Shelby Skrhak

Shelby Skrhak is executive editor of CandysDirt.com and producer of the Dallas Dirt podcast. She loves covering estate sales and murder homes, not necessarily related. As a lifelong Dallas native, she's been an Eagle, Charger, Wildcat, and a Comet.

No Splurges Just Steals in North Lake Highlands

By Shelby Skrhak / July 11, 2021 /

Okay, it’s time for some real talk. Every weekend I look for a pair of homes in the same neighborhood that represent two different price points: Usually an updated splurge or yet-to-be updated steal. So this weekend my search took me to a cluster of new listings in my childhood neighborhood around Chimney Hill Lane…

Pride of Ownership Shows in This Lake Highlands Home

By Shelby Skrhak / July 9, 2021 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, is nestled in the gated Enclave at Wyrick Estates. Listing agent Jenny Capritta of RE/MAX DFW Associates knows this house well. She sold it to the sellers 10 years ago when it was a brand new house by David Weekly Homes. But this…

The Architect Index: Dallas Homes Designed by O’Neil Ford

By Shelby Skrhak / July 7, 2021 /

The creation of Texas Modern style is credited to legendary architect O’Neil Ford and his mentor David Williams, and draws inspiration from none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. “O’Neil Ford helped launch Texas architecture on a new path by showing that its roots were deep and often beautiful,” Dallas Morning News architecture critic David Dillon…

You Decide: a Farmhouse Splurge or MCM Steal in Walnut Hills

By Shelby Skrhak / July 4, 2021 /

This week’s Splurge vs. Steal takes us to Walnut Hills in Northwest Dallas where a difficult decision awaits you: a darling updated farmhouse splurge with a rare 5 bedrooms or an original midcentury modern that could benefit from some light, bright photos and staging. Which do you prefer? Tell us in the comments. The Splurge…

Nine Homesite Sales since January as Sales Momentum Continues at Alpine Mountain Ranch

By Shelby Skrhak / July 1, 2021 /

For years, we’ve kept tabs on Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club and in that time, we’ve seen homesites sell pretty briskly. Until 2020. If you’re unfamiliar, Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club is a 1,216-acre luxury ranch community located in the South Valley of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Bordered by the Steamboat Ski Resort, Catamount Golf Club,…