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.
The Parade is now posting photos to Flickr.com. If you’d like to see some photographs of site construction, check out the BIA Parade of Homes photostream. We’ll post periodic updates so you can see the progression of the homes.
The Parade home being built by New England Homes in partnership with Garth's
You can find out more interesting trivia about Dublin by visiting the city’s official website.)
The 2008 BIA Parade of Homes People’s Choice votes have been tallied! This year’s winners are:
Favorite Home
First Place – Manor
Second Place – M/I Homes
Third Place – Tuckerman Home Group
Favorite Décor
First Place – M/I Homes
Second Place – Manor
Third Place – Tuckerman Home Group
Again, from our ‘Parade correspondent’ Sara Wasserstrom, a quick reminder about the Playhouses at the Parade:
Nationwide Children’s Hospital TWIG (Together With Important Goals) is a group of volunteers that raise money for Children’s Hospital.
Once again, most loyally, the TWIGS are auctioning off two playhouses, backyard equipment, and hidden fences at this year’s Parade. Depending on the setting of your home you can chose which playhouse would look best.
Designed and created by Bradco Supply Corporation and Insight Construction Services, ‘Home Sweet Home’ would look its finest behind a white picket fence. As on the other hand, Capital City Milwork and Renovations Unlimited designed the ‘Builder Playhouse,’ which would look supreme if it were surrounded by cows and pigs. The biggest attraction of all is the playground offered by Buckeye Backyard. Last but not least, Dog Watch presents a “real” dog trainer, a hidden fence. Raffles are for sale at $5 per piece of 3 for $10. Proceeds go to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, of course.
From broccoli salad to pot roast, Concessions by Cox is adding variety to this year’s Parade concession’s tent. Cox is celebrating their first year catering for visitors who want a break between seeing the homes. Some favorites are the wraps and salads, which head chef Ramona East creates daily – for lunch and dinner.
“Everyone’s favorite wrap is the chicken caesar,” East said. Other wraps consist of turkey munster and veggies (which BIA colleague Jen Kerns says is delish).
Cox also offers an array of salads such as, fruit salad, Italian salad, Greek penne, broccoli salad, and potato salad. The weekends have a delicious menu including entrees such as pot roast, fried chicken, and a classic mac and cheese. To top off the scrumptious main courses East makes homemade butter crème added into some homemade cupcakes (yum!!).
And for those husbands that want to hang out while their wives tour the homes, there is a nice array of refreshing brews available.
Note: a minimum of $10 needs to be spent for those that want to use plastic.
Gracie’s Story.
The BIA Parade of Homes benefits Nationwide Children’s Hospital. We met Grace at the Tuckerman Home a few days before the parade began. This is her touching story, as told by her father, of her experience with Children’s.
Gracie’s condition is Tetrology of Fallo which is a five-pronged congenital heart defect that forces lots of kids to have surgery immediately after birth. We got lucky with Grace. She was eight pounds at birth (October, 2001) and visibly healthy. No scary “blue” spells. They wanted her to put on enough weight to better the odds of her surviving surgery, but they didn’t want to wait too long.
Download the rest of Gracie’s story here.
Connect with us!
© 2010 BIA of Central Ohio
