Highland Park

Bird is the Word With This Artful Highland Park Treehouse

By Karen Eubank / July 28, 2020 /

It’s not surprising, and it’s also oddly satisfying, to find out that the nationally recognized artists who created the famous Bird sculptures in a Highland Park treehouse. You know these Birds! These sculptures, and so many more, are the creations of Brad Oldham and his wife and artistic partner Christy Coltrin. Their sculptures, including Waiting…

Home Sweet School: How One Dallas Mom is Homeschooling in a Pandemic

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 20, 2020 /

By Sarah ZubiateFounder and Farmer, ZUBI’S Like parents everywhere, I am navigating life the best I can during these uncertain and unprecedented times. Throughout the past few years, my family and I have split our time between our home in Dallas and life on our farm in East Texas.  Weekdays consisted of jam-packed days filled…

Highland Park Historic Spanish Mediterranean

By Karen Eubank / July 9, 2020 /

This historic Spanish Mediterranean home began life in 1933 as a duplex. That’s because the neighborhood was designated for apartments and duplexes when Highland Park was zoned in 1929. Architects Marion Fooshee and James Cheek designed some of the beautiful homes in Dallas, as well as the Highland Park Village shopping center. There is not…

A Reinvented Texas Modern in Highland Park

By Karen Eubank / June 8, 2020 /

This Texas Modern home in Highland Park is exciting on so many levels. Not the least of which is the home’s history. It was originally built in 1967 for John Frederick Skelton Jr. and his wife Doris. Fred, as he was known, worked for the Texas Power and Light Company for 45 years, eventually becoming…

Affordable Park Cities Tudor Features Major Updates, Great Location

By April Towery / June 3, 2020 /

The three-bedroom, two-bath home at 3445 Purdue Avenue was built in 1929, when this quintessential Tudor was one of many lining this quiet street in University Park. In the ’20s and ’30s, Tudors were THE house for this area. Today, it’s a robin’s egg blue-painted brick home, ready to take in its next family. This…