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.

When School Carpool Lines Come Screaming Back, You’ll Wish You Lived Here

By Shelby Skrhak / June 9, 2020 /

You remember school carpool lines, right? The car that just won’t scoot up, the parent that infuriatingly skips the line and somehow merges right in. Well, when the time comes that our living rooms are no longer our classrooms, you’ll appreciate how close this North Highlands Estates home is to the private school corridor. TJ…

3 Bold Bathrooms That’ll Inspire You Either to Remodel, or Simply Move

By Shelby Skrhak / June 7, 2020 /

Address: 4217 Cedar Bluff Lane, Frisco 4 bedrooms, 5 baths4,824 square feet$995,000 We love these homeowners’ eye for color. They’re not content for a single accent wall; Instead, they make great use of blue throughout the 2011-built home located in the gated Shaddock Creek neighborhood. We focused in on two fantastic bathrooms here, but you…

Live in Luxury and Watch Your Property Value Grow in This Northcrest Transitional

By Shelby Skrhak / June 3, 2020 /

If I had a time machine, I’d skip back five years and purchase a property in Midway Hollow. Then I’d dial back another couple of decades and purchase a pair of lots in University Park. With those considerable gains, I’d call up Lisa Peters at Caliber Home Loans to help me finance a few properties…

Viva La France In This Normandy Ave Stunner

By Shelby Skrhak / June 2, 2020 /

Yes, I know. When you’re looking at homes, you should look beyond the owners’ furnishings and picture your own decor on the walls. But what if the decor is so on point that I wish it was on my walls? That’s the dilemma we find ourselves in for this week’s Home of the Week sponsored…

Three Homes That Are Out of This World With Potential

By Shelby Skrhak / May 31, 2020 /

Address: 3166 Brookhollow Drive, Farmers Branch 3 bedrooms, 4.5 baths5,388 square feet2.34 acres$999,000 This Brookhollow Estates home makes me think I should have born in the decade it was built — 1954, not the decade it was renovated — 1983. This sprawling stucco home has a unique floorplan set on more than two acres of…