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.

Pristine Castle Hills Home Is Perfect for Leisurely Holiday Weekends or Anytime

By Shelby Skrhak / July 6, 2019 /

This 4,491-square-foot Castle Hills home at 2308 King Arthur Blvd. is made for relishing in long Independence Day weekends: a Fourth of July neighborhood parade in the morning, sipping tea (literally or metaphorically) on your back patio in the afternoon, and food trucks and fireworks at the Village Shops that night. This five bedroom, four…

You’ll Love Patio Entertaining in This Prestonwood Garden Home

By Shelby Skrhak / July 4, 2019 /

When LV Vickers of Robert Elliott and Associates sent us the heads up to this listing at 17635 Sunmeadow Drive in Prestonwood West, I was ready to pounce for two reasons: One, I love patio homes. And two, I love five digits in an address. This two-bedroom, two-and-half bath home with an impressive 2,374 square feet fits…

Train Like a Cowboy at Cowboys Fit Plano

By Shelby Skrhak / June 30, 2019 /

Now you can train with Jason Witten or at least alongside a 12-foot image of him while using the same kind of state-of-the-art fitness equipment they use at north Texas’s second location of Cowboys Fit, which just opened this week in Plano. Charlotte Jones Anderson, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, and Plano mayor Harry…

Suburb Sunday Fun Fact: Rockwall Was Named for a Literal Rock Wall

By Shelby Skrhak / June 30, 2019 /

The city of Rockwall is named for an usual discovery that early North Texas explorers found while digging a well. They came across a natural rock formation with long and narrow stacked rocks that looked like bricks in a wall. Naturally, they named the city for its subterranean wall that still exists below private land.…

An Inside Look at Windsong Ranch’s Homes With Stunning Crystal Lagoon in Prosper

By Shelby Skrhak / June 29, 2019 /

Every Saturday, we feature a home in the $600,000 to $800,000 price range, and as you can imagine these homes vary as widely as their zip codes do. (We cover a lot of Dallas-area dirt around here.) But today we’re featuring homes with an unbelievable beach amenity that’s sure to send homebuyers scrambling to nab…