{"id":3275,"date":"2020-11-02T19:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T19:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.courtneythomasdesign.com\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2020-12-08T23:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:21:12","slug":"insiders-look-into-participating-in-a-showcase-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courtneythomasdesign.com\/insiders-look-into-participating-in-a-showcase-house\/","title":{"rendered":"An Insider\u2019s Look into Participating in a Showcase House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Back in 2015, Julie and I traveled to Las Vegas for the combined KBIS\/IBS trade show (Kitchen and Bath and International Builder Show) and the Las Vegas Market (furnishings). It was our first trade show event and after two and a half days of non-stop walking, product viewing and seminar education, our eyes were crossed and our brains billowing smoke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the shuttle back from seeing that year\u2019s New American Showhome (which features the most amazing display of advanced home tech, energy-efficient products and innovative building techniques), we made the executive decision to recover and debrief over some therapeutic clothing shopping (Vegas Premium Outlets are conveniently close). Between the \u201cOh, those are cute! You should get them in both colors\u201d, we came to a conclusion: trade shows are the perfect annual injection of information and innovation \u2026 but we need strong local resources who help us keep up with all this information year-round. So we began building our connections with local contractors, architects, vendors and other experts in the inter-connected areas of design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n