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Light-Filled North Highlands Estate Beauty Tops Our Dallas Weekend Open Houses

By Leah Shafer / October 6, 2016 /

Every Thursday, we bring you an insider look at hot North Texas properties with our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column. We pick five fabulous Dallas weekend open houses (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you have just got to see. This week, our houses range in price from $369,500 to $1.26 million. You’ll find a variety of…

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Helsem Bend Property Shows Power of Home Staging to Update, Freshen Interior

By Leah Shafer / November 12, 2015 /

If you’ve ever doubted the power of home staging to get a property ready for sale, this post will change your mind. The home at 7128 Helsem Bend is 3,768 square feet in the Hillcrest Forest neighborhood and was absolutely brimming with art, collections, furniture, and accessories. When the owner decided to sell, his Realtor called…

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Friday Five Hundred II: Estate of Alice Snavely, Personal Secretary to Stanley Marcus, is a Time Warp to The 1960s

By Joanna England / March 21, 2014 /

What do go-go boots, big hair, and color-coordinated appliances have in common? They were all popular in the 1960s. You’ll only see one of these things in our Midcentury Masterpiece of a Friday Five Hundred, though. We already talked about this amazing home during the legendary estate sale in January, when Janelle Stone Estate Services…

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