High ceilings with recessed tray and globe light fixtures
provide volume to the kitchen of this recently built home.
A model sailboat and Adirondack chairs greet visitors to Beth McOwens’ classic 1950s home.
The terrazzo floors have been restored to their original luster.
A still-life painting and elephant leg table provide contrast to the home’s foyer.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
INSET BELOW LEFT: Kari Shipley
INSET BELOW RIGHT: Noreen Payne
By Emily J. Minor
The 2015 Delray Beach Home Tour — a day to tour beautiful homes and enjoy great food, all in the name of a good cause — will be held March 12.
The six homes on this year’s tour are from the coastal neighborhoods of Seagate and the southern beach area, and each home promises some spectacular architecture, breezy views and insights to hidden gems in Delray’s seaside streets, according to co-chairwoman Kari Shipley.
For the Delray Beach tour, Shipley and her co-chair, Noreen Payne, provide for trolley service that takes customers from house to house. The trolley will also take ticket holders to the Delray Beach Club for an oceanside lunch.
“We always have lunch at an unusual place, and this year’s lunch is really special,” said Shipley.
The tour started 12 years ago when board members of the Delray-based Achievement Centers for Children & Families needed an idea for fundraising.
How about enlisting residents to share their homes, and invite the public to take a peek?
It took off, drawing more than 100 people that first year.
This year’s event will probably draw about 600 people and clear $100,000, Shipley said.
The Achievement Centers has two campuses in Delray Beach and works with needy families and individuals with programs like summer camps, teen enrichment and family strengthening. The center serves an estimated 700 children and families, and programs begin as early as preschool.
“It’s a pretty spectacular event,” Shipley says, “and it all goes to the Achievement Centers.”
Light blue tiles, a Bosch gas range and Miele whole-bean coffee-system
contrast with the all-white cabinets and range hood. The countertops
are a light gray in this Seasage Drive cottage.
A winding staircase leads to the second story
and provides framework to the custom mural
that surrounds the foyer of Bob and Cindy Schneider’s home.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
If You Go
The Delray Beach Home Tour will feature six homes in Seagate and southern beach neighborhoods. Trolley service is provided. All proceeds benefit the Achievement Centers for Children & Families.
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March 12.
Cost: Tickets are $100, and can be bought the day of the event. The price includes lunch.
Information: 266-0003, or delrayhometour.com
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