In this YouTube interview, Martin from Floors To Go speaks with Danielle Morris about a pro‑bono home renovation project for the Noble family in Lower Mitcham, Adelaide. The Noble family has three children, two of whom—Jay (15) and Ella (10)—live in wheelchairs due to muscular dystrophy. Danielle explains that the project’s goal was to make daily life more accessible by redesigning the kitchen and living areas so the children could independently reach food, water, and basic appliances. The renovation was entirely donated, involving roughly 15 local companies that supplied stone benchtops, cabinetry, flooring, painting, and other trades over a four‑month period. Danielle shares her personal connection to the family, describing them as “family” after two years of friendship, which motivated her to spear‑head the effort. She also outlines two upcoming projects: a backyard hydrotherapy pool for the Noble children and a wheelchair‑accessible van for another family, noting a $50,000 fundraising target for the van because the NDIS will not cover it. Throughout the interview, Martin urges viewers to contribute time, money, or expertise, providing contact details (store phone, Facebook, Danielle’s email) for donations. The segment ends with Danielle announcing the reveal day, describing the completed transformation and the emotional impact of giving the Noble family a more independent, dream‑home environment.
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Hi, I'm Martin from Floors To Go, and I'm down here in Lower Mitcham with Danielle Morris. We're doing a project that I'd like Danielle to speak about.
So we're doing a project for the Noble family who have 3 children, and 2 of those children have muscular dystrophy and are in wheelchairs. And the reason we're doing this is to make a difference to their life so that their kids can have inclusion We've done a kitchen that's going to allow the kids to be able to access food, access water, all the things that we take for granted daily. The little things like being able to get out of bed, take a shower. Jay and Ella can't do that on their own, so every little bit that we can contribute to and make a difference to their lives makes daily life just a little bit easier for them.
How old are Jay and Ella?
Jay.
Jay, sorry, why do we keep calling him Ella? How old are Jay and Ella?
Jay's 15 and Ella's 10. All
right, cool. So what was your inspiration behind doing this and how did you pull it all together?
My inspiration was Jay and Ella and just— I've known the family for just over 2 years and just watching, listening, this family have become my family. And when a family becomes your family, you get in there and get your hands dirty. I see everything. I see I see parents watching their kids deteriorate in front of their eyes, and I just saw the day-to-day challenges that they have that we don't have. And I came home one day and knew that I could make a difference, and I wanted to make a difference. And I said, I don't know what I'm going to do or how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to give this family a new kitchen and a new living area. And met Martin, who was my knight in shining armour in this whole project.
Oh, thanks, Sally.
And has been He's been mentoring me from his last project and helped me to be able to pull all this together.
So how many companies roughly have been involved in it?
I think we've got about 15 companies.
Sorry, the phone's ringing. Go away.
Yeah, we've got about 15 companies involved, which has been overwhelming, from stone benchtops to kitchen cabinetry to flooring, painting, you name it, everybody's contributed. The whole project has been donated, all the trades, all the materials, all the services. And yeah, it's been 4 months in process and a week of— this last week, it's taken us a week to pull it all together.
Okay, we can't show you around the house because we're going to reserve that for the video afterwards. I just want to ask Danielle, do you have any plans for any future projects?
I do. We've got 2 more projects in the pipeline. I'd love to give this family something extra as well and give them a hydrotherapy pool in their backyard, which It gives Jay and Ella access to daily hydrotherapy, which long-term for them is just— you can't even describe awful words on that, what it does for them, their longevity and their daily lives. And then after that, we've also tried to put together a van for another family that have a son with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, and she needs a wheelchair-accessible van. So that's our next project as well.
So anybody who watches this, like, Danielle's done this off her own back. I met her in October through a mutual friend when I was arranging the hospital school project, and of course I agreed to help her. A lot of the trades that were on the hospital school project have come on board with her because she, when she met us, she dived on that and helped us out. It was really good. One of the project managers said you were a great find, so that's a feather in your cap from Tracy. So what I'd urge people to do is, I'll be posting regarding any of Danielle's projects for the future as much as I can. Anybody out there can help, whether it's time. Like with the van, we've got to raise about $50,000 because NDIS won't provide it, but they will convert it, and we want to try and get that as soon as we can. So if anybody can help, either ring me at the store, send me a message on Facebook, send me a message on the store's Facebook. Danielle will put her email address up on the video afterwards. Everybody can contribute.
And every little bit counts, doesn't it?
Yeah.
No big— doesn't matter how big, how small, everybody can make a difference. It's about pulling together and making something happen It's about other people and making a difference to their life.
A dollar helps. It doesn't have to be hundreds or thousands. A dollar, if you can give a dollar towards the van. The pool is a work in progress. We think we're going to get there very soon. I'm hoping that some people watching this video will want to contribute. We already have someone who's volunteered to install it, but we want to make it— finish the house So that this family can live their life as they should be able to. So thanks a lot, Danielle, and have a watch of the video.
So today is the final day of this project and it's reveal day. The Noble family will be back here in probably about 45 minutes. It's been 6 busy days. Everybody's pulled together, so many different trades, so many different companies, and now we get to hand this amazing transformation back to this family and they can go on living their dream home. Yeah, it's been a long journey. Living each day that little bit easier and having Jay and Ella be able to access food, access water, and just make a simple sandwich for themselves when they're hungry. Now I'm going to take you through to the house and show you what the finished product looks like, so come on in.
Ready for the final? Oh, hell, that looks amazing! Wow, oh, this is perfect! See, you can only go this way. It goes the right way. Yeah. You can see down the hallway. I know. I think it's my son. Thank you so much, my friends. I was looking. My house isn't looking good.
