Breakfast brightener

By Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published March 29, 2003

Dark-red walls and tropical florals enliven the breakfast nook and kitchen in the Florida Orchestra Guild/St. Petersburg designer show house, which ends its run Sunday. The show house, at 2330 Pinellas Point Drive S, St. Petersburg, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10. Information: (727) 867-5667.

Other events

Here are details of home-related events around the bay area:

TOUR OF THE KNAPP-SCHOLL HOUSE: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. today and Sunday at 115 S Spring Blvd., Tarpon Springs. Tickets: $5. Benefits Countryside High School wrestling team. Docents will lead tours of the house, built in 1886 by Edwin Knapp, a Kansas hardware executive who retired to Tarpon Springs. The home's outstanding feature is 37 varieties of Florida hardwoods, as well as the original stained glass, hardware, and double-sided fireplace.

FENG SHUI HOME TOUR: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today, April 5 and 12; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 6 and 13. A home at 10223 Estuary Drive in Arbor Greene, on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in New Tampa, has been configured and designed in line with the principles of feng shui, the Chinese art of placement to channel positive energy. There is an octagon room and a feng shui garden. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 for USF and middle-school students, free for children 12 and younger. Tour benefits the USF Preschool for Creative Learning. Information: (813) 974-5239.

REMODELERS' GARAGE SALE: Tampa Bay area chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry holds its spring garage sale from 8 a.m. to noon April 5 at Jim & Slim's Tool Supply, 13065 S Belcher Road, Largo. Contractors sell recycled or salvaged materials, overruns, misorders, leftovers, tools and supplies.

FIFTH ANNUAL HOME TOUR, SPONSORED BY OLD SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 6. Tickets: $5, sold on tour day only at Seminole Heights Garden Center, 5800 Central Ave. (between Hillsborough and Sligh), Tampa. Visit homes from the 1920s through the 1940s in varied architectural styles, see renovations and restorations completed and in progress and meet a dozen homeowners who will discuss their homes' history and share renovation stories and tips. Seminole Heights has National Register and locally designated historic districts. Hartline transportation available. Information: (813) 234-2042 or visit www.seminole-heights.com.

14TH ANNUAL SPRING GATHERING: Arts and crafts show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 6, Pinellas Expo Center, 10601 U.S. 19 N, Pinellas Park. Florals, Easter items, glass, soaps, clothing, jewelry, folk art, quilts, baskets, pottery, primitives, ceramics. Admission: $3 adults, $1 children 12 and younger. Information: (727) 787-6027, or visit http://flgatherings.tripod.com.

PINELLAS HOME AND GARDEN SHOW: Pinellas Expo Center, 10601 U.S. 19 N, Pinellas Park, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. April 12, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. April 13. Hundreds of vendors of home decorating, landscaping, pool and patio and remodeling products and services. Tickets: Adults $7, seniors (55+) $6, children younger than 12 free. Information: (813) 677-6925 or www.pinellasexpo.com.

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