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The Frugal Homemaker

Your guide to turning your house into a home... one DIY project and yard sale find at a time

Reclaim the Dining Room (31 days to Love the Home You Have)

October 10, 2015

This post is part of a 31 day series – 31 days to Love the Home You Have.  I am blogging through the 31 day challenge in the back of the book “Love the Home You Have” by Melissa Michaels of The Inspired Room.  You can read all the posts in the series so far […]

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House tour: Dining room

February 6, 2013

Sharing our dining room as part of the home tour this week. I won’t share tons of details as I have already published a detailed before and after post of our dining room last spring.  But I wanted to share some updated pictures and also share what I love and any things I want to […]

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DIY Wood Centerpiece Box {Day 30 of 31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done}

October 30, 2012

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your email, follow me on facebook, or subscribe in your reader. Today’s […]

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Ceiling Medallion Mirror {Day 18 of 31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done}

October 18, 2012

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your email, follow me on facebook, or subscribe in your reader. Today’s […]

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Hanging plates on the wall (with DIY FREE plate hangers)

March 29, 2012

When I revealed my dining room a few weeks ago, I still had a few tweaks I wanted to do. In fact, I loved this comment Kim left on that post, “I love how you can always improve on things. That is how stuff becomes outdated, because we decorate once and think we are ‘done’ […]

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Before/After Dining Room Reveal

March 7, 2012

Ok, so I know you have been just sitting on the edge of your seats waiting for this right?  Ha!  Probably not since you already saw snippets of it in my coffee filter wreath post and Thanksgiving post, but everyone loves a good before/after picture so here goes.  (and excuse the bad before pictures this […]

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How NOT to paint a white wall + a sneak peek at what I am busy working on

November 10, 2011

  No great tutorial today unless you count me telling you how NOT to do something a good tutorial! I am working on a project that should be finished by the end of next week that I am super excited about!  Here’s a few hints… BUT, as most projects go…it has come with its own […]

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Hi!  My name is Christina . . .

I love doing simple, frugal things to make our house feel like HOME! Come learn along with me how to have a beautiful home on a budget.

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