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Ticket Giveaway: Lakewood Home Tour This Weekend

By Joanna England / November 9, 2016 /

Of course, we’re completely thrilled about attending this weekend’s Lakewood Early Childhood PTA Home Tour, part of the weekend festivities of the 40th Annual Lakewood Home Festival. It will definitely get our minds off of things, and you’ll get a chance to traipse through a home many Lakewood residents know well — the O’Neil Ford…

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Lakewood Home Tour Features O’Neil Ford Texas Modern

By Karen Eubank / November 7, 2016 /

  Frankly, we don’t know how they do it. Heading into their 40th year, the organizers of the Lakewood Home Tour always find proud homeowners willing to share their gorgeous and often architecturally significant houses with the public. In doing so they have raised millions of dollars since 1976, all benefitting local schools. This year, six…

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Vickery Place Home Tour Features Duplex Completely Remade Into a Haven For a Family

By Joanna England / November 3, 2016 /

When Jenn Dawkins first met her would-be husband, Ken, he already owned a home — two homes, if you want to get technical — in Vickery Place. It was a duplex on the neighborhood’s eponymous street, and it wasn’t without its charms. It just wasn’t really functional as a single-family home. Ken had purchased the…

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Preservation Dallas Fall Home Tour is TODAY: Look for Some Very Special Guests

By Candy Evans / October 29, 2016 /

We’ve told you all about it, and hope to see you there. Some of Dallas’ most significant residences are primed and ready as we get ready to honor the legacy of our beloved Ebby Halliday. And I have word that some high profile lovers of art & architecture will be at one mid century home……

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Stately Jones House in Highland Park Commands Corner Across From Dallas Country Club

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 25, 2016 /

By Donovan Westover Special Contributor The stately Jones House at Mockingbird Lane and Fairfield Avenue has commanded the Highland Park intersection for 98 years. I recollect, as you might, its former life as the big red house overgrown with trees, shrubs, vines, and bamboo across from the Dallas Country Club. Even in my most optimistic…

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