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What’s in a name? Everything, especially if you are talking about home design. Our Dallas housing market is robust right now, and it made us think about the words and names that builders and Realtors use to describe their homes. One of the most overused terms is “luxury,” and it’s used to describe everything from…
Have you ever hit the alarm one morning, looked around your galley kitchen, put a pod in the ol’ Keurig and thought, “WTF, this place is 100 percent missing some woodland creatures?” Boy howdy do I have the house for you. Built about 40 years ago or so by some clearly Disney-besotted folks, this four-bedroom,…
In 2015, a Picasso painting sold for a record $179 million. It was painted in 1955 and titled “Les femmes d’Alger” and was a tribute to friend and rival painter Henri Matisse. Compared to that, the auction of Picasso’s last home should be a breeze where bidding will start at € 20.2 million tomorrow at…
When it comes to residential architecture, our city is just lousy with incredibly designed homes thanks to our stacked lineup of talented Dallas architects. And like any house porn addict, we here at CandysDirt.com look forward to the annual AIA Dallas Tour of Homes with excitement, as there’s no faster way to induce heavy breathing…
It’s a story we heard frequently when we began asking people what they loved about Sparkman Club Estates — a story of children and grandchildren coming back in adulthood to raise their own children in the close-knit neighborhood. The neighborhood is bordered by Webb Chapel, Royal Lane, Marsh Lane and Merrell Lane, and includes Camelot…
On the east side of Interstate 35 a few miles south of downtown Dallas is a hidden gem neighborhood in Oak Cliff with major appeal and affordable houses, Beckley Club Estates. We’ve found a property there with historic appeal married with updated charms. It’s unlike anything else on the market now in North Texas. Located…
