2022 KoHF Must-See House Floats: All Hands on Deck

February 22nd, 2022

New Orleans is home to some of the most creative people in the world, and at no time is that more on display than during Mardi Gras. These house floats are proof that DIY decorations are here to slay.

Lower 9th / Holy Cross

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  An Octopus' Garden

  711 Caffin Avenue

Audubon / Riverside

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  Fly Me to the Moon

  3727 Constance Street

Marigny / Bywater

• Possum Holler

  937 Kerlerec Street

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  The Dolly Possums*

  714 Frenchman Street

  *KoHF Officer Pick: “One of my fave house floats is the Dolly Possums in the Marigny! I’m always a sucker for a good pun to start with, but using a celebrity marsupial like the possum is genius! Great job to the Marigny/Bywater subkrewe!”
  – Claire Cummings, director of communications

• Shady Cakes Retirement Village: Where King Cake Babies Are Royalty

  1300 Congress Street

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  Live, Laugh, Llama

  2412 Burgundy Street

Fairgrounds / Bayou St. John

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  Bayou Vermonster

  3337 Esplanade Avenue

Gretna

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  Rapunzel

  819 6th Street

University / Freret / St. Charles (Uptown)

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  The Sleepy Cat House

  6224 MacKenna Street

Metairie

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  Lucky Dogs in Metry

  2340 Michigan Avenue

Gentilly

• Jardin du Mardi Gras*

  3614 Touro Street

  *KoHF Officer Pick: “Gentilly continues to kill it this year and yes, it is possible that I am biased because this is my ’hood. But just look at the colors of this house float, how well they complement the color of the house and steps, and the scale of the petals and mushroom caps. Wow.”
  – Charmaine Cooper Hussain, director of operations

Mid-City

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  Game of Throws

  4626 Orleans Avenue