Home Design Tours

Whether you’re a design enthusiast looking for inspiration or a DIY expert, the 2012 spring & summer home design shows—usually multi-day events featuring the best in home design—have something for you. Get inspired by some of these shows.

Maine Home+Design Show

This year, the Maine Home+Design Show is taking place from:

June 30 - July 1, Rockport, Maine

• Maine Home+Design magazine’s pages are brought to life in a specially constructed 30,000-square-foot structure in Rockport. Literally walk through the pages of the design magazine.
• More than 150 exhibitors, plus a pop-up gallery of works from art collectors from Maine will be showing.

Marin Home & Garden Expo

Each year’s Marin Expo features demos and lectures for DIYers on home and garden, live music, organic gardening experts, plus hands-on building and decorating projects for the kids.

June 2 and 3, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California

• Learn the principles of Feng Shui to create a peaceful outdoor environment with Master Gardener and Feng Shui expert Terumi Leinow.
• Attend a special lecture about saving money on your remodeling project by John Fraine, general contractor and CEO of design/building firm Building Solutions. You’ll learn what to look for in a builder, how to define the scope of your project and ways to pay for it.
• Kids work on problem-solving skills in the Youth Zone, with projects like hard-hat decorating, a prize wheel, and interactive engineering and architectural projects.

Arizona Home & Building Expo

The Arizona Home & Building Expo is one of the summer’s best expos for those interested in solar energy, energy efficient home-building products and services, and home improvement.

June 2 and 3, Phoenix, Arizona

• Kids can create fun, free crafts at the Home Depot Kids Tile Art event
• Bring in old electronics to recycle for cash.
• Learn about new eco, solar and sustainable projects.
• Attend seminars by Rosie Romero of “Rosie on the House.”
• Visit the Landscape Idea Center