Arts & Entertainment

Oakmont Episode of 'Showhouse Showdown' to Air March 31

The show, which airs on HGTV, was filmed at Edgewater at Oakmont in September.

Oakmont will be featured on TV at the end of March, when an episode of "Showhouse Showdown" airs on HGTV.

In each episode, two professional interior designers take over two newly built houses with mirror-image floor plans. The designers will compete head-to-head by creating five signature rooms in each house using identical budgets and on the same schedule.

Keeping the stakes high and the designers on track will be host Bob Guiney, from ABC’s "The Bachelor." In the end, there is an open house, and one designer will be crowned the winner based on the votes casted by the area residents.

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HGTV and Stone & Co. Entertainment partnered with Heartland Homes in August to film an episode in Cranberry Township. The show also filmed in September in the neighborhood.

The Heartland Homes episode , featuring designers Alisha Gwen and Joe Berkowitz is scheduled to be the season premiere episode on Saturday, March 3, at 2:30 p.m. 

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The , featuring designers Christine Jones and Lizzie Bennett Farley is scheduled to air Saturday, March 31. 

There will be an encore airing of each episode at 1:30 pm the Friday following the premiere.

“This is not like anything you have seen on HGTV before,” said Kevin Oakley, director of marketing for Heartland Homes, in a press release. “This is not just about picking paint colors and moving in furniture. These designers are involved with the house from day one of construction and have complete freedom to change whatever they want, just like our homeowners do. Windows, walls, cabinets—it’s all up for grabs. In the end, all four homes we built have ended up being completely unique from any other house we have ever built.”

For more information and for details on a premier party, go to www.HeartlandCustomHomes.com.


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