Shelby Skrhak is the Editorial Director at CandysDirt.com. She specializes in construction and real estate, with a focus on residential and commercial real estate, architecture, and design. Her insights and expertise have been featured in various discussions surrounding the housing market, property management, and home and garden trends.
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Shelby Skrhak's coverage predominantly revolves around local real estate, home architecture, and design within the Dallas area. Her work is heavily focused on press releases and seasonal features related to the house & home industry. To effectively reach out to Shelby with a pitch, consider providing content related to new property developments in Dallas or unique architectural designs within the city.
Given her focus on private sector announcements and local themes, she may be interested in pitches that highlight trends in luxury homes, emerging neighborhoods in Dallas, or interviews with key figures shaping the real estate landscape of the region. If you have insights into unique or innovative housing designs specific to Dallas or are affiliated with upcoming projects relevant to this geographic area of interest, your pitch could resonate well with Shelby.
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By: Shelby Skrhak
For this week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of First Horizon, David Griffin has a few ways of describing Little Forest Hills, and none of them sounds much like Dallas. Think Los Angeles’ canyon neighborhoods: narrow roads, winding terrain, and few through streets. Laurel Canyon famously drew musicians; Coldwater Canyon developed…
By: Shelby Skrhak
Even if you knew nothing about Frank Welch or his work in this little pocket of Dallas, you’d probably suspect an architect had gotten involved somewhere along the way when you saw these stairs — beautiful, angular, and far from anything I’d attempt in heels. Tucked between Buena Vista and Travis streets is a small,…
By: Shelby Skrhak
Another longtime independent North Texas real estate brokerage is joining Compass. Paragon Realtors, a brokerage with more than 85 agents and a footprint stretching from Dallas into the Texoma region, joined Compass last week. Compass is the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States by sales volume. The move comes just seven months…
By: Shelby Skrhak
Tucked behind a gate off Fitzhugh Avenue, Christopher Place is one of those Dallas neighborhoods you’d never realize is there. In the 1960s, developers Manning Grinnan and Frederick Smith envisioned the Turtle Creek enclave as a collection of 25 individually designed townhouses along a private, wooded parkway. The homes were anything but cookie-cutter. That was…
By: Shelby Skrhak
Historic houses have a way of sending me down research rabbit holes, and the 1928 English Tudor at 1109 Lausanne Ave. is proving particularly good at it.
By: Shelby Skrhak
A private basketball court in Fairview. A swimming pool at the front door of a Vickery Place townhome. A Little Forest Hills cottage hiding a two-story addition behind its original facade. The 20th annual AIA Dallas Tour of Homes has quite a lineup for Oct. 24–25, and that’s before you get to the houses architects…
By: Shelby Skrhak
Dr. Phil's California mansion is for sale, but appraisal records still tie him to his 14,000-square-foot Dallas estate with room for 8 cars.
By: Shelby Skrhak
At 450 W. Greenbriar Lane, the dramatic hill rising behind the home came with the property. Make sure to see both on the Heritage Oak Cliff Home Tour.
By: Shelby Skrhak
The Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas returns Nov. 14 for its seventh annual showcase — and one last transformation of the historic estate at 2999 Turtle Creek Boulevard. This year’s event marks the final chapter at the Turtle Creek property, which has hosted the Show House for the past three years. But there’s still…
By: Shelby Skrhak
Ten years ago, Deavon Moore opened DLM Supply several blocks from the bustle of Bishop Arts. Her bet on Oak Cliff has grown into two boutiques and a business built around neighborhood connections.
