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HALIFAX,
NS - After a hugely successful spring home show season in all our maritime
markets, the anticipation is ramping up for one of the largest fall home
shows on record!
October is renovation month. Homeowners and
potential homeowners will be tackling projects that were put off during
spring and summer and will flock to the home show to find the quality
products and services they need.
CMHC reports that 67
percent of homeowners intend to renovate and update to add value as many are
taking advantage of the Maritimes hot real estate market.
This number is sure to be even larger with the
2009 Home Renovation Tax Credit… the deadline for this is February 2010, so
the Fall Ideal Home Show is perfectly positioned to get your products out
there for consumers who are looking to buy and renovate to take advantage of
this program before it ends!
Across Canada last year, over 19.7 billion was
spent on home renovations; even more is expected this year!
Bottom
line, Nova Scotia is a hot bed for renovations and home improvement projects.
You will find it all at the Fall Ideal Home Show!
Admission:
Regular Adult $7 Seniors & Students $6
Check the Chronicle Herald for a $2
coupon good for Friday's regular adult admission.
ENTER
TO WIN THE IDEAL COMFORT ZONE PRIZE PACKAGE! Valued at over $6000.00
You
could win a Terrance Leather Sofa and Loveseat from La-Z-Boy Furniture valued
at $3650 and to top it off a $2500.00 gift certificate from Simmons Mattress
Gallery Halifax/Burnside!!
 
Ideal
Features
Great to be Green Returns!
Conserve Nova
Scotia is a big part of this and will be presenting tips that will benefit
all homeowners! Conserve Nova Scotia is dedicated to helping all Nova
Scotians learn how to use energy more efficiently and are a huge part of the
Great to be Green initiative.
"We are
proud to once again be a part of the "Great to be Green" section of
the Ideal Home Show," said Heather Foley Melvin, President and CEO,
Conserve Nova Scotia.
"Visitors
to the show can talk with our energy experts and learn how to improve the
energy efficiency of your home. This will save Nova Scotians money, lower
their home energy bills, and reduce green house gas emissions."
Ideal Staycations!
 The term
“staycation” has been appearing in many Atlantic Canadian Tourism brochures
lately. Statistics show that Maritimers are happily vacationing within their
own four provinces and loving it. Come see what’s available in your very own
backyard!
Ideal Fall Gardening Seminars
Niki Jabbour – The host
of “The Weekend Gardener” is back for the fall edition of the Ideal Home Show
after a very busy spring show! Niki will offer up exciting seminar topics on
fall gardening, which is sure to draw a crowd!
Dairy
Farmers of Canada Return for “the Big One!”
During the three-day event, the group will be presenting 12
separate seminars hosted by resident New Brunswicker Phil Belanger.
Mr. Belanger will speak about how best to pair your wine and
cheese or even beer with cheese!
Tips will also be offered on how best to store different
types of cheese and visitors will be shown the differences between soft,
semi-soft and hard cheeses.
Join him in tasting and learning about your sensory reaction
to several cheeses.
Dairy Farmers of Canada are also representing different
producers of cheese, some local and some international, and they will have
samples on hand of upwards of 25 different types of cheese!
Dairy
Farmers Seminar Schedule
Friday, October 2 @ 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 and 7:00pm
Saturday, October 3 @ 11:00, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 and 7:00pm
Sunday, October 4 @ 11:00am, 1:00 and 3:00pm
The GoodWood Retail Zone!
All roads will lead to the “GoodWood
Retail Zone” at the Fall Ideal Home Show at exhibition Park! An exciting
on-site partnership has been formed by three of the area leaders of home
improvements and furnishings!
The GoodWood room at
Exhibition Park will be transformed into a shopper’s paradise with offerings
from Lumbermart, Simmons Mattress Gallery Halifax/Burnside and La-Z-Boy
Furniture Galleries.
SNOWBIRDS . . . CHECK OUT
AFFORDABLE, RETIREMENT HOUSING OPTIONS AT THE FALL IDEAL HOME SHOW
 More and more 55+ are considering options for
wintering in favourable climates.
There are so many advantages but often, just as many questions and
fears associated with it. Our new
exhibitor, Hometown America is on site with local people who can explain the
various options and surprisingly affordable housing available in this
beautiful, Canadian friendly community.
Founded in 1997, Hometown
America is a privately held company that owns and operates manufactured
housing communities across the country. Today, the company operates nearly
127 communities with over 48,000 home sites, and maintains an asset value of
exceeding $3.2B. Check out their booth at the 2009 Ideal Home Show!
As part of the
Nova Scotia Fall Ideal Show, we are pleased to recognize members of the
Canadian Forces!
The first 500 members of the forces to come to the show
will receive a gift bag of samples and coupons from several exhibitors of the
2009 event.
**Must display military ID to collect gift bag**
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Seminar Schedule
Friday,
October 2
6:00 pm Niki Jabbour – The Weekend
Gardener
All About Bulbs – From Alliums
to Tulips, planting ideas, tips and a preview of the hot new bulbs for 2009!
7:00 pm Brian Hayes - Conserve Nova
Scotia
Rebates,
Options & Tips for Home Energy Savings
Saturday,
October 3
10:30 – 12:30 Don
Roscoe, Society Solar Nova Scotia
This two part workshop will
address in the first hour “Solar for Electricity Active Solar for Hot Water
& Hot Air” and in the second hour “Passive Solar Home Design.
12:30 Niki
Jabbour – The Weekend Gardener
Fantastic Fall Flowers – All
about the late flowering shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses that
provide a late burst of colour to the garden.
1:30 Donald
Dodge - Conserve Nova Scotia
Rebates,
Options & Tips for Home Energy Savings
2:30 Harmony
Interiors – Micheline Bourdage
“ New home décor for fall, how to warm up your
home with fabrics and colors.”
3:30 Wacky’s
Flooring
“
New flooring products for 2009-2010”
4:30 Niki
Jabbour – The Weekend Gardener
All About Bulbs – From Alliums
to Tulips, planting ideas, tips and a preview of the hot new bulbs for 2009!
6:00 Niki
Jabbour – The Weekend Gardener
Fantastic Fall Flowers – All
about the late flowering shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses that
provide a late burst of colour to the garden.
Sunday,
October 4
10:30 – 12:30 Don
Roscoe, Society Solar Nova Scotia
This two part workshop will
address in the first hour “Solar for Electricity Active Solar for Hot Water
& Hot Air” and in the second hour “Passive Solar Home Design.
12:30 Niki
Jabbour – The Weekend Gardener
All About Bulbs – From Alliums
to Tulips, planting ideas, tips and a preview of the hot new bulbs for 2009!
1:30 Wacky’s
Flooring
“
New flooring products for 2009-2010”
2:30 Harmony
Interiors – Micheline Bourdage
“ New home décor for fall, how to warm up your
home with fabrics and colors.”
3:30 Josh
McLean - Conserve Nova Scotia
Rebates,
Options & Tips for Home Energy Savings
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