Home Fair: discover the trends and new products this year in Toulouse

How to renovate your home energetically? How to improve your interior? Which fireplace or spa to choose? How to redo your bathroom? What solution for your garden? So many questions that push more than 10,000 visitors to the Salon de l’Habitat each year. From October 3 to 6, it will bring together nearly 150 exhibitors at MEETT, the new Exhibition Center in Aussonne.

“The Home Show follows trends, by definition.” And if we are to believe Olivier Cahuzac, the director of Salons at MEETT, one of the main trends of the moment is… “pragmatism”. Inflation and the post-Covid crisis are encouraging owners and tenants to improve their homes by trying to reduce their energy bills, by saving on electricity or water for example. For the first time this year, free conferences will be offered with specialists. Photovoltaic experts will be present, for example, to help them optimize their expenses. “We can no longer consume as before. We come to the Show because we have a project. We want to improve our home by looking for the best product at the best price”, analyzes Olivier Cahuzac. To do this, the event allows visitors to meet artisans to discuss their project.

The Designers Square

The second trend is “cocooning”. Decorating well and arranging your interior well makes sense in the current context. With this in mind, another new thing to discover this year is the Carré des Designers. Intended to “make people dream”, this 300 m² space will present the latest novelties from seven creators from the region: blown glass objects from Atelier TiPii; the creations of Studio Pirouette, the furniture of KLD Design, the brand of Kamel Secraoui (also known under the nickname Cat Meagre) or even the burnt wood furniture of Julian Diaz. “We chose them for their originality and their complementarity. They use different materials,” continues the director of the Fairs. “People pay attention to what they buy. When you have a beautiful object in your home, you tell its story.”

Furthermore, the Project Lab will be renewed this year. In this space dedicated to technical achievements, “we come with our plans and we meet experts,” explains Olivier Cahuzac. Visitors will be able to find tailor-made advice on architecture, decoration, terrace design, “home organizing” (to improve storage) and even “Feng Shui”, the Chinese art to harmonize its environment.

Another novelty, a Kapla tower will be erected during this edition. A team will indeed take on the challenge of building, using these wooden pieces, so popular with children, an ephemeral building 9 meters high, using 100,000 pieces. This will collapse in a spectacular finale on Sunday at 5 p.m.