The good, the GREEN and the ugly. An upclose and personal look at HGTV’s green home…

How fun to be close enough to one of the HGTV homes to go look at it with your own eyes.

We

drove.

We

saw.

We

left.

…and not Uber excited I must admit.

BUT…there were some beautiful, a-ha moments along the way. Come with…

The outside was quite different than your typical florida home. The colors left me a bit gray. Not a happy come on in…the sun is shining kinda feel. Yet certainly sophisticated.

I was eyeing this coolio concrete table…too heavy to fit in my purse, but quite interesting none the less.

Oy. You can see where I tried to move it. embarrasing.

The landscaping was sad…I have no doubt it was fresh and happy when it was planted…but we are dry dry dry here. Oh….and hot. Does not make for happy palms.

Entering was interesting…you were met with a whitewashed rusty orange striped wall and loveseat with a gorgeous starburst mirror that stole the show …in that look at me look at me ,WATCH me do a split, kinda way.

Not hugely easy to get the fabric and paint to match. But they did it impeccably.

To the left was an lovely raw wood table. To the right just a coat closet.

Stepping down you see a *reading/drinking wine* area to your left. It housed not one…but two wine coolers. Two orange chaises and a great paper mache lamp we have seen around the web. As a matter of fact they had a lot of paper mache lamps in the home.

The bird print was a lovely focal point…as were the orange chaises…the only spot of color.

This whole area was one *great* room.

The dining area has that wonderful horse print I have coveted for, like, ever

Let me tell you…

it was beautifully framed in a shadow box type frame…and the actual print (mounted on linen) had water stains. Thatmade it look even more vintage!

I didn’t jump up and down at the kitchen. Small. Kenmore appliances. Medium grade cabinetry. Dark shiny granite. some nice, but dark, glass backsplash tile. Small but functional I imagine.

Gotta say…I didn’t see the green happening so much.

Ok…these I loved. Solar tubes (similar to a skylight but with less heat. ) amazing how much they lit a hallway!

This was in the master bedroom closet…

Master bedroom was certainly the biggest in the home…but not huge by any standards. Liveable.

The two closets off the master were curtained. A nice lined linen.

Different. Not huge.

But in proportion with the master bedroom,

The bathroom, while appointed beautifully was lacking something…a little cold.

The other three rooms were particularly small…but decorated adorably! Great paper mache lights in this room…but you almost had to move the chair to get to the closet.

The outdoor room had some great

remote control screens that enclosed it from the buggiest of bugs

A small hydroponic garden in the back grows tomatoes, herbs, corn, strawberries and onions.

and...yep. I ate that strawberry right after the picture.

It begged me to.

The view across the street is a typical Florida development view. What it doesn’t show in all the pictures are all the empty lots that soon will be filled.

The town hall in the development…

So…there you have it. The good. The green. And the …well I’ll let you fill in the blank.

whad’ya think??

***Please excuse the poor formatting…wanted to give you some bigger pictures, but I’m not to smooth at Live writer yet (thanks Design ties for the tips!)