Storage Wars challenge to benefit Goodwill

You never know what you will find at a Goodwill store.

And South Florida interior designers are proving that some of those finds are true treasurers for which you might pay good money to have in your home.

Top designers throughout the area are participating in the Storage Wars Designer Challenge, which involves five local interior designers who will be faced with a test of transforming empty storage units into beautiful, furnished rooms.

Each designer will decorate one storage unit each with items found only in Goodwill stores in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Okeechobee and Indian River counties.

The designers will retouch the items for each unit and the units will be available for viewing at STORE Self Storage & Wine Storage in Palm Beach Gardens on Nov 6. People can bid on the units during an event at the storage facility sponsored by Gulfstream Goodwill Industries. Viewing of the units will begin around 5:30 p.m. and tickets for the event are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The cost includes two drink tickets, as well as tastings from the various restaurants that are catering the event.

There will also be Goodwill treasures, where tables will be filled with upscale Goodwill items for sale, such as jewelry and designer collectibles.

Each of the storage units will have a theme and the highest bidder on each unit will get to keep every single item inside. Goodwill trucks will deliver the items to their homes the night of the event.

What you see is what you get, said Loren Varvarigos, event planning manager for Gulfstream Goodwill Industries. Its unique and affordable.

Last year more than 300 people attended and $14,000 was raised. It was the first year for the Storage Wars Designer Challenge and each unit sold anywhere from $600 to $1,200. That price is a great deal, said Interior Designer and Artist Sean Rush.

With the design fees, they will easily be getting a $15,000 room for a few thousand dollars, Rush said of his unit.

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Storage Wars challenge to benefit Goodwill