Inwood Home of The Week

Dallas Home Builder’s Pride in Hot Devonshire is Dripping With Charm

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2015 /

This is a beautiful almost newly constructed home at 5735 Stanford in the heart of Devonshire that was taken down to the studs in 2012 by quality home builder LRO Construction (a CandysDirt approved home builder) and expanded. When you see it, you will think it’s a brand new house. The traditional charm just evokes images…

A Great House For Kids: Meander on Over to Meadow For Quarters and Quarterbacking

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2015 /

A lot of homes have been built in Preston Hollow over the last 10 to 20 years. Though this is one of my favorite neighborhoods –we lived on Brookview for a year or so while we built our current house — sometimes the houses can all look too Frenchy. Or too like University Park North.…

Sucker for Austin Stone: Renovated Ranch Living With A-Plus Location, Lot

By Candy Evans / April 10, 2015 /

Update: apparently the third bedroom is on a second level in this home, with loads of storage space, overlooking the lush backyard and pool… and all that Austin stone. I’m a total sucker for Austin stone. That’s why this great renovated ranch popped out at me. For one thing, Austin stone is indigenous and serves…

A Tudor in Preston Hollow? Dilbeck-esque Charmer on Lakehurst is McKenzie Childs Transplanted in Dallas

By Candy Evans / April 2, 2015 /

This is the kind of home that evokes a vision of fairies dancing in the front yard, like Sleeping Beauty’s Flora, Fauna and Merriwether. Did I spell that right? But it is also one of the most highly detailed, thoughtful homes I have ever seen. How about an exterior pass-through dumb waiter for the car?…

Just What the Architect Ordered: Sleek, Sublime, the New Small Dallas House

By Candy Evans / March 27, 2015 /

Following up on my interview with Seattle starchitect Tom Kundig, this sleek contemporary pup at 6205 Del Norte seems to have gone to an architecture school where Tom taught. The home, circa 2014, is textbook what the buyer of today wants: warm contemporary design that is light on the land — note the huge, beautiful…