May
6
HGTV Dream Home 2011 Location Clue Nine
You’ve been asking, “When does the madness end?”
We’re nearing the home stretch; the location announcement is coming soon. You must stay the course, my friends. Be patient and have fun – the teasing and trickery is all in good fun.
Today’s clue is all about countertops. Do you see a connection?
Hi everyone, it's me, the Facebook Debra Gilmour. I finally figured out the Intensedebate thing so my ID and picture are different (can i get a thumbs up for only taking over a week to figure that thing out…?!).
If the r of Tennessee is what put a damper on our reveal, then this Oregon girl can help out. Jack, Mary, you need to find a new location that is not in the Mississippi Valley floodplain. Living in Oregon I know a bit about all that… So here are some suggestions:
1.) Stay away from any area that is designated as a floodplain on every map since the "great flood" of…
2.) Stay away from any area that is so earthquake prone you have to bolt your dressers, china cabinets (empty, of course) and bookcases to the walls .
3.) Steer clear of places with named slide zones. As my husband tells me, "there are slides you fix, and then there are slides you name…" Areas with ones that have names are NOT a good sign…
Clearly this narrows down the possibilities, BUT Virginia doesn't have any of those issues and would be FABULOUS! (PS: Hawaii is a good second if you don't count the mini-earthquakes and that pesky volcano….)
Ahhh come on Kilauea is just trying to connect Hawaii with the mainlands, It may take another million years but it will bridge the gap eventually. And the Beach Boys think Good Vibrations are great.
Nice Mary, Sweet Mary, pleeeaasseee tell us where the house is…. Beverly
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Arizonia is the place to be, from the picture in the last clue it looks something like a country kitchen I would say
Blue Ridge Mountains>>>West Virginia>>>oh how I hope so!!!!!!!!
the connection is steel and granite
Gtranite and steel = the Brooklyn Bridge!
there is a town in WYOMING called GRANITE!!!!
ok i guessed it mary, so now i win the house!!! yayyy me
What about the big sticky bun in the middle of the room…Philadelphia? Or Cinnabons headquaters, Seattle?
When did the pic get switched?????
I see the letter "C" from the reflection of the faucet with the granite counter. C possibly = Crown Point OR CATSKILLS or Connecticut or Curveball….lol
2 Granite clues now……hmmmmm….
RE: recent blog entry….what ABOUT sticky buns???? I don't see any in any of the clues.
Granite is still the State stone of North Carolina. In fact, granite serves as the state rock or state stone of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin.
My bet is still on NC, well maybe SC should be considered.
Love the new double bowl tan granite countertop. Just what I have been looking for. BUT ALL STORES AROUND HERE DO NOT CARRY LONG 61" COUNTERTOPS LIKE THIS ON THEIR SHELVES.
And special ordering is triple the price. I feel like epoxy-glueing two 31" countertops together. OH LLORDY, WHERE IS MIKE HOLMES WHEN YOU NEED AN EXPERT?
Is it Vermont? Vermont’s cattle is Randall Lineback Livestock. http://www.hobbyfarms.com/livestock-and-pets/Rand… In the Beginning
During the early- to mid-1600s, the ancestors of today’s Randall Linebacks arrived on our Eastern coast aboard sailing ships from points throughout Europe.
Is it New Hampshire?
Or New York?
While looking at the bathroom sink, I see a reflection of the towels and faucet. Could Dream Home 2011 be built in Washington, DC? See reflecting pools—Lincoln Memorial , Washington , DC.
Good thought!
NEW YORK …NEW YORK…EMPIRE STATE OF MIND……THESE STREETS MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE BRAND NEW ….THE LIGHTS WILL INSPIRE YOU…………but I still think its going to be VERMONT….. lol
It could be classified as "Deformed Rocks from the Middle Proterozoic basement of the North American craton , last deformed and metamorphosed to high grade one billion years ago…", It is found exposed in the Adirondacks. It seems to be about the shape of the lines and coloration. (???)
http://gretchen.geo.rpi.edu/roecker/nys/nys_edu.p…
I just KNOW it is Montana! Diamondback Rattlesnakes are the number one snake in Montana. And granite is in the Mountains. Montana= mountains… It's just got to be… Anaconda is a town in Montana (also synonymous with snake). We'll see
And Anaconda, Montana is in Granite County! Granite, Mont. used to be known for silver mining – shiny things!! Anaconda is definitely in the mountains – I've been there.
Where did the picture of the kitchen go? Why has it been replaced with a bathroom picture (with more granite)? Hmmmm . . .
E&M…… Must mean shaped G.R.A.N.I.T.E. is the clue. Alot of statues and monuments are also made out of granite. Love the older lamppost bases and curbs that are made out of granite. Even the Egyptians used G.R.A.N.I.T.E. LOL
OPRAH………………….. do you know where the 2011 HGTV Dream Home will be built?
Yes I see the connection now, It is a beach sand color. Hawaii here we come!!! ;o )
Sweet Grass County in southwestern Montana??
Near Big Sky, Bozeman or Big Timber, Montana
Southwestern Montana – maybe near Big Sky, Bozeman or Big Timber ???
Big Timber is in Sweetgrass County, Montana. – Big Sky and Bozeman are very close by
Sweet – honey, grass
Grass – green, dairy cows eat it
Timber – trees, timber snake
Snow covered mountain basins and ski basins – white sinks, white rice bowl
Southwest MT – Red Cloud indian on stamp battled for control of this territory
Sure would be a nice place to live!
Sweet – honey
Grass – green theme in clues, cow in grass pasture
Southwest MT – Red Cloud (on stamp) battled for control of southwest MT
Sky – NY skyline clue
Timber – snake, trees
white sinks and white rice bowl – snow covered mountain basins and ski bowls
Bozeman has schools, state college, growing rapidly, lots of new buildings. Montana it is!
New Hampshire – The Granite State – Live Free Or Die
I agree New Hampshire
WELL THIS IS NOT A KITCHEN WITH 2 SINKS SO ITS A BATH ROOM AND i AM LEADING TOWARDS SOMETHING URBAN POSSIBLY LIKE CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO, MAYBE EVEN OHIO.
Ok that confirms my guess of Virginia….. the countertops look like a granite to me and there was a town in Virginia named Granite ( which is now part of Richmond VA) . VA also has dairys and honeybees, and unfortunately the rattlesnakes as well. Yep Va. is my guess…….somewhere around Richmond,
here check it out and let me know what u guys think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite,_Virginia
I don't follow the clues…just a hunch…no. 3 just popped up in my mind…it must be the third state of the nation – New Jersey, practically close to New York where so much metropolitan perks one can have.
Personally, I'd like to see it in a warm climate but I think you should choose whatever state gets the most votes.
I'm confused about the references to "kitchens." The photo in clue nine is a bathroom. Aside from that, all clues considered, I'm thinking it's Vermont…or NYC…
New York City + Wshington D.C. has lots of marble NYC had the largest building with the most marble now it is different i think.
I agree with you. Then I look at the picture again, and I see the colors sand and silver. In the soap dish, I see tourquoise. I would like New York. Every guess I see is correct. Confusion reigns.
Absolutely it is staring right at ya confusion I think the picture in the mirrors reflection has something weird going on!!!
There used to be a different granite countertop picture clue here.
It was a kitchen with a huge island with a granite countertop.
Now the bathroom granite countertop picture has replaced it.
The faucets remind me of NIAGARA FALLS, NY. Ya know….. running water!
What does Mary say?
I don't think we are guessing the town yet….. just the state.
Long island
could it refer to the reflection depicted on the coutertop.. similar to the reflection of the NY skyline accross the hudson in NJ
Texas Hill Country have thin layers of soil lying on top of limestone & granite.
oops typo* has not have lol
New Hampshire
I will wait a while longer. Alabama
I'm guessing New Hampshire the granite state.
HEY!!!! I do not mean to disturb this late and i had to say LOOK at the picture in the mirror it looks exactly like a face with a MASK the masked figure is a mystery!!!!
THE BOOGEYMAN bought that one and forgot to take down the photo and we captured it!!! CAUTCHA!!!!!!!!!!
Why does the faucet seem to want to take so long to drop the last drip in the photo??!!!!! BUGGIN ME!!!!
Sinking Twin Islands look it up !!!!!!!!!!!
Twin Island New York
Long Island by the sinking Twin Islands
I'm thinking Marble Falls Arkansas. It's a beautiful state near the Mississippi river…..has many rattlesnakes and there is a large diamond mine in Arkansas. Hmmmm
Also…Granite Mountain is a mountain summit in Marion County Arkansas.
Twin..twin islands, twin city?