Compass Real Estate

This Very Pretty Santa Barbara Modern Villa Raises The Bar For Luxury Real Estate

By Karen Eubank / April 24, 2023 /

Let’s talk pretty. Pretty spectacular. Pretty Amazing. Pretty fantastic. The word gets bandied around, but it’s the perfect word to describe this Santa Barbara modern villa. This home was built in 2005 and was perfect for that era. Venetian plaster walls, cast stone fireplaces, and rough-hewn beamed ceilings gave it an authentic Spanish Mediterranean hacienda…

This All-American Beauty in University Park is The Ultimate Movie Location

By Karen Eubank / April 16, 2023 /

When I was a location scout many moons ago, my number one request was to find a house with an All-American look. That meant one where you could visualize a family playing touch football on the front lawn while mom served up a pitcher of the client’s lemonade we were advertising. Or as the lights…

This M Streets Tudor Was Updated by Renovation Sells, and It’s Everything

By Nikki Barringer / April 15, 2023 /

Get ready for an action-packed adventure of a real estate write up. Wherever do I start? At the beginning. This house is so freaking cute and charming and classy and tasteful and perfectly, perfectly updated. Put a pin in that. We’ll circle back. It’s in the M Streets. It’s charming as heck. It’s a storybook…

Take Time to Enjoy World-Class Porch Sitting in North Texas With These Open Houses

By Joy Donovan / April 6, 2023 /

Lemonade, coffee or maybe a glass of wine would be fine refreshments for enjoying on a home’s front porch. It’s April, and the living is easy, so buying a home where you can perfect porch sitting sounds like a good idea. In fact, this time of year, porch-sitting activities approach world-class level in North Texas.…

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…