Friday Four Hundred

Friday (Almost) Five Hundred: Updated Ranch in Windsor Park is Perfect For Corporate Relocation!

By Joanna England / November 16, 2012 /

Everyone seems to be moving to Dallas these days, especially people who are transferred or promoted by one of the billion corporations that call Dallas their headquarters. Finding housing is a big problem for folks moving to a brand-new place, so I’m going to make it easy for them. This home — 7238 Joyce Way,…

Friday Four Hundred: Architect Robert Durham Re-imagines a Midway Hollow Traditional For One Lucky Buyer

By Joanna England / October 26, 2012 /

I think I have a better-than-standard imagination, but I have a hard time interpreting floorplans and elevations. Still, though, I love trying to imagine how a home can be transformed into a dream home. Don’t you? Now, 4031 Clover Lane in Midway Hollow, is going to make some lucky buyer very happy. This home, which…

Friday Four Hundred: Modern For Less Than Half a Mil on White Rock Lake No Less!

By Joanna England / September 7, 2012 /

What’s flying off MLS faster than you can say “Hip Pocket Listing?” Modern everything. Midcentury Modern, Contemporary, and plain ol’ modern homes are so in demand right now. What’s even better, especially for 7117 Lyre Lane, is that if it’s remodeled, it fetches top dollar, too.

Friday Four Hundred: Own a Piece of History (And Save Taxes!) With This Plano Victorian

By Joanna England / August 3, 2012 /

You had me at “turret!”

Seriously, though, there is so much to love about this historic home in Plano, called “The Roller House.” There are five bedrooms, three bathrooms, and tons of details inside and out of this Queen Anne three-story!

Friday Four Hundred: Recently Renovated Tudor Turns Heads in Wilshire Heights

By Joanna England / July 13, 2012 /

I can’t believe it, but my son Cooper will be turning one in August. My husband and I were talking about how much our lives have changed in less than one year.

“Pretty soon we’re going to need more room,” I said to him somewhat offhandedly. Of course, he stopped dead in his tracks. His face turned white as a sheet.

“You’re not … pregnant again, right?” he stammered.

I got such a giggle over that! No, we’re not pregnant again, but it got me thinking — we love our home in Casa View Haven, and we’ve put a lot of work into it, but if we were to move to a bigger house, where would we want to go?