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Good afternoon, bloggers!
Happy New Year! I know how excited you all were before the HGTV Dream Home special aired, and I can only imagine how super-psyched you all must be now to enter the HGTV Dream Home 2009 Giveaway!
I told you that this house would knock your socks off. MicheleC inquired about that fantastic zinc table in the master bedroom. It is a one-of-a-kind piece; Linda found it at an antiques store in Sonoma. Marie, the willowy purple flowers are actually potato vines (they tie in beautifully with the window and patio color). There have also been many questions about the right mail-in address for the giveaway, so here it is. Mail your entries to:
HGTV Dream Home Giveaway
PO Box 53305
Knoxville, TN 37950
Make sure your entries are placed in an envelope.
I hope you all enjoyed a great holiday. My family made it through double ear infections and the flu and still managed to appreciate each other and the downtime the holidays bring.
Happy 2009 to you all!
Your Super Fan,
Gail
Is there a washer and dryer in the laundry room? I didn’t see any. Thank you
My only question is why did Miles use such a boys theme for the kids room? There are so many other themes and colors that would of been less gender focused. Also, if your going to put two beds for two kids you should think about how both of them would need their own study area, and not pick one large desk. Plus, in the bathroom a double sink area would be better for those busy mornings. Thats my two cents. The rest of the house is amazing and a true dream come true.
I have entered sweepstakes and for further entries it says to just enter email address.
Doesn’t work so I have to renter all info.
Help?!
Just put your email in the box that inquires email then press tab. It should autofill information that you put using that email.
I would like to know how the fence around the back yard was installed and what materials were used. I like the minimalist qualities of the fence.
I live in California and wondered if it is possible to tour the Dream Home in person? I love what I have seen on tv and the internet and would really enjoy seeing it up close and personal. My family and I would like to plan a trip to Sonoma to check it out, but wanted to make sure it was possible.
Gail,
The 2009 HGTV green home is going to be amazing (I’ve already seen sketches of the layout)! It’s great to see green home design/green home plans receive such prominent attention in the media.
Also, thanks for the entry information…I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
-Tim
What a gorgeous home. I watched the video coverage on HGTV yesterday and enjoyed the tour. I can hardly wait to move in. My wife and I love Sonoma and have dreamed of living there someday. I do have question, is there a security system available in the house? Just curious. Tom
You have outdone yourselves, again! This is truly a Dream Home! Thanks for all of the effort and time that goes into this contest each year.
Hey i got a question for you and its about being able to affording the house. I know and you know there are contest taxes which are pretty high and on a 2 Million dollar house it would be verry expencive to pay off i mean it would be worth every cent to live in sonama but for some its not possible and im just wondering does hgtv have a way to help the winner pay off the tax and get settled into the home and help them become finiancialy stable for the house. Because this house is really famonimanol and i would dread to see the winner have to sell the house or give it up in a fore closure or something like that.
Dear Gail:
Thank you for letting me know the name of the willowy purple flowers…I would never guess that there were called potato vines!! And, you are so right…they do tie in beautifully with the window and patio color! Everything about this house has been coordinated to excellence!! I have never been so excited about anything in my life (okay, maybe the birth of my twins), as I am about this home. I hope that my DNA left at the front door lends itself to the right karma so that I actually win it. If not, I will be happy for the lucky person that does!! Sonoma is a special place with special people (including my family)!!!
Anyway, thanks again. I will be at the nursery tomorrow asking about the potatoe vines!! I love HGTV & I appreciate what you are doing to further the communications between all of the avid bloggers on this site!!
Have a GREAT day!!
hey everybody, im kinda let down with some of the design in the inside this year, but the house is beautiful along with the backyard, im not entering to win this one though, good luck to you all (:
Does anyone know if it is okay to enter on line, and then also enter through the mail. Or can you just choose one form of entry? The rules do not specify they just say enter on line or by mail. Any info would be greatly apprechited. thanks, Annie
Dear Super Fan! Thank you so much for ALL your fascinating information! I for one really appreciate all your efforts to provide every last bit of information you can. I have a question for you: what “parcel number” in Armstrong Estates, is the 2009 HGTV Dream Home?? (PS: hope this hasn’t already been asked and I missed your answer…..) THANKS!!!
Hi Gail,
I know this sounds stupid but I’ve entered and I’m not sure if you HAVE to mail in the entries or not.
Thanx
Anna Banana
how do you convert the online entries with the write in entries?
Hi Gail,
really appreciate all of your information about the DH. Have a question: does the house have a security system. I’m sure it does, but just wanted to make sure. Also, (I don’t know if you can answer this question or not, but can’t seem to find the answer anywhere else) do you know if the Dream Home 2008 winner or the 2008 Green Home winner, are actually living in their homes. I hope they are, as both homes are just beautiful. Anyway, have a great day and look forward to more info from you.
I LOOOOOOOOOOOve this house. I want to win this house. The colors in the interior rooms are so beautiful and pose a background of serenity for the furnishings of the entire home. I know about potatoe vines. I have grown them in hanging pots with other small flowers that compliment the beautiful light green color of the cascading leaves. I wish I had this house to set up my painting studio. The light would be perfect in any of the rooms. I am visionizing myself in this home in every nook and corner, every day I take the visual digital tour It really is candy for the eyes and just think, we all have a chance to make it ours, and in spite of the taxes, the upkeep and the utility bills, I want to make this home mine. I would move there in a heartbeat. Syl
I messed up last year, i kept entering and then my husband ooops only if we read the rules a little closer, the comment from annie about mailing and intering in line, can you do both…I will enter daily what a great home…..my dream home….come on annie lets do both….up the chances if we can we wait for answer patsy
Happy New Year! Not entering, but this home is to die for, I love it.
Does anyone know if you have to enter once a day everyday online in order to qualify?
Can you skip a day and still be eligible to win?
How do you afford the taxes on your winnings….Sell the house? Are `they defferred over the years?
I think this house is awesome and I would love to win, It would be perfect for me, I have had 1.5 years of turmoil, from being diagnosed with MS, to now in the middle of a divorce from a man who refused to put me in a healthy home. I have dreamed and hoped of having a new home that would be more condusive to my health and wellbeing. I sure hope God smiles on me and lets me win. I think you all do a great job with your projects and I love watching HGTV. It is inspiring to me, and keeps me dreaming that all things are possible.
Hey Super Fan, I love the rug in the guest bedroom but am disappointed there is no information on how to buy the product. I have searched for hours but no luck. Anyone have any thoughts as I am not seeing a way to contact HGTV about products not listed?
Thanks–
These are great questions, where do I go to read the answers? We love this home, it is beautiful…we have no money though and we worry about the property taxes for each year, and the taxes for being a winner? Could you give us an estimated idea what we would be getting into if for some reason we won? Thanks a lot! I have been entering through email each day since the 3rd of January, just in case.
I was very disappointed with Dream House 2009, there’s really nothing specail about this year’s house. I’ve seen better decor in a Pottery Barn catalog. There were only two rooms I liked, the kitchen and sitting room. I’ve entered the sweepstakes but would have to make some major changes starting with Kim Myles room if I won.
Hello. Are you an official rep for HGTV ? or are you stating a personal interpretation of the rules?
The rules say : “hand printing your name, complete address, phone number (area code included) and date of birth either on a postcard or on a separate piece of paper no larger than 8½ x 11 inches, and mailing the postcard or paper in an envelope with proper postage affixed to: HGTV Dream Home”
I take that to mean that you can mail a postcard or you can mail in a separate piece of paper IN AN ENVELOPE.
Sending a postcard in an envelope doesnt make much sense.
Can someone clarify , please?
Well, I am at it again-faithfully entering every day. The last 3 years didn’t work, but hey- what’s a dream without the dreaming!
The house being in Sonoma is very special. I was born and raised only a couple hrs. drive from there and all of our beach trips centered around the Sonoma, Napa, Bodega Bay, Petaluma region.
Now that we’ve moved to the southernmost part of Arizona, I haven’t even seen A SINGLE beach in what seems like an eternity. All of my daydreams are filled with visions of the ocean & more importantly, our family being together in the sunshin (and merciless wind!). One time at Bodega my son and I dug a sand pit and huddled down in it. We wanted to go to the beach so bad we were stubborn and wouldn’t leave when the gail force winds started blasting sand in our eyes!
I still have my collections of shells, beach glass and tiny ,pebbles. In fact, one of my favorite hobbies is to make stained glass mosaic wind chimes, with seashells and other baubles dangling from beneath. We are ocean obsessed- we? oh yeah, me.
Anyway- good luck everyone, this place is AWESOME!
This house is invading our thoughts! We can’t stop imagining ourselves living in it, it is really a true dream home. We especially love the front porch and the backyard patio, what amazing places to host friends and family. Well, like many, we are entering daily and still a little unsure of the rules, although we have read them a thousand times. If we enter online, can we enter with only one email address, or as many as we have (ie. home and work)? Also, can we enter both online and through the mail simultaneously? I know these rule questions are annoying, but we don’t want to invalidate our chances! Thanks for your help…it’s off to the virtual tour for one more look…we just can’t help ourselves.
I find it interesting that last year the “Surprised Winner” was already in position with friends and family. This was definately a “Big Surprise” for all who were watching your show and listening for their front door bell to ring. Since the children’s room is decorated in a boy theme this year and there are three bikes in the garage, one for a boy. Are we in for another “Big Surprise?”
I always enjoy your comments,Gail…but a word to the wise…potatoe vines(when planted
in the ground) are very invasive. We had to
totally rip up an outdoor deck because the potatoe vines retained so much moisture,that the deck never had a chance to dry. Also,
over at Armstrong Park(near the DH09),several
trees had to be removed due to a neighbor’s
potatoe vines smothering them. Lots of looky-
loos at the DH09 lately…I guess the special
made alot of people curious.Happy dreaming!
Ingrid from Sonoma
What do I have to do to reenter the contest just by reentering my e-mail. every time I try that I get the OOPS message “missing everything”. I have accept cookies from HGTV turned on and HGTV cookies, but every time I have to renter all information.
how can i get my posts to POST? I enter all the info, I click post comment… and low and behold, no post. what gives?
Why doesn’t you name and info come on the enter screen? This year when i entered the dream house sweepstakes, I would just type in my e-mail address and the rest would be filled in. Why isn’t that happening now?
OOPPS! that was suppose to say LAST year
‘Rather underwhelmed by the house this year in a neighborhood still sporting telephone polls. Upstairs, are the children to burst through the guests’ or the parents’ bedroom to use the bathroom? Sad, I guess the Recession hit us all including HGTV’s Dream Home.
Yikes! POLES I mean!
Dear Gail,
From my understanding each entry has to be placed in its own stamped and post marked envelope and each entry has to be hand written. With my name and address and birthdate.
but what about when i mail it to HGTV. Like the TO and REturn address. can those be labels printed on a computer?
in the rules it says ” Limit one (1) entry per stamped outer envelope. Mechanically reproduced or hand-stamped entries or mailing labels or entries generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries by any means which subvert the entry process will not be accepted”
If anyone knows could you help me out? i dont want to be sending entrys in and they are no valid.
Thank you so much and good luck to everyone who is entering.
Kelly
Beverly, I also have to keep entering all the info each day on the entry form,but my sister doesn’t. Conversely, The DH09 web site is fabulous and I am enjoying viewing it each day.
barbara
why are there 2 different po boxes for the contest? the website has one and the commercials slow another.
What if HGTV did a contest …50 homes Giveaway (one in each state) where you could only enter to win the dream home from the state you currently reside in? I’m sure they could build homes at a smaller scale / cost for 50 people to win. A house doesn’t have to be so extravagant to be a dream home….just having a home is already a dream.
Can anyone tell me where to buy the crome auto tape that was used as a border between paint colors in the kids room? This was a great idea…
I LOVE this house and all the rooms in it! My 2 kids and my husband love it too as we have taken the virtual tour as well as the tour on HGTV. After 16 cold years in Maine we would love this relocation so much! I also am a wine lover and take every opportunity when traveling to visit local wineries, although I have never been to Sonoma or Napa Valley’s. The serenity of the colors chosen and the calming themes would do this cancer survivor perfectly.
I also would like the answer to one of the questions here on the Blog, can we enter both mail and e-mail? Or is one better than the other to increase chances of winning? I have been entering my e-mail only and would love to know if this is the right way to go. Good luck everyone!!!!!!!
Lisa
I’m trying to figure out where the lanterns are from in the foyer. Building a house and would love to incorporate those! They aren’t listed in the marketplace. Help?
I would also like to know if you can enter by mail and e-mail, or just by one or the other not both? Also is one better than the other? I love this house, it’s beautiful. Me and my family would love it! Good luck to everyone as well!
Nora
i would like to see a dream home completed in beautiful wisconsin…….on the lake shore, and preferrably, a log home
Hey Ingrid & Bobo! Thank you for the heads up on the Potatoe Vines, however, I will be restricting them to a pot on my deck. We live in a condo, so no worry about them taking over, unless of course, they decide to jump out of the pot & seed themselves below!! I don’t think that would be so bad though, they would probably look good intertwined with the “Wild Lupin” that so gracefully fills the hill above the ocean!! In fact, maybe planting the Potatoe Vines on the hill is a great idea…it could help with the ever present eroding issues!!
Question Gail: I could have sworn there was a half bath downstairs..isn’t there one somewhere on the first floor??
We’d Gladly live there! I wonder how large the lot is. I have a horse and would want to bring him with. We need to goet outta MN- BRRRR.
Marie ~ After I read your blog I decided to check out the floorplan for DH09 and there is a half bath located on the first floor between the stairs and the study. Hope that helps.
Where did they get the outside valance molding? I have looked all over this site for it, along with other molding suppliers.
There is so much detail on this 2009 house,
I know you can’t list it all. I love the area, having lived there before and dream of going back some day.
Did the rules last year require birthdate and separate envelope for postcards?Dont remember this from last year,would hate to think the entries sent in last were all for nothing because i missed these rules!Thanks!