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Decor Expo Highlights
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By
Laura Skillman
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky., (Sept. 13, 2006) – With home decorating and
fix-up shows filling television sets today, many homeowners are
keen to bring some new life to their homes.
To help them in their quest for new ideas, the University of
Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and the Lincoln Trail
Area Extension Homemakers sponsored their first Home Decor Expo.
Liz Kingsland, Hardin County Extension agent for family and
consumer sciences, said while the information people receive
through their television set is good, the expo was a way to get
them information on a more localized level.
“Sometimes we have some information through our research-based
specialists that maybe is a little bit more doable,” she said.
“We wanted this to be things they can do. We didn’t want this to
be a traditional home show with garden work and buildings. We
wanted this to be more educational within the home.”
Kingsland and Deborah Thompson, Marion County Extension agent
for family and consumer sciences, taught two classes on
centerpieces and tabletop decorations. Other areas covered at
the expo were lighting and energy saving tips, antiques, use of
color, rugs, window fashions and linens, and decorating with
pumpkins, gourds and cucurbits.
 “People are much more in tune to wanting to make their home
environment more appealing to the senses and we just thought
this was a great way to do it,” Thompson said.
The recent expo was also an effort to provide a new format for
Extension Homemaker sessions they conduct each month. Reba
Hamilton, president of the Lincoln Trail Area Extension
Homemakers, said the expo was an opportunity to see different
things. She said she came to learn about table decorations in
order to teach it to her fellow Homemaker club members.
“I was very taken with all the table decorations,” said
Hamilton, of Washington County.
Theresa Howard, LaRue County Extension agent for family and
consumer sciences, said having the program at a centralized
location allowed them to pool talent and offer a broader
program, not only to Extension Homemakers but to the general
public as well. More than 200 people attended the event at the
Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown.
“People are having the opportunity to spend more time and money
on home furnishings,” she said. “We knew this would be a very
popular topic and with the attendance we’ve had, I believe that
has shown this is the type of activity that the public enjoys.”
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Contact: Liz Kingsland, 270-765-4121
Theresa Howard, 270-358-3401
Deborah Thompson, 270-692-2421 |
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