Shelby Skrhak
Shelby is Associate Editor of CandysDirt.com, where she writes and produces 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.
Often when a house is a one-owner home, the kitchen or bathrooms need updating or the paint needs to be neutralized. Why? Because time has a way of turning our eyes blind to what updates our home needs. But sometimes there is the rare exception where a home has been meticulously updated over the years…
Read MoreThis week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank is an updated beauty with large mature trees, located in a hot little pocket of East Dallas. This three-bedroom, two-and-half bath home at 2341 Freeland Way is listed by Bobbie Jo Glover of Compass’ Summit Group for $300,000. The 1968-built home is located…
Read MoreThis week’s Inwood National Bank Home of the Week ticks all the right boxes. Midcentury modern home, check. Completely and period-sensitively renovated, check. Geodesic dome in the backyard, check. Wait what? Welcome to 8113 Rush Street in Benbrook, located just west of Fort Worth. This four-bedroom, three-bath, 2,431-square-foot home with “party dome” has been a…
Read MoreThe year is 1950, and guests are gathering on the covered patio, circling a table draped with a white and yellow checkered tablecloth and fresh garden flowers atop. Miss Nancy Moore, daughter of Dixie Cup inventor Stuart Moore, is hosting this Garden Supper at her Kessler Park home at 1033 N. Plymouth Road for a…
Read MoreI’m always fascinated by how a home evolves over the years. Color palettes evolve, flooring changes with the trends, and an owner’s individual touch is wiped clean for the next owner. This 1982-built Oak Lawn condo is a great example of this and proof that good bones in a home make the difference. But first,…
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