Home Decor

Don’t Miss This Open House: Get A Swiss Avenue Mansion for Under One Million Dollars…

By Candy Evans / January 24, 2014 /

You love character and charm in a home, right? Red brick, high ceilings, beautiful wood and moldings, classic lines, and how about an historic plaque right on your front door? Try this classically elegant home at 5215 Swiss Avenue. Built in 1920, perched upon almost two-thirds of a leafty acre in the heart of the…

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Friday Four Hundred: Looks Can be Deceiving, Especially With This Inwood North Traditional

By Joanna England / January 24, 2014 /

Talk about unexpected! From the outside, I’d think 4910 Harvest Hill Road to be sedate and traditional, with some cream and blue upholstery, understated draperies, and maybe a kitchen with some white cabinets and a rather plain countertop. But I totally wasn’t expecting this! Check out the sleek, modern interior of this Inwood North Estates home!…

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Former Food Blogger Finds a New Niche in Real Estate: Candace Tharp Talks Dallas, Historic Homes, And Her Addiction to Estate Sales

By Candace Tharp / January 23, 2014 /

My name is Candace Tharp, and I’m addicted to Dallas. I was born here and grew up loving the classics — Keller’s Drive-In, the Dallas Arboretum, and DMA. My love for the area amplified as I started raising my own little family in East Dallas. After studying Journalism and Child Development at Ouachita Baptist University,…

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Attics to Basements is Liquidating Willetta Stellmacher's Lakewood Estate Until Saturday

By Joanna England / January 22, 2014 /

A former Vaudeville performer and showgirl who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Lawrence Welk, Willetta Stellmacher led a colorful life. Besides being known as an astute businesswoman, Stellmacher was hailed as a tough-as-nails landlord at the apartments she owned — and as the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate says, a “pistol-packin’ mama.”

While we’re terribly sad to hear of such a wonderful and amazing person passing, we are so intrigued to see the estate sale organized by Attics to Basements. It’s advertised as containing “Fine art work, Ivory, Jadeite/Jade, Asian Antiques, French Antiques, 6,000sq feet of quality collectibles and antiques!”

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Attics to Basements is Liquidating Willetta Stellmacher’s Lakewood Estate Until Saturday

By Joanna England / January 22, 2014 /

A former Vaudeville performer and showgirl who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Lawrence Welk, Willetta Stellmacher led a colorful life. Besides being known as an astute businesswoman, Stellmacher was hailed as a tough-as-nails landlord at the apartments she owned — and as the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate says, a “pistol-packin’ mama.”

While we’re terribly sad to hear of such a wonderful and amazing person passing, we are so intrigued to see the estate sale organized by Attics to Basements. It’s advertised as containing “Fine art work, Ivory, Jadeite/Jade, Asian Antiques, French Antiques, 6,000sq feet of quality collectibles and antiques!”

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