FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date 10/29/03

Contact: Matt Derrick
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KCTV-5’s Katie Horner Wins HOME SHOW-Fall Edition
Celebrity Designer Room Competition
Prize is $500 donation to Project Warmth

The room designed for KCTV-5 meteorologist Katie Horner was the top choice of visitors at the Celebrity Designer Room collection during the HOME SHOW—Fall Edition, presented by Complete Home Concepts, Oct. 24-26 at Bartle Hall. For winning the top prize, Horner received a $500 donation to the charity of her choice, Project Warmth in Kansas City.

Horner’s designer room, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Baby’s Room,” was created by interior designer Mindy Arnold of Your Décor. The choice of a baby’s nursery was a perfect fit for Horner and Arnold, both of whom were expectant mothers during the design process. The nursery included a baby’s crib with a cast-iron canopy, a soft palette of colors and textured fabrics such as soft chenille. Nursery rhyme phrases and images on the walls completed the comfortable and unique design for the room.

“The custom bedding and window treatments pull the texture and colors together, and the artistic flare to the walls stands out,” said Arnold, who gave birth to a son the morning the show opened.. “The mix of iron and wood furniture give the room that homey-feel that it needed tobe Katie’s dream nursery.”

“I’m so excited that the room designed for me by Mindy was chosen as the favorite by visitors to the HOME SHOW—Fall Edition,” Horner said. “Mindy did a wonderful job and I’m happy for her and her family. I also thank the Home Builders Association for the donation to Project Warmth. The $500 donation will buy a lot of coats this winter.”

The Celebrity Designer Room concept matched favorite area personalities with members of the local chapter of American Society of Interior Designers to create settings that captured the tastes and interests of the celebrities taking part. The rooms were on display throughout the HOME SHOW—Fall Edition this past weekend and visitors to the show took part in voting to determine the winning room.

Other rooms in the Celebrity Designer Room collection included:
• “Make Yourself at Home in Kansas City” designed for Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Kay Barnes by Barbara Bishop of Transitions II and Carolyn Wear of Carolyn Wear Interior Design;
• “This Star’s for You” designed for KMBC-9 weather anchor Joel Nichols by Julie Adolph of Julie Adolph Interiors.
• “Kristi’s Retreat” designed for WDAF-4 morning news anchor Kristi Widmar by Jan Dorsey of Jan Dorsey Interior Design; and
• “A Media Room for All Ages” designed for Star 102 morning show hosts Monk & Kelley by Deborah Cook of Designs by Deborah.

The Home Builders Association (HBA) of Greater Kansas City is the voice of the housing industry and the source for housing information. Comprising more than 1,000 member companies, the HBA represents an industry that contributes more than 2.5 billion dollars to the Kansas City economy and supports more than 36,000 jobs in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area.

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