Trends

Big, Bold Wallpaper In, Pinterest 100 for 2019 Reveals

By Bethany Erickson / January 4, 2019 /
Pinterest

Although Houzz and other options for curating ideas for decorating and designing a home exist, Pinterest, the granddaddy (albeit a youthful one) is still the go-to for many when it comes to cataloging inspiration. So for the fifth year in a row, the social media platform has released its Pinterest 100 — a data-driven collection…

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Hues That Will Color 2019 Will Give You the Blues, Oranges, and Pinks

By Bethany Erickson / January 2, 2019 /
paint

Before you head to the home improvement store or meet with your painter, you might just want to check out the trending paint colors for the year — which will probably make anyone liking blues or terra cotta colors supremely happy. While every purveyor of paint has their own take, one thing we noticed right…

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Design Home Game Allows Anybody’s Inner Designer to Compete

By Bethany Erickson / September 20, 2017 /
Design Home

I’ll admit, I discovered the game Design Home one day while I was waiting for some phone calls to be returned for a story I was working on. It’s the story of a journalist’s life — you never know how long it will take for the call to be returned, so you fill your time…

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Hey CBS 11: As Reported on CandysDirt.com FIRST, Conservatives Urged to Buy Homes in Texas

By Candy Evans / June 7, 2017 /

There is fake news, and then there is news that major news orgs just plain steal from you without a lick of link love.   Remember when we reported on the McKinney-based website Conservativemove.com drawing buyers to North Texas because of conservative values? This is the group that is picking out states where conservatives can move…

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Dallas & Area Real Estate in 2017? Boring old Normal.

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2016 /

2017 will most likely be a different year for North Texas real estate. We have had a long run of a bull market. Near-record years of construction, infill, sales and increasing values have kept North Texas real estate agents head’s spinning with contracts and, frankly, the good life. To be clear, it was and, in…

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