Home Events in Your Area

Home lovers are always looking for new products and ideas for beautifying their homes. If you're a home-loving person, you probably make the rounds of your local home furnishing stores on a regular basis, relishing the new offerings as each new season's merchandise comes in. But sometimes you're looking for something really different, or just a change of pace from your usual shopping destinations. When you want a whole fresh outlook on what's available for your home, look for special events that are created to bring you just exactly that.

Special home events in your area are usually advertised or listed in:

Your local newspaper
Your local craigslist Craigslist.org
The calendar section at your local Chamber of Commerce

Here are some other sources for discovering special home events near you:

Green Expos

A new, eco-friendly extravaganza is the Go Green Expo. This huge, green-oriented expo will come to L.A., New York City, Atlanta, and Philadelphia in 2009. Go Green Expo site gives you an idea of what you can expect to find on these occasions - to inform companies showcase products, educational presentations to the participants of the Green movement and its importance for the sustainability of global products and services of interest for greening your home.

Home Shows

ACS Home Shows are produced in large cities around the United States. ACS (which stands for American Consumer Shows) describes their Home Showsas "events designed for homeowners in all stages of remodeling, landscaping and decorating their homes. Each event includes hundreds of exhibits with merchandise, sample interior and exterior vignettes, and product demonstrations. With a combination of new products and expert advice from the pros, homeowners will be inspired with countless ideas on enhancing their home's comfort and functionality, as well as its aesthetic appeal and overall value."

Close-Out Sales

In today's economy, it's a fact of life that many stores will be going out of business. When this happens, stores will often stage big close-out sales with the intention of selling off all remaining stock at the lowest possible price. You've no doubt experienced driving past a store you may not have noticed before, but suddenly do, because the display windows are painted with a huge announcement: Going out of business! Everything must go! You can also shop for close-outs online. One of these is Close Out.com, which offers bargains galore in categories including computers and electronics, home furnishings, garden merchandise, and more.

Garden and Flower Shows

Garden and Flower Shows are generally only available in the spring, so you'll want to plan ahead and discover when these seasonal events are coming to your area. Schedules for Home and/or Garden and Flower Shows can be found on Festival Network Online. Events are listed by date, and each listing has a link taking you for more detailed information about each event. You can also find out what is happening near your home in the garden and flower lovers Arena check with your local nurseries, garden clubs and horticultural societies.

Flea Markets

Many flea markets are regional permanent implants, it is likely that you are well aware of the position of the largest flea market near you. If you're in the mood for a trip, so that a target of a big flea market is a bit 'moreaway can be a fun way to spend a weekend. The National Flea Market Association has a "flea finder" on its website that lets you enter your location, click, and get results for your surrounding area. You can also click on your state and results are served up that way. Many of the flea market detail pages include links to that specific venue for more information.

Whatever your budget or style, when you want some new and entertaining input on what's available for your home, take Advantage of special events in your area. You learn all kinds of things to surprise and delight.

Go Green Expo will not only change public perception of environmental protection but also how events like these are created and managed. Invited to small and large companies, what to do to reduce their own carbon footprint, consumers have hands on experience with "environmentally friendly" alternatives to current everyday products and services.