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.

Make an Educated Choice About These 3 University Park Homes to Choose From

By Shelby Skrhak / July 28, 2019 /

Everyone needs a few historical anecdotes to share during their next happy hour or dinner party, depending on your scene. Here are a few facts about University Park, a city named quite literally for its beginnings as a small residential cluster of teacher and staff homes surrounding the small Southern Methodist University. The school provided…

Updated Caruth Terrace Ranch Style Is Ready for Up to a Party of Four

By Shelby Skrhak / July 27, 2019 /

Caruth Terrace has long been a favorite neighborhood for first- and second-time homebuyers who love being near the dining and shopping of Lakewood. Now, you’ll just need to decide if you’re more of a Big Shucks or a Burger House family when you move into this lovely remodeled ranch-style home at 6308 Woodcrest Lane, listed…

Stonewall Terrace Bungalow Is the Perfect Thursday Three Hundred

By Shelby Skrhak / July 25, 2019 /

Britt Rhodes of Briggs Freeman has a darling listing at 5820 Palm Lane for $379,000 in coveted North Stonewall Terrace in Dallas. This 1940s stone bungalow with 1,283 square feet features three bedrooms and two baths, a well-packed floorplan that’d be great for a young family wanting to attend award-winning Mockingbird Elementary or someone whose looking for…

The Colony May Challenge Us in Headline Writing, But Delights Us With Great Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / July 21, 2019 /

Do you know how difficult it is to write headlines with a city whose name begins with the article The? The answer is very as I came to learn more than a decade ago when I was community newspaper editor for The Colony. But despite the clunky headlines I may have written, the stories I came…

This 1920s Spanish Colonial in Kessler Park Is an Absolute Dream

By Shelby Skrhak / July 20, 2019 /

Towering trees soar over the red tile roof of this beautiful 1920s Spanish Colonial home at 1215 N. Winnetka Avenue in Kessler Park, but peeking behind is a classic stucco beauty that can be yours for $849,900. The three-bedroom, two-and-half bath home listed by Robert Kucharski of David Griffin and Company has an impressive 2,720 square…