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Before & After: Nicole's Winning Front Porch Design

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Apartment Therapy: Chicago readers may be familiar with the interior of Nicole's home. We were happy to feature a tour of her Oak Park home and have found plenty of inspiration from her own blog posts and projects over the years. She can now also add contest-winning "front porch designer" to the list of her accomplishments...

 
 

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After

...since she was just named the winner of Better Homes & Gardens 48 Hour Challenge. In the competition, they asked 5 home and garden bloggers to do a $500 project that could be re-created by readers at home in 48 hours. Nicole's garnered the most votes (23,172!), earning her the big prize.

Nicole painted the "rug" freehand, the table and chairs were spray-painted pink and the hanging divider was a diy project made from hardboard and s-hooks.

Check out Nicole's post about her win right here and all five of the Better Homes & Gardens contest entries right here.

Congrats, Nicole!

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  • House Tour: Nicole and Brandon's Oak Park Bungalow


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    She won! YES!!! I I LOVE Nicole & Pink

    posted by sarrazak on June 19th 2009 at 9:53pm
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    Wow! That is so beautiful. I'd love to enjoy a cup of tea and a good book on that porch.

    posted by Brandyjane on June 20th 2009 at 8:47am
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    i love her! she did such a great job!

    http://pearlsandgreentea.blogspot.com/

    posted by mrslee on June 20th 2009 at 10:39am
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    Congratulations! It looks wonderful!

    posted by junklover on June 20th 2009 at 11:07am
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    Thanks!

    posted by pinklovesbrown on June 20th 2009 at 11:28am
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    From drab to dazzling!

    posted by SherryBinNH on June 20th 2009 at 2:56pm
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    Wow....that is stunning! What a great choice of colors and arrangement.

    posted by baileyb on June 20th 2009 at 4:11pm
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    That looks great!

    posted by islek on June 23rd 2009 at 9:43am
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