Green Home Hints And Giveaways (NAPSA)—Dressing up your home with eco-conscious style is noweasier than ever. To help, here are five simple tips from Linda Woodrum, designer of this year’s HGTV Green Home. Woodrum’s tips combine the practical with aesthetic appeal by providing advice for energy efficiency as well as fashionable charm. 1. Warm welcome—Make sure your exterior relates to the interior for a welcoming feel. For example, the yellow front door on the modern, contemporary HGTV Green Home 2011 is a surprise, but the bright door is a clue to what is happening inside. 2. Capture a color—It’s important to pick a color palette and stay true to it. In this year’s HGTV Green Home, yellow is used prominently. It is easy to recreate the look with low-VOC paint and environmentally friendly fabrics. 3. Create an ambience— Keep it clean and natural with organic and recycled materials. Pole pine paneling in the master bedroom gives a contemporary look while using wood that is indigenousto the area. 4, Recycle, refurbish, repurpose—Green decorating is about using everyday items in unexpected ways. For example, the carpeting in the homeis recycled and recyclable and a chair made from an old radiator is a unique showpiece. 5. Use durable materials— High-traffic areas are subject to a lot of wear and tear. The “do room” in the home is a multipurpose room for crafts, laundry, homework and homeoffice that This Platinum LEED-certified custom-built home—complete with a multipurpose “do room’— is this year’s prize in the HGTV Green Home Giveaway. features stylish yet practical and easily replaceable carpettiles. The fourth annual HGTV Green Home Giveaway is open for entries through June 2, 2011, at 5 p.m. ET. One randomly selected winner can look forward to living in a modern prairie-style, single-family home located in the Stapleton community of Denver, Colorado, an eco- progressive community on the site of the city’s former airport. The 2,400-square-foot, custom-built home—with open spaces that flow together to create an interactive environment—is part of a grandprize package that includes $100,000 and a 2011 GMC Terrain. Fans may enter once per day on HGTV.com as well as once per day on HGTV’s FrontDoor.com, or as often as they wish by regular mail. Online users can take a 360degree tour of this year’s HGTV Green Home at www.HGTV.com/ greenhome and visit Facebook. com/HGTV or follow Twitter. com/HGTV for up-to-the-minute details on the giveaway.
