If you've dreamed of opening up your kitchen, revamping your front yard or building the most barbeque-friendly deck on the block, you know how exciting it can be to explore the possibilities your home can hold. You also know how difficult it can be to get started on a new home improvement project. Exploring ways to make the most of your home with design techniques and furnishings can be easy and affordable with HGTV Ultimate Home Design with Landscaping and Decks. Stocked with user-friendly design tools that even a do-it-yourself novice could love, plus tons of materials, furnishings, plants and more to get your creativity rolling, this software gives you a realistic look at what a design change could mean for your home — before you hire a single contractor.

Featuring the how-to tips and guidance you'd expect from the HGTV lifestyle network, this latest version of Ultimate Home Design opens you up to new ideas for remodeling rooms, building decks and perfecting your landscape. Discovering what different brand-name materials and paints will look like in your home is as easy as dragging and dropping your mouse when you import photos of your actual rooms. Choose from a wide selection of countertops, furniture, appliances and more to build a customized image of your ideal home, then view it all in a photorealistic 3D walkthrough. Take your creativity outdoors to easily build patios and more using the Deck Builder Wizard, and discover new ways to make your garden shine with a 7,500-item plant encyclopedia. You have the dreams and the visions for your home, now turn them into reality with HGTV Ultimate Home Design with Landscaping and Decks.

Brainstorm, design and preview ways to transform your living space — from interior rooms to decks and landscapes

Wizard-driven interface makes it easy to design your own plans just by dragging and dropping in three easy steps

Powerful design tools give you tons of creative options for building in everything from electrical outlets to windows, cabinets, lighting, window coverings, roof placement and more

Choose from hundreds of 3D appliances, furnishings, countertops, lighting and more to create a fully customized look

Test out brand-name paints and materials, and apply them to a photo of your actual space so you can see what each will look like when they're in place

Create beautiful curb appeal with plants, flowers, trees and shrubs from an extensive 7,500-item plant encyclopedia, plus options for sidewalks, pathways, fencing, gates, barbeques and outdoor furniture

Build your ideal outdoor gathering space in virtually any size, shape or material using the automatic Deck Builder Wizard

Conduct a virtual walk-around in your new space in photorealistic 3D graphics to fully experience what it will look and feel like

Get a realistic sense of your home's location by specifying hills, valleys, slopes, plateaus, trenches and more

Enjoy how-to video tips for getting started and keeping your creativity flowing, plus vast resources for learning about green design and energy-efficient home solutions

· Publisher: Nova Development

· Release Date: 01/23/2011

· Drive Type: DVD-ROM

· Color Category: Multi

· Model Number: 41020