Seminars
The sponsoring cities of the Home Remodeling Fair are pleased to provide informative workshops on green remodeling. While all the workshops will touch on the benefits of remodeling green relative to their respective topics, the green leaf symbol identifies those workshops which will educate the consumer on the benefits of remodeling green.
First Floor
Kitchen Remodeling 2010: Small Innovations
to Total Renovations
11:00 am – noon, Room A (188)
Lynn Monson, ASID, CKD, CBD, CID, Monson Interior Design and DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen
“Before and after” photos illustrate the latest trends and new technology in kitchen remodeling to incorporate into your dream kitchen. Innovative solutions include options to cost-effectively change your space.
Decks and Three- and Four-Season Porches
11:00 am – noon, Room B (186)
Bob Boyer, Boyer Building
Thinking about adding a deck or three- or four-season porch? Learn key design issues and procedures, construction techniques, types of materials and products and costs, code requirements, site issues and how to select the best products for your porch.
Refinishing Wood Floors
11:00 am – 12:30pm and 1:00pm – 2:30pm,
Little Theater – Backstage
Bill Bullock, J & F Reddy Rents
Determine whether your hardwood floors are worth refinishing. See demonstrations of each step of refinishing wood floors. Both sessions will review the process of room and floor preparation, floor sanding, finishing and coating.
Bath Remodeling 2010: Small Innovations
to Total Renovations
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm, Room A (188)
Lynn Monson, ASID, CKD, CBD, CID, Monson Interior Design and DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen
“Before and after” photos illustrate the latest trends and new technology in bath remodeling to incorporate into your dream bathroom. Innovative solutions include options to cost-effectively change your space.
Kitchen Design Workshop
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm, Room B (186)
Doug Nelson, New Spaces
This is a “hands on” workshop in which participants will actually draw their kitchen and work with design principles on specific solutions for their homes. Participants will use checklists to help evaluate their kitchens and remodeling priorities.
Restore Your Old Windows
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm, Room 111
Jim Macdonald, Mon-Ray, Inc.
Your drafty old windows can be transformed into energy efficient ones and operate like new without replacing the entire window. See examples of this process and learn why it may work for you rather than purchasing new units. Subjects will include: operating systems, insulations, weather stripping, glazing and vinyl jamb liners.
Current Kitchen Design Trends,
Including Handmade Tiles
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Room A (188)
Christine Nelson, Christine Nelson Design
Learn about current trends in kitchen design in appliances, cabinets, counters, and sink products. A section will be dedicated to using color thru handmade tiles in the backsplashes. A slide presentation will illustrate many examples of all the current trends and handmade tile backsplashes.
Rain Gardens and Barrels
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Room B (186)
Rusty Schmidt, Natural Resource Specialist, Washington Conservation District
Rain Gardens contain and filter storm water runoff in your yard. Learn how to have it all—a beautiful yard with low-maintenance landscaping and native plants. Your rain garden will help keep lakes and streams clean, recharge groundwater, and attract wildlife.
Second Floor
Home Modifications for Maintaining Independence
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm, Room 213
Maria and Brian McCarthy, McCarthy Builders
and Augustana Therapy Services
Representatives from McCarthy Builders and Augustana Therapy Services will discuss what home modifications you need to make in order to maintain independence for yourself or a loved one. This seminar will address small home modifications that can improve the quality of life in your home environment as well as funding resources to makes those changes. As we all age or struggle with a disability, there are improvements that will help to ensure safety and the ability to live in your current home longer before transitional housing is needed.
Spring into Landscaping
12:15 am – 1:15 pm, Room 223
Jim Vaughan, Environmental Coordinator, City of St. Louis Park
The City of St. Louis Park’s Environmental Coordinator will present information on how to get your garden, shrubs and trees ready for the coming growing season. Find out how more about the Emerald ash borer and other insect and disease problems, how to incorporate native plants into your landscaping, and learn how to save your plants from your construction activities.
A Homeowner’s Guide to Remodeling Green
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Room 213
Cindy Ojczyk, LEED AP, Verified Green, Inc.
Green remodeling incorporates creative and resource efficient design to create a healthy and sustainable living environment. Green remodeling also utilizes both new and previously used materials to create a cost effective option for your home remodeling project.
New Trends in Interior Design
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Room 223
Lora Marceau, Marceau Interiors
Does your remodel seamlessly integrate into the existing part of your home? Come learn new and innovative ways to update and blend the spaces in your home with the help of effective accessorization and color choice. This seminar will introduce you to new trends in design, from hinges to handles, to paint color and wall hangings that will help the old feel new and the new feel comfortable. You will learn to beautifully blend all spaces throughout your home.