On the Market: Dark 'n' Stormy Texan Castle Has Glowing Bath of Wonderment

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, May 11, 2011, by Sarah Firshein

$13.25M, folks! $13.25M is all it takes to bathe among the fish in this new-to-market Dallas monster, sharply spotted by our friends over at Homes of the Rich. Kudos to whomever built this house in 2000 (or, say, the people who've since renovated it), for so aptly predicting that at-home aquariums would become a fast-moving design trend toward the end of the first decade of the millennium. As for the rest of the house, it's—oh, wait, never mind. So not as interesting as that bathroom above.

· 9727 Audubon Palace, Dallas [Ebby via Homes of the Rich]
· Aquariums at Home; Small Iron Creatures Holding Lightbulbs [Curbed National]

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That's Rather Hideous: Things Are Really Looking Up in This Texan Contemporary

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Friday, March 4, 2011, by Sarah Firshein

Move over, Michelangelo! The real ceiling fun is happening in Dallas, where a 14,670-square-foot estate on the market for $12.5M is all about what's happening overhead. Said "exquisite ceiling treatments," as the listing describes them, pervade the eight-bedroom behemoth, which also includes a media room, great room, master great room, and very mysterious-sounding "project room." While each ceiling varies wildly in color, tone, and scope, unity is achieved by the overstuffed La-Z Boy loungers that pepper the space. Have a look above.

· 10660 Strait Lane, Dallas [Trulia]

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