Valentines Day

Architects I Love (Heart Heart Heart): Gary Gene Olp

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2014 /

One of my favorite architects –and I have a few — is Gary Gene Olp, FAIA, LEED AP. Gary has been nominated for the Sustainable Leadership Award.  Voting ends today, on Valentines Day, which seems so appropriate, so I am posting this in case you haven’t heard the good word. If you agree that Gary…

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Friday Five Hundred, Romance Week: Built to Blend in, This Gorgeous Hollywood Tudor Has a Kitchen Built For Love

By Joanna England / February 14, 2014 /

The Hollywood/Santa Monica neighborhood is hot right now, with hundreds of families looking for the perfect home in this sweet little subdivision, but thanks to higher prices and a market that is poised for even more growth, it’s hard to find the right house for the right buyer. Still, there are some very lovely homes…

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Romance Week: Give Your Valentine a 9700 Square Foot Sanctuary on Five Acres, in Austin

By Candy Evans / February 11, 2014 /

Just two days before Valentine’s Day, on February 12, Casa Santuario, a 9,700 square foot creature of retreat perfection in San Antonio’s Austin’s Tarrytown neighborhood, goes to auction without reserve. That’s — yikes! — tomorrow! (Biting my red fingernails!) That’s right, this carefully constructed, tough-as-the-Alamo, Spanish Colonial -style home will be auctioned to the highest bidder.…

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Fabulous Finds For Valentines: Love Nests Worthy of Your One And Only

By Joanna England / January 29, 2014 /

What makes a home a great place to skip the crowded restaurants and have Valentine’s Day with a party of two at your very own chef’s table? A fantastic, dramatic, dining table paired with the perfect master suite! We’ve been digging for great homes that would play the part as a beautiful background for a…

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Interior Designer Bernadette Schaeffler Shows That Both Love and Paris Never Go Out of Style

By Joanna England / February 20, 2013 /

Sure, Valentine’s Day was a  week ago, but why stop sharing the love? That’s Bernadette Schaeffler’s philosophy. The Dallas decorator and style maven is in love with love, especially the Parisian variety. “Paris awakens all your senses! Everyone who ever spent time in Paris keeps the memories in their hearts as though it were yesterday.…

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