Here is a sampling of the 2022 Krewe of House Floats homes, porches, and yards in the Greater New Orleans area.
An Alice in Wonderland in the 1200 block of Napoleon Ave. celebrates the Queen of Hearts in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Nadia Ramadan, @nadia_ndstudio, designed this Bollywood House Float for couple Natesh ‘Mo’ Mohan and Eileen Mohan at the corner of Robert and Laurel Streets seen here in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Mo is from and India and moved with his wife to New Orleans in 1999 when one of their daughters attended Tulane. All three daughters danced to Bollywood music at their weddings. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay looks like a kitchen nightmare at night in “Hell’s Kitchen: NOLA Edition” on Cleary Ave and Rayne Street in Metairie, La. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. The Yardi Gras house float by the Krewe of Colvin features some of Ramsay’s most popular sayings like “Shut it down,” and “It’s RAWWW!” The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
The 2300 block of St. Thomas Street in New Orleans has a parade of floats by Cresent City Artists LLC including artist Rene Pierre for the Irish Channel neighborhood Krewe of House Floats 2022 theme “Down on the Bayou.” The porch floats feature pelicans and frogs, shrimp, crawfish, crabs and a shrimp boat. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Need to brush up on your facts about the opossum, North America’s only marsupial? Then check out the Party Opossums house float at Burgundy and Lesseps Streets in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans seen here on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The artwork is by Madicat @artbymadicat inspired by @possum.mood. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. A map is scheduled to be published on February 1st by @KreweOfHouseFloats, when more floats will be finished, but some of the floats are starting to pop up already. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Stronghold Studios painters create house floats in the Mid-City entertainment display and prop company run by Ian and Coco Darrow in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Stronghold Studios painters create house floats in the Mid-City entertainment display and prop company run by Ian and Coco Darrow in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Ian Darrow and Kris Schmolze, mustache, from Stronghold Studios install a Royal Cavalier Court house float at the home of Olivier, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on 1529 Henry Clay Avenue on Monday, January 24, 2022. The breed is known for being gentle and affectionate lap dogs and Oliver took many opportunities to get petted by the pair as they constructed the float for Oliver’s owner Eleanor Farnsworth. The paintings of King Oliver and Queen Emma, Farnsworth’s previous dog, were made by Philip Cooper who also paints for Jazz Fest with Stronghold Studios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company. Ian Darrow and his wife Coco Darrow own the studio. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
A disco ball Krewe of House Floats house is seen in Algiers Point in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
The Stronghold Studios, @strongholdstudios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company, has created a full Carnival parade house float on the balcony @The_Marigny_Stoop seen here on Sunday, January 16, 2022. Formerly the home to the American Baking Co. in the early 1900s, the house on 2501 Chartres St has been painted a bright orange by Dr. Maurice Sholas. The adult themed Krewe du Vieux passes by the home and Sholas hosts the “Doc Mo Sho’s Krewe du Vieux Extravaganza” along the parade route. The Marigny House Float balcony includes a styrofoam painted sculpture of Monogram Hunters Second Chief Jeremy Stevenson, and painted boards of Mardi Gras floats from the Zulu Social and Pleasure Club and the Rex Organization, and floats from female Carnival krewes including the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale, the Krewe of Athena, and the shoe-decorating Krewe of Muses. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Stuart Hall School for Boys on 2032 S Carrollton Ave has a castle float in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
The State Street Zoo by Stronghold Studios is seen on State Street near Prytania St in New Orleans, La. Monday, January 24, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton The State Street Zoo by Stronghold Studios is seen on State Street near Prytania St in New Orleans, La. Monday, January 24, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
A butterfly garden and house float by Rene Pierre are seen on First Street in the Irish Channel neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Ian Darrow and Kris Schmolze, mustache, from Stronghold Studios install a Royal Cavalier Court house float at the home of Olivier, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on 1529 Henry Clay Avenue on Monday, January 24, 2022. The breed is known for being gentle and affectionate lap dogs and Oliver took many opportunities to get petted by the pair as they constructed the float for Oliver’s owner Eleanor Farnsworth. The paintings of King Oliver and Queen Emma, Farnsworth’s previous dog, were made by Philip Cooper who also paints for Jazz Fest with Stronghold Studios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company. Ian Darrow and his wife Coco Darrow own the studio. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton Ian Darrow and Kris Schmolze, mustache, from Stronghold Studios install a Royal Cavalier Court house float at the home of Olivier, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on 1529 Henry Clay Avenue on Monday, January 24, 2022. The breed is known for being gentle and affectionate lap dogs and Oliver took many opportunities to get petted by the pair as they constructed the float for Oliver’s owner Eleanor Farnsworth. The paintings of King Oliver and Queen Emma, Farnsworth’s previous dog, were made by Philip Cooper who also paints for Jazz Fest with Stronghold Studios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company. Ian Darrow and his wife Coco Darrow own the studio. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton A disco ball Krewe of House Floats house is seen in Algiers Point in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
A dragon guards a house on Ursulines Ave. near Bayou St. John in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
David Wills paints a fish at 3418 Laurel Street in the Irish Channel neighborhood of New Orleans, on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Wills learned how to make paper mâché from a class by the Krewe of House Floats and made his first house float last year for the theme “Channel Surfing.” A member of the Krewe of the Rolling Elvi he had an Elvis surfing with the fish. This year he is repurposing the fish and painting them a different color for this year’s theme “Down on the Bayou.” Wills likes doing the floats because you can make it up as you go and go where imagination leads you. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Matthew Hinton Need to brush up on your facts about the opossum, North America’s only marsupial? Then check out the Party Opossums house float at Burgundy and Lesseps Streets in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans seen here on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The artwork is by Madicat @artbymadicat inspired by @possum.mood. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. A map is scheduled to be published on February 1st by @KreweOfHouseFloats, when more floats will be finished, but some of the floats are starting to pop up already. Photo by Matthew Hinton Stuart Hall School for Boys on 2032 S Carrollton Ave has a castle float in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton David Wills paints a fish at 3418 Laurel Street in the Irish Channel neighborhood of New Orleans, on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Wills learned how to make paper mâché from a class by the Krewe of House Floats and made his first house float last year for the theme “Channel Surfing.” A member of the Krewe of the Rolling Elvi he had an Elvis surfing with the fish. This year he is repurposing the fish and painting them a different color for this year’s theme “Down on the Bayou.” Wills likes doing the floats because you can make it up as you go and go where imagination leads you. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
A Betty White house float tribute is seen at Zeus’ Rescues at 2520 Napoleon Ave. in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton Nadia Ramadan, @nadia_ndstudio, designed this Bollywood House Float for couple Natesh ‘Mo’ Mohan and Eileen Mohan at the corner of Robert and Laurel Streets seen here in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Mo is from and India and moved with his wife to New Orleans in 1999 when one of their daughters attended Tulane. All three daughters danced to Bollywood music at their weddings. Photo by Matthew Hinton Ian Darrow and Kris Schmolze, mustache, from Stronghold Studios install a Royal Cavalier Court house float at the home of Olivier, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on 1529 Henry Clay Avenue on Monday, January 24, 2022. The breed is known for being gentle and affectionate lap dogs and Oliver took many opportunities to get petted by the pair as they constructed the float for Oliver’s owner Eleanor Farnsworth. The paintings of King Oliver and Queen Emma, Farnsworth’s previous dog, were made by Philip Cooper who also paints for Jazz Fest with Stronghold Studios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company. Ian Darrow and his wife Coco Darrow own the studio. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton The 2300 block of St. Thomas Street in New Orleans has a parade of floats by Cresent City Artists LLC including artist Rene Pierre for the Irish Channel neighborhood Krewe of House Floats 2022 theme “Down on the Bayou.” The porch floats feature pelicans and frogs, shrimp, crawfish, crabs and a shrimp boat. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Stronghold Studios painters create house floats in the Mid-City entertainment display and prop company run by Ian and Coco Darrow in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton Stronghold Studios painters create house floats in the Mid-City entertainment display and prop company run by Ian and Coco Darrow in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton The State Street Zoo by Stronghold Studios is seen on State Street near Prytania St in New Orleans, La. Monday, January 24, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Stronghold Studios painters create house floats in the Mid-City entertainment display and prop company run by Ian and Coco Darrow in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton An Alice in Wonderland in the 1200 block of Napoleon Ave. celebrates the Queen of Hearts in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
The Robb Dillon House on 1237 Washington Ave. has butterflies and beads for the Krewe of House Floats in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
The Birdcage is Cooped Up in NOLA at Olivier St. and Pelican Ave. in Algiers Point in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton A butterfly garden and house float by Rene Pierre are seen on First Street in the Irish Channel neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton Ian Darrow and Kris Schmolze, mustache, from Stronghold Studios install a Royal Cavalier Court house float at the home of Olivier, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on 1529 Henry Clay Avenue on Monday, January 24, 2022. The breed is known for being gentle and affectionate lap dogs and Oliver took many opportunities to get petted by the pair as they constructed the float for Oliver’s owner Eleanor Farnsworth. The paintings of King Oliver and Queen Emma, Farnsworth’s previous dog, were made by Philip Cooper who also paints for Jazz Fest with Stronghold Studios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company. Ian Darrow and his wife Coco Darrow own the studio. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Stronghold Studios painters create house floats in the Mid-City entertainment display and prop company run by Ian and Coco Darrow in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton 
Stronghold Studios painters create house floats in the Mid-City entertainment display and prop company run by Ian and Coco Darrow in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton A Betty White house float tribute is seen at Zeus’ Rescues at 2520 Napoleon Ave. in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton Ian Darrow and Kris Schmolze, mustache, from Stronghold Studios install a Royal Cavalier Court house float at the home of Olivier, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on 1529 Henry Clay Avenue on Monday, January 24, 2022. The breed is known for being gentle and affectionate lap dogs and Oliver took many opportunities to get petted by the pair as they constructed the float for Oliver’s owner Eleanor Farnsworth. The paintings of King Oliver and Queen Emma, Farnsworth’s previous dog, were made by Philip Cooper who also paints for Jazz Fest with Stronghold Studios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company. Ian Darrow and his wife Coco Darrow own the studio. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton Ian Darrow and Kris Schmolze, mustache, from Stronghold Studios install a Royal Cavalier Court house float at the home of Olivier, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on 1529 Henry Clay Avenue on Monday, January 24, 2022. The breed is known for being gentle and affectionate lap dogs and Oliver took many opportunities to get petted by the pair as they constructed the float for Oliver’s owner Eleanor Farnsworth. The paintings of King Oliver and Queen Emma, Farnsworth’s previous dog, were made by Philip Cooper who also paints for Jazz Fest with Stronghold Studios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company. Ian Darrow and his wife Coco Darrow own the studio. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton A house float pays tribute to Perseveration Hall on Ursulines Ave. near Bayou St. John in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Photo by Matthew Hinton The 2300 block of St. Thomas Street in New Orleans has a parade of floats by Cresent City Artists LLC including artist Rene Pierre for the Irish Channel neighborhood Krewe of House Floats 2022 theme “Down on the Bayou.” The porch floats feature pelicans and frogs, shrimp, crawfish, crabs and a shrimp boat. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Matthew Hinton The 2300 block of St. Thomas Street in New Orleans has a parade of floats by Cresent City Artists LLC including artist Rene Pierre for the Irish Channel neighborhood Krewe of House Floats 2022 theme “Down on the Bayou.” The porch floats feature pelicans and frogs, shrimp, crawfish, crabs and a shrimp boat. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Matthew Hinton The Stronghold Studios, @strongholdstudios, a New Orleans entertainment display and prop company, has created a full Carnival parade house float on the balcony @The_Marigny_Stoop seen here on Sunday, January 16, 2022. Formerly the home to the American Baking Co. in the early 1900s, the house on 2501 Chartres St has been painted a bright orange by Dr. Maurice Sholas. The adult themed Krewe du Vieux passes by the home and Sholas hosts the “Doc Mo Sho’s Krewe du Vieux Extravaganza” along the parade route. The Marigny House Float balcony includes a styrofoam painted sculpture of Monogram Hunters Second Chief Jeremy Stevenson, and painted boards of Mardi Gras floats from the Zulu Social and Pleasure Club and the Rex Organization, and floats from female Carnival krewes including the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale, the Krewe of Athena, and the shoe-decorating Krewe of Muses. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully there will be a Mardi Gras this year with actual floats, but if not there will be plenty of house floats to drive past at a safe social distance. Photo by Matthew Hinton
Some houses are made by owners while others were made by Stronghold Studios, Rene Pierre of Crescent City Artists, and Nadia Ramadan. The house float tradition began last year in 2021 when Mardi Gras was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Actual float parades have started up again this year but there are plenty of house floats as an alternative to drive past at a safe social distance. The Krewe’s map is at https://www.kreweofhousefloats.org/map
