Minneapolis Home and Garden Shows | Chris Doehrmann Architect

Home and Garden Shows

Chris Doehrmann Architect talking to clients at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show

For the last twenty years, I’ve spent several weekends in the winter and spring talking with people at home and garden shows. If you are planning a project or are looking for ideas, a home show is the perfect place to stop in and talk to Chris in person about your new home, addition or remodeling project. The Minneapolis Home & Remodeling Show, which is at the US Bank Stadium, is the first major show of the year and your first opportunity to start planning your projects for the new year. Get inspired and get started with tons of inspiration and helpful tips to take your home from what you thought was good enough to fantastic. If you are planning a project or are looking for ideas, a home show is the perfect place to stop in and talk to Chris about your new home, addition or remodeling project. (More) (Hide)

The Minnesota Home Shows

Visitors to the home shows come to look for home plans, see examples of modern, contemporary, transitional, and traditional residential architecture, and to also see the latest in Twin Cities home remodeling. In the past, when the Minneapolis Convention Center was only three domes and the Spring Home and Garden Show was the only ticket in town, the aisles would consist of a single mass of slow moving people. As an exhibitor you didn’t dare step out of your booth for fear that the crowd would sweep you away. There are more home shows to choose from now and you can choose the show that is right for you. But before you choose look to make sure if I will be attending. With as busy as the home building industry has been for the last several years I have had to reduce the number of shows and lately have only been doing The Minneapolis Home & Remodeling Show and the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show.

With the expansion of the Convention Center and the explosion of local home improvement shows it’s not always easy to know which shows are worth your time and what to expect from each of them. Bigger is not always better and just because a show is in your community doesn’t mean it is worth your time. So, let’s break down the best home shows that will give you the biggest bang for your buck and for the time you spend.

If you have a small home maintenance project, want to build a deck, or you are looking for a lawn service, the small community shows may be worth your time. However, if you want to shop for residential architecture services, interior design services, or for a custom home or remodeling contractor, you should consider one of the major shows. That being said, there are a myriad of shows and expos that will try to draw you in. But if you don’t watch out you will end up wasting your time on shows that are filled with exhibitors that use high pressure techniques to sell you cable T.V, pots and pans, or the latest floor cleaning gadget. In the Twin Cities, the home show season is typically kicked off in late January and ends in early March. From the end of January to early March there will be 4 major home shows with two of them happening on the same weekend so I will only be at three.

Home Building and Remodeling Expo

The first show of the season is the Home Building and Remodeling Expo running from January 17th – 19th, 2025 and takes place in the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis in their exhibit hall and ball room. This home show brings together homeowners and many of the most knowledgeable and experienced remodeling and building experts in the Minneapolis area in a smaller more compact venue. Every aspect of the home can be explored, from the smallest design detail to the largest house addition. Professionals will be on hand to share their valuable knowledge to bring your ideas to life or inspire you with new ones. This is a great show to attend if you want something bigger than your local community show, but don’t want to spend the time necessary to attend one of the larger shows in town.

Minneapolis Home & Remodeling Show

The next show is the Minneapolis Home & Remodeling Show in the US Bank Stadium, January 31st – February 2nd, 2025. This show is run by the same organization as the Minneapolis Home & Garden Show and features national celebrity guests, local industry experts, and the latest products and services in home design and construction. The high quality of the exhibitors will ensure it will be the resource for creative inspiration and helpful advice for all of your home improvement projects. In addition, you can catch plenty of other presentations and live demonstrations at the Main Stage, featuring local and national experts in home improvement, architecture, remodeling, décor, and more. If all that isn’t enough the stadium is spectacular and the view of the Minneapolis skyline is worth the trip on its own.

Up North Expo

Next in line is what used to be the Minneapolis Lake Home & Cabin Show in the Minneapolis Convention Center. It’s been rebranded as the Up North Expo for 2024, but has been canceled for 2025. We will have to wait and see if it resumes. It is well-run and draws high-quality exhibitors for the lake home and cabin market, but this year also includes the camping and up north vacation market as well. Whether you are building new or already have a cabin or lake home and want to add on, this is the show for you. You will find everything for your special getaway home as the cabin comes indoor for the weekend. The very best companies specializing in lake and cabin country products and services will be ready to meet you. You will also find loads of information and resources at the show, along with seminars and activities scattered throughout the show.

Minneapolis Home & Garden Show

The season finale and by far the largest show of the year is the Minneapolis Home & Garden Show in the Minneapolis Convention Center March 5th – 9th, 2025. This show fills all four domes of the Minneapolis Convention Center and offers the most comprehensive gathering of landscaping and home improvement providers in the Midwest. Almost 90,000 homeowners attend the Minneapolis Home & Garden annually seeking helpful advice, solutions and new products for their next renovation, décor or landscape project. The Minneapolis Home & Garden features high-interest exhibits, high-profile industry personalities and the latest trends to help customers who are ready to move ahead with their home improvement projects.

Upcoming Home Shows

Minneapolis Home & Remodeling Show

Home & Remodeling Show: Booth #801, January 31st – February 2nd, 2025

The Minneapolis Home & Remodeling Show, which is at the US Bank Stadium, is the first major show of the year and your first opportunity to start planning your project for 2023. Get inspired and get started with tons of inspiration and helpful tips to take your home from what you thought was good enough to fantastic. During the three-day show, you can shop, compare and save with hundreds of experts in remodeling your kitchen and bath, décor, flooring and more.

Craig Conover, a fan favorite on Bravo’s hit reality series, Southern Charm, is coming to the Home and Remodeling Show! “Mocked during filming for his enthusiasm for sewing, Craig has turned his previous pastime into a full-time career with his co-founding of Sewing Down South: a growing southern-based ‘Sewing Lifestyle Brand’. Sewing Down South, originally rooted in downtown Charleston, is proudly extending its reach with the opening of a new retail store in Nashville, nestled within the vibrant shopping district of 12 South. And its reach has transcended regional boundaries, as evidenced by its national presence through a collaborative home decor collection with Kroger Family Stores.” – Minneapolis Home and Remodeling Show

Craig Conover attends the Minneapolis Home and Remodeling Show

Minneapolis Home and Garden Show

Home & Garden Show: March 5th-9th, 2025

The Minneapolis Home & Garden Show held in the Minneapolis Convention Center provides hundreds of home improvement experts and over 10,000 square feet of gorgeously landscaped space. You’re sure to leave with tons of ideas for your space. After experimenting several years with a two weekend format this year’s show goes back to the Wednesday through Sunday schedule that was has been the standard for the history of the show.

Chelsea DeBoer first gained fame on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom 2, where viewers followed her journey as a young mother. Since then, she has shifted her career focus to entrepreneurship and home design. Chelsea stars alongside her husband, Cole DeBoer, in the HGTV series Down Home Fab, where the couple renovates homes with a modern farmhouse style. Cole DeBoer is a contractor, television personality, and entrepreneur known for his hands-on expertise and down-to-earth charm. A skilled craftsman with a passion for construction, Cole brings his building expertise to each project, working closely with Chelsea to turn clients’ visions into reality. In addition to their TV work, Chelsea & Cole co-own a brick-and-mortar home decor store called Down Home by DeBoers, along with home decor brand Aubree Says. Balancing their growing business empire with raising four children, Chelsea & Cole have become respected figures in the home design and renovation world. This year they will be attending the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show so make sure you stop by to see them!

Building the Booth

A lot of work went into the design of Chris’s Home Show Booth. The booth has been specifically engineered to store compactly and setup quickly and effectively with two people. For many years the night before the home show, Chris and his wife Julie would drive down the home show and together assemble the booth together. It was also designed to be spotted easily at the show. It’s tresses extend up above other booths, allowing it to be seen by attendees from rows away.

Interview

Watch Jonathon Weiss, of Interiors International, interview Chris Doehrmann, AIA, at the Home & Garden Show about Why do I need an architect?

“People always ask me, ‘why do I need an architect?’ The answer is simple, being able to live the way you want in your home. You will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars – why would you want to wake up in your home every day with a list of things you wish you had done differently?” -Chris Doehrmann, AIA