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Lasvit Lighting: Nothing Bohemian About these Czech Lighting Magicians

By Jon Anderson | November 27, 2015 |

Without even knowing it, during my recent European tour, I left a drool trail from one Lasvit light to another. This Prague-based manufacturer carries on a long tradition of Czech glassmaking, supplying kings, czars and emperors. Lasvit, founded more recently by Leon Jakimič in 2007, focused on bespoke lighting and sculptural installations (highfalutin’ words for…

Open Houses Around North Texas Are Fewer This Weekend, But Still Have Much to Offer

By Leah Shafer | November 26, 2015 |

The weekend after Thanksgiving is light for real estate open houses, but there are still some open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday worth a visit. We’ve rounded up five that are sure to please. They range in price from $225,ooo to $1.01 million, and this time, we’ve included a few way out in the ‘burbs. Let us know…

Lake Highlands Cul-de-sac Cutie Offers Lots of Bells, Whistles with Big Renovations

By Leah Shafer | November 26, 2015 |

Happy Thanksgiving! Before you begin your holiday feasting, feast your eyes on our Thursday Three Hundred, a cul-de-sac cutie in Lake Highlands Estates. The home at 9723 Lanward Cir., near Walnut Hill Lane and Plano Road, is a 4-2 with 1,934 square feet, built in 1960. It’s been recently renovated with lots of bells and whistles, including big kitchen…

ABPA Homes for the Holidays Home Tour Features Perfectly Picturesque Creole on Drexel Drive

By Joanna England | November 26, 2015 |

This year’s ABPA Homes for the Holidays home tour is a bit more tightly curated than in years past, with four amazing homes to enjoy from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. next Friday, Dec. 4. This annual home tour is a huge fundraiser for the Armstrong Bradfield Preschool Association, and has brought in more than…

Help Host a Thanksgiving Dinner For Kids and Single Mothers in State Protective Services

By Joanna England | November 25, 2015 |

I know this is last minute, but this is something that tugs at our heartstrings! A very high-profile local celebrity whom we absolutely cannot name wants to host a memorable Thanksgiving dinner for toddlers, children and teens placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family Protective Services, as well as single mothers who might…

Steve Brown Says Andy Beal Shopping the Hicks and Crow Estates for Christmas

By Candy Evans | November 25, 2015 |

No shocker there — the billionaire banker is worth about 11.7 billion, which is plenty of cheese to plunk down on the $100 million Hicks estate Walnut Place on Walnut Hill Lane OR the $46 million estate of Trammell Crow on Preston Road. (It has been reduced from $59.356 million, not sure Steve got that…