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A Luxe Northeast Texas Sporting Resort Up for Sale

By Valerie Jarvie | April 21, 2017 |

You may remember an enticing members-only hunting and fishing resort featured in sporting magazines a few years back: The Hageman Reserve, an uber-posh private club with lodging in where members could hunt, fish, dine, and relax in baronial splendor in a scenic northeast Texas rural setting. Now known as The Reserve at Sulphur Bluff, the…

Dallas’ Plumberati Flock to Kohler’s New Knox-Henderson Showroom Soirée

By Jon Anderson | April 21, 2017 |

Last night, my head was filled to capacity at the Kohler showroom grand opening do — invite-only ‘natch. Our own Leah Shafer scored me tix after she alerted us of the impending opening. First, the Kohler companies — Kohler, Ann Sacks, Kallista, and Roburn — filled my eyes and brain with ideas galore.  Then La…

Uptown Welcomes First Public Playground and More Young Families

By Amanda Popken | April 20, 2017 |

“Griggs Park is one of the features that makes Uptown more sustainable. Uptown has a tendency to over-invest in private infrastructure and under-invest in public infrastructure,”noted District 14 Dallas City Councilman Philip Kingston at the Tuesday ribbon cutting of Griggs Park’s new playground. “This will soften the hard edges that tend to be created in high-density…

UNT Construction Students Represent State at Green Building Competition

By Joanna England | April 20, 2017 |

Green building and design is one of the fastest growing segments of today’s homebuilding market as more and more homebuyers looking to avoid the high energy bills summer’s blazing temperatures often bring. To train and encourage the green building professionals of tomorrow, the U.S. Department of Energy is hosting 40 teams from 34 schools across…

Highland Park Chic Modern Colonial is a Timeless Beauty

By Karen Eubank | April 20, 2017 |

Very few homes stand the test of time. Our Inwood National Bank House of the Week is an incredibly chic modern colonial that looks as if it was renovated last year, not in 1996. It takes skill, knowledge, dedication, and talent to ensure a home does not become dated, and we’ve never seen a better…

Old East Dallas Craftsman Will Make You Swoon in our Dallas Open Houses

By Leah Shafer | April 20, 2017 |

We love bringing you an insider look at hot North Texas properties with our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column. Every Thursday, we pick fabulous open houses in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you shouldn’t miss. This week, our houses range in price from $459,900 to $745,500. You’ll find a some fab properties, from an Old East…