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.

You Can Shop This Design District Closeout By Appointment With Mandatory Mask

By Shelby Skrhak / May 2, 2020 /

In this new coronavirus economy, shopping now means carrying your own protective mask and gloves. That’s the only way you’ll get to shop Dallas Estate Sellers by appointment only sale this weekend — a huge liquidation sale for Gutmann’s Home Furnishings, a retailer that’s been affectionately called the mom and pop version of Restoration Hardware.…

Glass and Wood ‘Feels’ Wonderful in This Kessler Woods Home

By Shelby Skrhak / May 1, 2020 /

Courtney Tauriac of Compass aptly calls this week’s High Caliber Home, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, an architectural masterpiece that perfectly integrates nature and sophistication. She’s got a way with words like that. Indeed, the 4,905-square-foot, four-bedroom home at 819 Kessler Woods Trail is a beautiful stacked creation by architect Jesse Rodriguez,…

Get to Know Lake Highlands With Brianna Castillo of The Castillo Group

By Shelby Skrhak / May 1, 2020 /

Not all 26-year-olds are created equal. Back when RE/MAX DFW Associates agent Brianna Castillo was 26 years old, she began selling real estate for one of the largest RE/MAX companies in the U.S. and quickly made her mark as a go-getter who gets results. Now five years later, she’s a top producer for RE/MAX DFW…

This Affordable Kaufman Home Would Likely Go for Double in Dallas

By Shelby Skrhak / April 28, 2020 /

For this Inwood Home of the Week, we head 30 minutes southeast of Dallas to Kaufman, where you can find really well-built homes in the $200k-$300k range. Case in point, Jenny Capritta of REMAX DFW Associates‘ listing at 1300 Overlook Drive in Kaufman. It’s a three-bedroom, three-bath home with 2,342 square feet on a half-acre.…

Now That We’re Watching More Movies at Home, Here Are 3 Great Home Media Rooms

By Shelby Skrhak / April 26, 2020 /

For a while there, home theaters were touch and go. Once a staple of 1990s and 2000s-built custom homes, anybody who was anybody had a dedicated home theater room with a few step-down rows of theater-style seating and a few kitschy movie posters on the windowless walls. Soon, the trend in home theaters evolved. Instead…