Inside the 2025 HGTV Dream Home: Great Room Design Inspiration

Skylights, soft tones and a wide-open layout make the great room the star of the 2025 HGTV Dream Home.

Story by Lance Hanlin + Photography Provided by HGTV

Every great home has a heart — and in the 2025 HGTV Dream Home, it’s the great room. Designed by Court Atkins Group and styled by HGTV’s Brian Patrick Flynn, this Berkeley Hall beauty brings in the sunshine with skylights, oversized windows and a soothing sea-glass palette. Newly crowned winner Tricia Smith, a special-education teacher from the Bronx, now gets to call this dream space her own. With layers of cozy furniture, light-filled design and natural touches, it’s a perfect blend of Southern comfort and modern charm.

Made for daylight

It starts with the light. Skylights overhead and a tall wall of windows flood the room with sunshine from morning to evening. The soft sea-glass wall color (Sherwin-Williams Quietude) adds a cool touch, while white trim and shiplap (Sherwin-Williams Snowbound) keep everything feeling clean and fresh. A round coffee table anchors the room and makes it easy to gather, snack or just kick your feet up.

HGTV 2025 Dream Home - Great Room with lots of sunlight coming in

Cozy without the clutter

The furniture here works hard without trying too hard. There’s a Charles of London-style sofa with turned legs and low arms, surrounded by two striped spindle chairs that feel both classic and relaxed. Pillows and throws add just enough softness, while a chunky rug adds warmth and texture to the space. The fireplace, finished in white shiplap with a simple wood mantel, naturally draws your eye and invites you to pause.

Nature, right at home

The colors in this room echo what you’d see outside: sand, sea, marsh and sky. Framed paintings on either side of the fireplace bring that landscape inside. A few well-placed plants and pottery add life without making the room feel busy. Even the console table behind the sofa, with its grooved wood base, feels like something shaped by nature. The room flows right into the kitchen and dining area, which makes hosting simple and day-to-day life even easier. Whether you’re curling up with coffee, reading by the windows or watching a game with friends, this room is ready for it.