You’ve got three days left to see the Parade! Open today from noon- 9pm; tomorrow from noon-9pm and Sunday from noon – 6pm.
We’d love to have your feedback (here, or through info@biaparade.com) on what you thought of the Parade. Please share! Thanks for all of you who have attended already – and know what a spectacular collection of homes it is.
The Romanellis and the Hughes
Over 1000 people enjoyed food from Cameron Mitchell’s restaurants, learning about the Parade award winners and getting the first glance at each of the 11 homes at Tartan Ridge.
Awards Presentation
Gary Libertini, Mary Scovill and Vince Kollar (celebrating Duffy's awards)
Chip Greenlee from Union Savings Bank and Alice Furth from the TWIG of Nationwide Children's Hospital
(We wondered how many raffle tickets Alice was able to sell with Chip as her bodyguard!)
Welcome to the builder video countdown to the Parade with Coppertree Homes, one of the 11 builders featured in this year’s Parade. Their parade home is in their words, “a real home, for a real buyer on a real budget.” Bob Gardner, President of Coppertree, explains more.
Coppertree
Every year, decorative paint takes center stage at the Parade, and this year is no different. Here are just a few elements we found (and one in progress – you’ll be ‘blown away’ by what she’s creating) as the final stages of interior design take place.
This WBNS 10TV segment with Tracy Townsend in her four-part “Building up to the Parade series,” focuses on flare and style illustrated throughout the homes’ decor. A blend of modern and traditional ideas make this year’s tour even more exciting for visitors as they can never know what to expect as they move from home to home. This video shows only a few of the thousands of decorating ideas featured at this year’s tour.
Visit WBNS-10TV’s home page to see more videos, pictures and parade updates as we near opening day.
This year’s parade builders are giving BUILT-IN some new meaning. From the ‘family management center’ to the key garage and reading/hiding nook to the elaborate closets, wine cellars, kitchen pantries, recessed wall for family photos, traditional book shelves and window seats, this year’s parade has kept the woodworkers hopping. Oh, and not to mention, gives professional organizers some new dreams.
In an earlier post, we wondered if we needed the house with the extraordinary living options that the builders are providing outside (kitchens, pizza ovens, etc). In this post, we wonder if you will need to leave your master suite. Pictured here, nestled between the three closets, is a full service coffee bar.
M/I Homes Master Suite Coffee Bar
Michael Edwards, designer of the Duffy home, explains the French Country style he’s embodied throughout the house. Here, he shows us the lighting fixtures he chose for the living/great room – a lovely two story centerpiece that would have been “the original” part of a home like this, had it been built in the early 1900s. The stone wall (see earlier entry) is behind the photographer, giving this room a truly grand feel.
Michael Edwards explaining the lighting features.
These photos, taken at Duffy/Michael Edwards, Romanelli & Hughes and Stafford’s homes demonstrate the really amazing finishes that the homebuilders are choosing for this year’s parade. We’ll be sharing a lot more of these details every day between now and the parade. Make sure to check back often – and plan to come in July!
Faux painter in the Gossing home. This is step one of a four layer process.
On a visit to the site this morning a faux painter was caught in the act at the Gossing home. She was just starting her work so the wall had a rather splochy look. But she interrupted her work long enough to explain her process and to show me a sample of what it will eventually look like.
A sample of the finished product shows that the walls will have an embossed design as well as a rustic old look.
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