Search Results: Colonial

Monday Morning Millionaire: Viva La Vintage! Lakewood Show-Stopper Has History

By Joanna England / August 13, 2012 /

…Tiffany glass and gorgeous chandeliers popping up in unexpected places. Hutsell, who was known for his Spanish Colonial homes, was prolific in both Lakewood and Highland Park. Many of the…

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The Keeping Room, or Keeping Area: What is It and Why Does Tom Leppert Have One In His House?

By Candy Evans / July 31, 2012 /

…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…

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Got Your Heart Set on University Park? Classic Red Brick Colonial Raises Your IQ for Less Than $250 a Square Foot…

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2012 /

I have this theory about red-brick, Ivy League-looking houses: they make you smarter. We really should do an IQ test of children raised in red-brick Georgians with ivy-covered brick: my…

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Monday Morning Millionaire: Ivy League New England Sensibility is Alive and Well in Dallas!

By Candy Evans / April 30, 2012 /

…have the best Halloween parties, a serious police patrol and limited access. This beauty as designed by architect Paul Turney sports Early American and Federal, Colonial influences. Feel kind of…

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Lakewood

By Candy's Dirt / April 12, 2012 / Comments Off on Lakewood

…Williams, and Donald Barthelme, which gives the area that wonderful mix of style. You get everything from Prairie-Four Squares, English Tudors, and Colonial Revival to French and Spanish Eclectic styles….

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