HGTV and HGTV Magazine Launch Search for the Most Embarrassing Living Room in America

Published on Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:57 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

NEW YORK-( Business Wire )-

Who has the most embarrassing living room in America? HGTV and HGTV Magazine have teamed up to find homeowners with outrageously outdated and embarrassing living rooms. Beginning Thursday, May 24, at 9 a.m. ET/PT through Thursday, July 12, at 5 p.m. ET, homeowners across the country can vie for a chance to win a living room makeover and finally say goodbye to their orange shag carpeting, popcorn ceiling or other flashback-inducing design faux pas. To enter, homeowners can submit photos or video to HGTV.com/livingroomcontest that shows why their living room needs a complete redo. One lucky winner will receive a total room transformation designed by HGTV’s Meg Caswell. In addition, the makeover will be featured in a special episode of Meg’s Great Rooms and included in an issue of HGTV Magazine.

“We are excited to surprise someone with such a big makeover,” said Sara Peterson, editor in chief of HGTV Magazine. “Meg is one of HGTV’s most talented designers and together we’ll make sure this winner gets an amazing new space.”

During the special, Meg will pull out all the stops to give the room a fresh custom design from top to bottom. Meg’s carpenter, Marc Bartolomeo, also will help her transform “The Most Embarrassing Living Room in America” into a beautiful new living space.

For full official rules, visit hgtv.com/livingroomcontest.

About HGTV

America’s leading home and lifestyle brand, HGTV features a top-rated cable network that is distributed to more than 99 million U.S. households and the HGTV website, HGTV.com, the nation’s leading online home-and-garden destination that attracts an average of four million unique visitors per month. The brand also includes the HGTV HOME consumer products line which showcases exclusive collections of paint, flooring, soft goods and other home-oriented products, as well as HGTV Magazine, a new home and lifestyle publication published in partnership with Hearst Magazines.

About HGTV Magazine

HGTV Magazine, a joint venture between Hearst Magazines and Scripps Interactive Networks, is a fresh, new home lifestyle magazine that gives readers inspiring, real-life solutions for all the things that homeowners deal with every day—from painting to pillows to property values—in an upbeat and engaging way. Inspired by HGTV’s exciting and entertaining programming, the magazine offers the value of insider advice from trusted experts, as well as the enjoyment of taking a look inside real people’s homes. Unique in concept and voice, HGTV Magazine is accessible, friendly and fun. Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com), one of the nation's largest diversified communications companies, is the largest publisher of monthly magazines in the U.S. (ABC 2011), reaching 87 million adults (Spring 2011 MRI) with its 20 titles.

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