Parade of Homes

We went to the last day of the Parade of Homes this weekend! The Parade of Homes is an open house tour of tons of new houses in the Raleigh area each October. Click Here to see the entries. They had a really cool iPhone app that we used to find houses near where you are. We saw 5 amazing houses and they were all really big and gorgeous! The Parade of Homes houses range in price from practical $150k starter homes to extravagant $2.5M estates.  We went to those on the upper end because they're usually pretty unique and the most fun to tour!  This post is really, really picture heavy. Prepare for some amazing inspiration!

The first house we toured was lovely. I didn't take any pictures inside, but here's the outside, I loved the architecture in this neighborhood.

The Asheville - $949,000 - 4,476 sqft

Next, we went to a smaller house in the same area. I forgot to take a picture of the front, but it was cute. I think the best part was the basement, it was really neat.

Game table and tv lounge in the basement

Awesome bar and mini-kitchen in the basement

Guest Bedroom 

Guest Bedroom again 

Dining Room back upstairs

Then, we went to the best one of them all, the $2.5 million house in Cary. This house was gorgeous, I think I would be able to live there ;) This house features an amazing interior, but also a pool, elevator, and personal dance studio, craziness. 

Intrada Grande - $2,480,000 - 6,236 sqft

Gorgeous dining room to the left of the foyer

Built-ins and pass through from the dining room

Beautiful carpet inlay in the floor instead of a rug

Love these curtains, gold and silver are so
pretty together

Pass-through window from the kitchen to
the outdoor kitchen and living area

Backyard looks out over one of the greens on the golf course

Yes, there's an elevator, lol!

Cute nook and seating bench. Love the grass-
cloth wallpaper

Interesting powder bath, bold blue stripes

Amazing bench seat in the master bedroom, love the carpet too!

My favorite room of the house, the master bedroom. So pretty.

Love the art above the dresser and the color scheme

Amazing master bathroom... gorgeous details

Loved the vanity and lighting too

Double shower in the master bath

Loved this dresser and the little porch off the stairs

Loved this chair and pouf combo in one
of the offices upstairs

[More pictures of the upstairs to come]

Here's the last house that I took pictures at:

Amy's Nest - $748,000 - 4456 sqft

Pretty kitchen, although Kevin thought the lime green was crazy ;)

Loved the custom paneled fridge and freezer

Cool outdoor entertaining area

Loved this idea of using hooks with letters of your last name for coats etc

Master Bath

The most amazing closet

Complete with a hidden passage...

... so cool! 

Entertainment room

That's it, we had a lot of fun. Hope you enjoyed the tours and found some inspiration for yourself, I know I did!