Bevy of ideas Organized by The Ryan Group, a Hawthorn Woods-based outfit that holds home shows in south and southwest suburban malls, the Convention Center show had about 200 exhibits. We never needed ideas before. We knew what we wanted. We found a company at the show that would come in and change just the doors so we would not have to buy all new cabinets. You get a lot of ideas at shows like this.
Next step is to get prices.
They had remodeled a century-old house when they bought it 13 years ago, but the windows already needed replacing. They also wanted to pave their gravel driveway with something other than blacktop. I felt like a kid in a candy shop. I was thrilled. I talked to several different window people.