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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

Layered Farmhouse Style Fall Mantel

October 28, 2019

Excited to share my fall mantel with you today!  I decorated my mantel a bit different this year doing a layered look this year. I am usually a very symmetrical person and have kept my fall displays very neutral with lots of white and creams but this year I added some deep fall colors and […]

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Fall Farmer’s Market Inspired Front Porch

October 4, 2019

It’s fall porch reveal day!  Decorating my porch for the season is always one of my favorite things to do.  This year I am calling it a Farmer’s Market inspired Farmhouse fall porch.   My motto when it comes to decor is to use what I have and maybe add 1-2 things new just to […]

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Neutral and Simple Fall Mantel

November 15, 2017

I have so been enjoying the month of November – the mornings/days have finally been chilly, the leaves have been changing here in the south, the house feels cozy with touches of fall decor, and it just has finally felt like fall!  I really enjoyed putting together my fall mantel and living room this year […]

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Farmhouse Fall Front Porch

November 10, 2017

I know pretty much everyone in blogland has moved on to Christmas but I haven’t JUST yet   So maybe sharing my simple farmhouse-style front porch will serve as some inspiration if you are hosting Thanksgiving in a few weeks and you need to add a welcoming touch outside for your guests. We had an […]

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Early Fall/Halloween Front Porch with Wood Pallet Pumpkins

September 15, 2016

This post is sponsored by DecoArt.  I am a DecoArt Core blogger for 2016-2017 and enjoy using and sharing some of their products with you. All thoughts, opinions, and styling are all mine.  I am so excited to share my first fall post with you!  I have been doing a bit of decorating – mostly […]

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20+ Fall Decor Ideas

November 12, 2015

Hey all!  I am glad to be back after taking a bit of a break after the 31 days series in October.  I always give myself a little grace and just allow myself to take some downtime/take time off/catch up on regular life after the month of October.  I actually unexpectedly took on a pretty […]

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Bring nature into your home (31 days to Love the Home You Have)

October 11, 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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Rustic Fall Mantel with DIY Wood Pumpkins & DIY Barn Wood Shutters

September 16, 2015

My fall mantel is usually my favorite mantel of the entire year and this one is NO exception!  I LOVE how it turned out and I had some much fun adding some DIY wood building projects to it this year to give it lots of character. I built the rustic wood pumpkins too (tutorial here) […]

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DIY Rustic Wood Pumpkin Stand

September 8, 2015

This post is sponsored by The Home Depot.  I am SO excited to share not only a FALL project with you but a wood building project as well with you today.  Can we just talk about how ADORABLE these wood pumpkins are?  And YOU can make them for you home too! I built two of […]

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Fall mantel

November 13, 2014

I know I may be a bit late to the game since it seems Christmas is popping up everywhere but I figured before I get the urge to take all this down and replace it with garland and twinkling lights (shhh… probably next week!) I better show you my fall mantel! This was my fall […]

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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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