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HOME SHOW At a Glance
No place like home
What: Upper Cumberland Home and Garden Show Where: Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion, 2390 Gainesboro Grade, Cookeville When: March 1-3 Hours: Friday, 4-8 p.m. Saturday, 9-8 p.m. Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Admission: $3
Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen
Home enthusiasts gather for the 2012 Upper Cumberland Home and Garden Show. This year’s event is set for March 1-3 at the Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion. Admission is $3.
Home Show ‘a fun place to be’ By AMY DAVIS HERALD-CITIZEN Staff
UPPER CUMBERLAND — “A big, lively event” — that’s the way Melanie Chadwell describes the Upper Cumberland Home and Garden Show. “There’s a lot going on,” said Chadwell, who serves as executive officer of the Home Builders Association of the Upper Cumberland, which sponsors the event. “A lot of exhibitors, a lot of little side-events... it’s just a fun place to be.” The 39th annual Home Show is March 1-3 at the Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion, featuring more than 150 exhibitors and speakers from the Upper Cumberland and beyond showing off their products and services. And it all relates to the home.
“It’s a showcase of the latest trends in building, remodeling, landscaping and interior design,” Chadwell said. “It promotes the housing industry, and it’s a marketing opportunity for housing-related businesses.” She added, “The housing industry is such an important part of any community, and I think that the fact that this event has been going on for so long is definitely a validation of that. “It’s important to the economy, and it’s important to people because everybody wants a home or wants to improve their home.” It’s a personal thing, she said. “Regardless of what kind of home it is — whether it’s an apartment or a million-dollar home — you want it to be special. People are constantly wanting to
make improvements. So, the Home Show is not just for the people who are building a new home or have a really expensive home.” While the Home Show continues to focus on all things home-related, plenty of new things are offered each year. One of the things Chadwell is most excited about this year is a Saturday afternoon seminar by interior decorator Jonathan Pierce, star of HGTV’s Interiors Inc. “I watch HGTV all the time, and I’ve always tried to get some kind of HGTV connection at this event,” she said. “And it just sort of hit me that this particular show is filmed in Nashville, and I made an appointment to talk to him, and he See FUN, Page 7
Table of contents Home Show map .....................4 Gourmet Gallery map...............5 Exhibitors..................................5 Cooking stage schedule........10 HGTV home designer..............6 Celebrity cake designer.........19 ‘Stay and Play in the UC’.........7 Coffee with an author.............15 Exhibitor Spotlight: • BJP Legacy Construction.......14 • Williams Wholesale Suppy.....16 • S&W Pool and Spas..............17 • Spray Green Organic Lawn Care..............................21 • Specialty Woodworking..........22