Express Yourself
Now I'm going to be humming 'Vogue' for the rest of the day...Not like that's a bad thing :)
So Geoff and I went to check out the Home Expressions show last night. I was kind of excited... Displays of polished concrete countertops are like porn to me. Add in a new shade of glossy blue-grey skinny subway tile and the latest cork flooring samples, and I'm swooning.
Alas, there was very, very little of that last night. Most of the things we saw fell into the 'my house in Linden Woods is nicer than your house in Linden Woods' category (yawn). We saw a few nice TVs. We saw some decent cork flooring and skinny subway tile samples. Toured a pretty snazzy motorhome. Admired some over-the-top appliances. Mocked Helen Buttigeig's ridiculously fake tan. Tripped over a geothermal heating company about every eight steps. Avoided the Loewen display. And the millions of hot tub and sunroom sales people.
I was pretty underwhelmed (isn't that a lovely, expressive word?). I'm going to blame it on having attended some real, proper tradeshows in the US. Nothing in Winnipeg is likely to compare to the national architecture convention and tradeshow, where all the big brands launch their latest and greatest products to people who actually know what they're looking at and why it's so noteworthy. Amazing.
But finally, at the very end of our evening, we found them... Polished concrete countertops. And planters. And fireplace mantles. Mmmm.
posted by Lindsay @ 11:45 AM
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Jer is sweeping me off to the Home Expressions show in about 2 1/2 hours. I'm quite excited. Hopefully I won't be too terribly disappointed. Although no evening without the kids is a disappointment : )
I was equally unimpressed with the show. I too...avoided the Loewen booth. :)
I was shocked at the number of spa/hot tub/sunroom dealers - they seemed to take over the show.
The only thing that impressed my husband was the "Smoker" - what butcher wouldn't want one of them on his deck!
All in all....borrrrringgggg..
Maggie
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