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Bruce Graf Says That For The Best Buns, Get a Steam Oven

By Joanna England | September 17, 2015 |

By Diane Feffer Special Contributor Steam Ovens have been used as an essential tool in the restaurant industry for over a decade. We took a recent stroll through PIRCH at NorthPark and realized that consumers now have access to steam ovens for home use by Miele, Gaggenau, Wolf, Thermador, and other manufacturers. If you’ve only…

Munger Place Home Tour Features Classic Craftsman Homes

By Joanna England | September 17, 2015 |

Tomorrow’s wine walk and preview is the first event in the three-day Munger Place Days and Tour of Homes this weekend. In its eighth year, the home tour shows off the historic district’s ample inventory of early 20th century architecture. The homes will be open to ticketholders on Saturday and Sunday, and includes a wonderfully…

BEFORE AND AFTER: Home Transformed from Mawmaw to Mod in Lakeland Hills

By Leah Shafer | September 17, 2015 |

Casey Barton and Raymond E. Graham are real estate renaissance men, working their magic in East Dallas homes. The pair have been renovating and selling houses together for eight years and own the company Barton-Graham Home & Design Firm. They’re both general contractors and interior decorators, and Graham is a Realtor who in the process of earning his broker’s…

Prairie-Style JLD Custom Home in Belmont Addition Blends in With Neighborhood

By Joanna England | September 16, 2015 |

Time and again, Jeff Dworkin has proven that you can build a new home in a mature neighborhood and still respect the surrounding architecture. His homes don’t look like cavernous, lot-gobbling McMansions. Instead they are charming, hearkening to the days when front porches were made for gathering, when neighbors traveled down sidewalks out of necessity,…

The Swiss Avenue Historic District Met Last Night At Aldredge House… Standing Room Only

By Candy Evans | September 16, 2015 |

Guest post by Harryette Ehrhardt, founder & past president of the Swiss Avenue Historic District My husband Jack and I bought our house on Swiss Avenue in 1970, three years before Swiss Avenue was a historic District. We worked on the formation of the District and also the founding of Preservation Dallas. I have represented…

On MidlandDirt: Half-Million-Dollar Homes In Odessa Offer Luxury Amenities

By Leah Shafer | September 16, 2015 |

Odessa houses in the half-million-dollar range offer a range of high-end amenities, from new Venetian plaster walls to acreage with horse stalls. We’ve picked out four listings to give you an idea of what $500K buys in Odessa now. Read the whole story over on MidlandDirt.com!