Memphis interior designer Carmeon Hamilton had never been to Kan-sas City before HGTV tapped her to work on a project here. Her assignment: Design the living spaces for HGTV's 2024 Urban Oasis house. The home-and-garden network gives away a fully decorated home in the heart of a different city each year.
This year's Urban Oasis is in an undisclosed Kansas City neighborhood. HGTV chose the house in late 2023, then work on a massive, dramatic transformation began over the winter and wrapped up in July. The builder and architect was Astoria Design Build LLC, a woman-owned company in Mission, Kansas.
The home will be revealed Friday in a one-hour special, "HGTV Urban Oasis 2024," on HGTV and HGTV Go and will stream on Max and Discovery+. People can enter the giveaway online at HGTV.com and FoodNetwork.
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21. The house, all the furnishings and $50,000 adds up to a prize worth more than $700,000, HGTV says. The two-story, three-bedroom home with 2 1⁄2 baths is about 2,200 square feet, with a home office on the first floor, a music lounge on the second floor, a wellness center in the basement and an expansive entertaining area in the backyard.
Hamilton melded modern with Scandinavian, guided by her personal design aesthetic and what she learned about life in Kansas City — its music, culture, even its fountains. Whimsical nods to the city are sprinkled throughout the home. Kansas City seems almost like "a sister city" to Memph.
