Myrtle Beach Shows Its Eco-Friendly Side To HGTV

Most of the time this blog focuses on outdoor activities.

But today, the Myrtle Beach area is bursting with pride to brag about some interior action that captured the attention of none other than HGTV.

The Grand Strand's top designer, Kimberly Grigg of Knotting Hill Interiors, took on the challenge of transforming a home into an eco-friendly sanctuary for a local doctor and his family. From environmentally-friendly fabrics and paint, to repurposing items, Kimberly did it all. She had a foot-pedestal sink installed in the kitchen to conserve water. She crafted a fireplace mantel out of a big tree root displaced by the footprint of the house. She even wired the garage for an electric car.

For Kimberly, this was a natural challenge. You see, one of her specialities is “green” design.

The finished product captured the attention of Design Happens, a HGTV.com blog.

Bingo! Kimberly and the finished house ended up as HGTV's August 26 Weekly Tour feature.

Now, this is a pretty big deal, folks. Why just a few days ago, Design Happens was spotlighting none other than Joshua Foss, one of the designers who was recently on the hit TV series Design Star.

So Kimberly is running in pretty big company.

It's refreshing to find a designer who believes you don't have to spend a lot to achieve great style — and one who can show you how to to seamlessly weave ideas for 'green decor' into your home to achieve environmentally-conscious elegance.

So, thanks HGTV, for noticing Myrtle Beach's very own design star.

We're proud you thought Kimberly's eco-friendly design was so great.

Check out her blog — It's So Fabulous — that's pretty great too!