GET LIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Jeff and Bridgette Trykoski — owners of the abundantly lit holiday house I posted about yesterday — thank D Home for it’s post and emailed to say that they are accepting canned goods for Frisco Family Services and the Frisco Food Bank at their home. You can find a map to their Christmas extravaganza here.

MENDING FENCES

If you’re a regular D Homey, you’ll come to realize I like to use the bad pun and double entendre for my headers. But it’s my post, not yours, so you’ll have to learn to cope. So how does “MENDING FENCES” fit in? In a recent windstorm, my fence blew down (see, now I must mend it–clever, no?). So now I’m in need of not only a fence, but also someone who can put it up and conceal my garden (my roses are very private little guys). What to do? Glad you asked. I’m reaching for my 2006 Dallas Gold Pages to find the best post-hole diggers (fence builders…geez, keep up) in the area. It’s an excellent resource, and, at $5.95, a real bargain. Ok. Shameless plug over. You can now return to regularly scheduled lifestyle.

HOT PROPERTIES: 5050 Ravine Drive

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This house, in a supreme location, is to-die-for if you are an empty nester or wish to become one, like my friends who sold their Preston Hollow home and bought a high rise because the kids kept coming home after college. And jobs. (And marriage-s. Don’t ask.) It’s a one-bedroom house, 4015 square feet, with a bar almost bigger than the kitchen – my kind of house. Private patio, lap pool, luscious .98 acres of foliage and those towering trees that signature the very heart of Old Preston Hollow.
Built in 1930 but extensively remodeled with quality materials, including a plant room and adjacent greenhouse. Best part? Home is totally hidden away, tucked behind some of the city’s wealthiest. I’m ready to tender an offer: $1,995,000 Fernando Alva, Keller Williams Realty 469.449.9879.

HO HO HO HUM

I am stuck in this frenzy called Christmas. Or Holidays. Whatever. I am uber behind, but here goes: best pet store in town, Atelier A Workshop. 6819 Snider Plaza right next to Pierce Hardware. The cutest and costliest dog beds I have seen in Country French, Rover Red, Toile (any color), hunting ducks, red-on-yellow roosters. My fave: Louis Chew-On, a square bed done up in that familar LV logo pattern, faux fur.

Back to wrapping…..