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Exclusive HGTV Smart Home Influencer Event

March 8, 2018 By Nancy McNulty Leave a Comment

An exclusive influencer event at the HGTV Smart Home 2018 is coming up on April 18 in Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina. Forest Home Media is connecting home lifestyle bloggers and influencers with home designer Tiffany Brooks for an afternoon of Low Country fare, Southern inspired drinks and a private tour of this gorgeous home.

After working with Tiffany on the HGTV Smart Home 2014 in Nashville, built by FHM client Carbine & Associates, it will be fun to see how her taste has evolved and to see the latest in smart home technology and design. Click here for more information on the home and to sign up for daily reminders to enter for a chance to win!

Tiffany Brooks, interior designer, HGTV Smart Home — Tiffany Brooks – Source: Tiffany Brooks Interiors

Influencer Event History

In 2013, Forest Home Media partnered with Southern Living’s PR team for a media and influencer event at the Southern Living Idea House in Nashville, built by FHM client Castle Homes. The afternoon, with rock star decorator Phoebe Howard and Southern Living favs, former editor Lindsay Bierman and Southern Living garden expert Carmen Johnston, led to establishing a powerful marketing formula for clients. Combining smart bloggers and influencers with talented media writers has proven to be very impactful for home projects throughout the Southeast.

Lindsay Bierman and the PR Team for 2013 Southern Living Idea House Project hosted a blogger, influencer and media event prior to the house opening. Pictured with Bierman are former SL PR Director Jennifer Zawandanski, Zan Martin, president of Martin & Co. representing Fontanel & Nancy McNulty, Forest Home Media, representing the builder, Castle Homes.

Forest Home Media has since helped launch or promote a ton of premier home events including the Nashville Symphony Show House and last year’s Nashville Home Show, returning again this September, as well as the HGTV Urban Oasis House 2017 with designer Brian Patrick Flynn.

HGTV Urban Oasis House 2017, Nancy McNulty, with Forest Home Media, designer Brian Patrick Flynn, and Kristin Alm, Scripps Director of Media Relations — Brian Patrick Flynn, designer of the 2017 HGTV Urban Oasis House, with Nancy McNulty, left, Forest Home Media, and PR colleague, Kristin Alm, Director of Media Relations for Scripps Interactive.

Join Us April 18 At HGTV Smart Home

If you are a lifestyle blogger, influencer or working media and will be in the Hilton Head area on April 18, contact [email protected],for more information. We love connecting our smart home lifestyle community with the latest in what’s cool, new, different and inspiring in the home industry and have several other projects coming up in 2018 including Nashville!

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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!