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Go Red: Why the Bernadette Schaeffler Collection is the Hottest New Design Showroom In Town

By Candy Evans / December 11, 2012 /

I only met her a few weeks ago, but already feel like she is one of my bestest friends. Bernadette Schaeffler, a beautiful, elegant, taste-laden blonde who moved to the United States from Cologne, Germany in 1995 and makes her home in Highland Park, is throwing open the doors of her 1616 Hi Line Drive…

Welcome to the Neighborhood: Thoughtful Housewarming Gifts from a Cautious, Enabling Preston Hollow Mother Are the Latest Rage

By Candy Evans / December 11, 2012 /

Full disclosure: I bought a carton of cigarettes, Natty Light and Cheerios as a Housewarming Gift! Now it’s the latest rage… As we have been telling you, those boys who love to build and remodel homes are moving into Preston Hollow, my ‘hood. And I could not be more deeeelighted! If Sunday night was any…

A Question About Roy’s Transmission and Auto Care’s Property Tax Bill in Bishop Arts

By Candy Evans / December 11, 2012 /

We love the Bishop Arts District and every piece of real estate surrounding it. We love us those craftsmen bungalows and all the cute little cottages to be had for under $300,000. In fact, we fetch most of our Tuesday $200Ks from this part of town. But then there’s Roy’s Transmission and Auto Care. Roy Smith has…

A Look Inside The Most Talk-About House in Highland Park!

By Candy Evans / December 10, 2012 /

Updates, 12/11/2012: Dave Perry-Miller agent Emily Bright Durante tells me this home was designed by Architect Doug Hildinger – he being part of Sky Modern team who did that fab modernist development in Kessler Woods. Lighting designer was Dennis Jones and kitchen floors are pure porcelain. Bye-bye granite: kitchen countertops are quartz with a laminated drop edge 1-1/2.…

Building With the Boys: How Building a Home is, Honestly, Kind of Like (Really Great) Plastic Surgery

By Candy Evans / December 10, 2012 /

Here we go, part V or VI, I’ve had too much Pinot Noir to count. More on the new house saga over there on Azaela with Justin Kettler and Tim Loecker, who are still delightfully together even after and tell us why building is very much like plastic surgery: Windows:  We are convinced windows can…