By Kath Gannaway
THIS year’s HIA Home Ideas Show is very much about beating the economic downturn with ideas on everything from clever interior design techniques to in-house dining with flair, to making your home environmentally sustainable.
The HIA Home Ideas Show will be at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre for five days from Wednesday 15 April to Sunday 19 April.
Visit the Home Beautiful Design Precinct where Australia’s leading interior designers will present eight cosmopolitan life-scale rooms capturing emerging international trends ready to inspire Melburnians into transforming their own rooms and homes.
Design experts will share their secrets at the Designer Forums.
Learn how to cook simple, deliciously fresh meals for your friends and family at home at The Cooking School where leading restaurateurs will demonstrate how to re-create a restaurant quality meal in your own home. Kitchen design and useability is also on the menu at the Kitchen Corner.
The Solar Solutions Sustainable Living Stage and the HIA GreenSmart Building Zone will provide all the information and inspiration you need to make the change to products and systems designed to save both money and the environment.
For visitors planning a renovation project, seeking the right information before and during the project is vital to staying on task and on budget.
Ask an Expert is a dedicated area with tradespeople to help answer all of your renovation questions with ready-to-help experts on painting, building, sustainability, landscaping, building design and kitchens and bathrooms.
If you’re a hands-on sort of person, visit the Attic Ladders DIY Stage where Matt Judkins of the Reno Brothers will conduct live demonstrations for the trade and home DIY enthusiast.
Take along your questions and your plans to make the most of the opportunity.
The HIA Home Ideas Show has more than 250 exhibitors ready and waiting to share their ideas … and inspire.
For more information and tickets visit www.HIAhomeideasshow.com.au.
Win tickets
The HIA Home Ideas Show and Mail Home and Garden have 20 double passes to give away to Home and Garden readers.
To be in running tell us the name of the Reno Brothers personality who will be at the DIY Stage.
Include name, address and phone number on the back of an envelope and send to Home Ideas Show Giveaway, Mail Newspapers, PO Box 470, Healesville, 3777.
Entries close on Wednesday, 8 April at 5pm.
