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.

We’re Startin’ Something New for Suburb Sunday and It Begins With Three $300K Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / January 12, 2020 /

We’ve featured nearly every Dallas suburb from Addison and Arlington to Westlake and Wylie for our Suburb Sunday column, where we tackle one north Texas suburb at a time, looking into its history and essence of Metroplex living, and then highlighting three feature-worthy homes from different price points. In fact for most of 2019, you…

Lovers Lane Heights Home Delivers Modern Luxury, Functionality

By Shelby Skrhak / January 11, 2020 /

Jeremy Whiteker and R.A. Millennium Properties have collaborated to bring to market this sophisticated, menswear-inspired, new construction residence at 7527 Morton Street. Located near Inwood Village and all its many culinary and commerce attractions, this four-bedroom, five-bath smart home has a two-car garage and encompasses 4,037 square feet (per building plan). It’s perfectly priced, too,…

Historic 1915 Highland Park Home of Billboard Advertising Mogul Tells Fascinating Life Story

By Shelby Skrhak / January 10, 2020 /

The estate sale for this magnificent 1915 Highland Park home on Miramar is a doozy, not only because of the impeccable quality of the collectibles, furniture, designer clothing, and jewelry that belonged to a former billboard advertising mogul and his wife but because the historic three-story home by Lakeside Drive is for sale, too. The…

This Fitzhugh Three-Story Has Sigh-Worthy Details

By Shelby Skrhak / January 9, 2020 /

  Surely I’m not the only one that does this. When I come across a particularly impressive architectural or interior detail of a home, I almost silently utter a pleasing “Ah.” It’s like a visceral “Wow” factor that makes you sigh happily to yourself when you see something that’s particularly pretty or impressive. This week’s…

Best of 2019: Updated Lake Highlands Estates Home Move-In Ready for Under $500k

By Shelby Skrhak / December 25, 2019 /

[Editor’s note: Merry Christmas! This week, we’re taking time off to focus on our loved ones, so we are sharing some of our favorite stories from this year. Keep an eye out for our top features from the archives as we rest and get ready for a brilliant 2020! Cheers, from Candy and the entire staff…