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.

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…

This Kessler Park Midcentury Is a Lesson in Geometry

By Shelby Skrhak / September 30, 2022 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, introduces us to a Kessler Park home that knows her angles. Acute. Obtuse. She knows them all. Located on a perfect block of Knott Place in a hilly Kessler Park neighborhood near Sylvan Ave., this 2,294-square-foot home with three bedrooms and three full…

Yes, This Bishop Arts Bungalow Has It

By Shelby Skrhak / September 28, 2022 /

Merely seven months ago, this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans was being sold as a teardown. “This property is being sold for lot value,” the Feb. 2022 listing read. With no photos in MLS and listed as a commercially-zoned property, the home sat on the…

7 Things to Buy at H-E-B’s New Frisco Store

By Shelby Skrhak / September 25, 2022 /

When my son was little, we went to visit family in San Antonio. He was feeling a little feverish so I asked my mom if she remembered where the nearest H-E-B store was. “I think on Bandera Road,” she replied, feeling her grandson’s forehead. I grabbed my keys and told John John I’ll be back…