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(NU) – You don’t have to sacrifice great style to get a great, green look in your home. You can use these five simple design tips from the 2009 HGTV Green Home in Port St. Lucie, Fla. to make your living environment more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. HGTV Green Home designer Linda Woodrum’s ideas can also help make your green home more visually appealing.

1. Welcome Home. Create a welcoming entrance to your home by setting your foyer apart from the rest of the house with a shot of color. Use a fabric, tile, texture or decorative motif as inspiration, and use low-VOC paints and painter’s tape to recreate the design on the wall. You’ll get a lot of pow for very little money. [Read more...]

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(NU) – When it comes to home decorating, lighting proves just as important as paint color. Quality lighting allows residents to perform tasks without eyestrain and creates a warm, comfortable feel.

When lighting a room, remember that you will need more than one type of light. You will need to use general lighting, or overall illumination, and task lighting, which helps you perform tasks like reading or cooking without eyestrain. Many homeowners also use accent lighting to spotlight paintings, shelves or other areas of visual interest. Using all three types of light will help homes look more attractive. [Read more...]

The luxury Napa Valley vineyard estate is now offered for sale at $3,495,000. 1271 Monticello Road consists of a main home, 3 guest cottages, a 5 acre Cabernet vineyard, a temperature controlled warehouse, detached vineyard view gym, 5000+ bottle wine cellar and a maintenance shop. The property is listed by The Bolen Team from Re/Max marina Downtown.

The main vineyard home is casual and comfortable, yet elegant in design. The home features three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, gourmet eat-in kitchen, dining room, 2 living rooms, and a 5000 bottle wine cellar. The home was designed to incorporate the outdoor living area around the magnificent pool and spa complete with mountain views. The outdoor living area is complimented with a stone fireplace to ease the chill of the cool Napa Valley nights. [Read more...]