"Home Sweet Home Satsuma House" courtesy of Stronghold Studios
When COVID shut down Mardi Gras in 2021, it birthed the creation of house floats. And how some folks compete with neighbors to have the best Christmas decorations, Mardi Gras season is even more extravagant. You can call on a professional like Ian Darrow at Stronghold Studios in New Orleans.
“We are going to do as much or maybe even more business than we did last year with just residential house floats,” said Darrow.
Stronghold Studios normally assists with movie sets, but Darrow said when COVID closed down production they added house floats to their repertoire and thus a new line of work.
“We don’t only work with our designs, we’ve had artists approach us that they want us to basically just do enlarged versions of their own work that they’ve created for themselves or other people,” said Darrow.
Darrow said they assist with the creation, design, installation, and removal of house floats. You can view their work on Stronghold Studios’ website or Instagram page.
Prices vary by design, but Darrow said they average between three to six thousand dollars. He said they’ve decorated homes in traditional Mardi Gras style, and some customers choose décor to reflect their heritage, profession, or even…
“Day of the Dead-inspired Mardi Gras house floats as well, so it’s been a mixture of those kinds of things really, it’s kind of the most popular I would say,” said Darrow.
And while they are still taking orders for this year, Darrow said it’s best to approach them about house floats before carnival season.
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