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Aging Queen Anne Victorian in Old East Dallas Shines Again

By Bethany Erickson / October 14, 2018 /

When orthodontist Patricia Simon isn’t straightening the teeth of Lakewood residents, she tends to be restoring Dallas homes, including her home in the Peak Suburban Addition Historic District she restored with her husband, Kyle. When the two finished their home, they turned their attention to an aging 1902 Queen Anne Victorian on Moreland Avenue that…

Freeze or Lock, Safeguarding Your Child’s Credit History Can Save Them Later

By Bethany Erickson / October 14, 2018 /

Do you know if your child has a credit history? I’ll admit, even with all my work busting scams and investigating consumer complaints, I had never really taken the time to check. But that’s changing — and many parents we talked to said they’ve either frozen or locked their child’s credit or are considering it,…

Plano’s Bent Tree West Home to Stunningly Updated Two-Story Retreat

By Bethany Erickson / October 13, 2018 /

Tucked in the Plano neighborhood of Bent Tree West, our Saturday Six Hundred this week is a magnificently updated two-story home where seriously, no expense was spared to make it a gorgeous, family ready retreat. Stager Karen Eubank was brought in by listing agent Susan Gentry of Ebby Halliday – Ebby’s Little White House prior…

From Facebook: What Design Trends Are On the Way Out?

By Bethany Erickson / October 13, 2018 /

For this week’s social media-generated story, we asked our readers on Facebook about design trends they feel are O-V-E-R. And boy, did ya’ll have some opinions. Some of you are OVER granite. Others feel TVs mounted over fireplaces are on their way out. Karen Eubank, our resident design maven and stager, says the vessel tub is…

Faith Community, Local Leaders Gather To Honor Dallas ‘Hero for Texas Children’

By Bethany Erickson / October 12, 2018 /

It may have been unusually — for Dallas — chilly Thursday morning, but the warmth inside First United Methodist Church downtown was effusive when an organization of faith leaders held a breakfast gathering to talk about their unified efforts to advocate for public education. Pastors for Texas Children members were also there to honor the…