Maine Home Show returns to Portland
by Moneyofficeteam 13 April 2024 · Home Improvement
Another winter over means many Mainers are now thinking about home projects they can get started on.The Maine Home Show aims to connect people with local experts and get inspiration.With about 100 exhibitors signed up for this year’s show, Travis Dow, one of the organizers of the event, says you can find nearly anything home-related you could need.”We have a huge variety of vendors. Everything from home internet to financing projects to installing patios, pools, hot tubs, heat pumps,” Dow said.For visitors, the main appeal is being able to look at options in person and meet with several different vendors all under the same roof. “This is a very visual event. It’s an opportunity to see, touch, hold and ask questions about the products from the people that install them and sell them,” Dow said.For vendors like Pine Valley Home Solutions, it helps them put their name out there.”It’s a new experience for us. Anytime we have time to get out here to the community, expand our reach, who we’re able to interact with. It’s great,” said Peter Coe, the company’s owner.Their exhibit showcases 3D modeling technology, which they can use to help customers get a better sense of what their home will look like after a project is completed.In the future, they hope to utilize even newer technologies such as virtual reality and 3-D printing.”You’ll be able to come in, design your whole project … you’ll be able to see what the end result will look like,” Coe said.Some vendors are far removed from home improvement, but still find their groove at the home show. Sandra Dwight-Barris runs Grey Goose Gourmet and says she loves selling her jars of jelly at the show.“Everybody comes to a home show and they want to walk out with something. You can’t walk out with shingles and roofing and decking, but you can walk out with some pepper jelly,” Dwight-Barris said.Despite all the work that goes into planning and executing the show, Dow says it’s worth it for everyone involved.”When the show is all said and done for the year, and I’ve talked to all of the exhibitors and how happy they are and the feedback from homeowners who came and were able to find what they were looking for … it’s fulfilling,” he said.
Another winter over means many Mainers are now thinking about home projects they can get started on.
The Maine Home Show aims to connect people with local experts and get inspiration.
With about 100 exhibitors signed up for this year’s show, Travis Dow, one of the organizers of the event, says you can find nearly anything home-related you could need.
“We have a huge variety of vendors. Everything from home internet to financing projects to installing patios, pools, hot tubs, heat pumps,” Dow said.
For visitors, the main appeal is being able to look at options in person and meet with several different vendors all under the same roof.
“This is a very visual event. It’s an opportunity to see, touch, hold and ask questions about the products from the people that install them and sell them,” Dow said.
For vendors like Pine Valley Home Solutions, it helps them put their name out there.
“It’s a new experience for us. Anytime we have time to get out here to the community, expand our reach, who we’re able to interact with. It’s great,” said Peter Coe, the company’s owner.
Their exhibit showcases 3D modeling technology, which they can use to help customers get a better sense of what their home will look like after a project is completed.
In the future, they hope to utilize even newer technologies such as virtual reality and 3-D printing.
“You’ll be able to come in, design your whole project … you’ll be able to see what the end result will look like,” Coe said.
Some vendors are far removed from home improvement, but still find their groove at the home show. Sandra Dwight-Barris runs Grey Goose Gourmet and says she loves selling her jars of jelly at the show.
“Everybody comes to a home show and they want to walk out with something. You can’t walk out with shingles and roofing and decking, but you can walk out with some pepper jelly,” Dwight-Barris said.
Despite all the work that goes into planning and executing the show, Dow says it’s worth it for everyone involved.
“When the show is all said and done for the year, and I’ve talked to all of the exhibitors and how happy they are and the feedback from homeowners who came and were able to find what they were looking for … it’s fulfilling,” he said.
