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Staging Your Home To Sell: Don’t Let The Furniture Match the Art

By Candy Evans | January 11, 2012 |

You’ve heard this before: never buy your art to match the sofa. True, but if you are seeking some beautiful, reasonably-priced art to stage a listing or your own home, what if there is no sofa to NOT match? Hop on over to Gallery Interiors HUGE new art sale. Owner Mark Lafferty has gotten in a…

This Home Needs a New Kitchen STAT: $695K in University Park but With Your Grandmothers’ Formica

By Candy Evans | January 11, 2012 |

I guess the good news is this house at 2824 Stanford gets you in the Park Cities for under $700,000 — barely. You are off Boedecker on a nice street — Stanford — and you have a three bedroom, two bath house. 2333 square feet and a 65 by 140 foot lot. All groovy. But…

When They Are Not at the W, Here’s Khloe and Lamar’s Starter Home in LA

By Candy Evans | January 11, 2012 |

According to my friend Mama at the Real Estalker, Khloe and Lamar have a really nice crib back in LA. In fact, their neighborhood, Tarzana, reminds me of our Vaquero. They have an 8,347 square foot “mock-Med (mc)mansion in a gated enclave in hot as Hades”, says Mama. It’s also very suburban, gated, and filled with…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Adorable Austin Stone on Ellsworth, $274,500 House for the (Newly) Hitched

By Candy Evans | January 10, 2012 |

This puppy is new to the market or I would have found her sooner! 5742 Ellsworth. Have you ever seen anything more adorable? First of all, I am as big a sucker for Austin stone ANYTHING as I am Dartmouth men. I own an Austin stone cottage in San Antonio. When we added HVAC they…

Marvelous MLS Photo Dept: House So Great, You Can’t Even See It!

By Candy Evans | January 10, 2012 |

I cannot tell what I like better, the trees or the finger! Sure is a great house at 1713 Oak Brook Lane in Allen. Just can’t, um, see it! “Pantry is really large with lots of shelfing…very neat” Really? “Big separate shower in master bathroom…neat and clean.” Really? So why do we have junk hanging…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Boomerang Kid? This House is for YOU!

By Candy Evans | January 10, 2012 |

These beautiful, original West Park duplexes built in 1937 pop onto the market about as often as never. They are CHOCK full of character; where else do you find a home with authetic sunrooms — times two? Here’s what else is wonderful about this darling duplex at 4541 Fairway: you can keep it as two separate three bedroom, two bath homes,…