Monday Morning Millionaire

Karen Eubank features ultra-luxe listings all over North Texas and beyond.

Surf and Turf: Time to Play Ball on the Field Behind This Hal Thompson Lakeside Drive Estate

By Candy Evans / February 9, 2015 /

This has to be one of the most significant Monday Morning Millionaires we have ever featured on CandysDirt! 4412 Lakeside is a perfect example of an historical, iconic Dallas home that has been loved, preserved, updated, and cherished with every design sensibility spanning several well-heeled owners. It was one of the very first homes built…

Late Late Super Bowl Edition: I Want to Live in This Bluffview Home With Pete Carroll

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2015 /

Do you know that, on the day after the Super Bowl last year, 1.5 million Americans called in sick to work and another 4.4 million were late? In fact, many think we should just go ahead and make it a holiday!  A study by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Inc., a Massachusetts based workforce management consulting…

11 Acres in South Dallas With a 2,000 Square Foot Master & Dungeon: Uncommon Ground for an Uncommonly Luxurious Estate

By Candy Evans / January 26, 2015 /

Does the name Ralph Wade ring a bell? Me neither. But he sure built a hec of a house –no wait, make that a compound behind gates! —  at 5656 Cedar Ridge Drive in south Dallas, just north of Duncanville and I-20. Look at this place, will you? The master suite alone is 2000 square…

Talk About a “Great Room,” This Great Prestie Holler Spec Just Took a Big Fat Price Reduction…

By Candy Evans / January 19, 2015 /

Here is a brand spanking new Preston Hollow home on Pemberton, a couple houses west of Hillcrest. Really nice construction, the home is a spec, yes, but an elegant one. Which reminds me: there is a trend I am seeing in spec homes: they are getting snazzier by the minute. Gone are the days when…

Health, Wealth and Natural Beauty: The Story of the House of Love

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2015 /

Here’s the way to start the New Year right: healthy living on the top of a hill with majestic, blood-pressure-lowering mountains all around you. And oh the fresh air! Go ahead and fill your bottles with tap water from the sink, courtesy of an aquifer that has not seen light in 18,000 years.  Dallas? Sorry,…