In a recent edition of House & Home, we covered the second annual Home Centre Room Makeover Contest, which saw Home Centre hand out room makeovers worth Dh10,000 to 20 winners across the GCC. Around 3,500 people entered the competition in the hope of winning a revamped room.
See how one of the makeovers unfolded in this video chronicling the transformation of dentist Farah Zaidi's room: http://youtu.be/hGLcBl2xqzA
Here are some before and after pictures of some of the other winning rooms.
Abu Dhabi resident Sana Akhtar had always wanted to give her parents an "extraordinary gift" so a new bedroom seemed like the perfect fit. "Nothing could be more special than surprising them with a completely different, redecorated room," she says.
This is what the room looked like
before
the makeover:
Sana Akhtar's parents' bedroom before the Home Centre team worked their magic.
And this is what it looks like
now
:
A Diamond Poster Bed dominates in the revamped room.
For Qatar resident Omar Zareed, the competition presented an opportunity to transform his children's four-foot-square bedroom into a comfortable, clutter-free space where they could sleep, play and study.
Before:
Omar Zareed's two children share this four-foot-square bedroom.
After:
The room is now a comfortable, clutter-free zone where the children can sleep, play and study.
Minali Bajaj Al Sayed wanted to transform her brother-in-law's bachelor pad into a "newlyweds' haven" for him and his new wife.
Before:
The Home Centre team was tasked with transforming the bachelor pad into a room that was more fitting for a newlywed couple.
After:
The walls were painted peach, and were complemented with walnut furniture and bedding and accessories in white and peach.
For more room makeovers and tips from the Home Centre team, see: https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/house-home/home-centre-makeover-contest-yields-dramatic-transformations
