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.

Paintings From the Mercantile Building Among Treasures in This Prestonshire Estate Sale

By Shelby Skrhak / January 24, 2020 /

Stephen F. Austin, William B. Travis, and Sam Houston all greet you at the door of this Preston Hollow estate sale, taking place this weekend.

Love and Care Put Into This Updated Kessler Park Home

By Shelby Skrhak / January 22, 2020 /

Updated, move-in ready homes move pretty fast in Kessler Park, where you’ll find as many contractors’ trucks as residents in this popular Oak Cliff neighborhood. For this High Caliber Home of the Week, presented by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, Mark E. Manley of Keller Williams Urban Dallas kindly gave us the heads up…

What $400k Will Get You in the Suburbs

By Shelby Skrhak / January 19, 2020 /

For this week’s Suburb Sunday, we’re taking a look at three great homes in Cedar Hill, Lantana, and Grand Prairie to see what $400,000 will get you in the DFW suburbs. Hint: A lot. Soaring Eagle Court in Grand Prairie

Renovated MCM in McKinney Historic District Is Surrounded by History

By Shelby Skrhak / January 18, 2020 /

History is woven into the fabric of McKinney’s identity and by extension, this 1965-built home near the McKinney Historic District, listed by Peter Loudis of Ebby Halliday. The Collin County community of 180,000-plus, just north of Dallas, has a sizeable historic district containing an eclectic mix of architecture that is becoming harder and harder to…

Remodeled White Rock Forest Home Has Room to Breathe (and Bathe in Peace)

By Shelby Skrhak / January 17, 2020 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week presented by Inwood National Bank is a fantastic Casa Linda stone cottage that’s been smartly updated and expanded, perfect for a family looking for a spacious four bedroom in this coveted neighborhood. This four-bedroom, three and half-bath home has 3,655 square feet on an impressive 0.55-acre lot. It’s…