Oct
20
Dream Home Rocks
Good afternoon, bloggers,
Check out this awesome photo house planner Jack Thomasson sent me from his iPhone during load-in day!
Jack told me that while furniture was being loaded into the house, a big truck arrived, carrying a rock the size of a whale for the front landscape. It’s amazing!
Suffice to say, after you win the HGTV Dream Home 2010 you can tell all your friends to just “keep going until you see the house with the big rock.”
I’m off to see what else I can dig up …
Your Super Fan, Gail
Fascinating and high tech, the 2010 Dream Home is truely a piece of art.
Any way we can see the orientation of the house on the lot? Any restrictions on pets / horses?
Absolutely beautiful lcoation!!!!!!
Getting more excited by the day!
Amazingly beautiful, the whole surrond landscaping, with the blue skies, Belle Regarde stone paving, and the colossal spear shaped rock is the magnamonious finishing touch.
Checking to see if I'm logged in, "first time," and my last comment didn't take right, so let me post again.
Amazingly beautiful, the whole surround landscape, with the blue skies, Belle Regarde stone paving, and the colossal spear shaped rock is the magdimonious finishing touch!
Whoa! I just looked at the photos on HGTVPro and they are fabulous! How bout those cool tiles on the kitchen wall? Love, love them!
What's your favorite photo?
I'm torn between the large expanse of wall tile in the kitchen and realizing that the window out to the patio is GIANT!!!!!!
Living the Dream!
I am so drawn to this house. I love everything about it.
The rock reminds me of a scene from Zelda the Twilight Princess. You have to get the ROCK from Death Mountain and transport it to Zora's Domain to melt the ice. I love everything about the house, I love Zelda and I believe that this house is meant for me.
Thanks for the heads up Lynn. Those 16 foot ceilings are very impressive. The Casita is definitely bright enough to ensure that guests won't over stay their 3 day limit!
I think those bright red tiles would drive one crazy in short order. I like the lamps in the entry way. I can't stand that modern fan, it doesn't fit in with the South Western theme. Those glass doors on the garage are kind of strange looking. It's nice to get a view of the backyard & the casita.
EdinOregon and I have completely opposite tastes! I like the red tiles in the casita but am not excited about the blue tiles in the kitchen — I don't think blue is a good choice in the kitchen as it is a color that suppresses appetite (unless you are trying to stick to a diet — then it is an ideal color!). I like the modern ceiling fan but not the rustic country look of the light fixtures in the foyer. And I also like the modern garage doors and outdoor sconces! I guess EdinOregon is more attracted to the Southwestern and I am more drawn to the contemporary of the Southwestern contemporary style of the home. At least there is something for everyone!
The rock looks a bit like an Egyptian obelisk . . . at a home fit for a pharaoh.
have hgtv help you re-do the inside egyptian style
Having lived in the southwest for most of my ought-O(auto) adult life, my primary concern that there is a homeowners association in my new community to protect us against grafiti. Those taggers have plenty of experience with using a stucco canvas, and they can quickly re-tag the surface in their way to and from school, and I doubt they learned tagging in creative art class. Considering those strong winds we have out this way, I hope the rock has integrated concrete foundation as well. No competition from this old western cowboy, who prefers tall pines & mountains over the southwestern architecture, but I’ll not turn down the place if I were to win the lottery.
and what do you mean by that ? whats better about it
Lynn, where do they practice this in China, especially guidelines for outdoor planting? Want to check out some pictures.
lessie hello again cant seem to not stop seeing you I was replying to carole and there you are again
That's because I am an active blogger. Hopefully you'll be an active blogger too. "See" you around the blog.
I can not believe that they built this house in the SW and didn't include a pool. What were they thinking?
GO TO sanpedrooverlook.com and you will find more
Ok this may be slightly embarrassing to admit but here goes:
My husband and I travel to Santa Fe at least twice a year, it feels like home to us. And we plan to retire there.
So, on our trips, I pick out one small rock to bring home and place in my flower garden, with my Savannah Bird Girl statue.
My plans are to bring the Girl and my New Mexico rocks back to Santa Fe, where they belong.
I love the rock in the Dream Home landscape! That big rock would become my "touchstone" to keep me connected to the land.
THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL I WANT TO GO TO NM
Yes its a huge rock perfecccct! i can see ,me and my daughters taking a picture beside the rock,cheesing from ear to ear! Saying HGTV Rocks!!
I've thought about what could be said that hasn't already been said to once again compliment the 2010 HGTV Dream Home Team for the wonderful property selection, handsome home design, warm and family friendly furnishings, and all the many luxury amenities. What I discovered is that everyone else has already paid this team of professionals the highest of compliments when they expressed their most sincere wish, dream, hope and prayer to live out thier lives in this absouletly fantastic "Home Of Dreams". So I will offer my best wish and hope to see a winner who can truley appreciate the magisty of this year's Dream Home.
I LOVE DH 2010 THIS DREAM H. ROCKS HAPPY VALENTINE DAY LOVE EVERYBODY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FROM THE GALS IN KY**************************DO I NEED TO EXPLAIN MORE
I DONT KNOW BUT WOULDN'T IT BE SO COOL TO HAVE A ROCK TALLER THAN THE HOUSE !!!!!!!!!!!
THAT WOULD BE THE GRANDDADDY ROCK!!!!!!! and add the babies
DID ANYBODY SEE THE SHORT VID WHERE THE CAMERA SHOW ABOVE THE HOUSE LIKE FLYING IN A HELICOPTER WELL IF YOU PAUSE AND LOOK ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND YOU WILL SEE THE SHAPE OF A UFO BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ALMOST TO THE PART WHERE YOU CAN LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE PUEBLO BELOW ITS DYNAMITE
OK HAS ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING YET ON THAT ONE !!!!!!!!!! JUST PRESS REPLY SO THEN WE CAN FINISH OUR TALK BEFORE BEFORE MARCH 14
DO NOT BE AFRAID BMF
may i ask what you mean by big earth ?
Hi Melissa! Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art developed over 3,000 years ago and is used to promote such things as health, happiness and prosperity. Big Earth is how they refer to the Southwestern side of your house.
Hope this helps!
Living the Dream!
does anybody know what lynn means by big earth??
i love this blog
please keep blogging dreamrock dreamlovers thank you hgtv for being so inspiring to the americans and thoughtful to be building such beautiful homes thank you world for still being here and mother earth and father sun and brother and sister moon i love you all so much
DESERT BLOOMS COME IN BEAUTIFUL COLORS YOU COULD GET SOME IDEAS EASY FROM THE NATIONAL PARK THERES IS ONE ENCLOSED IN GLASS AND OUTSIDE THAT HAS A TRAIL.