Inwood Home of The Week

An Italianate Villa in Preston Hollow That Doesn’t Sink the Ship

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2014 /

Having just returned from Maine, I was OD’ing on Italianate design, as it was the preference of many a ship’s captain for his grand home. We sure have a lot of Italianate design in Dallas, too, sometimes, I think, too much (eeck!).  The style was one of the most popular Victorian-era housing styles from the…

Dramatic Reduction on Designer Studded Watercolor Beach House

By Candy Evans / August 22, 2014 /

  Just in time for Vacation Home Week, we found this very favorite listing of our’s in Watercolor, Florida, one of our very favorite second home spots, on the bargain table. This is like when you find a Firenzie handbag on sale at Neimans — you know it doesn’t belong there, but it’s there and reduced…

Getting the Back to School Routine Down Easy Peasy in This NEWLY LISTED Family Home on Southwestern

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2014 /

These are the days where you have to get the kids to bed earlier and earlier each night, and wake them up earlier and earlier to get them off to school or at least ready to go back. Most people will have found a home by now, boxes somewhat unpacked, closets lined with backpacks and…

Downstairs Master PLUS Bedroom — Let the School Countdown Begin With This Family Friendly Highland Park Haven

By Candy Evans / August 7, 2014 /

Who says you can’t have it all? Downstairs master plus an extra bedroom, yard big enough for a pool, six bedrooms, even a game-room for $1.5 million? I know, I know: $1.45 million is a LOT, but our values in some of Dallas’ prime areas are really heading north. I think it is all but…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: East Dallas Craftsman is BRAND SPANKING NEW & Will Shelter You From Many a Storm

By Candy Evans / August 1, 2014 /

I pass by this house on the way to my daughter and son-in-law’s Hollywood Heights abode, and have thus watched it being raised from the foundation up. It’s kind of like a kid you car-pooled who you are ever so proud of when you see them get their wings and take flight. This is new…