Penny Mustard Holiday Showroom Showdown

We’ve got some talented designers on our Penny Mustard team, and we want to show you what they can do with our Holiday Showroom Showdown! Our goal is to instill a creative atmosphere to capture the latest and greatest in residential design by putting our designers’ skills to the test in a (mostly) friendly competition. And, Dear Reader, there may just be a chance for you to win a little something too! 

Here’s the lowdown:

The Competition

Each team will be assigned a vignette in one of our main showrooms (Naperville, IL, Downers Grove, IL, and Greenfield, WI) where they will design and build a new floor-to-ceiling holiday-themed home furnishings display.

To start, the designers will have one week to generate ideas for their display and create a mini-presentation about the team’s plan so the proper materials can be purchased. Then, they will have five weeks to set their displays, which may include anything from cleaning and pricing accessories to painting, setting layouts, or adjusting lighting. (Even the smallest details will be very important!)

The Rules

The display must include the assigned furniture, and sellable merchandise must be selected from the specified list of vendors. Additionally, the teams may only use paint colors from our current line up and the Sherwin-Williams Color of the Year (Urbane Bronze, in case you were curious). The budget cannot exceed $100 for non-sellable items such as paint, peel and stick wallpaper, or hardware/fixtures.

The Winner

Once the vignettes have been finalized, photos will be posted on Penny Mustard’s social media pages for a two-week voting period. (This is where you come in.) Penny Mustard fans will get to put on their design-critic hats and vote for their favorite display through our website. And the best part: all voters will be automatically entered to win a coveted Penny Mustard prize!

The design team with the most votes will win a cash prize and have their vignettes replicated in the remaining Penny Mustard Showrooms.

Keep an eye out on our social media channels and newsletters over the next few weeks for your chance to win a $250 Penny Mustard gift certificate by helping us pick a winning team! Voting will be open to the public on Monday, November 29.

Stay tuned to see some of our designers’ incredible work (and maybe even get some behind-the-scenes looks along the way.)

Want a chance to vote for your favorite Holiday Showroom design and enter to win a $250 Penny Mustard Gift Card!

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