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.

Coming Soon to Preston Hollow Village: Homes Envisioned by Provident, Built by Rosewood, and Designed by SHM

By Shelby Skrhak / October 16, 2019 /

Once you’ve shed the big home and freed yourself of the pool and lawn crews, where do you go? If Downtown is too far and Bishop Arts or Deep Ellum aren’t your scene, the new luxury homes being developed in Preston Hollow Village could be the answer. The longtime Briggs Freeman Sothebys agent-turned-Sales Director with…

This Lower Greenville Tudor-Inspired Transitional Is All About Comfort

By Shelby Skrhak / October 16, 2019 /

A backyard with a pool and 2,500-square-foot home on Lower Greenville? Yes, it’s possible with this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week presented by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans. Phillip Murrell of Compass RE Texas has this 1999-built Tudor-inspired transitional home with four bedrooms, three baths, and 2,532 square feet on a 9,000-square-foot lot that’s walking distance…

Suburb Sunday Takes Us to Kennedale Full of Family Homes to Love

By Shelby Skrhak / October 13, 2019 /

Kennedale has really good dirt. Known for mineral-rich land and a long-running brickyard that thrived on ideal soil for making bricks, Kennedale is home to about 8,000 residents who appreciate the quaint bedroom community’s proximity to Mansfield, Arlington, and Fort Worth. The southeastern Tarrant County city is named for a Kennedy — a settler named Oliver…

Well-Appointed Lake Highlands Creek Lot Inspires Beauty

By Shelby Skrhak / October 12, 2019 /

We chose this midcentury styled home in Lake Highlands if for no other selfish reason than to admire and study the sellers’ keen eye for layering decor. Good for you, the house is pretty fantastic too as this weekend’s Saturday $800k. Located in Lake Highlands near Royal Lane and Abrams Road, this 1981-built two-story home has…

Inwood North Estate Has Mid Mod Surprises Throughout the Home

By Shelby Skrhak / October 10, 2019 /

Julie Ann Pickering and her Pickering Properties’ Group have done an amazing renovation job on this 1963-built northwest Dallas home that blends beautifully simple touches with hints of bold design hidden throughout. That’s why this four-bedroom, three and half-bath midcentury modern in Inwood North Estates is selected as this week’s Inwood National Bank Home of the Week.