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Behind the Façade: 26 Designers Reimagine Turtle Creek’s Storied 2025 Kips Bay Decorator Show House

By Elaine Raffel | October 26, 2025 |

With less than two weeks to go, anticipation is running high as 26 designers race toward the finish line at this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas. Now in its sixth year, the celebrated event opens to the public on November 7, returning once again to the storied French Renaissance estate at 2999 Turtle Creek Boulevard.

City Hall Roundup: Downtown Crossroads and Lifelines

By Charles Grand | October 26, 2025 |

Not for nothing that downtown has been dominating the news cycle. Some years of high-profile business relocations and bad headlines about crime and homelessness appear to have set the stage for what sometimes feels like impending doom. Not one but two of the Big D’s major sport franchises are mulling alternative locations for new arenas,…

5West Proves the Most Striking Designs Are Defined by the Details

By Daniel Lalley | October 26, 2025 |

In a city like Dallas, there is no shortage of stunning properties. From the manors of Highland Park to the Midcentury cache of Kiestwood, this architectural landscape is stacked with standouts. For those who want to truly make a statement, sheer square footage or stunning locale simply isn’t enough to catch attention. In a market…

A Quiet Kind of Grandeur on Lake Palestine

By CandysDirt | October 25, 2025 |

This 72-acre Lake Palestine estate isn’t about spectacle; it’s about space. Space to stretch, to exhale, to reconnect. The air smells faintly of pine and possibility. Light moves differently here — slower, softer, as if it knows it’s being watched. Families show up in convoys of cars full of giddy anticipation and casseroles for holiday…

This Unique East Dallas Midcentury Home Is More Than a House, It’s an Experience!

By Karen Eubank | October 25, 2025 |

The love Dallas has for the midcentury home knows no bounds. Some people completely modernize them, and some recreate a total 1950s vibe. Then there are those owners who are born with an eye for design and a sense of whimsy who create a home that’s an experience. That would be Cindy and Jeff Maya.…

Surprising Home Inspection Finds You Did Not See Coming

By Brenda Masse | October 25, 2025 |

Any experienced home inspector will tell you that just when you think you’ve seen it all, something crazy will leap out of the crawl space and surprise you. But sometimes even a healthy sense of “expecting the unexpected” isn’t enough to prepare you for the surprises in store. Today, let’s check out some of the…