Stuck in traffic on the way home?
That’s no excuse to not start dinner.
A Wi-Fi grill lets you control the temperature of your cooker from your smartphone.
What the heck, why not fire up the hot tub while you’re at it?
A Wi-Fi spa with a cloud-based app lets you control the spa remotely, including temperature, pumps and lights.
The Wi-Fi grill from Green Mountain Grills and the Sundance Wi-Fi spa are among the products to peruse among the 500 vendors at the Seattle Home Show 2, Oct. 3, 4 and 5 at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle.
But you don’t have to wait until October for a home show.
This weekend is the Everett Fall Home Show at Xfinity Arena (formerly Comcast Arena). It includes the Gift &Food Show.
Bill Bradley, Everett Home Show spokesman, said it’s not a typical home show.
“We’ve got the home show and the gift show. Two complete events with one admission,” Bradley said. “Rather than just a home show, they can do their holiday shopping with all kinds of gifts and items available.”
A dessert stage will demonstrate how to whip up holiday desserts such as candied flowers, fruit luminaries and edible chocolate bows. Yes, there will be samples.
Speakers will do workshops on everything from hiring a contractor to solar power.
The carving of a 1,000-pound pumpkin is another highlight.
Home shows have everything from cabinets and roofing to mattresses and jewelry to financial planning and insurance.
Now’s the time to get going on those home remodeling projects.
“It’s a lot less expensive in the fall,” Bradley said. “Anybody who is looking for a lot of home remodeling can get a better price than in the spring. The contractors aren’t as busy. You can get your job started right away rather than wait.”
You also can find a warm body to share your home with while there. Everett Animal Shelter will have cats and dogs available for adoption.
Andrea Brown: 425-339-3443; abrown@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @reporterbrown.
If you go
- Everett Fall Home Show, Friday through Sunday, Xfinity Arena (formerly Comcast Arena), 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Cost is $7 for adults; $6.50 seniors; and free for kids 16 and younger. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Pumpkin carver Russ Leno will do a live carving demonstrations on 1,000-pound pumpkin from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Learn more at www.everetthomegardenshow.com.
- Seattle Home Show, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 3, 4 and 5, CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle. Admission: $12 adults, $8 seniors 60-plus, $3 ages 7-15); younger than 7 are free. The show will have an outdoor living/wine &beer garden with trends in outdoor living and collection of products and services geared toward people age 50 and older. At “Swim for Habitat for Humanity,” local swimmers are teaming up to raise money for affordable housing by seeing how long they can swim continuously in a swim spa, without touching the sides or bottom of the pool. Check out www.SeattleHomeShow.com.
Everett Home Show seminar schedule
Friday
1:15 p.m. Keith Hughes, West Seattle Natural Energy, “Solar Power Works Great in Washington.”
2 p.m. Jacob Thompson, Home Run Solutions: “Hiring a Contractor Without Contracting an Ulcer.”
2:45 p.m. Anders Alexander, A&R Solar: “How Solar Will Make You Rich, Famous and Irresistible to the Ladies (or Gentlemen).”
3:30 p.m. Todd Fahlman, Washington State Homebuyer Education, “Are We in Another Real Estate Bubble?”
4:45 p.m. Bruce Davis Sr., Day &Night Plumbing &Heating: “Learn the Money-Saving Benefits of Ductless Mini-Split Heating and Air Conditioning.”
Saturday
11:30 a.m. Jacob Thompson, Home Run Solutions: “Hiring a Contractor Without Contracting an Ulcer.”
12:30 p.m. Anders Alexander, A&R Solar: “How Solar Will Make You Rich, Famous and Irresistible to the Ladies (or Gentlemen).”
1:30 p.m. Todd Fahlman, Washington State Homebuyer Education, “Are We in Another Real Estate Bubble?”
2:30 p.m. Bruce Davis Sr., Day &Night Plumbing &Heating: “Learn the Money-Saving Benefits of Ductless Mini-Split Heating and Air Conditioning.”
3:30 p.m. Keith Hughes, West Seattle Natural Energy, “Solar Power Works Great in Washington.”
Sunday
11:30 a.m. Anders Alexander, A&R Solar: “How Solar Will Make You Rich, Famous and Irresistible to the Ladies (or Gentlemen).”
12:15 p.m. Todd Fahlman, Washington State Homebuyer Education, “Are We in Another Real Estate Bubble?”
1 p.m. Bruce Davis Sr., Day &Night Plumbing &Heating: “Learn the Money-Saving Benefits of Ductless Mini-Split Heating and Air Conditioning.”
1:45 p.m. Keith Hughes, West Seattle Natural Energy, “Solar Power Works Great in Washington.”
2:30 p.m. Jacob Thompson, Home Run Solutions: “Hiring a Contractor Without Contracting an Ulcer.”
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