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HEAVENLY RENOS Annual Calgary Home + Design Show comes to town at the perfect time KATHLEEN RENNE for creb®now
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lberta’s home renovations sector is booming. The Calgary Home + Design Show is back for its 34th year. Seems like a match made in heaven. Brought about by ongoing economic uncertainty, more Albertans are looking for ways to upgrade their space rather than their place. According to Statistics Canada, investment on residential renovation in the province has increased by 3.8 per cent over the first six months of 2015 to $3.1 billion. “It seems to be the economical solution to maintain or fix up your property – what’s going on behind the walls, updating windows and doors, opening up spaces and re-organizing the layout so it functions for the family within – instead of moving,” said Mia Parres, one half of the popular HGTV show The Expandables. Parres, a high-end residential designer, will join co-host Rob Evans, a self-described master contractor at this year’s Calgary Home + Design Show, returning to the BMO Centre Sept. 22 to 25. “We will be helping audiences realize it’s possible to fall back in love with their homes,” said Parres of the duo’s presentations on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Parres and Evans won’t be alone. Whether looking for ideas on how to illuminate a room, maximize closet space or re-finish a favourite chair, homeowners will get a chance to get all the answers over the four-day event with dozens of local design and renovation experts on hand. Also appearing on the main stage will be Todd Talbot of Love It or List It Vancouver, DIY expert Lacey Haskell of Feathering My Nest, interior design guru Marie-Claire Williams of Renova Luxury Renovations and lifestyle expert Leigh-Ann Allaire Perrault from Rust-Oleum, to name a few.
R ob Evans and Mia Parres of HGTV’s The Expandables say small renovations to existing spaces can create big results. Catch the duo at the 34th annual Home + Design Show.
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onthly residential average prices increased within three provincial real estate boards/associations in August, while a fourth reported no change, according to the Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA). Alberta West – which encompasses several communities around the province including Banff, Canmore, Jasper and Slave Lake – saw average MLS® prices rise by 16.8 per cent, while the Lloydminster region (Alberta only) saw prices rise by 2.5 per cent.
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