This Southlake Home Makes Living Better Easy
If 2026 is the year you’ve declared you’re going to stop playing small and start living large, this 3,885-square-foot Southlake knockout will make a more than admirable HQ for the new you. With four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, and a greenbelt-backed lot that gives you breathing room in all the right ways, it’s the kind of…
Get This Eastwood Midcentury Ranch Before It’s Gone
Don’t be surprised if this 1955 Eastwood Midcentury Ranch is gone by the time you read this because it’s the best buy I’ve seen in ages. With three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a design updated by architects Martin Medina and Paola Mendoza, this home is exactly what many young buyers are looking for today. As…
Three Tips Home Inspectors Say Every Homeowner Needs
There are a million things you need to know as a homeowner; in fact, there’s so much that sometimes new homeowners secretly long for the days when they could just call the landlord when something goes wrong. When you purchase a home for the first time, it’s common to learn as you go. That’s why…
Not Your Father’s Farmhouse: Explore the Royse City Retreat Reimagining Rustic Design
Like the Victorians in San Francisco or Brownstones in New York City, Farmhouses fit perfectly against the pastoral Texas plains. Complemented by expansive acreage, agricultural amenities, and open skies, these homes capture a heritage of homestead living and rugged individualism. With ranch land origins and several suburban revivals, this style ha...
Historic Southside Project in Cowtown Gets Back on Track
A highly anticipated redevelopment project in Fort Worth’s Historic Southside is kicking back into gear, setting the stage for revitalization in a neighborhood that’s been waiting for fresh investment and new amenities. Construction on the Evans & Rosedale Urban Village is expected to start later this year, with the Fort Worth Urban Design...
Escape North Texas’ Fast Pace with This Fort Worth Lake House
With the holidays behind us, we’re ready to hit the new year, right? Nope, that feeling has passed. We’re a week back into the 9 to 5 rat race, and some of us are already thinking of how to escape the churn, the hustle, the craziness of the DFW daily dash. Any homebuyers out there…
Is One of The Finest Neo-Greek Revival Mansions in Dallas Doomed?
At Candysdirt.com, we often get tipped off about news and rumors, but with the demolition of the Mushroom House at 4200 Armstrong yesterday fresh on our minds, we’re apt to share this nugget: The beautiful 1938 Neo-Greek Revival at 4231 Armstrong Parkway, designed for oilman Charles Pettit, may be headed for the wrecking ball. It’s oneR...
New D-FW Data Centers Pump Up Construction Spending
Data centers aren’t the sexiest kind of real estate out there, but it’s hard to decouple that part of the industrial sector from the North Texas building boom. They’re not just a driver of the coming (or ongoing) AI revolution; they’re a big driver of construction spending, especially in metros like D-FW and northern Virginia.…
And Just Like That, The Mushroom House Is Gone
A year after news broke that auto mogul Clay Cooley and his wife, Lisa, quietly assembled three architecturally significant Park Cities properties, demolition has begun on the most distinctive of them all — Highland Park’s so-called Mushroom House. We all knew demolition was imminent, just not how imminent. I realized this week it had been&...