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HGTV Dreams Happen: Sweepstakes Blog : HGTV Urban Oasis 2012: Clue Four

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:17:29 +0000

It's all clear to me now.... it's in Ohio! http://athlinks.com/time.aspx?eventid=98523 hehehe

HGTV Dreams Happen: Sweepstakes Blog : Step Inside HGTV Dream Home 2012

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:46:49 +0000

I'm amused by someone's lunch making it into one of the photos in the slideshow :P (check out picture 11/19 in the front yard set!)

HGTV Dream Home : HGTV Dream Home: A Patchwork Quilt

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 04:19:13 +0000

So, it would seem the post I made earlier from my mobile did not go through here, even though to this day still shows up posted in the Crib Framing post on the phone! Yay for new Mary posts! Anyway, it just so happened that I was out to UT with my girlfriend for a couple days for a wedding which took place in Provo Canyon where we stayed. I got a chance to have a look-see at the house, too, while I was there. It's very nice and peaceful! I've seen that beehivestate seems to live right around the corner somewhere and a few other DH fans here have already made similar posts, but I'm just excited that I finally got to have a first-hand look at one of the DH's after a number of years following them! (Visited Stowe for years, but not since the DH was built there, and I was within a mile of the Sonoma house but couldn't find it from road memory before I had to get moving along!) At the time of my original post, I was sitting at the Sidetrack Cafe in Heber City with a few friends in really awesome weather thinking to myself how awesome it is to have gone through the previous night's spectacular thunderstorm without feeling like drowning in an invisible sea of water and feeling little evidence of it's passing in the form of humidity the next morning. I've lived in VA all my life, but this little trip reminded me of how much more the western weather is more suited to me. :D I never got to check out the enticing pizza place in Midway, or the nearby Swiss confectioneries, but on my last day, I did get to go up to Sundance with the girlfriend and a couple of friends, climb a bit of Mt. Timpanogos, and stop to be refreshed with some trail snacks at Stewart's Falls B) That was 3 days ago and I'm still kinda feeling it (not out of shape, just unused to the altitude, I swear!! :P )

HGTV Dream Home : Sweeps News and Super Fan

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:20:22 +0000

I'm not sure I can wait 6 days for another glimpse! I'd do anything for at least another partially fuzzed-out photo op! :P

HGTV Dream Home : Sweeps News and Super Fan

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:41:26 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Mary & Gail! I'll get right on entering away! :D

HGTV Dream Home : Get Ready, Get Set …

Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:54:48 +0000

They didn't do one last year, and given the climate here, quite possibly not this year either.

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:26:34 +0000

But like the outdoor hottub, it's already been revealed by the landscapers! http://twitpic.com/316p94

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:25:39 +0000

Already known! :) http://twitpic.com/316p94

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:59:18 +0000

Ah, the problem was that I was looking at the wrong profile... I'd been looking at apparently her personal/acting page haha!

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:47:47 +0000

I hadn't thought about that honestly, I thought it was a place to sit and soak feet in the tub on slightly warmer days, but you're right that metal bar is kinda suspicious-looking and looks quite like the base of a gas fireplace.. though Im not sure they would keep it that open as the pilot light would go out easily, not to mention the gas leak or the eventual blackening of the rocks around it. That is, unless a fireplace raises with electric motors when you flip a switch! :D

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:43:35 +0000

The area's not favorable for a swimming pool. Even in the hottest part of summer it'll max out around 75 degrees out there, and thats just at the base of the hills. The top of Mt Mansfield won't ever exceed 40F!

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:26:50 +0000

Then it is for certain, the hot tub on the back patio that everyone here already knows about..

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:23:51 +0000

Think she changed her photos, I can't find that one that you're talking about..

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:07:29 +0000

I think a path to the slopes is a given, they said it's a ski-in, ski-out location in the main description.

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:05:55 +0000

Can't be an extra room, would have seen that in the later construction videos. A Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream parlor would be amazing! Haha!

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:45:08 +0000

Oh! Of course! Why didn't I think of this before?! A loft of some kind above the kitchen/gathering area where those 3 windows are; accessible by tree trunk ladder! They have had loft areas in previous lodge DHs, though usually accessed by regular stairs, they -have- emphasized 'treehouse' as a theme..!

HGTV Dream Home : The Secret Feature

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:00:33 +0000

If it is the hot tub (posted originally some time ago via AmblerDesign's twitpics) that will be slightly disappointing considering its been known for a little while now. We can be certain its no spare room somewhere as we would have seen it in the building videos. So if its not the hot tub we already know about, then its some other less obtrusive feature though expectedly none the less awesome. Given all the hints, sounds a lot like the tub though.

HGTV Dream Home : Breaking News

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:53:19 +0000

Hmm don't be too sure about the vehicle pick! Last year almost all the videos and pictures before the virtual tour had a GMC Pickup, but then ultimately it was the Terrain SUV that was awarded!

HGTV Dream Home : HGTV Dream Home 2011: Lasting Impressions

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:03:44 +0000

The gondolas go up the mountain year round

HGTV Dream Home : HGTV Dream Home 2011: First Impressions

Sun, 7 Nov 2010 09:38:53 +0000

HGTV has consistently (and uncreditedly) included home sound systems and some sort of electricity/security management tablet computer since at least the Tyler, TX DH. Something like this is not out of the question. Most recently shown here, Picture 6 of 10, near-center: http://www.hgtv.com/dream-home/home-theater-photo...