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Go Red: Why the Bernadette Schaeffler Collection is the Hottest New Design Showroom In Town

By Candy Evans / December 11, 2012 /

I only met her a few weeks ago, but already feel like she is one of my bestest friends. Bernadette Schaeffler, a beautiful, elegant, taste-laden blonde who moved to the United States from Cologne, Germany in 1995 and makes her home in Highland Park, is throwing open the doors of her 1616 Hi Line Drive…

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Tis the Season for Sprucing Up Real Estate: Here’s $25 Towards Cleaner Carpets, Holiday Lights or a Cleaner Holiday House

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2012 /

I drove through Highland Park tonight and was amazed at how many homes have lights up and are sparkly gorgeous ALREADY! In Dallas we don’t mess around: four weeks MAX to touch up roots, and holiday decorations go up the day after Thanksgiving.

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Saving the Environment One Drop at a Time: Starting Today, I’m Going Tankless

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2012 /

Busy day here yesterday at the ranch, as we emptied and discarded these babies for an Eternal GU 195S on demand hybrid gas fired water heater. In effect, we are going tankless. Woo hoo! These two hot water heaters are 12 years old, about the age when they start to break down. One broke on Christmas Eve,…

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We’re So Vain: Dallas is Probably Even Mad Plano is MORE Vain

By Candy Evans / June 27, 2012 /

Plano is so boring, people seldom get killed up there. Now, it turns out, Plano is boring and PRETTY. Yes, according to Men’s Health Mag, Plano is the number two (#2) top city for vanity — that is cosmetic procedures, Botox users, hair dye jobs, people who will spend anything to look younger, at-home hair…

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The British are Calling: “Dallas” Real Estate Soon to be in London News

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

I get emails like this from time to time: I’m a British journalist based in Austin and I’m working on a story for the Sunday Telegraph magazine in London that I’m hoping you can help with. It’s pegged to the new season of Dallas starting in the Fall in the UK (in June, I believe,…

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