Chance to win a new living room

Imagine winning a living room makeover complete with furnishings, flooring, paint, accessories and labour. Thanks to Summerside Home Furniture and Callbeck's Home Hardware, that dream will come true for one lucky person.

The two city stores, in partnership with the Journal Pioneer and Ocean 100, have come up with the $10,000 Dream Living Room Makeover Contest. “I don't think there are too many people that couldn't use a $10,000 new living room makeover, myself included,” said Home Furniture manager David MacDonald.

He sees the contest as a way to cross-promote the stores. “What we are trying to do is become a one-stop shop for everything. You can basically build your whole home from foundation up with us.”There are several ways to enter the contest, which runs until April 9.

You can fill out a ballot at Callbeck's Home Hardware or Home Furniture while the Journal Pioneer and Ocean 100 are holding online contests where people can submit photos of their outdated living rooms for judging.

Twenty qualifiers from each of the contest partners will be selected to take part in an elimination draw on April 16 at 11 a.m. in the Hot Spot at Waterfront Mall. “When we get to the final 10 we are going to do a reverse draw,” explained MacDonald. “The last one in the pot is going to be the person that is going to win.”

There will also be prizes, yet to be determined, for the final 10 finalists. The winner will receive a three-piece leather Canadian-made furniture set valued at $4,000 from Home Furniture and select items such as coffee and end tables, rug, lamps and accessories for their new living room. At Callbeck's Home Hardware, the winner will select paint and laminate flooring to complete their new look, with help provided by the stores' interior designers.

“You don't have to do a thing,” said MacDonald. “We'll lay the floors and we're going to paint it and pull it all together.”Entries are already flooding in at both stores, he said. “The more times you get your name in, the better the chance that it is picked out,” he added. “We're hoping this could be an annual event.”