That is my fifth HGTV Dream Residence to go to in individual and this one was a wow, as all the time. Located on Lake Wylie exterior Charlotte, NC, the timeless structure meets lakeside attraction. I’m all the time thrilled to be included in these occasions, mingling with different content material creators (that’s the official identify now, who can sustain?) and seeing the home and HGTV people in individual once more. I don’t take it without any consideration and the truth that I’m nonetheless attending to do these items after 19 years is simply the icing on the cake. I’ve met so many fantastic individuals throughout this on-line profession of mine and that’s been top-of-the-line elements. I’ll share extra on the backside of this publish on the way to enter the competition to your probability to win this home! As all the time, it’s an enormous package deal value $2.4 million, together with $100K money. Who wouldn’t wish to win that prize? I’m getting into and I hope you do too! Somebody will win this nature impressed lakeside retreat and it is likely to be one in every of us!
We began off with drinks with Nancy McNulty, the dynamo PR gal behind Forest Residence Media and he or she has dealt with the HGTV Dream Residence PR occasions for a number of years now. Nancy and I am going approach again to 2012, simply after I moved from Birmingham and we’ve achieved a number of enjoyable occasions collectively. We first met on the Southern Dwelling Thought home in Nashville again in 2012. I met up with Sara, with Merely Southern Cottage, a candy buddy I’ve identified for a number of years, simply when she was getting began on Instagram and now she is a powerhouse within the on-line world. You would possibly keep in mind I featured her cottage residence in LA right here on my weblog again then. She’s as real and candy in individual and you’d suppose! I additionally met new buddy, Brendt, with She Gave it a Go, from Birmingham and though we hadn’t met earlier than, she’s nice and it was so enjoyable to hang around with these girls.
It was so good to catch up in individual with Sara and see how her life goes. She’s acquired a number of thrilling issues happening!
The HGTV Dream Residence 2026. I took this pic as we had been leaving and the solar was taking place. Isn’t it attractive?! There are so many footage up on-line that you could scroll by way of and see all the main points of this lovely lakeside retreat, so I’m sharing my private pictures right here at present.
Welcome!
Nancy, Brendt, Sara and I after arriving on the home.
The home isn’t large, however has a pleasant structure, with 2 bedrooms upstairs. I beloved the structure of this room, with an attic really feel. It had a sleeping space and a lounging nook that was so fairly.
Isn’t this attractive? Such a comfortable space to calm down in.
The adjoining toilet had a classic really feel.
With daring terracotta colours within the tile and paint.
This mini kitchen was within the hallway upstairs. Good to have a fridge.
This room missed the yard and can be an ideal workplace or bed room. They gave us the cutest baggage with iron on badges we acquired to design on the luggage ourselves with our identify on them.
How about that view and people skylights? There was a seamstress there including our names to the luggage, which was so good and private.
Workplace space
And in-built washer and dryer.
Trying right down to the greatroom, designer Brian Patrick Flynn welcomed us to the home, together with 2 of the HGTV gals, Chesney and Chelsey. Everyone seems to be so good and welcoming.
Brian is all the time a hoot to hear too, he’s very humorous.
The opposite bed room upstairs was very properly achieved.
Brian does a fantastic job with these properties and I heard that Wayfair offered all the inside design items. Yow will discover something there!
Rest room upstairs. In fact, the home had a coastal really feel being on the lake.
The main bedroom was downstairs off the greatroom and really fairly as effectively.
Extra neutrals and texture within the toilet.
Liked that good bathe with the gold {hardware}.
And the closet was spacious as effectively.
They’d a number of meals out and drinks too.
The kitchen is open to the greatroom with lovely views out the again of the home.
Liked this cozy inexperienced pantry.
Open cabinets within the kitchen.
Eating room as you come into the home.
And a superb view of the greatroom with these spacious home windows overlooking the lake. How lovely is that this?!
There was a photographer there taking pics, so I acquired a shot achieved right here.
This room was heat and welcoming.
And this little sitting space off the kitchen was getting used as a drinks station, however wow on the views.
I didn’t make all of it the way in which right down to the dock, however you may see all these pics on-line. It was chilly and windy that day. The surface deck is attractive with two tiers.
Upstairs
The storage had a very nice canine washing station.
Once more, the views! You’ll be able to’t beat a lake view at sundown.
The skilled acquired a few good pictures I needed to share, this one with us and Brian.
And an entire group shot with all of the content material creators, sponsors, and HGTV people. Do you acknowledge anybody? I’ll admit I solely knew a number of individuals since this world is quickly altering and there are such a lot of new and younger faces within the combine. I’m the grandma now!
So for the nice half! The sweepstakes is open till February thirteenth, so get busy and enter for an opportunity to win this lovely lakeside retreat. I’ve already began getting into myself and somebody will win, so it’d as effectively be one in every of us!
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