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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

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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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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Easy painted Centerpiece Box with chalkboard labels (no tools required!)

November 26, 2013

Need a last minute centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table?  And want to make it to be something you can use all year long?  Then I have just the thing with this EASY, painted + distressed centerpiece with chalkboard labels so you can customize it and label it for any holiday or event. And for all […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Painted Pumpkins

October 25, 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. I am happy to be partnering with […]

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DIY Mercury Glass Pumpkin (how to turn any glass into mercury glass) – 31 Days of Fall Inspiration

October 24, 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 emailor follow me on facebook. I don’t know about you but I LOVE […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Decorating for Fall with Pumpkins

October 22, 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. We already talked about how to craft […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Pumpkin Coffee Cake

October 14, 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. So this was my second pumpkin creation […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

October 14, 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 emailor follow me on facebook. I have never made a pumpkin/chocolate dessert before.  […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Pumpkin crafts

October 10, 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. Today let’s talk about pumpkin crafts.  And […]

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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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