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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…

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Tuesday Two Hundred: Room by Room, This Cute Craftsman Changes More Than a Mood Ring

By Joanna England / December 11, 2012 /

All I can really say is that the current owner of 114 N. Windomere has some very diverse tastes. You can’t tell from the curb, but woo wee! This homeowner is not afraid of color! I count five rooms with completely different wallpaper, candy red cabinets in the kitchen (which has bright yellow walls, by…

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Thursday Three Hundred: Plenty of Space to Shoot 3-Pointers in This Remodeled Winnetka Heights Craftsman

By Joanna England / August 16, 2012 /

This house, if it could say one word and one word only, it would be “AHHHH-DORABLE.” Just like that. In fact, it would be shouting it, so when you heard it from around the block, you would come jogging through Winnetka Heights until you found 314 N. Clinton, a butter yellow Craftsman just west of Tyler Street.

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Thursday Three Hundred: Junius Heights Craftsman Has 50 Shades of Gray Inside

By Joanna England / July 19, 2012 /

Gray is the hottest neutral right now, and I am loving how it’s just popping up everywhere and in every conceivable shade. All 50 of them.

Trashy adult novel puns aside, this gorgeous Junius Heights Arts and Crafts home is the perfect example of how neutral doesn’t mean boring. With all of the wonderful cool slate, marble, and pearl grays, all of the details stand out.

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Tuesday Two Hundred: All of The Charm of a Winnetka Heights Craftsman With None of The Work

By Joanna England / June 26, 2012 /

Lots of young folks moving to Oak Cliff are looking for a charming older home with great bones. They’re looking for fixer-uppers, diamonds in the rough, and plenty of room for sweat equity.

To me, however, that sounds like a lot of work. (If that makes me sound lazy, well, color me guilty.)

If I were looking for a home in Oak Cliff, I’d snag one of these adorable Winnetka Heights Craftsman bungalows where someone else has poured in the blood, sweat, and trips to the hardware store so I don’t have to. So you can see why 122 S. Rosemont Ave. is so appealing to me. And at $229,000, it is an incredible value.

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