High Caliber Home of the Week

Deere Park Contemporary Urban Townhome Has Style For Miles

By Joanna England / August 23, 2017 /

As teardowns in the increasingly dense East Village area create new opportunities for urban infill, more and more award-winning architects are designing new riffs on the classic townhome structure. This particular project — the Deere Street Residences — was designed by Dallas-based FAR+DANG Architecture and is a particularly beautiful example.  We’re thrilled to feature this listing…

Taken to The Studs: Vickery Place Craftsman Has a New, Stylish Life

By Joanna England / August 16, 2017 /

Bart Thrasher is nothing if not honest with his clients. And when Matt Simons wanted to renovate 5235 Vickery Blvd., Thrasher was reluctant to hitch onto the project. The home was in such a sad state that, as Thrasher admitted, it was a better candidate for a teardown. But Simons wouldn’t be dissuaded, and Thrasher,…

Pill Hill’s Dr. Harper Would Approve of Updates to This Midcentury on Monssen

By Joanna England / August 9, 2017 /

Wynnewood North, an Oak Cliff neighborhood originally developed by Angus Wynne Jr., was once a magnet for doctors. In fact, many of the doctors that called Wynnewood home actually worked with Wynne — the developer who would build Wynnewood Village and Six Flags Over Texas — to design their homes. And you can still see…

Beautiful Brick Victorian in Historic Peak’s Addition

By Joanna England / July 12, 2017 /

If you’ve already fallen in love with Peaks Suburban Addition after learning more about this historic, close-in neighborhood from writer Cherry Kelln, then you’re about to get a case of the vapors. Find your fainting couch, because this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans is a stunning…

Builders, Take Note: More Modern Urban Homes Like This One, Please!

By Joanna England / June 21, 2017 /

  If you want an example of what builders should be constructing for today’s buyer, Realtor Ed Murchison says you should check out this Josh Nimmo-designed, Alan Kagan-built modern urban home on Deere Street.   “This property represents what many buyers really want in an modern urban home, yet so few builders are building,” Murchison…