The 90th Annual Indianapolis Home Show opened on Friday, January 20 – and there were lots of visitors and media onsite the first weekend to get a look at all the features, products and ideas for the home and garden!

There was especially interest in the featured Centerpiece Home, built by Fischer Homes, with interior design by Joy Perkins from Touch of Class and landscaping by William H. Brown Landscape.

Check out a few photos below by Matt Detrich of the Indianapolis Star from inside the Centerpiece Home. And see the rest of his photo gallery here!

Don’t miss your chance to see the Centerpiece Home in Expo Hall at the Indianapolis Home Show. There is also an additional building in the South Pavilion offering 25,000 square feet devoted to landscaping and gardening as well as plenty of featured presentations taking place on the main stage in the West Pavilion.

The Home Show runs through Sunday, January 29!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The time has finally come for everyone to see all the hard work that has gone into this year’s Indianapolis Home Show and the Centerpiece Home, built by Fischer Homes!

We worked around the clock all weekend to make sure each and every element of the show home is fantastic. Every plan we have worked on for the last 6 months worked perfect, and we can’t wait for everyone to be able to see what all the Centerpiece Home has to offer.

In fact, we are so excited for you to see the home, we just can’t wait until this weekend to show you! Here is a little sneak peek.  Enjoy, and we hope to see you out at the Indianapolis Home Show, which opens Friday, Jan. 20 and runs through Sunday, Jan. 29!

 

One area of the home that seems to take the brunt of clutter and is frequently overlooked in a time of much needed T.L.C is the garage, says Rob White from Gladiator® GarageWorks. But this year though, not only the garage, but your entire home is being brought to the forefront at the 2012 Indianapolis Home Show.

Gladiator® GarageWorks is featuring a suite of products in the Centerpiece Home constructed by Fischer Homes. They will be showcasing durable products designed to help customers maximize and reclaim space in the home, once and for all.

During the show, attendees will have the opportunity to view and experience the versatility of several of Gladiator® GarageWorks’ innovative storage solutions and organization systems that are adapted to customers’ individual needs as they change over time.

Make sure to check out the Centerpiece Home at the Indianapolis Home Show – and Gladiator® GarageWorks will also feature its products in booth #422. Don’t miss it!

This year, the Indianapolis Home Show will combine with its companion show, the Indianapolis Home & Flower Show, for attendees to visit two great shows at one price!

Celebrating its 90th anniversary, the 10-day Indianapolis Home Show is the nation’s oldest and the Midwest’s largest home-focused extravaganza at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Since the Home Show was founded in 1922, it has become a tradition within the community, offering generation after generation the best in home products, decorating, construction and remodeling ideas. It is the largest consumer home event in Indiana, attracting crowds of homeowners primarily interested in home improvements and renovations.

And now the show is bigger and better than ever, offering those attendees primarily interested in gardens and outdoor living their own feature areas. An additional building in the South Pavilion will offer 25,000 square feet devoted to landscaping and gardening, with more than 20 lavish, landscaped feature gardens. From lovely lilies and ravishing roses to dazzling dahlias and jazzy jasmines, the gardens will offer a grandeur of greenery.

“We’re very excited to combine the Indianapolis Home Show with the Home & Flower Show,” Keller said. “With the excitement of the Super Bowl coming to Indianapolis at the beginning of February, we didn’t want residents to miss out on all the Home & Flower Show has to offer. Combining the two shows will cater to Indianapolis area residents’ continuous desire to learn, compare and shop for products and services for their homes and gardens. And the added bonus is they can visit two jam-packed shows in one location at one great price.”

The Indianapolis Home Show opens Friday, Jan. 20, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Admission is $13 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children 5 and younger.

For more information, call 317-705-8719 or visit the Indianapolis Home Show website at www.IndianapolisHomeShow.com.

Our latest project for the 2012 Indianapolis Home Show Centerpiece Home is incorporating a life-sized doll house into the girl’s bedroom. In this build, we were thinking of all the different ways we could make this happen!

After a couple sketches on paper, we decided to let our builder run with his thoughts. Given the size of the doll house, it was determined that it had to be built in multiple pieces.

We started out building the base, and after that came the framing of the top half. Then, the house began to really take shape. And next came the fun part — making it look like a house!

Tongue and grove wood became the siding for the face of the house. Next came the window … framing the window was the halfway point of the build. Not sure exactly what we were going to do for the roof, we finally decided on using cedar planks. Handmade and cut cedar shakes do the trick!

Then came the final touches — attaching the hand-cut scallops. It’s now off to the painter to really make this doll house come to life!

Take a look at some pictures from this exciting build for the Centerpiece Home, which is designed and constructed by Fischer Homes, and stay tuned after the holidays for even more pictures!

 

 

Guess who’s making a special appearance at the 2012 Indianapolis Home Show? Kathy Ireland!

Known for her many appearances in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Kathy Ireland is also an actress, entrepreneur, CEO and designer of her brand product marketing company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide. Her mission through Kathy Ireland Worldwide is “finding solutions for families, especially busy moms.”™

With her own line, Kathy Ireland Home®, Ireland works to offer both home solutions and products to make your personal spaces your home. Her products include everything from indoor and outdoor accessories to furniture, fabrics and home décor trimmings such as decorative pillows, clocks and area rugs.

Part of Kathy’s team are Chef André Carthen and Landscape Designer Nicholas Walker. Chef André provides the brand with cooking, entertaining and culture solutions through ACafe™ society by Chef André, and Walker helps celebrate the outdoor living experience through Jardin J du J™. Presented by Window World, Ireland will appear — along with her chef and landscape designer team — at the Home Show on Saturday, January 21.

“It’s exciting that we are able to bring such a well-known name and personality as Kathy Ireland to this year’s Indianapolis Home Show,” said Brent Keller, group manager for the Indianapolis Home Show. “Kathy is probably best known for her modeling days, but now she will show Home Show attendees a whole different side, helping them discover new ideas for their home, including entertaining and landscaping, that fit their lifestyle.”

As a special addition, Home Show attendees will be able to see Ireland’s personal décor touches on the Centerpiece Home, designed and fully-constructed by Fischer Homes, who will be showcasing its Stanton floor plan with a new Craftsman-styled elevation.

The Indianapolis Home Show opens Friday, Jan. 20, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Admission is $13 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children 5 and younger. For more information, call 317-705-8719 or visit the Indianapolis Home Show website at www.IndianapolisHomeShow.com.

Here’s an update on the projects and status of all the things we have going on at the shop for the 2012 Indianapolis Home Show Centerpiece Home!

We are almost finished with two of our next big items for the home — the floating wooden and metal bed for the little boy’s pirate room and the adorable dollhouse bed for the little girl’s room. Both projects have been quite large and are very close to being complete, so stay tuned for pictures of the project from start to finish by the end of the week!

We are also getting many of the furniture items in that are going to be displayed at the show. It has been very fun opening all the items and getting to see everything come to life.  Accessories for the home also arrived last week right before Thanksgiving. What show stoppers they are!

The next step for the Home Show is getting ready to begin production on the window treatments. Those will all go into production starting next week, and the sketches will soon be submitted to the workrooms of what we want produced.  We will also be posting some pictures of that process as well so be sure to look out for that!

The time is very closely approaching when we will all get to see the home fully furnished and be able to gaze at all the interesting projects and furnishings. We are just as excited as you all are to watch this Centerpiece Home design truly tell a story.

Thats all for now, so back to work on our next adventure!

In partnership with Ray Skillman Classic Cars, Fischer Homes will be displaying an American Classic Automobile at the 2012 Indianapolis Home Show.

But, which one of these beauties will be on display this year? That’s a mystery you’ll have to discover for yourself when you tour the beautiful Fischer Homes Centerpiece Home in January!

The Indianapolis Home Show opens Friday, Jan. 20, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And make sure to check out The Haddad Team’s Indy Homes Blog about the Indianapolis Home Show Centerpiece Home! You can also follow them on Facebook!

So, this week we have been working on our next project: taking an old screen door and parts from a vintage bed to make one unique item for the laundry room of the Centerpiece Home! 

First, we had to take the door apart piece by piece to cut everything down to size.  We had to cut it down from 36″ to 24″. Next, we needed to fit our resized pieces and new joints. After resizing the wood and making our new joints, rebuild began.

Now the door is nearing completion! Just a few last touches …

And last but not least, the antique decor of the door. What started out as an old piece of a head board is what has given the door its uniqueness.  We carefully take the antique scrolling apart and size it to fit the screen door like it was made for it.

Check out some photos of the rebuilding process! Stay tuned for our next project …

 

 

 

Centerpiece Home Designer Joy and team are on the treasure hunt! They recently visited the High Point, North Carolina furniture market in search of unique items with an urban farmhouse feel to decorate this year’s Centerpiece Home by Fischer Homes for the 2012 Indianapolis Home Show!

With a theme of “Once Upon a Time: Decor That Tells a Story,” the Centerpiece Home will include all kinds of vintage and antique pieces for a look that combines a step forward into the chic by stepping back in time.

Take a look at this video of Joy and team in High Point! Enjoy!