Think Spring at Home Show

MASON CITY | While the weather outside is frightful, the spring ideas for home and lawn care inside the North Iowa Events Center are delightful.

Billed as "A Million Ideas to Take Home," The North Iowa Home & Landscaping Show offers the latest ideas in landscaping, gardens, lawnmowers, energy-saving products, kitchen remodeling, sun rooms and gas grills.

Sandy Vanek is a landscape designer withEastvold Landscaping, Forest City.

"Everyyear they come out with new paver styles and colors and textures and blends. It is soexciting. The opportunities are just never-ending," Vanek said.

"Asyou can see in our booth here, we like to mix the different textures of pavers andcolors and shapes and patterns.There's lots of fun things youcan do. You can create outdoor rooms with a lot of the pavers."

Outdoor kitchens, fireplaces and fire pits are popular additions to any outdoor living area.

Vanek said raised planters, pillars, seat walls and grill surrounds are a growing industry.

White Oaks Cabinetry, Rudd, offers cabinet options including but not limited to red and white oak, maple, cherry, alder, hickory and ash in painted or glazed finishes. Countertop options include laminate, solid surface, granite, quartz and natural stone.

"Alot of people are going to thesolid surfacetops whether it begranite or quartz or like a Corian type top.They feel like the Corian because you can fix any scratches whereas in Formica you can't," said co-owner Julynn Mellmann.

But Formica can be a budget-conscious option for some homeowners remodeling their kitchen.

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Think Spring at Home Show