Home Tours
In the East Dallas neighborhood of Casa View Oaks, homes on the blocks surrounding Andrea Drive are selling like hotcakes. With their low-slung gabled roofs, walls of glass, and clerestory windows, these homes hit the highlight reel of everything everyone nowadays loves about midcentury modern design. In this transitioning neighborhood with tree-lined streets and upwardly…
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Here’s a real treat for all the last-minute Mother’s Day planners: We’re giving away a pair of passes to both the Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour and the Fairmount National Historic District Tour of Homes today! These two home tours are institutions in our region, and are popular events for an afternoon…
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When you buy a historic home, you purchase it with the understanding that some day, at some time, you’re going to need to throw down some simoleons. This wasn’t a problem for Tony Sims, who bought 1901 Fairmount in 1992 and started work on restoring the home from a duplex to a single-family home. And…
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Guys, we have a surprise for you, our loyal readers. I found out yesterday that for today’s ticket giveaway for the Hollywood Home Tour this weekend we have— get this — FIVE PAIRS OF TICKETS! I am just beside myself because this is just one of my absolute favorite home tours, and this year the…
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It’s practically an institution in Dallas, an event that brings together families to enjoy one of the city’s favorite neighborhoods. Of course, I’m talking about the Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour, which is a two-day event on Mother’s Day Weekend (May 7-8) with a jazz brunch, an art fair, a free speaker…
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