Contest Opens January 16!

Can you beat this? We'd love to see your ugly kitchen!

Cornerstone Cabinets and Countertops announces a special opportunity for Fergus Falls area homeowners – its first-ever Ugly Kitchen Contest.

Residents of Fergus Falls and within 30 miles may enter their cracked-linoleum, 1979 cabinetry, or broken, dingy countertops for the chance to be considered the worst. The ugliest kitchen will win its homeowner a kitchen renovation worth up to $12,500!

The contest opens January 16. Click here for an entry form, or pick one up at The Market, Cornerstone's showroom, Seland's Abbey Flooring Center, or Cullen's Home Center. Photographs must accompany the form and both must be delivered to the Cornerstone showroom at 504 South Concord St. in Fergus Falls (just behind Dairy Queen). The contest closes February 10.

Cornerstone will provide the winning kitchen with new laminate countertops, a new sink, and cabinet refacing, a retail value of up to $10,000! Joining Cornerstone in offering great prizes and value to the contest winner are Cullen’s Home Center, which will provide two new appliances with the purchase of two additional appliances (worth up to $1,500), Seland’s Abbey Flooring Center, which will provide $500 toward a new floor, Dan Fitz Designs, which will provide kitchen design consultation and planning (valued at $400), and The Market, which will provide a gift basket of kitchen accessories worth $150.

“The businesses that have teamed up to offer this contest really represent what Fergus Falls can offer homeowners right here in town,” said Mike Thorson, president and owner of Cornerstone. “You can design, build, renovate, and furnish a terrific-looking, high-quality, contemporary kitchen and buy local at the same time. This contest is our way to showcase that, and I hope people really get into how much fun it can be.”

Follow this blog to see the kitchens as they are entered. We'll post the ugliest photos we can.

After February 10, a panel of Fergus Falls experts will convene to choose the ugliest kitchen in town! The winner will be announced on February 15.