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Seattle Home Show Highlights:

Beautiful glass chandeliers from Seattle artist Scott Chambers
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Energy-efficient cottage, with towering windows. 587 square foot
Idea House from Palm Harbor Homes
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Free cooking demonstrations from Nutri-2000: Cooking shows include veggie medley, peach cobbler, sesame chicken

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

Home Show Thursdays- 2009 Madison Home Expo

Madison Home Expo 2009

When: January 9 - 11, 2009
Where: Monona Terrace Convention Center- Exhibition Hall and Ballroom
One John Nolen Drive
Madison, WI 53703
Time & Date: Friday 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Adults $5.00
Children Under 18 FREE

Website: http://www.homeshowcenter.com/show.php?show=madison

Home Show Thursdays- 2009 Minneapolis Home and Landscape Expo

Minneapolis Home and Landscape Expo

When: January 2-4 & 9-11, 2009
Where: Hubert H. Humphery Metrodome
900 South 5th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Time & Date: Fridays 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturdays 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sundays 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Adults $6.00
Children Under 18 FREE

Website: http://www.homeshowcenter.com/show.php?show=minneapolismet

Home Show Thursdays- 2009 Louisville Build, Renovate and Landscape Expo

Louisville Build, Renovate and Landscape Expo

When: January 9 - 11, 2009
Where: Kentucky International Convention Center, Hall C
221 Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Time & Date: Friday 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: Adults $5.00
Children Under 18 FREE

Website: http://www.homeshowcenter.com/show.php?show=louisville

Home Show Thursdays- 2009 Colorado Springs Home Building and Remodeling Show

Colorado Springs Home Building and Remodeling Show

When: January 9 - 11, 2009
Where: Norris-Penrose Event Center
1045 W Rio Grande
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Time & Date: Friday 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Adults $4.00
Children Under 18 FREE

Website: http://www.homeshowcenter.com/show.php?show=coloradosprings1

2008 Seattle Home Show 2 - Home Show Tips for Visitors

HomeSavvi was at the 2008 Seattle Home Show 2, at Qwest Field Event Center from October 16–19, 2008. Some of the highlights of the show were the free hourly seminars ("Going Green Without the Greenbacks" presented by Eleanor Olsen, Total Spaces Design, Member of NKBA), the amazing kitchen and bath exhibits, and wide array of new green products. One product that particularly stood out was the impressive and modern Divine™ ExactTemp 3/4" Vertical Spa Set, in Lighting Universe's booth.

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Seattle Home Show Visitors- Savvi Tips

Savvi Tip #1: Future Seattle Home Show visitors- buy your tickets online. E-ticket holders may have certain offers, coupons, or discounts that you can't have if you buy your ticket at the door. For example, the previous spring Seattle Home Show e-ticket holders received a free chowder voucher, while Seattle Home Show 2 e-ticket holders received free parking for Thursday and Friday at the Qwest Field Event Center parking lot (a $10 value).

Savvi Tip #2: You can register for an additional day without cost. It's called the “Too much to see, come back for free.™” feature, which allows show visitors to register their ID at the show so that they can visit for a second day. This comes in handy, especially if you would like to get more information about a product or show your spouse remodeling plan ideas at a later time.

Savvi Tip #3: Be aware of any other perks or promotions that you can take advantage of by visiting the Seattle Home Show media portion, "Facts at a Glance". One little known perk at the Seattle Home Show 2 was that with four or more people in a vehicle, parking was free in designated lots.

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