Highlight Home of the Week Presented by Lisa Peters

Need Someplace to Crash Near the Arts District? This Turtle Creek Studio Is Perfect

By Shelby Skrhak / December 18, 2019 /

As David Griffin describes it, this studio apartment in the George Dahl-designed Gold Crest makes a perfect “pied-a-terre.” Renovated in a contemporary manner with limestone floors, smooth gallery-like walls, and tall ceilings, this residence’s prime location on Turtle Creek offers excellent views of another starchitect-designed building: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater. We were surprised to see this High…

The Designer Oak Lawn Condo You’ve Been Dreaming About

By Shelby Skrhak / December 11, 2019 /

Marc Kleinmann of Bauhaus Custom Homes doesn’t build big white boxes. Sure, this contemporary townhouse in Oak Lawn has a modular design, but this Melrose Heights Condominium is an exercise in what the Germany native does with unfettered lines, luxe finishes, and dramatic architecture. That’s why Phillip Murrell of Compass RE‘s listing at 4015 Wycliff…

50s Home Brought to Life by Husband and Wife Team of East Dallas Modern

By Shelby Skrhak / December 4, 2019 /

We’re big fans of East Dallas Modern, the husband and wife team of Stesha and Daniel Gearner, who left corporate America several years ago and turned their attention full-time to renovating midcentury homes. They’ve got a knack of turning around dated homes with style and time-period touches as they’ve done with more than a dozen…

Unbelievable Skyline Views From This Contemporary Perched Atop West Kessler Heights

By Shelby Skrhak / November 27, 2019 /

Couldn’t you just kiss the sky with this view? Courtney Tauriac of Compass has this week’s listing for the High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, a beautifully-designed home perched atop the rocky bluffs of Highgrove at West Kessler Heights, full of garden homes and urban loft-style villa homes in North…

Winnetka Historic Beauty Is in Perfect Tune

By Shelby Skrhak / November 22, 2019 /

Some homes have backyard guest quarters for mother in laws, college kids, or kids who never left the nest. But the guest quarters behind this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, was built as a sound-proof recording studio in the early 2000s for its previous musician…