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Milieu: Snazzy Home Decor Magazine Spotlights Greenway Park Home of Jan Barboglio

By Candy Evans / January 22, 2014 /

Photo by Fran Brennan Well, I got to meet the people from Milieu last week as Houstonian Pamela Pierce and her entourage — Brooke Stuckey, Peter Vitale — descended upon Dallas and did up a party at Jan’s exquisite Greenway Parks home, that was as rich, bountiful and elegant as Pierce’s thickly-paged glossy shelter pub. (Or…

Help This Loyal Real Estate Reader & Charles Dilbeck Fan: He Wants MORE!

By Candy Evans / January 21, 2014 /

A Reader writes: Hey Candy, i was just wanting to know if you knew of any websites or books that are about Charles Dilbeck or have a list of the homes he designed. He is my favorite architect and i know he built a ton of houses in Dallas but i have also found homes…

Need a Fancy Staycation? CultureMap Finds The Swankiest Hotel Rooms For Your In-Town Getaway

By Joanna England / January 17, 2014 /

Photo: Extreme Wow Suite, W Dallas Hotel Credit: W Hotels I showed this CultureMap slideshow to a friend who lives in Seattle and she said (rather predictably): “That’s in Dallas? That doesn’t look like Dallas at all!” What is it with people having this internal stereotype of what looks “Dallas” and what doesn’t. Do these…

Inwood Home of the Week: If the Tributes on Hunger Games Were to Fight for a Property, This Valley Ridge Mansion Would Be It

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

This 7362 square foot estate is located on one of the most coveted blocks in Dallas. There’s Beverly Drive and Park Lane, Strait Lane and St. Johns, Armstrong Parkway, Alice Circle and Lexington. Those are all wonderful streets. Then there is 4631 Valley Ridge. On Valley Ridge. This home, like  the neighborhood, is dripping with high…

Acre's New High: After 2.5 Years on Market, Park Lane Lot Finds Happy Buyer

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

Get out your pens, folks, here is another market bellwether: 5020 Park Lane. On the market for 2.5 years. Could be because the seller listened to her psychic, not her trusted agent, when it came to pricing and set the price for the 1.12 acre lot at $3,595,000 and launched the listing when Mercury was…