Contact: Cindy Ardis Jenkins

Title: Communications Coordinator

Phone: (309) 687-7205 

August 31, 2006 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOCAL INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION CHAPTER COMPLETES A CHARITY ROOM RENOVATION 

Peoria, IL –  You don’t have to tune into HGTV to learn the newest techniques for giving your interior space a makeover.  Peoria has its own talented interior design experts who utilized their talents to give the common spaces of the Children’s Home Association of Illinois’ Endeavour Group Home the warmth and spark to brighten anyone’s day.   

On Saturday and Sunday, June 3^rd and 4^th members of the Central Illinois City Center Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) re-designed the common areas of the Endeavor Group Home for The Children’s Home Association of Illinois. Designers from apace Design, Demanes Interiors, Lincoln Office, OSF Healthcare, Widmer Interiors, along with local manufacturer’s representatives donated their time and efforts to provide an amazing transformation of the group home that currently houses eight boys,17-20 years of age, who are in need of transitional housing. 

Many vendors and local businesses joined IIDA to make the renovation possible through product donation and sponsorship, including apaceDesign, J&J/Invision Carpet, Patcraft Carpet, OFS Furniture, Lincoln Office, D.L. Couch Wallcovering, Natural Cork, MDC Wallcovering, Maharam Fabric, Momentum Fabric, Elite Painting, Hundman Lumber, Just B.U. Properties, Widmer Interiors, Architex Fabric, and several private sponsors. 

The designers repainted the space, including some eye popping color accents, installed ‘metal-look’ protective wall covering, created built-in furniture pieces and demonstrated how worn pieces of furniture get new life with fabric and finishes.  The before and after pictures are quite remarkable.  

The Children’s Home Association of Illinois extends sincere thanks and appreciation to Amanda Voorhees and the entire membership of the Central Illinois City Center Chapter of the International Interior Design Association for the interior space makeover of it’s Endeavour Group Home.

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The Children’s Home Association of Illinois is a private, not-for-profit, non-sectarian social service organization.  Established in 1866, our organization is committed to community-based, family-focused programs. We serve nearly 900 children and families each month and operate from 4 locations.  Our mission:  Giving children a childhood and future by protecting them, teaching them and healing them, and by building strong communities and loving families. 

IIDA is a professional networking and education association of more than 10,000 members who advocate for design excellence and believe in using their talents to give back to the community.  In 2005, M.E.R.C.Y. House in Springfield was blessed with a room redo and this year the Children’s Home was chosen as the beneficiary of the members’ talents.