Showing posts with label ULTIMATE UPCYCLE CHALLENGE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ULTIMATE UPCYCLE CHALLENGE. Show all posts
Nov 3, 2015
What a show! After 12 months of planning, the inaugural
Edmonton Fall Home Show came to fruition and was a huge success!
From the talented local and national designers that were
showcased on the main stage, to the incredible lineup of fabulous chefs on our
cooking stage and the extensive list of exhibitors showcased on the show floor,
attendees were thrilled with our very first Edmonton Fall Home Show.
The Ultimate Upcycle Challenge brought in Rust-Oleum Canada
spokeswoman and Cityline regular, Leigh-Ann Allaire Perrault to the show. For
the past few months, local media, bloggers, designers and artists have been
working hard to help raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Each selecting a
well loved chair from Restore, participants took some expert advice from
Leigh-Ann and gave their chairs an up cycled make-over.
With an incredible lineup of local chefs, guests were treated decadent delights from some of Edmonton’s newest and finest restaurants on our cooking stage presented by SONiC 102.9. To add a little spice (or cheese flavour) to the stage this year, guests had the chance to enjoy SONiC’s Doritos Challenge and our Twitter Pork Chopped! Challenge with local, amateur chefs. Talk about inspiring your tastebuds!
Enjoy the holiday season everyone, we will see you again very soon! The Edmonton Renovation Show runs January 29 - 31, 2016 at the Edmonton Expo Centre. Mark your calendars, we’ll meet you on the show floor!
Oct 23, 2014
After four incredible days at last weekend's Vancouver Home + Design Show, we had to say goodbye. We know it's hard, but all good things must come to an end - and what a whirlwind weekend it was!
Missed the show? We've curated our favourite moments to make you feel as though you were there for every important moment.
Our favourite Scots, Colin & Justin, brightened up the Metrie Main Stage with their signature humour and styling tips for bringing Canadian cottage style into any home.
The one and only Bryan Baeumler took to the Metrie Main Stage to share his renovation know-how with his adoring Vancouver fans.
Things heated up on the Vancouver Magazine Cooking Stage with the Samsung Cooking Challenge: Tag Team Kitchen, hosted by Chef Corbin Tomaszeski. Elaine Vuong and her professional partner, Geoff Rogers of Blacktail Florist, beat out the competition and Elaine walked away with $5,000 worth of Samsung Appliances. What a win!
Urban Barn's Next Top Designer: Reloaded stole the show when three local undiscovered designers and decorators went head-to-head in the ultimate micro-management exercise. Each contestant designed a 150 square-foot space with $5,000 worth of Urban Barn furniture and accessories for display (and public vote). The winner, up-and-coming decorator Dexter Dolores, went home with $1,000 to Urban Barn, a feature in Westcoast Homes & Design magazine, and a 10x10 booth at the Vancouver Home + Design Show, 2015. Congrats, Dexter!
The Ultimate Upcycle Challenge 3: ChairLIFT raised over $600 for Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver and their affiliated ReStores. The chair with the top bid? That went to the friendly decorator herself, Christine Friend, for her fun and sporty Canucks chair.
We're also proud to announce the winners of the Best Booth Awards, including:
Missed the show? We've curated our favourite moments to make you feel as though you were there for every important moment.
Our favourite Scots, Colin & Justin, brightened up the Metrie Main Stage with their signature humour and styling tips for bringing Canadian cottage style into any home.
The one and only Bryan Baeumler took to the Metrie Main Stage to share his renovation know-how with his adoring Vancouver fans.
Things heated up on the Vancouver Magazine Cooking Stage with the Samsung Cooking Challenge: Tag Team Kitchen, hosted by Chef Corbin Tomaszeski. Elaine Vuong and her professional partner, Geoff Rogers of Blacktail Florist, beat out the competition and Elaine walked away with $5,000 worth of Samsung Appliances. What a win!
Urban Barn's Next Top Designer: Reloaded stole the show when three local undiscovered designers and decorators went head-to-head in the ultimate micro-management exercise. Each contestant designed a 150 square-foot space with $5,000 worth of Urban Barn furniture and accessories for display (and public vote). The winner, up-and-coming decorator Dexter Dolores, went home with $1,000 to Urban Barn, a feature in Westcoast Homes & Design magazine, and a 10x10 booth at the Vancouver Home + Design Show, 2015. Congrats, Dexter!
The Ultimate Upcycle Challenge 3: ChairLIFT raised over $600 for Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver and their affiliated ReStores. The chair with the top bid? That went to the friendly decorator herself, Christine Friend, for her fun and sporty Canucks chair.
We're also proud to announce the winners of the Best Booth Awards, including:
- Best in Show: Save More Plumbing & Lighting
- Best Use of Large Space: Floform Countertops for Life
- Best Medium Space: Future Living Development Ltd.
- Best Small Space: By Nature Design
- Rookie Award: ifresco
- Going the Extra Mile: Nitor Lighting
Sep 17, 2014
The Calgary Home + Design Show is back at the BMO Centre, starting tomorrow. From then until Sunday, you'll find limitless inspiration for redesign and renovation - even culinary creations. With so many fantastic features it's hard to pick a favourite, but the Ultimate Upcycle Challenge 2: ChairLIFT is definitely up there!
So what is it? We've gathered a group of ten local media personalities, designers, and tastemakers to upcycle a pre-loved chair, rescued from ReStore Calgary, with only Rust-Oleum products and a $50 design budget (plus a little elbow grease), for silent auction. With 100% of the proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta, you can bid on your favourites for the chance to walk away with a one-of-a-kind masterpiece and rest easy knowing you helped support a worthy cause.
The best part? We're giving you, our loyal blog readers, an advance sneak-peek at the finished products! Eye up the goods now, nab your favourites, then get down to the show to place your bid. Don't forget to check in on its status - we have a feeling these beauties won't go without a fight.
Here's a glimpse of a few of the fine chairs you'll find:
Swing by the ChairLIFT exhibit tomorrow through Sunday to see the rest of the designs from:
So what is it? We've gathered a group of ten local media personalities, designers, and tastemakers to upcycle a pre-loved chair, rescued from ReStore Calgary, with only Rust-Oleum products and a $50 design budget (plus a little elbow grease), for silent auction. With 100% of the proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta, you can bid on your favourites for the chance to walk away with a one-of-a-kind masterpiece and rest easy knowing you helped support a worthy cause.
The best part? We're giving you, our loyal blog readers, an advance sneak-peek at the finished products! Eye up the goods now, nab your favourites, then get down to the show to place your bid. Don't forget to check in on its status - we have a feeling these beauties won't go without a fight.
Here's a glimpse of a few of the fine chairs you'll find:
Wanda Weston of WW Design Studio created this loveable love seat.
Ricky Zayshley of Avenue Calgary went for gold with this gorgeous chair.
Patti Pon of Calgary Arts Development was inspired to craft this pretty in pink creation.
Swing by the ChairLIFT exhibit tomorrow through Sunday to see the rest of the designs from:
- Amy Jo Espetveidt of Calgary is Awesome
- Heather Draper of The Heather Company
- Jaelyn Molyneux of Avenue Calgary
- LeAnne Bunnell of Elle Design
- Lindsay Saunders of Cinder & Sage
- Nyla Free of Nyla Free Designs
Don't miss out - buy your tickets to the Calgary Home + Design Show online now and save $3 courtesy of HomeStars. We can't wait to see you there!
Sep 15, 2014
The Toronto Fall Home Show and Habitat For Humanity, GTA have once again partnered to push local designers and DIY experts to the limit in the 3rd Annual Ultimate Upcycle Challenge: Stylized. Armed with a $100 budget, access to Rust-Oleum's products, and a killer competitive streak, each participant sourced and repurposed an item from the Habitat For Humanity ReStore (nine locations).
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Love an upcycle so much you want to take it home?
Guests will have the opportunity to bid on their favourite upcycled items at the Toronto Fall Home Show, which takes place September 18-21, 2014 at Exhibition Place. The completed upcycles can be viewed at Booth #240. All proceeds from the auction will be used to support ongoing work at Habitat For Humanity, GTA.
Here's where you come in!
Before the silent auction starts we're asking you to raise your voice. Visit our Facebook page to see photos of the completed upcycle projects and VOTE for your favourite! The winner will receive a $500 Visa gift card and $200 worth of Rust-Oleum products. Having a hard time choosing just one? Vote for as many items as you'd like. Voting will remain open until 11:59pm on September 20, 2014.
The DIY Upcycle Heroes include:
New this year:
Welcome Rust-Oleum consumer brands. Rust-Oleum provided all Upcycle Challenge participants with a variety of products needed to complete their projects. Participants were required to use at least one Rust-Oleum product in the making of their final piece of work.
See what these turned into!
Did you know that connecting with us on Facebook has perks beyond getting to see these awesome upcycles? Right now you can get two tickets for the price of one to the Toronto Fall Home Show when you like us on Facebook. Like us today, save on your tickets, and get voting!
Stylized Categories include: A Twist Of...Modern, Country Rustic, Industrial, and Vintage Glam.
Love an upcycle so much you want to take it home?
Guests will have the opportunity to bid on their favourite upcycled items at the Toronto Fall Home Show, which takes place September 18-21, 2014 at Exhibition Place. The completed upcycles can be viewed at Booth #240. All proceeds from the auction will be used to support ongoing work at Habitat For Humanity, GTA.
Here's where you come in!
Before the silent auction starts we're asking you to raise your voice. Visit our Facebook page to see photos of the completed upcycle projects and VOTE for your favourite! The winner will receive a $500 Visa gift card and $200 worth of Rust-Oleum products. Having a hard time choosing just one? Vote for as many items as you'd like. Voting will remain open until 11:59pm on September 20, 2014.
The DIY Upcycle Heroes include:
- Leigh-Ann Allaire Perrault, Hue La La, @LeighAnnAllaire
- Jamie Alexander, Peloso Alexander Interiors, @JamieLAlexander
- Cristina Barbosa, Toronto Fall Home Show
- Lisa Canning, Lisa Canning Interiors, @lisa_canning
- Melissa Davis, MelissaDavis.com, @MelissaDavis
- Lindsey Gerish, Recreated, @LGrecreated
- Janet Hamilton, Paint It Like New, @paintitlikenew
- Tim Malonie
- Chris Palmer, Hand Crafted by Chris Palmer, @handymanpalmer
- Glen Peloso, Peloso Alexander Interiors, @glenpeloso
- Antoinette Plummer, Push Interiors, @Pushinteriors
- Jeanette Wisby, Design Savvy Interiors, @jwisbydecorfun
New this year:
Welcome Rust-Oleum consumer brands. Rust-Oleum provided all Upcycle Challenge participants with a variety of products needed to complete their projects. Participants were required to use at least one Rust-Oleum product in the making of their final piece of work.
See what these turned into!
Did you know that connecting with us on Facebook has perks beyond getting to see these awesome upcycles? Right now you can get two tickets for the price of one to the Toronto Fall Home Show when you like us on Facebook. Like us today, save on your tickets, and get voting!
Jul 30, 2014
It
should come as no surprise that we can’t wait for fall - even with the gorgeous
weather outside. Why, you ask? The Vancouver Home + Design Show, that’s why!
We’re thrilled to announce exciting new features that are sure to capture your attention
this October. To pump up the pre-show anticipation, we present you with the top
5 features at this year’s Vancouver Home + Design Show, happening October 16-19
at BC Place Stadium.
1. Urban Barn’s Next Top Designer:
Reloaded
Back after a
hugely successful inaugural year, three of Vancouver’s up-and-coming interior
designers will go head-to-head in Urban Barn’s Next Top Designer: Reloaded. It’s
the ultimate micro-management exercise: designing a 150 ft2 space
with $5,000 worth of Urban Barn furniture and accessories for display. Cast
your vote at the Urban Barn booth and you could walk away with a $5,000 Urban Barn shopping spree!
2.
Ultimate
Upcycling Challenge 3: ChairLIFT
Local media
personalities, designers and tastemakers will each upcycle a pre-loved chair
for silent auction, with 100% of proceeds benefitting Habitat for HumanityGreater Vancouver and its affiliated ReStores. Be sure to stop by and bid on
your favourite stylish seat – but best keep close tabs on the action, or it
could be lost to a higher bidder!
3. Vancouver Magazine Cooking Stage
Home cooks, take note. Catch well-known chefs,
like Food Network’s Corbin Tomaszeski and local favourites, as they demonstrate top
recipes and expert techniques live on stage! Plus, don’t miss the Samsung Cooking Challenge: Tag Team Kitchen,
where three home cooks will partner with a top chef in a battle for culinary
supremacy (not to mention $5,000 worth of Samsung home appliances for their
kitchen).
4. BC
Hydro Power Smart Home
Eco-lovers,
rejoice! BC Hydro’s Power Smart Home is back by popular demand. Design darling Jennifer Scott from A Good
Chick To Know will marry cool style and electricity conservation in this
green-loving space. Learn how to stay chic and
shrink your home’s carbon footprint at the same time – now that’s called
sustainable style.
5. Floform
Lounge presented by Western Living
After
a day of digging up design inspiration, you’ll need to recharge and study up on
fall’s must-have home trends, courtesy of Western Living magazine. Enter the Floform Lounge, designed by Megan Baker from A
Good Chick to Know. Located just steps away from the Metrie Main Stage, you can
lay back and relax without missing any of the celebrity action
– vino in hand, of course.
Join
us this October for these exciting features (and much more!) at the Vancouver Home + Design Show. Remember to buy
your tickets online now, for the best deals.
May 18, 2014
Who wouldn't want to add a fab new upcycled piece to their home? Take on a little upcycle project this weekend, start by visiting your local thrift shop! Our favorite is the Habitat for Huminity ReStore, the perfect place to find new and used furniture and building materials for a fraction of the retail price. Find the perfect item (like a plain folding door), harness some creative energy, and dig into your toolbox!
Need a little inspiration?
Check out three of our favorite upcycled projects below!
1. Entryway Coatrack
2. Patio Garden Cooler
3. Folding Frame Display
For more upcycle ideas check out our Pinterest board here!
Oct 7, 2013
In celebration of the Toronto Fall Home Show’s 25th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of Habitat for Humanity Toronto, 25 celebrity experts and emerging style, décor and DIY bloggers are took part in the 2nd annual Upcycle Challenge: Unhinged. Experts sourced and repurposed doors from Habitat for Humanity Toronto ReStore into functional items or hand painted pieces of art. The doors were on display throughout the Fall Home Show in Toronto in the Habitat for Humanity booth until Sunday October 6, 2013.
The entries below were voted on by the public and are displayed in their final ranking order below!
THE WINNER: 1st Place
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| By Staci Edwards, Twitter: @switch_studio |
2nd Place
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| By Chris Palmer, Twitter: @HandymanPalmer |
3rd Place
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| By Emmanuel Belliveau, Twitter: @EmmanuelTweets |
4th Place
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| By Lindsey Gerrish, Twitter: @lgcreataed |
5th Place
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| By Glen Peloso & Jamie Alexander, Twitter: @GlenandJamie |
6th Place
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| By Janet Hamilton, Twitter: @Paintitlikenew |
7th Place (Tie)
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| By Andrée Boisselle, Twitter: @AndreeB |
7th Place (Tie)
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| By Sarah Gunn, Twitter: @Sarahgunnstyle |
8th Place
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| By Jeannette Wisby, Twitter: @jwisbydecorfun |
9th Place
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| By Mag Ruffman, Twitter: @MagRuffman |
10th Place
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| By Marlène Boulanger |
11th Place
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| By Vicky Sanderson & Jim Connelly, Twitter: @vickysanderson & @connellyjmaster |
12th Place
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| By Glen Peloso & Jamie Alexander, Twitter: @GlenandJamie |
13th Place
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| By BILD, Twitter: @BILDGTA |
14th Place
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| By Tina Holmes, Twitter: @TinaLovesPinot |
15th Place
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| By the Fall Home Show Team, Twitter: @HomeShowsTO |
Leave us a comment, which do you think is the most fabulous Unhinged Upcycle Project?
Special thanks to all of our fabulous competitors, and to Habitat for Humanity Toronto for supplying the doors and materials! Check out the ReStore for more fabulous upcycle ideas.
Sep 26, 2013
Sadly,
the Calgary Home + Design Show has come to an end,
but the popular lifestyle exhibit didn’t go out without a bang! More than
32,000 people were in attendance this weekend to shop the show, enjoy the
entertainment and delicious and check out the exciting design features on
display at the BMO Centre.
Visitors
came in droves to fawn over design celebrities Jonathan and Drew Scott
from W Network’s Property Brothers and Jillian Harris and Todd Talbot
from W Network’s Love It or List It Vancouver.
The suited up and plaid clad brothers, Jonathan
and Drew Scott,
dispensed expert advice in their witty way, while Jillian and Todd had the
crowd in stitches with their quick quips and ready banter.
Fans
young and old lined up to snap a photo and have their Calgary Home + Design Show souvenirs autographed
by the two design duos.
The
Ultimate Upcycle Challenge: Unhinged was a tremendous success, raising a total
of $1,333 to benefit Habitatfor Humanity Southern Alberta and ReStore Calgary.
Six locales let their creative flags fly to reuse,
recycle and repurpose a single old door for under $100. Some favourite upcycled
doors included Mike Lam’s contemporary coffee table and Kait Kucy and Mackenzie
Clarke’s multi-purpose home organizer. Visitors were invited to bid on their
favourite piece in a silent auction.
The Samsung Passion for Fresh Cooking Challenge spiced up the Trail Appliances Cooking Stage by pitting three teams against one another for the chance to win $7,000 worth of Samsung home appliances. Three local home chefs were paired with former Food Network Top Chef Canada contestants, Chris Shaften, Geoff Rogers or Xavier Lacaze to battle it out under the watchful eye of host and celebrity chef Corbin Tomaszeki, host of Food Network’s Dinner Party Wars. Just to keep things interesting, Samsung threw a mystery ingredient into the mix, requiring each team to incorporate potatoes into their dishes. With the help of mentor Chef Geoff Rogers, local foodie Ryan Rust was named the victor thanks to his daring approach and skillful technique.
YYC’s
biggest food fight took place on the Trail Appliances Main Stage on Sunday when
some of the city’s favourite restaurants went stove top-to-stove top for the
Food Truck Throwdown. Audience members cheered, jeered and tasted the goods,
ultimately handing the winning title to crowd favourite Fries & Chix.
Other
fun features included IKEA’s White Room Design Competition,
Casabubble and the Western Living Lounge.
Thanks
everyone for coming, see you in the spring at our
Jul 17, 2013
As many of you may know, we've had several decor & DIY stars take part in the Ultimate Upcycle Challenge at many of our home shows. On trend? Wonderfully repurposed places to sit and relax! Get inspired by these amazingly refinished pieces and enjoy!
5 Places to Sit Back & Relax
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| Upcycle By Lisa Canning |
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| Upcycle By Christine Dovey |
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| Upcycle By Kelsey Dondon |
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| Upcycle By Van Harden |
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| Upcycle By Lindsey Gerrish |
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