Lakewood

Tuesday Two Hundred, Romance Week Edition: Cozy And Sweet on Velasco, This Cottage is For Lovers of Lakewood

By Joanna England / February 11, 2014 /

What a cute little dollhouse this cottage is! Truly, romantic properties aren’t always huge bathtubs and gigantic kitchens with wine chillers. They can be sweet and warm, just like a good chick flick or not unlike fondue. That’s what I think of when I see this adorable Lakewood Heights cottage at 6339 Velasco. This house…

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Thursday Three Hundred: Adorable Santa Monica Home is Cozy, Quaint, And in One of The Best Neighborhoods in Dallas

By Joanna England / February 6, 2014 /

It seems like every week someone tells us what a fantastic neighborhood Hollywood-Santa Monica is. Cassie, Candy’s wonderful and generous daughter, moved there just last year. Our staging expert Karen Eubank lives there, as does Realtor Britt Lopez. It’s a super hot neighborhood! Just east of Lakewood you’ll find a well-curated collection of Tudors and…

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Former Food Blogger Finds a New Niche in Real Estate: Candace Tharp Talks Dallas, Historic Homes, And Her Addiction to Estate Sales

By Candace Tharp / January 23, 2014 /

My name is Candace Tharp, and I’m addicted to Dallas. I was born here and grew up loving the classics — Keller’s Drive-In, the Dallas Arboretum, and DMA. My love for the area amplified as I started raising my own little family in East Dallas. After studying Journalism and Child Development at Ouachita Baptist University,…

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Attics to Basements is Liquidating Willetta Stellmacher's Lakewood Estate Until Saturday

By Joanna England / January 22, 2014 /

A former Vaudeville performer and showgirl who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Lawrence Welk, Willetta Stellmacher led a colorful life. Besides being known as an astute businesswoman, Stellmacher was hailed as a tough-as-nails landlord at the apartments she owned — and as the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate says, a “pistol-packin’ mama.”

While we’re terribly sad to hear of such a wonderful and amazing person passing, we are so intrigued to see the estate sale organized by Attics to Basements. It’s advertised as containing “Fine art work, Ivory, Jadeite/Jade, Asian Antiques, French Antiques, 6,000sq feet of quality collectibles and antiques!”

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Attics to Basements is Liquidating Willetta Stellmacher’s Lakewood Estate Until Saturday

By Joanna England / January 22, 2014 /

A former Vaudeville performer and showgirl who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Lawrence Welk, Willetta Stellmacher led a colorful life. Besides being known as an astute businesswoman, Stellmacher was hailed as a tough-as-nails landlord at the apartments she owned — and as the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate says, a “pistol-packin’ mama.”

While we’re terribly sad to hear of such a wonderful and amazing person passing, we are so intrigued to see the estate sale organized by Attics to Basements. It’s advertised as containing “Fine art work, Ivory, Jadeite/Jade, Asian Antiques, French Antiques, 6,000sq feet of quality collectibles and antiques!”

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