Jan Showers

Find Your New Favorite Binge-Worthy Obsession with Dallas Designer Jan Showers’ Best of 2023 List

By Elaine Raffel / January 21, 2024 /

Arctic blasts and single-digit wind chills are good for one thing – cozying up under a warm, thick blanket and binge-watching TV. Lots and lots of TV.

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The 2022 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Returns to Old Preston Hollow

By Elaine Raffel / June 12, 2022 /

Summer may just be starting, but already there’s a reason to look forward to fall: The 2022 Kips Bay Decorator Show House opens to the public Thursday, September 22. Expect to be blown away. This year’s site is a grand 12,470-square-foot Old Preston Hollow estate located at 9250 Meadowbrook Drive.

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Tips for Creating a Thanksgiving Tablescape That’s a Multi-Sensory Feast

By Elaine Raffel / November 7, 2021 /

Dallas Interior Designer Javier Burkle is a big proponent of setting a stylish table. His M.O. is to pick one favorite thing—china, a centerpiece, even something personal—and build a story around that. Say, for instance, china with a gold rim.

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Dallas Trusts Its Most Prized Possessions to Curtis Specialized Moving and Storage

By Elaine Raffel / July 2, 2020 /

Since acquiring the company in 2003, owner Jamie Furrate has built the business into Dallas’ premier white glove moving and storage operation.

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A Highland Park Modern Spanish Eclectic with A Santa Barbara Vibe

By Karen Eubank / February 18, 2019 /

When I spotted this Highland Park Modern Spanish Eclectic mansion I was, as they say in Britain, completely besotted. Although that’s a word generally used about people, we feel pretty deeply about the homes we write about at CandysDirt.com. So it’s not unusual for us to be utterly infatuated with a property like this gorgeous…

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