HIA Home Ideas Show, Melbourne VIC: April 15th to 19th

With travel plans on hold for many, focus is turning to improving the abode using simple enhancements and clever interior design techniques to elevate an ordinary house to retreat standards – making the modern home a destination in itself.

You don’t have to go to New York or Paris to get the latest trends for your home with the return of the Home Beautiful Design Precinct. Here Australia’s leading interior designers will create the Designer Room Series IV - eight cosmopolitan life-size rooms capturing emerging international trends ready to inspire Melburnians into transforming their own rooms and homes. With the visual inspiration taken care of, enjoy a quiet drink at the Designer Drinks Bar while listening to experts at the Home Beautiful Designer Forums demonstrate clever design techniques using colour, fabrics, furnishings and textures.

Event features include: Fresh- The cooking school, stunning kitchen displays, Solar Solutions and Sustainable Living, GreenSmart Building, Ask an Expert, Attic and Ladders DIY Stage, and more!
With more than 250 exhibitors with the latest products and services, visitors are sure to leave full of ideas to enhance their homes and lives.
For more information and tickets visit http://www.HIAhomeideasshow.com.au.

HIA HOME IDEAS SHOW
Date:         Wednesday 15 April – Sunday 19 April 2009                    
  
Venue:     Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Southbank     
   
Times:    Wednesday 15 April, 10am - 7pm   
              Thursday 16 April, 10am - 7pm
              Friday 17 April, 10am - 9pm
              Saturday 18 April, 10am - 9pm
              Sunday 19 April, 10am - 7pm

Cost:    Adult, $18; concession, $15; children FREE
       
Web:    www.HIAhomeideasshow.com.au