The PNE Prize Home is full of ideas you could use in your own home, whether you're building or renovating. Chris Olsen takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour.

The first thing you notice about this year's prize home is that it looks beautiful from the outside. Every detail of the home as it will eventually sit on a Kelowna view lot has been included, including the address by the front door.

During a behind-the-scenes tour, interior design consultant Barbara Ayelsworth says she loves how the home has been built to capitalize on the Okanagan landscape.

"The exterior of the house (has) nice big decks that overlook the lake view," she said.

It looks like a normal, large deck but the wood is thermally modified ash. That means it's baked to 500 degrees, killing all the resin and making it insect and mildew resistant. It has a 25 year warranty.

The siding is made from pine beetle infested trees, one of many products being made from those affected forests.

The stone work on the outside is cut from cultured stone.

Inside, the master bedroom is really more of a master suite. It has its own deck and room for a wine fridge and sofa. The master ensuite has a shower, soaker tub and its own fireplace.

The backsplash in the kitchen is a new product made in Burnaby. It's made from recycled glass and is also used in the bathroom as an accent.

"It's beautiful and very, very popular," Ayelsworth said.

The bathroom and kitchen countertops are granite.

"Granite is still number one in the kitchen and the bathroom and anywhere else you want a really unique countertop," Ayelsworth said. "We have a beautiful countertop this year. It's brand new to the market. It has soft blue and beige lines running through it. It almost looks artificial it is so perfect in its pattern."

The fireplace that looks like limestone is actually concrete.

The home is freshly painted but because it uses the lowest VOC Benjamin Moore paint you can't smell it.

"When we were putting it on it has a really lovely aroma. It almost smells like lavender," Ayelsworth said.

That means no headaches, and clean up is easy since it's water-based.

The windows combine efficiency with flexibility and security. If you twist the lever half way up, they swing open wide. Twist it another quarter of a turn and they open from the top, letting air in but not burglars. Pull the lever all the way down and the windows are securely locked.

What the PNE can't show on site is the $30,000 geothermal climate control system. It's like an in-ground heat pump that uses the constant temperature of the earth to cool your house in the summer and provide heat in the winter.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Chris Olsen