Colonial Hills
Laura Ladner of Burt Ladner Real Estate is hitting on all cylinders in the listing game these days with three of the most interesting houses on the market in her portfolio. There’s that fanciful Dilbeck house in Tanglewood, then there’s the refreshing contemporary in the Crestline area — both recently featured on these pages —…
Read MoreDid you know February is National Library Lovers Month? That’s right, February is not just for love-love, it’s for library love as well! We couldn’t let a thing like that pass without showing some love to a room in the house that, in this day and age, is definitely a luxury. And who doesn’t love…
Read MoreMaybe it’s all of those classic black-and-white Christmas movies like Miracle on 34th Street or Christmas in Connecticut with home and hearth as a central theme that kindle my appetite for the comfort of the traditional during this season. But don’t bother trying to do a drive-by of this property, because this 1941 vintage gem…
Read More“Proportion is the good breeding of architecture. It is that something, indefinable to the unprofessional eye, which gives repose and distinction to a room… in its effects as intangible as that all-pervading essence which the ancients called the soul.” Edith Wharton, The Decoration of Houses The Decoration of Houses, written 123 years ago, is arguably…
Read MoreFull disclosure — 3121 Westcliff Road has not been an easy sell. On and off the market for the last two years, it is now priced at nearly 20 percent below the average selling price for the desirable Bellaire Addition, which is minutes from TCU. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac, the home is loaded with…
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