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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

Cozy Neutral Winter Living Room

January 9, 2020

We’ve started out January with some dreary/rainy winter days so I don’t know about you, but I need cozy, pretty spaces to ward off the winter blues inside my home.  I love using lots of my recent and previous Christmas clearance finds to decorate for winter and can’t wait to show you my cozy neutral […]

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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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Winter White Mantel + Living Room

March 1, 2018

I just love my winter mantel + living room this year so I thought I would share it before I took it all down and decorated for spring I had it pretty much decorated at the beginning of January but needed to paint the shiplap backdrop and spray paint the lanterns and with staying busy […]

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Painted Trim in the Living Room plus before to now pictures!

September 16, 2016

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of FrogTape® for IZEA.  All opinions are 100% mine. So what I didn’t show you in my last post on our paint and flooring update in the living room was that the baseboards weren’t painted.  From a distance it didn’t probably seem obvious but in person it […]

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New flooring and new paint in the living room

September 12, 2016

I am so excited to share some updates on the new house today!  I still have a few rooms left in the old house to share but figured I would take a break this week and show you progress on our living room and even a fall post at the new house and then wrap […]

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Create a living room wish list (31 days to Love the Home You Have)

October 25, 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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Create a Cozy Spot (31 days to Love the Home You Have)

October 16, 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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New paint in the living room

August 29, 2014

I was looking up some paint colors the other day in a post and came across this post of my living room.  I was so surprised when I saw how different the room looks now, and I realized I haven’t shared my repainted living room with you yet!  If you remember, I am in the […]

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Easy Stenciled Chevron Painted Pillow with Tulip for Your Home

May 7, 2014

This is a sponsored post in partnership with Blueprint Social and Tulip for your Home.  I love pillows… there I said it.  Yes, I have a pillow addiction. Is there pillow therapy group??  It’s really all Molly’s fault – one visit to her house and suddenly my NEED for pillows everywhere appeared.  BUT, I am […]

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How to Paint a Diamond Accent Wall using ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape

April 24, 2014

I had told you that this spring was going to bring a LOT of painting in our home!   Our whole house needs to be repainted (minus a few rooms like our dining room, guest bathroom, and half bathroom that have already been painted).  It has been 10 years since the main areas have been painted, […]

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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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