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April 15, 2014

HGTV Home Tour…the smartest home on the block!


It’s one thing to be the prettiest home on the block
…it’s another to be the prettiest and the smartest!

HGTV Smart Home 2014

I was so excited when I was recently invited up to the fabulous city of Nashville, for a blogger sneak peek tour the newest HGTV HOME and this one is a “smarty pants!”

Blogger Event HGTV Smart Home Nashville

A fully furnished English-cottage design, built by Carbine and Associates and located in Duncanwood Reserve in the desirable Green Hills area of Nashville, TN; this home features some of the most high-tech amenities and eco-friendly materials out there!

Those high-tech features greet you the moment you walk in the door! The dining room/office combination, painted Antique Red by Sherwin Williams, features a television that lowers into a gorgeous sideboard.  For dining you can discreetly tuck the TV away to reveal a set of four beautiful prints by photographer Gary Giles.  When you want to use this room for an office you can raise the TV for entertainment.

HGTV Smart Home Dining Room and Office

Blue and navy abounds in the great room and kitchen, as well as several other common areas!

HGTV Smart Home Great Room

HGTV Smart Home Living Room

There is so much attention to detail, like these nail head chests flanking the fireplace.

HGTV Smart Home Great Room

We were all admiring the wood paint washed column and visions of DIY projects were dancing in our heads!

HGTV Smart Home 12

This dramatic rustic chandelier, from Restoration Hardware was perfectly highlighted against the soaring planked ceiling!

HGTV Smart Home Great Room

Who wouldn’t love this set-up in the kitchen!

HGTV Smart Home Kitchen

These beautiful custom cabinets, in Indigo Batik by Sherwin Williams, contained a built in TV as well as coffee station!

HGTV Smart Home Kitchen

The wood stained island, also serves as the “kitchen table” as well as a baking station which definitely fits the bill for multi-function.

HGTV Smart Home Kitchen

All of the appliances are state of the art and environmentally friendly.

HGTV Smart Home Kitchen

I was coveting the pot filler over the stove!

HGTV Smart Home Kitchen

Even the pets get the royal treatment in this home!

HGTV Smart Home Pet Bowls in Cabinet

The Master Bedroom and en-suite bathroom takes “smart” to a whole other level! With blinds, state of the art mattress and bathroom features all attached to a bedside devise,  one can control everything with a touch of a fingertip!

HGTV Smart Home Master Bedroom

I think we were all in awe of how far technology, for the home, has come!

HGTV Smart Home Master Bathroom

I mean, seriously, who wouldn’t like a TV in their shower?!

HGTV Smart Home Master Shower

The second floor was just as amazing as the main floor with it’s bright and cheerful guest bedroom.

HGTV Smart Home Guest Bedroom

The tile work in the guest bath was dramatic and elegant.

HGTV Smart Home Guest Bathroom

As well as a super fun kid’s room, complete with an extra built-in bed!

HGTV Smart Home Child's Room

How fabulous is this striped and wood accent wall?!

HGTV Smart Home Child's Room

The basement boasts 800 square feet of pure fun!

HGTV Smart Home Basement

It contains a media area, a stage for all those Nashville Star hopefuls and a fully equipped gym.

HGTV Smart Home Basement Collage

We loved learning how all of the technology for the home can be run from an iPad or tablet devise!

HGTV Smart Home

Here’s the most exciting news…you can enter to WIN the HGTV 2014 SMART HOME…starting today by visiting HGTV.com!!

HGTV Smart Home 2014

The home is part of a grand prize package valued at….over ONE MILLION DOLLARS and will be awarded this summer!
In additional to the home and all furnishings, the prize package includes a 2014 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid and $100,000 courtesy of Quicken Loans!

HGTV Smart Home Lincoln

Check out HGTV.com and HGTVRemodels for official rules and use #HGTVSmart on Twitter and Facebook for even more details!  For more details and lots more pics of each room, go toHGTV and click on each individual room.  It opens up with Product information for each room, including paint colors!

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  1. Jordan@the2seasons says

    April 15, 2014 at 5:39 AM

    Ok I am ready to move in. I’ll go pack my bags!!!

    Reply
  2. Cheryl at Snaps of Ginger says

    April 15, 2014 at 5:55 AM

    Wow, wow, and more wow! I’m right there with you on the “visions of DIYs dancing in my head”. My fave are the nailhead chests.

    ~Cheryl
    https://snaps-of-ginger.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  3. Joshua says

    April 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM

    The best time to post the photos is one to two hours before other users
    connect to intagram. Obviously, all of them are facing a very long
    battle in court, but based on their previous statements, they are all ready to fight until
    the end. So why do ink jet prints not get me excited about photography.
    If you like to talk, you’d better sign up to this
    social website. The traditional digital photographs that otherwise look pale and daunted that would
    not get a more modernized look even with the years to come.

    Reply
  4. Jeanie says

    April 15, 2014 at 1:40 PM

    Thank you for the tour, and you look Beautiful!

    Reply
  5. Karli says

    April 15, 2014 at 3:28 PM

    Thank you so much for sharing! I have so many ideas now…the basement ceiling, the kitchen cabinet paint…I could go on!

    Reply
  6. Sally says

    April 15, 2014 at 5:02 PM

    Wow, what a beautiful home! But… a tv in the shower sounds a little dangerous to me. Around here, everyone would be scheduling “shower-time” around their favorite shows, and showers would last at least 1/2 hour! LOL

    Reply
  7. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:26 AM

    What an amazing visit you had… of an amazing home. I’ve always wanted to live in the south so I’m off to find out how to enter the sweepstakes! I see so many loved and familiar faces! Hope to see everyone at Haven! xo

    Reply

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