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Katheryn Spargur, a designer for Ditco Ceramica, of The Woodlands, shows
her designs in Huston, Texas at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel
and Convention Center for the Fall Home and Garden Show. (The Courier,
Nick Cenegy, Staff Writer, Sep 18, 2005)

Montgomery County News
Montgomery County News
Home and Garden Show 
By: Nick Cenegy, Courier Staff
09/18/2005

Area residents, as well many from in and around Houston, descended upon
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center for the Fall
Home and Garden Show Saturday. 

The hotel's Grand Ballroom was transformed into a conglomeration of
about 200 booths and display areas running the gamut from beds,
cabinets, cleaning products and grills, all the way to full-size patios,
which were constructed on-site and even occasionally included working
fountains.
Lee Snijders, popular host of HGTV's "Design on a Dime," made two
appearances Saturday in front of standing-room-only audiences at the
show's Seminar Stage, where he shared the tips and philosophies he has
developed in his experience as a designer. 
Betty and Angela Cress, who live off of Texas 242, came out specifically
to see Snijder. "Well, I watch him every week," said Betty Cress, who
made sure to get the TV host's autograph after his seminar. The
information, the two agreed, was very helpful and said they would watch
the show with a little different perspective having met him. The point
he drove home, they said, was to not be afraid of breaking the rules.
Angela said that in addition to the celebrity appeal, the show provided
them with an opportunity to see a variety of vendors and make
comparisons that would be a headache under normal circumstances. 
"We wouldn't be going down to Houston to see a lot of these places but
now they're here all at once," she said, "we can just browse them and
compare."
It is browsers like these that Katheryn Spargur hopes will see her work
and take notice. Spargur is a designer for Ditco Ceramica, of The
Woodlands, and specializes in a variety of intricate tile designs that
make up bathroom and kitchen sinks and adornments.
"We are out here showing our capabilities," said Spargur. "We are a lot
more than a tile store; all of our designs are original. That means that
when we fabricate something, no one else in the world has that design."
Spargur's associate Bill Kory, director of sales and installation ,said
that in his experience what's next seems to point to a very slow shift
towards cleaner lines and a more modern look. A look the firm had
represented in its 80-square-foot display which took two weeks for them
to design build and fabricate. 
"For the whole house to shift, I think in the next 20 to 30 years people
will begin to want a more modern, easier to clean look like many of the
lofts now are starting to have," said Kory.
The show continues today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a variety of
seminars on topics like backyard landscape, gardening tips from the
Houston Chronicle's Lazy Gardner columnist Brenda Beust Smith, and much
more. For a complete schedule visit www.woodlandsshows.com. Tickets are
$8 for adults, $6 for seniors, free for kids.

©Houston Community Newspapers Online 2005