See Today's Best Home Design Ideas

"We wanted to take the design expertise of each magazine and show consumers how to apply it to their own homes," she says. "The house illustrates how to get the look of luxury at an affordable price."

The show house also offers the latest new trends in home décor this season:

• How to use everyday items in unusual ways: For example, placing mirrors on a dining room table for ambiance and flair, and using outdoor products such as a garden urn and patio cushions as décor for the living room.

• Using a unified color scheme: The use of a single color palette with accent colors sets the tone for a calm room without being boring. This also makes a seamless transition from one room to the next.

• The technique of layering makes a warm and cozy atmosphere without spending a fortune: This can be achieved with rich and colorful throws, pillows, cushions and accessories.

Committed to bringing its customers affordable quality and stylish, contemporary casual merchandise, Wal-Mart has the products to help many homeowners achieve luxury style at a reasonable price. By teaming up with the nation's top consumer magazines to showcase how consumers can create new design ideas in their own home, the company has created a show house that is beautiful yet practical, stylish yet affordable.

The magazines that inspired the show house and the rooms featured include:

• Better Homes and Gardens, great room and kitchen;

• Country Home, living room and dining room;

• Traditional Home, outdoor entertaining area;

• Child, girl's and boy's bedrooms;

• Parents, playroom;

• Decorating magazine, a special interest publication from Better Homes and Gardens, master suite.

For those not able to visit the show house in person, the Inspired Home is featured online at www.walmart.com/inspired home. Viewers are able to purchase items featured in the house and get complete product information, as well as decorating tips and trends provided by leading industry designers. An "inspired home" shows ideas from top consumer magazines. Note for Georgia Editors: The Wal-Mart Show House will be open Oct 7-9, 14-15, 2006, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and is at 3008 Walker Hill Way, Marietta, Georgia. TV chef G. Garvin and decorating expert Matthew Mead will host demonstrations at the show house.

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