RE: Ideal Home Show, Earls Court

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SWMBO has dragged me round many of these, the trick to the show houses is
to
wait until the coach parties have gone (usually 16:00 ish), then the queues
are much shorter :) (the alternative is to sit with the kids and have a
snack while SWMBO goes off to look on her own !)

Also, we've found that there's usually space in the car park under Earls
Court 2 (as long as you pre-book), this is much easier & cheaper than
the
train.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rob@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:05 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Ideal Home Show, Earls Court
>
>
> Hi Pete
>
> TBH I think the show is very over rated. One of the main
> problems is there is just "so" much too see and it becomes a
> little overwhelming. This years theme of "Mediterranean
> Living" is of little benefit to most unless you want a house
> that looks like a cave or happen to be lucky enough to have a
> place in the sun? (there's a cave dwelling).
>
> Having said that it is good for an "under one roof" mega
> window shopping exercise. Some very nice furniture displays
> (Hulsta has some lovely stuff.) mainly at the upper end.
>
> Loads of "stuff" (Soft furnishings, kitchen gadgets etc etc)
> in the upstairs shopping area and more "gimmicks/fads/natty
> ideas" than QVC in the DIY section!! :-)
>
> In summary, you'll see no more than you would by visiting the
> showrooms of many of the exhibitors, the advantage is that
> its under one roof. Ensure you have lots of stamina and be
> prepared to queue to see the showpiece homes in the
"village".
>
> Oh and you will spend money on something, just because you
> say "Ooooh that's a kewl idea, I'll have one".
>
> P.S. If its really busy, visit the Yamaha music stand and ask
> to play one of the sets of electric drums, that should clear
> a space :-) (Unless you happen to be a percussionist ?)
>
> HTH
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 March 2005 20:53
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Ideal Home Show, Earls Court
>
>
> Rob
>
> We were thinking of going; how is it from a "about to start
> building a house
> so need inspiration and suppliers for the internal
> decoration" point of
> view?  We'll be going to the SB show in April anyway, so is
> there really
> much more at the IH show?
>
> Thanks, Pete
>
>    _____
>
> From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rob@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 March 2005 16:46
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Ideal Home Show, Earls Court
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> Thought I'd post a quick infopost about the Ideal Home Show in London
> currently on. As now seems to be tradition Liz and I spent a
> few days in
> London and spent a day trawling the stands. Imagine my
> excitement this year
> when I read that there is a Men's gadget zone!
> http://tinyurl.com/4ecwd
> <http://tinyurl.com/4ecwd>
>
> Wow! It was bad, no really really bad! A handful of gadgets (I think I
> counted 8?) all nicely encased in glass stands so you cant play with
> anything. OK, the bikes and car were there to play with but
> that's about it.
> Oh and don't expect anything from Sony or an Aibo the picture
> is purely for
> effect!
>
> Simply the funniest thing is the T3 Toilet (They are pushing
> this as major
> attraction!). They couldn't even be bothered to make that
> look good! I've
> listed below a "how to build your own" T3 toilet:
>
> 1) Build a "bog" sized box out of ply, make sure its not too
> well made and
> paint it with some white emulsion.
> 2) Make one of the walls from Perspex (Again don't finish it too well!
> That's what decorators calk is for!) so your guests can look
> in but touch
> nothing!
> 3) Fill it with some home hi-fi and a Xantech MRC-88 multiroom amp
> http://www.xantech.com/mrc88/
<http://www.xantech.com/mrc88/>
>  . Don't build
> anything too neat just a hole in
> the wall at floor level will do everything stacked one on top
> of the other.
> Don't forget to put the MRC88 at the bottom of the stack as
> they get real
> nice and hot!
> 4) Mount a 17" LCD into the wall. Again don't go to too much
trouble a
> standard LCD just sunk into the plywood stud will do. Finish
> it neatly with
> some nice pine cornice.
> 5) Mount a Xantech LCD on the wall
> http://www.letsautomate.com/10955.cfm
> <http://www.letsautomate.com/10955.cfm>
> (OK, I admit they are really nice!) but just use a few
> standard buttons
> scattered around the screen for effect. Oh and one colour is fine even
> though these babies will display 64k colour!
> 6) Mount some speakers (Surface mount please!). Any will do
> (I cant remember
> what they were I was too busy laughing by this point.)
>
> Now for the big finish!
>
> 7) We all know about those lovely iPod docks http://tinyurl.com/5hlyv
> <http://tinyurl.com/5hlyv>  for
> your wall now but hey don't worry just make another hole in
> your ply wall,
> frame it nicely (Well nearly) and then plonk your iPod in its
> standard dock
> in the hole. Remember to leave a few cables visible for that
> "can't be arsed
> to do it properly" look.
>
> In summary? Well they didn't get any advice on this list
> about what's hot
> and what's not! If it was a DIY install at low budget then I
> would be very
> impressed. But come on they spend millions putting these
> stands together!!
> Take your wife enjoy your day but don't get too excited about
> gadgets!
>
> Rob
>
> P.S. I did see a stand somewhere with 2-3 Roomba's running
> around the stand
> but as they appeared to be the old models I didn't even look
> too hard.
>
>
>
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