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.

Redefining High-Rise Living in This First-Floor Frisco Condo

By Shelby Skrhak / November 8, 2020 /

Listing agent Judi Wright of Ebby Halliday Frisco calls The Corvalla the redefinition of high-rise living in suburban Frisco, and this rare one-bedroom 1,626-square-foot home is a great way to experience it. Located near Legacy Drive and Sam Rayburn Tollway, The Corvalla provides resort-style living with onsite concierge, swimming pool, resident clubhouse, outdoor fire pits,…

Gold Steinway, Stuffed Hippo Among Estate Sale Finds at Granbury Home of Rangers Owner

By Shelby Skrhak / November 5, 2020 /

For six weeks now, nearly 15 hours a day, the 20-person team at Lemons to Lemonade Estate Sales has been meticulously sorting, researching, and pricing the thousands of items in their most high profile estate to date. Though the estate sale company does not disclose the names of their clients, a public records search revealed…

Peek Inside This 1915 Winnetka Heights Home Perfect for Multigenerational Living

By Shelby Skrhak / November 4, 2020 /

Back in 1926, auctioneer James P. Anderson was tasked with auctioning the entire contents of a five-room apartment at 106 N. Edgefield. “Victrola, dining room furniture, chiffoniers, sanitary couch, rugs, rockers, chairs, ice box, stove, kitchen utensils, dishes, wash bench, tubs, wringer, etc. to be sold to highest bidder.” In the 1920s, the three-, four-,…

Lavish the Lush Green Space in This Glen Abbey Former Model Home

By Shelby Skrhak / October 31, 2020 /

You’ve never seen a more peaceful backyard than this one at 85 Kennington Court in North Dallas’ guard-gated community of Glen Abbey. That is, unless you too live at Glen Abbey and then you know how lush the green space is. Listing agents Mike Brodie and Nick McCoy of Keller Williams Realty Plano point to…

This Private School Corridor Home Is Ready for Future Rangers or Killer Daisies

By Shelby Skrhak / October 30, 2020 /

Listing agent Margaret Manser with Allie Beth Allman calls this family-friendly home a trifecta of size (a good 3k sq ft), location (the private school corridor), and value (keep on scrolling). What is the corridor, you ask? The Dallas private school corridor is a perfect little area of North Dallas for parents who want to…