Going, Going, Gone!

It's official now, the HGTV Green Home is gone. Congratulations to Kari Coffey from Saginow, MI. I am definitely happy for Kari and her husband, Mike, especially since they also have a 4 year old daughter who can make great use of the mermain inspired kids room.

Although I may not have been the winner, there are some positives to look at.

• Out of 16,878,017 million people who entered to win the home, the winner claimed to have only entered the contest 3-5 times. Not bad odds...considering.

• I think that we all got a lot of good design tips, and how to stay eco friendly.

• Style, style, style...it's HGTV, and no, they didn't disappoint. The home, although green throughout, but chalked full of style. Just goes to show that green and style can co-exist.

Take a look at a great blog all about how to be Eco-Fabulous!
Don't despair, there's always next year. HGTV has given us some clues as to where the next green home is going to be. Looks like Missouri to me.

Check out this eco-friendly bamboo picture frame and this adorable Mermaid Cookbook that ties nicely into the kids mermaid inspired bedroom.

HGTV Anonymous

Hello, my name is Sierra, and I’m addicted to HGTV. It began about a year after I received my Bachelors degree in English teaching. I had just finished my first year of teaching and was looking for a change. I decided to quit my job. Not having another job on the horizons, I packed up all my belongings, sold my housing contract, and temporarily moved back in with my parents after living away from home for nearly eight years. I hadn’t had cable for most of that time, so didn’t know what I was missing.

It was one of those late nights that I couldn’t sleep. I found myself in the TV room, turned on the tube and started watching the first channel that popped up. My mother, of course, had already found her way to the alluring “do it yourself” cable station, so the TV was almost always set on HGTV. I, however, was just about to begin my new obsession.

Show after show amazed me. The designs were so elegant and simple. The recipients of the makeovers were so happy. The host of each show made it seem as though I could perform all of those same design ideas in my own home. I could see my own home-design-self emerging as the hours passed by. I faintly remember sleeping. The next day I knew, as I turned the TV on again, that I was hooked to one of the most extraordinary cable stations I had ever seen, Home and Garden Television.