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.

A Hundred Years Ago East Dallas’ Parks Estates Was Ahead of Its Time

By Shelby Skrhak / October 28, 2022 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, takes us to the East Dallas neighborhood of Parks Estates and takes us back about 100 years. On Thanksgiving Day 1924, eager sales agents paced the freshly paved streets of Tremont and Largent in East Dallas’s newest residential addition, Parks Estates. The addition…

Former Radio City Dancer and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Olivia Sharber Joins @Properties Christie’s

By Shelby Skrhak / October 25, 2022 /

If she looks familiar, that’s because you saw her high kick across the screen several years ago and onto a coveted spot with the most elite cheerleading squad in the NFL. Olivia Sharber‘s solo on the CMT original series “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team” helped win the judges over and showed this girl was…

How to Have Fall Pumpkin Displays That’ll Make Your Neighbors Jealous

By Shelby Skrhak / October 25, 2022 /

Drive the manicured streets of Park Cities, Preston Hollow, or Lake Highlands in October and November and you’ll notice a popular design trend —a dazzling fall display that’ll really make your porch pop. Here you’ll see pumpkins of all colors — bright orange, burnt orange, crisp white, or unique green. Whether you want your gourds with…

We Dare You Not to Love This East Kessler Midcentury Modern Home

By Shelby Skrhak / October 19, 2022 /

Spectacular. That’s the only way to describe this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, an impeccably-renovated midcentury modern retreat listed by Janelle Alcantara of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International. And I challenge you to disagree. Tiptoeing the edge of Coombs Creek in Kessler Parkway Park, 1645 Junior Drive…

Retreat to the Rolling Hills of This East Texas Ranch

By Shelby Skrhak / October 3, 2022 /

Just south of Athens, off Highway 175, Larue, Texas boasts a lifestyle all its own. This scenic East Texas town moves at a pace that encourages relaxation and insists on enjoyment. From the unrivaled views to the rolling hills, this neck of the woods is a breath of fresh air. Here, you’ll find that wide…