Fort Worth Dirt
It was about this time last year when COVID-19 was sweeping the nation and people were realizing that walking around outside and being active wasn’t such a bad thing after all. Even in Texas, where places of interest can be a great distance apart, people from the suburbs, apartments, downtown condos, and historic older neighborhoods…
A more accurate description would be “old San Antone meets old Fort Worth” because this venerable 1927 house, built by illustrious San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres has been home at one time or another to members some of Fort Worth‘s better-known families including Moncriefs, Armours, and Penns. Ayres, a Colombia University-trained architect, moved to…
There is just something about a beautiful view that is relaxing. Whether it’s a snowy mountain, the setting sun, white-capped waves of the ocean, or inspiring architecture, it just makes you feel good. To views, we say, oui! The condominiums of Le Bijou (another French word meaning “jewel” or “jewelry”) located in downtown Fort Worth…
I hope that headline was an attention grabber. One tends to remember the ’70s as the decade of laminate walnut paneling, avocado appliances, and shag carpeting. And yet several buildings of distinction got built. Think Skidmore Owings & Merrill’s John Hancock Center in Chicago. And we needn’t go that far from home. Fort Worth’s own…
Chelsea Nelson is the creative type who has had a passion for decorating, design, and construction ever since she can remember. After studying interior design she began decorating homes for her clients as a way to express her creative abilities and earn additional spending money. As it turns out, through her decorating experiences she met…
