WORTHINGTON — With spring cleaning also often comes spring home remodeling. For home remodeling businesses in the area, there has been a noticeable spike in business as spring weather arrives.
Tyler Stugelmeyer, one of Hometown Floors and More’s founders and owners, said their new store is very busy helping customers not just from Worthington, but for homeowners in communities around Lake Shetek in Murray County as well.
These first few weeks have been very busy. I don’t think we anticipated it being as busy as it has been these first few weeks.
Tyler Stugelmeyer
“These first few weeks have been very busy. We have a lot of really good feedback,” Stugelmeyer said. “We’re doing quite a bit of business in town so far these first few weeks of opening, so it’s been very, very good. I don’t think we anticipated it being as busy as it has been these first few weeks, so we’re very, very thankful for the receptiveness that we’ve gotten from all of the local community and all the people that have stopped out to check out the store and see our pricings and our quality of product.”
Just as the seasons change, so do home remodeling trends.
Contributed / Tyler Stugelmeyer
“A lot of people are starting to switch over to remodels. Instead of just the bedroom carpet here and there, maybe a little bit of vinyl planking in a new room or something, we’re starting to see a lot more of whole home remodels with the nicer weather,” Stugelmeyer shared. “A lot of bathroom remodels are trending right now. We’ve done quite a few full bathroom remodels, which has been nice. We’ve been doing a lot of tile with in-floor heating on the floors, we’ve been taking out old tubs and showers and then putting in walk-in showers.
“People are also getting new kitchen cabinets and all of that stuff,” he added. “We’re coming in after the kitchen cabinets are being done, and we’re putting vinyl planking throughout the whole entire house. We’re seeing a trend of hard surfaces throughout the whole home. That kinda seems to be a lot of the trend. From what we’ve seen, luxury vinyl planks throughout the kitchen, dining rooms, living rooms, bathrooms and bedrooms have been kind of a trend that we’re seeing in a lot of really light, neutral colors.”
A new leaf for the Fergusons
With their first child on the way, this spring seemed to be the perfect time for Mark and McKenzie Ferguson to breathe new life into their Worthington home with help of Hometown Floors and More.
“Honestly, (we’ve wanted to do something different and new with our home) ever since we purchased our home about four and-a-half years ago,” McKenzie shared. “It’s been quite some time, but we decided to finally do it just this past winter. We are having our first baby, so we decided it was time to get some updates done.”
She said their home is getting more than just a simple reflooring.
“We are completely remodeling our kitchen. We are demolishing a wall and then kind of gutting and starting over with cabinets, countertops,” Ferguson shared. “We also just completed our bathroom renovation, we just decided to gut it and start over. The same goes for a few of our closet systems, we’ve been gutting those and starting over just to update and then maximize that storage space. We’re also doing luxury vinyl planking throughout most of our upper level floors and then the bedrooms and a portion of our living area will be carpet.”
We’re just looking for some better function with our spaces and having some updated things to better serve our growing family. Just having some updates to our home, I think, will serve us really well.
McKenzie Ferguson
Ferguson said going with Hometown Floors and More for their remodel was a choice that just felt right for them.
“We’ve actually known Tyler (Stugelmeyer) for a little while. He’s a friend of ours, so working with him was really easy,” she said. “It was really nice just to feel like we were on a personal level with him. He was able to be very upfront with us and transparent about things and give us his professional opinion but then also, with him being a friend, he’s also been giving us his advice on what would be best from what he’s seen professionally too.”
As the Fergusons’ next chapter in their life is just around the corner, McKenzie said the remodels will be beneficial to their growing family.
“We’re just looking for some better function with our spaces and having some updated things to better serve our growing family. Just having some updates to our home, I think, will serve us really well,” she shared. “On top of that, we’re looking at having some things that will help us navigate a baby; new flooring, new comfortable carpets and just some more open space with knocking down a wall in our main living area just to get some new lighting in. I think that’ll be nice when you’re home for a little bit with a new baby on the way.”
Samuel Martin became a reporter for The Globe in September 2023. He has a bachelor’s degree in media studies from the University of Sioux Falls.
