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NBC's American Dream Builders recently show cased modular homes built by Palm Har- bor Homes and Cavco Homes, Inc. on April 13 th . American Dream Builders is a one-hour reality design com- petition series hosted by renowned designer Nate Berkus that premiered on March 23. In this episode, the focus is on the rising trend of smaller, more ef- ficient homes and how to design for optimal comfort and usabil- ity. Cavco Homes and Palm Harbor Homes built four smaller, efficiently designed green cottages called Eco-cot- tages for this competition. Their long history as national builders of modular homes, manufactured homes and cottages made Cavco and Palm Harbor Homes the natural choice to build these four identical homes for American Dream Builders. They deliver high quality modular homes and manufactured homes built to exacting specifications to distant sites on a tight time schedule just about every day of the year. For the 5th episode of "American Dream Builders," Cavco Homes and Palm Harbor Homes provided 4 identical modular homes or Eco-cottages. Then the remaining eight de- signers are randomly placed in pairs and given the exact same pre-fabricated modular home to transform. The designing pairs had to work to- gether, from raw construction to final decora- tion. Nate Berkus and the judges announce the pairings: Dann Foley and Vanessa Deleon, Lukas Machnik and Erinn Valencich, Jay Rior- dan and Nina Magon and Darren Moore and Elaine Griffin. The designers all worked with identical building structures and floor plans, had access to the same materials and had the same amount of time to work: just three days. In addition to being shown on American Dream Builders, the winning designer's home from this episode will be featured in a full color photo spread in an upcoming edition of Better Homes & Gar- dens. Joe Stegmayer, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Cavco Industries, Inc., explained, "We are always excited for the opportunity to showcase the unique flexibility and quality of modular home construction. Smaller, more energy efficient homes are a growing part of our in- dustry. It was a special assignment for us to be providing small footprint living spaces for these designers to demonstrate tips and techniques to maximize every area of the home for multi-purpose use while keeping it stylish and livable. We are proud to be the first modular home building company to work with American Dream Builders in its inaugural sea- son." For more information or to view the episode visit http://www.palmharbor.com/ morehome/did-you-miss-american-dream- builders-featuring-palm-harbor-modular- homes. MAY 2014 19 THE JOURNAL No. 11 on Get It Quick Page Building Modular Homes for NBC's "American Dream Builders" The winning design home on "American Dream Builders."