Compass Real Estate
What matters in luxury real estate now? Location is everything, and a great architect is an essential part of the equation. This New French Eclectic home in Highland Park is the epitome of what buyers want today. If you are building a luxury home without a talented architect and an accomplished builder, do not pass…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreBold and creative describes both Shauna Glenn and the unique Fort Worth Midcentury Modern she unflinchingly reimagined. Glenn’s personal home that she shares with her husband, Jeff Jones, is on the market. It’s a riot of color mixed up with Midcentury Modern, reflecting the signature style her decorating clients hire her for. “It’s decorating with…
Read MoreWhen this sweet Junius Heights Craftsman bungalow hit our inbox, we stopped everything and gawked. How often do you find a flawlessly renovated historic bungalow with a pool? Rarely. In 1985, Karl and Jana Braddick bought a large two-story historic home on Junius. The neighborhood was full of much smaller Craftsman bungalows serving as rental…
Read MoreThere’s Ridglea — a solidly affluent neighborhood with immaculately manicured lawns and largish comfortable dwellings — and then there is super-fancy Ridglea. Several years ago, on a whim, I took a detour on the way to Ridglea Village down Curzon Avenue and discovered an unknown-to-me enclave of Ridglea as elegant as anything Rivercrest or Westover…
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