Briggs Freeman Sothebys
Just look at that nice clean roofline. So crisp and clean and flat. Ranch style. Midcentury. All the words. Nice landscaping. CURB APPEAL. Hooray. And that super green grass? That’s actually artificial so low maintenance and lower water bills, too. Probably. I haven’t ACTUALLY seen the water bills. Big, mature trees out front and all…
I’ll be honest. I typically barf at high-rise condos with vintage interiors. High-rises are by nature modern, so seeing Elizabethan canopy beds, William Morris wallpaper, or Louis XVI gilding just seems incongruous. Who’d have thought Georgian would work so well? Stoneleigh double-unit 17 A/B is a whopping 7,825 square feet facing downtown Dallas. It has…
We’re seeing a lot of Texas Modern residential architecture today, and our Monday Morning Millionaire in University Park is an excellent example of this bold look. Even with my love of historic properties, I fully embrace the Texas Modern style. I know it’s hard for some neighbors, especially in what have always been considered very…
When creating the spreadsheet for judging CandysDirt.com’s The Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth, we input every home nominated and added a link to the listing. Each judge looked at the photos and put their honest comments into the appropriate column. What we didn’t anticipate was that this Tatum Brown new construction at 3917 Centenary would…
Why are we drawn to homes like this flawless historic Federal? It’s simple. Historic architecture resonates on a profoundly organic level because it’s so familiar. Architects have always looked to classic European architecture for inspiration. The Federal style evolved from Georgian architecture, which was the dominant style of the English colonies. It is originally derived…
