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The Best Open Houses For Holiday Decorating Are on Display, But Go Easy on The Mistletoe

By April Towery | December 8, 2022 |

The trees are up, the lights are illuminated, and maybe there’s even a present or two wrapped.  Holiday house hunters are on the prowl this weekend and there are tons of great listings on the market.  This weekend, we’re unwrapping three amazing Dallas open houses that lend themselves to holiday entertaining. These homes feature overstated…

Celina Home on Zillow Gone Wild Keeps it Spicy With an Owner’s Suite That Will Make You Blush

By Joanna England | December 7, 2022 |

December is typically a slow month for the real estate industry. It’s a time when agents focus more energy on maintaining contact with potential clients and leads and finishing up those long-overdue continuing education credits. So when Jacquelyn Kohlschmidt was asked to list this Carter Ranch home this time of year, the seller didn’t expect…

Center of Hope Has Advice For How You Can Help Homeless Shelters This Season

By Brenda Masse | December 7, 2022 |

“There’s nothing more pleasurable than giving.” That’s what Chef D, aka Chef Daren Mitchell, Assistant Chef at Union Gospel Mission, said to me during the calm before the lunch service for the 62 women and 46 children currently housed at Center of Hope. That’s where I’ll start because while he was talking about his job,…

Feel Like the Fete Set in This 1999 McKinney Loft

By Shelby Skrhak | December 7, 2022 |

When it first opened in the year 2000, 1999 McKinney was a fixture in the papers. The late, beloved Alan Peppard often wrote for the Dallas Morning News about the fete set charity events held in the luxury high-rise located at McKinney Avenue and N. Harwood Street. The lofts’ towering ceilings and stunning views of…

Alamo Manhattan Breaks Ground on Phase Two of Victor Prosper Condo Development in Bishop Arts District

By April Towery | December 7, 2022 |

The housing stock in Dallas is poised to increase to the tune of 210 luxury condominiums at Seventh Street and Zang Boulevard.  When Alamo Manhattan developers Matt Segrest and Wade Johns embarked on the Victor Prosper project in 2015, it looked like an uphill battle that might not end well. The developers were patient and…

No Mancave Needed: Bromance Creates Wild Testoster-Home

By Mimi Perez | December 7, 2022 |

Years ago mancaves started to be a thing in homes. A retreat where the men of the house could go to laugh at their farts and scratch their butts without any of the women folk bothering them. Even Captain Picard finds farts funny and he is British. Now the house featured in this week’s column…