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.

Three Great Richardson Heights Homes Just Popped Onto MLS

By Shelby Skrhak / March 15, 2020 /

These three homes in Richardson Heights all popped onto the MLS Friday within minutes so we’ll take that as a sign that this week’s Suburb Sunday should feature this popular neighborhood that’s long been a favorite here at CandysDirt.com. The west Richardson neighborhood established in 1950 is full of affordable, renovated midcentury homes that are…

Santa Monica With a Pool? It’s Possible on San Mateo

By Shelby Skrhak / March 14, 2020 /

Most homes in the Hollywood Santa Monica neighborhood in East Dallas are tiny Tudors and traditionals that hover around 1,400 square feet, but this 1940-built home on San Mateo Blvd. has 1,803 square feet on a 9,295 square foot lot. And get this, it’s got a pool. Britt Lopez of Paragon Realtors calls this a…

Uncover Dallas Architectural Finds at Frank Welch Estate Sale

By Shelby Skrhak / March 13, 2020 /

If you haven’t been inside an architecturally significant home before, here’s your chance to take in the beauty of a master of Texas modernism. Often called the Dean of Texas Architecture, the late Frank Welch artfully expanded modernism in Texas’ landscapes, materials, and style. You can see all that today and Saturday at an estate…

COVID-19’s Arrival in North Texas Impacting Millions as Churches, Sports, Schools Shut Down

By Shelby Skrhak / March 12, 2020 /

Updated March 13 North Texas officials announced this week the Dallas area’s first “presumptive positive” cases of COVID-19, prompting schools to close, sports to cease, and churches to halt services. Late Friday afternoon, Bishop Edward Burns of the Catholic Dioscese of Dallas announced that daily and Sunday Masses will be canceled, as well as activities…

A Knox Henderson Home Where the Exotic Meets Modern

By Shelby Skrhak / March 11, 2020 /

Can you imagine looking out onto this backyard paradise every day? Beautiful by day, but stunning at night with the blue-lit pool and upward tree lighting. The backyard is just one of the exotic design surprises you’ll find in this modern home at 5321 Belmont Avenue, listed by Lori Ericsson with David Griffin & Company…