Saturday Six Hundred

Please Stop Putting Cheap White Tile in Homes, A Before and After Story

By Shelby Skrhak / April 11, 2020 /

This Stonebridge Ranch home in McKinney shows what a rich difference the right flooring and smart updates make. Specifically, what happens when you rip out that cheap off-white square tile that often comes in production homes throughout northern Collin County. If I sound salty, I am. It’s hard enough finding three unique suburban homes worth…

Wood Paneling Can Look Fantastic as This West Plano Home Shows

By Shelby Skrhak / March 21, 2020 /

Don’t be so quick to paint over wood paneling. As you can see in this stunning remodel, you don’t have to whitewash everything that’s wood to make a home look modern. This four-bedroom, three-bath West Plano home has a breathtaking double-sided stone fireplace that soars two stories tall. On one side, an open dining area…

Santa Monica With a Pool? It’s Possible on San Mateo

By Shelby Skrhak / March 14, 2020 /

Most homes in the Hollywood Santa Monica neighborhood in East Dallas are tiny Tudors and traditionals that hover around 1,400 square feet, but this 1940-built home on San Mateo Blvd. has 1,803 square feet on a 9,295 square foot lot. And get this, it’s got a pool. Britt Lopez of Paragon Realtors calls this a…

Did Arch Swank Design This Newspaperman’s Home? Blueprints and Research Say So

By Shelby Skrhak / December 14, 2019 /

You don’t see homes designed by Dallas midcentury architect Arch Swank come on the market very often because they tend to stay in the family for generations, but if our research serves us right, we found a previously undiscovered Swank home on Eastlawn Drive in Northwest Dallas. This four-bedroom, three-bath home with 3,571-square-feet in Northway…

There’s Established Elegance In This Highland Park Townhome on Westside

By Shelby Skrhak / December 7, 2019 /

Maybe it’s the beautifully-mature trees that tower taller than this two-story townhome or simply the red brick, but there’s something about this West Highland Park townhome on Westside that feels so stately and elegant. That’s why we’re pleasantly surprised at the asking price for this 2,600-square-foot home priced in the lower $600s.