Amy Detwiler

This Bluffview Home Might be The Best Dilbeck in Dallas

By Karen Eubank / September 25, 2023 /

It’s inspirational to see what happens when intelligence and thoughtful design meet a deep consideration for history. This Bluffview Dilbeck offers an exemplary model of taking an architecturally significant home and making it work for modern lifestyles without losing the architect’s signature elements.  Nothing I can think of is truly more defining of our architectural…

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Designer Traci Connell Took This Modern Mediterranean to a New Level of Luxury

By Karen Eubank / June 12, 2023 /

I didn’t think this Modern Mediterranean could get any better. I was wrong. When I wrote about this home in 2017, I thought it was one of the prettiest I’d seen in years. It was fresh on the market and did not linger very long because the dream team of Danes Custom Homes, architect Don Caperton…

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The 2022 Kipp’s Bay Decorator Show House Grows up And Goes on The Market

By Karen Eubank / April 3, 2023 /

A show house is the residential equivalent of a Met Gala. It becomes a fantasyland with a kaleidoscope of colors and a myriad of extravagant textures, wallpapers, and finishes for a short and sweet time. A show house will challenge our design perceptions like Zendaya in her Joan of Arc-inspired Versace for the 2018 Met…

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This Classic Georgian Mansion Was a Former Kips Bay Decorator Show House

By Karen Eubank / March 6, 2023 /

What separates one luxury home from the rest? It boils down to one thing — classic architecture. Look around any major city in America or Europe. Classic architecture stands the test of time because it never goes out of style and it can be easily adapted to the taste of each new owner. This Georgian…

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This Well-Known Preston Hollow Bud Oglesby Estate is Finally Available

By Karen Eubank / June 27, 2022 /

If you’ve lived in Dallas for some time, then you know that there are a handful of homes you will immediately recognize. This Preston Hollow Bud Oglesby estate is one of them. Oglesby was one of our most noted Dallas architects. While his townhomes often come up for sale, we seldom see an opportunity to…

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