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Fall Home Tour Season: Here Are Six Tours You Don’t Want to Miss

By Joanna England / September 20, 2016 /

You may be thrilled about pumpkin-flavored everything to hit the shelves, but us here at CandysDirt.com are over the moon about the return of fall home tour season. Yes, we’ll still hit up a Starbucks for our annual pumpkin spice latte, but nothing quite says “autumn is here!” to us like traipsing through other people’s…

Cliff May-designed Midcentury Modern Home in Casa View Is Priced Just Over $200K

By Leah Shafer / September 13, 2016 /

Cliff May was an midcentury architect known as the father of the California ranch home. These houses were created for the sunny and warm days and nights, with large expanses of glass to minimize the lines between indoors and outdoors. Most rooms in a May-designed home have a wonderful connection between these spaces. We are lucky in…

Casa View Hosts Cliff May Home Tour on Oct. 15

By Joanna England / August 8, 2016 /

In the East Dallas neighborhood of Casa View Oaks, homes on the blocks surrounding Andrea Drive are selling like hotcakes. With their low-slung gabled roofs, walls of glass, and clerestory windows, these homes hit the highlight reel of everything everyone nowadays loves about midcentury modern design.  In this transitioning neighborhood with tree-lined streets and upwardly…

Cliff May Midcentury Modern Needs a Loving, Detail-Oriented Owner to Restore it to its Former Glory

By Joanna England / March 25, 2014 /

I almost wept when I saw this listing today. It’s so sad to see beautiful homes fall by the wayside, and this home was once an incredible one, a Cliff May-designed Midcentury Modern ranch. Today it is a haphazard shell of a house, dirty and dusty, and mostly neglected. But therein lies the opportunity —…

It's My Mansion: Too Cute To Believe, This Casa View Haven Home Is Perfect For a Pair

By Joanna England / August 13, 2013 /

I know I harp a lot about what’s going on in East Dallas, but you just cannot deny that this area has some serious potential, with great growth, excellent prices, and an upward demographic of young professionals and growing families. This week’s house is in Casa View Haven at 2245 San Medina. Listed with Rogers…