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In the not-too-distant future, I will write a book on how homes heal and nests nurture. I have many friends who, stung from later-life divorces, have found salvation in new home renovation — contracted out or even built with their own hands. There is nothing as fulfilling as ripping apart an old bathroom or kitchen,…
Read MoreKendra Benningfield was admittedly very new to homebuying when she saw her Lakewood townhouse for the first time — but she knew that it had good bones if the right person got ahold of it. And she knew she was that right person. “I originally found my place while living in Uptown and realizing I wanted…
Read MoreWhen the Castellanos family was looking for a place to land in the Park Cities, they were searching for answers in every direction. When push came to shove, their query on CandysDirt.com is what got them the answers they needed. “Six years ago you helped us find the perfect home for our growing family when…
Read MoreWhen Sandy Margritz left Little Rock, Arkansas, to move to Fort Worth to join her soon-to-be husband, Josh, she left a world behind. Not just the Ozarks and canopied treetops and mountains, she left an entire profession, too. She was an environmental scientist that traveled around after natural disasters to test water and soil and…
Read MoreIt happened this week — Lindsay Sikes Nicholson mentioned on Park Cities Resale Shop (a sort of virtual Facebook swap meet but way, way fancier) that her beloved Merriman Park home was going on the market. “Our precious home will be hitting the market this weekend. Fully renovated in Merriman Park,” she wrote. “This has…
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