St. Jacobs, ON, March 15, 2010 -Home Hardware Stores Limited will tomorrow award the grand prize of the $50,000 Dream Kitchen Makeover Contest to Barb McIntosh, resident of Woodstock. The $50,000 prize combined with the expert advice of her local Home Hardware store, Home Hardware Building Centre - Woodstock, means that McIntosh will have no problem turning her kitchen into a chef's dream. The grand prize can be spent on anything from decorating to renovating her kitchen, including products, improvements or repairs. McIntosh will be awarded the prize at a cheque ceremony on Tuesday, March 16 at 10:00 a.m. at Home Hardware Building Centre - Woodstock located at 1147 Dundas Street East, Woodstock, Ontario.

"On behalf of Home Hardware and John Lamprea and his staff at Home Hardware Building Centre - Woodstock we are thrilled to present a prize of this magnitude to Barb," said Paul Straus, Vice President and CEO, Home Hardware Stores Limited. "$50,000 combined with the quality products, exceptional service and advice of John and his staff will create a kitchen that will bring years of enjoyment for Barb and her family."

"We can't wait to help Barb undertake her dream kitchen makeover," said John Lamprea, Dealer-Owner, Home Hardware Building Centre - Woodstock. "The kitchen needs to be a functional yet comfortable room. With a prize of this size, the quality product selection at Home Hardware Building Center - Woodstock and our decoration and renovation experts, I have no doubt this will be an amazing transformation."

The $50,000 Dream Kitchen Makeover Contest ran across Canada from September 30, 2009 until December 16, 2009. To enter, Canadians submitted ballots by mail, in-store or online at www.homehardware.ca. One entrant was randomly selected as the grand prize winner in a draw that took place on January 14, 2010. Ten additional contest participants were also drawn and awarded second place prizes of an InStyle Kitchen Appliances Package.

What: Presentation of the $50,000 grand prize to winner of Home Hardware's $50,000 Dream Kitchen Makeover Contest

Where: Home Hardware Building Centre - Woodstock
1147 Dundas Street East
Woodstock, ON

When: Tuesday, March 16
10:00 a.m.

Who: John Lamprea, Dealer-Owner, Home Hardware Building Centre - Woodstock
Barb McIntosh, Grand Prize Winner, Home Hardware's $50,000 Dream Kitchen Makeover Contest
Home Hardware Building Centre - Woodstock staff

Home Hardware Stores Limited is Canada's largest independent hardware, lumber and building materials and furniture retailer with more than 1,000 stores across Canada, under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre and Home Furniture banners. Dealers have access to 100,000 quality brand name and private label products and the company has annual retail sales of $5 billion. The cooperative was founded on January 1, 1964 by 122 independent hardware Dealers.