El Paso Spring Home Show to host HGTV star

Celebrity designer Jennifer Bertrand (Courtesy photo)

If your resolution is to work on your home, then you are sure to get some ideas at the El Paso Spring Home Show, which kicks off today and continues through Sunday at the El Paso convention center.

The show, put on by R. J. Promotions, will feature more than 100 home-related businesses, prize giveaways, free antique appraisals and presentations by HGTV Design Star season 3 winner Jennifer Bertrand.

"This is our seventh year and we always do it at the end of January. It gets a jump start toward the spring and people thinking about what they want to do or change in their homes," said Kevin Linville, director of sales.

Linville said attendees should get ideas on home projects from a variety of vendors including kitchen and bath remodeling, windows and doors, landscaping and garage additions.

"They can get innovative ideas for the inside and outside of the home," he said.

Michael Amosson with Viking Productions will offer free antique appraisals all weekend. People are welcome to bring their attic treasures and find out how much their items are worth. Amosson has years of experience appraising items that range from childhood toys and autographed memorabilia to vintage items and glassware.

"He's a legitimate appraiser and will be buying and selling as well," Linville said.

Bertrand said she has been busy with real life and traveling around the country doing seminars since she won the HGTV network design competition in 2008. She found out she was pregnant two days before she won.

Her son was born with two rare malformations and Bertrand and her husband are constantly flying to New York for his medical care. But she still manages to make it work, currently working on a new Ronald McDonald house in Kansas City, where she lives, and doing presentations. She also is a spokesperson for the International Design Guild, a flooring company.

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El Paso Spring Home Show to host HGTV star