Annual Fort Lauderdale home show returns Friday

Interior designers, flooring specialists and other home improvement experts will be under one roof this weekend, offering products and tips to South Floridians seeking to give their homes a fresh, new look.

The annual Fort Lauderdale Home Design and Remodeling Show begins Friday and continues through Sunday at the Broward County Convention Center at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.

This year's event touts 750 booths, including exhibits from hurricane window suppliers, custom cabinet makers, kitchen and bath remodeling firms and more.

Amelia Rozas, an interior designer serving customers across South Florida, will host seminars each day showing attendees how to best display art around their homes.

"A lot of people struggle with that," the Miami-based designer said. "They don't know what will be the right placement, how to work it with dcor, the right framing, scale. People sometimes pick something too big or too small for their space."

Architect, designer and TV personality John Gidding, host of HGTV's "Curb Appeal," also will be on site Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to talk about his experience with clients around the world.

The home design and remodeling show held at the Broward convention center since 1991 attracted about 50,000 visitors last year.

Organizers are hopeful this year's show also will draw large crowds, considering South Florida's recent recovering housing market.

"When there's a real estate boom, the home improvement market also booms," said Sharon Berube, spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Home Design and Remodeling Show. "Those two things tend to go hand in hand. We anticipate we'll see even more attendance this year as people are feeling more confident about investing in their homes."

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Annual Fort Lauderdale home show returns Friday