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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

Romantic Christmas Bedroom

December 7, 2015

This post brought to you by At Home. The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Frugal Homemaker.com. What is probably the last room in the house that people think to decorate for Christmas?  I know for most people, it is probably their bedroom!  In fact the master bedroom sometimes seems to be […]

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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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Make your bedroom a sanctuary (31 days to Love the Home You Have)

October 7, 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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How to Make a Personalized Stenciled Pillow

August 12, 2015

Disclosure: Post sponsored by DecoArt but choice of saying, creation of pillow, and adding another pillow to my bed was all me! 🙂 I added a fun personalized pillow to my bedroom!   And yes, see that wedding picture in the background – our “Happy Ever After” truly did begin on that day back in […]

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Painted Dresser and Mirror makeover (Master Bedroom furniture)

July 28, 2015

I am so excited to be working with Behr paint again on their Behr DIY Experts team!  Thanks to Behr Paint for providing the paint for this project, but I provided the sweat and elbow grease and design choices! 🙂   You can check out all the bloggers that will sharing lots of paint projects […]

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My thoughts on our IKEA mattress (SULTAN HALLEN IKEA mattress)

June 22, 2015

(This is NOT a paid review or sponsored post.  IKEA has no idea who I am and we walked in and bought our mattress set with our own money.  Just wanted to share a review on it to help those that might be considering an IKEA mattress purchase in their future.) When I started our […]

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DIY tray: Distressed Decou-Page Tray

May 20, 2015

Disclosure:  I am a member of the core blogger program with DecoArt.  I receive compensation and product for my partnership with this brand.  All ideas and opinions are 100% my own. I put on my crafting hat recently to help with an organizing problem we were having and I bet you might have this same […]

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Adding a Mohawk SmartStrand bound carpet to our master bedroom

April 29, 2015

Disclosure: I received a bound carpet for review from Mohawk, but all opinions and thoughts are completely mine. I have another new addition to the master bedroom!  Which means one more step to having it finished.  Can you guess what it is? Yes, its that beautiful gray rug!  This rug is a bit different though […]

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How to Build a Built-in Bookshelf: before & after

April 23, 2015

Disclosure: Product received from Wallternatives for review, but all opinions are all my own. I have been busy at work on several big projects and the one I am going to share with you today I am just SOOO thrilled with how it turned out!  I keep going in the room to stare at it […]

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Stenciled curtains in the Master Bedroom

April 17, 2015

I finally have curtains in my master bedroom for the first time ever and I absolutely love them!  If you are new around here you can read about how our master bedroom was the most neglected room in our house (mainly do to some ugly furniture I had no desire or no idea how to […]

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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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