Donor Spotlight – Floor Coverings International

In this last donor spotlight post for Extreme Makeover – Kindness Edition, I’m going to tell you all about Floor Coverings International.

Floor Coverings International carry a large variety of flooring, from your traditional wood, stone or tile, carpeting to specialty flooring such as rubber, natural sisal, bamboo, glass inlay and more.  Many of their options are also eco-friendly. 

From the Floor Coverings International website:

“Floor Coverings International is North America's leading in-home design floor coverings brand. Our company is carefully crafted on creating for you, our customers, a discernable difference from any other floor coverings company.

Your design associate is someone who will come to your home with the specific skill to design for you the flooring solution to inspire you, and that is perfect for your home. Every one of our design associates is trained to be an expert in both flooring knowledge and flooring design. We are experts in knowing the features and benefits of all types of flooring material, and how to create for you the right design, either from one material, or using several in one design. Our job is to inspire you, and to open up for you a world of opportunity to create the most beautiful and appropriate flooring solution.

The Floor Coverings Customer Experience has been crafted to ensure that from the first moment you contact us, through the installation of your floor and beyond, you will feel valued and held by our company. Whoever you talk to and meet at Floor Coverings International, we would like you to know that the measure of our success lies solely in the measurement of your satisfaction of us.”

For our project, Richard Cranston, of Ottawa’s Floor Coverings International, answered our pleas…

We were very close to the end of implementing our design plan but were missing one key element.  The area rug was a key element pulling our central seating area together.  We put the word out by email, we tweeted and posted our pleas to Facebook and we got an almost immediate response from Floor Coverings International from Ottawa.

Their donation was a custom made area carpet that was absolutely perfect for the space.  Since we were dealing with a reception area in a seniors center that sees alot of traffic through the messy, slushy winter months, we needed something that was durable as well as stylish.  From the vast selection of area carpets available, we were offered a product that would not move, curl, shrink and would not create any chance of a tripping hazard, which was available in a variety of shades.  Based on our colour scheme, we selected the Java shade:

And here’s how it transformed the space.  We went from this:

To this:

A great big thank you to Floor Coverings International!

The Extreme Makeover Kindness Edition and the Good Companion Center and it’s members appreciate  your generosity!

Donor Spotlight - The Upper Room Home Furnishings

A  couple of weeks ago I told you about my involvement in Extreme Makeover – Kindness Edition, turning The Good Companions Center lobby, reception and tuck shop from drab to fab entirely on DONATIONS!!! That's right - construction, furniture, paint, carpet, artwork, floral arrangements, woodworking, photography & design savvy - ALL donated!

It’s been an exciting project, with a very talented group of peers.  On February 18th we spent the day putting the project together for the big reveal on February 19th.  I’ll give you all the details and pics on that in another post, but, what really made this project come together was the generous donations from various individuals, organizations and companies.  And since several of the decorators involved in the project have blogs, we have decided to write Donor Spotlight posts to that all of those involved!

One of those was Ottawa’s The Upper Room Home Furnishings!

When we first put our design plan together we envisioned a central seating area with a sofa and chairs around a coffee table and a few other seating areas scattered throughout the space.  When the call went out for donations, theses were the areas we were trying to fill.   And when we approached our friends at The Upper Room, they came through – in spades - with a red leather sofa, a coffee and end table AND two occasional chairs!

Here are the pieces donated:

Furniture donated by The Upper Room VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

And before I show you how we incorporated these pieces, let me tell you a bit about their generous donor.

The Upper Room Home Furnishings (www.upperroomhome.ca) has been in business since 2004 and has a tradition of quality, customer service excellence and commitment to the community - which is quite evident in their generous donation to The Good Companions. 

A top priority of The Upper Room makes is to engage their clients, helping them fully realize their home design goals.  With a selection of more than 700 sumptuous fabrics and over 60 custom leather colours and textures, their showroom features a large selection of home furnishings to suit various decors, be they elegant, contemporary or eclectic.  The Upper Room offers design services and will work with you to achieve the look you desire. 

Their website offers up a "Knowledge Centre" which provides guidance on cleaning your furniture and area rugs, tips on decorating and design, and monthly design articles.   Check out their cool space planner tool that lets you play with a room's layout to help you decide which furniture works best in your room.  Really cool!  Make sure to browse their online collection of furniture available for purchase, but to get the full impact of their extensive inventory, head out to their show room at 2670 Queensview Drive in Ottawa or call them at 613-721-5873.

So, from the design team to Upper Room Home Furnishings …

 

Please make sure to visit the other “Donor Spotlights” populated over the next 2 weeks and listed at the top of my sidebar.  And now, since you’ve been so patient, have a look at the completed, redecorated spaces.  Enjoy!

Extreme Makeover–Kindness Edition

Recently, I was fortunate enough to be asked to take part in a project called “Extreme Makeover – Kindness Edition”.  Just what is “Extreme Makeover – Kindness Edition” you ask?  Well, I’ll tell you…

Extreme Makeover – Kindness Edition is part of  Winterlude Getaway put together by the Yummy Mummy Club (Toronto) that occurs during Ottawa’s Kindness Week.  The YMC partnered with The United Way, to have an Ottawa design dream-team makeover the reception and lobby area of The Good Companions Center, a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of both seniors and adults with physical disabilities. 

The design team is led by Sonya Kinkade of Sonya Kinkade Design and we are joined on the project by 5 other local decorators;

• Lisa Goulet from Lisa Goulet Design
• Maureen Coates from MODECOR
• Mary Anne van Gaal from Otta Decorate!
• Nicole Duguay from Solace Interiors
• Kelly James from JAX Decor & Design

Now, this is no ordinary makeover.  This is a makeover completed entirely with DONATIONS!  That’s right – construction, furniture, paint, carpet, artwork, floral arrangements, woodworking, photography and design savvy – ALL DONATED!

There’s been a flurry of activity recently at the center itself, but work started weeks ago when started planning our approach. 

We got together to pick paint colours, we collaborated over fabric swatches and room layout, but the biggest task of all was contacting individuals, companies and organizations to donate their time, services and products to this worthy cause.   And they came through in spades! 

Stay tuned to our blogs, as over the next week or two, we will be posting DONOR SPOTLIGHT posts to thank all of those who generosity enabled this act of kindness!

We are on the cusp of the big reveal, which is happening this Saturday – February 19th, from 10:30 to 12:00.  If you are in Ottawa, please drop by for a visit!  The Good Companions Centre – 670 Albert Street, Ottawa.  We would love to see you there!