Article Number: 9259
Quick-Step On Oprah's "Home Made Simple" - Habitat For Humanity Living Room Refresh
Dallas, TX – May 8, 2015 – Quick-Step flooring was selected by the interior designer for Oprah’s Home Made Simple television show to serve as a key design element in a “living room refresh”. The room transformation was for Habitat For Humanity homeowner partner, Ms. Toni Nettles, who lives in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Former President Jimmy Carter Built Her Home!
Toni’s Habitat For Humanity charity home has the distinction of being built in 1995 by Former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. During the original home build, President and Mrs. Carter hammered nails, hauled wood, and installed siding on the home, alongside other volunteers. One of Toni’s prized photos is a picture of Rosalynn holding the ladder steady while Jimmy works on the construction.
Toni’s Story
Habitat For Humanity Homeowner Partner Toni Nettles has lived in her Watts neighborhood Habitat-built home for 19 years. During that time, she has raised her three children as well as 15 grandchildren while placing her needs and desires well behind those of her extended family. Toni is focused on creating a strong multigenerational family setting. As a proud Habitat For Humanity homeowner, she continues to enjoy her home with the pride of a woman who has devoted her life to her family, creating a loving environment for all.
“Quick-Step is pleased to help reward and re-energize someone who has worked so hard to build a good life for her family,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of brand marketing for Quick-Step. “Hopefully, Toni feels personal satisfaction from being such a positive presence in the lives of so many of her family members for two generations.”
New Floor — Room’s Design Foundation
The original carpet had been in Toni’s home for 19 years, so it was in dire need of replacement! Home Made Simple’s interior designer chose Quick-Step’s Aged Chestnut planks from the Dominion Collection to serve as the design foundation for the room.
The designer’s vision was to create a living room with a warm, comfortable, inviting feeling about it — so Aged Chestnut was the perfect selection! Aged Chestnut’s high-quality laminate planks offer the visuals and texture of an expensive hand-scraped hardwood floor, but at a price attractive to the majority of a retailer’s customers. The color variation as well as the appearance of natural knots, splits, and wood graining add to the high-end, yet inviting hardwood decor.
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, stylish, affordable for consumers, and easy to achieve. This made Quick-Step a perfect fit for this episode’s living room refresh! 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 Toni’s living room, they witness how a new Quick-Step floor can literally be installed in one day, but enjoyed for years to come!
NO Products Sourced From China
Consumers can have full confidence that with Quick-Step, their families are living on laminate floors that meet strict indoor air quality standards. All Quick-Step quality laminate flooring meets all governmental and industry standards for air quality — as certified by credible third-party organizations. The vast majority of Quick-Step laminate flooring is made in the U.S.A., in North Carolina with a very limited number of products sourced from Quick-Step’s production facility in Belgium. NO products are sourced from China.
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 (5th 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.quick-stepstyle.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.
Former President Jimmy Carter Built Her Home!
Toni’s Habitat For Humanity charity home has the distinction of being built in 1995 by Former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. During the original home build, President and Mrs. Carter hammered nails, hauled wood, and installed siding on the home, alongside other volunteers. One of Toni’s prized photos is a picture of Rosalynn holding the ladder steady while Jimmy works on the construction.
Toni’s Story
Habitat For Humanity Homeowner Partner Toni Nettles has lived in her Watts neighborhood Habitat-built home for 19 years. During that time, she has raised her three children as well as 15 grandchildren while placing her needs and desires well behind those of her extended family. Toni is focused on creating a strong multigenerational family setting. As a proud Habitat For Humanity homeowner, she continues to enjoy her home with the pride of a woman who has devoted her life to her family, creating a loving environment for all.
“Quick-Step is pleased to help reward and re-energize someone who has worked so hard to build a good life for her family,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of brand marketing for Quick-Step. “Hopefully, Toni feels personal satisfaction from being such a positive presence in the lives of so many of her family members for two generations.”
New Floor — Room’s Design Foundation
The original carpet had been in Toni’s home for 19 years, so it was in dire need of replacement! Home Made Simple’s interior designer chose Quick-Step’s Aged Chestnut planks from the Dominion Collection to serve as the design foundation for the room.
The designer’s vision was to create a living room with a warm, comfortable, inviting feeling about it — so Aged Chestnut was the perfect selection! Aged Chestnut’s high-quality laminate planks offer the visuals and texture of an expensive hand-scraped hardwood floor, but at a price attractive to the majority of a retailer’s customers. The color variation as well as the appearance of natural knots, splits, and wood graining add to the high-end, yet inviting hardwood decor.
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, stylish, affordable for consumers, and easy to achieve. This made Quick-Step a perfect fit for this episode’s living room refresh! 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 Toni’s living room, they witness how a new Quick-Step floor can literally be installed in one day, but enjoyed for years to come!
NO Products Sourced From China
Consumers can have full confidence that with Quick-Step, their families are living on laminate floors that meet strict indoor air quality standards. All Quick-Step quality laminate flooring meets all governmental and industry standards for air quality — as certified by credible third-party organizations. The vast majority of Quick-Step laminate flooring is made in the U.S.A., in North Carolina with a very limited number of products sourced from Quick-Step’s production facility in Belgium. NO products are sourced from China.
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 (5th 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.quick-stepstyle.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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