Deck Your Halls At Shea Homes’ Holiday Home Showcase Featuring The Pottery Barn

Oct. 21, 2011 - PRLog -- ALISO VIEJO, CA – ‘Tis the season and Shea Homes is getting in the spirit with a Holiday Home Showcase from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 23rd, at Pasadera at Glenwood in Aliso Viejo. Everyone is invited to learn how to deck their halls with festive holiday decorating ideas from Pottery Barn design specialist Nilou Keema. As an added bonus, one lucky winner will receive a special gift basket full of Pottery Barn holiday merchandise, and everyone who purchases a new Shea home during the celebration will receive complimentary design services from Pottery Barn’s South Coast Plaza store plus a New Movers Coupon that will entitle them to a 10% discount on their Pottery Barn purchases.

Ms. Keema’s presentation will offer expert advice on a wide range of topics:

Layering - How to incorporate holiday themes while maintaining the year-round elegance of your home;

Color integration - How to bring the colors of the season into your current home color palette;

Seasonal ambiance - How to create a welcoming, warm and cozy home for holiday gatherings; and

Holiday helper - Unique gift ideas for family and friends.

The prospects for impressive holiday decorating are especially bright in Pasadera’s exceptionally livable floor plans, which comfortably accommodates growing families with approximately 2,224 to 3,163 square feet of living space, including as many as four bedrooms. Plus the homes are just as stylish as they are sizable. Fireplace-warmed great rooms join with gourmet island kitchens to host fun-filled family gatherings during the holidays and all year long. Downstairs bedrooms ideal for overnight guests can also be transformed into a formal living room or home office. Master suite retreats set the scene for private getaways. Lofts and optional bonus rooms can be tailored to residents’ individual needs.  Gourmet kitchens make it easy to prepare everything from a bountiful holiday feast to a casual snack with an array of sought-after conveniences led by granite countertops, walk-in pantries and built-in Whirlpool® stainless steel appliances, including a five-burner gas cooktop, convection oven, microwave oven and giant-tub dishwasher.

The list of exceptional details that distinguish every Pasadera home continues with Delta® plumbing fixtures, painted wood window sills, upgraded baseboards and door casings, walk-in master suite closets with mirrored doors, central heating and air-conditioning systems, interior laundry rooms with utility sinks, and fully finished garage interiors.  All of that, plus the prestige of private golf course living alongside the exclusive Aliso Viejo Country Club, is available at prices starting in the mid $600,000s.

To accommodate current and future technology, every home includes an advanced integrated structured pre-wiring package for interactive lifestyles. It includes Category 5e wiring for high-speed computer connections as well as a great room media outlet for HDTV and DVR capability and coaxial cable with phone and TV in all bedrooms.

Exteriors display richly detailed Cottage, Monterey, Spanish and Italianate architecture with decorative trim accents and Carriage House Series garage doors.

One of Pasadera’s most popular homes is Plan 3, which features a third-level loft that can be used as a home office, gym/workout room, media room or teen room. This home also includes an amazing kitchen/family room/dining room that is ideally suited and comfortably proportioned for today’s stay-at-home family lifestyles, and its inviting side yard is a perfect setting for outdoor living and entertaining or simply relaxing.

Pasadera at Glenwood opens the door to the finest in country club living. The neighborhood is surrounded by the scenery and serenity of Aliso Viejo Country Club, which features a Jack Nicklaus-designed championship golf course, a new 38,000-square-foot Member’s Clubhouse and full-service lounge and restaurant, Glenwood's resort lifestyle is enhanced by more than $20 million of community amenities, including 6.4 acres of public parks, two tot lots and trails with fitness stations.  Also contributing to that lifestyle, the Aliso Viejo Aquatic Center features swimming pools, an outdoor fireplace, playground, shaded arbors and lawns in a prime location overlooking the golf course.

A wide variety of shopping, dining and entertainment options are nearby at Aliso Viejo Town Center and The Shops at Mission Viejo, and nearby freeways and the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road make it easy to reach employment centers, recreation destinations, entertainment venues and major league sports complexes throughout Orange County. In addition, gourmet restaurants and five-star hotels and spas are a short drive away along the coast of Dana Point.

To attend the Holiday Home Showcase at Pasadera, travel the 73 Toll Road, exit Aliso Creek Road and head east to Glenwood Drive. Turn right onto Glenwood Drive then turn left onto Golf Drive and follow the signs to Pasadera. From the I-5 Freeway, exit Alicia Parkway and head west to Moulton Parkway. Turn right onto Moulton Parkway, turn left onto Glenwood Drive, then right onto Golf Drive and follow the signs to Pasadera. Decorated models are open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Wednesdays, when hours are from 2 to 6 p.m. Additional information is available by calling 949-598-2991.

Shea Homes Southern California is a division of Shea Homes Limited Partnership, one of America’s largest privately held homebuilders. As a member of the Shea family of companies, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2011, Shea Homes has won numerous prestigious awards for quality, integrity, innovation and customer satisfaction. Shea Homes’ pursuit of excellence is typified by Shea Superiology, the art and science of designing and constructing homes that offer homeowners superior value by maximizing their quality of life, minimizing their costs and making a positive contribution to the environment. For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.sheahomes.com.

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Shea Homes Southern California is a division of Shea Homes Limited Partnership, one of America’s largest privately held homebuilders.