Second Shelters
This is the beautiful Robyn Menter with some friends at her fun birthday bash last week at Jerry Szor Contemporary Jewelry. Come to find out, half the folks in the crowd were talking second homes, maybe because it is so darn hot here in Texas. The couple here bought a lot in Santa Fe about…
Last summer, one of my friends turned her home over to the folks filming “Chase” and got her whole family put up at The Ritz while the cast and crew took over her East Dallas house. They paid handsomely and left behind a patio-full of fresh plants. Now comes word that TNT’s Dallas, based on…
Steve Bartlett, remember him? He was on the Dallas City Council from 1977 to 1981, represented some of us in Congress, and is now President and CEO of The Financial Services Roundtable, a lobbying group for several prestigious financial services companies. OMG, politics to lobbying, who’d a thunk it? Membership consists of 100 financial companies including Wells Fargo,…
There are many wonderful things about utilizing faux finishes when designing a second residence. Often second residences are vacation homes and lend themselves to be more “theme” inspired, i.e.: a beach house or a mountain home, decorated top to bottom in a style that speaks to the environment. People typically have more creative leeway for…
The rumor was rampant in Dallas Real Estate circles last winter that Angelina Jolie, Brad and all the kiddos had leased this house — 3911 Beverly Drive — for the weekend while in town for the Super Bowl. If so, someone ought to ring up Mr. and Mrs. Pitt and tell them the place is now even…
