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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…

Reader Photos: Christmas Cheer in Oslo Norway Means The More Lights The Merrier

By Joanna England / December 28, 2012 /

It’s snowy and dark in Oslo, Norway, during the month of December. A CandysDirt.com reader sent in his holiday photos from the country that gets about 5 hours of daylight during winter. Have snapshots of Christmas lights? Share them with us!

Perfect For The Holidays: Perry Heights Georgian Does Classy Christmas Lights Right

By Joanna England / December 28, 2012 /

Just because you put your home on the market doesn’t mean you should stop going all out for the holidays, am I right? So I love that the owners of this week’s Monday Morning Millionaire, 4434 Rawlins, traced the front of their flowerbeds outside their Perry Heights Georgian with twinkly lights and boughs tied in…

Thursday Three Hundred: In With The Old? That’s Right. Restored Junius Heights Charmer Needs a New Family For The New Year

By Joanna England / December 27, 2012 /

Of the neighborhoods I’ve househunted in and lived in, Junius Heights is my favorite. We didn’t end up buying in this area as it was out of our price range, but my husband and I rented our first home together there. It’s a neighborhood that’s easy to fall hard for — it’s one of the…