Announcing Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s Facebook Designer Challenge

Game on! Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Designer Marketplace is challenging Interior Designers to bring their “A” game to the table and enter their first ever “Before and After Designer Challenge” – where designers are pitted against each other to showcase their room make-over skills.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Designer Marketplace is one of many businesses that utilize their Facebook Page to Engage Their Interior Design Fans by creating a contest that will have designers vying for the approval of Facebook fans and a panel of judges. Contestants can enter by utilizing at least one west elm product in their makeover and submitting their before and after photos to the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Designer Marketplace Facebook page by the end of the day on May 16th.

Hawken’s Nursery by Lindsay Brier

Not just one, but two talented designers will emerge as winners; a Facebook fan favorite and a judges choice. Each winner will receive a $500 gift card for Williams-Sonoma Home, west elm or Pottery Barn; as well as being featured on the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Designer Marketplace Facebook page and their website: WSIDesignerMarketplace.com.

Time Warner Center Condo by Melissa Picheny

The first winner will have to gain the overwhelming approval from the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Designer Marketplace Facebook fans who will vote for their favorite before and after photos. The second honor will go to the designer who impresses a panel of experts from Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Designer Marketplace and the design industry, including; Alex Bates, west elm 
SVP Creative Director; Brad Ford, 
Interior Designer; Julia Noran, The Editor At Large President and Site Director; and Jonathan Orr
, west elm Design Director Textiles.

West Elm is a Brooklyn, New York based store that “designs clean, simple products for modern living”. According to west elm, they “combine global materials with natural and urban influences to create products that suit the demands of modern living. Many of these things are designed specifically for small spaces and a growing number of the things we make are 100% green.”