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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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A cozy fall mantel + a dream come true

September 16, 2019

2 years ago in October, I decorated our home for fall and shared this neutral and simple fall mantel with cozy touches.  In true frugal fashion it featured DIY wood shutters, a DIY cotton wreath, a chippy white $1.00 yard sale basket filled with thrifted throws, and a estate sale barn find white bench.  It […]

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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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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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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Fall mantel

October 1, 2013

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  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 or follow me on facebook. Let’s kick off this series by sharing my fall […]

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Fall mantel {decorated with reclaimed pallet wood}

September 25, 2012

Fall Mantel

I am so excited to FINALLY share my fall mantel with you! For some reason this was the hardest mantel for me to put together.  In fact what you are seeing is take 4 or 5 (I lost count!).  I think I was trying to force myself not use orange at the beginning, then I […]

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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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