Taylor Rebel has filled her eccentric home with surrealistic art—much of it her own.
2The Art Lair
Taylor Rebel has filled her eccentric home with surrealistic art—much of it her own.
3The Art Lair
Taylor Rebel has filled her eccentric home with surrealistic art—much of it her own.
4The Art Lair
Taylor Rebel has filled her eccentric home with surrealistic art—much of it her own.
5The Hippotlotofus Home
Over 45 years, homeowner Sue has collected more than 2,000 hippo-related objects.
6The Hippotlotofus Home
Over 45 years, homeowner Sue has collected more than 2,000 hippo-related objects.
7The Hippolotofus Home
Over 45 years, homeowner Sue has collected more than 2,000 hippo-related objects.
8The Hippolotofus Home
Over 45 years, homeowner Sue has collected more than 2,000 hippo-related objects.
9Home of the Wooden Car
Isaac Cohen is best known for his wooden art cars; see them up close at his compound/studio.
10Home of the Wooden Car
Isaac Cohen is best known for his wooden art cars; see them up close at his compound/studio.
11Home of the Wooden Car
Isaac Cohen is best known for his wooden art cars; see them up close at his compound/studio.
12Home of the Wooden Car
Isaac Cohen is best known for his wooden art cars; see them up close at his compound/studio.
13House of Luminosity
Montrose-based artist Kim Clark Renteria transforms spaces—including her home and studio—with her stained-glass pieces that use the science of light.
14House of Luminosity
Montrose-based artist Kim Clark Renteria transforms spaces—including her home and studio—with her stained-glass pieces that use the science of light.
15House of Luminosity
Montrose-based artist Kim Clark Renteria transforms spaces—including her home and studio—with her stained-glass pieces that use the science of light.
16House of Luminosity
Montrose-based artist Kim Clark Renteria transforms spaces—including her home and studio—with her stained-glass pieces that use the science of light.
17The Instagram House
You might know Marie Alducic’s home better as Montrose Studios, the Insta-paradise decorated by theme and holiday for photo perfection.
18The Instagram House
You might know Marie Alducic’s home better as Montrose Studios, the Insta-paradise decorated by theme and holiday for photo perfection.
19The Instagram House
You might know Marie Alducic’s home better as Montrose Studios, the Insta-paradise decorated by theme and holiday for photo perfection.
20The Instagram House
You might know Marie Alducic’s home better as Montrose Studios, the Insta-paradise decorated by theme and holiday for photo perfection.
21The Lester Marks Collection
Named one of the top 200 art collectors in the world, Lester Marks opens his home and his private collection to guests on this year’s tour.
22The Lester Marks Collection
Named one of the top 200 art collectors in the world, Lester Marks opens his home and his private collection to guests on this year’s tour.
23The Lester Marks Collection
Named one of the top 200 art collectors in the world, Lester Marks opens his home and his private collection to guests on this year’s tour.
24The Lester Marks Collection
Named one of the top 200 art collectors in the world, Lester Marks opens his home and his private collection to guests on this year’s tour.
25Secret Garden Home
Selia Qynn has built a backyard paradise on three quarters of an acre in Spring Branch, and the whimsical habitat is even certified by the National Wildlife Federation.
26Secret Garden Home
Selia Qynn has built a backyard paradise on three quarters of an acre in Spring Branch, and the whimsical habitat is even certified by the National Wildlife Federation.
27Secret Garden Home
Selia Qynn has built a backyard paradise on three quarters of an acre in Spring Branch, and the whimsical habitat is even certified by the National Wildlife Federation.
28Secret Garden Home
Selia Qynn has built a backyard paradise on three quarters of an acre in Spring Branch, and the whimsical habitat is even certified by the National Wildlife Federation.
‘Tis the season for home tours, and this weekend’s celebrates all that is weird, wacky, and wonderful—so obviously, it started in Austin.
That’s where creators Chelle and David J. Neff first dreamed up their Weird Homes Tour in 2014, and they brought it here to Houston after two years of success in ATX. They’ve since expanded nationwide, and this year’s fourth annual H-Town tour returns this Saturday, September 28.
The self-guided tour takes visitors into some of the most offbeat, eccentric homes in the city and introduces them to the imaginative minds that created them. Past Weird Homes visitors will recognize a few returning standouts—who could forget a house filled with over 2,000 pieces of hippo memorabilia?—among this year’s seven tour stops, but there’s new weirdness to appreciate, too, like the home built for Instagram.
The seven homes open their doors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and one $45 ticket (kids 13 and under are free) grants you access to everything—including the “VIP home” of the incredible Lester Marks Collection. Ten percent of all ticket proceeds benefit New Hope Housing.
Abby Ledoux traded Canada’s border for Mexico’s when she moved to Texas from northwestern Vermont in November 2017 to join the staff at Houstonia.
An alumna of Emerson College’s journalism program in Boston, Abby was previously associate editor of three weekly newspapers in her home state of Vermont. There, she covered everything from Bernie Sanders to the heroin epidemic and won numerous state and regional awards for her work, including the Vermont Press Association’s 2014 Rookie of the Year. She was also an investigative reporting fellow at the New England First Amendment Coalition.
Today, Abby is excited to explore Houston’s vibrant, diverse culture (and shopping scene). Aside from fashion and design, she’s passionate about politics, hip hop and Mexican food. She believes leopard is a neutral and red lipstick can fix almost anything.
