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.
These aren’t your father’s lake homes. Three stories of contemporary lines, light-filled rooms, and high-end finishes. Rustic shingle homes that rival family compounds. Spacious and modern cottages that are as beautiful as they are comfortable. The newest luxury lake homes at Long Cove are some of the most impressive new homes we’ve seen at Cedar…
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…
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 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…
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…
