Allie Beth Allman

This Is Not Your Grandma’s Melshire Estates Home!

By Karen Eubank / January 5, 2026 /

Relief swept over me like a hot flash last week as I searched for a Monday Morning Millionaire worthy of your time. This new build in Melshire Estates stood out for its distinctiveness, beautiful staging, and exceptional photography. Win, win, win. Scrolling through the new construction listings this past week made me weary because everything…

5 Designer Corner Conversations Worth Another Read

By Elaine Raffel / December 31, 2025 /

Designer Corner isn’t about any one topic. It’s about compelling people — thoughtful, funny, candid, and refreshingly themselves.

A Found Ju-Nel Is Available for the First Time in 61 Years!

By Karen Eubank / December 6, 2025 /

I know you are scratching your heads thinking, “What the heck is a ‘Found Ju-Nel,’ Karen?” It’s a home that has been rediscovered. In other words, no one has publicly identified it in the last 20 years. How is that possible? Well, when you have a Ju-Nel, you tend to stay in it for quite…

Volk Estates Offers a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity With New Construction From Venus Development Group and SHM Architects

By Karen Eubank / December 1, 2025 /

Volk Estates is a neighborhood of architect-designed estate homes that is essentially hidden in plain sight in the middle of University Park. Developed on 41 acres purchased from SMU by Leonard Volk in the 1920s, it was designed to be an exclusive neighborhood where wealthy people could build large homes on scenic lots. Not much…

The Only Remaining Historic Stick-Style Victorian in Dallas Can Now Be Yours

By Karen Eubank / November 27, 2025 /

There are historic homes, and then there are very important historic homes. This Stick-style Victorian home in Peak’s Suburban Addition is one of our most important. “It’s the only one left, to my knowledge, in Dallas,” Jim Anderson said. Anderson should know. He was the Historic Preservation Officer for the City of Dallas for almost…