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Highland Meadows Midcentury Goes Under Contract Three Days After Listing Goes Live

By Leah Shafer / March 1, 2016 /

On the eastern-most edge of the popular Lake Highlands neighborhood is Highland Meadows, a community of 1,390 houses and 17 subdivisions, built from the early 1950s to 2003. As you can imagine, that means a range of  architectural styles and lots of variety in home choices. Our Tuesday Two Hundred at 8829 Hackney Ln. was one of the earliest…

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Sweet East Dallas Midcentury Offers Lake Gardens Location, Retro-Cool Stylings

By Leah Shafer / February 23, 2016 /

Ready for some atomic-era allure? Check out our Tuesday Two Hundred at 936 Peavy Rd. This East Dallas Midcentury is in the Lake Gardens neighborhood, near East Lake Highlands Drive. It’s a three bedroom with one full bath and one half, and 1,110 square feet, built in 1956. The exterior is all about Midcentury charm—look at…

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Front Courtyard, Big Backyard Stars of This Casa Linda Home, Sitting on 0.33 Acres

By Leah Shafer / February 16, 2016 /

It may get hotter than blue blazes during Dallas summers, but we have plenty of positively divine weather, too (stick your head outside today for proof—high of 74°!). During these gorgeous days, outdoor space is a must. Today’s Tuesday Two Hundred, at 9206 Forest Hills Blvd., offers it in spades, with a secluded front courtyard and big backyard. This Casa Linda…

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From the Archives: Phenomenal Buckner Terrace Reno Goes Under Contract in 3 Days

By Leah Shafer / December 29, 2015 /

Editor’s note: This piece originally ran March 24, 2015, and highlights the gorgeous work of Barton-Graham Home & Design Firm. We subsequently wrote a profile of them here and featured another renovation of theirs here. If you want to see what an incredible renovtion can do for a house, look no further than the 1960s…

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Join the Tiny House Movement With This Little Forest Hills Cottage in East Dallas

By Leah Shafer / December 15, 2015 /

Tiny houses have captured our collective imagination in recent years. There are countless blogs dedicated to tiny houses, and TV shows like Tiny House Nation; Tiny House Hunters; and Tiny House, Big Living have huge audiences. The tiny house movement, also known as the small house movement, describes an architectural and social movement that advocates simple living in small houses.…

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