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Museum Tower Model Homes: Emily Summers Neutral Palette for a Building, a Work of Art Itself

By Candy Evans | April 13, 2012 |

Emily Summers used pieces from her own furniture collection, as well as from the delectable SMINK here in the Dallas Design District to keep it soft and subtle and let the art sing. Her giant 4096 square foot model home seemed to take up an entire floor, and really, walking in there was almost like being…

Museum Tower Model Homes: Ann Schooler Schools Us In Tradition

By Candy Evans | April 13, 2012 |

You simply must see the colors in this model if you, like me, are a fan of soft, subtle interiors — apricot, French blues (my heart is beating), gary-green and aquas. Ann Schooler of Schooler, Kellogg & Company says she chose these tones to help blend the traditional aesthetic to the contemporary common areas in…

My Night at the Museum (Tower) Was Existential, Exhilerating, and Totally Worth Getting Fried

By Candy Evans | April 12, 2012 |

This week Museum Tower offered sneak peaks at the three new model units that are, of course, setting high new standards in Dallas architectutal aesthetics. Emily Summers, of Emily Summers Design Associates, Ann Schooler, Schooler, Kellogg & Company, and Marco French, of Marco French Studio all created three beautiful homes, ranging in size from 2,100 square feet to 3,700 square feet. Each reflected the vision of its respective designer and clearly shows buyers how you can incorporate contemporary, transitional and traditional treatments into the gleaming glass tower. In other words, don’t think just because you are moving into Museum Tower like I am, that you only have to have the spartan look of sterile haute moderne in your home. Oh no, way no.

Can City Chickens Be Classy? For Realtor Alan Shaffer, The Answer is “DUH!”

By Joanna England | April 12, 2012 |

Clay Stapp & Co. Realtor Alan Shaffer and his partner had heard tons of buzz about backyard chicken keeping making a comeback before they decided to take the plunge. Of course, both Shaffer and his partner, Juan, had grown up with family birds.

“My grandparents, great grandparents, and later our family took over their flock as they got older,” Shaffer said. “Juan also had a flock growing up in Puerto Rico.”

Candy’s List: Help This Poor Agent Find a Light, Bright Listing Fast!

By Candy Evans | April 12, 2012 |

She’s looking for a property value of $2-3 M that must be showable without the lights on … great natural light is very important to these buyers, and isn’t that a smart thing to do? You know the standard rule of fare for showing a home is to get in there and light up the…

Henry S. Miller Sells Preston Royal Village to Regency Centers of Florida, Pinkberry OK

By Candy Evans | April 12, 2012 |

Update: Brief e-mail exchange with Steve Brown this am: Miller owned and sold both the north-east and north-west corners at Preston Royal. Stay tuned! The Henry S. Miller fam calls it their “second crown jewel,” but Steve Brown is reporting (paywall) in the Dallas Morning News that Preston Royal Village in Preston Hollow will be sold…