5 Tips for Tackling a Home Improvement Project

Advertorial – Whether you’ve just bought a new home or you’re looking to refresh your familiar abode, chances are good you have a laundry list of home improvement projects to accomplish. From aesthetic upgrades like replacing laminate floors in the kitchen with patterned tile to practical...

Ready … Set … No?

By Caron Lopez – Making your home a “Beautiful Home for the Holidays” Has your remodeling project taken on that queue each time – starting with motivation and then, ending up on a holiday wish list that did not materialize for another year? September is the jump start month to get those jobs...

How to Select a Paint Color for Your Home

By Kelly Nolan – Have you ever stood in your home with 20 plus paint swatches and felt so overwhelmed you didn’t know where to start? Selecting a paint color can be mind-boggling, especially since there are so many to pick from! Select Your Room Contents First So, how do you go about picking out the...

How to Hang Your Artwork

By Kelly Nolan – We at Simply Divine Interiors get many calls on hanging artwork, especially when moving into a new house. We also get asked how to hang a family photo collage. Picture hanging can be overwhelming at first, so just take one room at a time. If you just moved into a new home, we suggest...

Loose Back Cushion? Tight Back? It’s All in the Sofa

By Kelly Nolan – When shopping for a new sofa, you can get overwhelmed very quickly with the process. So where do you start? We recommend looking at different interior design magazines to get an idea of the feel and style of a look that appeals to you. This can help narrow the process down quite a...

Design With Pantone’s Emerald Color Of The Year

The Green Light to a Bright Shade By Sophia Vassiliou – The color company, Pantone, has selected emerald as The Color of the Year for 2013. It has been described as “lively, radiant, and lush . . . a color of elegance and beauty that enhances our sense of well-being, balance and harmony.” Leatrice...

Texas Custom Patios: Creating Stylish Outdoor Living Spaces

Texas Custom Patios is the Houston area’s premier designer and builder of stylish outdoor living spaces. The company is a family-owned residential remodeling contractor specializing in designing and building custom projects to enhance outdoor living such as patio covers, outdoor kitchens, sunrooms,...

Heritage Celebrates Record Breaking Year with 2012 Top Producer Awards Ceremony

Heritage Texas Properties President and CEO Robin Mueck and Executive Vice President and Principal Jerry Mueck, along with the members of the Heritage Leadership Team, recently honored its company-wide 2012 Top Producers and Teams at a celebratory breakfast and Awards Ceremony at the Houston Country Club....

Holiday Dinner Party Décor

By Kelly Nolan It is that time of year again for holiday parties and festivities, and one big question that is often asked is “How do I decorate my dinner table for a holiday party?”  One thing to make sure of is that your centerpiece will not block the view of dinner guests at the table. No one wants...

Fall into the Season

By Sophia Vassiliou People are anxious to see the transition from summer to autumn on the outside of their houses with the familiar images of the season: wreaths, pumpkins, gourds, haystacks, scarecrows, fall-blooming flowers, succulents, ornamental grasses and Halloween props. Besides fall foliage, nothing...