Second Shelters
If you’re a fan of Chip and Joanna Gaines on HGTV’s Fixer Upper, then you know their renovated homes are all near Waco, Texas. It turns out several of the owners of these monuments to shiplap and style showing up on popular rental services AirBnb and VRBO (Vacation Rentals By Owner) as celebrity-designed spaces available by the…
The lot is characterized by rocky outcroppings with dogwood trees where hawks nest; the buildings have been designed to showcase this magnificent natural setting. In the main house, four separate pavilions on two levels are connected by breezeways which can be opened or closed to the exterior by automated glass doors. Expansive decks and floor-to-ceiling…
Curt Stephens and his family didn’t set out to found North Dallas Equestrian or the Camp Rusk Foundation, but as they nurtured their love of horses, one thing after another fell into place. But just how did the Stephens family end up living in three barn apartments at their McKinney, Texas, equestrian facility? And just…
Port Aransas is hot and getting hotter says Valerie Jarvie in her latest dispatch on SecondShelters.com. This Texas Gulf Coast town is home to Cinnamon Shore, a beachside community that will be home to the first-ever Texas Monthly Magazine charity showhouse. The home, designed by top architects in the Gulf Coast vernacular and built by some of…
Last week, Dave Perry-Miller high-rise expert Sharon Quist and I bombed over to Tyler to view the Stretford high-rise. Yes, a 14-story residential high-rise … in Tyler! Who’d a thunk? Tyler’s been on the map for retirees for quite a while. It was named the first certified retirement city in Texas by the East Texas…
