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Friday Four Hundred: Looks Can be Deceiving, Especially With This Inwood North Traditional

By Joanna England / January 24, 2014 /

Talk about unexpected! From the outside, I’d think 4910 Harvest Hill Road to be sedate and traditional, with some cream and blue upholstery, understated draperies, and maybe a kitchen with some white cabinets and a rather plain countertop. But I totally wasn’t expecting this! Check out the sleek, modern interior of this Inwood North Estates home!…

Thursday Three Hundred: To Cluck, or Not to Cluck — This Cute Hollywood Heights Home Has Everything You Want AND a Chicken Coop

By Joanna England / January 23, 2014 /

I can understand the limited appeal of chickens for some people. Most think they belong on farms, or on their dinner plates. Not many people think of chickens as backyard pets. Well, except for me. I have three of them and I honestly can’t imagine not having a coop in my backyard. Which is why I…

Attics to Basements is Liquidating Willetta Stellmacher’s Lakewood Estate Until Saturday

By Joanna England / January 22, 2014 /

A former Vaudeville performer and showgirl who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Lawrence Welk, Willetta Stellmacher led a colorful life. Besides being known as an astute businesswoman, Stellmacher was hailed as a tough-as-nails landlord at the apartments she owned — and as the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate says, a “pistol-packin’ mama.”

While we’re terribly sad to hear of such a wonderful and amazing person passing, we are so intrigued to see the estate sale organized by Attics to Basements. It’s advertised as containing “Fine art work, Ivory, Jadeite/Jade, Asian Antiques, French Antiques, 6,000sq feet of quality collectibles and antiques!”

Attics to Basements is Liquidating Willetta Stellmacher's Lakewood Estate Until Saturday

By Joanna England / January 22, 2014 /

A former Vaudeville performer and showgirl who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Lawrence Welk, Willetta Stellmacher led a colorful life. Besides being known as an astute businesswoman, Stellmacher was hailed as a tough-as-nails landlord at the apartments she owned — and as the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate says, a “pistol-packin’ mama.”

While we’re terribly sad to hear of such a wonderful and amazing person passing, we are so intrigued to see the estate sale organized by Attics to Basements. It’s advertised as containing “Fine art work, Ivory, Jadeite/Jade, Asian Antiques, French Antiques, 6,000sq feet of quality collectibles and antiques!”

What The Frack? Should North Texans Secure Earthquake Coverage if They Live Near Hydraulic Fracturing Sites?

By Joanna England / January 22, 2014 /

As Azle residents stormed a meeting of the Texas Railroad Commission yesterday demanding a moratorium on wastewater injection wells used in hydraulic fracturing (AKA fracking), commissioners gave no indication of halting the practice that homeowners blame for the recent spate of earthquakes in their small Tarrant County town.