Use Your Instagram Photos for Wall Art

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If you are like many other residents in our Dakota in the Village community, you are probably addicted to Instagram. You can edit and post your favorite photos for your friends to see, or you can use them for your next home decorating project! Using the following apartment decoration tips, your favorite Instagram photos can become wall art! Edit and … [Read more...]

Visit the West End Pub for Food, Beer, and Fun

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Thanks to West End Pub Dallas, you will never have to travel far from The Dakota in the Village apartments for the classic pub experience – even a few thousand miles from London. Like any good pub – or bar – West End Pub Dallas has a weekday happy hour from 4 pm through 7 pm.  While this happy hour has the standard cheap draft beers, well drinks, … [Read more...]

3 Ways to Arrange a Bookcase Without Books

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Organizing your belongings and maximizing space has never been easier with bookcases. You can use a bookcase in any room of your Dakota in the Village Apartment.  All you need to do is think outside the box! Place a bookcase in your child's bedroom or play area to organize toys, games, puzzles and books. Use a small bookcase so he will be able to reach … [Read more...]

DISH Restaurant and Lounge is a Great Spot in Dallas

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Because The Dakota in the Village apartment community is located in the Dallas area, residents have the ability to enjoy many of the city’s excellent attractions. If you happen to be looking for restaurants or lounges in Dallas, you won’t have much trouble finding plenty that are worth checking out. However, we would like to recommend one in particular: … [Read more...]

How to Pick the Perfect Rug for Your Dallas Apartment

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If you’re working on the interior of your The Dakota in the Village apartment, we recommend you consider picking up an area rug. The right area rug can really help to tie the entire room design together. The following are a few tips to help you pick out the right rug for your apartment. Color – The color of the rug is incredibly important. It needs … [Read more...]

Clean Your Apartment Using Green Solutions

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There are a lot of different cleaning products available at many stores around The Dakota in the Village apartment community.  Many of these products however contain chemicals that are potentially dangerous to the environment. In order to be environmentally friendly, we recommend you use one of the following solutions that you can make using common … [Read more...]

3 Healthy Breakfast Ideas You Can Make at Home

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Almost every nutritionist will tell you, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In order to receive the right amount of energy in the morning,  you have to eat right. The following are three healthy breakfasts you can make at your Dakota in the Village apartment: Scrambled Tofu – Instead of using eggs, use tofu, which is incredibly … [Read more...]

Exercise This Summer at Our Community Pool

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Although the Dakota in the Village apartment community provides our residents with plenty of comfort, we're also concerned with making sure our residents have the ability to live healthy and enjoyable lifestyles. This is why we offer so many amenities to our residents. One of our most popular amenities is our community pool. The following are three … [Read more...]

Innovative Uses of Orange Peels

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Living in an environmentally friendly manner is an important way to live responsibly, and it can often have a number of benefits as well. One of the best ways to be eco-friendly is by reusing materials that would otherwise be trash. For example: orange peels. The following are a few innovative ways that you can use orange peels around your Dakota in the … [Read more...]

Visit Dallas’ Art Galleries

Grand Canyon Nat Park: Desert View Watchtower Interior 0076 Watchtower interior: first gallery, first landing paintings done by Fred Kabotie, Hopi artist. One of the most prominent architectural features on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, the Watchtower underwent major renovations during 2010. The Watchtower is located at Desert View, the eastern-most developed area on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Recognized as a National Historic Landmark, the tower was constructed in 1932. Architect Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter’s design takes its influences from the architecture of the ancestral Puebloan people of the Colorado Plateau. She collaborated on the design with Native American artisans of the time, including well-known Hopi artist Fred Kabotie whose murals adorn much of the second level of the tower.

Keep up on the artistic production coming out of Dallas by visiting some area galleries. Dallas features many art galleries that are interesting and educational to visit, and you might even find some paintings for your walls at home. Consider stopping by one of the three galleries below to check out some of the featured works. Southwest Gallery- For … [Read more...]