Suburban Northwest Builders Association is holding its 2007 New Home & Remodeling Show March 17 – 18 at the Rogers High School. It will spotlight plans for spring projects from building and remodeling to landscaping, with over 100 exhibits to spark one’s imagination. SNBA Executive Officer Sharon Kampa says thousands of ideas will be available for people looking to improve their home and yard.

New to the annual home and remodeling show for 2007 is the Ugly Bathroom Contest. To enter the contest homeowners must submit photos of their ugly bathroom, along with a 100 word essay explaining why their bathroom should be considered the ugliest (send to www.snbaonline.com to register). The winner will receive a bathroom makeover worth up to $10,000.

“I have an UGLY bathroom,” Tammi Robison of Anoka writes. “Not only is the psychedelic wallpaper/paint over 50 years old, they have enclosed my claw foot tub with plywood that is now rotted. With many layers of paint, the door doesn’t close properly.”

Robison is not alone in her quest to receive the makeover. Applicant photos show outdated wallpaper, bathtubs and showers that are unsavory at best and ceilings and floors in need of seemingly immediate attention. But the ugly bathroom contest is not the only new draw to the home and remodeling show.

Free educational seminars are new to the show as well. The 12 seminars are led by industry experts on landscaping, outdoor furnaces, interior design and container gardening, closet organization, remodeling basics and kitchen design. One of the seminars highlights magician Geoff Williams who uses slight-of-hand illusions and off-beat comedy to take attendees through the world of building and remodeling.

Hours for the show are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, and is sponsored by Bakken Building and Remodeling, Christian Remodelers, Cornerstone Custom Construction and Marvin Windows and Doors.

Parking and admission to the show is free with a canned food item.

source : www.erstarnews.com by Bob Grawey