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Photo: David A. Land.
Design:
HGTV Magazine.
All Smiles
Daryl Jelle and Nicole Bieniek were all smiles after winning our nationwide search. When Nicole and her fiancé, Daryl, heard about our hunt for The Most Embarrassing Living Room in America, they had a hunch their self-described "room of randomness" could take the prize. The couple bought their split-level home in Burnsville, Minn., right out of college in October 2011 and furnished the living room on the cheap with hand-me-downs and quirky online finds.