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Ticket Giveaway: Win a Pair of Tickets to The April 25-26 White Rock Home Tour

By Joanna England | April 10, 2015 |

Mad about moderns? Crazy about Cliff Welch? Pining to see PV14? Jabbering about Ju-Nels? You’re probably just dying to go to the White Rock Home Tour this month, aren’t you? Of course you are! I mean, this home tour, which features modern architecture exclusively, is one of the most popular spring home tours in the…

‘Remote Control’ Real Estate: From Tokyo to Dallas With Love (Sorry San Antonio!)

By Jon Anderson | April 10, 2015 |

Coinciding with cherry blossom season, I received a note from a reader in Japan (Candy covers the world!). The writer, an American school teacher is contemplating relocating back to the US in a couple of years. She’s specifically looking at midrise and highrise buildings in Dallas with a view. Her idea of “view” could be…

Kessler Park Traditional is Spacious and Sweet

By Joanna England | April 10, 2015 |

Need a great home in a fabulous area, close to shopping, practically a stone’s throw from downtown Dallas, and with great schools nearby? Would you believe that you can find all of this in Oak Cliff? It’s true! Not only that, but you can get a great home with 3,000 square feet, three living areas,…

Adorable Lakewood Cottage Has Charm to Spare, Guest Quarters in Back

By Leah Shafer | April 9, 2015 |

The M-Streets in Lakewood is a highly coveted neighborhood, with charming architecture, tree-lined streets, and a fantastic close-to-everything location. Today’s Thursday Three Hundred at 6335 Malcolm Dr. is everything you’d hope for in an M-Streets house, with darling curb appeal, a cozy interior with hardwoods, and a right-sized backyard with a deck. This 1940s traditional is…

White Rock Home Tour Features Architect Driven Digs Throughout East Dallas

By Joanna England | April 9, 2015 |

A couple of weeks ago I sat down with Dawn Reser Schaeffer to talk about Hexter Elementary and the White Rock Home Tour. Schaeffer, who has a daughter at the Blue Ribbon Elementary school off Peavy Road, is one of the home tour organizers for the 10th annual event. It’s a great, cost-effective fundraiser for…

Have You Seen FDHOUSE? It’s FDFantastic!

By Candy Evans | April 9, 2015 |

It’s a brand new publication from the Dallas Morning News FD peeps, that being editor-in-chief Rob Brinkley (yes, he once edited Paper City, brilliant) and deputy editor Christopher Wynn. The publisher is Mary Poe, a publishing dynamo I worked with at D Home and have SO MUCH respect for. I loved the letter they sent…