Step Inside a New Build on a Hidden Lake

This stunning Colonial on Ridglea HIlls' Luther Lake is a timeless beauty.

November 18, 2025

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House on Luther Lake

The 10-acre lake where Kerri and Eric Hove’s recently built, Colonial-style home rests was never meant to exist. According to initial plans for expansions of the Ridglea Hills neighborhood, the property now consumed by a deceptively large body of water was meant to be full of homes. But a stubborn natural spring forced developers to accept nature’s scheme, and in 1947, Luther Lake, named after developer A.C. Luther — credited as the “Father of Ridglea” — came into existence.

“[The developers] tried to plug [the natural spring],” the home’s builder, Christian Pearson says, “and it just kept bubbling up and bubbling up. And they were finally, like, ‘We give up. It's going to be a lake, and we're going to build houses around it.’”

The properties surrounding the lake, 33 in total, are unlike any you’ll find inside Loop 820. Heck, they’re probably unlike any you’ll find in the entire metroplex. The homes are legitimate lakeside dwellings in a sought-after, well-matured neighborhood that’s an earshot from Camp Bowie and a hop, skip, and jump from the hubbub of downtown — the perfect merger of town and country, accessibility, and tranquility. In other words, the most convenient getaway the city has to offer. Sit on one of the boat docks, feet dangling in the water, and you might even convince yourself you’re in a miniature version of the Catskills.

So, it stands to reason these homes rarely hit the market — the type of coveted real estate passed down from generation to generation. Thus, when a home finally did erect a “For Sale” sign, Kerri and Eric Hove, longtime Ridglea residents, were quick to scoop it up. After all, such a move, even one merely down the road, had long been on their minds.

As a youngster, Eric lived just down the road from Luther Lake, where he would create fond memories feeding ducks with his mom and sneaking in to fish from an inner tube. So, to one day own a home in this nostalgic setting was always Plan A for the Hoves.

“We all had this emotional attachment to [the lake],” Kerri Hove says. “So, we said if a lot ever came up or our house ever came up on Luther Lake, we would be interested.”

While the Hoves’ home is a new build within the historic Ridglea Hills neighborhood — which is filled with houses built decades long ago — the home’s stunning Colonial façade manages to catch one’s eye while remaining true to the architecture seen within the neighborhood.

Built by Christian Pearson of Provender Homes with interior design by homeowner Kerri and her friend, Kristin Wallach of Fresh Design, the home has an unmistakable timeless quality with plenty of modern and personal twists.

“I love mixing traditional with contemporary pieces,” Wallach says.

For instance, one might find a room with an antique door but a modern light fixture. “But it works because they talk to each other,” Wallach explains. “They feed off each other. And that’s just how Kerri and I put together the whole house.

“The best interior design projects that I work on are projects where we come up with a vision for the entire house. From the minute you walk through the door, the entire house is cohesive.”

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A traditional Colonial build comes with its share of architectural problem-solving, including the home's rigid, square footprint, which means a home designer must be clever with how they use space. According to homeowner Kerri Hove, the original home on this coveted Luther Lake property rested much closer to the street and had a pool house in the back. The new build removed the pool house, which obstructed a view of the lake, and set the home closer to the water.

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"Because of the home's location [on Luther Lake] with all of the greenery, vegetation, and water, we used a lot of greens and blues and floral patterns to bring the outside in," interior designer Kristin Wallach says. "A lot of things in the house play off the fact they're on a lake, but we didn't want to create a lake house. We wanted to create an upscale home that was on the lake."

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Yes, this is the family crest emblazoned on the center of the pool table. With a husband and two sons, this game room is what Hove calls the boys' hangout. But the subtle addition of pillows with dragon-adorned fabric adds a welcomed feminine touch

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"[Kerri] wanted a very romantic [primary] bedroom," Wallach says. "Where the rest of the house has a ton of color, she wanted this bedroom to be like a hotel suite. And I love the trim work. Trim work can take a room from nothing spectacular to amazing. It turned out beautifully."

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