There’s no place like home

Theres no place like home

Home Show & Design Expo offers information on the home, both inside and outside

BY JENNIFER AMATO

Staff Writer

Visitors to the 23rd annual Home Show & Interior Design Expo look at a whirlpool with a waterfall on March 10 at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN With spring right around the corner, hundreds of contractors, landscapers, shed builders, pool and spa installers, and interior decorators were on hand to provide renovation project ideas at the 24th annual New Jersey Home Show & Design Expo.

The home improvement expo, held at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, offered information on heating and cooling, exterior work, fencing, gutter systems, solar energy, saunas, power washing, and sunrooms to thousands of area residents who attended during the weekend of March 9-11.

Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding, which partnered with Renewal by Anderson, was probably one of the most popular attractions, thanks to a special guest appearance by Sandra Lee, author and celebrity chef for The Food Network. Lee, who originally got her start in home and garden projects, was representing the two companies that replaced the windows and siding on her house in New York last summer.

I called four different companies, she said. I felt I could trust [Garden State Brickface]. They were very good about showing me and sharing with me my options and whats available.

She said most of the work was completed within a few short weeks while she was visiting schools in France with her niece.

They handled it like it was their house, she said, impressed that her white rug was still white after the project was completed.

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