The Homemakers Gauteng Expo Giveaway

I'm giving you the chance to win two double tickets to The HOMEMAKERS Gauteng Expo held at The Coca Cola Dome in Northgate this month from 23 to 26 February 2012.

Its South-Africa's largest multi award winning expo is back for the 19th year! 

Be sure not to miss the widest array of products that will be on offer, whether you are looking to install that new pool, re-pave your driveway or obtain the most up to date ideas when it comes to beautifying your home with decor and accessories that have been hand crafted just for you!

Apart from the 600 stands showcasing the a vast range of home lifestyle and home improvement products, the expo also highlights the latest in home trends with some exciting new features. The décor feature, Living Now, reveals the spin on interior trends for 2012 of 4 top interior designers. Ideas Magazine and their readers have teamed up with HOMEMAKERS to showcase the biggest ‘Yarn bombing’ 
Feature yet - a house, as well as its contents entirely covered in wool!  

Join the experts from Builders Warehouse at the 'Get it Done' theatre where tips, inspiration and décor and gardening ideas will be shared with visitors. Editors from top décor and home related publications and gurus within the decor industry have their say regarding décor trends for 2012 at the Trend Bubble.

Show Times are :

Thursday & Friday: 10:00 to 19:00
Saturday & Sunday: 09:00 to 18:00

All you have to do is obviously be in Johannesburg during the dates of the Expo, follow my blog, leave me a comment and I'll send you some tickets. 

For an extra entry you can Tweet the Giveaway: Win Tickets to the Homemakers Gauteng Expo @ADaftScot http://gillianhefer.blogspot.com/2012/02/homemakers-gauteng-expo-giveaway.html

Entries close on 17 February 2012

See you There!

2010 Gauteng Homemakers Expo

2010 Gauteng Homemakers Expo was a big success.

Saturday was pretty busy and the isles were chock-a-block with visitors. 

It was aweseome!

The 2010 Fifa Fine Arts Collection including the 4 metre bronze statue that I told you about earlier in the week that lost a leg during the Build-up of the Expo.

This was our Decor on a Budget feature area which was gorgeous.

I loved this "room" which they created.  The tables are rounds of sliced up tree trunks painted.  The same with the side tables which were mounted on "legs".  The lampshades were upsidedown chrome buckets and brightly coloured broom handles were the stands. I just adore the cow painting, the crate shelves on the wall and the ribbon curtains.  The carpet was painted with blackboard paint and they wrote funky slogans and vintage song lyrics on it with chalk.  Very original!!

I then stumbled across Rooikop's bags again this year in our Design for Living Feature area.  This fellow red head makes bags from recycle plastic carrier bags.  Awesome stuff!  I still wanna get me one!

While walking through the expo taking pix, I came across Ann Gadd's "For Ewe" stand which displayed her paintings and her books.  I stood there for ages going through every single one giggling out loud.  Eventually she came up to me and asked if she could help me.  I told her I was admiring her clever and entertaining paintings and that I hadn't enjoyed such a good laugh in ages.  Her stuff is genius!

Eventually, I just had to buy one of her paintings and there were so many good ones I couldn't decided on just ONE.  I sent a friend back today to buy more...isn't her stuff just adorable?  I couldn't help myself and bought her book as well ...

My new Ann Gadd painting

Her book in my grubby paws.