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.

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…

This Northaven Park Home Is Smiling After Its Rebirth

By Shelby Skrhak / September 22, 2021 /

Sakina Claytor doesn’t necessarily practice Feng Sui, but she does believe every home has its own unique energy. “I love to give old houses that’ve been neglected a new life,” says Claytor, who completed eight home remodels last year. “I’m not about building a big monstrous house in an old home’s place. Instead, this is…

This Splurge or Steal Is Like a Before and After in Plano

By Shelby Skrhak / September 19, 2021 /

This week’s Splurge versus Steal takes us to the Huntington Park neighborhood of central Plano where two homes are only a street apart but there’s a world of difference. The Splurge Take in the charm of 3200 Dover Drive in Plano. With five bedrooms and four baths, this 2,792 square-foot home features tons of updates…