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.
The women of First Community Church on Gaston Avenue came calling in 1958, asking their congregation members if they’d open their home for a holiday tour themed, “Christmas All Through the Home.” The homeowner at 6882 Avalon Ave. — this week’s Highlight Home of the Week — was happy to oblige and offer his 1950s-built…
An hour west of Fort Worth, there’s a town you’ve heard of a thousand times, but probably know nothing about — Mineral Wells. It’s a town full of cute homes, amazing natural springs, and — “home to crazy.” Realtor Valarie Kerby, who you’ll typically find fluttering around in Historic Downtown McKinney, tipped us off to…
I’ve talked about how homes have lives just like people do: “A 100-year-old home may be the meaningful setting of a bridal shower or a funeral reception, someone’s first breath or their last, a gleeful war homecoming or a dreaded knock at the door.” Well, homes can see bad things happen, too. While it may…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Lake Park Estates used to be one of White Rock Lake’s best-kept secret neighborhoods. It’s not that the neighborhood is hard to find. Actually this week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Dallas mortgage banker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial, is located on Athlone Drive,…
It’s Rangers Game 6 versus the Houston Astros tonight in the league championship series and we’re biting nails. But we need a more productive way to channel this nervous energy. Well, we at CandysDirt.com love our celebrity real estate, so how about a look at the homes owned by your Texas Rangers? We’ll start with…
