Home and Garden Show

I love to go to a Home and Garden Show. I love the freebies too LOL! Parking fee is $8 and I do not know yet if we can get a free ticket. We were able to get free tickets the last time so; fingers crossed. This is the Convention Center in Orlando located in the Universal Drive. There will be a Home and Garden Show starting Sept.9-11, 2011 with special celebrity guest Frank Fontana, a lifestyle expert.Frank Fontana is an Interior Designer and host of HGTV's Design on a Dime show. His innovative vision with traditional home design basics makes him one of the most successful designers on the lifestyle scene in this generation.

Mosaic Tile

When I went back to PI for 3 months, my purpose of staying a longer vacation was to extend the living room, make a second floor and a roof top. My husband would call it the observation deck which oftentimes, I would tease him for using such terminology. I was supposed to include the cosmetic renovation of the kitchen too by adding the mosaic tile to give that elegant look. Here in the US, a kitchen with a back splash such as glass mosaic tiles and mosaic wall tile adds impact to the home buyers.I love watching HGTV and when they are doing a kitchen renovation, they do not take for granted the back splash. It adds the value of the house if the kitchen is nice with a beautiful and high end back splash. It does make a tremendous difference especially when it tied down everything in the kitchen. That is why I would like to have one for my kitchen too. There so many colors to choose from and the price differ according to the kind of materials you want. If you are planning to have a kitchen or bathroom renovation, consider having a mosaic tile. They are truly beautiful for your home.

Rubber Mulch For Landscaping

Our yard should be inviting and not an eye sore of the community. A well-manicured lawn usually depicts the kind of family living in the house. Do you have a big yard? A simple yard work doesn't really hurt our time. The trimming of the bushes and creating a beautiful garden is rewarding especially if we receive a compliment from our neighbors.Have you heard about rubber mulch from Rubberecycle? This company is the innovator of tire recycling industry and only process scrap tires which are really a good cause to preserve the environment. Their product is affordable because it comes directly from their own plant to the consumers. Rubberecycle offers the top quality products making their company a gold standard holder and they are on top among competition if there is one that exist. Their product is good in playgrounds because it is safe, long-lasting, kid friendly and environment friendly as well. The view of your yard will transform into beauty if you add this quality rubber as a landscape mulch, arena footing or equestrian footing. Did you know that this company supplied the play safe rubber mulch at the White House? That goes to show that their product is phenomenal when it comes to making your yard beautiful and inviting. This product is available in different attractive colors, odorless, non-toxic and it reduced the growth of weed which is very important. If we talk about landscaping, include this product in your list. For more information, visit the Website today.

Cute Baby Blanket

I was browsing online and saw the pink Cute Baby Blanket and Cashmere Baby hat. Oh my my, I wish I already have a baby by now! Since I did promise a friend to send her something for her baby shower, I was able to buy stuffs in a baby store online few days ago. I was so thrilled viewing the nursery items, so colorful and cute. I think women has an inner instinct to design on How to make a nursery cozy as part of the preparation on her pregnancy too.I babysat a friend's daughter few months ago and saw the design of the little girls bedroom. It was full of fairies and butterflies and it feels cozy like a little garden. The father knows how to paint and a real good artist as his skills did all the artistry work of the child's room.

It looks like a princess room and the little girl loves it. Oh well, enough for my daydreaming already. Any products that's related to children from head to toe, beds and bedding's, playhouse and toys are all cute and interesting to buy for children. I am still shopping in the children's department for my nephews and niece and I enjoyed it a lot!

Tile Flooring

I was watching the show about flipping houses and it gave me an idea on how to make money by merely doing it. Home designing is not an easy task to do especially when you deal about the rotten wood floor, water pipe, electrical and insulation problems. It will be a headache too if you deal with building permit and flipping an old house. It will become a money pit if you are not careful. I love the idea of fixing the house that would bring money in and not over spent the budget for the project. Checking the right materials to use such as Laminate Floor or Tile Floor, which has a lesser budget to spend? You should consider the location too when you flip the house. If you spend a high end material in a "not so nice" neighborhood, you will end up losing. Flip wisely that you will gain more from what you invest. But, the most important of all, flip the house correctly that it will not compromise the quality of your work. If the client is satisfied with what you did according to the building standard, that matters a lot. Business is good when clients are happy.

Home and Garden Show

Last Saturday, we went to the Convention Center in Orlando to see the display in the Home and Garden Show. We went to the North Concourse area, pay $8 for the parking and we were glad for that amount knowing that they charged $14 for the regular parking.

Even though this area is so huge, we noticed that the parking space is full! We have to circle around to find a spot. When we went in, it was already almost 2PM so, paying $10/person is ridiculous! Lo and behold, we got in for FREE! There was this lady who hand over three tickets to us so, it was really a lucky day!

I was overwhelmed to see the huge area with so many tents displaying beautiful products from mops to sailboats, from tiles to kitchen, from flower pots to garden and so on.
This display caught my eyes! This vehicle is used in the farmland or huge backyard for lawn purposes. What a good innovation right? It looks like a nice car to ride in a small town!
This is a garden display with boulders, waterfalls and nice landscaping. There were so many to see and so many to buy if you are looking for anything that matters to home and garden.
We actually ended in subscribing 3 months of local daily newspaper and nothing else. We came to see the display of home and garden products. It was fun and the three of us enjoyed that weekend.

Scott McGillivray of HGTV

Today is the birthday of Scott McGillivray, the host of HGTV's Income Property. Happy Birthday Scott :-) (feeling close,LOL!). Anyway, this 33 year old gorgeous Canadian is an inspiration for those problematic home owners with nightmare rental properties. He usually come to rescue the homeowners by fixing their rental properties. He presents two options to the struggling homeowners and gives the pros as well as the cons. It's up to the homeowners which of the options to choose after all, it depends upon their reno budget.

I love watching HGTV shows because I am fascinated with home selling/buying, remodeling/flipping houses and income generating ideas. Lately, my husband became interested about home buying as a property income. Scott's Income Property is one of his favorite shows now! Amazing huh? We just bid two properties lately and hopefully those offers will be accepted so that we too, will become members to the landlords/landlady club. By the way, I snagged these three pictures from Scott's Facebook profile. I hope he won't mind. Hoping that you too will watch his TV show every Wednesday evening at HGTV channel! You will never regret it!