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.

Weekend Retreat or Permanent Address? This Athens 55-Acre Property With Barndominium Gives You Options

By Shelby Skrhak / October 6, 2021 /

Athens is a place that conjures camping trips and small-town living, especially for native Dallasites. After all, it’s just over an hour outside the Metroplex. In the almost 55 acres of 3950 SW Loop 7, you can have those things all to yourself. And, yes, that includes your own barndominium. “We call it the Bardo” says…

An Oak Lawn Townhome For Real People Who Actually Have Stuff

By Shelby Skrhak / October 6, 2021 /

Do you have stuff? Like actual belongings like framed photos, favorite books, or that funky La Catrina Dia De Los Muertos figure from Cozumel you picked up years ago? Then this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, is the home for you. Marlis Rossetta of David…

This Home Offers Something We’ve Learned to Love: Room to Spread Out

By Shelby Skrhak / October 1, 2021 /

This week we’re revisiting an Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank we featured the other week because, well, I got the price wrong. I said it was listed for $670,000, but it was actually $624,000. Sorry about that. And now, this 2,482-square-foot home is even more attractive because listing agent Mohammed…

Peek Inside the Kips Bay Decorator Show House To Be Listed by Alex Perry

By Shelby Skrhak / September 24, 2021 /

Excitement is in the air in Old Preston Hollow. Designers from around the country are bringing their vision to a classic Georgian at 5138 Deloache Ave. for Dallas’ 2021 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. Open to the public from Sept. 24 to Oct. 24, anyone can come get inspired here, with all ticket proceeds going to charity. Afterward, the home will be listed by Alex Perry of Allie Beth Allman & Associates as the exclusive listing agent.  Each given a space to reimagine, 25 designers…

Have a Front Row for Fireworks Infinity from This Lakewood Beauty

By Shelby Skrhak / September 24, 2021 /

Nothing gives you quite the jolt than opening a Realtor.com listing that still has the old pre-teardown photo in its Google metadata preview. This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, just did that to me. This gorgeous new custom at 6839 Coronado Ave. is built by Gramercy Custom Homes, a…