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.

Distance Yourself in These 3 Homes That’ll Feel Miles Away

By Shelby Skrhak / March 22, 2020 /

If you’re going to be holed up inside, keeping your distance from others, you might as well make it a gorgeous country-like home with a view. For this Suburb Sunday, we head out to Fairview, Aubrey, and alllll the way to Lake Kiowa for three fantastic homes perfect for some peaceful seclusion. Address: 7711 Shady…

Wood Paneling Can Look Fantastic as This West Plano Home Shows

By Shelby Skrhak / March 21, 2020 /

Don’t be so quick to paint over wood paneling. As you can see in this stunning remodel, you don’t have to whitewash everything that’s wood to make a home look modern. This four-bedroom, three-bath West Plano home has a breathtaking double-sided stone fireplace that soars two stories tall. On one side, an open dining area…

Find Reasons to Smile Gazing Out the Window of This Lakewood Home

By Shelby Skrhak / March 20, 2020 /

Before we reached out to listing agent Marlis Rossetta of David Griffin and Company Realtors about this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, we peeked at the Google Streetview and instantly saw one HUGE selling point. The sharply pitched roof, charming archway door, and board-and-batten wood…

Bella Custom Homes Can Help With Post-Storm Remodel Projects

By Shelby Skrhak / March 17, 2020 /

Drive the Preston Hollow neighborhoods hardest hit by last year’s tornadoes and you’ll still see blue tarps dotting these Dallas roofs. Those blue tarps might as well be symbols for the renovation headaches that homeowners face when getting their rebuild project started. We reached out to one of our CandysDirt Best Builders, Tony Visconti of…

This Dallas/Carrollton Starter Home Flew Off the Market Twice

By Shelby Skrhak / March 17, 2020 /

Here’s proof that buyers are looking for more affordable homes to purchase. This week’s Inwood Home of the Week sponsored by Inwood National Bank is a listing by Bobbie Jo Glover of Compass that attracted a lot of attention both times it was on the market. Now, typically when we write about a home, it’s…