Home Remodeling News

This Week in Home Remodeling
-Diary of a Remodel: A true, entertaining article of a woman who lived through a home remodel. Bernadette Fay, San Francisco Chronicle, shares the challenges, fears, and lessons she learned throughout 13 months of remodeling. Valuable tip from article: Remember to notify your neighbors about your remodel.

- Typical Home Remodeling Mistakes: Always check the contractor's business license, background checks, and references- and here's why.

- Remodeling with a partner: Great tips on how to work together and compromise home remodeling wants/needs.

- Do Solar panels pose environmental hazards?

- Decorno: Renovation binder & home bibles

Home Remodeling Events
- Baltimore Home Building and Remodeling Show
January 16-18, 2009
Where: Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W. Pratt St., Baltimore
When: 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $6

- Atlanta Build, Remodel and Landscape Expo
January 16-18, 2009
Where: Atlanta Exposition Center, North Building, 3650 Jonesboro Road SE, Atlanta, GA 30354
When: 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: Adults $5.00; Children Under 18 FREE

- Charleston Build, Remodel and Landscape Expo
January 16-18, 2009
Where: Charleston Area Convention Center, Hall B & C, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston, SC, 29418
When: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: Adults $5.00; Children Under 18 FREE

- Cincinnati Greater Cincinnati Remodeling Expo
January 16-18, 2009
Where: Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Sharonville, OH 45246-4002
When: 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: Adults $5.00; Children Under 18 FREE

- Columbia Home Building and Remodeling Expo
January 16-18, 2009
Where: Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln Street, Columbia, SC 29201
When: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: Adults $4.00; Children Under 18 FREE

- Columbus Build, Remodel and Landscape Expo
January 16-18, 2009
Where: Greater Columbus Convention Center, Halls E & F, 400 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
When: 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: Adults $6.00, Children Under 18 FREE