At Home
Built by Burdick Custom Homes, it was a winning entry in the 1996 Parade of Homes. “This house walked away with many awards during that Parade,” Siobhain says. “And the first time I saw it, I knew it had to be ours.”
When Marvin and Cheryl Jones built their house in the Village at Cactus Bluff 10 years ago, they envisioned a comfortable place where they could raise their family and entertain their friends.
The drive from the entry of Cordillera Ranch to the Villas of Di Lusso is quite enjoyable in the late afternoon, when the long golden rays of the sun stretch across the undulating hills.
The Ruiz-Healy residence was built in 1943 and features the long, narrow windows and wrought iron work prevalent in the French New Orleans style.
If you whiz up Interstate 10 toward Fair Oaks, as so many people do these days, you’ll pass a cream-colored stucco house with a red tile roof high on a hill, hidden behind brush and trees.
With many of us Baby Boomers reaching a certain age, and in light of the employment and housing price issues of the last couple of years, it’s no wonder SAN ANTONIO WOMAN has been receiving questions about reverse mortgages and paying off debt.
Pulsing vibrantly with the colors of Mexican folk art, Mother Nature and personal exuberance, their Alamo Heights home displays the couple’s love of art, textiles and living. It’s like a constant casa fiesta.
The couple’s Monte Vista residence, completed in 1921, was designed by Ralph H. Cameron, a prominent San Antonio architect. The home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
It’s obvious that DeeAnn and Skinner Simpson’s home belongs to a gardener because huge baskets of ferns hang from the oaks around their home.
How many designers do you know who are handed a house to totally renovate and redecorate?
