Wondering how you are going to afford to remodel your home on a tight budget? The 2008 Fall Atlanta Home Show, presented by The Home Depot Home Services, has a great line up of speakers sharing lessons in home improvement for both the inside and outside of your home. Show goers will get tips from Stan Garnett of WeTeachHouse.com on how to avoid the money pits of remodeling and how to stay in control of the remodeling process. Additionally, Joe Washington, former host of HGTV's Groundbreakers, teaches lessons in boosting curb appeal without breaking the bank. Investments in your home take money. Interested in financing? Don't miss John Pruitt, Senior Vice President of SunTrust Mortgage as he explores a variety of financing options to fit your custom remodeling needs.

Ready to sell your home but it needs a little fixing up to maximize its value? Tonya Williams, Top RE/MAX Realtor and guest on HGTV's Design to Sell advises on the best changes to gain the attention of prospective buyers. Also joining the Fall Atlanta Home Show is Lee Anne Culpepper, interior designer and radio host; sharing secrets on how to make design changes that increase your home's value by adding elements of Universal Design or “aging in place”. Georgia Association of Realtor’s panel of experts will discuss ways for home buyers to sell their homes in this tough environment, as well as, why this is a great market to think about buying.

In addition to a great line up of design and real estate experts, the Fall Atlanta Home Show has more vendors than any other show in Atlanta, making it a one-stop-shop for comparing pricing and finding the right vendors to fit a homeowner’s unique needs. Michael Shoppenhorst, Atlanta Home Show Director notes "We recognize that the slow economy presents challenges for consumers wanting to make changes to their home. We have some of the best experts in the Southeast under one roof to talk about how you can turn your house into a home on a manageable budget."

"We are excited by all of the new additions to the Home Show this year. Not only are we joined by design and real estate experts, but the Viking Cooking stage has an all-star, can't-miss schedule of chefs including Richard Blais of Bravo’s Top Chef and the National Best Teen Chef of 2008, Jonathan Miller.”

About the Atlanta Home Show
The Atlanta Home Show, produced by Atlanta-based SEMCO Productions, is held two times a year in Georgia- strategically timed to meet your home's remodeling needs, inside and out. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Fall Atlanta Home Show is presented by The Home Depot Home Services and takes place at the Cobb Galleria Centre. Assembling more than 300 exhibitors to showcase the latest trends in home décor, remodeling and entertaining and is Georgia's largest and longest running consumer home show. Other sponsors and promotional partners include Viking, the SEE-THRU House, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta Home Improvement Magazine. For more information, visit www.AtlantaHomeShow.com or call 770-998-9800.