Second Shelters

It’s No Champ d’Or, But Celine Dion’s Private Island Castle Is Just as Insane

By Joanna England / May 21, 2012 /

Holy mackerel. I was staring at these photos of Celine Dion’s insane $29.3 million mansion on her own private island outside of Montreal and I was a little overwhelmed … but it’s all coming back to me now. Tell me this: Does the French Normandy-style compound look a lot like the lost cousin of Champ…

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A $7.9 Million Vacation Home Versus Barton Creek in Austin: I’ll Take 40 Years of Reservations…

By Candy Evans / May 17, 2012 /

Not that every vaca home has to cost this much, but when you get right down to it, would you rather pay $7.9 million for a fancy-pants second home and staff to maintain it, cater to your every whim, or would you rather just stay at, say, Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin? I…

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Museum Tower Model Homes: 2800 Square Feet of Clean Living With Marco French

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2012 /

Here’s the thing about Museum Tower: you could buy here and never nail one piece of art to the walls because your views are your art! From 1800 square feet to the 9,000 square foot penthouse — who will buy that? Here is the smallest model, 2800 square feet of French art deco from 1930’s…

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Museum Tower Model Homes: Emily Summers Neutral Palette for a Building, a Work of Art Itself

By Candy Evans / April 13, 2012 /

Emily Summers used pieces from her own furniture collection, as well as from the delectable SMINK here in the Dallas Design District to keep it soft and subtle and let the art sing. Her giant 4096 square foot model home seemed to take up an entire floor, and really, walking in there was almost like being…

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So. Sean’ s Going to be Spending More Time in Texas Maybe? Maybe Take Dance Lessons in the Disco?

By Candy Evans / March 22, 2012 /

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell has sentenced the New Orleans Saints with a serious series of fines and penalties, and all but sent their coach, Texas resident Sean Payton, to Siberia. Which mean, might we be seeing more of him in the Lone Star State? Maybe time for dancing lessons in that disco in his…

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