HGTV Has All Sorts of Stuff Going On - Starting Today

Who remembers last year’s HGTV Design Star event? I sure do. We had the nice Sparkle Josh visit Offbeat and then no one I liked won. That was exciting. Well Josh was cool, I wasn’t quite so excited about the outcome of the show.

In any case it seems like it’s been simply years since the show ended, but finally, Kim, last year’s winner, has her show coming out. I figured I’d post about it because we did all follow along, and also, well, HGTV is always nice to me. They send me ideas, and tell me about events, and I don’t mind sending them some promo love.

Kim’s new show is called Myles of Style and there’s a special promo on tonight (March 16) at 10pm. The show picks up regularly on Thursdays at 8:30pm starting on March 20th.

Now, it’s no secret that I was not a huge Kim fan, that said, her show looks kind of fun. One, she seems nice, not fake, and two, I like the whole, let’s decorate on a budget slant. Take a look:

It looks alright, no? I say give it a whirl.
Secondly, right before Kim’s new show starts tonight, HGTV is announcing their HGTV Dream Home winner, plus the at-home winner who is getting a prize package during a live television special. That’s on tonight as well, at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. I’m not a big fan of this year’s dream home. I liked the home in Jackson Hole better. It’s a little tropical and large for my taste, but if you want to see one excited winner I’d tune in.

Lastly, there is some HGTV news I am excited about:

The HGTV Green Home. I’m excited in a, “I’m glad they’re doing a green home, and it will be nice to see some green building” sort of way. I’m not excited that they didn’t try for a more realistic budget slant. Most of us make less $ than what it would take to build this sort of green home. The upside; according to the email I was sent, “The home has received a significant Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification and the Environmental Media Association’s (EMA) Green Seal Award for the production of the HGTV Green Home 2008 television special.” Not bad.

Pretty soon you’re going to be able to enter to win the green dream home, including all the furnishings, and a new GMC Yukon Hybrid. Total prize worth = $850,000.

This is a cool prize I suppose, but if you’d like to see how to live green on way less (WAY less) visit me over at Tree Hugging Family.

The national sweepstakes to win the green home, kicks off via the HGTV Green Home 2008 special hosted by Carter Oosterhouse on March 23, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Carter is cool he worked on the Red, Hot, and Green HGTV show that I reviewed here at Offbeat last year, and he always seems very eco-knowledgeable, so it should be a good special. Hopefully lots of green tips.

So to round up:

Tonight at 9pm - Dream Home winner.

Tonight at 10pm - Kim’s new show.

March 23 at 9pm - HGTV Green Home 2008 special.

Check your local listings for actual times.