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Longest-Running, Largest Nashville Home Show PR Project

July 29, 2017 By Nancy McNulty Leave a Comment

Tennessee’s largest and longest-running home show, the Nashville Home Show, heads to the Music City Center in downtown Nashville, September 8-10, and Forest Home Media is honored to serve as PR partner for the premier event. Formerly the Home Decorating and Remodeling Show, the nationally respected All Home Services has purchased and renamed the show. (Full news release below.)

Meet HGTV’s Curb Appeal Expert John Gidding

The latest in inspiring home and garden ideas will be available with over 300 exhibitors providing expert advice at the Nashville Home Show. By invitation only, area media and bloggers are invited for a Meet & Greet with the long-time host of HGTV’s Curb Appeal, John Gidding, a current regular on the Rachel Ray Show among some of his fun projects. He’ll be presenting don’t miss sessions on curb appeal and outdoor living. Tickets for blog and social media giveaways are also available. Email nancy@foresthomemedia.com for info and an invitation.

Nashville area creatives including local designers and food bloggers will also be featured at the three-day event. The schedule will be announced soon so stay tuned via Nashville Home Show’s Facebook!

Nashville Home Show News Release

Longest Running, Largest Nashville Home Show Purchased & Rebranded

HGTV’s John Gidding Headlines Premier Home Event

Media Contact: Nancy McNulty, Forest Home Media

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 5, 2017)—Tennessee’s largest home show, the Home Decorating and Remodeling Show in Nashville, has been purchased by All Show Services for an undisclosed amount and rebranded as the Nashville Home Show according to All Show Services President Eric Udler.

Now in its 34^th year, the Nashville Home Show returns September 8-10 at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville with hundreds of exhibitors. Udler also announced HGTV’s John Gidding is headlining the year’s premier home event.

“With years of experience producing shows in Virginia and New Jersey of this caliber, the Nashville Home Show is a wonderful addition to our portfolio of shows. We are taking the incredible foundation established over three decades by the previous owners and packing it with the latest in inspiring home building and remodeling,” Udler said.

Based in Rockville, Maryland, All Show Services has a long history of producing shows including the New Jersey Home Show, which takes place annually in Edison. In addition, it produces Super Pet Expo, which is held in Edison and in Chantilly, VA.

From home kitchen and bath remodeling ideas to choosing flooring, paint colors and windows, the Nashville Home Show takes place September 8-10 at the downtown Nashville Music City Center with an incredible spectrum of ideas making it the home resource for inspiration. For more information on exhibiting or attending, contact NashvilleHomeShow.com.

Nashville Designer Show House PR

March 6, 2017 By Nancy McNulty

The House for Hope Designer Show House, built by FHM client Carbine & Associates, has officially opened its doors for tour daily through March 12 from noon to 5 p.m. in the new boutique community Southern Preserve in Franklin, Tennessee. Forest Home Media is proud to be the PR company of record for the year’s top home event!

Home Lifestyle Specialist

For over two decades, I’ve had the pleasure of working with talented builders and designers with the goal of inspiring tour visitors and benefiting many worthy causes. The House for Hope takes all this up 1,000 notches with 15 Southeastern design tastemakers and Carbine dedicating the home sale proceeds to area children’s charities – estimated at $100,000.

House for Hope History

The entire project is a way to honor Carbine & Associates’ 30th anniversary of building. Instead of a big party, however, Carbine’s project will have a huge impact on our community and I can’t be more proud of this company. They have done so much over the years including building an Operation FINALLY HOME for a decorated war veteran in Kings’ Chapel community. Here’s a video we put together with company president, James Carbine.

Rock Star Design Tastemakers

Dana Tucker, FHM creative consultant who originally co-founded the company, helped assemble the team of design tastemakers from a four state area. Here is a clever video we put together highlighting the room designers. And, kudos to FHM New Media Manager Geinger Hill, a video and photography wizard!

We work with soooo many great media outlets and bloggers throughout the Southeast. Nationally, the collaboration with Domino was a result of regular PR trips to NYC to build these relationships. Check out the PR recap I did for my monthly column for The Southern C here, Modern Day PR: Leveraging Creativity To Ignite Buzz. It is all about this project.

Alyssa-Clough-Domino-Magazine, Nancy-McNulty-Forest-Home-Media — After meeting Domino’s Alyssa Clough in NYC in October 2016, loved getting to host her at the House for Hope Designer Show House.

Domino magazine at House for Hope

Domino’s Associate Social Media Manager Alyssa Clough came down to attend the media blogger preview and first stopped by WTVF’s Talk of the Town. She then hosted an incredible Facebook Live on Domino’s page previewing the home and meeting several of the talented designers in their rooms. Check out the tour below which begins with Kristen Carbine.

Alyssa-Clough-Domino-magazine, Meryll-Rose-Talk-of-the-Town — Before heading to the House for Hope, Domino’s Alyssa Clough joined Talk of the Town’s Meryll Rose for an in-studio segment. Be sure you pick up their spring magazine!

Home Lifestyle Media Or Bloggers

If you are within the Nashville vicinity and want to visit the House for Hope Designer Show House before it closes March 12, just send me an email at nancy@foresthomemedia.com. We have such a terrific Nashville area pool of talented bloggers and media and would love to add to it. And, I just have to share the gorgeous, latest issue of Greater Nashville House & Home magazine which features the show house’s covered porch by J & K Design Studio. Forest Home Media is now celebrating its fifth anniversary and this project is just the icing on the cake! Come see us!

House For Hope, Greater Nashville House & Home Cover — You can’t tell from the pic, but it was one of the coldest days of 2017 on this porch! The current cover, the House for Hope Designer Show House, built by Carbine & Associates, has two porches designed by J & K Design Studio. (Photo by Peyton Hoge)

Step Into Domino Magazine’s Your Guide To A Stylish Home

February 4, 2017 By Nancy McNulty

I’ve got Domino on the mind these days! After meeting with Domino’s Assistant Digital and Social Editor Alyssa Clough in NYC last October, I’m so pleased to share she’ll be covering the Southeastern House For Hope Designer Show House for client Carbine & Associates! More on that later but look for some Domino inspired moments around March 3 via Facebook, Instagram and more!

In December, Domino’s uber smart editor Jessica Perez Romm was in town for a book signing at Wilder in the Germantown area of Nashville. (What an interesting, eclectic and beautiful store!) I was thrilled to meet Jessica and will see her again Feb. 7 for the Southern C Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. My January column for this online consortium of Southern creatives is a book review of “Domino: Your Guide To A Stylish Home.” In the middle of renovating our master bathroom, circa 1970s!, this book has been a tremendous inspiration. Check out my Southern C review here.

Nancy McNulty, Jennifer Zawadzinski, Domino Pop-Up — Last December, got to check out the seriously fun Domino Pop-Up Store in NYC with my PR colleague, Jennifer Zawadzinski, more Domino fun!

And, calling all media and home lifestyle bloggers! Join us Friday, March 3 at 10 a.m. for a preview of the House For Hope Designer Show House. Email me at nancy@foresthomemedia.com for an invite.

2017 House for Hope, Carbine & Associates, rendering by Ben Johnson Illustrations — Modern Farmhouse in style, the House for Hope Designer Show House takes place in March 2017 with a rock star team of Southeastern interior design tastemakers and award-winning builder, Carbine & Associates.

Featuring fifteen Southeastern design tastemakers, the inaugural House For Hope Designer Show House is open for tour daily, noon to 5 p.m., March 4-12 in the new Southern Preserve neighborhood, 2045 Lewisburg Pike, Franklin, TN 37064. From the builders of the Nashville HGTV Smart Home® and a Traditional Home/O’More house, Carbine & Associates’ home tour is packed with gorgeous kitchen, bath, outdoor living and fresh color ideas benefiting over a dozen Middle Tennessee children’s charities. The home also includes a kids playroom, family game room, three porches and inspiring teen bedrooms. For info, directions and tickets, click here.

Tips On Story Pitching And Submissions From Top Editors

September 1, 2016 By Nancy McNulty

In my monthly column for The Southern C, Country Living Editor Rachel Hardage Barrett and StyleBlueprint Co-Founder Liza Graves share some great tips for submitting stories to their publications.

Photos are important in telling a story but have you considered hashtagging or photo tagging a publication in your post on Instagram? Barrett says this is a good way to interact with Country Living’s small but mighty social media team. Try adding #MyCountryLiving. She and Graves both use hashtag searches when looking for interesting content which will resonate with their readers.

#MyCountryLiving, Forest Home Media, Franklin, TN — Currently, over 7,000 photos are found in the Instagram hashtag search of #MyCountryLiving, a smart attempt in gaining the attention of magazine editors!

The follow up is still critical. No, don’t stalk an editor with multiple emails in a short period of time. Graves does suggest staying on an editor’s radar is always helpful and important. And, don’t forget manners and stay away from ALL CAPS emails. Dig into these great tips by visiting my column in The Southern C by clicking HERE. And, be sure you subscribe to the Southern C’s newsletter for tons of great content from a talented community of creatives. Click HERE for my Facebook live interview with Barrett on our Forest Home Media Facebook page and give us a “like” to stay up on the latest!

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Southeast Interior Design Tastemakers & Social Media Influencers Selected For House For Hope

March 10, 2016 By Nancy McNulty

Interior design tastemakers and social media influencers from throughout the Southeast have been selected for the Nashville area’s inaugural House for Hope Designer Show House partnering with builder, Carbine & Associates, with a goal of yielding over $100,000 for children’s charities. Forest Home Media is serving as the project public relations and marketing team.

2016 House for Hope, Carbine & Associates, rendering by Ben Johnson Illustrations — Modern Farmhouse in style, the 2017 House for Hope Designer Show House takes place in March with a rock star team of Southeast interior design tastemakers.

Builders of the 2013 Traditional Home magazine and the HGTV® Smart Home in Nashville, James Carbine, president of Carbine & Associates, said the home event will be one of the first of its kind in the nation and located in a new Williamson County neighborhood, Southern Preserve.

“Some of the most creative designers from a four state area are lending their time and talents to this inspirational home tour which will impact the lives of so many young people,” Carbine said. “As part of our company’s 30-year anniversary in building, rather than hosting a big party, we are pleased to be giving back to our community through the nonprofit 501(c)(3), House for Hope Foundation, and for the first time are partnering with a creative team of this caliber.”

House for Hope Design Team, Carbine & Associates, Photo by Geinger Hill, Forest Home Media — (Photo download at CarbineAndaAsociates.com/media-room) Left to right: Jamin and Ashley Mills, The Handmade Home; Colleen Locke, Trot Home; Gina Julian, of Gina Julian; Meg Kelly, Pencil and Paper, Co.; KariAnne Wood, Thistlewood Farm; Julie Couch, Julie Couch Interiors; James Carbine and Daryl Walny, Carbine & Associates; Kara Blalock, Lauren Blalock, ReFresh Home; Chad James, Chad James Group; Lori Paranjape, Redo Home & Design; Rhoda Vickers, Southern Hospitality; Angie Forte and Jerome Farris, Peddler Interiors. Not pictured, Lucy Farmer, Lucy’s Inspired and Kristie Barnett, The Decorologist. Photo by Geinger Hill, Forest Home Media)

The 2017 House for Hope Designer Show House team includes: Kristie Barnett, The Decorologist, Nashville, TN; Kara Blalock, Lauren Blalock, ReFresh Home, Franklin, TN; Julie Couch, Julie Couch Interiors, Nashville, TN; Lucy Farmer, Lucy’s Inspired, Birmingham, AL; Angie Forte, Jerome Farris, Peddler Interiors, Murfreesboro, TN; Chad James, Chad James Group, Nashville, TN; Gina Julian, Gina Julian, Nashville, TN; Colleen Locke, Trot Home, Nashville, TN; Jamin and Ashley Mills, The Handmade Home, Montgomery, Alabama; Lori Paranjape, Redo Home & Design, Franklin, TN; Rhoda Vickers, Southern Hospitality, Atlanta, GA; KariAnne Wood, Thistlewood Farm, Kentucky.

Daryl Walny, Carbine’s vice president of operations, said almost half a million people follow the design team on Instagram and Facebook with hundreds of thousands of page views per month for their personal websites and blogs; it will be an exciting journey until the home is open for tour.

“We are interested to see the different and inspiring perspectives of these unique designers. From website blogs to social media posts, the entire project will have so many creative elements,” Walny said.

Located off Lewisburg Pike in the new Franklin neighborhood of Southern Preserve, the over 4,200 square foot home is a beautiful Modern Farmhouse with a painted brick exterior, covered porches, gourmet kitchen, four charming bedrooms, a children’s playroom and game room.

The House for Hope Foundation was begun in 1993 by Carbine, his brother, the late Denzel Carbine, and the Carbine team. Over the years, numerous subcontractors and vendors have joined Carbine in building beautiful homes with 100% of the proceeds helping area children’s charities. This will be the first time a building team has partnered with multiple interior design creatives.

The House for Hope Designer Show House will be open for tour in March. Follow the build at www.CarbineAndAssociates.com.

Here’s more information on the House for Hope and Southern Preserve.