I’m going to be real with you guys, words are about to fail me because the meticulously reimagined North Dallas Midcentury Modern on Purple Sage is about as perfect as they come. Literally, everything has been touched. (Minus the casita out back, but we’ll get to that because plans are in place.)
Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty’s Gavin Smith said the casita was built by the original owners. They had ties to Granbury and they’d take trips over and bring back stone, layering it in one carload at a time.
That’s the theme of this house. Attention to detail. Owners that go above and beyond, not because they have to, but because they want to.
An Amazing House For Amazing People
Let’s back up and get to the heart of how the North Dallas Midcentury Modern 13307 Purple Sage Road came to be. Pam and Gary Simmons are an amazing couple. She’s a force to be reckoned with and he’s as even keel as they come, with a penchant for Hot Tamales. The candy. After my own dang heart.
Pam and Gary were headed back to Dallas and needed to purchase a home. She fell in love with a Craftsman in Oak Cliff. He wasn’t feeling it. He wanted newer construction and all the conveniences that come with it. She wasn’t so sure.
On a business trip to Pennsylvania, they had a day to kill, so Pam suggested they head out to Frank Lloyd Wright‘s Fallingwater. Gary reluctantly agreed. When they got there, their minds were changed. Gary finally got what Pam was getting at. And a newly minted set of Midcentury Modern shoppers was born.
When they got back to Dallas, they knew what they were looking for – Midcentury Modern. Clean lines, clerestory windows, and a low-pitched roof. They found it on Purple Sage. But it wasn’t quite what it is now. Oh hey, there’s an understatement.
They lived there for seven years before Pam decided it was go-time. Throughout those years, she changed out all her furniture and even some art. She was drawn to authentic era pieces and slowly amassed quite the collection.
A North Dallas Midcentury Modern’s Rebirth
One of her favorite spots — I think all of our favorite spots, really — was Antiques Moderne in the Design District. Pam got to know owner John Bacile and was telling him how much she loved the design in this one restaurant. She wanted to live in it. Well, a chance meeting at the shop and Bacile introduced her to that very designer. His name is Breck Woolsey. Now Pam doesn’t mess around. She got right to it and said, Breck, I want you to help design my house.
After an incredibly extensive remodel where the entire house was taken to the studs, Woolsey slowly helped Pam rearrange and style her collection. Pam said along the way she’d text Woolsey something she fell in love with and say, “What about this?” She said when it was a “no,” he very delicately said, “Where are you going to put it?” She has an incredible eye, but we all need an editor, right?
Pam said when the day came to hang her art collection, she left the house and said, Breck, this one’s on you. I trust you. Just put it where you know it’s right.
Obviously, he nailed it. Now, we’ll get back to the remodel and why it’s so spectacular. This house sits in a cul-de-sac of like-minded homes. It’s the most peaceful, serene little corner of North Dallas, tucked just north of Interstate 635. The location prompted many touring agents to say, “I didn’t even know this existed up here.” Alas, it does.
Needless to say, a lot of jaws have dropped as they pass through that front door. A door that’s completely Pam. The handle came from a vintage door, but the door itself is new. It’s a custom piece that’s a fitting introduction to this beyond-stunner.
Smith said the most amazing thing the Simmons’ did was blow out the wall in the primary bedroom and add an additional 250 square feet of living space. It’s surrounded by glass windows and his favorite spot in the house. It makes the house make sense and flow effortlessly out one set of sliding glass doors around the completely rebuilt pool and back into the primary. There are no neighbors beyond the back fence. Just woods and a little trickle of a creek. It’s an area that offers views that needed to be brought indoors. And now they are.
Throughout the home, everything is white, crisp and clean. It’s rare you walk in a house and say I literally wouldn’t touch anything, but how could you? It’s just so good.
A Great Home on a Great Lot
The tiered backyard has seating areas, a sandbox, and low-maintenance natives. It’s gorgeous and if you’re looking at the concrete deck thinking it sure does look mathematically perfect, that’s because it is. The first attempt wasn’t above reproach, so Pam had them pour it again. See what I’m saying? She was the tough-as-nails client and now you reap all the benefits. The lawn is prewired for additional lighting — the electrical is already run. The new owners can add their very own touch.
Now remember the casita? It’s outback, too, and plans are already drawn up to reimagine it. Currently, it’s a playroom for the grandkids, but Pam always wanted it to have a big screened-in porch and an angled Midcentury Modern roofline. The plans convey with the house.
Gary’s thing was the HEOS sound system inside. It’s state of the art. Easily in excess of $40,000. There’s an entire closet it calls home. Perfect for when you’re entertaining. Because let’s get real, if you own this home, that’s going to happen a lot.
Smith said they went room by room to create the most comprehensive upgrades and amenities list and it’s unbelievable. Miele appliances, Kelly Wearstler and Ann Sachs tiles, Silestone and Calcutta marble countertops, rift cut white oak cabinetry, new windows, new HVAC, new tankless hot water heater — It’s everything you’d expect and then some, like the foam insulation in the crawl space.
It’s honestly one of the most impressive homes I’ve ever seen and then there’s the fact that the Simmonses are so amazing, too. (GREAT energy.) Pam said she’s always wanted a magazine-worthy home and now, it could be yours.
Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty‘s Gavin Smith has 13307 Purple Sage Road listed for $1.55 million.
