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These spring 2019 home tours will open doors to dazzling Dallas houses

Joanna England
Feb 19, 2019 | 1:42 pm
Stephanie Hollman home, 3816 Turtle Creek Blvd.
Stephanie and Travis Hollman of The Real Housewives of Dallas will let the public peek inside their Turtle Creek mansion.
Photo courtesy of Turtle Creek Association

There’s nothing that architecture and interior design fans love more than making a weekend of touring fabulous Dallas homes. If you’re in love with North Texas real estate, then you’ll be happy to know that the spring 2019 home tour season is going to be a spectacular one, featuring some of the best in architecture all over Dallas and Fort Worth.

To help you get your schedule in order, we offer a roundup of upcoming spring home tours so you can buy your tickets and make your brunch reservations afterwards. This list will continue to grow, and we will take a closer look inside the featured homes as each tour approaches.

Turtle Creek Association Tour of Homes
April 7, 2019, from 1-5 pm; After Party from 6:30-9 pm
Purchase tickets here.

The Turtle Creek Association, a non-profit organization whose primary focus is to enhance, preserve, and protect Dallas’ 87-acre Turtle Creek Corridor, provides a special look inside three high-rise residences and one single-family home with their 2019 Tour of Homes. Following the tour will be a separately ticketed post tour reception. Of special note on this year's tour: Stephanie and Travis Hollman of The Real Housewives of Dallas will let the public peek inside their $5 million mansion.

Park Cities Historic Preservation Society Historic Home Tour
April 13, from 10 am-3 pm
Tickets available in mid-March at participating Park Cities Tom Thumb stores.

The Mission of the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society is to preserve and promote the history, architecture, aesthetics, and cultural traditions of the Park Cities. Funds raised help preserve and maintain the Park Cities House at Dallas Heritage Village, support the new PCHPS archives at the University Park Library, fund the Society’s landmarking initiatives, award scholarships to Highland Park High School graduating seniors planning to study architecture or history, and fund the Distinguished Chair for History at Highland Park High School. This year’s tour homes include: 3615 Cornell, 3910 Gillon, 3524 Saint Johns, and 3657 Stratford.

Hollywood Home Tour
April 25-28
Tickets available soon on the website.

This popular annual fundraiser for one of the cutest historic neighborhoods in Dallas — Hollywood Heights/Santa Monica — is a full-weekend event. It features Art in the Park, where you can shop for cute trinkets and beautiful works from local artists while enjoying the vibe of the neighborhood’s Lindsley Park, as well as the home tour, which guides you through the hilly topography of this East Dallas enclave to its quaint traditional and Tudor homes. On this year’s tour, see a full-scale revamp of floral designer Kate Arani’s home at 7006 Santa Monica, completed by Joel Greenwald’s CRE8 Homes.

White Rock Home Tour
April 27-28, from 12-5 pm
Tickets on sale now.

One of East Dallas’ most popular spring tours is back with six new homes to wander through. The two-day tour benefits Hexter Elementary in the Old Lake Highlands neighborhood. Tickets are on sale now, and this year’s tour will feature some spectacular new builds as well as midcentury modern classics. Advance tickets are $15, and the price goes up to $20 per ticket on the day of the tour.

Dallas Builders Association Parade of Homes
May 4
Details available via the Dallas Builders Association soon.

This recently revived annual tour is a fantastic showcase for the top-notch builders of the Dallas Builders Association. The event, which is slated for May 4, is especially intriguing if you’ve been searching for inspiration for a remodel or if you’re building your own home soon. Last year’s tour showed off the high-quality construction of five Dallas Builders Association members. This one is bound to be bigger and better.

Save the date:
Here are other tours you should put on your calendar:

Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour: May 11-12

Fairmount Historic District Mother’s Day Tour: May 11-12

AIA Fort Worth Homes Tour: May 18-19

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A version of this story originally was published on CandysDirt.com

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Famous Texas Christmas store jingles all the way to Plano for 2026 holidays

Stephanie Allmon Merry
Aug 20, 2026 | 12:14 pm
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Madisonville Christmas Company is opening a new store in Plano.

A beloved holiday superstore near Houston is loading up its sleigh with trees and ornaments and heading up Interstate 45: Madisonville Christmas Company will open a store in Plano in September, just in time for the 2026 holiday season.

The company revealed the new store on social media with few details, including exact location. However, eagle-eyed viewers of the announcement reel easily identified the building as the former Weir's Furniture store at 5801 Preston Rd., Plano. Weir's closed all stores in March 2026.

"The magic of Madisonville Christmas Company is headed to Plano!" the post says. "This holiday season, we’re bringing our special brand experience to North Texas — filled with the incredible ornaments, ribbon, décor, designer inspiration and Christmas magic you’ve come to expect from Madisonville Christmas Company."

They promise "thousands of ornaments, incredible ribbon, Christmas decor in every color and style, and designer inspiration."

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An exact opening date will be revealed soon, they say.

The original Madisonville Christmas Company is officially located at 3475 TX-21 Ste. 300, off I-45, in Madisonville, north of Houston. But popularly, it's known as the Christmas store across the street from the Madisonville Buc-ee's.

It's a 25,000-square-foot holiday store carrying more than 6,000 ornaments and other Christmas decorations.

The showroom, called The Mantel, carries ornaments, décor, ribbon, lighting, and gifts in styles ranging from traditional to contemporary.

The store is open seasonally from August through December, while its online shop operates year-round. The company also offers design services and custom holiday creations.

It even has a festive campground, called Yuletide RV Park, with RV hook-ups and cabins, for extended stays and shopping excursions.

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