Article Number: 9221
Quick-Step Featured On Oprah's "Home Made Simple"
Dallas, TX – April 20, 2015 – Quick-Step the style, design, and innovation leader in laminate flooring was recently featured in a “bedroom transformation” episode of Oprah’s Home Made Simple television series. Quick-Step’s Brownstone Hickory from the Home Collection was selected by the show’s interior designers for a project that “gave back to a single mom who always puts herself second, so her daughter can put her education first.”
A True “Fixer-Upper”
As a teacher and mother, Priscilla Grant's dream was to raise her daughter to buck the neighborhood trend and go to college. Her dream came true when her daughter, Kourtney, was accepted into the University of California Berkeley, one of the top schools in the country.
As Kourtney prepared to leave for school, Priscilla bought her very first home, a true "fixer-upper." Priscilla wanted to create a fun, relaxing bedroom, so that Kourtney had a place that she could call her own in their new home.
Beautiful, Affordable, Easy-To-Install
An important premise of Home Made Simple is that the show’s interior designers purposely use products and make changes that are beautiful and stylish as well as affordable for consumers and easy to achieve. This made Quick-Step a perfect fit for the designers’ plans! The level of realism and sophisticated design in Quick-Step flooring brings the authentic look and feel of a hardwood floor into a home, at a price that fits into most decorating budgets. Quick- Step floors are also easy to install, because they feature the patented Uniclic glueless installation locking system. As viewers watch the transformation of Kourtney’s bedroom from a “true fixer-upper” into a stylish living space, they witness how a new Quick-Step floor can literally be installed in one day, but enjoyed for years to come!
“Vintage Chic”
Kourtney’s newly, transformed bedroom became an attractive space replicating the simple and relaxing decor of a circa 1940’s bedroom — with some modern, chic artistic touches sprinkled in. The designers selected the basic hardwood floor visual of Quick-Step’s Brownstone Hickory to authentically replicate the color, design, and slight texturing of the simple yet beautiful hickory floors so popular in the “farm house” style of the early 20th century.
Upon this design foundation, the team created a vintage 1940’s ambience that included a soft color palette of white, cream, and light grey; straight drapery and bedding lines reminiscent of this simpler time period in American life; and furniture as well as decorative pieces that are singular in nature and used sparingly around the room. The team completed the look by creating a homemade version of vintage black and white newspaper wallpaper and the illusion of antique “tin” ceiling tiles.
The simplicity of the elements, clean lines, and soft color palette gave this small room a feeling of being more spacious than it really is.
From the Quick-Step floor to the vintage décor ceiling tiles, Kourtney’s transformed room became a relaxing, calm, uncomplicated space that both she and her mother love having as part of their first home! As an added bonus, Kourtney’s favorite actor Blair Underwood skyped in to offer congratulations on both her college acceptance and her beautiful new room!
About Quick-Step
Quick-Step is a market leader in flooring, providing solutions for a wide variety of interiors. Beautiful, durable, and virtually maintenance-free, Quick-Step puts the style in lifestyle. Widely-known as the style, design, and innovation leader in laminate flooring, Quick-Step continuously earns the flooring industry’s most prestigious awards including: 2015 Dealers’ Choice Award - Best New Laminate Product Of The Year (4th consecutive year); 2014 Award Of Excellence - Laminate Manufacturer Of The Year (4th consecutive year); 2014 Floor Focus Retailer Survey - #1 Quality, #1 Service, #1 Design (5th consecutive year); and 2013 RECO Market Intelligence Report - #1 Quality #1 Product Availability #1 Consumer Preference. Quick-Step is a registered trademark of Unilin Flooring, a Mohawk Industries company. Mohawk Industries is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a Fortune 500 company. Visit www.us.quick-step.com for more details on Quick-Step’s entire product assortment, www.quickstepstyle.com for exclusive Designer Tips from Quick-Step’s celebrity designer partner Erinn Valencich, http://www.facebook.com/#!/quickstepflooring to follow the latest news and information on Quick-Step’s Facebook page, http://www.pinterest.com/quickstepfloors to view Quick-Step on Pinterest, http://www.houzz.com/pro/usquickstepflooring/quickstep-flooring to interact with Quick-Step’s presence on Houzz, and https://www.youtube.com/user/quickstepfloors to watch Quick-Step videos on a myriad of topics.
A True “Fixer-Upper”
As a teacher and mother, Priscilla Grant's dream was to raise her daughter to buck the neighborhood trend and go to college. Her dream came true when her daughter, Kourtney, was accepted into the University of California Berkeley, one of the top schools in the country.
As Kourtney prepared to leave for school, Priscilla bought her very first home, a true "fixer-upper." Priscilla wanted to create a fun, relaxing bedroom, so that Kourtney had a place that she could call her own in their new home.
Beautiful, Affordable, Easy-To-Install
An important premise of Home Made Simple is that the show’s interior designers purposely use products and make changes that are beautiful and stylish as well as affordable for consumers and easy to achieve. This made Quick-Step a perfect fit for the designers’ plans! The level of realism and sophisticated design in Quick-Step flooring brings the authentic look and feel of a hardwood floor into a home, at a price that fits into most decorating budgets. Quick- Step floors are also easy to install, because they feature the patented Uniclic glueless installation locking system. As viewers watch the transformation of Kourtney’s bedroom from a “true fixer-upper” into a stylish living space, they witness how a new Quick-Step floor can literally be installed in one day, but enjoyed for years to come!
“Vintage Chic”
Kourtney’s newly, transformed bedroom became an attractive space replicating the simple and relaxing decor of a circa 1940’s bedroom — with some modern, chic artistic touches sprinkled in. The designers selected the basic hardwood floor visual of Quick-Step’s Brownstone Hickory to authentically replicate the color, design, and slight texturing of the simple yet beautiful hickory floors so popular in the “farm house” style of the early 20th century.
Upon this design foundation, the team created a vintage 1940’s ambience that included a soft color palette of white, cream, and light grey; straight drapery and bedding lines reminiscent of this simpler time period in American life; and furniture as well as decorative pieces that are singular in nature and used sparingly around the room. The team completed the look by creating a homemade version of vintage black and white newspaper wallpaper and the illusion of antique “tin” ceiling tiles.
The simplicity of the elements, clean lines, and soft color palette gave this small room a feeling of being more spacious than it really is.
From the Quick-Step floor to the vintage décor ceiling tiles, Kourtney’s transformed room became a relaxing, calm, uncomplicated space that both she and her mother love having as part of their first home! As an added bonus, Kourtney’s favorite actor Blair Underwood skyped in to offer congratulations on both her college acceptance and her beautiful new room!
About Quick-Step
Quick-Step is a market leader in flooring, providing solutions for a wide variety of interiors. Beautiful, durable, and virtually maintenance-free, Quick-Step puts the style in lifestyle. Widely-known as the style, design, and innovation leader in laminate flooring, Quick-Step continuously earns the flooring industry’s most prestigious awards including: 2015 Dealers’ Choice Award - Best New Laminate Product Of The Year (4th consecutive year); 2014 Award Of Excellence - Laminate Manufacturer Of The Year (4th consecutive year); 2014 Floor Focus Retailer Survey - #1 Quality, #1 Service, #1 Design (5th consecutive year); and 2013 RECO Market Intelligence Report - #1 Quality #1 Product Availability #1 Consumer Preference. Quick-Step is a registered trademark of Unilin Flooring, a Mohawk Industries company. Mohawk Industries is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a Fortune 500 company. Visit www.us.quick-step.com for more details on Quick-Step’s entire product assortment, www.quickstepstyle.com for exclusive Designer Tips from Quick-Step’s celebrity designer partner Erinn Valencich, http://www.facebook.com/#!/quickstepflooring to follow the latest news and information on Quick-Step’s Facebook page, http://www.pinterest.com/quickstepfloors to view Quick-Step on Pinterest, http://www.houzz.com/pro/usquickstepflooring/quickstep-flooring to interact with Quick-Step’s presence on Houzz, and https://www.youtube.com/user/quickstepfloors to watch Quick-Step videos on a myriad of topics.
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