House Candy

Tuesday Two Hundred: The Jeff and Candy $1000 Story, and a Delicious Home in Casa Linda Forest

By Candy Evans / April 10, 2012 /

Jeff and I go way back and I cost him $1000. I first met him virtually when I was blogging over at D Magazine. Someday I will tell you that story, maybe in the tell-all I hope to publish someday.  Meantime, let that little tease whet your appetite for this gorgeous mid-century modern! This is Jeff’s house…

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Muniz of Winnetka Heights Has a Better Homes And Gardens-Worthy Front Porch

By Joanna England / April 9, 2012 /

This lovely home is going to be featured in Better Homes And Gardens, and for good reason: check out that awesome wrap-around front porch! Paul Muniz’s gorgeous Winnetka Heights Craftsman home on South Windomere is quite the stunner. He says a fellow Winnetka Heights resident mentioned his home to the folks at BHG, and they’ll…

Fess Up Right Now: Have You Ever Owned a Gold Swan Faucet? If So, You Will Love This House…

By Candy Evans / April 5, 2012 /

If I fib, my daughter usually rats me out so yes, I confess, had a gold swan faucet in our Park Lane house all through the 1990’s. There — I do feel better. It was in my master bath tub. The faucets were goobly gah gold, too. They came with the house– OK, it’s Lent. I lied. I paid good, hard money for them and had them installed. Jeeze, is this confession or something?

Champ d’Or Snapped Up by a Family, Sellers Very Pleased With Sale

By Candy Evans / April 1, 2012 /

“Sellers very pleased with sale” — boy if that isn’t the understatement of the century! Details of Friday’s sale of Champ d’Or by auction up in Denton are eeking out. I got word from Laura Brady with Concierge Auctions that the buyers are definitely a family who apparently plans to live in the 40,000 square…

Champ d’Or Mansion in Denton County, Texas Auctioned Off, SOLD!

By Candy Evans / April 1, 2012 /

I have been on pins and needles waiting out this auction, bugging Robbie Briggs and Laura Brady at Concierge Actions all day yesterday. At about eight p.m. Friday night Robbie Briggs emailed me that “It was a fascinating process, and it appears to be successful.” Saturday morning I heard from Laura Brady who said — “we…