By Stacey Gliniewicz Several months ago, I wrote an article about how to container garden. I would like to mention a couple of benefits to container gardening, like that fact that you know where your fruits and vegetables are coming from, pesticides or chemicals are highly controlled, and it eases the grocery bill. Let’s take a closer look at the controlled pesticides and chemicals on our read more

By Stacey Gliniewicz We all have minor chores to do around the house to maintain the daily and weekly upkeep; sometimes I dread those chores and am thankful I have a crew of five to help out! In the midst of the daily upkeep, have you thought about those checklist items that will keep you from having major costly repairs done to your home? Just a couple extra minutes in your day to check read more

By Diana Saufley Having lived in Houston all my life, I know a lot about our climate, storms, plants that can tolerate our climate, roadways, usual traffic tie ups, local businesses and some native animal and insect species. However, within the last five years I have encountered a new insect that is persistANT and I think will outlive the cockroach and possibly me in my house. I am read more

By Stacey Gliniewicz My husband I have decided to embark on a major home remodel journey. When he purchased our home, there were some projects that needed completing, but deployments, job changes, and children have significantly altered that plan. Now, here we stand staring down the list of all that we would like to see happen to our shoebox home where two adults, five children, and two read more

By Diana Saufley While I have not always considered myself extremely good at leaving a smaller carbon footprint, several years ago I embarked on an attempt to do just that. Our family does recycle everything that is recyclable, to the point our recycle bin overflows. But what about all those cans, water bottles and other items that are temporary installments of reprieve for future read more

By Stacey Gliniewicz Here we are already halfway through May. Here I am with another short check list of items to deter costly home maintenance repairs. This is checklist is particularly for the month of May. As always, should you have questions, or see issues, call your local handyman right away to get your problem taken care of. Check carpet for stains, popping seems, read more

By Diana Saufley Do you have a wild beast roaming your house that steals the very socks from your feet? We have one at my house. What I am talking about is that mysterious creature that steals socks so that there are no matching pairs. No one knows when and where it lurks, but somehow it manages to weekly snare a few more socks. To combat this problem, which has more to do with the read more

From the entire Simply Cy-Fair team... We cannot imagine the sheer devastation and utter loss the people across the United States are going through right now. Our hearts go out to those affected by the storms. Some of our team have family and friends affected, and we are trying to grasp it all. Imagine... Your place of work - gone. Your income - gone. Your car - read more

Today, we're using the Thursday blog section to focus on Earth Day - which is on the 22nd. There is no special post, rather, we'd like to draw attention to our Deals Guru, April's post...

Read about how you can celebrate the Earth and keep it green here.

By Stacey Gliniewicz We all have minor chores to do around the house to maintain the daily and weekly upkeep; sometimes I dread those chores and am thankful I have a crew of five to help out! In the midst of the daily upkeep, have you thought about those checklist items that will keep you from having major costly repairs done to your home? Just a couple extra minutes in your day to check read more

By Diana Saufley The biggest palette of décor to wrestle in any home is the walls. First, the wall color and texture has to be chosen. Then, you have to choose the artwork to define your space and create your personal ambiance. Fight the desire to have a home that looks like a magazine or model home. It is your home and should be representative of your interests, tastes, travels, read more

By Stacey Gliniewicz It’s Spring! Do you notice a certain sense of change, excitement, freshness, and color! I love this time of year as everything comes alive again with a certain sense of ‘newness’. Not only is it time to knock out that spring cleaning list, it’s time to put away the linens of cozy winter fabric and color and bring out the crisp, lightweight, and light or bright read more

By Diana Saufley It has long been recognized for pickling foods and healing. Scientifically it is acetic acid derived from ethanol fermentation. Sounds lovely doesn’t it? But it is quite the miracle worker around the house. For our purposes, we are talking about plain white distilled vinegar. Due to the acid nature of vinegar it easily cleans mineral deposits. Having such hard water read more

By Stacey Gliniewicz Owning a home can become overwhelming, especially when home repairs become costly. We are nearly settled into spring, a time when we think about cleaning out our closets, completing the deep spring clean, and planting flowers. What about those items that we don’t check often, but should? It can be overwhelming remembering what to check and when. Below is a list of read more

By Diana Saufley In Houston, we have experienced very cold temperatures this winter, and everyone’s been cooped up in their abodes. But now, it’s time to get things in order for Spring. Don’t begrudge it… just put a little SPRING in your step. We all have such busy lives, but sometimes the simplicity of cleaning and getting your surroundings in order is just what the cabin-fever doctor read more