Scratched, broken vinyl, carpet that might be proper at dwelling in an Austin Powers movie set and tiles out of your grandmother’s home. All three proper within the entrance entry- what a welcome dwelling every day! For Sharon and her household, updating the flooring on this house has been on the “to-do” checklist for therefore lengthy, so when she noticed the Repair My Ugly Ground competitors she thought she would attempt her luck.
Repair My Ugly Ground is an annual competitors that invitations the worn, broken and simply plain ugly flooring of Australia to be submitted for the prospect to win the final word make-over. For Flooring Xtra, it was the mix of not one, however three ugly flooring types in the identical house that made the applying stand out from the remaining (and there have been many, actually fantastic entries this 12 months!).
“We’re very excited that we’ve gained the competitors! The lino is nicely and actually had it. It’s stuffed with scratches and scuff marks and the carpet is previous its use-by date and has light patches and put on marks. We’ve lived in our dwelling for 29 years and we’ve been wanting to exchange the flooring for a really very long time.” Sharon, house owner.
Sharon’s entry at dwelling. An uninviting mixture of flooring types ready to be refreshed!
The entry is sort of a time capsule of the household’s life of their much-loved dwelling (and a historical past lesson in previous types and fashions!). The brand new flooring, no matter that could be, will add to that story in a fantastically.
“The entry remains to be the unique ugly tiles from when the home was constructed. We put the lino down about 22 years in the past because it was all carpet within the eating room and kitchen. We will’t wait to get new flooring as the home has wanted a clean up for years- we’re so wanting ahead to having a brighter, new really feel to the home.”
Sharon and her household at the moment are within the course of of choosing new flooring with their native, professional Flooring Xtra group and we are able to’t wait to share the “after” pictures with you. Keep tuned!
To examine previous winners and to see their superb dwelling transformations, you may view them right here.
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