Downsizing With Style

Josh Nimmo’s Incredible Architectural Conception for Crestfield Place

By Candy Evans / January 9, 2019 /

Crestfield Place debuts tomorrow evening, as we have told you, beginning at 4:30 p.m. over at 2204 Moser in the East Village. This is Cobalt Homes’ second foray into high end, dense living townhomes in urban infill. I caught up with the architect, Josh Nimmo, because I am giddy with delight over the project and the…

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EBTH Makes Dallas Design District Debut

By Joanna England / November 5, 2018 /

The idea behind EBTH, which stands for Everything But The House, is pretty straightforward. As you downsize, you’re often left with scores of new belongings that won’t fit in your new digs. The traditional estate sale model can be laborious, even with full-service sales that take over your home for a day or two. And…

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How Architect Allan Ross Designed the Spectacular Bentley Place for Downsizing

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2018 /

When Dallas architect Allan Ross conceptualized Bentley Place in Greenway Parks, he designed the eight-villa luxury development with at least one specific type of home buyer in mind: downsizers. At last month’s CandysDirt.com Staff Party, we gabbed with the noted architect about a mind-boggling virtual reality tour of Bentley Place (seriously, mind-boggling!) and discussed some…

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Try a Bentley, and Test Drive a Virtual Reality Headset Tonight at our Bentley Place Staff Party

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2018 /

Most of us will not buy a house without seeing, touching, or even smelling it. Hence the reason for the “Open House”. But that is hard to do with properties under construction in new developments, especially ones that offer construction design flexibility to potential buyers.

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64 Fawn Wood Drive, The Lawn at Glen Abbey: 4099 Square Feet of Downsize-able Tranquility

By Candy Evans / October 2, 2018 /

We have been drooling over the Lawn at Glen Abbey now for about a year, long enough for the good folks at Hawkins-Welwood to finish up another astonishingly gorgeous home for us to consider as the perfect “downsizer” specimen. Bonus brownie points: it’s 4099 square feet of luxury living. The master and study are on…

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