Winnipeg Renovation Show Cheat Sheet: 5 Can’t Miss Features

The time has come to dust off your long awaited home improvement wish lists and the Winnipeg Renovation Show (on now until Sunday!) is bound to help you do just that. Take a peek below at some of our top features and celebrity appearances that can’t be missed.

The Lifestyle Stage: presented by Kitchen Craft Cabinetry
Kick your stalled projects into high gear at The Lifestyle Stage, where HGTV star Bryan Baeumler and Winnipeg’s top renovation and design experts from Inclusive Design Group, Mr. Electric, Maximum Impact Plus Staging and more will offer easy advice and inspiration. Click here for the full stage schedule.

Meet Bryan Baeumler: presented by Baeumler Approved
After appearing on the The Lifestyle Stage, Bryan Baeumler will be sticking around for photos and autographs at the Baeumler Approved booth (#76). Catch him on Friday, January 15 from 8-8:45PM and Saturday, January 16 from 3-3:45PM - be sure to snag a spot in line early to avoid disappointment.

Ask a Renovator: presented by the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association
Avert renovation disaster with a free 10-minute consultation with the city’s top home improvement experts at Ask a Renovator. Come with your demo plans and blueprints and leave with the plan to make your dream home come true. This is where dreams start to become reality!

Ask a Decorator: presented by Inclusive Design Group
Suffering from style paralysis? Pop by Ask a Decorator for a free 10-minute consultation, where top interior stylists will help you nail down your design style, craft a home makeover plan, and offer tried-and-true design advice. If a beautiful, well designed home is your goal for 2016, this is the perfect starting point.

Variety Children's Charity Raffle:
How does a $10,000 Kitchen Makeover sound? Visit the Variety booth (#815) and purchase a raffle ticket for the opportunity to win the kitchen makeover of your dreams, courtesy of Springfield Woodworking & Variety the Children's Charity,

Join us today and the rest of this weekend for these exciting features (and much more!) at the Winnipeg Renovation Show. Buy your tickets in advance to skip the box office line and save big. Right now you can get 2-for-1 tickets when you connect with us on Facebook. Click here to take advantage of this exclusive offer.

RBC CONVENTION CENTRE
JANUARY 15-17, 2016.

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Five Tips For Getting The Most Out Of The Des Moines Home + Garden Show

How can you get the most out of your experience at the 2015 Des Moines Home + Garden Show? We'll tell you!

1. Bring in your photos, samples, or even your plans to share with the experts. Instead of trying to explain your project or challenge, bring it in! That's the benefit of having the chance to speak face-to-face with hundreds of experts. 
2. Check out the list of exhibitors before you attend. We encourage you to check out all of the exhibitors, but make a list of exhibitors that will be most helpful for your specific home or garden questions. 
3. Visit the exhibitors' websites. Check out the exhibitors and their products/services before you attend so you can get some background information before visiting their booth and feel comfortable asking the right questions.
4. Create a list of questions that you'd like to ask the experts. Once you get to the show, you might forget some of your questions. Start making a list of questions that come to mind before you get to the Iowa Events Center.
5. Make a list of your upcoming projects or things you'd like to do. Whether you're starting on a project in a month or a year, this is your chance to meet with a variety of experts all in one convenient location!

Whether you are just starting your home or garden project or looking for ideas, we want to make sure you get the most out of the show! The Des Moines Home + Garden Show takes over the Iowa Events Center February 12 - 15, 2015. Don't have tickets yet? Get 2-for-1 on Facebook.

FEBRUARY 12 - 15, 2015.
IOWA EVENTS CENTER 

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Summer Sneak Peek at the Calgary Home + Design Show

With the sun blazing down and backyard barbeques filling up your social calendar, it’s easy to forget that fall is only a couple of months away. Though we love the ice cream, lazy Sundays at the lake and dining al fresco that summer brings, we can’t wait for fall to arrive – and with it, the Calgary Home + Design Show. What’s in store this year, you’re wondering? Short answer: lots. 

Here’s a sneak peek at our top five things to see at the Calgary Home + Design Show, happening September 18-21 at the BMO Centre.

1. Trail Appliances Cooking Stage

Stop by to meet Calgary’s best-known chefs and foodies at the Trail Appliances Cooking Stage. You’ll catch Tomo Mitsumo, owner and chef of Goro + Gun, and other top chefs from Poppy Innovations, Crave Cookies & Cupcakes, Fiasco Gelato and Downtownfood. Plus, don’t miss the Samsung Cooking Challenge: Tag Team Kitchen, featuring three home cooks partnered with three top chefs in a battle for culinary supremacy, hosted by Chef Corbin Tomaszeski. We have no doubt you’ll find inspiration for your own culinary creations!

2. ChairLIFT

If you’re going to sit, you may as well do so in style. Local media personalities, designers and tastemakers will each upcycle a pre-loved chair with Rust-Oleum products and a $50 budget (plus a little elbow grease) for silent auction, with 100% of proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta and its affiliated ReStore Calgary. Bid on your favourites for a chance to walk away with a one-of-a-kind masterpiece and the pride of knowing you helped support a worthy cause.

3. Life Hack 

If disorderly junk drawers and difficult DIYs are bringing you down, this is the place for you! Learn how to live a clutter-free life with inspiration from the students of the Bow Valley Interior Decorating program and get the down low on clever tricks, tactics and shortcuts to keep your life organized on the cheap. Like to get social? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for the chance to share your life hack – it might be featured at the show!

4. Food Truck Alley & Eatery presented by CJAY92

You asked, we delivered. YYC Food Trucks presented by CJAY92 are back by popular demand, with delicious offerings from Calgary’s favourite driving diners. Fiasco Gelato, Subs n’ Bubbles, Bento Burrito, Waffles & Chix and more, will be on site to satiate your appetite. You’ll find this mouthwatering fare just outside the south entrance to the BMO Centre.

5. Ask a Designer

Up your style quotient, free of charge! Bring in those colour swatches, fabric samples and floor plans - now is your time to ask a designer. Alberta’s top interior designers, like Wanda Weston of WW Designs, Paige Johnston of Lux Design, Suzy Leslie of Alterior Design Inc and Nyla Free of Nyla Free Design, will be on-site to offer up no fuss, no muss design know-how in 10 minutes or less – just the right amount of time to make magic happen in your home.

Are you as excited as we are for these fine features? We have so much more in store for you this fall, be sure to buy your tickets to the Calgary Home + Design Show online early for the best deals!

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Denver Home Show: Ask Our Designer

Wynn Waggoner began her professional creative life in the world of fashion in New York City and later in the Florida Gulf Coast. Her fresh talents of artistic perspective enlarged and reshaped the ideas of what fashion innovation could be. Wynn became a highly sought-after creative artist presenting her theories of fashion design at seminars and fashion shows.

She continues to use her natural abilities of color application and textural design in diverse environments. After moving to Boulder, Colorado, she expanded her innate artistic vision by establishing Wynn Interiors in 2005. At Wynn Interiors, the flow of the creative process brings clients and designer together to reach one harmonious result, while her personality, insight and innovation keep the project enjoyable and stress-free.

Whether redesigning an entire home or creating a special dream room, Wynn gets to the heart of the project and extracts what the newly designed space will mean to her clients. Her enchantments of decor and design continue to surprise. The final outcome of any project always exceeds expectations. The spaces are transformed from the ideas and desires of the clients.

Wynn is the official designer for the Denver Home Show and is excited to reveal the newest design trends for 2014. Don’t miss the opportunity to see and explore a large-scale interior display, which includes a kitchen, bathroom, and the latest home-brew beer bar. 

Come ask your questions to Wynn Waggoner at the Denver Home Show March 14 and 16. Click here for more information.

MARCH 14-16, 2014

NATIONAL WESTERN COMPLEX

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The Salt Lake Home Show: The Ask a Designer Booth

Jen Adair and Jana Romney of Opal Design Group will be hosting the 'Ask a Designer' booth at the Salt Lake Home Show. Be sure to catch Jen on KUTV-2 “Fresh Living” on January 3^rd from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m., and we’ll be sure to post the segment here once it’s up. Read some of their simple design tips for improving your space on a budget below!

The Biggest Bang for your Buck

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