Highlight Home of the Week Presented by Lisa Peters

This Oak Cliff Home Has Hidden Magic Powers Inside

By Shelby Skrhak / August 5, 2021 /

Back when my son was a little one, there was a Disney Channel show called “The Wizards of Waverly Place” wherein Grand Prairie’s own Selena Gomez and her family of wizards work to keep their magic powers hidden while blending into their Greenwich Village surroundings. This week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by…

Become the Jay Gatsby of West Dallas in This Promontory on The Trinity

By Daniel Hightower Smith / July 28, 2021 /

West Dallas is booming with new construction, and one of its exemplar homes is 1519 Bayside Street. It’s a sleek, imaginative modern design, but as a feature that still has to compete with the area’s abundant views. From the outset of planning, the home’s builder and architect took pains to maximize the home’s sightlines.  With…

This Winnetka Heights Prairie Style Home Is Like a Meta Work of Art

By Shelby Skrhak / July 21, 2021 /

Speaking to Diane Sherman of Dave Perry-Miller is always a pleasure because she shares such an enthusiasm and affinity for historic Kessler Park homes. When I look up a home’s history in the Dallas Morning News back archives, chances are Diane’s already done that and ten times more to know all about a home’s unique…

High Caliber Home? I Call It High Caliber Color of the Week

By Shelby Skrhak / July 14, 2021 /

I’ve got a serious case of color envy for this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans. The 3,255-square-foot traditional has four bedrooms and three and a half baths. It was built in 1969 in the Underwood Estates neighborhood, perfectly nestled in the heart of the private…

No Expense Spared in This Waterfront at Forest Home

By Shelby Skrhak / June 30, 2021 /

This week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, is a breathtaker – the noun form of breathtaking. Now, I’m not confident on the validity of that word but if there was ever a home that needed a noun created for it, it’s this one. This North Dallas…