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Gabberts Design Studio & Gabberts Senior Interior Designer Awarded Best of Houzz 2017
Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World.
Gabberts Design Studio and Fine Furniture as well asMarie Meko, Senior Interior Designer at Gabberts, of Edina, Minn., have each won “Best of Design” recognition on Houzz®, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The quality interior designand fine furniture company and designer were selected by the Houzz community from among more than one million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.
The Best of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 40 million monthly users on Houzz. A “Best of Houzz 2017” badge will appear on winners’ profiles, as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.
“We take pride in Gabberts reputation for quality, comprehensive and customized design services, and we attribute much of our success to our talented team of customer-focused designers, including the talented Marie Meko,” said Rod Johansen, President and CEO. “We consider Houzz to be a valuable platform for connecting with design enthusiasts and are grateful for this recognition from the Houzz community.”
“We’re so pleased to award Best of Houzz 2017 to this incredible group of talented and customer-focused professionals, including Gabberts Design Studio and Marie Meko, senior interior designer for Gabberts,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing for Houzz. “Each of these businesses and individuals were singled out for recognition by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts for helping to turn their home improvement dreams into reality.”
HOM Open raises over $300,000 for Charity
The 27th annual HOM Open golf tournament with over three hundred participants was held on Majestic Oaks Golf Club’s two championship courses in Ham Lake, Minnesota on August 18th. Over $335,000 was raised for the longstanding major recipient, Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge (MNATC), a faith-based recovery program for people of all ages struggling with drug and alcohol addiction with Minnesota campuses in the Twin Cities, Brainerd, Duluth, and Rochester.
“For almost 30 years, Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge has restored hope to people by providing effective and affordable short term programs as well as extensive prevention & transitional aftercare programs for their graduates,” says Wayne Johansen, Founder and Chairman of HOM Furniture, who co-chairs the annual event with his wife Char. “The HOM Open is the highlight of our summer, it is an event that Char and I, along with our family, friends, vendors, and guests look forward to each year. We are blessed to have such a big turn out, and everyone has a great time while supporting an amazing charity.”
Vendors and out of town guests started the day with breakfast, followed by the national anthem performed by the MNATC choir, games, 18 holes of golf, a live auction with items supplied by vendors such as Serta, and Tropitone. The day concluded with dinner, golf awards, and testimonials from MNATC residents detailing how their lives have been saved by the staff at Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge!
The 28th HOM Open will be held on Thursday, August 17th, 2017.