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Upcycling Contest
The home decor and furniture flipping
contest for creative, earth-kind creators.
The home decor and furniture flipping contest for creative, earth-kind creators.
Submissions Close In:
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$4,000 Worth of Prizes for 10 Lucky Winners
Michaels and Up® Paint are giving away cash prizes, Michaels & Up® Paint gift cards, shout-outs on Michael’s social media, the Up® Discovery Box, and more.
Official Contest Rules![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0459/7943/5167/files/furniture.png)
Furniture
Rather than spend a fortune on new furniture, use Michaels products (like Up® Paint) to create an earth-kind furniture flip.
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Home Decor
Don’t buy overpriced and over-produced home decor. DIY with earth-kind products from Michaels and Up® Paint.
How to Enter
Requirements:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your submission's category (Furniture or Home Decor)
- A detailed description of your project, focusing on the earth-kind elements of your project (including any Michaels and/or Up® Paint products you may have used)
- Before and after photos (Videos are optional) of your project
- Inspo images for your project
Have all the items above?
FAQs
You must submit your project by 11:59 ET on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
We’ll announce the winners live on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 5:00pm ET. Join us on host Tori Mohn’s Instagram (@torimohnflips)
Definitely! We’re giving out lots of prizes including gift cards, cash prizes, shout-outs on Michaels’ social media, and more – so there are plenty of chances to win. Follow along on IG for giveaways along the way!
A panel of judges from Michaels, Up® Paint, and DIY influencers will judge entries based on your project’s creativity and originality, craftsmanship, sustainability, transformation, and narrative (see below for more info)
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Judging Criteria
For each of the categories – Furniture and Home Decor – our judges will review submissions based on the following criteria:
30% Creativity and Originality
How unique is your project?
30% Craftmanship
What is the quality of work, attention to detail, finish of your project?
20% Sustainability
What earth-kind products or processes went into creating your project?
10% Transformation
How dramatic / impressive is the before and after?
10% Narrative
How compelling is the story you have created with your furniture / decor?
Meet Your Judges
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Melissa Mills
Michaels
SVP General Merchandising Manager
With almost 30 years of experience in product development and buying, Melissa’s goal every day is to deliver trend-right programs at a great value to customers. Product is her passion and the reinvention of a business is her favorite challenge!
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Mandi Clark
Michaels
Director of Trend and Design
Mandi has spent the last 10 years supporting the creative direction for seasonal and décor collections at Michaels as well as leading a team of internal product designers who deliver exclusive items that elevate Michaels’ unique identity.
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Dustin Martin
Up Paint
CEO
Dustin founded Up® Paint in 2020 to create a sustainable recycling loop for paint. With a Masters of Fine Arts from Notre Dame, Dustin is committed to Up® Paint’s mission of making sustainability beautiful.
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Sarah Merrell
Sarah Flips It
Sarah started flipping furniture while she was 8 months pregnant with her second baby and fell in love with sharing the process on her social accounts.
Instagram
@saraflipsit