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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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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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DIY Painted Wood Snowman

December 2, 2015

This post is sponsored by Behr paint but all opinions, paint choices, and the jolly little snowman are all mine! I am joining the rest of my Behr DIY Experts team for a Holiday Home Challenge.  There is 19 Holiday projects created with Behr paint!  Here’s a quick preview of them all and I will have […]

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"Do You Want to Build a Snowman" Winter Mantel

January 22, 2015

It hasn’t felt much like winter this week in GA with 60 degree afternoons, but I am sure we still have some winter days to come here in the south and my mantel is sure decked out for winter!   I am excited to be sharing a winter themed decorating project with you as part of […]

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Winter white + green mantel dressed in candlelight

January 9, 2014

I have been teasing you for a few days with pictures of my winter mantel…  But no longer… today I am revealing it all! The vision for my winter mantel started back before Christmas when I saw Donna at Funky Junk Interior’s Christmas mantel with illuminated old windows.  I knew right away that I wanted […]

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Seasonal mantels of 2013

January 3, 2014

I recapped some of the top posts of 2013 in this post if you missed it.  BUT I thought it would be fun to do a mantel recap post too! You know that I love to decorate my mantel for seasons.  I did it before I was blogging, and would do it even if I […]

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Popsicle Stick Snowflakes (+ enter to win a $100 Dollar Tree gift card!)

December 13, 2013

I am a huge fan of Dollar Tree!  Are you?  You can find amazing deals and actually some really nice decorations from time to time, especially seasonal décor.  Did you know that there is a Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club?  It is a free club that has tons of exclusive ideas for crafts, recipes, décor, […]

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Winter White Valentine’s wreath

February 4, 2013

I have a confession.  My front door has been naked since Christmas.   Very sad and I just couldn’t take it anymore.  He needed some adorning and fast! I wanted to do a Valentine’s wreath but I have one problem – my front door is burgundy.  And most Valentine’s wreath are RED.  Red and burgundy – […]

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White Winter Mantel

January 11, 2013

I am excited to share my winter mantel with you today.  I have had this mantel pretty much done since 3 days after Christmas – I think all my “I am itching to get the Christmas décor down early” mood was just that I was itching to decorate my mantel (or something!) again! In past […]

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Winter White Feather Wreath

January 7, 2013

I am so ready to get back to projects, organizing, and crafting after the busy holiday season!  I created this simple wreath over the weekend and I love how it turned out. I have an ever growing love affair with white.  If you have read this blog for any length of time you know my […]

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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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