DALTON, Ga. — The Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center’s Holiday Tour of Homes is Saturday. The tour benefits the center that provides shelter, advocacy and support to victims of domestic violence in Whitfield, Murray and Gordon counties. 

The tour is from 5 to 9 p.m. Dinner at The Farm is from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $60 for the dinner and tour and $35 for the tour only. Please call the center at (706) 278-6595 to order tickets.

Home of Samir Abuhadba

Samir Abuhadba set to design a spectacular home that his children and grandchildren would remember his legacy by. As a civil engineer, he used his background skills to articulate his dream home. Working alongside architect Gregg Sims, it took more than a year to finalize the plans.

Opulence and luxury were the main themes in the house. Extravagant chandeliers and a double staircase became the focal point within the design. No expense was spared to achieve the look that Abuhadba was striving for. After a year of custom building every aspect of the home, it was finally done and the outcome was more than anyone could dream of.

Home of Steven and Meleia Bridenstine

Visitors to the home of Steven and Meleia Bridenstine will experience “A Nostalgic Christmas” as they tour the home in which the Bridenstines have resided since 2007. The home was built by Richard Morgan using a Frank Betz floor plan in which every space has purpose.

At the entrance to the home, the foyer table features a music box playing “Nutcracker” tunes. The Bridenstines’ primary Christmas tree, visible from the street, is in their keeping room. The tree is adorned with ornaments of frosted sugar sweet candies and taffy, and the tree skirt is hand-sewn burlap and satin ribbon.

The candy theme extends into the family room with garlands of candy and candy-themed stocking holders on the fireplace mantel. This area also features a collection of children’s Christmas books accumulated by each family member.

The dining room focuses on the Star of Christmas through the use of starfish and ribbons.

Each bedroom is equipped with a small tree that is decorated to match the personality and preferences of the occupant(s). For Steven (finance director for Hamilton Health Care System) and Meleia’s (principal at Brookwood Elementary School) room, the tree utilizes a rustic theme featuring bells. Libby, a freshman at Northwest Whitfield High School, chose a Rae Dunn-inspired theme. Cole, a second-grader at Brookwood, loves his University of Tennessee tree that is skirted by his UT jerseys.

Since the Bridenstines enjoy adding to their nostalgic theme each year, the children’s playroom features last year’s addition of a “Miniature Toys from the ‘80s” tree that taps into childhood nostalgia.

The Bridenstines’ welcoming home is certain to evoke precious memories that will get guests in the Christmas spirit.

Home of Bob and Elizabeth Caperton

Built in 1910 for Clay Hamilton, the Caperton home has a storied past. It has endured a fire, been transformed into a church, a mental health facility and an apartment complex before being restored back into a single-family home. It also served as the setting of a 1990s horror movie directed by a Dalton native.

Bob and Elizabeth Caperton purchased the home in early 2017 and spent a year renovating it while endeavoring to preserve as much of its rich history as practical. The scorch marks from the fire in the early 1920s remain in the stairwell and landing. The original hardwoods still cover the floors. The vinyl siding was removed and replaced with a more historically appropriate wood. The home still bears six of the original fireplaces.

For this year’s Tour of Homes the house features two trees covered in elegant bows, garland on every mantel and Christmas cheer spread throughout the house.

This year the Capertons have renewed Christmas spirit as Elizabeth gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Caroline, in July. They are looking forward to spending many Christmases in the house surrounded by friends and family. The Capertons are ecstatic to help with such a worthwhile cause and were honored to be included in this year’s tour.

Home of Mr. and Mrs. Golden Ingle

We are happy to call this house our home for the past three years. We were moving to Dalton from Atlanta and had been looking for a house for many months. We had almost given up on the search when we came across this beautiful, sprawling ranch.

As soon as I saw it, I knew we had to have it. The open floor plan is perfect for entertaining. We did just a little bit of work on the house to make it ours: painting, updating the kitchen a bit and redoing the master bedroom.

Home decorating has been my passion since I was young. I think a house should evolve just like a person evolves, and I am enjoying the process so far. I think of our home as a shelter from the world. My goal is to create a home that is beautiful, but also comfortable. My approach to decorating our home has been to mix the traditional and the modern, the old with the new. When people set foot across the threshold, our hope is they will never want to leave.