Connie Dufner is a freelance writer with deep roots in Dallas’ journalismcommunity. Over more than two decades at the Dallas Morning News, she coverednews and features as a reporter and editor. She has been covering home designsince 2001, when she became house and garden editor for the newspaper. She movedto Modern Luxury’s Dallas office in 2007, where she launched two interiorstitles and served as editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Brides Dallas and asexecutive editor of Modern Luxury Dallas.