House Candy

The Mary Kay House is in MLS! Feast Your Eyes On the “Pinkest” House in Dallas!

By Candy Evans / February 13, 2012 /

As I told you two weeks ago, the Mary Kay home is on the market and listed with precious Karen Luter of Allie Beth Allman. Fox 4 is doing a story on it this Wednesday, and I’ve even had calla about it from Japan. Of course, it is no longer owned by the late Mary…

Friday Four Hundred: So Cheap You Can Still Have a Mercedes on Mercedes, Plus a Master Shower Big Enough for Block Parties

By Candy Evans / January 27, 2012 /

I have been test-driving the Mercedes ML and just love it, so I am in an M Streets frame of mind. How could I resist this darling Greenland Hills tudor on one of THEE very best blocks that has a shower big enough for a block party? Built in 1929 but very much updated to the…

The Best Little Beachfront Community in Texas Real Estate: Affordable, Accesible Second Homes

By Candy Evans / January 26, 2012 /

We may not have a beach in Dallas, but we do just a few hundred miles south at Cinnamon Shore…

Amazing Architects: Crazy Living by Gary Olp

By Candy Evans / January 25, 2012 /

I love architects, and this is their space to wax eloquently. This summer in Pebble Beach, I toured the famous “Butterfly House” by Frank Wynkoop. When I saw the bench where the architect/owners’ son sat and watched many a sunset, I felt a harmony not just to the environment, but to him. That is exactly what great architectutal design…

Friday Five Hundred: Great Bones In This Windsor Park Angel In The Rough

By Candy Evans / January 6, 2012 /

This home at 7116 Desco Drive is not for the faint of heart. If remodeling raises your blood pressure, this house is not for you. But there is a very strong classicist in me and this house just grabbed those Ivy League/Antebellum stirrings and clung on like a dang horny vampire! She needs work, oh does…