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A Higher Quality Home Battery Takes Off in Texas, But is it a Green Energy Winner?

By Daniel Lalley | May 16, 2022 |

For years, home energy storage has been rife with dangerous mechanisms and wasteful materials. With both lead-acid components and lithium-ion technology, going off the grid held uncertain side effects. Overheating, over mining, and inherent toxicity were top concerns. However, innovation has led to an evolution of this technology, and it’s taking off right here in…

If You Could Take Your Perfect Modern Home on Permanent Vacation, This Would Be It

By Shelby Skrhak | May 15, 2022 |

Can you tell where this home is located? By the modern architecture, you’d probably say somewhere in Midway Hollow, Kessler Woods, or Bluffview. After all, the sharp lines of contrasting mixed media, that blend of wood, stucco, and masonry that exudes simplicity and luxury — those are the modern custom homes you see going up…

Designer Ben Lewis Is the Quintessential Creative — and One Really Cool Guy

By Elaine Raffel | May 15, 2022 |

Visual artist/designer Ben Lewis is cool. Better yet, make that off-the-charts cool.

Fort Worth Agent Following in Her Mom’s Real Estate Footsteps

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | May 15, 2022 |

A broker in her own Amaya Realty Group, RE/MAX Trinity in Fort Worth, Tracey Amaya, the subject of our Agent Profile, told Candy’s Dirt her story.

Three Hot Dave Perry-Miller Listings to Cool Off With

By Shelby Skrhak | May 14, 2022 |

When we got a media advisory from ERCOT on Friday afternoon asking Texans to conserve energy during this first nearly 100-degree weekend, our first thought was, “Ughh, not again.” But with a little focused daydreaming and some positive thinking, our second thought was, “Ahhh.” Hot temps mean cool plunges into a sparkling swimming pool. Luckily,…

Lovely In Les Jardins Where the Classic Details Give This House a Little Jus

By Nikki Barringer | May 14, 2022 |

You know what Coldwell Banker’s Susan Georgeson had to say about this house? It’s elegant. What a wonderfully underused word in real estate. It’s also tasteful and restrained and so, so pretty, too. It’s located in the Private School Corridor in the Les Jardins neighborhood. Built in 1967, even though it’s not technically a mid-century…