallas has an extraordinary fascination with architect Charles Dilbeck, and rightly so. From the mid-1920s to the late 1960s, he designed a vast array of homes in various sizes and styles, ranging from French Norman to Midcentury Modern, including the iconic ranch cottage, like this one at 1937 Marydale Dr. in the Stevens Park Conservation…

3 Amazing Homes That Provide the Perfect Setting For Your Labor Day Weekend Celebration

By Brenda Masse / August 27, 2025 /

If you’re spending this Labor Day weekend doing a little home shopping, why not make it aspirational for next year’s celebration? If you can’t be soaking up those end-of-summer rays poolside, cooking out on the grill, and generally enjoying a day off with friends and family, make sure you choose a home with the best…

2025 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Returns to Its Historic Turtle Creek Address

By Elaine Raffel / August 27, 2025 /

Last year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas wasn’t just a feast for the eyes — 60,000-square-feet of underground parking made it refreshingly easy to attend, too. Come November, the celebrated event returns to its 2999 Turtle Creek Boulevard location, promising the same convenience paired with an all-new roster of visionary interiors and reimagined spaces.

Jonathan Miller: Stigma of a 666 Street Address?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 27, 2025 /

By Jonathan Miller HousingNotes.com Last week there was an article about a Sackler family heir’s triplex on Park Avenue in NYC that might be listed. If you remember, the Sackler family was sued because they “owned, directed, and profited” from Purdue Pharma’s conduct that helped create the overdose crisis. While the abuse of OxyContin has been overtaken by fentanyl, the…

I’m Judging This Fort Worth House by Its White Brick Cover (and I Love It)

By Joy Donovan / August 26, 2025 /

Some of us like what we like. We know it. We own it. And I like a white brick house. Oh, there are other houses that are beautiful, too, but just like some women like men tall, dark and handsome but might settle for a Robert Redford look alike (that’s a joke, y’all), some of…