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From what Candy has said, and from the photos we’ve seen, former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert’s home is just the kind of place you’d expect the Preston Hollow-living former head honcho of our fair burg.
And who else would Tom and Laura choose to sell their home than Mary Poss? It’s really perfect, says Cody Baker on the Ebby blog, considering that Poss was a Dallas City Council member for eight years and was once acting mayor, too.
Sarah Ivey at AMSPictures tells me they are looking for really weird homes. Here’s what she wrote: “We are producing a new series for HGTV called, “Home Strange Home.” You may have seen the pilot late last year on the network. We are looking for really strange, odd homes. They can be strange in design,…
I am not seeing as many of these as I used to, but a Keeping Room is pretty standard in any home of 8,000 square feet or larger. The “keeping room” originated in colonial times, before homes were ginormous, or rather, when only a select few had ginormous homes, usually called castles. It was a multi-use room attached to the kitchen or open to it, complete with a fireplace for warmth. Remember, kitchens used to be the place where people cooked, unlike my house. So creating an extra little sitting area is really an old-time concept that adds depth, warmth and activity to modern kitchens.
The stunning Preston Hollow home of our former Mayor and brief senatorial candidate, Tom Leppert, and his wife, Laura, hits the market in about one minute. Of course I knew about this yesterday — actually, last week — when I was in Maine eating way too much lobster but Amy Curry got a quick post up while…
Tom Leppert’s place at 9925 Alva Court (once listed by Eleanor Sheets) will be up for grabs on MLS tomorrow morning. Mary Poss of Ebby Halliday will be the listing agent.
Mary describes Leppert’s home as “an absolute masterpiece.”
By Katherine Nannizzi of Houzz.com
Even as new and existing home sales and prices climb, homeowners are prioritizing aesthetics before profit, according to the annual Houzz & Home Survey conducted among users of the Houzz app and website. The annual survey surfaces building and remodeling trends in the U.S. and Canada.
