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Friday Five Hundred: Live By The Lake in This Highland Village Dream House

By Joanna England / January 4, 2013 /

You know what’s great about Highland Village? It’s not the fact that it’s the safest community in North Texas, or that it’s perennially at the top of “best places to live” lists. What’s great about Highland Village is that it’s like having a home and a vacation home all in one. This house in particular — 2811…

Thursday Three Hundred: Beautiful East Kessler Midcentury Modern Is Ready To Entertain Guests

By Joanna England / January 3, 2013 /

The frost is still on the ground this morning, and while I’m cozy in my 1950s post war in East Dallas, I know my husband wants to live the Midcentury Modern life in Oak Cliff. So, in 2013, we might find ourselves with a new address on the other side of town. That means I’m…

Wish List Wednesday: This Home's Abundance of Windows Make The Most of Every Hour of Sunlight

By Joanna England / January 2, 2013 /

By the time my husband gets home from work it’s just minutes from being pitch dark outside, so what I really wish we could have would be walls of windows in our home that would make the most of every hour of waning sunlight. Just my luck, this incredible contemporary home in St. Mark’s Circle…

Wish List Wednesday: This Home’s Abundance of Windows Make The Most of Every Hour of Sunlight

By Joanna England / January 2, 2013 /

By the time my husband gets home from work it’s just minutes from being pitch dark outside, so what I really wish we could have would be walls of windows in our home that would make the most of every hour of waning sunlight. Just my luck, this incredible contemporary home in St. Mark’s Circle…

Cowboy Up, Y’all: Curbed National Finds Hunter’s Paradise in Celina, Texas

By Joanna England / December 29, 2012 /

Yeehaw, folks. We sometimes joke around about “head rooms” and such here on CandysDirt.com, but this Celina mansion marketed by Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s own Brian Luker and David Bergher has a trophy room that earns a gold star in my book. Curbed National picked up this listing, calling it an “equestrian amusement park.” In fact, this…