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CLAYTON - Home Show creates an Indiana family for its centerpiece

You'll swear there's a Hoosier family living in the Centerpiece Home at this year's Indianapolis Home Show.

A monster truck appears to crash into this little boy's room. He's a truck-loving member of a prototype family who "lives" here -- at the 2007 Indianapolis Home Show. The theme of the interior, which is done by The Inside Job, is "All about Indiana."

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That's the idea, says designer Cheryl Seltenright of Noblesville's The Inside Job.

"We always make up a family, the people who live here," says Seltenright, who gives her team, including design consultant Susie Kappes, credit for so much of the design and execution.

In its 85th year, the Home Show, opening Jan. 26 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, is the nation's oldest and the Midwest's largest. It will feature more than 850 exhibitors of home interior and exterior products, from landscaping to waterproofing, as well as celebrity appearances, including Joan Steffend of "Decorating Cents," Vern Yip from "Designing on a Budget," the Junk Market Girls, Mole Hunter, Dr. Gadget and Dick "Dr. Dirt" Crum.

This is the second year in a row that a Centex Homes house will anchor the show.
The fictional family this year includes a photographer mother, a history teacher father, a daughter heavily involved in Girl Scouts and a son who likes monster trucks. Their interests permeate the house's design.

All family members are involved in the State Fair. Original paintings of some Westfield cows by Melinda Spear-Huff from Sheridan decorate the kitchen area.
The look is sophisticated, not country, although some antique canning jars and kitchen tools are scattered across countertops.

In the hearth room, the light wood flooring is extended above the fireplace. A photography studio has also been created on the first floor. Leslie Watson, a faux painter, took photographs around the city of architectural icons, and those are framed and on the walls.

All the faux paintings add charm and talking points, including one of the family cat clawing its way up the wall in the dog-washing room.
Seltenright loves the downstairs, but considers the upstairs bedrooms of the children the really fun part of the house.

The young boy's bed features a truck tire headboard and a monster truck "crashing" through the wall, complete with sound and lights.
His sister's room is a Brown County retreat, with a bed that resembles an open cabin, an electric fireplace, log wallpaper and screen doors.
The home's whimsy rating is off the charts.

The Hoosier library upstairs contains deep built-in bookcases displaying Indiana-related memorabilia, from Red Skelton collectibles to sheet music and Indiana books.
"It's going to be like a mini Indiana history center," Seltenright says.

For Mom and Dad, there's a massage/exercise Pilates area.

Even the garage, with a black-and-white checkered floor (think Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon), will contain Indiana references.

"Every time we do one of these houses, the most important thing to us is that people standing in those long lines will leave here with lots of decorating ideas . . . and they'll be happy they stood in line to come through," Seltenright says.

The home's exterior is primarily Hardiplank siding and sandalwood colored brick. Called the Sizemore, the house offers 3,776 square feet of living space, plus a three-car garage. The base model starts at about $160,000.

Space was added above the garage to provide a second stairway for traffic flow, though it is not a normal part of the floor plan.

Vincent Laplante, Centex marketing manager, and Kevin Kohls, Centex design center manager, say the interior paint will be touched up every night, so whether visitors come the first day or last, they'll see the same fresh look.

When the house is dismantled after the show, components, including kitchen cabinets, windows and other materials, will be donated to the local Habitat for Humanity.