How Broad Ripple’s vibe was reflected in the design of HGTV’s ‘Urban Oasis’ home – IndyStar

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This year's HGTV Urban Oasis home is a three-bedroom "cozy cottage" in Broad Ripple.

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HGTV's Urban Oasis home in Broad Ripple isn't what most Indianapolis-area residents would expect.

When you first see the home's forest green exteriors,you might not guess it hasbright mustard living roomwalls, contrasted by a crisp white fireplace.

Or when you stroll through the home's main living spaces and soak in theblush tones, you might be taken aback by the 40-inch retro disco ball gracingthe dining room.

And then there's the drama in the guest bathroom,monochromatic black,from the tiles and floors to the bathtub.

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"The whole idea was to really capture that super carefree, happy, supportive vibe that you see in Broad Ripple," said Brian Patrick Flynn, the Atlanta-based HGTV interior designer behind the house.

Each year, HGTV's "Urban Oasis" contestgives away a remodeled, fully furnished home toone lucky winner, with the purpose of highlighting the beauty and functionality of city living." Previous locations have included Asheville, North Carolina, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Portland, Maine. HGTVis accepting entries to win this year'shouseuntil Nov. 22.

The home's reconstruction and remodeling began in Dec. 2020, but Flynn truly immersed himself inBroad Ripple over thesummer, spending about six weeks getting to know the area and playing "Queen's Gambit."

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Thats how Flynn describes his creative process, akin to the Netflix showsprotagonist, Beth Harmon, and her imaginative chess strategizing looking up at the ceiling and watching pieces on a chess board.For Flynn, interior designing a home can be just as three-dimensional and dream-like.

You know, when all of a sudden her mind gets into that zone and you see the animation go in her brain? That is exactly how it works with me, Flynn said. I walk into a room, I immediately know where windows should be, where the door (should) be, where the light should access the room.

He knew right away when he first walked into the Broad Ripple houselast yearthat it should be more inthe "funky world."

He notes this last year "was not the best year," so he wanted to do something fun and funky with the home, he says, turningto the "sexy modernism" of the late '70s, early '80s and '90s.

"I just kept thinking about like, what would be hip and what wouldbe young and what would be fun, that would fit like the millennials and the Gen Xers who live in the neighborhood," Flynn said. "And also have a little bit of a nostalgic feelfor people of my parents' generation, the baby boomers, to be like 'Oh, I remember that. I loved that."

And while he is a fan of risky design choicesandcomplex color schemes he uses the analogy of the unused colors in his crayon box growing up those bold creative decisions came with the potential homeowners and nearbycommunity in mind.

"I try to think of things that would be cohesiveto get together but would appeal to all different types of walks of life," Flynn said, noting how the home's bolder elements are balanced out with neutral, calmer aspects, including bleached white oakflooring and "very classic and simple" kitchen cabinetry.

Though the home is being highlighted on the national stage,there areHoosier touchesthroughout,both indesign elements and art.

Bespoke Construction, an Indianapolis-based company, led the remodeling of the home. Flynn commissioned Iron Timbers, a woodworking company in southern Indiana,to make a custom cocktail table for the back porch.A Carmel artist, Nathasa Rae, was hired to make warrior pen drawings near the dining area.

"I just thought of Broad Ripple asbeing super inclusiveand also being something that just had like a really cool ... almost like a sexy street vibe," Flynn said. "I want people to walkinto the house and see themselves entertaining friends there and also kind of pushing the envelope and feeling a little fashion forward."

Contact Rashika Jaipuriar atrjaipuriar@gannett.comandfollow her on Twitter @rashikajpr.

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