Ottawa Home and Garden Show raising the bar

As you might already know, the Ottawa Home and Garden show is going on right now until March 27, 2011. I really think many Ottawa exhibitors have stepped up their game because a lot of the booths are looking a lot nicer and more polished than before. Don't you think?

I think those who worked hard to make their booth visually appealing deserve to be mentioned. So here's my list of "best in show" booths in the "Home and Decor" section (in no particular order):











A special mention must go to the really cool animal-shaped ottomans. We had to bring one home :)


My main contribution this year was the urban lounge sponsored by IKEA, Mikaza Home and Permacon.




I also had in bit of influence in other features such as the two model homes, the stage, the artist gallery and the foodies section.

There's one day left, if you want to go check out the exhibitions.

Designer's Touch at the Ottawa Home and Garden Show

Things are finally getting back in order after a couple crazy weeks getting ready and setting up for the Ottawa Home and Garden show. This year, as some of you already know, I really got involved with the show. My biggest project was to create and build four trendy dining rooms based on the 2010 spring/summer fashion trends and Benjamin Moore's 2010 Envison Colors. The rooms were named after each theme as shown below :



For the list of items in the Ode to Nature room click here.



For the list of items in the Popular Appeal room click here.



For the list of items in the Southern Comfort room click here.



For the list of items in the Light Tech room click here.

I also helped put together a mini art gallery on the way to the stage. I contacted Lisabel Filiatrault from Montreal and Jennifer Bisson from Ottawa to showcase their work.




On top of that, I also participated in the preparation for the decor of CDECA's booth and the Cameleon House and came up with the 30 Designer Finds.



It's too bad I didn't find time to check out all the booths from the show (there's just not enough hours in the day really), but I did notice that Custom Home Interiors did a great job decorating the Décor Stage. Same goes for the booths of 2Go Custom Kitchen and Corbeil who were nice to help us with the wood panels in the first dining room.



Doing the show was a great experience and I would do it again and even better (I got tons of new ideas). I got great feedback for the rooms from visitors and, as I suspected, quite a few of them said they wanted to see more finished rooms to show them how to use various items and inspire them to redecorate or redesign their own home. I hope more exhibitors will see the value in staging their rooms or hiring designers and decorators to help them out.

I'd like to thank the volunteers again who helped me set up the booths. It was really appreciated!

P.S. LSI Floors, Logs End and Bemz donated their items to Habitat For Humanity, which was really great too!

Photos : MOOT & Ottawa Home and Garden Show

30 Designer Finds

As some of you already know, I had a large feature booth at the Ottawa Home and Garden Show this year and part of it consisted of showcasing 30 great items that can be purchased in Ottawa. Each of the items were provided by suppliers based in Ottawa : Custom Home Interiors, Modern Karibou, Mikaza Home, Holtzunmetal, Canvas Pop, dna11


If you missed it, here's the list :

[01] Marina Console Table
Supplier : Custom Home Interiors



[02] UU72 Table
Supplier : Modern Karibou



[03] Ovopur Water Filter and Ecobase Bamboo Table
Supplier : Custom Home Interiors
Designer: AquaOvo * CANADIAN*




[04] Miller Ottoman and Twin Bed
Supplier : Custom Home Interiors



[05] Cubic End Tables
Supplier : Mikaza Home




[06] Eames Style Wood Stool
Supplier : Mikaza Home




[07] Timber Tables
Supplier : Modern Karibou




[08] Lujuria TV Stand
Supplier : Mikaza Home




[09] Mètahlowski - Fatboy Chair
Supplier : Custom Home Interiors




[10] WTC Lounge Chair
Supplier : Holtzundmetal
Designer : Holtzundmetal* CANADIAN*




[11] WTC Media Stand
Supplier : Holtzundmetal
Designer : Holtzundmetal* CANADIAN*




[12] Eiffel Rocker Lounge Chair
Supplier : Mikaza Home



[13] Coco Plexistyle Lounger
Supplier : Modern Karibou




[14] Rochelle Side Chair
Supplier : Mikaza Home



[15] Drop Lounge Chair
Supplier : Mikaza Home



[16] RC-1 Rain Collector
Supplier : Modern Karibou
Designer : Hero 365 * CANADIAN*




[17] Vivian Stool
Supplier : Modern Karibou
Designer: Y Design Studio * CANADIAN*




[18] Wallflutter
Supplier : Mikaza Home
Designers: Marion Lanktree/Alan Wisniewski



[19] Centrifuge Transite Mailbox
Supplier : Modern Karibou
Designer: Centrifuge * CANADIAN*




[20] Poetry Shelve
Supplier : Mikaza Home
Designer: Olivia Bradateanu* CANADIAN*




[21] TEWO Key Board
Supplier : Modern Karibou




[22] DNA Portrait
Supplier : Custom Home Interiors
Designer: dna11* CANADIAN*




[23] Canvas Prints
Supplier : CanvasPop
Designer: Canvas Pop * CANADIAN*




[24] UU71 Fruit Trough
Supplier : Modern Karibou




[25] Vers Sound Systems
Supplier : Modern Karibou



[26] Season Metal Lantern
Supplier : Modern Karibou



[27] Pestle and Mortar
Supplier : Modern Karibou
Designer: a.j.* CANADIAN*




[28] Oil Bottles
Supplier : Modern Karibou
Designer: a.j.* CANADIAN*



[29] U22 Wine Tray
Supplier : Modern Karibou

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[30] Anidar Bird Feeder
Supplier : Modern Karibou




Big thanks to all the suppliers who were nice enough to lend their products for the show!