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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

Painting the inside of the front door black

April 24, 2017

I have wanted to do this for a long time – I even debated doing it in our last house but never did.  I asked on facebook a few weeks ago what you thought about painting the inside of our front doors black and the verdict was pretty much unanimous to do it.   And […]

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Simple and easy entryway organization

February 19, 2016

The beginning of a new year and the coming of spring always brings out the organization bug in me – does it you too?  This project was actually completed a while ago but I thought it might help if you were looking for some simple and inexpensive ways to help organize your drop zone or […]

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Entryway before and after (beige to GREIGE with Behr paint!)

July 29, 2014

So I have been plugging along in repainting our house.  If you missed it before, I am a partnering with Behr paint as a Behr DIY Expert again this year and it couldn’t have come at a better time.  We painted our entire house when we moved in 10 years ago and except for a […]

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Organized entryways and repurposed dressers

January 17, 2014

This post is part of a series – “5 weeks to an Organized Home.”  You can see all the posts in this series by clicking here.  And to make sure you don’t miss any posts you can sign up to have every post sent to your email or follow me on facebook. So let’s talk […]

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Use yard sale dressers (or trunks/chests) to add extra storage in your home

January 13, 2014

This post is part of a series – “5 weeks to an Organized Home.”  You can see all the posts in this series by clicking here.  And to make sure you don’t miss any posts you can sign up to have every post sent to your email or follow me on facebook. So today I […]

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House tour: Entryway

March 25, 2013

Today I am back with a feature in my house tour.  I also hope to get all of the rooms and pictures I have shared so far into a post/page linked on my menu bar at the top of the page this week. So today isn’t necessarily a “room” but it is a very busy […]

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How to make a DIY chalkboard from an old picture frame

March 7, 2013

You have seen this chalkboard several times, but I just recently realized that I never shared how I made it!  You first saw me use it on my Christmas mantel with my music page wreath hanging in front of it. Then it came back out again for my Valentine’s mantel. But for now, it’s place […]

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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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