Home show offers inspiration for all of life’s stages
My family, like many others, has gone through different life stages — from buying our first home, to expanding, to now being empty nesters. Throughout this journey, we have lived in the same home, which we transformed through a lot of trial and error to reflect our changing needs and interests.
HomeFest, a new festival-style home show presented by booking.com that BILD is bringing to the International Centre in Mississauga Nov. 2-4, will inspire you to create a home that is in tune with your particular life stage.
We have designed HomeFest to be interactive, so come prepared to jump into experiences like Love It … or Lose It?, where Fiona and Henry will request your help as they combine their households. Should they keep her kitschy art and funky pillows or his well-worn bench and Lucite chairs? What should they lose?
You can give instructions to their movers and hear a design expert’s opin- ion on the results.
Expect the unexpected at HomeFest. The feature called Adding to the Family, for instance, will be less about outfitting a nursery and more about a cheeky exploration of fertility myths, superstitions and folklore that have been handed down through the ages.
And skipping forward a couple of decades, the Empty Nesters Take Flight attraction will help you deck out your place for maximum short-term rental appeal. What better way to fund those travels you’ve been dreaming about?
If, on the other hand, the kids are returning home or you need a home office, be sure to take a tour of the 280sq.-ft. home by True North Tiny Homes. It has a much smaller environmental footprint and is more affordable than a traditional house, yet comes with many of the same high-end details and finishes.
Are you catching a whiff of something delicious as you explore HomeFest? Head outside for Grill and Chill, where pros from TA Appliances will show you how to wield the skewers and tongs with confidence, then let you sample what they’ve prepared. Back inside, pick up more cooking and wine tips at our Kitchen Party, with well-known chefs, a cheese expert and a sommelier.
Speaking of cooking, if you’ve been thinking your kitchen needs an update, swing by the Five Thousand Dollar Kitchen at HomeFest.
It has been renovated, but when you take a closer look, you realize the truth of “you get what you pay for.” (Check out the cabinets that don’t close properly.) Find the other things that have gone wrong with this makeover and let our RenoMark renovators share advice for getting it right with your own kitchen renovation.
As you can see, HomeFest promises to be a blast, so round up your friends and family and meet us there. Get your free tickets at thehomefest.ca.