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A ’70s Modern in North Dallas Gets a New Life From Kettering Ideas

By Karen Eubank / August 23, 2020 /

I love a great rescue story, and this ’70s modern is the ultimate save. Remember 1976? So many great things happened in our Bicentennial year. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple, and the first passenger Concord flight took off from London. We listened to Elton John, Queen, ABBA, and The Jackson Five, watched “All…

Realtors Show Us Their Work from Home Style

By Karen Eubank / April 4, 2020 /

We’ve all hit the struggle is real stage of the work from home game. As we try to balance homeschooling, meal planning, and entertaining everyone in the house from toddlers to teenagers, there’s actual paid work we need to do, too. If you’ve never worked from home, other than to send the occasional email, this…

Learn Building Off the Grid With Cat Taylor’s Cob Homes

By Karen Eubank / March 30, 2020 /

Remember Little House on the Prairie? Social distancing and hanging out with only family members was the norm back then. Now that it’s our new norm, and we plant victory gardens and embrace the habits of our great grandparents, can building our own homes be far behind? Maybe not. Cat Taylor is ready to show…

More Realtors Are Using Staging Than Ever Before, According to NAR

By Karen Eubank / April 2, 2019 /

Barbara Cocoran put it rather well: “Why wouldn’t someone stage if they want to sell a house, and if they want to get more money for the house? I don’t get it.” You probably know Corcoran from her regular appearances on Shark Tank. What you might not know is she built a real estate empire,…

East Kessler Park Traditional Gets a New Lease on Life

By Karen Eubank / December 6, 2018 /

Our Inwood Home of the Week is an East Kessler Park traditional at 435 Allison Drive, and it has quite a story. Let’s begin with the fact it was built for John Stemmons. Yes, that John Stemmons. When Steve Kettering of Kettering Ideas and his partner (and daughter), Neysa Font, found this East Kessler Park…