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Finding Home Again
“I guess it is true, if you grow up in Corsicana and move away, sooner or later you will move back here,” said Lynn Taylor, who left Dallas to return to her hometown when her close-as-a-sister friend was diagnosed with cancer. She was Lynn’s former roommate at the State Home, where they grew up, and Lynn made frequent trips from Dallas to Corsicana
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Close Calls and Stone Walls
If you visit Wallace and Lisa Swayze and their son, Trae, you will likely be impressed with their kind, quiet friendliness. Any of the three will welcome you into their rambling stone home in Cedar Hill. The high-ceilinged living area has tile floors that look like flagstones and the two-story-high stone
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Larry’s Pond
Larry and Nancy Carson looked over their new land. Larry had recently been hired as the Palmer Independent School District Superintendent. So, after 30 years in Midlothian, the couple now needed to move to Palmer. Nancy had found this property on a quiet road that meandered past wide-spaced houses. There
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A Classic Blend
The Steele family home, built in 1920, has seen many memories made over numerous holiday gatherings. The Steele’s children and grandchildren always look forward to visiting there, and two of the daughters have asked their parents to never sell the house to anyone outside the family. This attachment
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Romancing the Rails
An old-fashioned railroad station brings to mind vividly human scenes: tearful farewells, joyous reunions, exciting new adventures. David and Paula Hudgins captured that romantic atmosphere when they designed their extraordinary redbrick home to resemble a vintage train station. Outside, carefully authentic
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Special Soul Mates
Do you believe in love at first sight? Do you think everyone has a special soul mate? If you were to ask Xavier and Tiffany Villarreal these two questions, they would look at one another, smile and then answer without hesitation. “I never saw myself as a wife and mother,” Tiffany said, “but when
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Home for the Holidays
Holiday spirit is something that Chad and Elizabeth Wester like to share with their friends and their family. “We usually have a couple of parties here during Christmas,” Elizabeth said. “We always do a neighborhood party, because we are really close to all of our neighbors and spend a lot of time
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What’s Black and White and Green All Over?
The vibrant home of Dennis and Jennie Niles sits serenely beside Village Creek, which stretches from FM 917 all the way into the Trinity River. Their corner lot, surrounded by native elm, oak and pecan trees, as well as a metal privacy fence, attracts Sunday drivers who crane their necks to see all they
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Happy Haunting
It is haunting time and quite a few Ennis families have already discovered the house that has caused many a little ghost, princess, super hero and pirate to run screaming for their parents in delighted fright. Kelly
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Their Dream House
The sprawling stone and brick Mediterranean-style home of Bruce and Lynn Basden is the third house they have built, and the one they plan on calling home permanently — quite a claim for a family, which has moved about a dozen times. With its beautiful landscaping, inner courtyard, guest house and pool,
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