Issue:
Winter 2007 - "The Big Idea Issue"
The Big Idea Contest:
In this issue, the main feature covers "The Big Idea Contest", in which viewers submitted pictures of their homes to showcase their design style, taste, and ideas. Three winners were chosen and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and had Nate Berkus surprise them at their home. ("Knock, Knock, It's Nate with Food Network Star Giada De Laurentiis" - Original Air Date: November 13,2007). Photos displaying the winners and their homes appear in the issue with additional ideas that readers can use for inspiration in their own homes.
Features:
Other features in this edition of O at Home include:
- Ideas on how to bring "Winter White" into your home
- A look into choreographer Fatima Robinson's home
- Designers and their kids try out "Big & Little" furniture
- Menu ideas from Nigella Lawson
- O at Home publisher, Jill Seelig, shows off her new NYC apartment
Ideas and Tips:
Over 100 design ideas and tips are in this issue, including one from Oprah herself:
Find a way to artfully arrange your lifelong favorite things as a part of your home's design...It's all about creating memory capsules and displaying them in one spot -- or even throughout your home.
The O at Home List:
"The O List" is a regular feature in O : The Oprah Magazine, in which it showcases gifts and products that the Oprah and her staff think are hot. In the home version of the list, find: "Generous Gifts for $50 or Less", "Epic Ornaments", and "Ingenious Icebreakers".
Contributor: Martha Beck:
From life coach Martha Beck, comes "Avoid the Holidaze". Find a method for balancing the holiday chaos and keeping the season one for spending time with family and friends -- not panicking over cooking dinner for 20 guests.
The Good Works Makeover:
If you are looking for inspiring stories to last beyond the holidays, this "Good Works Makeover: A Gym Made Dandy" will not only enlighten your spirit, but make you want to go work out! Check out the redesign of a basement into an amazing fitness center for kids at the Boys & Girls Club.
Contributor: Suze Orman:
From financial adviser Suze Orman, comes "Find Your Hidden Assets". Check in with Suze for tips on how to trim expenses and find extra money for savings, gifts, or vacation.
